"What I want to tell you is that in modern football tactics, in an attack and defense, it is not safe to have one more defender on the defensive side than the forward on the offensive side. It usually takes two more people to ensure the stability of the defense.
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"But this is for other teams, for our Naples offensive players, I think two more people are not safe. I believe that you will definitely have enough ability to break through the opponent's defense..."
After the restorative training in the morning, Gao Shen held a summary and analysis meeting for the players.
Gao Shen conveyed all the things he had just analyzed and summarized with the coaching staff to the players, and at the same time expressed his confidence in the players. He believed that Naples' offense is very powerful and their personal abilities are also very outstanding.
If other teams can do three-on-four, then Naples can definitely do three-on-five or even three-on-six.
Gervinho, Di Maria, Cavani, Sanchez and Pelle, no matter how Gao Shen arranges the trident, he is confident that he can do it because these players have strong personal abilities and very complementary characteristics.
Naples players also admire Gao Shen very much. It can even be said that no matter what Gao Shen arranges, they will obey unconditionally. Especially after losing to Roma 1-2 in an away game, almost the whole of Italy was reveling and cheering.
This gives people the feeling that everyone wants Naples to lose!
However, these talented young people refused to accept it.
Why must Naples lose?
Can't Serie B teams beat Roma?
Juventus could be defeated 5-0, but not Roma?
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Gao Shen's purpose is to fully mobilize the players' fighting spirit and emotions and make them believe that Naples can defeat Roma at the San Paolo Stadium and even score three goals against Roma.
And facts have proven that both the coaching staff and the players basically believe in Gao Shen's arrangements.
The reason is very simple. The Italian Football Association issued a notice and fax early in the morning, and Perrotta was suspended for accumulating yellow cards.
This was arranged by Gao Shen from the first round.
In addition, Gao Shen will continue to practice the tactics against Roma in the following games and trainings. Whether it is the offensive tactics in the frontcourt or the defensive tactics in the back line, they are all key drills for the team.
Among them, the defense line is mainly concentrated in two places. One is to restrain Totti.
Gao Shen wants Vidal to ensure that when Totti retreats, someone will entangle him, and the central defender does not need to step forward too much, causing holes behind him. This requires the team to practice repeatedly and skillfully in training.
Another one is the defense against Mancini on the right.
Although Roma's core is Totti, Mancini's individual combat ability on the wing is also very threatening.
how to say?
Gao Shen misses Arbeloa especially now.
He believed that if Arbeloa was there, Mancini would not be able to play on the left, and he would be strangled by Arbeloa throughout the game.
why?
The Brazilian winger only knows his right foot.
In other words, when he plays on the left, his right foot is on the inside.
If it were at Real Madrid, Gao Shen would just have to emphasize this point with Arbeloa and ask him to keep an eye on Mancini's right foot, and that would basically be the end of it. After a little practice in training, there would basically be no problem.
But not in Naples.
Garrick was repeatedly teased by Mancini in the first round, and was even beaten one-on-one by him.
Gao Shen had to arrange special training for Garrick during the training, asking the team's right-footed attacker to play Mancini and attack Garrick in training to train his defense in the game, and at the same time let the team's right-footed attacker play Mancini.
Rakitic and Vidal on one side must pay attention to protecting Garrick.
The right wing has become Naples' defensive weakness.
The gap in player strength is really huge.
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On the weekend after the first leg in Rome, Naples sat at home and ushered in the nineteenth round of Serie B.
This is the first Serie B game after the winter break, and the opponent is Genoa, currently ranked fifth in Serie B.
This is also a very strong team.
Naples is currently the best in Serie B, but now Gao Shen is focusing more on next week's second leg against Roma and cannot afford to be distracted from dealing with Genoa.
Even the training basically revolved around Roma, which led to the team's poor performance against Genoa.
Before the end of the first half, the opponent scored a goal.
It was not until the 87th minute of the second half that Hamsik assisted Pellet and scored a goal to equalize the score.
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After changing from being invincible in the first half, Naples performed poorly in two consecutive games after entering the second half.
This also further triggered heated discussions among the media and fans.
Many media believe that in the game against Genoa, although Naples did not try its best and made a large number of rotations, the sluggish performance was obvious, which proved that the advanced team had encountered a bottleneck.
Using Genoa coach Gasperini's remarks after the game, he believed that the reason why Naples was invincible in the first half was that everyone was unfamiliar with and didn't understand this team.
"In fact, this is a problem that many dark polo teams will encounter."
"When you go through a cycle and all the teams have a deeper impression of you and become more familiar and understanding of your technical and tactical characteristics, it will be difficult for many of your tactics and offensive routines to work again."
Gasperini believes that this will be more obvious in Italian football, because this is a country of tactics, and almost every game is a duel of targeted tactics.
In fact, the implication of the Italian head coach is that everyone has figured out a sophisticated way.
Media reporters went a step further and believed that Gasperini's subtext was: Sophistication is nothing more than this.
Gao Shen did not refute the claims made by outsiders.
Even in the post-match press conference, Gao Shen only expressed his satisfaction with the team's performance. As for other things, he didn't want to respond because he knew that responding would be useless.
On the contrary, it was Napoli boss De Laurentiis.
The irritable boss couldn't swallow this breath and directly stood up to support Gao Shen. He believed that the reason why Napoli did not try its best in the game against Genoa was because the team had enough leads.
"Everyone can see that we are focusing on preparing for the second round of the Coppa Italia, but why can't you see it?"
De Laurentiis was also unceremonious in his words.
He once again expressed his support for Gao Shen.
"I know why so many people don't like us, because they don't want to see Naples rise again, they don't want to see Naples usher in a renaissance, they are all afraid that they will tremble under the feet of Naples like they did back then.
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"But I want to say that no one can stop the rise and revival of Naples!"
De Laurentiis was so excited that he even revealed that Gao Shen told him privately at last Christmas dinner that the plan was going very smoothly.
"Not only does he want to win Serie B and be promoted this season, he also wants to reach the Italian Cup finals and even win the championship!"
"I am looking forward to it and always believe that he will continue to bring us surprises and surprises!"
De Laurentiis's words once again caused uproar.
Gao Shen said he would score three goals for Roma, which is surprising enough. Now he actually wants to win the Italian Cup. Does this mean that AC Milan and Inter Milan are dead?
You know, the Milan duo are both in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup.
Of course, what Gao Shen said was his desire, shouting a slogan and setting a goal.
But in the eyes of the Italian media and fans, even slogans and goals are not enough.
As a Serie B team, you should play your part.
Perhaps, this is what De Laurentiis said, media reporters from Rome and the north do not want to see Naples.
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It was different from Naples' difficult one-to-one home draw with Genoa.
In the 19th round of Serie A, Roma challenged Messina away from home. The Red Wolves defeated their opponent 2-0 without any surprises, successfully obtained three points, and continued to trail Inter Milan, occupying second place in the Serie A standings.
Yes, Roma achieved this ranking with genuine results.
After nineteen rounds, Inter Milan leads with 51 points, a full nine points ahead of Roma. It can even be said that the Nerazzurri have basically won the Serie A championship ahead of schedule.
The real suspense is whether Inter Milan can win the Italian Cup, make a breakthrough in the Champions League, and realize the great dream of winning the Triple Crown.
As for AC Milan, even if the eight penalty points are not deducted, they are only ranked fifth in Serie A.
After sending away Shevchenko, Ancelotti finally no longer needs to play as a double forward and returns to the 4321 Christmas tree formation. However, in this way, the defense is stable, but the offense becomes a problem.
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After nineteen rounds, their goals scored ranked only in the middle and lower reaches of Serie A, but their defense only conceded one more goal than Inter Milan and Roma. This shows that the offensive problem is very serious.
Everyone has also seen that because AC Milan was penalized eight points this season, the focus of the competition is not on the league, but on the Champions League and Italian Cup. They want to make breakthroughs in the two cup competitions.
Inter Milan is also eager to achieve a breakthrough in the cup competition.
The powerful Nerazzurri have basically regarded the league championship as a forbidden prize. With strong troops and horses, they are ambitiously heading towards the goal of a double crown or even a triple crown.
As for Roma, they also want to keep the second place in Serie A and strive to achieve a breakthrough in cup competitions, especially the Italian Cup.
This should be regarded as the most likely championship for Roma this season.
Spalletti also said in an interview with the media after defeating Messina that the Red Wolves will not give Napoli any chance.
"We will definitely win a victory at the Sao Paulo Stadium and double defeat our opponents to advance!"
In this kind of life-and-death knockout match, neither side is willing to admit defeat before the match.
Who will have the last laugh depends on the performance in the game.
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Gao Shen ignored the commotion outside and buried himself in Fort Volturno, concentrating on preparing for the battle with Rome.
But the day before the game against Roma, Gao Shen received an unexpected phone call.
