When one side on the pitch is suddenly counterattacked, the players on the field will subconsciously retreat to defend, no matter how far away from the football, retreat, and take out a defensive posture, at least a kind of dedication to the table.

This will lead the formation to move back, and after defending the counterattack, the advance when attacking again will have to re-brew the threat.

When Greece played England's counter-attack in the 41st minute, England's front-line players did not return to defend immediately and did not move back to their positions.

Owen, Scholes, McManaman, keeping in mind Aldridge's pre-game advice, their position is pressing the Greek midfield line.

It would be risky to do so, as if the Greeks were to press hard, the pressure on England's defence would increase dramatically.

However, the Greek team's counterattack did not rely on too many troops, but focused on playing weak links, relying on the flexible running position of players, and playing more with less.

After England's success in defending, they turned around and England counter-attacked on the spot, a wave of forward attack that was more powerful than any attack in the previous 4o minutes.

The reason is that the Greek team plays counterattacks and advances quickly, and the formation will be slightly preceded, providing passing points, tearing England's defensive formation, creating chances, and ensuring the success rate of passes.

Greece's counterattack did not rely on simple long passes, but on terrifying tactical discipline.

Although England's counterattack after the failure of the Greek counterattack, the offensive space is still not as broad as the last game against Germany, but the victory lies in the stronger comparison of player ability, the strength of the Greek team's players cannot be compared with the players of the German team, the space is not too big, but it is enough!

It was a risky counterattack from Greece, but 3 seconds after the lethal pass was made, England's counterattack passed the Greek half!

Such an abrupt reversal on the field made the Greek team overwhelmed.

It is conceivable that they are gathering strength and waiting for the right time, just about to explode, full of the hope that they can surprise the England team. The opponent was caught off guard, but the reality was a complete reversal, their counterattack played a certain threat, but in the end they failed to form a goal, not even a shot, even so, it should scare the England team. The result? The England team seems to have been prepared for a long time, and they suddenly turned to beat them with a six-god master!

Left wing-back Fisas and midfielder Sagrakis rushed up in a panic, the back moved and the middle was wide open, and Bey was just right to move the ball. McManaman won the ball down the middle and dribbled forward.

Owen sprinted straight into the middle of the penalty area, attracting centre-backs Dabizas and Scavenger Dellas, while another centre-back, George Chiotis, had to come up to defend McManaman with the ball.

But just as he moved, the alarm sounded in his heart, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw someone diagonally behind him from the middle of the penalty area.

McManaman went straight to the right side of the penalty area, and Owen pinned down the Greek defenders on the left and middle of the box, and on the right side of the box he grabbed Becky on the full-back and behind the central defender. It just so happened that an English player ran into that area, like a sharp knife, hitting the weakest part of the enemy's army!

"Scholes! Scholes got a good shot on goal, stopped the ball, slipped the ball to his dominant foot and volleyed! Pretty! Paul Scholes opens the scoring for England! It was a late goal we expected, but it came anyway. England, the top of the group, has no suspense in advancing to the World Cup finals! ”

Ginger turned to point at McManaman after breaking the door, smiling widely.

Old Trafford was silent for a long time. finally burst out with overwhelming jubilation.

The first 4o minutes of the game did make the fans drowsy, but the process of scoring the goal really made the fans feel up and down and excited.

The Greeks suddenly picked up the tempo and unleashed a sharp counter-attack, blinking seven seconds later just as they were worried about England's defence. England turned to the goal of Greece!

This reversal drama on the green field, from Greece's counterattack to England's goal, may add up to less than 15 seconds in total, but it is the content of these 15 seconds. Let the fans be hooked.

There were many fans in the stands who patted their chests, looking happy but still palpitating.

Aldridge shook his fist fiercely, and many players on the field looked at him, and the admiration for Aldrich in their hearts could not be described in words.

Rehhagel saw the team's shortcomings in this goal conceded.

But he was not discouraged.

He has only been in charge of the team for half a year, and the Greek team has a poor foundation, and it will take longer to fully form.

And this time of formation, Aldrich is clearer than Rehhagel.

Many people later said that the myth created by the Greek team in O4 had a lot of luck and chance.

Aldrich doesn't think so.

Especially after immersing myself in football in this life, it is difficult to describe Greece's brilliant achievements as lucky or accidental.

A game can be lucky or accidental, but a series of matches that outsiders alone say are lucky and accidental appear in a row in a period of time, then, this is not luck!

The Greek team is really taking shape and will be at the end of next year!

When the O4 Euro Qualifiers officially started, the Greek team lost to Spain at home and Ukraine away, and both games were lost O:2.

At that time, everyone thought that Greece would be out of the tournament early, but in the next six games, the Greek team won all 6 games! No goals conceded!

4 games 1:o, 2 games 2:o.

8 games, 8 goals scored, 4 goals conceded, the number jù is shabby, but the results are brilliant.

beat Spain to directly enter the European Cup, and Ukraine was kicked out!

To say lucky, the only luck of the Greek team may be the group stage of the European Cup, 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, relying on the number of goals scored more than Spain and sending Spain back home.

But in the quarterfinals, France was eliminated, the Czech Republic, the strongest team after independence in the semifinals, and the host Portugal won the final, and Greece entered the temple of green mythology with these 3 games 1:o!

That's no luck!

Fleet Street often refers to Aldridge and Arsene Wenger as Skywalkers, both of whom have their own aspirations on the pitch and have managed to make a huge wave of football on English soil, and the storm that blows will have a lasting impact.

But in Aldrich's view, Rehhagel is the Skywalker on this thorny and rugged path of seeking!

Greece's game is mainly based on training, and victory or defeat does not matter.

Aldridge will not be satisfied with the temporary lead or even if they win against Greece in the end. It's just pathetic.

After conceding the goal, Greece's original plans were disrupted, and there was no further attack in the final minutes of the first half, and England walked into the dressing room with a one-goal lead.

Aldridge did not praise the players when he returned to the dressing room, but instead focused on the Greek team's appearance, in fact, he wanted to show the England players how to cope with the game in such an environment from the perspective of the Greek team.

International competitions. Especially in the competition, prudence is the top, and the mentality must be stable!

Especially in the World Cup, the master has made a move, and whoever calms down has a higher chance of winning.

Intermission. Aldridge gave the players some time to digest.

In today's game, the fight is not bravery, the fight is resourcefulness, who is calmer on the field, who can take advantage of the situation, who can gain the upper hand, blindly rush to kill. will only fall into the opponent's plan, but it is equivalent to exposing one's life to the opponent.

Aldrich walked out and smoked a cigarette with Jenson around the corner of the passage.

Jenson puffed out smoke and suddenly smiled: "Aldrich, you are going to train this England team's counter-attacking ability to the peak, it's almost amazing." ”

Aldrich lowered his head and smiled, and said: "There are thousands of ways to win, and it is right to take the one that suits you best." ”

Jensen thought about it and nodded in agreement.

The coaching staff didn't put any effort into England's positional battles. There is a profit and loss consideration, how much to invest, how much to return, even if the England team's positional potential is fully stimulated, it may only be the first-class level in Europe at best, why? Because England don't have Zidane, there's no Pirlo. No Harvey, no 3R

But England have players who are absolutely suitable for counter-attacking, Owen's movement and degree, McManaman's breakthrough and dribbling. With Becky's long pass, Paul Scholes' precise shot and awareness of the goal, and Frank Lampard's long-range threat, England themselves have the potential to play first-class counter-attacks, and it is the characteristics of the players' abilities that determine the tactical design, rather than Aldridge's sudden whimsical tactics and let the players adapt to them, or transform the players.

"What if Greece is determined to defend today? Or will the opponents we face in the future also stubbornly defend? ”

Jensen asked leisurely, holding his head high.

Aldrich smiled and pointed at him, saying, "Deliberately finding fault and teasing me? ”

Jenson laughed, they all knew that this situation would not happen.

In the league, there are indeed teams that will face strong teams because of the big difference in strength and just want to stick to a draw, because the draw has points.

But in the national team, especially in international competitions, this situation is difficult to live, and if you don't win in the group stage, you will face the possibility of going out, and the knockout stage will be stubborn? What do you rely on to advance? Penalty roulette?

There is a certain factor behind the success of the Greek team's counterattack is the contempt of the strong team, but there are also factors that they have a more calm mentality and grasp the opponent's psychology.

Although Aldrich felt in his heart that he could not compare with Rehhagel, the other party was like a god, and he just relied on better resources to stand on the top of mortals, but Aldrich did not respect Rehhagel's tactical system.

People will look at successful tactical systems such as 442, 433, 352, 4321, Christmas tree, TIkI-Taka, Mourinho's winger attack group 433 and so on.

But few people will study the successful five-back tactical system of the Greek team, in the context of encouraging attack, Rehhagel's tactical system in the Greek team itself is not popular, it is understandable to play like this in international competitions, and defensive victory is already a cliché.

But it has never been able to form the mainstream, because even the relegation teams in the top league will not adopt this kind of tactical system that will force fans to leave the stadium to watch the game, neither catering to the market, nor can it be successful by following suit, and the Greek team itself may have a team with a little bit of financial resources can form a team of similar grades, but not every team that wants to imitate can have a coach named Rehhagel.

This Greek team's training battle, the battle of life and death of the England team, was still unexciting in the second half, but when the game was in the 8o minute, Greece made a comeback, but the England team copied the goal in the first half, but the goal was full of twists and turns, Owen's shot was blocked by goalkeeper Nicopolidis, and the follow-up Lampard shot the ball into the goal from the perimeter.

To the cheers of the crowd at Old Trafford, Aldridge saw off the expressionless Rehhagel after the loss.

England's journey to the World Preliminary Tournament is over, and England ranks first in the group with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, accumulating 19 points, and directly qualifying for next year's World Cup finals.

Germany are going to play the play-offs.

England's plan ahead of the World Cup, in addition to studying the opponents in the group stage after the results of the World Cup group draw at the end of the year, other FIFa match days will be spent on rehearsing the squad to further hone the team and improve their strength.

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