All fans or media who are familiar with Naples will not be surprised by this.
As Sacchi, the top player in the world, said in his column, Gao Shen never paid much attention to warm-up matches. This was the stage for him to train the team and try various tactical routines and teamwork.
"I even heard that he praised the players after the team lost to the Serie C team."
But this does not prevent the Italian media from trying their best to create panic about the collapse of Naples.
This is actually quite normal.
The media relies on this method to attract attention. Without these elements, how could there be any fans paying attention during the warm-up match?
But as a result, the media's statements are often contradictory.
In the words of Gao Shen, "Many newspapers are only suitable for single-order volumes. You can read them today and forget about them later. At best, they just kill time. This type of newspaper cannot be read in bound volumes, otherwise, you will be suspicious." If they have some kind of inherent flaw, then you might have more sympathy for them."
In return, Gao Shen strongly recommended Saki's column.
This shameless guy writes a column every two days, and sometimes even one column every day, which makes Gao Shen unable to help but exclaim in his heart.
Is writing a column so profitable these days?
Can you make a lot of money with just a few words?
If it really feels so good, I would quit being the head coach and just write a column.
Isn’t it just the word count of water?
Who wouldn't?
But it has to be said that compared to those media, Sacchi's column is still very professional. Gao Shen believes that reading the bound volume of Sacchi's columns can greatly improve readers' football literacy.
More importantly, there is no need to buy a newspaper and just register a Twitter account. This guy will refresh his column on Twitter on the night the newspaper is published. This is his agreement with the newspaper.
Well, Gao Shen is considering whether, as a small shareholder of Twitter, he should provide some money to Saki?
This ad is too tough!
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Starting from mid-to-late July, Naples sometimes plays one game a week, sometimes twice a week, and the warm-up matches are very good.
We don’t pick our opponents, sometimes it’s Serie C, sometimes it’s Serie B, anyway they’re all Italian teams.
This even caused the Italian media to question, is Naples really that poor?
Is it so difficult to even go abroad and play away games?
But even if the opponents are teams from Serie B and Serie C, Naples' results are not ideal, ups and downs, and unstable.
Gao Shen has a characteristic that he likes to mess around.
Although he is playing well in 4-2-3-1, he will suddenly change to 3-5-2, or even 3-6-1.
Maggio's right midfielder at Sampdoria was the best winger in Serie A, but Gao Shen sometimes used him as a right back, and sometimes pushed him to the right wing, and even tried to let him play as a defensive midfielder.
The same goes for other players, which makes Napoli's entire strategy a mess.
At least in the eyes of the media and fans, it is really unorganized.
Anyone who is familiar with Gao Shen and Naples knows that this is normal, but the vast majority of fans who are not familiar with it cannot stand it. They see the media criticizing and even blaming Gao Shen and his Napoli.
There's a Naples pill feeling, and it's getting stronger and stronger.
But if you conduct an in-depth study and analysis of advanced personnel arrangements and playing time, it is not difficult to find that there are actually some rules and regulations, and by players constantly changing positions, they can better understand the situation and thoughts of their teammates.
This is called empathy.
Sacchi said in his column that Gao Shen is a thief.
"He wants to keep his opponents completely confused as to what he wants to do."
"Just wait, he and his Napoli will still surprise everyone in the new season."
But as soon as Sacchi finished speaking, many media turned their guns and targeted him.
I'll blow you to death for being the number one blower in the world!
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Entering August, all eight international players participating in the Olympics have left the team to report to the Olympic team.
The first team was short of personnel, so Gao Shen suddenly became more playful.
Vidal and Thiago Motta take turns playing as central defenders. The midfielder is short of personnel, and even the fifteen-year-old Verratti can be used.
When reporters asked, why?
Gao Shen said happily: "I like this player so much!"
Not to mention Insigne.
The result of the wave was that Napoli played very easily, but the results of the game were inconsistent. Sometimes they played very excitingly, but sometimes they played so badly that it was completely incomprehensible.
The media and fans outside who didn't know what was going on were anxious.
Damn it, the Italian Super Cup is about to start. You haven’t adjusted the team yet?
Use the hammer to fight Mourinho's Inter Milan?
On the other hand, Mourinho's Inter Milan's performance is gradually getting better.
In July, Inter Milan played three warm-up matches.
One was against the Saudi champions and the other was against Bari. Both games were won steadily, but the team's performance was not ideal.
Later, in the TIM Cup, facing Juventus and AC Milan, Inter Milan failed to score a goal and conceded one goal. In front of these two strong opponents, Inter Milan's performance was not ideal.
This also once aroused suspicion from the outside world.
But in August, Inter Milan went to Munich, Germany to participate in the Beckenbauer Cup. As a result, at the Allianz Arena, with Mancini's goal, they defeated Klinsmann's Bayern Munich 1-0.
In this game, Inter Milan returned to the 433 that Mourinho is best at, focusing on wing attack and coordination. The formation is very compact, and the defense and aggression in the midfield and backfield are sufficient.
Gazzetta dello Sport said after the game: "Inter Milan's defense was super successful, and the team's personality was also quite outstanding. This is a great victory for Mourinho."
For a warm-up match, describing it as a great victory is a bit of a stretch, but it also proves that Mourinho's team performed very well.
Sure enough, in the subsequent warm-up matches, Inter Milan performed better and better.
The opponents over there are getting better and better, but Naples has never gotten better here. How can we not be anxious?
Even Sacchi called in his column that Gao Shen should establish his main lineup as soon as possible.
Especially the starting lineup in the Italian Super Cup needs to be adjusted quickly.
The eight Olympic athletes have a great impact on Naples, especially the central defenders.
The two core central defenders from last season both left for China. After Domic was sold, only Cannavaro was left in the team who was trustworthy.
Gao Shen went round and round and tried Vidal, Thiago Motta, Lichtsteiner and Benatia, but the results were not satisfactory, which also made many people worry about Gao Shen.
Just like this, can we compete with Inter Milan?
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Grosseto, Tuscany, central Italy.
Speaking of Grosseto, Gao Shen is actually quite unfamiliar, but Naples is not like that.
Because this team was once a strong rival for Naples when they were promoted from Serie C to Serie B, but they eventually lost in the promotion play-offs and failed to advance to Serie B with Naples.
But they only stayed in Serie C for one more year, and were soon promoted to Serie B and ranked in the middle.
It is worth mentioning that the head coach of this team is an old acquaintance, Pioli.
Yes, that is the AC Milan head coach who will be famous for putting out fires in the future.
After being beaten by his superiors at Parma and losing his coaching position, Pioli was unemployed at home for a full year and a half. It was not until September 2007 that he rescued Grosseto from the fire and performed well in leading the team, so he was able to stay on.
To use what Pioli later said in an interview with the media to describe his year and a half, "In the past year and a half, I have watched every Naples game repeatedly, from Serie B to Serie A. I have watched it repeatedly.
I carefully considered every strategy and routine Gao Shen used in Naples."
Pioli believes that in the past year and a half, his entire tactical thinking has undergone tremendous changes.
After coaching Grosseto, he began to move his tactical style closer to the advanced direction.
As a result, Grosseto played a very similar tactic to Naples in Serie B, but it was different.
The Italian media described it this way: Grosseto's players will bite their opponents like mad dogs, they will run at all costs to create a numerical advantage in local areas, and they advocate side attacks.
Pioli's team, like Naples, attaches great importance to pressing and pressing in the frontcourt. They will work hard to force the opponent's ball-carrying player to the side, and then use their numerical advantage to surround the opponent and counterattack as soon as possible after the steal is successful.
So much so that after Grosseto performed well, many people believed that Pioli had a chance to lead Grosseto this season and achieve Naples' success.
However, this team has natural weaknesses.
That's because there are too few home fans.
Grosseto itself is not a big city, it has a small population, and the stadium is small, with a total capacity of only 9,000 people, but in fact, the daily attendance rate is less than half.
For warm-up games like the game against Naples, the attendance was less than 1,000 people.
It is conceivable that the future of such a team is extremely limited.
However, Gao Shen took a fancy to this aspect of it.
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Before the game, Gao Shen made a special trip to the sidelines to chat with Pioli, who had reunited after a long absence and said he wanted to learn from him.
Although he was beaten by Gao Shen and lost his coaching position, Pioli said that he learned a lot from Gao Shen.
And Gao Shen was not stingy and gave some of his own ideas.
Although he has not studied the playing styles of Grosseto and Pioli in depth, he has heard that this kind of specious imitation is not enough. Gao Shen believes that his pressing and pressing organization in the midfield and frontcourt is not good enough.
After the overall pressure is up, if the frontcourt does not organize the pressure well and cannot suppress the opponent, the gap behind the opponent will be exposed. The opponent can directly hit the opponent behind with a long pass.
This is also the reason why Grosseto conceded so many goals last season.
It's almost one-on-one with the ball, and that's not okay.
"Either just hold on steady and move back a little; or just increase the intensity and continue to press forward."
Pioli was very touched.
After Gao Shen chatted with him for a while, he turned around and walked back to the visiting team's coaching bench.
As soon as he reached his position, he saw Lucas walking out of the coaching bench.
"Our people looked around and found no Inter Milan scouts."
