Reggina had nothing to do against Naples, and Ulivieri's strange tactics did not pose much of a threat to Naples, and several counterattacks failed to produce any results.
In the second half, Naples continued to attack Reggina, and in the 60th minute, Vidal intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and quickly handed it to Pellet. The Italian center took the ball with his back and reached the top of the penalty area.
The Chilean midfielder quickly stepped in. After stopping the ball, he shot directly through Reggina's goal.
Three to zero!
At this point in the game, it can basically be said that the outcome is decided.
Ulivieri's subsequent substitutions basically accepted this fact.
Gao Shen also made adjustments, mainly focusing on training young players, and did not continue to pursue victory.
In the end, with the help of Pellet and Vidal's goals, as well as Cassione's own goal, Naples defeated Reggina 3-0 at home and successfully advanced to the fourth round of the Italian Cup.
According to the format of this year's Italian Cup, Naples and Genoa participated in the first two rounds of the cup. After the top six were determined, ten teams were added in the third round, forming exactly sixteen teams. They played a single knockout round, with eight winning teams.
The team advanced to the fourth round.
At this time, the remaining eight Serie A teams, that is, the top eight teams in Serie A last season, will join the battle circle.
The fourth round will be held in December, and the rules are also drawn, but it is different from the first three rounds.
This time it will be a battle between the winner of the third round and the eight new Serie A teams added in the fourth round.
In the words of the Italian Football Association, this can avoid premature strong-power dialogue.
But there are two uncontrollable factors, one is Naples and the other is Juventus.
Everyone can see that these two teams are very powerful, and they are not even afraid of the other top eight teams except the Milan duo. This brings more troubles to the fourth round of the cup.
suspense.
And unlike the single knockout rounds in the first three rounds, the fourth round will return to a home and away double-round knockout format.
From then on, lots were drawn for home and away matches, until the single final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Another point is that in the third round of the Italian Cup, all Serie B teams were wiped out.
This also proves once again how difficult it is to create an upset in Italian football.
Therefore, no one will believe what Gao Shen said.
…
After the game, Gao Shen took the initiative to walk to the visiting team's coaching bench and shook hands with Ulivieri.
In fact, there was nothing thrilling about Napoli's victory in this game, but Ulivieri's formation made Gao Shen very curious, and he inevitably chatted for a few more words, mainly because he wanted to know why he lined up like this.
Ulivieri obviously didn't want to say more, and just said perfunctorily that he wanted to add a ball-receiving point in the gap on the wing when encountering Naples' high pressure.
Gao Shen nodded politely, this was indeed an idea.
Many people say that Guardiola's Barcelona has changed European football, but how exactly has it changed?
Controlling the ball?
Although after Barcelona, ball control has indeed received more and more attention, no team pursues such extreme ball control as Barcelona. More importantly, by 2021, many people will basically see clearly that
question.
The peak of Barcelona's third dream team is actually not just based on possession of the ball.
In other words, the Peak Dream Team 3 has two legs, one is to control the ball, and the other is to press high.
To walk on two legs, one is indispensable.
Once the high-position pressure was lost, that is, in the later stages of the Dream Team, when players such as Xavi and Iniesta aged, their pressure and running abilities declined, and Barcelona was directly eliminated.
This is enough to prove that only possession of the ball without high pressure will not work.
High pressure can further enhance the advantage of ball control.
After the Dream Team 3, why do other teams start to pay attention to passing?
Even goalkeepers are starting to take part in ball control?
Because this is the way to break the overall high position pressure.
At the beginning, all teams were helpless in the face of this overall high pressure, so they had to desperately try to find a way.
There was a saying at the time that the only thing that could beat Barcelona was time.
In fact, the implication is that we have no choice but to wait for you to grow old.
In the beginning, it was Mourinho's Inter Milan who were very defensive. The two classic duels in the Champions League semi-finals can almost be said to be the pinnacle of what world football could produce at that time to restrain Barcelona.
But the scene was still very ugly.
Soon, Klopp's Dortmund and Simeone's Atletico Madrid began to appear. They all adopted overall high-pressure tactics, but this brought another problem. They could grab the ball, but they couldn't control it, so they only
Can use more running coverage to make up for technical deficiencies.
The price is that they can't last the whole game and can barely maintain a high level of performance for sixty minutes.
However, times are always improving. Heynckes' Bayern Munich has reached a balance in physical and technical aspects. Starting from Ancelotti, Real Madrid has also embarked on such a path. In addition, Barcelona players are getting older.
, the honor coupled with the laziness behind it made the Dream Team 3 gradually step down from the altar.
Why does Gao Shen dare to say that he will build a strong Serie A team within three years?
Because he knows very well that he cannot create a Barcelona, but he can create a team like Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Dortmund, achieving a balance between physical and technical aspects, and then adopting overall high pressure tactics.
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As long as the level is high enough and the team and players are well-trained, there is basically no solution in today's world football.
Unless there is an iron barrel formation, or there is a problem in Naples itself.
Even a theoretical person like Ulivieri can't come up with an effective solution.
He wants to add more ball-distribution points on the wing, which is actually the traditional idea of breaking the high-post press and transferring the ball.
If we dig deeper from this point, wouldn't it be to increase the midfield and backfield, including the goalkeeper's ability to pass and control the ball, so that when encountering high pressure, he can quickly transfer the ball to the weak side?
But the question is, where are they going to find such defenders and goalkeepers in 2007?
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In fact, Gao Shen was not disgusted with Ulivieri. He even wanted to have an in-depth discussion with him and listen to some of his thoughts and ideas. This would be very interesting and very helpful to him.
But he could tell that Ulivieri didn't intend to talk to him any more.
As a highly respected senior in Italian football, he has his own pride.
Even after losing 0-3.
Gao Shen didn't insist on this, because even if he didn't talk to Ulivieri, he could find Ulivieri's book in the tactical library later and see what was written in it.
Wouldn't it be nice to study his tactics carefully?
Ulivieri, on the other hand, after struggling for a while, saw Gao Shen turning to leave, he suddenly shouted.
"high!"
"Huh?" Gao Shen stopped, turned around and looked over, "Is something wrong?"
Ulivieri hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Will you go to the Professional Coaching Summit?"
Gao Shen was stunned. He thought of Ulivieri's official status, which just relieved his doubts, and immediately asked: "Does everyone have to go?"
"This is not," Ulivieri explained, "it's just a gathering for communication, and everyone participates voluntarily."
"Oh." Gao Shen nodded, "I happen to have something to do in those few days. Let's take a look. I may not have time."
He didn't say he would die, what if he wanted to go there on a whim?
But after hearing Gao Shen's words, Ulivieri couldn't hide the joy on his face. He nodded immediately and looked at Gao Shen with eyes that seemed to be more pleasing to the eye.
This made Gao Shen very puzzled.
Why do I always feel like this old man’s eyes are weird?
Forget it, stay away from him.
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Naples defeated Reggina and advanced to the fourth round of the Italian Cup, which actually did not attract too much attention.
After all, the current Italian Cup does not have the top eight teams in Serie A participating, so the attention is not high.
After kicking Regina, Gao Shen enjoyed the thrill of beating his master to death with random punches, but he quickly calmed down and went into the second round of the weekend league.
This is also the last game before the national team match day in September.
According to the plan of the Naples coaching staff, this is also the last game of the first stage of the league.
Judging from the entire stage of planning, Naples has executed it very well. Whether it can end perfectly depends on this final battle.
The opponent is Udinese.
This team is very ambitious. The Pozzo family has been engaged in the business of buying low and selling high in recent years. They have even purchased teams in the Premier League and La Liga, hoping to make the business bigger.
It is said that this summer they formulated an ambitious plan and successfully lured Marino, the new-generation Italian head coach who had an outstanding performance in Catania, to Udinese.
Not only that, they also created a forward lineup for Marino that is good enough to compete in the Champions League.
Di Natale, Quagliarella, Asamoah, Paolucci, Simone Pepe and Flores.
There are no big names, but the price/performance ratio is very high, and all of them are powerful stars.
In order to build this lineup, Udinese did not hesitate to sell Muntari and Iaquinta.
As for the defense, I believe that all Football Manager players will be familiar with two central defenders, namely Brazil's Felipe and Colombia's Zapata, both of whom are famous little monsters in the game.
It can be said that the current Udinese, from the team lineup to the head coach, are all very young, and there is a feeling that they want to set off a youth storm in Serie A.
In fact, they did very well and drew with Inter Milan away from home in the first round, which shows that their strength is good.
In the Italian Cup, they also defeated Bari in Serie B 3-0 at home and successfully advanced to the fourth round.
But Gao Shen's biggest expectation for this team is that they don't play as conservatively as other Serie A teams.
This made Gao Shen very eager to try.
Only after coming to Serie A did he realize how rare and difficult it was to meet a team with a more positive style of play.
Therefore, he also wanted to take this opportunity to let go and do something big.
It’s a good time to try out the team’s sharpening skills!
