Entering the 80th minute, the game completely entered Naples' rhythm.
Gao Shen replaced Di Maria and let Gervinho play on the right. Sanchez was pushed to the front line, and Naples' formation also transformed into a 442...
Hamsik was not in particularly good condition tonight and was replaced by Gao Shen.
Naples strengthened their offense after the substitution, while Roma chose to stabilize the defense after the substitution.
The combination of Aquilani and Pizarro was a little weak defensively, but with Perrotta protecting them in front, Roma's defense was quite solid, blocking Naples' attacks time and time again.
Gao Shen stood on the sidelines and shook his head.
"It still doesn't work. Our midfield needs to be strengthened, especially the ability to pass threatening balls."
Carlo and Guardiola both nodded. Naples actually still has many problems.
When the situation opens up, Naples' offense is very threatening, but in the real offensive battle, Naples actually doesn't have many methods. The reason is still the lack of ability to pass threatening balls.
Hamsik is known as Nedved II, which shows that his characteristics have a lot in common with the Czech superstar. Gervinho is a bit unique, and passing assists are not his strong point. The same is true for Sanchez.
Rakitic and Biglia are strong and capable, and are good at passing and organizing, but when faced with high-intensity intensive defense, they still lack the sense of humor.
In other words, it has enough stability but not enough creativity.
There's no way around it.
Just like Real Madrid's golden wolf Guti, his creativity is amazing enough, but the performance of the nerve knife cannot be reassuring.
Those players with outstanding creativity and stable performance cannot be considered by Naples at this stage.
Especially next season, after the team enters Serie A, there will be more such tough battles, and the defensive intensity will be greater. Once the game cannot be opened, just like now, Gao Shen cannot be helpless.
Players like Darabona are no longer enough for Napoli.
"Is it possible to recruit Delarede?" Carlo asked.
After Emerson went to Real Madrid, De La Red's opportunities were reduced a lot, but Gao Shen still shook his head.
"Let's not think about Delared, Arbeloa, Negredo, Soldado and others. Real Madrid will not let them go, and the players may not be willing to come."
Gao Shen is indeed very kind to them, but we can't think that just because Gao Shen comes forward, he can convince the players to come over.
This is impossible.
Even if the players are willing, they still have agents, so they are not stupid.
Besides, players must have their own career plans. How can they change their minds so easily?
If you want to persuade them to come over, you have to provide them with conditions that satisfy them and are in line with their career plans and interests.
Otherwise, if Gao Shen rashly comes forward to persuade, he will not only ruin his relationship with the players, but the relationship will probably plummet from then on, and he may even become like a stranger.
When he was working in the workplace in his previous life, Gao Shen encountered such examples many times.
Favors are something that can either be exchanged for mutual benefit, and everyone will get closer when you come and go, or you should not use it lightly, and use it at critical moments, or wait for the other party to take the initiative to help before giving you a big thank you.
Some people don't think so. They will think that I have a relationship with you, and I will ask you for help with every trivial matter. It is called closeness, but in fact it is constantly consuming each other's love. One day, this relationship will be broken.
If you don't, he will scold you harshly behind your back for not remembering old feelings and not being a good person.
The profound principle is: stay away from such people.
Regardless of whether they are young players from Real Madrid or superstars such as Zidane and Ronaldo, they often make phone calls and communicate with each other on weekdays, but Gao Shen never puts on a show and tries his best to maintain the relationship.
Even if one day he wants to poach Real Madrid players, he will definitely do so through official channels, in a fair and just manner.
…
The game saw Naples testing and attacking again and again, but they were never able to find an effective way to break through Roma's defense.
Until the 88th minute, Vidal successfully stole the ball while defending Aquilani and quickly passed it to Biglia.
The Argentine midfielder quickly moved the ball forward and passed it to Di Maria on the left, who then passed it to Cavani.
The Uruguayan center tried to pass the ball to Sanchez in the penalty area, but Chiwu beat him to the ball and cleared it.
The ball did not fly far and landed on the outside of the penalty area.
Biglia quickly moved forward, got ahead of Pizarro, stopped the ball and passed it back to the right side of the penalty area.
There was chaos in the penalty area, and Gervinho suddenly rushed into the penalty area without knowing when. He got ahead of Qi Wu in the right front of the small penalty area and sent the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Dhoni was stunned and could do nothing about the conceded goal.
One to two!
Napoli managed to get a goal back.
…
Gao Shen clenched his fists hard on the sidelines.
This goal kept Napoli's hopes of promotion alive.
The rules of the Coppa Italia knockout rounds are somewhat similar to those of the Champions League. When the two sides have the same total score in the two rounds, they will look at each other's away goals, so this goal is very crucial.
The Roma fans also knew the rules very well. After seeing Gervinho's goal, they ran wildly to celebrate and booed and cursed constantly. Many people even used racial slurs, which made Gao Shen very dissatisfied.
"I'll ask the club to protest when I get back!" Gao Shen said harshly.
Italy is really conservative, so the problem of racial discrimination has always been very serious.
As Saki said, this is a character engraved in the soul.
"With this goal, I will make sure Roma never comes back in the second round!" Gao Shen said with confidence.
Carlo and Guardiola both looked at each other.
Is this a way to deal with Rome?
In fact, if Rakitic had been there, Napoli might have equalized the score just now.
Because the team missed many opportunities and was also lacking in organization and passing, the offense was unable to create a threat, but the advantage on the field was obvious.
Advanced on-the-spot command is the key to Napoli's goals.
The most important thing is to force Spalletti to replace De Rossi.
De Rossi is not a stable player yet, but his biggest advantage is that he can hold his position and provide sufficient protection for the defense, especially the penalty area, which Pizarro and Aquilani do not have.
So the ball just now was played by Biglia from behind, grabbed the ball from the center, and passed it directly back to the penalty area.
It can be said that this goal came from Spalletti's substitution.
But unfortunately, this is destined to go unnoticed.
Because Napoli lost!
…
When the referee Luca Bandi blew the whistle to end the game, Gao Shen did not look unhappy at all. He laughed and greeted his players, hugging and high-fiving them one by one.
"Well done!"
"Biglia, that pass was so beautiful!"
"Wow, Gervinho, that's a great goal, don't worry about the noise!"
Gao Shen hugged the players one by one and gave them his affirmation and encouragement.
This actually made the Naples players a little confused, did we win?
The Roma players on the side were also surprised. Roma obviously won 2-1, but why did it feel like Gao Shen was celebrating?
Spalletti also reached out and scratched his bald head, his face full of confusion.
This Chinese boy does such strange things.
Still so happy after losing!
Think about it again, if you win, you will be happier than him, right?
As a result, Spalletti happily greeted his players.
…
"What a wonderful game, Mr. Spalletti!"
Gao Shen stretched out his hand and shook Spalletti firmly, "But it's a pity that we didn't perform well tonight. Otherwise, we wouldn't be in this situation now."
Spalletti heard the voice of Gao Shen's words, and he felt that Gao Shen was very unconvinced by his defeat.
"You have performed amazingly enough. It is not easy for a Serie B team to have such strength. I believe you will be promoted to Serie A this season and even become a dark horse next season."
Dark horse?
Just a dark horse?
Gao Shen finally heard it. Spalletti was optimistic that Napoli would be promoted and even perform amazingly in Serie A next season, but it was only amazing.
"Do you know? Mr. Spalletti, in fact, what I said before about building a Serie A team within three years is serious."
Spalletti's eyes twitched, what do you mean?
"I have really thought about and studied this matter seriously. I think it is very feasible, and..."
When Gao Shen said this, he paused deliberately, "Besides, the three-year plan I mentioned is actually a conservative estimate."
Spalletti understood, this was a provocation.
"Next season, we will appear in Serie A and become a dark horse that no one can believe, but before that, this season, next week at the San Paolo Stadium, I will show you a real Napoli team!
"
After finishing speaking, Gao Shen moved his hands towards Spalletti and made a farewell gesture.
But he didn’t understand that a newly promoted team from Serie B was, of course, now the leader of Serie B. How could he have the confidence?
Just relying on this group of young people in their twenties, does he really think he can challenge the strong teams in Serie A?
Tonight is the first game after the winter break. The condition of Roma players is not ideal, especially Totti. Although he scored a goal, didn't Naples perform worse?
If De Rossi hadn't been substituted, would Napoli have scored that goal?
When Spalletti thought of this, he gritted his teeth secretly.
I hope you can still laugh when we meet again next week, Mr. Gao!
…
Gao Shen paid no attention to what Spalletti was thinking. When he walked back to the visiting team's coaching bench, he happened to run into Lucas.
"Fernando, after you go back tonight, work hard and work overtime to analyze the game. In addition, I want the video of this game to be made together and put on my desk tomorrow morning."
Lucas nodded quickly, he was already used to Gao Shen's style.
This is a fight to the death with Rome!
With Lucas's profound understanding, he must have found Rome's Achilles' heel.
