Before time travel, Gao Shen often heard people complaining to him, whether on the Internet or in the workplace.
It's nothing more than saying, no matter how hard you work, how willing to endure hardship, etc., why do you still do so poorly?
Every time he hears such words, Gao Shen will give him comfort. For example, he will praise the other person that he is the hardest working person he has ever seen. If he is not doing well, it means he is unlucky, or it is caused by some objective factors, which is different from his own.
Doesn't matter.
But is it really irrelevant?
Many times, among the many factors that lead to success, hard work may be the least valuable.
Because everyone is working hard.
Choice and luck are often the most important.
Needless to say, luck, if you can be favored by God, just like Giampaolo, who can be qualified to upgrade to Serie A even while lying at home, what else can you say?
But choose the right direction, choose the path that suits you, and work hard to achieve results.
The direction is wrong, the route is wrong, the harder you work, the farther away you are from success.
In Gao Shen's view, Giampaolo made the wrong choice.
In other words, he, like most people in Italy now, stubbornly adheres to Italy's conservative football.
For example Giampaolo's Cagliari.
From the fact that he introduced Fini, Parola and Foggia, as well as DelGrosso and others who were already in the team, it is not difficult to see what he has in mind. He wants to copy his upgrade in Ascoli.
Season success.
But he forgot one thing, that is, times have changed!
Did Naples under the coaching of Gao Shen really have no impact on Italian football?
Even Pisa, coached by a veteran coach like Ventura, has begun to try to speed up the pace. Do I need to say more?
As for famous coaches such as Ancelotti and Mancini, who can say that they have not been touched in their hearts?
The most important thing is that their current lineup configuration has in turn restricted them.
For example, Ancelotti, can he play high and press in Milan's aging team?
It breaks down for you to see in minutes.
But those were the Milan duo, and Giampaolo was coaching Cagliari.
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"I guess he will take a defensive counterattack, which is what Cagliari and Giampaolo are best at."
Gao Shen sat at the conference table, habitually turning his pen and frowning, letting everyone know that he was thinking about the problem, and at the same time, he kept expressing some of his thoughts and ideas.
"To be honest, the real test for us in this game is the adaptability of the players. After all, they were one of the best defensive teams in Serie A last season."
Everyone also nodded.
Serie B and Serie A are two completely different levels.
Naples played against Serie A teams last season, but whether it was Parma or Ascoli, their defense was not outstanding among Serie A teams. But Cagliari was different. This team had the best defense in Serie A last season.
one of the teams.
Of course, that doesn't count the eight rounds of games coached by Colomba.
The second round against Roma was an accident. Napoli failed to perform well against Inter Milan in the two rounds and against Roma in the first round. This time against Cagliari, it was the first round of the league and they had just experienced it.
Double matches in a week will be a big test for Naples players.
"We have to win at home, no matter what. We focus on offense, but we still play four, two, three, one, steady!"
The advanced strategy is to make progress while maintaining stability.
This is also a relatively mature and prudent idea. After all, it is really difficult to play in the first round of the league, and you must always defend yourself.
The first round of Serie A this season is not only the Serie A debut of Gao Shen, but also the Serie A debut of many players. For Naples, it has a unique significance and cannot be missed!
This is why Napoli is so dissatisfied with the Italian Football Federation's schedule.
"How is Pastore's condition recently?" Gao Shen suddenly asked.
"It's okay, but I haven't fully adapted to it yet," Carlo replied.
Gao Shen shook his head, "It's too late. Let's adapt while playing. Let him be the substitute, as well as Parejo."
"you mean……"
Gao Shen looked at Carlo and reminded: "The opponent is away, so getting one point is considered a win, but we can't, we have to get three points at home."
Carlo thought for a while and understood.
This is to prevent the other party from being defensive.
This is definitely a possibility.
Although Naples is a newly promoted team, it has a good reputation. So far this season, it has played two rounds of the Italian Cup. Although the consumption is greater than that of Cagliari, its two victories of 8-0 and 3-0 are two times better than Cagliari.
There can be no warning effect.
If Giampaolo really takes a strict defense in the away game and steals a point from Naples, it will be enough to be regarded as a victory. After all, Naples cannot be measured by the standards of newly promoted teams.
And everyone knows that when a Serie A team adopts strict defensive tactics, how difficult is it to attack?
Gao Shen arranged Pastore and Parejo as substitutes, probably because of this consideration.
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Even though two years have passed, Marco Giampaolo still clearly remembers the afternoon of August 28, 2005.
That was the first time in his career that he led a team to participate in Serie A!
The career hall he once dreamed of!
As a professional player, he has never made an appearance in Serie A, and even rarely in Serie B.
In his career of more than ten years, he has been playing in the lowest level leagues. He once had a great desire to be like those stars, step onto the stage of the top leagues and become a dazzling star.
But it is a pity that he does not have such talent.
God closed a door for him and opened a window for him.
Although he has no talent in football, he has made great achievements in coaching.
By chance, he became the head coach of Ascoli, and by some strange coincidence he led the team to promotion to Serie A.
When he led the team into Ascoli's Estadio del Duca, he was even more excited than the players.
And his first opponent in Serie A turned out to be AC Milan!
He will always remember that game. His team competed favorably with AC Milan at home. Coutini scored the first goal for Cagliari, but they only led for six minutes. Then Kaka assisted Shev
Cenko scored.
But since then, AC Milan has never been able to break through his goal.
This battle has affected him to this day.
Giampaolo has repeatedly considered and studied the problems of last season. He reflected deeply, so he decided to continue to strengthen the team's midfield and frontcourt based on last season's defense.
Selling Suazo brought a large amount of transfer funds to the team, so he introduced the players he wanted on a large scale.
Fini, Foggia, Parola, Matri...
Cagliari played well in the warm-up match and the results were very good, which further boosted Giampaolo's confidence.
Relegation?
No, he wants to recreate Ascoli's peak two years ago.
His goal is to reach the top ten in the league!
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Giampaolo is actually no stranger to Naples.
He still remembers that exactly a year ago, he attended the Professional Coaches Summit in Rome. At that time, Sacchi gave a speech calling on all Italian coaches to learn from the young head coach of Naples.
This caused fierce controversy at the time, and many people felt that Sacchi was simply unreasonable.
Of course Giampaolo doesn't believe how powerful a young man in his twenties can be?
But as Gao Shen's results became more and more outstanding, especially after defeating Parma 4-0 in two rounds and reversing Roma 6-0, Giampaolo became keenly aware that Gao Shen's football is really different from Italian football.
During the period between his resignation from Cagliari and his return to coaching, he watched a lot of game videos of Naples and other teams, and was greatly shocked by the advanced football.
The full-court press is actually not new at all, but the sophisticated Naples is obviously not just a full-court press, but an organized and purposeful high-position press, which consumes less physical energy and has better results.
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More importantly, after grabbing the ball, the players immediately launched a counterattack, and the transition between offense and defense was too fast.
Giampaolo clearly knew that the entire situation was about to change!
After in-depth study of Napoli's style of play and the tactics of many people, Giampaolo clearly realized that he had to make changes and adjustments.
Therefore, this season, he decisively adjusted Cagliari's tactics.
He had high hopes for this away game against Naples.
Just like two years ago, when he faced AC Milan at home and Ancelotti.
He believed what Sacchi said and also saw what Gao Shen advocated. The era of three lines of defense has passed. It can no longer completely cover the position of the court and effectively control various areas.
Especially after Ancelotti won the Champions League last season with a Christmas tree, Giampaolo believed in all this.
He recalled his players from Ascoli not because he wanted to go back to the past or the old style of play, but because he was more familiar with this group of players and was more comfortable using them.
He will not learn from Gao Shen, because Gao Shen's style of play is not suitable for him.
He wants to learn from his opponent two years ago, AC Milan's head coach Carlo Ancelotti.
This is the tactic that is most suitable for Italy and Cagliari.
Christmas tree, four three two one!
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August 26, 2007, afternoon.
Stadio San Paolo, Naples.
When Gao Shen got Cagliari's list, his brows wrinkled involuntarily.
He only guessed half right, that is, Cagliari would adopt defensive counterattack tactics.
But he guessed the other half wrong, that is, Giampaolo did not adopt the two-forward 4-4-2 formation when he coached Ascoli, but adopted a Christmas tree 4-3-2 formation similar to AC Milan, directly discharging
Three midfielders.
"This damn fat guy Ancelotti has done a lot of harm to people!" Gao Shen said bitterly through gritted teeth.
AC Milan won a Champions League and set off a whirlwind in Italy, especially 4321, which was quite popular last season and is even more popular this season.
The reason is also very simple, with three midfielders, the defense is stable enough.
It is conceivable that facing two lines of defense composed of seven defensive players, plus the two lines of defense in front, all opponents will feel a headache.
Gao Shen and his Naples are no exception.
He really wants to catch all these people and ask, Ancelotti, Pirlo, Kaká and Seedorf, who do you have?
Fini and Foggia?
Can you compete with Seedorf and Kakabi?
"This game is not easy to play!" Gao Shen shook his head and sighed.
Carlo also nodded solemnly.
It should be said that Serie A games are not easy to play.
