Thank you for the reward of "Thief Death" and "Qingqing Little Wolf"! ――

Aldridge privately praised Stramaccioni's work after the meeting, much to the Italian delight.

Aldridge, the strategic deployment of the first game of the England national team, also has a bottom in his heart, and he still needs to think carefully about how to arrange it.

Compared to two years ago, England could play the opponent on the counterattack, now the situation has been reversed, they are World Cup champions, the target of the public, a certain degree of active aggression in the posture, not only to fight with the opponent openly, but also to beware of the opponent may be conservative sneak attack on them.

In the new phase of the national team transformation in the past two years, the practice process of Aldrich's ideal technical and tactical design has been revised, and the general tone has not been shaken, and most of the fine-tuning is mainly based on local fine-tuning, so that the whole team can run smoothly as much as possible.

Aldridge, who has been coaching for ten years, is still not a senior coach on the world stage, such as France coach Santini, who has 21 years of coaching experience.

At the end of the 80s, Santini led Toulouse to eliminate Napoli with Maradona in the UEFA Cup, and the French team was humiliated in the last World Cup, and the national team changed coaches.

At the pre-match press conference, Aldridge expressed his respect and importance for the French team.

"France have some of the best players in the world, they are a super team and they are the defending champions of the European Championship, so they played against them in the first game. It is a very serious challenge for England. Although the outside world we are younger. It's more impactful, but I think the calmer side will have the advantage at this point and I'm expecting England to play with the momentum they expect in the first game of the European Championships. ”

Santini is not good at communicating with the media, and he is not modest when he makes formulaic statements in his press conferences, and the outside world positions France as the number one favorite for the European Championships. It is believed that the French team has the strength to successfully defend the title.

The European Championship kicked off.

On the first matchday, the host Portugal played the opening match against the Greek team.

To everyone's surprise, Portugal fell behind 0:2 to Greece at the end of 90 minutes of regular time, only to score a face-saving goal scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in the second minute of stoppage time.

With Spain coming on later to beat Russia 1-0, the host Portugal's road to qualification hangs in the balance.

Matchday 2 arrived, with Switzerland and Croatia in the same group as England and France, taking the lead and the two teams ended 0-0 in a 90-minute draw.

This is very good news for both France and England!

Lisbon Stadium of Light.

The Gallic Roosters and Three Lions fans filled the stands, and the atmosphere was extremely enthusiastic.

When players from both teams enter the field in line. One of the most watched matches after the opening of the European Championship has officially entered the eyes of fans around the world.

"Euro 2004 Group B is about to begin! It's a battle of kings! Reigning European champions France were in the same group as new World Cup winners England, a humiliating result for the FA. The host Portugal and the defending champion France occupy the two first seeded places, and because the bracket points will take into account the qualifying results of the past two major tournaments, even if the England team won the 02 World Cup, but because the last two qualifiers were not ideal, the points fell behind, and then failed to get the other two first seeded places, which is the phenomenon of being placed in the same group as France. ”

The team's classification has little to do with Aldridge, even if he led the team to the last World Cup qualifiers, but when he took over, the team had already gone 3 games without a win, and as for the Euro 2000 qualifiers, it had nothing to do with him.

Moreover, the European Championship is already divided into 4 groups of 16 teams, and England's signing is good.

Compared to Germany, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic, England have two opponents in this group, Switzerland and Croatia, who are not too strong at this time.

"France and England are strong and have many, many stars from all over the world, so it's no surprise that this is the most anticipated match since the start of the European Championships! Let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides.

France 442.

Goalkeeper: Barthez.

Defenders: Gallas, Thuram, Silvestre, Lizarazu.

Midfielders: Makelele, Vieira, Zidane, Pire.

Forwards: Trezeguet, Thierry Henry.

England 442.

Goalkeeper: Robinson.

Defenders: Gary Neville, Campbell, Southgate, Ashley Cole.

Midfielders: David Beckham, Hargreaves, Scholes, Lampard.

Forwards: Owen, Gerrard.

The French team's starters, to our surprise, the veteran Desailly was not placed in the selection, but on the England side, the most surprising starter was Liverpool midfielder Gerrard in the striker, he is a midfielder, England coach Sir Hall asked him to play as a striker, I don't know if this change will have a huge impact on the game. ”

Since the end of last year, Gerrard replaced Hyypia as captain of the Reds, officially carrying the flag of Liverpool.

His own technical ability and sense of experience are also more mature, he is 24 years old, and if he is not mature, he will not be able to be the captain.

England's striker, in addition to Owen, has an 18-year-old Rooney, and other contemporaries are difficult to entrust.

Rooney is Aldrich's surprise soldier, and he won't play this card directly.

In terms of Owen's choice of partner, Aldridge chose Gerrard in the starting line-up.

The World Cup two years ago.

Behind Owen are McManaman and Scholes.

Two years later, Aldridge put Steven Gerrard in the shadow striker position, a change that no one expected.

Steven Gerrard can play in that position because he played in Liverpool in the highlight of his career. Specifically in leagues. A full season. A long-lasting table, Aldridge will not make hasty actions just because he remembers the performance of a player in a game, such as the miracle of Liverpool's Champions League title.

Neither of the Germans can play a defensive midfielder, especially Gerrard, and Aldridge will not forget when the "Jay return pass" started.

Shuangde can't play the role of midfield commander, and in terms of talent, they are not as good as Scholes, and the positional battle is not as powerful. Scholes' organizational role was more prominent.

Therefore, under the aura of almost omnipotence, if Shuangde appears in the midfield, the area itself is narrow, and the match is not tacit, there will be strict chaos, even in the past English parallel 442, two players in the middle of the midfield, one 6 and one 8, one is defensive, and the other is offensive. When the two are paired together, it is impossible to achieve a theoretical balance effect. Since there is no balance, it is even more impossible to achieve the effect of the positive effect of the chemical reaction.

Overstretched in personnel, Aldrich wanted to use Shuangde, so he began to change his thinking, separating the area of the two, with a clear distribution of roles and a complete line of responsibilities.

Frank Lampard plays in midfield, Steven Gerrard plays as a shadow striker!

Take the sports battle running position as an example, when defending, if Lampard retreats to the back line, Gerrard's defensive position will be in the center circle, Lampard will retreat, Gerrard will also retreat, when attacking, if Lampard rushes up, in front of the penalty area to create a deterrent, Gerrard, as a striker, will inevitably press into the penalty area!

All in all, neither of them plays the role of playmaker, one retreats deeper when defending, the other is a crazy counterattack in the midfield, and when attacking, if one is inserted from the midfield, the other is the forward in front!

There will be no clash between the two in the same area, and the positions must not be parallel to each other, regardless of attack and defence, and set-piece attack and defense can be a different matter.

Attacking from the wings, Ashley Cole on the left and Becky on the right.

Aldridge will step down after the European Championships, and whether he wins or loses, he is decided.

At this moment, he has lost that timidity, if he continues to work, he firmly believes that he will lead the LinkedIn Glenn team to play well in the future in 06, 08, 10 years or even beyond, not necessarily the champion, but the improvement of experience accumulation, his confidence in himself is very strong.

But he is too tired, the club, the national team, the family, his own life, he can't do everything.

Two years ago, he intended to leave England with a "legacy" of the Three Lions who had been promoted and positioned, honed into a united team.

Two years later, regardless of the results of this tournament, he hopes to leave a new "legacy" to his successor, that is, in the next 5-8 years, England will be able to provoke the "double German combination" in the England team according to their age and condition.

Avoid letting latecomers mistakenly use the combination of the two virtues, and try to make the two virtues coexist in the national team as much as possible, and give full play to their strength and contribution.

Looking at the players lining up on the sidelines for pre-match photos, England's small-sized round head player, who would have thought that Gary Neville would have the longest hair in the starter? Xiaobei also shaved a rather energetic and capable inch, England came to the European Cup with a new World Cup title, and the spirit and appearance showed a good sense of immediacy.

Aldridge held his head high, he achieved career success in England, more or less, it was stained with the light of England, such as the reform of the Premier League, the development trend of the Premier League, etc., the reason why he did not leave his post two years ago is also to save a heart to repay England.

To this day, he has no shame in his heart for England, and even when he leaves one day, he can turn around and take steps freely.

Santini sat in the dugout next door, his face sinking like water, but a fire burning in his heart.

Not far away, that's the World Cup-winning coach!

The current active coach, the only five-time Champions League champion coach!

Defeat him!

Smash him!

Crush him!

England is not Millwall.

France are not the best clubs in Europe.

On paper, France is slightly stronger than England!

Santini is confident he can beat Aldridge.

Peel off the young marshal's champion coat and take away his qiē!

Aldrich Hall, this battle, step on your corpse and make a name for yourself! (To be continued......)