As soon as the friendly match ended, the England national team flew back to London that night, and on the way to the flight, the players who had just experienced an international match were still very excited, so they needed a "cooling period" to rest.

The national team was together for a short time, Aldridge made full use of every minute, and at this time the players had nothing to do, simply, he and the coaching staff analyzed the game with the players on the plane, and on the premise that there was no video, the notes made by the coaching staff when watching the game, the key points noted down, and then took them out to study with the whole team, hoping that the players would write them down and digest themselves.

After analysing the game, the players were tired and the cabin became quiet, and Aldridge sat alone by the window, writing down some of the gains or areas for improvement in his notebook.

Suddenly someone sat down next to him, and he turned his head to see that it was Alan Smith, so he closed his notebook and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Today was Alan Smith's international debut, and he did not perform well, defending hard, harassing well, and Gerrard's penalty, he played a role in creating a lethal pass for Joe Cole.

Alan Smith was quick to speak and said bluntly: "Coach, I want to say two things to you, first, I spat on you when Leeds United played Millwall last season, and now, I formally apologize to you, I hope you can accept it. Second, thank you for recruiting me into the national team and giving me the opportunity to play. ”

Aldrich's face did not change, and he said indifferently: "Okay, I will also say two words to you." First. It's normal for men to have tempers. But as a professional footballer, controlling your emotions is one of the requirements of professionalism, it's easy to get angry, but you have to think about the consequences, put on the shirt and go to the game, the team's interests come first, and if you think venting your anger will help the team, then you can do it firmly. But in fact it's quite the opposite. Second, being in the national team doesn't mean anything, I'm sure you'll cherish this opportunity, but it's not enough, you have to work hard to improve your contribution to the team, and I believe you have that determination, so work hard and don't let yourself down. ”

Alan Smith was silent for a long time. As if thinking, he nodded and got up to leave.

Aldrich bowed his head in deep thought.

In fact, for Smith's disrespectful behavior towards him. He never took it to heart, how many games did he play with the team throughout the year? How many players have you seen? On the field, off the field, players, fans, there were no riots, but there were a lot of conflicts, living his own life, doing his own work, he really couldn't take Smith to heart.

Speaking purely of Smith, Aldridge doesn't expect him to be the killer of the England national team.

His goal-scoring efficiency is not even a first-class striker.

Aldridge is interested in his hard work, and if it is defined by a role, then it is more appropriate: a defensive striker!

Harassment up front, coupled with his ability to play the ball, making wedding dresses for others is his greatest contribution.

Thinking of Smith, Aldrich couldn't help but sigh.

This man's career is regrettable, in addition to being seriously injured by a heavy kick by Reese, the unsuccessful transformation by Alex Ferguson at Manchester United can be regarded as a career watershed.

What is the most lacking striker who can fight and grab and transform into a back like Keane?

It takes a long time to develop an excellent sense of position, even though Smith is desperate, but the defenders of Zhengyin, active scrambling sometimes has disadvantages and no advantages, just like the Italian defenders, they never mind giving the opposing striker space to get the ball and turn around, they are outrageously calm, and they look at the right time before putting their feet, unlike England's defenders, who are eager to turn into dog skin plasters on the opponent.

It was past midnight when the plane landed in London, and Aldridge gave the players a day off to go home with their families and get a good rest before preparing for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania.

Aldrich came home alone, tiptoeing through the door, not wanting to alarm his family, but when he walked into the living room, he heard the noise of children coming from upstairs.

He hurried upstairs and pushed open the door of Bert and Earl's room, and saw Evan in his pajamas trying to lull the two little ones to sleep with a toy, but Bert and Earl were upset.

Bert kept throwing soccer balls in the fenced crib as if to amuse himself, but if the ball was thrown out of the box, he would make a lot of noise, and someone had to bring it to him again.

Earl was bouncing around in the other bed as if he were dancing, and he didn't feel sleepy for most of the night.

"Sometimes they're angels, sometimes they're like little devils"

Aldrich lamented, and Evan turned suddenly, she was almost dizzy, and she turned back to put Earl to sleep, and then she had to help Bert pick up the ball.

Seeing Aldrich, she smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, maybe this is what inherited you." ”

Aldridge took off his suit and walked over to Earl's bed to lull him to sleep, and Evan was much more relaxed, and now he only had to play with Bert.

"I watched the game live, why don't you seem to be excited on the sidelines? Is it because of stress? ”

"No, it's depressed."

Evan said with a smile: "Well, seeing the starting list of the Spanish national team, I also feel depressed for you, like being despised." ”

"That's right. Even if I win, so what? It feels like a victory. ”

"Hehe, but I think the manager of the Spanish national team must be more depressed than you are now."

"Ha Lu Ha

After Bert was exhausted and began to fall asleep, Aldrich went to take a shower, and when he returned in his pajamas, Earl was also lulled to sleep by Evan.

Aldrich wrapped his arms around Evan's waist from behind, rested his chin on her shoulder, and said, "Hire a babysitter, right?" ”

"Shh

Evan turned around and pulled him out of the room lightly, turned off the lights and closed the door, and went out, and on the way back to the bedroom, she smiled, "No need. I'm not busy at work. There is absolutely time. Like you said, although those two little guys sometimes look like demons, they are still very cute when they turn into angels, and when I was watching the game just now, Earl kept forcing me to eat the fruit he handed me, which killed me. ”

Aldrich smiled and said nothing

The next day, Fleet Street published a report on the friendly match of the England national team, and the sensational eyeball news was once again in the dust.

England's tactical defeat of Spain! 》

The Three Lions are back on fire! 》

Hall Activates England. England kicks off a new era! 》

No one mentioned that just a day ago, the newspaper subjects on Fleet Street were almost unanimously singing about Aldrich, predicting that England would be defeated!

Now that England is winning, they immediately reversed their position, and while singing praises to England, they almost smoked people to death by slapping Aldridge on the back.

However, some professional technical and tactical review articles are still worth reading, pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of England's new technical and tactical play, and the characteristics of the players on the field.

Moving back like Beckham would make way for Neville's non-conflicting wing corridor. At the same time, he also brought out his long ball skills, and he crossed from the front of the field. The threat is huge, and all opponents know it, so they will naturally focus on defense, but he can often create a greater threat by dropping back and suddenly launching precise long passes from defense to attack.

England have reduced a striker to strengthen their midfield, increased defensive rigidity, and played clearly and variedly on the counter-attack.

The results of Aldrich's work in just a few days at least give people hope, and it is difficult to draw conclusions as to how much he can do on the international stage.

In the morning, Aldrich woke up from sleep, and when he got up, Evan had already gone to work at the company, left a note at the bedside, and booked a table at the restaurant at noon, agreeing to have lunch together.

Aldrich got up and washed up, and went to the room of the two sons, and found that the two children were more energetic than their father, and were already standing and moving in the cribs.

Aldrich took them out and took them to the gym and let them move freely on the carpet, but they were not active, but instead sat there holding a baby bottle in unison, biting the pacifier and looking up at Aldrich on the treadmill.

After running for twenty minutes, Aldrich was suddenly interrupted by the phone, he took a breath to answer the phone, and found that it was Ferguson calling.

The old Scottish man first congratulated him on his victory on his national team debut, and then talked to Aldridge for a long time, confusing Aldrich.

He almost said into the phone: What the hell are you calling me!

After chatting for about fifteen minutes, Ferguson vaguely said the main purpose of the call, most of which Aldridge had guessed in his own brain.

The main idea is actually a sentence: "Young handsome brother, if the national team plays a friendly match, don't let the Manchester United players be tired and tired to play the whole game, right?" ”

When he hung up the phone, Aldridge couldn't laugh or cry.

In yesterday's friendly match, Xiaobei and Neville played the whole game, and Scholes played 60 minutes.

Comparing hearts to hearts, Aldridge actually understands Ferguson, in particular, Manchester United did not start this season particularly ideally, there are many internationals, and the impact of the summer competition on the new season is more obvious, which is like Millwall, Pirlo is sitting on the bench, Nedved, Larsson is simply on vacation, Ronaldo? What do Brazilian players have to do with the European Championships?

Coupled with the fact that Manchester United's main striker has also been caught in the off-field turmoil of the three versions of the girl, and there are no signs of an end yet, Ferguson is ambitious to challenge Millwall's supremacy in the new season, and it is still difficult to see it as it stands.

In this context, Manchester United's international players are tired of being dead dogs in the national team

Aldridge's personal coaching will not be affected by others, but from another point of view, the British script comes to a season of physical exertion, and when the conditions are relaxed, it is not impossible to give players a holiday in the national team and take a break, and he did it with Owen.

It's just that thousands of high-rise buildings are flat from the ground, and the foundation is the most important, and in the early stages of his tenure, he must give the main frame enough time to run in, and when the run-in period is over, everything is easy to say.

Changing into casual clothes, Aldrich saw that there were not many ingredients in the refrigerator at home, so he carried Bert and Earl into the stroller, put on a pair of stylish sunglasses, and took his two sons out shopping.

The community of his new home is not low, and everyone who can live here has a certain amount of wealth, so even if he is a celebrity in the football circle, his neighbors will not make a fuss, greet everyone like ordinary people, and occasionally have community events to get everyone together, Aldrich is at best the focus of discussion for some fans and neighbors, but he is not a special person.

Aldrich slowly drove out of the city to greet many neighbors passing by, and many of them gave him a thumbs up, probably praising him for leading the team to do a good job yesterday.

Aldridge responded with a smile, but he was thinking in his heart: If I led the team to lose yesterday, would it be the middle finger today? (To be continued......)