Five Hundred and Fiftieth Chapters Create New Tactics

On the first day of the national team training camp, Aldridge communicated with each player individually. At the same time, the coaching staff also observed the players closely through training to further understand the characteristics of the players.

These information and data will help Aldridge formulate a more detailed tactical framework. 4321 is just a number. How to play on the field is another matter.

Just like Aldridge placed Beckham in the right midfielder position, can't Beckham move on the right side when attacking?

The formation is dead, the initial position is more important a defensive responsibility and area setting, imprinted in the player's mind, play a role in the game, return to the position when defending, connect with other positions, and be aware of other areas when attacking In the blink of an eye, make an immediate decision on how to handle the ball.

After the first day of training with a lot of content, the lineup and tactical drills began on the second day.

The convenience of coaching the national team is that the player's ability value is above one level, there are basically no major defects, and the players do not have language communication problems.

At first, the players were allowed to practice tactics by themselves, and Aldridge was watching, but the effect was very poor. The reason was that the players didn't seem to understand the essence of tactics.

Aldridge brought the players together, and with their professionalism, they could understand with just a little guidance, and the rest was the result of actual combat.

"You may think that 442 is more balanced and more offensive than 4321, and it seems to be the same. When 442 attacks, there are at least 5 players who can attack, while 4321, it seems that there are only 3 players in the frontcourt. Let's see. Tactical board."

Aldridge drew a 442 parallel midfield position on the tactical board.

"442. When attacking. Combination of side and center, more points forward, it seems that there are more attacking numbers and more options for attacking directions. But what is the problem? In this formation, players are easily marked to death, and the players in front are marked. After death, the players behind rush forward again, which can easily lead to overlapping positions. Increase the defensive pressure on the backcourt.”

These, this group of international players who play 442 every day should have a deep understanding, and there is nothing to discuss in detail. They are more interested in how 4321 plays offense!

The players looked at Aldridge curiously.

"Come on, take a look at 4321."

Aldridge drew a 4321 position formation map, and then drew five attack arrows.

double front waist,

Single striker, left back, right midfielder, five-man attack.

Aldridge asked: "We can attack like this. The number of offensive players involved is five, and the width of the field is fully utilized. At the same time, in the process of going from back to front, a triangle pass is performed to achieve the effect of tearing apart the opponent's defense layer by layer. "

The players looked at each other, looking at it flatly, indeed, 4321, five players attack, and 442, five players attack, with changes and unpredictability in terms of position and area, making more use of the width of the field, and because the players are from defenders, to Forwards, as long as they can play with speed, the continuous impact is even more difficult to mark.

Aldridge erased the attack arrows of the left back and right midfielder, and drew attack arrows on the roles of right back and left midfielder.

"We can still attack like this and keep five offensive players."

When Aldridge repainted the arrows of the offensive players, many England internationals sighed.

They already understood what Aldridge wanted to express.

To put it simply, the 442 fixed offensive routine, the midfielder finds the winger, the winger looks for the forward, or the winger initiates, passes to the midfielder, and the midfielder passes again. This kind of routine has been thoroughly studied by everyone. , On the basis of this formation, combined with the personal ability of the England international, it is difficult to derive a more powerful offensive routine.

McManaman wondered: "In fact, we have 7 players with offensive capabilities!"

Aldrich nodded and said: "That's right, there are seven players, three in the frontcourt, two midfielders in the backcourt, plus two fullbacks, but the point is, in the attack, only two players can be used in the backcourt. Players step forward, and in order to achieve a defensive balance, only one player can step forward on the left or right. If the defensive midfielder is on the front, the full-back cannot go forward, and at most he can step forward to respond according to the situation."

This tactical arrangement is based on defense.

If Beckham stepped forward to participate in the attack, then Lampard on the other side and the right back Neville could not press too much. Similarly, Lampard went up to participate in the attack. Ashley Cole in order to ensure that this side If the defense doesn't show a big gap, he can't get up.

442 is very balanced. The 4321 created by Aldrich is essentially balanced in the number of offensive and defensive transitions, but the distribution of offensive points can be flexibly changed, and there is no positional conflict during the change, and there will be no full-backs rushing up to cause damage. Squeeze the space for the winger to move, and simply support, but cannot increase the intuitive threat in front of the goal.

Aldridge explained patiently: "Part of the key point of this tactic is the change of attack and defense in the midfield. Among the three midfielders, the middle one is mainly defensive, and the other two have to bear the transition from defense to offense. The task of instigating the ball. For example, Lampard takes the ball on the left side of the midfield. There are defensive players in front of him to suppress him, so that he cannot take the ball forward or even if he advances, there is no comfortable space to hold the ball. Then at this time , all he has to do is to distribute the ball, who is it for? Ashley Cole on the left side should pull forward and Beckham on the other side should also attack forward as a contact point, so as to maintain a stable success After Lampard instigated the attack, he could not go forward and stayed behind to prevent the left side from being counterattacked and expose a large space. The second part is the support of the midfielder in the attack. The core is Scholes. After his teammates attack from the midfield, Scholes has to form a contact point in the middle and quickly transfer the ball to a more threatening area. When the attack advances to the front line, Scholes, McManaman, Irving, including players who assist from the backcourt, should form a double row or three rows of offensive threat points."

The international footballers began to discuss with each other, a varied tactical system is the foundation of the team's game. The creativity of England's own players is limited. How does this limited expression feel on the field?

Not to mention opponents. Even the audience can basically guess how they pass the ball, who passes it to whom, and there is nothing unexpected about the movement. What about the opponent? It's easy to limit their offense.

Aldridge can't change the player's own ability, so he can only work hard on tactical design and use strategy to provide changes.

Scholes raised his hand and asked, "Coach, what you said just now seems to be effective only when you fight back, right?"

Aldridge smiled, Ginger was a little bored, but his football thinking turned quickly.

"That's right, when counterattacking, this offensive routine is the most powerful. As I said yesterday, positional warfare, when there is not enough space, that is not our specialty, so. Frontal attack, positional warfare. We play simple, and this simple method of attack is a strategy. The most important thing is that we have removed a striker, and we have more midfielders. When the opponent's offensive and defensive transition is excessive, we can create Put a lot of pressure on the opponent, counterattack quickly in the midfield, and then launch a counterattack on the spot, this is also one of my requirements for you."

Scholes thought about it carefully, and then nodded in a dignified manner. Aldridge found it interesting, wondering how much the ginger head understood.

After fully instilling the tactical concept into the players, the next offensive and defensive drills are the stage of experimentation and running-in.

The main team, the substitute team, the offensive rhythm slowed down, Aldridge supervised the battle on the sidelines, constantly reminded the players to move, and also reminded them of the essentials of defensive tactics in actual combat. In this regard, Southgate played a more important role than the field. Coach Bian is better. He sits on the back line and reminds his teammates to make up by observing the situation.

When it came to the practice session and the practice of theory, these international players really felt the freshness of Aldridge's new tactics.

Especially in the link of instigating the offensive, it is flexible and changeable.

The one who feels the deepest is Beckham.

On the other side, Lampard is used to this kind of changeable tactical routine, and he never deviates from the same principle. When Millwall's conventional methods cannot open the situation, he has become accustomed to the change of attack point, and therefore, he Works well with Ashley Cole on this side.

The two of them attack and defend, responding to the pass and running, they have a tacit understanding.

Beckham, on the other hand, was full of energy in the transition from defense to offense.

Launching an attack is not a dead-end routine, the key lies in the instigation link.

When Beckham was pressed, he would send the ball to Neville who was on the wing, or he could find Lampard or a long pass to a player who ran out of space in the frontcourt.

His speed is not his strong point, although he has moved from the position of full-back to the back, but his long ball can play a big role, especially in the counter-attack.

Basically, when the instigation of the offensive is stable and excessive, the offensive that overwhelms the half court will burst out immediately. Scholes' key mid-lane scheduling, and then inserting the forward impact brought by the players, can often break through a line of defense. Let the offensive continue to move forward.

It's just that in the link of the final blow, the cooperation is still not in place. It takes time for them to get familiar with and establish a new tacit understanding.

The substitute team felt more and more overwhelmed because they couldn't defend against the opponent's late attack. In theory, there were four points that could be inserted. It was impossible to predict which two would charge up, especially when instigating. In the part of the offensive, the player with the most space in front has been selected to attack forward, flexible and threatening, rushing up within a few seconds in a short period of time, it is really hard to guard against.

Aldridge’s tactical formation also has its flaws. The biggest weakness is that when the opponent does not take the initiative to attack and defends mainly by compressing the space in the backcourt and playing a conservative defensive counterattack, then even if England’s deep penetration can cause accidents, But they can't tear the defense line. In that case, they can only rely on three tricks in the tough battle, dribbling breakthroughs, set balls, and long shots.

Dribbling breakthroughs are negligible, set kicks and long-range shots, it has to be said that England has a little advantage.

Beckham's direct free kicks or assists teammates, Lampard, Scholes, and long-range shots all have the ability to break the ice.

The training atmosphere on the second day was better than that of the first day, because the players were full of energy, and in the new tactical system, they were like children who got a new toy, with high interest.

At the end of the training, Aldridge saw Gary Neville running to the edge of the woods outside the training ground, looked around and then took out the bird to release water openly.

Trees will be planted on the side of the training field for wind protection, so as not to affect training.

Gary Neville is very selfless, watering the trees at Leo's training base.

Aldrich rolled his eyes, called Scholes to his face, and said solemnly: "Paul, how accurate are your feet?"

The 1.74 meter ginger head looked up slightly at Aldrich, who was a little over ten centimeters taller than him, without saying a word.

"Try."

Aldridge pointed to Neville, who was quite far away from the side of the training ground, and the opponent raised his head and let the water go, as if he was still whistling.

Scholes took two steps to run up and chopped up a football on the training ground.

Pretty standard chopping.

The ball flitted across a parabolic trajectory in the air.

Aldridge watched the ball fall intently.

The ball hit Neville's back!

Scholes turned around and pretended to talk to Aldrich.

Gary Neville, who pulled up his trousers and turned around by the tree, let out a roar.

"Paul! I know it's you!" (To be continued...)