Naples actually had the money to go out for training, but Gao Shen refused.
The advantage of training outside is that you can concentrate on things without being disturbed, but there are also disadvantages, which is that the players travel back and forth.
There are many players in Naples who have just joined the team and are not familiar with this place yet. Suddenly they go to another completely unfamiliar place. This is inappropriate and will affect the players' integration speed.
Therefore, after discussing with the coaching staff and management, Gao Shen chose to conduct a closed training camp at Fort Volturno.
All visitors are declined, the venue is only open to fans for half a day every week, and media reporters are not allowed to enter.
But this also means that the outside world knows nothing about the situation in Naples. No one even knows about the situation of the Gao Shen team. We can only occasionally learn from the photos released by the club's official website that the team is proceeding as planned.
train.
Starting from July 10th, Naples trained in a closed training camp at Fort Volturno for ten days.
Gao Shen basically has two points and one line, and the same is true for players from the Bay Area of Naples to Fort Volturno.
It wasn't until the 21st that the team officially went out to play a warm-up match. The opponent was a team from the third-tier C-1 league. Naples played poorly. In the end, it was Carlayo's goal after coming on as a substitute that helped
The team won 1-0.
After that, Naples went out to play a warm-up match every few days. The opponents were not very strong. They were basically teams from the C-1 or even C-2 leagues, but the team's performance was not very satisfactory.
This has also caused the outside world's expectations for Naples to continue to decline.
Some reporters even went to watch Naples' warm-up match and thought that the team's entire tactics were very confusing, their play was disorganized, and their offense and defense could not be seen as a whole.
"Obviously, the shortcomings of Gao Shen's drastic reorganization of the team have been exposed."
Time has quickly entered August.
At this time, a piece of news emerged in Naples, that is, the team's top scorer last season, and also the top scorer in several warm-up matches this summer, announced that he will transfer to Siena, and the transfer fee is 320
million euros.
The deal was negotiated by Marino and received high approval.
When the team first started training, Gao Shen had a chat with Karayo, and he mentioned his use, but Karayo did not agree with Gao Shen's view. He said that he was more qualified as a scorer and suitable for playing in the middle of the frontcourt.
Rather than on the wing.
Although Gao Shen said that his wingers would actually move more to the center, Karaio still disagreed and instructed his agent to contact the team. Gao Shen did not stop him and directly let him go.
Siena, which was narrowly avoiding relegation in Serie A last season, took a fancy to this young local forward and finally successfully signed him for 3.2 million euros.
This deal has once again triggered heated discussions in Italian football.
On the one hand, Naples performed poorly in the warm-up matches and the team's offensive and defensive organization was in disarray. On the other hand, top scorer Carlaio left the team. Although there was no unfavorable news, it somewhat cast a shadow on Naples' new season.
cast a shadow.
Former Real Madrid chairman Martin jumped out again, accusing Gao Shen of forcing Callaio away, just like he suppressed Ronaldo when he was at Real Madrid. However, in Real Madrid, under his dissuasion, Ronaldo finally made a comeback and became the winner of Real Madrid's double crown.
of hero.
But this time in Naples, Gao Shen sent Karaio away willfully.
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Facing the controversy from the outside world, Gao Shen still has not made any response.
The team's chaos has always been expected by Gao Shen and the coaching staff. This is a normal process.
The function of the warm-up match is to constantly expose problems and then solve them. This is a kind of progress.
Especially for a team like Naples that has just undergone reorganization, and Gao Shen has brought a new tactical concept, this requires an adaptation process for any team or any group of players.
Even Gao Shen was mentally prepared to continue adjusting after one month.
But in fact, the team's progress is still satisfactory.
In the final analysis, young players are easier to mold, easier for the head coach to instill their own tactical concepts, and they can adapt quickly.
More importantly, in addition to training almost every day, Gao Shen communicates with players and welcomes all players to ask all kinds of questions, whether on or off the court.
Gao Shen is only 25 years old, which is actually very close to the player's age, but he has an interesting soul from 2021. Many of his ideas and things are very attractive to young players.
For example, he told the players that in the United States, a company called Apple is developing a very epoch-making mobile phone that will completely subvert the world. It is super smart and super easy to use.
"It will be announced in January. As long as our team can finish in the top three in the league by the winter break, I will give each of you an iPhone!"
Gao Shen has used it before, so the mobile phone he described is very attractive to young players these days.
Young people are naturally less resistant to electronic products.
In addition to catering to his interests, Gao Shen also finds ways to help players relieve the stress and fatigue caused by training, such as arranging some team activities, such as dinner parties, such as singing karaoke...
The biggest difference between Gao Shen and other older head coaches is that he understands the thoughts of these young people.
It is better to block than to loosen.
The most important thing is to teach players how to self-discipline, to play with all their heart when they should play, and to fight with all their strength when they should fight.
It was also during this period of contact that Gao Shen truly discovered that Real Madrid players have really high self-discipline.
Even if someone like Ronaldo is constantly in the news, in fact, when he becomes self-disciplined, he is really scary.
This group of players in Naples has just started their careers. They are far from mature. This is the time to instill correct values in them, so Gao Shen plays the role of a boss, always admonishing and restraining them, and helping them.
They set the right direction in life.
Uh...well, actually, I just want to draw more cakes and pour more chicken soup.
Regardless of whether it is a company or a sports team, this method has been tried and tested to treat young people.
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Time has entered August, and Naples’ opponents for the first round of the Coppa Italia have also been announced.
Fortunately, I came from the newly promoted team of Serie B, Frosinone.
This team, like Naples, was in Group B of League C 1 last season. Naples won the championship and was promoted, while they were ranked second and got the right to upgrade in the play-offs.
In the matchup between the two teams last season, Naples defeated their opponent 3-1 on the road and drew 1-1 at home.
Unexpectedly, after both teams were promoted to Serie B, the two teams would meet in the cup from the very beginning.
The advantage is that Naples is playing at home.
Lucas specifically followed Frosinone and collected a lot of information about this team. He found that the most noteworthy thing about this team was the Venezuelan high center forward Maggiota who had just been loaned from Vicenza.
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What Frosinone is best at is the 4-4-2, a combination of two forwards, one high and one fast.
The high center forward is Maggiota, and the fast horse is Antonio DiNardo.
These two players have many years of experience in Serie B. They are very good. The combination of one high and one fast is also very classic. In the lower leagues, they are quite lethal.
In fact, what Rhea adopted in Naples last season was also the 442 combination of one high and one fast.
After understanding Frosinone's situation, Gao Shen can basically conclude that this team has a certain strength, but Naples has an advantage. The key is to develop a stable tactical framework before this game so that the players can
Show your strength.
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After entering August, Naples arranged four warm-up matches in a row, playing one every three days.
The opponents are not strong. They are basically teams from the C-1 and C-2 leagues. Some are invited to Naples, and some are away games from Naples, all for the purpose of training.
The results in the warm-up match remained undefeated, but the performance was mixed.
After each game, Gao Shen will hold an analysis meeting to analyze the problems exposed in the game with the players based on the video he specially asked to take.
For example, in the midfield, Gao Shen tends to use a double midfielder combination of Biglia and Rakitic, but these two players always fail to control the position and distance well. This is because they were both
Playing in a more advanced position, especially Rakitic.
This takes a while.
As for the central defenders, Gao Shen took turns trying Cannavaro Jr., David Luiz, Bonucci and Domic. His requirement was that the central defenders must dare to take the ball and be able to play the ball, but they still made frequent mistakes.
This also takes time.
The goalkeeper is Handanovic, who is tall, quick in reaction and strong in personal ability, but Gao Shen hopes that he can communicate more with the defense and even direct the defense, and at the same time be able to actively respond to back passes from the midfield and back.
Expand your span of control.
This is obviously completely different from the goalkeeper training Handanovic received before, and it will take him time to adapt.
Even on the forward line, Gao Shen tried Pellet, Cavani and Roberto Sousa, but it turned out that Cavani was better used, because after this kid came on the field, he basically ran rampant, but the connection with the two wings,
As well as Hamsik or Vidal's insertion from behind, they were not done well enough.
There is actually no way around this. Training the offense is often the most time-consuming and difficult.
Because it not only requires players to be able to run and be willing to execute, but also requires tacit understanding, imagination and creativity.
Therefore, Naples' best performance is still defense.
This is also the reason why the team has remained unbeaten and conceded no goals in four warm-up matches since August.
But this is also very watery, especially after the official game, the intensity increases significantly, the offensive pressure faced by the defense will be greater, and more problems will be exposed by then.
After playing four warm-up games, Gao Shen went on to a closed training camp at Fort Volturno.
He wants to solve various problems exposed by the team as soon as possible in the last few days before the cup starts, and help the players understand his tactics to the greatest extent.
Because we have to play three cup matches in a row within a week.
