Forty minutes have passed, but inside the stadium, Naples' offense continues.
The fans in the stands were mesmerized.
When had they ever seen such a violent and vigorous offensive storm?
The fans' moods followed the rhythm of the offensive on the court. They were startled and screamed one after another.
Sacchi was sitting in the chairman's stand, watching the Naples players on the court organizing wave after wave of attacks, and listening to the exclamations of Naples fans one after another. He was also very excited.
I haven’t seen such exciting attacking football in Italy for many years!
Even Carlo Ancelotti, whom he admires very much, actually doesn't play aggressively and is more or less defensive.
Of course, you can't blame him. The age of AC Milan players is there. What can Ancelotti do?
But Naples is clearly different.
Although the opponent Frosinone is not very strong, Napoli's tactics can be said to be quite successful in forcing this Serie B team into such a difficult situation.
do you know?
In the entire first half of forty minutes, Frosinone only had one shot.
How did you get that shot?
As soon as Naples counterattacked into the 30-meter zone, their Venezuelan center Maggiota couldn't wait to take off.
By this time it was already thirty-three minutes.
In other words, Frosinone was forced by Naples to not even have a shot in the first thirty minutes.
And what about Naples?
First Hamsik scored, then Cavani also scored.
Subsequently, Swiss youngster Rakitic also used a long shot to penetrate Frosinone's goal.
(Note: Rakitic has dual nationality of Switzerland and Croatia, but all his youth teams played for Switzerland, so in 2006, Sacchi regarded him as a Swiss teenager.)
After Frosinone finally kicked a shot, not long after, Naples used an attack and Vargas sent a wonderful pass, and Gervinho finally scored.
It's not easy.
The Ivorian youngster wasted several good scoring opportunities and finally seized one.
Four to zero!
Napoli ended the battle in the first half!
But this team is still fighting on the court and still trying hard to attack.
Although Sacchi was sitting in the stands, he could still feel the passion and energy of the players on the court, as well as the desire to win that burst out from them.
"This kid is not simple!" Saki muttered to himself.
When he said this, his eyes shifted to the back figure in front of the home team's coach's bench on the sidelines.
He is not opposed to Gao Shen coaching Naples, but he is not particularly supportive either.
The reason is very simple. This newly promoted Serie B team does not meet Gao Shen's current identity and status. Even if he wants to go, it should be Juventus, or a team in the middle and lower reaches of Serie A.
But many of Gao Shen's demands were destined not to be accepted by these teams, so he chose Naples.
De Laurentiis is a gambler, but this time, he got it right.
After only watching the first half, Sacchi could basically conclude that this Napoli team has become a sophisticated team.
The characteristics are so obvious!
That kind of suffocating high-position pressing made the opponent completely breathless.
Cavani, Gervinho, Sanchez, and Hamsik, these four players are very active in the frontcourt, with a wide range of activities and strong integrity.
Frosinone's players had just snatched the ball away, but in the blink of an eye, Napoli's players were already pressing the ball.
When did they encounter a team like this?
You don't have to worry about forcing him. Once he grabs it, he immediately launches a counterattack, which is very fast.
This is what Saki feels most deeply.
Many teams will organize themselves after grabbing the ball.
For example, in AC Milan, Pirlo is the core organizer and Seedorf assists.
Benitez, whom Gao Shen highly esteemed, handed over the attack to Aimar after grabbing the ball during his time in Valencia, and handed over the organization to Albelda and Baraja. When he was at Liverpool, it was handed over to Gerrard.
With Xavi Alonso.
But Gao Shen obviously didn't arrange it this way.
Whoever grabs the ball starts the attack.
Even central defenders such as Bonucci and Cannavaro did the same thing after grabbing the ball.
Needless to say, the benefits of this are obvious. As long as you have a playmaker, it will be easy for the opponent to defend, such as playing against AC Milan and strangling Pirlo. This is already the consensus of everyone, so it is necessary to liberate Seedorf.
And Kaka.
But if whoever grabs the ball organizes and plans the attack, then the opponent will be unable to defend it.
However, this not only places high demands on the team's tactics, but also places high demands on the players.
At least, your players must have this ability to organize offense, right?
But look at the players brought in by Gao Shen. Gervinho, Cavani, Sanchez and Hamsik are frontcourt players. Needless to say, Biglia and Rakitic both have excellent passing skills.
Ball ability.
There are also Vargas on the left and Bonucci in the center. Their passing is very distinctive.
Obviously, high-level signings are definitely not found blindly, but players who meet their tactical requirements are chosen.
God knows where he dug so many players from?
Moreover, in just one summer, the entire framework of Naples was demolished and rebuilt. This not only required the eye for talent selection, but also the investment and support of Naples, and also required strong courage.
In the end, he built a team that almost collapsed its opponents in the first half.
Saki really wanted to cut open his head and see what this little guy was thinking.
How did he do that?
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Unlike Sacchi, who was full of praise but confused at the same time, De Laurentiis didn't understand anything.
He didn't understand what was going on here, but he only knew one thing, and that was that Napoli played very well tonight.
That kind of offensive wave after wave leaves the opponent with no ability to parry or fight back.
A shot is kicked almost every two minutes, and dangers are created in the frontcourt every minute, which makes all fans watch thrillingly. Is there any better-looking and more enjoyable football than this?
More importantly, Naples' defense is still very solid.
"Pieter Paolo, don't be dissatisfied, I made the right bet!" De Laurentiis burst into laughter.
Marino does know football, and he also knows that this first half was really impressive.
From this first half, we can already see the profound tactical intentions and ideas.
Full of aggression, full of aggressiveness, full of oppressive offensive football!
Aren't these what Gao Shen outlined when he joined Naples?
"To be honest, it's quite unbelievable. In the previous warm-up matches, we didn't play well and were very disorganized." Marino said with a wry smile.
What he said is also true.
As someone who has worked at Udinese for many years, he is well aware of the role of warm-up matches, but some of Gao Shen's actions are very illogical in his opinion.
For example, he used Pellet, but instead of asking him to score goals, he asked him to compete for the ball and make plays.
There are also two wingers, Gervinho and Sanchez, who are more assigned to attack the penalty area diagonally.
Bonucci, David Luiz and Cannavaro all have central defender duties and long passes. Even goalkeeper Handanovic is required to be more involved in passing and directing defense.
The advanced requirements are completely different from the mainstream coaches and the players' past playing habits, and everyone is confused.
The most typical example is the Chilean player named Arturo Vidal.
When he was in Colo-Colo in Chile, he was a central defender, but after coming to Naples, what position did Gao Shen let him play?
Most of them tried Hamsik's position, letting him run all over the field and cover the press, occasionally filling in for one of the two defensive midfielders, and once playing as a right-back.
Look, isn't this outrageous?
Marino even thinks that Gao Shen may try to let the goalkeeper play as a forward in the future.
Continuous attempts and repeated tossing resulted in Naples' technical and tactical mess.
But who would have thought that after the warm-up match, Gao Shen would bring out such a team after a closed training session at Fort Volturno and play an incredible first half.
Four to zero, is that a lot?
If Naples was better at seizing opportunities, the number of goals scored could at least double.
"Is he really a magician?" Marino muttered.
De Laurentiis was smiling from ear to ear the whole time, patted Marino on the shoulder hard, and laughed loudly: "I don't know if he is a magician, but I can conclude that he is a talent! Rare.
Talents!"
De Laurentiis doesn't know what others are like, but he has only one way to treat talents, and that is to reuse them!
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The first half ended with 4-0, Naples' temporary lead.
Gao Shen praised the players hard during the halftime break, but also made improvements to some of the problems exposed in the first half and encouraged the players to keep up their efforts in the second half.
After changing sides in the second half, Naples continued to press Frosinone.
In the 51st minute, Cavani made a cross pass. After Sanchez stopped the ball and broke through the entanglement of the defensive players, he broke into the right side of the penalty area and chose to cross the ball when he could have kicked the ball by himself.
Gervinho on the left missed a goal and succeeded in pushing the goal, 5-0.
In less than ten minutes, Rakitic suddenly stepped forward and teamed up with Hamsik to steal the ball. Hamsik sent a through ball. After Cavani squeezed away the defensive player in the penalty area, he hit the ball from the right.
An angry shot from the foot, scoring again, 6-0!
Subsequently, Gao Shen made continuous substitutions and adjustments.
Pellet, Vidal and Peel came on successively, replacing Cavani, Rakitic and Gervinho.
After consecutive substitutions, Naples still has an obvious advantage on the field, but considering that there is still a cup match on Wednesday, the team's offensive rhythm has slowed down significantly.
Although many dangers were created, Frosinone was never able to score again.
Among them, Pellet had four shots, but none of them resulted in a goal.
In the end, Naples played at home and defeated Frosinone 6-0.
