There is really nothing to say about this game against Roma.
Since Totti and Perrotta were destined to miss the first round of the league, Gao Shen basically didn't pay much attention to Roma.
It's not that Roma isn't strong enough, but the Giallorossi without Totti and Perrotta can hardly threaten Naples.
Everyone knows that Totti's role is to connect, and Roma's entire frontcourt defense revolves around him. The importance of Perrotta was clearly reflected in the 6-0 Italian Cup that year.
Now that these two stars are absent, if Roma meets other teams, there may be a glimmer of hope, but if they meet Naples, the Giallorossi will only consider themselves unlucky.
Spalletti still formed the 4-2-3 formation that Roma is best at.
Goalkeeper: Dhoni.
Defense: Riise, Juan, Mexes and Cicinho.
Midfield: Pizarro and De Rossi form a double defensive midfielder, with Vucinic, Aquilani and Cassetti in front.
Forward: Baptista.
Among them, Cicinho and Baptista were both players when Gao Shen was at Real Madrid.
Vucinic is very comprehensive and has always been regarded as Totti's successor, but last season proved that he is not Totti after all.
After introducing Baptista this season, Spalletti arranged for him in the first round because he wanted to take advantage of the Brazilian's versatility.
Aquilani was one of the best midfielders in Serie A last season. Although he is not stable enough, as Valdano said, his playing style is really exciting, especially the rhythm of the game.
That kind of control.
After confirming that neither Totti nor Perrotta could play, Gao Shen once again played 433.
Goalkeeper: Handanovic.
Defense: Dossena, Cannavaro Jr., Benatia and Maggio.
Midfield: Thiago Motta plays deep, with Hamsik and Vidal in front.
Forwards: Sanchez, Cavani and Valencia.
This also clearly shows Naples' attitude.
Even if it is an away game, the team must strive to win Roma.
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Before this game, there was a special ceremony, which was a minute's silence for Roma president Sensi.
Sensi passed away half a month ago, but since Roma was already under the leadership of his daughter Rosella, his death did not have a great impact on Roma.
But silence is also necessary.
For Sensi, there has always been mixed praise and praise outside, but one thing cannot be denied, that is, he has made outstanding contributions to Roma, and he was also the first to sound the clarion call for Italian football's south to counterattack the north.
Even, to a certain extent, Italy's mini-World Cup took shape after the strong rise of southern teams such as Roma and Lazio. The landmark events were Sensi taking over Roma and Cragnotti taking over Lazio.
Gao Shen still clearly remembers that not long after he started watching football, he saw Batistuta join Roma, Vieri joined Lazio, and Mendieta, but he also experienced the decline of Roma and Lazio.
Especially Lazio.
When Nesta was about to be sold to AC Milan, Gao Shen was actually very disappointed.
Why not sell to Real Madrid?
Sensi is a great person, Roma is a great team and a great city.
And Totti is the most unique hero in this team and this city.
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Game start.
Roma, who lost Totti, fell into a passive position from the beginning and were constantly beaten by Naples.
It is difficult for Roma's frontcourt offense to pose a threat to Naples.
Maggio, who played for Naples for the first time in the new season, was extremely active from the beginning. Cooperating with Valencia, he firmly suppressed Roma's left wing, forcing Vucinic to frequently retreat to defend.
Dossena and Sanchez also restrained Cassetti and Cicinho, which prevented Roma's two wings from being dangerous.
Without Totti, Roma seemed to have lost its direction on the offensive end.
Baptista is strong enough, but not delicate enough, nor creative.
Baptista can't do Totti's linking role in the frontcourt.
Especially after Gao Shen arranged for Thiago Motta to delay, the two central defenders Benatia and Cannavaro formed a triangle cage, which made it difficult for Baptista to make a difference.
After the start, Roma quickly switched to defense.
But in the 29th minute, Maggio made a quick insertion from the right, drove straight along the right, and passed to the edge of the small penalty area. After Cavani drew the attention of the defensive player, Hamsik
Quickly chipped in and headed the ball home from close range.
Roma goalkeeper Doni flew to save the ball, but was still out of reach.
One to zero!
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After taking the lead, Naples continued to steadily control the situation.
The two midfielders Hamsik and Vidal formed a strong pressing pressure on Roma's midfield and backfield.
Maggio was extremely active on the right.
In the 42nd minute, another pass from Macho made Cavani almost score with a header.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Roma once launched a counterattack, but was quickly suppressed by Naples.
In the 52nd minute, Sanchez dribbled the ball from his left rib cage past three opposing defenders, then curled the ball with his right foot toward the upper right corner of the goal, and hit the post.
In the 58th minute, the cooperation between Valencia and Macho on the right resulted in a corner kick.
Naples quickly took a corner kick, and Benatia nodded the ball towards the goal. It hit the crossbar and bounced back. During the chaos in the penalty area, Vidal took the lead and sent the ball into the goal.
Two to zero!
This goal basically sentenced Roma to death.
Subsequently, Gao Shen and Spalletti made consecutive substitutions.
Gao Shen wanted to further expand the score and make the lead more obvious, while Spalletti wanted to reverse the situation.
Totti's absence has a huge impact on Roma's offense, while Perrotta's absence has severely weakened Roma's midfield.
So throughout the game, although Roma and Naples played back and forth, there were almost no truly threatening offenses.
In the end, Naples won the away game against Roma 2-0 and had a good start to the new season.
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While Napoli defeated Roma 2-0, Inter Milan defeated Sampdoria 2-0 in the away game with goals from Ibrahimovic and Muntari.
In this game, Inter Milan's performance has been significantly improved compared to the Italian Super Cup.
The main reason is that the addition of new players and Materazzi's return from injury have strengthened Inter Milan's defense.
Ibrahimovic's goal came from an assist from Pandev on the left. The Lazio player made great contributions as soon as he joined, assisting Ibrahimovic to open the scoring for the team.
Muntari also continued his outstanding performance since joining.
Both teams scored 2-0 and both entered the top four in the league.
But the best teams in the first round were Torino and Lazio.
The former defeated newly promoted Lecce 3-0 at home, and the latter defeated Cagliari 4-1 away.
Lazio currently tops the list, Torino is second, Inter Milan and Napoli are third and fourth respectively.
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After the first round of Serie A, Napoli won a lot of praise.
The main reason is that the advanced team won a strong match against Roma, and it was also an away game.
Sacchi said in his column that from the Italian Super Cup to the first round, the advanced team played very steadily, which showed that it is a strong team that is maturing.
The legendary Italian coach said that he believes that the two teams that have the best chance of winning the Serie A this season are the two teams.
Napoli and Inter Milan.
Among them, the one he is most optimistic about is Naples.
However, Sacchi also said that Naples still has many tests, the first of which is the two-week national team match day and the subsequent two-front battle, which will pose a huge threat to Naples.
"Last season, the senior team was affected by the national team match day, which caused their good state to be interrupted repeatedly, and finally ushered in a low period in November and December."
"Gao Shen explained this phenomenon before this season and said that the team already has solutions and plans."
"The next step is the first test for Gao Shen and his coaching staff."
After two weeks of national team games, Naples will face Fiorentina at home in the second round.
This is another hard fight.
Fiorentina was the sixth-ranked team in Serie A last season. Prandelli's team is still strong this season and even has ambitions to break into the top four in the league.
After playing Viola, I flew all the way to Madrid, Spain, to challenge Real Madrid away.
Both games will be tough, especially the trip to the Bernabeu.
After the restructuring of the Champions League, this is Naples' first Champions League game, and it will also be the first Champions League game for countless players in the Naples team. The opponent is the thunderous Galaxy Battleship.
After Gao Shen left Real Madrid, this was the first time he returned to Real Madrid as the head coach of a visiting team.
How will Real Madrid fans view him then?
All these factors made this game attract the attention of fans and media all over the world early on.
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Amid the media hype, the Serie A league has temporarily come to an end.
The international players in the Naples team have also returned to their countries to serve as kings.
As the team's performance gets better and better, there are more and more international players in the team.
Naples also has mixed feelings about this.
There are more international players, which proves the strength of the team, but the players travel back and forth, which consumes a lot of money, and it is difficult to guarantee their condition.
Gao Shen left the team at the same time as the national players. He handed over the team's training and preparation tasks to Carlo and others, and he took a flight to Milan.
Since 1999, UEFA will hold an exclusive exchange meeting for head coaches at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, in early September every year, during the national team competition.
Football Federation Elite Coaches Annual Summit.
As usual, only head coaches of teams participating in the Champions League will receive invitations.
There are thirty-two teams participating in the group stage, but there are usually only about 20 head coaches invited. In addition, some head coaches are unavailable or have other reasons, so there are not actually too many head coaches present.
But each of them is a famous coach in today's world football.
This was the first time Gao Shen received an invitation, so he naturally had to go.
