Gao Shen felt that he should be at the stage of [The Man-Eating Demon King Advances to Grass] now.
This can be seen from the reports in the Italian media the day after the game in Pisa.
There are not many people who are really analyzing and studying this game. Most of the media are actually creating a kind of panic and suspense, that is, Gao Shen, the man-eating monster, finally made it to Serie A after landing in Naples.
An 8-0 victory over Cesena and a 3-0 victory over Pisa. The two Coppa Italia victories earned Napoli a lot of attention before the season and a lot of praise within the circle.
Sacchi commented in the column that Gao Shen's adjustments in the second half were crucial in Napoli's three-goal win over Pisa. This not only showed Gao Shen's progress in on-the-spot command and control of the team, but also
We also saw the strength of Naples' bench lineup.
"When I was the technical director of Real Madrid, I knew Callejon and heard of Parejo. Both players were outstanding players in Real Madrid's youth academy and they were in the advanced team.
Here, we played a wonderful game.”
Sacchi was particularly impressed by Parejo's pass.
"This is an imaginative pass, and it is completely different from Napoli's style in the past."
Sacchi believes that from this attack, we can see the effort Gao Shen has spent on Naples, especially players like Parejo, who have brought more creativity to Naples' frontcourt offense.
But the Italian media is still hyping up "the fear of heights". They even described Gao Shen as the Voldemort of Italian football, the person who cannot be mentioned.
"Their styles are very aggressive and they all choose to use their strength to quickly suppress their opponents."
But to a certain extent, it can be regarded as an indirect admission that Gao Shen is subverting the tactical system that Italian football is proud of, and even breaking the Italians' blind confidence in themselves.
This is where the panic that the media wants to exaggerate and create comes from.
When the tactics they are most proud of begin to fall behind, what should Italian football do?
Gao Shen, he is just an outsider, an outsider who just wants to use Serie A as a stepping stone to improve himself, prove himself, and get results. He doesn't care at all what you do with Italian football.
It doesn't matter to Gao Shen to break all of this, as long as he leads Napoli to success.
But can Italians do this?
Gazzetta dello Sport expressed the view that even if Gao Shen really succeeds in Naples, it will not have much positive significance for Italian football, because Naples is an international team.
"Every league is rooted in the country and culture behind it, and the same is true for Serie A, which Gao Shen and Napoli cannot understand!"
But Sacchi objected to this statement in his column. He agreed that Gao Shen and Naples are both international teams, but isn't the same true true for teams such as Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan?
What is reflected behind this is the malaise of Italy's youth training. It is unfair to impose this on a young head coach and a young team.
"I have always advocated and appealed, but what I really want to say is that Gao Shen and Naples are like a window. He can let us see clearly the current technical and tactical development trends of European football and the future direction."
Sacchi believes that the Italian media and fans are suspected of demonizing Gao Shen and Naples.
"This is because Naples is not strong enough!"
It can be said that Saki explained everything in one sentence.
Gao Shen himself is also looking forward to it, [His Majesty the Supreme Emperor will arrive in Paris today], it will be very interesting!
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The media outside were talking a lot, but in Fort Volturno, no one had time to pay attention.
The consecutive double matches in a week kept everyone in Naples spinning.
After playing in Pisa, the team returned to Naples overnight and began recovery training the next morning.
Afterwards, the coaching staff began to prepare for the next game.
Time is so tight that I can’t even spare time to arrange targeted training.
After presiding over the recovery training, the coaching staff returned to the office and held a preparation meeting to study the opponent for the next game, Cagliari.
This team is very interesting. It was a relegation team in Serie A last season. It was very thrilling. It was only one point more than the relegation zone, but its strength is not weak. Suazo, who transferred to Inter Milan at a high price this season, came from here.
A team.
The head coach is Marco Giampaolo, who has just turned 40.
Before this, Gao Shen's deepest impression of him was that he would be the future head coach of AC Milan, but his coaching achievements were not that great.
But facts have proven that what fans can see is always just the tip of the iceberg.
Anyone who can become the head coach of a wealthy team is often not easy.
For example, Marco Giampaolo is a unique and magical young coach in Italian football.
He is only 40 years old this year, and there is not much to say about his playing career. He retired at the age of 30, and then began to play for teams such as Pescara and Treviso, always as an assistant.
What's interesting is that, whether it's because he's a scumbag or for some other reason, this guy hasn't been able to get his coaching certificate.
In November 2003, he followed Argentine head coach Aldo Amazzaloso to coach Ascoli and also served as an assistant coach. In the summer of 2004, he replaced Amazzaloso and became the coach of Ascoli at that time.
Head coach of Ascoli in Serie B.
The question arises, this scumbag gentleman doesn’t even have a teaching certificate at this time, what should we do?
Therefore, they pushed scout Massimo Silva to the front desk and made him the team's head coach. Giampaolo continued to be his assistant coach, but in fact, he was the team's head coach.
What is even more unexpected is that in the first season of coaching Ascoli, the team finished seventh in Serie B. However, due to the tight points, Perugia ranked third and Torino ranked fourth.
The points were the same and the gap with the following teams could not be widened, so an promotion play-off was held, and Ascoli was among them.
However, Ascoli was double beaten by Turin in two rounds and was eliminated early.
Or to put it another way, when God takes care of a person, nothing is impossible.
In the summer of 2005, there was a big problem when Serie B was promoted to Serie A.
Genoa, which first won the championship, was suspected of match-fixing and was severely punished. They were ordered to be relegated to the third division and fined three points.
Then they were fourth in Serie B, but Torino, which won the promotion play-offs, ran out of money. Because they didn't have the funds to complete Serie A registration, they were sent back to Serie B.
If that's the case, then it's okay. It's not Ascoli's turn, right?
My dear readers, you are still too young.
God is a jerk, how could he be so negligent?
As a result, Serie B ranked third, and Perugia, which finished second in the promotion play-offs, was also unlucky to have no money. They also had no money to complete Serie A registration, and were also ruled by the Italian Football Association to continue to stay in Serie B.
In this way, a team that had no chance of appearing in Serie A, Ascoli, miraculously appeared in Serie A due to several cheats and fate changes by the hand of God.
Chen Aiting’s football novels don’t even dare to write like this, right?
But my simple reader friends, do you think this is the end?
Look, you are still young.
Ascoli, an amazing team, in its first season after being promoted to Serie A, under the leadership of Giampaolo, achieved a good result of twelfth in Serie A. Not only did it successfully avoid relegation, Giampaolo also became famous.
He made a lot of noise and moved to Cagliari in 2006.
This proved to be a wise decision, because last season Ascoli was first defeated by Naples, coached by Gao Shen, and then remained firmly in the relegation zone of the Serie A standings. It did not have the outstanding performance of the previous season and ended the season smoothly.
Successfully downgraded.
On the contrary, Cagliari fired Giampaolo in December and invited Frank Colomba. Unexpectedly, Colomba was not as good as Giampaolo, so they fired Colomba in February and invited him back.
Giampaolo.
Then, Giampaolo led the team to successfully avoid relegation, which led to the meeting with the advanced Naples in the first round of this season.
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There are many amazing head coaches, and there are also talented young coaches, but a resume as amazing as Giampaolo's is really unique. This is no longer the configuration of the hero of an online novel, it is simply God accidentally left behind.
A human illegitimate child.
Not only Gao Shen, but also everyone on the coaching staff was dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.
But reality is often stranger than fiction.
Of course, when it comes to whether Giampaolo has the strength, it is certain. He can lead Ascoli to twelfth place in Serie A, which is enough to prove that he is a capable head coach.
Cagliari only scored 35 goals in Serie A last season, ranking last in Serie A, only eight goals more than Torino, but their defense was very good and they only conceded 46 goals.
goals, ranking eighth in Serie A.
These forty-six goals also include the thirteen goals conceded in the eight rounds coached by Colomba.
If you put aside the goals conceded during Colomba's coaching, Cagliari was one of the best defensive teams in Serie A during Giampaolo's coaching. This was also the main reason why Cagliari management later invited Giampaolo back.
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This season, Cagliari sent away attackers such as Suazo, Rangeela and Esposito, and introduced young players such as Larivee, Matri and Acqua Fresca, which made Cagliari
The offensive combination has changed, but the most important thing for the team is defense.
The defense built by Giampaolo has not undergone any adjustments this summer, while the midfielder introduced the relegated Ascoli midfielder Fini on a free transfer, and Foggia was loaned from Lazio.
Both players were Giampaolo's favorites at Ascoli.
It can be seen that Cagliari still wants to achieve something this season.
What Gao Shen can almost be sure of is that this team will still focus on defense.
Therefore, in the first round of the season between Naples and Cagliari, the key must be how to break through the opponent's defense.
