This was the headline on the front page of La Repubblica in Rome the next day, and other Italian media had very similar opinions. They generally believed that after such a victory, Naples was approaching the league championship.
Of course, they just said they were getting closer.
Roma La Repubblica believes that in this game, Naples showed an amazing level of strength and technical and tactical levels, firmly suppressing Inter Milan on the scene, and showing that it has the ability to compete for the Serie A championship.
"After beating Inter Milan 5-0, Napoli successfully reversed course and climbed to the top of Serie A for the third time."
Rome's La Repubblica analyzed that one of the important reasons why Inter Milan suffered such a humiliating defeat in the away game was that Mancini's team encountered huge troughs and difficulties during this period.
La Repubblica first narrated the entire competition process and listed a lot of data at the same time.
It is worth mentioning that the linkage between running distance, ball possession rate and passing success rate mentioned by Gao Shen at the post-match press conference was also quoted by La Repubblica to prove that Naples is
A huge advantage in the competition.
La Repubblica believes that Naples has the advantage of playing at home, and at the same time, the players' health and condition are at their best.
An obvious message is that Naples has all its players intact and has no injuries, while Inter Milan has many players injured and absent. Several players, including Ibrahimovic, have just returned from injury. This is
The game was in poor shape.
But La Repubblica does not want to prove that Napoli cannot win, but wants to say that Mancini's preparations were very poor. The moment Inter Milan walked into the Sao Paulo Stadium, many people were already convinced.
The death sentence was pronounced.
"It's just that no one thought that Inter Milan would lose so miserably."
Roma also revealed another number in the report, which is that Inter Milan has remained unbeaten in 32 away games.
This is another very incredible achievement.
Looking at the four major leagues, I am afraid that only Inter Milan can reach such heights.
Undefeated in 32 away games, coupled with their strong home game, Inter Milan's dominance in Serie A is truly astonishing.
"But at the Sao Paulo Stadium, the arrogant Inter Milan met the overwhelming Naples, encountered a humiliating Waterloo, and may even lose the entire season!"
Finally, La Repubblica believes that Inter Milan's morale has been greatly reduced after losing this focused battle, but the most important thing now is to regroup. Mancini has made it clear after the game that he will not resign voluntarily. In the current situation, Inter Milan
Milan should cheer up and catch up.
"Now that the two teams have the same points, it is not certain who will win the championship."
"Relatively speaking, Inter Milan's chances are still slightly greater than Naples."
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What the Roman Repubblica actually said was not wrong.
Because after the game, the three major European bookmakers all revised their odds, greatly increasing Naples' probability of winning and reducing Inter Milan's probability of winning. Obviously, they also saw the impact of this fiasco.
But even so, Inter Milan is still the favorite to win Serie A.
The betting company also specifically explained this, believing that Inter Milan has an advantage in the schedule and the team's lineup is stronger. After Mancini's team comes out of the trough, they believe that they can quickly regain their momentum as the Serie A hegemon.
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As for Naples, their performance is indeed amazing, but they are too young. In the last twelve rounds of the championship, the slightest mistake may cause the championship to fall by the wayside.
"Now, for these two teams, whoever makes the fewest mistakes and loses points will win the championship!"
Given the choice between the two, the three major bookmakers all chose Inter Milan.
This is actually understandable, because Napoli is a newly promoted team and they are too young.
At critical moments, things like foundation are still very trustworthy.
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Chaos! Chaos! Chaos!
This was the front page headline of La Gazzetta dello Sport the next morning.
This Milanese media used three words in one breath, and they were in shocking scarlet color and bleeding.
Gazzetta dello Sport believes that after winning consecutive Serie A championships, Mancini's team was obviously overconfident and mistakenly believed that they had no opponents in Serie A.
But what about actually?
"As early as last summer, when Gao Shen led Naples to Serie A, he very clearly stated his goal. He wanted to lead the team to win the Serie A championship. And this season, he has also led Napoli to the top twice.
Serie A standings.”
"Of course, everyone feels that the lofty goal is simply impossible to achieve, because in the history of Serie A, no newly promoted team has ever won the Serie A championship, and Napoli will be no exception." Gu Ji
"But as the season progresses, especially since the winter break, Naples has firmly ranked second in the league standings. When Inter Milan dropped points continuously, Naples kept catching up, and now it has overtaken the top spot."
Gazzetta dello Sport analyzed that Napoli's rise to the top was due to Inter Milan's carelessness and the failure of Mancini's season strategy.
This media even believed that Mancini's team did not pay attention to Naples from the beginning, which led to them experiencing such a situation after the winter break, especially in mid-to-late February.
A wave of troughs.
"This is a very bad situation!"
Gazzetta dello Sport believes that it was Mancini's failure that gradually pushed Inter Milan into its current embarrassing predicament.
"In fact, apart from other aspects, from a technical and tactical perspective and season strategy, Gao Shen did a much better job in Naples than Mancini."
"Although Naples also had serious problems in the last two months of the first half, Gaoshen made decisive adjustments after the winter break and introduced high-level physical coach Antonio Pintus, which improved Naples' physical fitness and condition.
It has made a considerable improvement, and in this powerful dialogue, we can play to the best level."
But Gazzetta dello Sport, like other newspapers, believes that Napoli's rise to the top is only temporary.
Although Naples performed very well in this strong dialogue, they still believe that Inter Milan will win the Serie A championship.
"But it's clear that the situation in Serie A has changed."
"Gao Shen and his Naples were like a bolt of lightning that split the sky in the Apennines, allowing the entire Italian football world to see a new and advanced tactical concept."
Regarding Gao Shen's tactical concept, Gazzetta dello Sport devoted more than half of its page to focusing on introducing and analyzing it.
Italy, as the kingdom of football tactics, many readers like to study tactics, so the media is also willing to analyze these tactics in depth. Naples's style of play may not seem like a big deal at first glance, but if you study further, you will find that in fact
The knowledge inside is very deep.
This can be regarded as the first time that the authoritative Italian media has publicly acknowledged the advanced nature of Gao Shen's tactics in Naples.
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In his column, Sacchi also praised Gao Shen's achievements.
As early as in a column before the game, Sacchi predicted that this game would end with Napoli's victory.
But the score he gave at that time was 2-1 or 1-0, and Naples had a small victory.
But he himself never thought that Naples would beat Inter Milan 5-0, which made him so happy that he said with hindsight in his column, "Mancini must not have read my column carefully."
For this game, Sacchi said that Gao Shen showed the coaching level of a top coach, whether it was pre-game preparation, team communication, formation, targeted training, or on-the-spot command during the game, Gao Shen was better than Man
Chini is even better.
"The game was controlled by Naples in a rhythm they were familiar with and good at from the beginning. Mancini was at a disadvantage from the beginning, but they failed to hold on and conceded two goals in a row within ten minutes. This was a very bad start and a very demoralizing start.
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But Sacchi believes that Inter Milan could have avoided such a disastrous defeat.
Whether it was the third goal conceded or the subsequent two goals conceded, they all came from Mancini's adjustments, especially substitutions.
Sacchi criticized Mancini's substitutions, believing that he made wrong judgments and decisions under tremendous pressure.
"Obviously, from the very beginning, the overall condition of Inter Milan's players was not very good, and their fighting spirit was not very strong. Several injured players were eager to return and did not perform very well."
"In this kind of strong dialogue, we should not be overly obsessed with the reputation of the players, but should consider their immediate combat ability and performance. However, Mancini made a wrong decision, and then when making substitutions, he still
Continuing with his own mistakes."
Afterwards, Sacchi praised Gao Shen and his Napoli. He believed that just with last night's battle, Gao Shen was enough to secure the Golden Seat Award for Best Coach in Serie A this season in advance.
But Sacchi, like other Italian media, generally believes that Naples is still a little far away from winning the championship, because the next two rounds of games will be a strong dialogue, and the slightest mistake will capsize the ship.
At the same time, Inter Milan will not give up.
"Mancini's mistake, Gao Shen should learn from his experience and learn from it, and don't let Naples make the same mistake as Inter Milan!"
Sacchi believes that after once again becoming the leader, Naples' biggest enemy is no longer Inter Milan, but has become himself.
"If Gao Shen and his team want to have the last laugh in the Serie A championship competition, then he should use himself as his opponent in the next games, continue to work hard to break through, and perform better!"
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Not only the whole of Italy, but also Europe and the whole world, all the media were full of praise for Naples' performance and their high level of coaching.
According to French newspaper L'Equipe, this battle made the whole world truly realize Gao Shen and his tactical concepts.
"From now on, Gao Shen has finally stepped out of the aura of Real Madrid's double champion, allowing all media and fans around the world to recognize him again. He has officially joined the ranks of European-level coaches!"
On the contrary, Gao Shen himself was not used to all the overwhelming praise.
