It was already noon when we returned to Naples from Madrid.
Carlo Pintus and others were in charge of the morning training, and Gao Shen was very relieved.
After the lunch break, the coaching staff held a meeting, and Gao Shen mentioned the game last night.
"There are two people you must pay attention to."
Gao Shen turned around and drew two circles on the tactical board behind him, exactly two numbers.
Aquilani's No. 8, Vucinic's No. 9.
"Aquilani's performance left a very deep impression on me. This midfielder is now the core of Roma's midfield. His performance is very stable and his contribution to the Giallorossi is very great. We must strangle him, otherwise
If so, the game will be difficult to play."
"Use Hamsik?" Carlo asked tentatively.
Gao Shen shook his head, "It's not enough, use Vidal."
Many people have misunderstandings about Hamsik. They think that this kid has a mohawk haircut and tattoos, and he looks very rough. In fact, he is not the kind of guy with a rough playing style, so he is said to be dirty.
To survive, you still have to have Vidal or Nainggolan.
"Mancini did not perform very well against Real Madrid. On the contrary, after Vucinic came on, Roma's offense became more lively. Sacchi said in the column that Vucinic looked like
It’s Van Basten, but the difference is that he sometimes works well and sometimes doesn’t work well, so we have to pay attention to him too.”
Everyone nodded and immediately recorded Gao Shen's words.
"Toneto is injured. My guess is that Panucci should be used to play on the right and Cicinho should be played on the left. This is not the first time Cicinho has played as a left back. I believe Spalletti should
That’s what I’ll do.”
In this way, as Gao Shen guessed, Roma's starting lineup is very clear.
Goalkeeper: Doni.
Defence: Cicinho, Juan, Mexes and Panucci.
Midfield: The double defensive midfielders are Aquilani and De Rossi, and the front is Vucinic, Perrotta and Taddei.
Forward: Totti.
"We need one person to limit Perrotta, let Thiago Motta come on, change to 433, and use Biglia in the midfield." After thinking about it for a while, Gao Shen made a decision.
Naples is now able to use the two tactical formations of 4231 and 433 very skillfully. Gao Shen also adopts different tactics according to different situations and different opponents.
Sometimes, in the same game, the team can change from 4-2-3 to 4-3-3.
Things like tactical formations are dead, but the movement and positioning of players on the court are flexible and changeable, and this can only be used as a reference.
"Roma's tactics are to press high and press, but they are not very fast."
Gao Shen finally made a summary of the opponents in this game.
"In the game against Real Madrid in midweek, their players tried their best, which will definitely affect them in the weekend league, while we are sitting at home to recharge our batteries."
When Gao Shen said this, his meaning was already very obvious.
Naples, playing at home, will not leave any chance to Roma, but will suppress Roma from the beginning.
Whether it's Mancini Jr., Vucinic, or Taddei, Totti, Perrotta and others, they are actually not very fast.
With the speed of Napoli's defense players, there will be no problem in dealing with them.
So Gao Shen's strategy is to suppress Roma and keep them away from Naples' goal.
Fight back?
That requires speed.
Within this large tactical framework, Roma players will be targeted to suppress Roma's organization and offense.
"By the way, Totti should also pay special attention to it." At the end, Lucas reminded him.
Gao Shen was a little surprised. As the captain of Roma, Totti has always been the focus of attention.
"This game with us was his 500th game for Roma," Lucas explained.
Gao Shen didn't know what to say.
Totti is a player he admires very much. It is really very difficult to achieve this level in today's football environment, especially considering that Roma itself is not a super powerful club.
It is impossible to do without deep feelings.
You know, a few years ago, Real Madrid wanted to win Totti, but he refused to leave.
Five hundred games is indeed a memorable moment.
"Well, it's okay. Let's fuck him first. Winning is the most important thing. Anyway, he still has 600 and 700 games." Gao Shen just hesitated for a moment and decisively issued a kill order.
Lucas and others were stunned.
Fuck him, this is understandable, but there are still six hundred and seven hundred games, what does this mean?
Totti is almost thirty-two years old.
Is it possible that he can continue to play 600 and 700 games?
How can this be?
Gao Shen felt sour in his heart when he saw the surprise of his assistants.
No wonder, now in 2008, who would believe that Totti can still play for so long?
If he remembered correctly, it didn't seem to have reached 800 games, but it was close.
It’s scary to think about it. There are only so many games in a season. If we have to play nearly 300 more games, how many years will it take us to play?
The three major sufferings in Europe are really not imaginary!
"Remember, Serie A is full of old monsters. Thirty-two years old is still the age of prosperity." Gao Shen walked out of the conference room with a wry smile.
Maldini, Costacurta, and then Totti, Zanetti and Buffon...Gu Lu
In fact, this has a lot to do with the league style of Serie A.
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That afternoon, Naples' coaching staff immediately made targeted adjustments to the training program based on the advanced requirements.
Since the game is on Sunday, Thursday is still relatively easy, and it won’t really get serious until Friday.
That was the hardest and most tiring day of training in the week.
On Saturday, it was actually more relaxed again, mainly to stimulate the players' condition.
When arranging training, the coaching staff must not only respect the objective laws of the players' bodies, establish scientific and reasonable training intensity, but also combine the team's technical and tactical needs. It can be said that this is also a very valuable job.
Carlo, Buenaventura, Pintus and Borrell are specifically responsible for this. Relatively speaking, Gao Shen is actually not good at training, even if he combines some famous coaches in the [Tactics Library]
The cases and training methods "thought out" must be arranged by these four assistants before they can be put into practice.
Simply put, Gao Shen is the brain, responsible for remote control and grasping the overall situation, while the coaching staff is responsible for specific execution.
This is why a mature and stable coaching team is so important to a famous coach.
Just like Ferguson, after losing Queiroz, he was really blind and couldn't get used to using anyone.
Therefore, when Queiroz was dismissed from Real Madrid, he immediately invited Queiroz back.
But Queiroz is also a man of real ability, and of course he was not willing to be Ferguson's assistant all the time, so he later chose to pursue a solo career.
There is also Tencart, who is also taking advantage of the momentum of Rijkaard and Barcelona, with the aim of pursuing a solo career.
In comparison, Gao Shen felt that Carlo was quite good.
He had even considered before that if Carlo chose to fly solo, he would promote Buenaventura to assistant coach to take charge of the overall situation, because there is still Pintus in terms of physical fitness.
At Gao Shen's current level, it is not only the management of the players, but also the management of the coaching staff, and even the management of the club's leadership. It can be said to be the intersection of interests from multiple parties.
And this is just Naples.
If you are in some wealthy teams, the position of head coach will involve more and greater interests, and every decision you make must be made with caution, and sometimes you even have to make decisions that go against your own wishes.
Gao Shen is very fortunate that he has not encountered such a problem so far.
He hoped that it wouldn't happen again in the future.
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March 9, afternoon.
In the twenty-seventh round of Serie A, Naples faced Roma at home.
Since the game against Inter Milan, more than 60,000 people poured into the San Paolo Stadium. The Naples management did not immediately reduce the expanded capacity of the stadium, but continued to sell more tickets.
The fans are also very happy.
As a result, 60,000 people flooded into this game again.
In terms of fan enthusiasm, Naples has the least to worry about. The San Paolo Stadium has the highest attendance and the warmest home atmosphere in the entire Serie A.
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Before the game started, Roma beat Naples in guessing sides.
Totti chose the side that was most advantageous for the afternoon match and handed the kick-off to Napoli.
As soon as the game started, Spalletti's team actively pressed forward and pushed the entire defense forward, with the momentum of directly blocking Napoli in the half court and beating them up.
Just over a minute into the game, Totti turned around and got rid of David Luiz when he was retreating to receive the ball.
Get up and knock on the door.
But Thiago Motta, who was following up in time, made a tackle and blocked the shot.
Roma's shot failed to threaten Napoli's goal.
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Spalletti stood on the sidelines and created a shot against the team less than two minutes into the game. Although it failed to pose a threat, it was still good. He was very satisfied and immediately signaled the team to continue to hold steady and suppress Naples.
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But Naples played very patiently at the beginning, especially defensively, and was very organized.
The tacit interaction between Thiago Motta and David Luiz made Totti's retreat lose the biggest threat.
Starting from the fifth minute, Naples began to stabilize their position and gradually pushed Roma back. Especially in the sixth minute, after Vidal intercepted Aquilani in midfield, he planned a counterattack and scored directly into Roma.
restricted area.
Although he failed to make a shot, it still shocked everyone into a cold sweat.
This made Spalletti quite depressed.
The running ability of Naples players is excellent, and the players' strengths also have their own characteristics.
Gao Shen did not use Hamsik in this game, but used Vidal to entangle Aquilani, obviously to attack Roma's midfield organization.
The tempo of the game began to accelerate, and the two sides launched a fierce stranglehold in the midfield, with no one willing to give in.
But Naples' speed made Roma very afraid and did not dare to leave too much space behind them.
As a last resort, Rome could only gradually retreat.
The situation is gradually tilting in Naples' favor, but Roma is obviously different from Inter Milan. They can keep up with Naples' rhythm.
