Volume 4 Chapter 18 Mark Passage!

'John Terry made a huge mistake and he betrayed the trust I placed in him,' Capello said speaking to the media and cameras, 'I haven't heard anybody talk to me, not David Beckham, not Frank Lampard, not Marc'

"My door is open to anyone at any time, but at the moment I haven't heard anyone say anything to me, I don't know what Terry thinks, he could perfectly walk into my office and not whine at the media"

And the person in question, Terry, after talking to the coaching staff, also just learned what happened, and then he quickly clarified to the media that he did not incite the fighting in the locker room, which is completely speculation by the media.

'I'm a member of the England squad at the World Cup and I just want to contribute to the team and find out together what went wrong with our first game......

Although England, from the FA to the coaches and players, rushed to clarify the rumors of infighting in the team early in the morning, the heat in the media is still hot.

"F**K, they should be putting their energy on the pitch instead of fighting with words," said The Telegraph when interviewing fans on the streets of England what they had to say about it.

"In order to support England to win the championship, I even reduced the frequency of ×× with my girlfriend, who are still in the mood to discuss whether I should ×× with my girlfriend? Shit! ”

The Daily Telegraph reporter turned to the camera and said: "According to our random survey, in order to support England to win the championship, male fans in England have generally decided to reduce the frequency of married life during the World Cup, so as to concentrate on cheering for the team. ”

"John Terry should be stripped of his starting position, we don't need a player to create infighting"

Capello: It's a lot of pressure, but I can handle it, and we'll give the fans an explanation.

"Goalkeeper James: I'm not close to anyone, so naturally I won't be involved in what Terry said"

Rooney: I apologize for the dissatisfaction with the fans on the pitch that day, we'll cheer you up'

Mark: Don't make a big fuss, we'll definitely find the form we were in when we qualifyed! 》

For a while, there was a lot of news about England in the media news, although the team has now closed the interview channel and will soon fly to Cape Town for the second round of the competition.

Whether you can take Terry or not!

Capello decided to suspend him for one game after a long time of wrestling, Algeria are the weakest team in the group, and he still has a chance to set things right, and if he continues to start Terry now, it will damage his prestige.

"Steven, sit," Capello said, gesturing to the chair across from him.

He called Gerrard over to hear what the current captain thinks, mainly whether the players in the team are having any psychological fluctuations right now.

"Now about the team, I'd like to hear your opinion", he asked straight to the point.

"Boss, the matter is not as serious as the media said", Gerrard was prepared, and said directly: "Although the players do feel that the atmosphere in the team is very tense now, but for the sake of the World Cup, they will not do anything that harms the interests of the team"

"Nervous?" , Capello pushed his glasses and asked.

Gerald nodded, "It's not pressure, it's nervousness", he shrugged, "It's hard for me to explain how this happened"

"And why do you think so?" , he began to face up to the problem.

"I think there are a lot of factors, a lot of us were sinners in England at the last European Championship, and this time it's inevitable that a lot of people will want to atone for their sins," Gerrard said uncertainly.

"In addition, after a busy season, many people have not been rested, and it can be psychologically tired, coupled with the expectations of the media and fans for results, which will cause a lot of psychological burden on the players."

"Well......", Capello frowned and thought for a moment, "do many people think so?" ”

Gerrard nodded affirmatively, after coming to South Africa, many of his former teammates who loved to laugh were very serious, which was too obvious, "A lot of people are, but the youngest Mark is the most joking and relaxed in the team now, which even I find surprised"

"That's good", Capello nodded, he relied so heavily on Mackin that this was the best news he had heard in the past two days.

"So do you think we need to do something to alleviate this situation, as the media said, to arrange for a psychologist to be on the team?" , he continued.

"No, it's not that serious", Gerrard shook his head and smiled, "I personally only think there are two things that need to be improved, one is to take a holiday at the right time to allow the players to spend time with their families, which helps them to relieve pressure, and the other is whether our starters can be announced earlier, so that we can be mentally prepared and know who we will work with"

Capello stood up, walked back and forth twice, thought about the wall for a while, turned back to Gerrard and nodded, "Thank you, Steven, I'll discuss this with the coaching staff."

"It's okay, it's all for England"

Capello smiled and went over and patted him on the shoulder, "I see"

When the World Cup reached the second round, it began to enter a tense stage, with only three days of rest between the second round, the third round, and the quarterfinals.

So Gerrard said that he had to think about it and discuss it with the coaching staff before making a decision, and the other thing was the starting line-up, which had to change.

Regarding Wayne Rooney, Capello still trusts him, but you can't put all your hopes on him, maybe he won't find form in two or three games and England will go home.

He can't expect Mackin to save them every game, that's not the mentality that a mature coach should have, what he should do is to adjust the team to the best.

'I'm personally in favour,' said Beckham, who had a tactical meeting after the afternoon training routine and discussed the change of formation for a long time.

Changing the formation is not to change the formation, the playing style of 451 is limited to the current personnel and time, it is unrealistic to want to change, but to fine-tune on the existing basis.

The problem up front now is that after Rooney doesn't score, they lack an obvious second point of attack, and both Germans are the type of back insertion, not conventional weapons.

But to get Mark up front, the team's organization will be problematic, and Mark needs a tactical striker to cooperate, Rooney obviously can't do this job, that would be unrealistic and wasteful.

So they discussed for a long time and came up with the idea of going up to Crouch and letting Rooney also retreat, which won the support of Beckham, because at Manchester United, Rooney is not the one at the top, he is also a mobile striker.

This solves the fulcrum problem when Mack Qin plugs in, and also liberates Rooney, who is also a very comprehensive striker, willing to defend, can carry out simple organization, and retreats to take the ball to advance, which will play a greater role than rushing forward.

'But with one more striker, do we get rid of a midfielder, or do we get rid of a defender?' , another coach asked.

Capello thought about it with his chin in his clubbing, and then made a final decision, "Full-back, this is the weakest point in our squad, Phillips, Lennon, Milner are all average, we simply don't want it"

"Rooney, Marc and Gerrard can solve the problem of the wings and let the three of them maneuver, Lampard is now less able to run, let him be mainly responsible for the transition in the midfield, as well as the insertion in the middle of the penalty area, Barry plays a single midfielder", Capello's thinking suddenly became clear.

'In this case, Wayne Rooney plays on the left side of the attacking midfield, Gerrard plays on the right side of the midfield, and the two full-backs increase their assists to allow Rooney and Gerrard to help defend their respective wings"

"What about Mark?" , someone asked.

"The libero, he's playing a false nine at Liverpool, it's actually the right guy up front, and their approach is to use Gerrard's dropback as a hub at the back, but we don't have the right staffing, which would make Barry and Frank Lampard useless, and there would be a huge gap on the wings."

"So my idea is to be flexible and let the other nine guys form a 4221 formation in their respective areas, Mark plays a free man in the midfield, the midfield is organized, the last pass in the front field, inserts into the penalty area to score, and the specific timing is free to choose on the field, I believe he has the ability"

This is equivalent to the whole team establishing a scaffolding channel for Mackqin, going back and forth, when to run to what position, what to do, up to his own judgment, giving him a lot of tasks, which is also Capello's choice of helplessness.

Last season, he watched so many games on the spot, and understood that if he wanted to push him to the front line to play the false nine, the backfield must have the ability to advance on the ground, and Liverpool was completed by Gerrard, Lucas, and the retreating defensive strikers and the wingers who cut inside, and built a bridge for Macqin in the front.

But England don't have the conditions, and without a teammate to be available at any time, Mackloin's ability to play alone will be greatly reduced due to speed and physical limitations, and he will be prone to injury, which is why Capello will not take the risk of arranging such an arrangement.

For the 1:0 Capello, solid defense and the organization of the backfield are the most important, he does not need Mark to score so many goals, just enough.

But now scoring a goal has become a problem, and in the case of unwillingness to give up Mack's playmaking ability at the back, he has to take on more responsibility.

"Let's do it, tomorrow morning's training session begins", Capello decided, "as long as Mark and Rooney are freed and they are fully in shape, it will be the best England"

England were finally forced to complete their third tactical change during the World Cup due to various reasons, the first was when Fabio Capello took over, establishing the position of the core of Mackin midfield playmaking, and the second time when he weakened Frank Lampard's position and gave Mackin the convenience of inserting the goal.

And this third time also completely determined the soul position of Macqin in the entire English tactical system, the M core in the MR combination, which has also become a classic style of play in England in the future.

The media named it: Mark Passage!

Because of this tactical system, England is like setting up several up and down passages for Mark Qin to gallop up and down, and it has also completely released his potential in the national team.

This is the case with a lot of players, the club and the national team are two completely different worlds, can you say that the Argentine players are less skilled than Barcelona? , but why did Messi not play as well as Barcelona in Argentina?

In the final analysis, it is a matter of playing style, Messi is really a god, and it is absolutely inseparable from Guardiola's passing and control system, Messi in the Rijkaard period is also very strong, but compared to Messi under the passing and control system, one is completely human and one is a demigod.

Starting against Algeria:

Goalkeeper: James

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Upson, Carragher, Glen Johnson

Defenders: Frank Lampard, Barry, Gerrard

Libero in midfield: Macklin

Attacking midfielder: Wayne Rooney

Tactical center: Crouch

When England got the internal starting line-up for the team's regular meeting that night, they shattered their glasses, and there were still two days to go before the game.

As for why Terry didn't start, it's clear that a one-game suspension has been announced, and Terry has made a public apology in the locker room.

The goalkeeper is completely choosing the one who didn't make a mistake, one by one.

It seems that Capello did listen to Gerrard's words, and not only that, but when Capello announced that the players could go out for the night tonight, the crowd boiled.

"Quiet, listen to me", Capello pressed his hand, "I know you need to relax, but don't overdo it, if I see one less person at the training ground before 9 o'clock tomorrow, he can pack up and go home, we will fly to Cape Town the morning after tomorrow, and the new way of playing is only tomorrow day to get used to......"

After the meeting, the teammates excitedly went out to find their respective families, and Macqin was left alone by Capello and asked him directly: "Mark, how is it, does the new formation feel stressed?"

"I like the feeling of freedom......", he smiles and is full of confidence!