This is the news that Naples local media [IIMattino] published on the front page after Naples beat Udinese 5-0 in an away game. The cover showed Gao Shen in a suit, jumping up and pumping his fist in celebration.
The moment the team scores a goal.
This media congratulated Napoli for successfully reaching the top of the standings and becoming the new leader after two rounds of Serie A.
Whether it is them or the local fans in Naples, they all believe that Gao Shen is the number one contributor to Naples.
This amazing young coach took Naples from Serie B to being promoted to the leader of Serie A in just over a year. Such an achievement is nothing short of miraculous!
This local media analyzed that before the season, the whole of Italy, and even European football, believed that Naples' goal this season should be to avoid relegation. This is also very consistent with Naples' decision to sell top general Gervinho before the season.
"But no one expected that so far this season, they have won three consecutive cup games, including an 8-0 victory over Cesena, and two consecutive wins in Serie A, and now there is another 5-0 away victory over Udinese.
What a feat.”
"Naples has shown an aggressive momentum at the beginning of the season. Gao Shen and his young team are working hard to subvert the traditional structure of Italian football."
What is the traditional pattern of Italy?
Standing in 2007, looking back twenty years, most of the Serie A championships were taken away by the three northern powers.
Among the twenty-one league championships before and after, only Roma and Lazio won one each, Napoli won one each in 1987 and 1990, and the other one was taken away by Sampdoria of Genoa, which is also a northern team.
Genoa team.
In other words, Naples is the only team in southern Italy that can compete with the north and the capital.
But in the past six years, this team has experienced bankruptcy and rebirth. From the lowest level of the league, it has struggled all the way, and finally climbed up to Serie A and appeared in front of the world again.
Except for Naples, no one knows how difficult it is for this team to get to where it is today and how many hardships and obstacles it has gone through.
No one would know that when Naples was sinking into the lowest league, local fans still came to the stadium one after another to support the team.
Even now, Naples is the stadium with the highest attendance in Serie A, and every game is full.
Only the local media can understand and understand the city of Naples' feelings for this team, its expectations for this team, and at this moment, their profound feelings towards leading the team to the top of Serie A.
Much respect and gratitude.
"He is becoming another hero of this city after Diego Maradona!"
This local media also revealed a very interesting thing, that is, the three forwards in the front trident of Naples' opponent Udinese are all from Naples.
This is somewhat surprising.
Quagliarella, Di Natale and Flores, all three players were born in Naples.
This is something Gao Shen didn't know before.
It's really a coincidence to say it.
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Napoli blasted Udinese 5-0 to top Serie A.
This news quickly spread throughout the Italian football world, attracting intense attention from countless media and fans.
Although these media outlets are frantically outputting "advanced panic" on weekdays, in the face of Naples' solid results, they could not ignore it, and they all gave large-scale reports.
Gazzetta dello Sport titled "Naples from Another World", believing that this is the first time Naples has become the leader of Serie A after an absence of nearly two decades, especially after going through bankruptcy and restructuring.
All of this seems hard-won.
This newspaper from Milan focused on Gao Shen's review, believing that Gao Shen's formation and tactics completely overwhelmed Marino, the young Italian coach who coached Udinese.
"If in the first round against Cagliari, Gao Shen allowed everyone to see his on-the-spot command and targeted substitutions, then in the second round against Udinese, Gao Shen's pre-match formations were already
He pronounced his opponent's death sentence early."
Gazzetta dello Sport believes that this is not a game that can objectively reflect the strength of the two teams, because Udinese was not in its own rhythm and state throughout the game, and was completely suppressed and held back by Napoli.
Go away and lose your ability to act independently.
"Marino made a very stupid mistake. He blindly believed that his team could play against Naples. But in fact, advanced teams are never afraid of playing against Naples. This was already demonstrated last season.
Proved!"
"The head coach of Udinese must not have reviewed the second leg of Roma's game against Naples last season, otherwise, he would not have made such a bad decision!"
"It was him who caused Udinese's collapse!"
Gazzetta dello Sport also reiterated once again that Gao Shen is Naples' number one contributor, but this leader is not solid.
AC Milan drew 1-1 with Fiorentina at home last night, which allowed Naples to sit in the leading position for at least two weeks, that is, until the third round results came out, but everyone knows that the league has just begun.
"Both Inter Milan and AC Milan did not have a very smooth start, which gave Naples an opportunity to take advantage of. However, I believe that after adjustments, these two teams will soon enter the state."
Gazzetta dello Sport concluded that Naples' good state will be interrupted by the two-week national team match day, and then they will face a difficult schedule. "It will be difficult for them to stay in the leader position for too long!"
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The La Repubblica newspaper from Rome used "Zero to Five" as its headline, believing that this was the most beautiful offensive football played in the first two rounds of Serie A this season, a masterpiece from Naples.
"Gao Shen and his team continued the offensive football style of last season and continued to reap results in Serie A."
La Repubblica believes that Naples showed strong offensive firepower in the first two rounds and was equally excellent on the defensive end, which helped them ascend to the leader's position and completely subverted the outside world's impression.
"However, we must also remind Gao Shen and his Naples that Serie A has just begun. The results of the first two rounds are not convincing. Other teams are still adjusting, and the next challenge will be more difficult."
La Repubblica believes that it is necessary to raise the season expectations for Naples, but it is basically impossible for this barbarian team from the south to reach the top of Serie A in the new season.
"He must first beat Inter Milan, Roma, AC Milan and Juventus!"
La Repubblica said the league is not a cup competition.
Roma is determined to avenge last season's 0-6 defeat to Naples. I believe that when the two teams meet, Spalletti's team will teach Gao Shen a hard lesson in Serie A.
"They haven't had a real challenge yet!"
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Tuttosport was even more unconvinced, believing that Napoli reached the top by luck.
This northern media revealed that the team with the strongest offensive power in Serie A is Juventus, scoring a total of eight goals, and judging from the first two games, Juventus is obviously better.
Media close to Juventus even believed that Cagliari did not try their best in the first round match against Naples, but reserved enough energy to play against Juventus in the second round, which is why they fell behind twice.
A tenacious move to equalize twice.
But in the end, Juventus defeated their opponents and showed their super strength.
"This is how a Serie A champion should behave!"
"On the other hand, Naples hardly encountered any real challenges in the two rounds!"
Tuttosport revealed that no one in the season report submitted by Juventus or Ranieri considered Napoli as a contender for the title.
"Juventus' opponents are very clear, Milan and Roma, never including Naples!"
The implication is very clear, even if they become the leader of Serie A, it will only be temporary. Gao Shen and his team will not be able to make a big impact in the new season.
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In addition to causing a national uproar in Italy, the news that Gao Shen led Napoli to the top of Serie A quickly spread to the entire European football world and even the world.
When I was in Serie B before, whether it was the Italian Cup or the Serie B League, my influence was actually very limited.
But this time, Napoli directly defeated their opponents in Serie A and became the leader. This undoubtedly completely subverted the outside world's impression of them and shocked the media and fans around the world.
Many people thought at first that Gao Shen and his Naples were born out of nowhere, but as the media dug deeper and the fans learned more, they discovered that this team was so magical as early as last season.
Already.
After helping Real Madrid win the double crown, Gao Shen turned to coach low-level Naples. In the eyes of many people, Gao Shen has gradually faded out of the mainstream media and fans' vision. Many people even speculated that Gao Shen may leave the front line.
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But a year later, Gao Shen, as a leader in Serie A, once again announced to the media and fans around the world that he was back!
At the beginning, people questioned his double championship, thinking that he led Real Madrid and that Real Madrid made him, not him.
So now, he took a bankrupt and reorganized team and spent one year from being promoted from Serie B to becoming the leader of Serie A. How do you say this?
Isn't this convincing enough?
French newspaper L'Equipe wrote a lengthy article introducing Gao Shen's experience coaching Naples in front of and behind the scenes. At the same time, he also said with great expectation, "The Serie A league in the new season will become more and more interesting."
"Mancini's Inter Milan is as strong and stable as ever; Ancelotti's AC Milan is the defending Champions League champion; Roma is also a powerful force that cannot be ignored; Juventus has quickly reorganized with amazing investment.
A powerful Zebra Legion..."
"Now, there is another one, Gao Shen and his Naples!"
"This is bound to make the Serie A league in the new season more intense than ever before!"
