At the beginning of the second half, Naples threatened Inter Milan with an excellent left attack.
Continuous passes from Vargas, Thiago Motta, Hamsik and Sanchez, the football is like a butterfly in the flowers, flying back and forth dizzyingly, quickly advancing from the own half to Inter Milan's goal
Outside the restricted area.
After Sanchez cut in laterally, he passed it to Cavani, who then took it from the top of the arc to the right, but was eventually controlled by Muntari and Cambiaso, and the shot hit Cambiaso.
body, posing no threat.
But Naples quickly formed a second-tier offense. After Vidal stepped in to stop the ball, he threw away the defender and fired a shot slightly higher than the goal.
This quick and smooth kick transfer was very amazing.
You know, in Serie A, it is rare to see such smooth passing and cutting cooperation.
Especially in this kind of powerful dialogue.
Inter Milan was not to be outdone and quickly counterattacked.
This time I still wanted to find Mancini on the left, but Lichtsteiner made a header and pushed the ball out of bounds.
Soon, Inter Milan lost the ball in the frontcourt, and Naples quickly counterattacked again.
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The game proceeds at a fast pace where you come and go.
Naples has always adopted this kind of fast-paced offense and defense, while Inter Milan is not to be outdone and goes toe-to-toe.
Even the on-site commentator believed that this was actually a very unfavorable situation for Inter Milan.
Because Naples is good at this style of play.
"Mourinho has just arrived, and he obviously wants to change the outside world's stereotype of him."
"You know, not long ago, he was one of the candidates for Barcelona's head coach. The important reason why he lost this position is that he played very conservatively, which made Barcelona very uneasy about him."
"It was revealed that Barcelona's first candidate was Gao Shen, but Gao Shen was unwilling to leave Naples, but recommended his former assistant Guardiola, which led to Mourinho's eventual failure to get his wish to take over the Nou Camp.
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"There is also Inter Milan. Their first choice for the summer coach selection was also Gao Shen. They chose Mourinho only after Gao Shen declined. So now Mourinho still wants to face Gao Shen and his Naples.
You need to change the outside world’s impression of you.”
"At least, he wants to prove that he won't fall behind when faced with great challenges."
"Tonight, it's Naples that really shines."
"After winning the double championship last season, everyone was worried that this team would be just a flash in the pan and that Gao Shen would leave the team in the summer, but now it seems that none of this has happened."
"Napoli were more stable and mature tonight."
"This is enough to prove that the tactical play style tailor-made by Gao Shen for Naples has become increasingly mature. I believe that Naples will continue to adhere to the route planned by Gao Shen for many years to come."
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In the ten minutes of the second half, Inter Milan did not even have a shot.
Even if Mourinho asked Balotelli to move forward to form a double forward, he still failed to form a threatening attack.
Although Naples' pressing is not as aggressive as last season, the level of suffocation is even greater than before.
They set up their formation along the center line and directly suppressed Inter Milan in their own half, making it difficult for Inter Milan to advance in a threatening positional battle except for long passes.
As for playing long passes, Napoli has never been afraid.
Benatia controlled Ibrahimovic tightly throughout the game. Although he did not do anything, he did not perform much. Balotelli even avoided Vargas on the left.
Stay in the middle more often.
Originally, Mourinho asked him to actively retreat and receive the ball from the midfielder, but after encountering Thiago Motta several times, he failed to take advantage. Later, he simply stayed in front and waited for the pass.
The midfielder couldn't get the ball out, and the frontcourt couldn't retreat, so he frequently hit Mancini's point.
As can be imagined, Mancini was unable to take advantage of Lichtsteiner.
After playing for ten minutes, Mourinho finally couldn't stand it anymore and made a decisive substitution.
He replaced Mancini with Chilean midfielder Gimenez.
After such substitutions, Inter Milan's tactical formation returned to its original four-three-one-two.
In the past few seasons, Mancini has used this tactic to play in the Champions League and Serie A.
After returning to the formation they are best at and familiar with, Inter Milan also actively adopted pressing pressure in the midfield and frontcourt.
Starting from the substitution, the Nerazzurri gradually reversed the situation on the scene and suppressed Naples. They got several opportunities in a row, but they were all long shots from the outside.
First, Ibrahimovic's long shot was blocked by Benatia, and then Muntari's long shot from 26 meters away was easily saved by Handanovic.
Then Zanetti also suddenly shot a cold arrow on the right wing and hit a long shot, but there was no threat at all.
But in this wave of offensive, Inter Milan still played very well.
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Gao Shen signaled the players to stay steady on the sidelines, but he had no intention of substituting.
He still wants to see if his players can withstand the pressure from Inter Milan.
As a head coach, he must know clearly where the limits of his players are at any time and at any time.
What can we do offensively?
Defense, how good can it be?
Because only in this way can he be able to better utilize the team's full strength when arranging his troops in the next game.
This kind of extreme pressure cannot be reflected in normal training.
Only in this kind of life-and-death combat with real swords and guns can you truly see how much ability you have.
"Mourinho is actually quite aggrieved," Carlo said with a wry smile.
"These players are not what he is good at, especially the wingers and centers." Zidane nodded.
In Mourinho's tactical system, one center is very important, and the other is the wing.
In Inter Milan's current lineup, Ibrahimovic is an atypical center. It can even be said that he is not a qualified tactical center at all.
His personal ability is super strong, but his tactical role is not obvious. His personal heroism is too strong and very unstable. He is often separated from the team. To some extent, his center role is not as good as Cavani.
As for Balotelli, this kid is not a tactical center at all, and he is only seventeen years old.
The same goes for wingers.
Manic Jr. on the left is an inverse winger and cannot play the same role as Robben, Duff or Malouda.
"He probably originally hoped that Balotelli would open up the situation on the right wing. This player has the speed and body to suppress Vargas. If necessary, he can also penetrate the penalty area to form an offensive threat. Who would have thought..."
Zidane shook his head and laughed.
Balotelli is young, but he is shrewd and bullies the weak and fears the strong.
After trying several times, he decided that Vargas was not easy to bully, so he avoided it.
With this move, Inter Milan's attack from the right was disabled.
Mourinho didn't dare to let Maicon get too much pressure, it would be fatal.
"So, sometimes, it's really not just a matter of gathering a bunch of stars to build a strong team."
When Gao Shen finished speaking, an attack from Inter Milan happened to hit the outside of Naples' penalty area and was successfully intercepted by Thiago Motta.
After successfully stealing the ball, quickly launch a counterattack.
Thiago Motta directly passed the long ball to the front to find Cavani. The Uruguayan center leaned against Burdisso and grabbed the ball. He stopped it and passed it to Sanchez. The Chilean cut inside and kicked the goal, but was blocked.
Blocked by the tower.
The ball flew out of the penalty area and landed on the outside.
I saw Vidal running forward quickly, rushing forward, and shooting directly at the football.
The ball was like a cannonball, shooting towards Inter Milan's goal quickly.
Goalkeeper Cesar was beyond his reach, but at the critical moment, the football hit the crossbar above, making a muffled sound that made everyone in the audience jump, and the ball bounced back.
Inter Milan suddenly became a mass team again in the first half.
Gao Shen saw that Cannavaro Jr. and Thiago Motta were beckoning their teammates to press forward.
Inter Milan took this opportunity to push the defense past the center line again.
"These boys are really mature!" Gao Shen happily praised.
This made him happy more than anything else.
Goals and wins are often short-lived, but Napoli's maturity will make this team more competitive and go further, especially in the Champions League.
If they want to break out of the group stage and grab the right to advance from the group of death, Naples must continue to improve.
Carlo and Zidane also deeply agree.
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In the 67th minute, Gao Shen finally made a substitution.
He replaced Hamsik with youngster Parejo.
After the substitutions, Naples began to strengthen the ball control ability in the midfield.
Especially in Inter Milan's half.
There is a very interesting scene that happened in the 72nd minute.
Napoli kept passing the ball outside the 30-meter area of Inter Milan, but could not find a gap to pass the ball into.
Mourinho has done a very good job in coaching defense.
Four defenders, three defensive midfielders, and especially the overall contraction of defense tactics have made Inter Milan's defense stronger.
This continuous passing allowed Balotelli and Jimenez to try to press.
First, Parejo and Vidal passed the ball continuously, and then there was the pass-cut cooperation between Parejo and Thiago Motta. Finally, Balotelli was forced to have no choice but to pass the ball back to Canava in the back line.
Rowe, Vargas and Benatia.
After Balotelli pressed hard, he forced Napoli to pass back into his own half. He himself seemed to have tasted the sweetness and continued to chase forward, trying to continue pressing.
But in the back-and-forth passing of Napoli's defense, Balotelli was being thrown around like a headless fly.
In the end, instead of grabbing the ball, Napoli's backcourt Benatia sent a long pass directly into Inter Milan's penalty area.
Cavani quickly moved forward, leaped high, and competed with Burdisso for the landing point. He wanted to head the ball back to the front of the penalty area to his teammates, but unfortunately, he failed to head it and the ball hit his head.
Finally, it flew out of the bottom line.
This scene is very able to see the difference between the two teams.
Zidane watched from the sidelines with wonder in his heart.
This kind of scene happens almost every day in daily training in Naples.
