Saitama World Cup Stadium.

Sweden's coaching staff walked out of the tunnel before the players from both sides came out.

As soon as they came out, it was a bit of a surprise, because the England dugout staff were seated and neat, and it was obvious that they had already come out.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines, and after the Swedish coaching staff took their seats, he took the initiative to walk over and shake hands with the two Swedish managers.

Yes, when he was in charge of a club, Aldridge had two managers at the same time, such as Liverpool, and now, on the World Cup stage, he has encountered this strange coaching staff.

Sweden's two managers, one is Schoderberg and the other is Lagerbeck.

Fleet Street is very strong, in addition to making the England team make headlines every day, there are still some practical contributions to the England team, such as finding out the enemy's situation!

The paparazzi on Fleet Street have figured out the assignment of the Swedish team's coach tasks, and the Swedish team with this two-coach system is the bitter master of England's 34-year winless streak, so naturally it cannot be underestimated.

Schederberg is responsible for collecting intelligence and sorting out information, and at the same time will appear hot in the game, motivating and encouraging players on the sidelines, while the relatively quiet Lagerbeck is always sitting there, he is responsible for the team's tactical arrangements and the implementation of changes, the two have a clear division of labor, but it is certainly impossible to fit perfectly, and the division of labor determines that the action of decision-making and implementation may delay the fighter, and there may be misunderstandings.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

In response to this strange situation of the Swedish team, Aldridge will naturally take advantage of it.

For example, yesterday at the press conference it was said that England would take set-pieces

Seeing each other is fate, and being able to become opponents on the World Cup stage. Aldridge still retains respect for his opponent. After officially shaking hands with the two managers one after another. He returned to the dugout and waited for the game to start.

Players from both sides began to enter the field.

"England is finally making their debut at the World Cup! I have to say that the Swedish team really has a lot of familiar faces, Larsson who plays for Millwall, Ibrahimovic who plays for Arsenal, Ljungberg, Svensson who plays for Southampton, and Mild who plays for Wimbledon. AleSanderson who played for Everton, Melberg who played for Aston Villa, and Heideman who played for Coventry counted carefully, and among the Swedish starters, there were actually 8 people playing in English football! No wonder England have beaten Sweden in 34 years, they know us all too well. ”

'Okay, let's look at the starting formations of both sides.

England starting XI 4321.

Goalkeeper: Seaman.

Defenders: Phil Neville, Ferdinand, Southgate, Ashley Cole.

Defender: David Beckham. Bart, Frank Lampard.

Striker: Paul Scholes. McManaman.

Forward: Owen.

Sweden started 442.

Goalkeeper: Heideman.

Defenders: Lucic, Melberg, Anderson, Edelman.

Midfielders: Ljungberg, Alexanderson, Mild, Svensson.

Forwards: Larsson, Ibrahimovic.

I hope England can get a satisfactory result in the first performance of the group stage of the World Cup, and lay a solid foundation for qualifying from the Group of Death! ”

The players from both sides have already taken to the field for a pre-match handshake.

Sweden have a number of players playing in English football, but not all of them are in the top flight, and the likes of Ibrahimovic, Ljungberg, Melberg and Alessandronsson are certainly familiar faces to English players.

When Aldridge witnessed the handshake between the players of the two teams, he suddenly realized that the scene in front of him was very strange.

Southgate shook hands with Larsson, and the two patted each other's arms without verbal exchange.

Southgate shook hands with Melberg again, and Southgate could not understand in his life, this scene made Aldrich look so wonderful.

If there is no Aldrich, no Millwall, no master-apprentice fate for these eight years, no top-level competition for these eight years.

Southgate, who should still be remembered by the All-England fans, is the Aston Villa who stayed in a backwater, and then, at this time, began to be replaced by Melberg as the new favorite of the Villa Park defence.

However, Southgate did not know, Melberg did not know, and Aldrich alone knew.

If Aldridge hadn't snatched Thierry Henry from Arsene Wenger, Ibrahimovic might have gone to Ajax, or would have started in the second-tier league, rather than in the Premier League, and then, become Sweden's starting striker, Larsson's partner.

Only Aldrich knows this.

Gareth Southgate walked up to the referee as England captain, and the Sweden captain also came across from Southgate to pick sides and exchange flags.

Sweden's captain, Anderson and Southgate are no strangers, Anderson played together when he played for Bayern Munich, and now Anderson plays for Barcelona.

The more you play in the top league and come to the top World Cup stage, there will not be too many strangers, because you have a star-studded here, and more than 90% of the strong players in today's football are gathered here, and the top players who have not come here are not strong, such as the Dutch team with such masters, but it can only be said that as a team, they are not strong.

At the end of the pick, England will attack from left to right in the first half.

With a whistle from referee Carlos Simon, the match between England and Sweden officially begins!

The fans in the stands cheered enthusiastically, but there was no gunsmoke in the stadium, as if the breeze was just passing on the sea, and the ripples flickered by, unable to set off the waves, unable to cause the storm, and there were slight ups and downs, but still calm.

The Swedish team is in the back, and even Ibrahimovic, a striker who does not defend much in the club, has withdrawn to the center circle, at least as a mobile wall, not to mention Larsson, who comes directly to the back of the center circle to defend, and the Swedish team's back line and waist line are dragged behind, forming a dense defensive area.

To play England, Sweden will definitely have to collect information, in addition to the game footage. What could be more helpful than asking Larson directly?

For the honor of the national team. Naturally, Larsson will share his insights on Aldridge's line-up with the Swedish coaching staff.

Followed Aldrich for eight years. Although Aldridge will not teach him by word and deed, but in the ear and eye listening arrangement, Larsson has his own insight, and he does not dare to say how profound he is, and it is really impossible to talk about it, but England's squad is laid out, through Guò's understanding of the player's ability, and the analysis of past game videos. Larsson can not only point out the tactical idea that England is playing on the counter-attack, which the whole world knows, but also pinpoint the essence of England's counter-attack: hiding the point of attack!

The Swedish team is naturally not as good as England's, England's main squad either plays for giants or first-tier clubs, and some players play for the same club, such as Manchester Union and Millwall, which makes their whole team more tacit.

The players of the Swedish team, except for a few who play for big clubs or first-tier clubs, all play for low-level clubs or second-rate leagues. For example, players who play in the Netherlands, Greece. Or in the English second division like Coventry, Wimbledon.

Therefore, when they face England, they will not consider giving full play to their own strengths, resisting the strong with the weak, and the basis of undefeated is to limit the strong team, and on the basis of limiting, look for the opportunity to win with a low probability.

Defense, is a must, how to defend?

Combined with Larsson's advice and the coaching staff's information gathering, they developed a set of tactics for unilateral counter-attacks.

The back line can't give the opponent space, so it has to retreat, Owen's speed, Scholes's forward insertion, this is an intuitive threat, the defense line is up, and the danger behind being beaten is like showing the door to give people a handle.

Although Xiaobei was injured before the game and his condition did not recover to 100%, the threat of Gold's right foot still cannot be ignored, so the left side of the midfield must focus on defense and limit Xiaobei from stepping forward to create a threat.

England's back three and Paul Scholes in the middle, this central defense is airtight, and the Swedish team has no capital, so they use Wimbledon's butcher-type defensive players to strengthen the defense.

The only thing left is the right side, for the right side, there is Ljungberg, and Larsson, who is over 30 years old, and Larsson, who is over 30 years old, plus Ibrahimovic in front of the ball to share the ball, giving Ljungberg and Larsson the opportunity to insert, Ibrahimovic is the fulcrum in front, and the main attack is the right side.

Moreover, on the side of Lampard and Ashley Cole, the relative defense still feels weak, and Phil Neville on the other side has a lot of experience in the competition, and his physical condition is above Ashley Cole, and Xiaobei is also known as not being able to run to death, and the Swedish team's offensive players on the left side are naturally not as capable as Ljungberg.

One-sided counterattack on the right side!

After the start of the game, the first impression of England on the world stage was that they were not a strong team!

Yes, because England seem to be deeper than Sweden, more cautious than Sweden, it seems that Sweden are trying to tear open the gap from the right flank, Ljungberg and Larsson, Ibrahimovic, the trio of the three together, to create a lot of pressure on England on the left, but the accompanying problem is that the three of them concentrate on this side, and then the attack turns back to the middle, and the threat of a fatal blow is weakened.

The Swedish team is also tentative, focusing on the local area to establish an advantage, but that area is not a direct threat to the goal, creating an absolutely lethal zone, even if the attack is advanced to the bottom line on the right side, they make adjustments, organization, and will soon be drowned in the dense defensive wave of the England team's backfield.

The England team's attack, slow and fast-paced, is iron-hearted in the midfield through short passes to penetrate the opponent's defense, but only rely on Owen, McManaman, Scholes, and Becky and Lampard, who are slightly ahead of the attack, they want to pass the ball through Sweden's dense defense, which is even more foolish.

The game, which seems to be a back-and-forth, is actually the same.

The routine, the rhythm, the offensive and defensive system, are set in stone.

Both teams are conservative and will be afraid of losing the first game and making the next two games passive.

In the first 20 minutes, the game only made the fans in the stands nervous because of its importance, and the content was lackluster, and the two teams were like two armies in ancient times facing each other to set up a solid camp, and then sent generals to shout and curse in front of the formation, but they did not dare to really fight and rush to kill.

As the minutes ticked by, there wasn't even a single dangerous image on the pitch that would have scared the fans.

Aldrich looked down at the watch, Breguet, Napoleon's favorite, Aldrich loved it too, because it was precise!

Twenty-five minutes have passed.

It's time to make a move! (To be continued......)