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Suddenly, football has become the hottest topic on the planet recently, the World Cup is just around the corner, the world is in the spotlight, the street tabloids, TV news, all related to football, Millwall's legendary seven-time championship has become history, and the England national team's journey to the East has become the hottest topic in the country.

On the occasion of Aldridge's 26th birthday, fans are calculating how many honors the young coach has won in the past eight years, how many people have achieved coveted achievements, and how many legendary coaches have caught up with the great achievements, in the hearts of England fans, this young coach is omnipotent, descended from mythology, and is England's long-awaited savior, however, the England national team has been cast a shadow on the eve of the trip, even the most optimistic people can not have higher expectations for England, it seems, God is making things difficult for England!

"Will David Beckham be able to make it to the World Cup?!"

"Gary Neville is sure to miss the World Cup! Who can top England's main right-back? ”

"Steve Gerrard's old injury has relapsed and the Liverpool medical team are under criticism! England has lost another general! ”

"1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses! The England national team has only won one of its five warm-up games this year, how to conquer the world? ”

Around the England national team, a series of negative news poured out, and the public's confidence was about to be hit to the freezing point. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Everyone understands this. Lacking a major general and in poor form, why did the England national team go to Asia to get good results?

Today is the day to submit the final roster of each team to the Korea-Japan World Cup Organizing Committee.

In the morning, Evan was on the phone at home, Bert and Earl were playing football in the backyard, and the two children forgot to turn off the TV in the living room in the morning, while the TV was still playing a new episode, and the BBC had put together a set of highlights from last season's Millwall watch, which was playing the final ending. That is, Aldridge's post-match interview speech after winning the Champions League.

'Yes, we had difficulties in the game, Millwall took it lightly and almost gave United a chance to turn around, I don't want to ignore the specific problems because of the win, Millwall have to improve that, but this job will be focused on next season, about the departure of Andrea Pirlo, Gattuso and so on. It's not time to talk about it, you say they're already selling London homes. Maybe they want to live in a new house, hehe."

Upstairs in the bedroom, Evan stood in front of the window, looking down at the two boys playing football in the backyard, and said into the phone: "Thank you for your kindness, Victoria, but I haven't felt well lately, and it's not suitable for me to go out, and this time Aldridge is going to Asia, and I don't plan to go with him." ”

"Really? That's a shame. ”

Evan said goodbye to Victoria on the other end of the line and hung up.

Originally, there was no intersection, in life, Aldrich and Xiaobei ate at most two meals a year, most of them were still working relationships, and they were also industry insiders in the football circle.

However, due to the national team and the fact that England has a wives group, it has a certain status in it, and Victoria, who is very sociable, invited Evan to go to Japan with their group of women to cheer for England.

Evan knew that if she appeared in the stands with Victoria and the girlfriends or wives of other players, it would definitely attract a lot of right and wrong, and she didn't want to distract Aldridge and cause him trouble, and besides, she said that she was not feeling well, it was not an excuse, it was just a miswording.

Bert and Earl will still go to Japan with their grandparents, and they will not be mixed up with Mrs. England's group.

At this moment, Aldridge and the England national team are at Millwall's training base.

The Premier League ended at the beginning of the month, and the rest of the leagues came to an end around that time, followed by the national team warm-up matches, which were already in a state of preparation by the time the Champions League final was underway, so when Millwall returned to London for a grand parade to celebrate the seven crowns, there were two national team warm-up matches immediately.

For the sake of insurance, the international players of Manchester Contact are rested, and there is a shortage of major generals, and the two warm-up games of the national team played relatively badly, with one draw and one loss, which made Fleet Street panic.

In this national team training camp, Aldridge recruited very few players, and he wanted to avoid a situation, that is, for example, if 30 people were recruited, then when the final list was determined, you had to notify 7 of them and tell them in person: You can't follow the team to Asia to participate in the World Cup.

Originally, Aldridge's national team lineup was relatively stable, plus two or three people were deleted before, and now because of Gary Neville, Gerrard withdrew due to injury, Aldridge's problems are not the problems of national team coaches of other mainstream powers.

Like Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, the head coach will have a headache of who to kick out!

Aldrich's headache is, who to choose to make up!

The coaching staff gathered in the meeting to reorganize and analyze the season schedule, status, position on the field, and characteristics of the international candidates, so as to provide Aldridge with suggestions and finalize the final World Cup squad.

Aldrich is doing the job positively.

He outlined the framework of the main lineup, a 23-man squad, 11 main players, plus two substitute goalkeepers, and 10 people left, basically on the line, there is a substitute for each position, if there is a panacea for ability, it will definitely be a priority.

4321 formation.

There is no suspense for the three goalkeepers.

The back four, Gary Neville is gone, according to Phil Neville's table and position at Manchester United this season, he can be replaced, and because he is a Manchester connection, he is better than Mills in terms of compatibility with Beckham, who is also a right midfielder.

Centre-back, Gareth Southgate plus Ferdinand.

Left-back, Ashley Cole. Ashley Cole, who spent a season on loan at Tottenham, has become mature. He's with Frank Lampard. Joe Cole helped Tottenham's old and sick team get a place in the top of the table, which made Arsenal fans resentful, believing that Millwall had loaned the Tigers to Tottenham to disgust the Gunners.

There is no suspense in the back three, Becky and Frank Lampard, who have recovered from injury and have recently taken part in recovering training, although there have been no games. However, Becky's fighting spirit and physical fitness are great, and he has received better care and scientific recovery at Millwall Medical Center, and his timely comeback is faster than expected.

Bart is still the Bart who is a little worried in Aldridge's eyes, his ability is first-class, maybe only the fighting spirit and experience may overshadow Hargreaves, Aldridge thinks about it, or decides to use the main candidate to use Bart, Hargreaves has little knowledge of the big scene after all, and Bart is still in contact with Man, and he also has an innate advantage in tacit understanding.

Scholes. McManaman, Owen. The front trio is uninjured and in good shape, and no one is so bad that Aldridge has another headache.

Once the main squad framework was determined, Aldridge began to list the alternate players for each position.

At right-back, there is Mills.

Campbell and John Terry were left out of the squad at centre-back, with Brown having spent much of last season recovering from injury and not in great form since his return.

At left-back, there is Bridge.

Midfield is his biggest headache.

Bart's location has Hargreaves.

The places of Frank Lampard and David Beckham, which used to have Steven Gerrard, are now gone.

"We need two candidates for David and Frank's position, and they have to be different."

Aldrich banged on the table and gave orders.

The coaching staff got into action, and someone picked up a document and said, "How's Barry?" He's okay defensively. ”

Aldridge took Gareth Barry's information and looked at it, to be honest, when he heard the name and the basic strength of the player, he had a rough assessment in his heart, however, going to the World Cup also has to pay attention to a fate, like Gerrard, the strength is no problem, but if he is injured, he can't go, and Gary Neville is the same.

After reading Barry's information, Aldridge shook his head and said: "He didn't play much last season, and he still played as a defender, I want a midfielder, not a defender." ”

In the future, Barry will play in midfield, but he is not, so Aldridge vetoed the choice for the same reason that he rejected Carragher.

'What about Tottenham's Michael Carrick? Players we have developed. ”

Aldridge heard Boas's mention and immediately remembered Carrick.

When he took over the national team, he let the U21 echelon focus on cultivating Carrick, Carrick's development trajectory after leaving Millwall was okay, last season Tottenham Hotspur owner Levy personally came to visit Aldridge, loaned away three fierce generals, and then brought Carrick to Tottenham in the transfer market, I have to say, Levy's Jewish brain, quite flexible, he first arrived, he recognized Millwall's signboard, those players that Millwall let go, indeed many are popular, of course, in small clubs, The poached stars are naturally genuine.

Carrick and Frank Lampard dominated Tottenham's midfield last season, and their performance was very prominent, which can be regarded as promoting each other's growth together, making Tottenham's results improve by leaps and bounds.

And Carrick is playing at Tottenham, which is to play at the back, and Lampard is to play in central midfield.

Aldrich thought for a moment and clapped his head: "Then he, there is still one missing, and it must be different from Carrick's characteristics." ”

Boas, the maniac collector, immediately picked up another piece of information and threw it at Aldrich's desk, they were not so gentle in their work, they had always paid attention to efficiency, and it was not uncommon for them to lose things in public.

"Newcastle United's Keelung-Dyer, although a bit risky, but it really couldn't be better!"

After Boas's words, Aldrich flipped through the information and took a look.

An English genius cultivated by Robson.

Keelung-Dyer, although there are exaggerated facts, but in the football circle, just touting, the scenery will not be long, you have to have some real skills.

Dyer, how did the British media brag about him?

He's faster than Zidane, Zidane will, he'll do!

This is clearly bullshit!

However, under Robson, Newcastle United's performance has soared in recent years, and it is inseparable from the excellent performance of the midfielder Dyer.

Aldridge has long known that Dyer is a player, but he has not been recruited into the national team, he used to have plenty of manpower, and Dyer is a player who is constantly off the field, plus a player who stops and stops, he is not very willing to use, thinking that it may be in vain, and he can't count on it at a critical time, why? It's hurt.

However, after looking at the table of the second half of the Dyer League, and now there is a shortage of major generals, Aldridge can only give him a chance, and speaking of characteristics, Dyer and Carrick are really different, when studying Newcastle United, Aldridge knows that this "genius" is almost all-round in midfield, and his style of play is also good at breaking through the ball, which makes the situation open, plus the impact that its speed can bring, it is worth betting, after all, it is a substitute, prepared, maybe there is a surprise role.

"Well, that's it. Joe Cole, Alan Smith"

When talking about Alan Smith, Aldridge was silent, Alan Smith was withdrawn from the front line at Leeds United last season and was closer to the midfield, Aldridge felt that Alan Smith was born in the wrong era, if he was born ten years later, when that defensive striker also began to become a style, Alan Smith can be better than now, stalking defenders, never stopping, starting to defend from the first line, and the local defense successfully rushed forward immediately to beat the opponent's defense. In addition, he has the awareness and ability to do the ball, but it is a pity that he was born in the wrong era, and he was born in the wrong place, in this place of England, the striker should be one high and one fast, high, he is not high, fast, and not absolutely fast, and he can't count on individual combat, if you want to do the ball, you must first be able to hold the ball, especially the high-altitude ball.

Aldridge thought about it and still planned to give Smith a chance, but in terms of using him, he has changed from a striker to a forward midfielder.

"There's also a striker, Husky, Husky, Husky"

Aldridge stroked his head, and for some reason, he was very heavy at the mention of Husky.

Probably the poor number of goals scored by the opponent really made him a little desperate.

In the conference room, the other coaches felt that the work was done, yes, the final list, counting Husky, the substitutes for each position were enough, and the 23-man roster was finalized!

But they had strange expressions, and found Aldrich frowning and muttering to himself, repeating Husky's name.

"In addition to Husky, do we have any strikers to choose from?"

The other coaches looked at each other, looked at the shortlist, and said name after name.

Sheringham?

Fowler?

Cole?

Crouch?

Vasseur?

Aldrich shook his head, these were either old or small, and they couldn't be counted on at all.

He didn't want to take Husky, in theory Husky was good at everything, but Aldridge remembered that Hesky's goal efficiency in the national team was miserable, and it was estimated that it would take 8 or 9 games to score one goal!

With him in tow, Aldridge may choose to let him go up when he is helpless, and then England will play a hanging and cross from the wing.

But after thinking about it, the original England played a very mature cross tactic, and in a very mature technical and tactical system, Husky could only score so many goals, how could he let Aldridge send him to bet at a critical moment? And with such a player on the bench, it will also affect the coach's thinking in a different direction, so just send him up to gamble, and then, if he loses, who is it?

Aldridge thought about it, rather than gambling with luck, it was better to cut off his retreat.

In case Owen has a good one, Lao Tzu will play the no-edge tactic! (To be continued......)