On October 18, in the seventh round of Serie A, Naples faced Juventus at home.
When the game reached the 24th minute, Pellet held Juventus center back Knejevic at the front of the penalty area, then passed the ball back to Hamsik, then turned around and moved forward quickly.
Hamsik knowingly sent a through ball behind the Juventus defense.
Knezevic and Salihamidzic, who was returning to defense, teamed up to intercept Pellet and fell to the ground to tackle the ball at the same time. As a result, the two players tackled together and directly collided into a ball. Instead, the ball fell to the side of no one.
position.
Callejon found a big bargain and easily pushed the ball past Juventus' substitute goalkeeper Manninger to score.
One to zero!
The entire St. Paul Stadium burst into cheers.
All Juventus players were very frustrated.
Head coach Ranieri was furious on the sidelines and was very disappointed with this result.
But this is just the beginning.
After Naples broke the deadlock, they took advantage of the situation and continued to launch fierce attacks on Juventus.
First, Maggio then inserted a low pass into the penalty area from the right. Hamsik then inserted a fierce shot, but failed to suppress the ball.
Then, after Valencia forced a breakthrough on the right, a low ball was passed in front of the goal. Pellet fell to the ground and tackled the shot, which slightly slid out of the goal, failing to further expand the score.
Then, Pellet received a cross from the left and headed the ball from close range. However, the angle was too right and was blocked by goalkeeper Manninger, but he still failed to score.
But Naples launched a series of fierce offensives against Juventus, leaving the Bianconeri in front of the goal.
In the 36th minute, Valencia once again sent a cross from the right. After Hamsik waited for the ball to hit the ground and rebound, he volleyed and hit the crossbar, and missed the shot again.
But three minutes later, Macho passed the ball from the right, and Pellet nodded the ball in front of the goal. It was saved by goalkeeper Manninger sideways, but the ball fell in front of Hamsik. The Slovak player fired directly.
After several consecutive shots, he finally tasted the taste of scoring a goal.
Hamsik was so excited that he ran across the field and accepted the cheers of the Naples fans.
Two to zero!
Despite the two-week suspension of national team games, Napoli still seemed unstoppable after the war resumed.
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Gao Shen stood in front of the home team's coaching bench, looking very calm and calm, and his command seemed to be quite light and easy.
There was no way, who allowed his team to completely control the situation on the field and take the lead in the score?
Looking at Ranieri in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, he was almost scratching his head with anxiety.
But what can be done?
Whatever I made an appointment with, I had to finish it with tears in my eyes.
Ranieri is actually taking the blame for his decision in 2007.
Yes, it’s Kapana, the physical trainer who drives without a license!
Until now, almost everyone except Ranieri has questioned Capana's ability.
Because now Juventus is really full of injured soldiers.
In addition to Mohamed Sissoko who is suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, the Juventus players injured in this game include: Buffon, Trezeguet, Iaquinta, Zanetti, Camoranesi, Ti
Yago, Lello Taglie, Zebina, Melberg...
Almost half of the main lineup lost money.
The remaining players who are able to play may not be in very good condition.
Del Piero was Juventus' top scorer last season, scoring 21 goals in Serie A. But so far this season, it has reached the seventh round, and Del Piero's number of goals is
One, no assists.
He started six of the first seven rounds and came on the bench for one game.
"After tonight, Ranieri should have heard the warning for the end of get out of class."
When Gao Shen came back to drink water, Zidane said sadly.
Being a head coach is too risky.
Gao Shen turned his head and glanced at the old Italian man in front of the visiting team's coaching bench. He really sympathized with the tinker.
Ranieri is definitely responsible for Juventus' current situation.
Not to mention anything else, with so many injuries, there must be problems with training. No one knows whether Kapana is the Zhao Kuo that he is on paper, but judging from the current actual situation, he is really not good.
So the question is, why did Ranieri force him to stay last year? Why did he let him work without a certificate?
But it would not be appropriate to put all the responsibility on Ranieri.
Even if Ranieri doesn't have so many injuries, these players can play, so what?
Gao Shen can still win!
His confidence is by no means arrogant, it can be seen in the game.
Ranieri's central defender for this game is Chiellini's partner Knezevic.
Knezevic was actually used as Chiellini's substitute. He was loaned from Livorno, which was demoted to Serie B last season. He was not the main force from the beginning. But now that Lerottaglie is injured, he has been replaced.
Force it up.
Juventus has another central defender, Portuguese central defender Andrade, but since he was seriously injured, he has been close to being scrapped, which has led to a very interesting phenomenon in Juventus.
Sports director Secco threatened before the season that Juventus had completed the transformation of the defense and proposed the nickname "Eight King Kong".
These eight people are Chiellini, Lello Taglie, Grigra, Molinaro, Zebina, Mellberg, Deceli and Knezevic, and this does not include the return from injury at that time.
But Andrade hasn't found his form yet.
But as the competition progressed, everyone discovered something very interesting.
The full-backs don't seem to have any big problems, but the central defenders have huge problems.
Chiellini is the main force, and Lello Taglie is not particularly strong. He was barely usable before, but he is already 32 years old, but what about the substitute?
Zebina has never played much time and has been troubled by injuries, so only Knezevic is left.
No, in the game against Naples, Ranieri was unavailable. He could only play Chiellini and Knezevic, and a young player from the youth team was placed on the bench.
But as a result, when Knezevic was marking Pellet, he collided with Salihamidzic.
So the question is, whose responsibility is this?
Not long ago, Calciopoli actor Moggi publicly criticized Juventus's transfer strategy in an interview, believing that bringing in Amauri was a mistake because what Juventus really needs is a high-level central defender.
Instead of blindly piling up stars.
When you already have centers like Trezeguet and Iaquinta, and Del Piero's scoring ability exploded last season, why bring in Amauri?
Instead of bringing in Amauri, wouldn't it be better to use the transfer fee to buy a high-level central defender?
No matter what role Moggi played in the Calciopoli scandal, at least in terms of transfer operations, Moggi is still quite capable, and his explanations are also to the point.
Juventus' problems this season are all-encompassing.
Injuries are one aspect, defense is another aspect, and even the team's offense has problems.
On the offensive end, Juventus now seriously lacks players with the ability to pass forward and dribble the ball forward.
Deschamps wanted to bring in Van der Vaart at the beginning, and later Ranieri wanted to bring in Diego, in fact, it was all for this reason.
But neither player made it.
This means that Juventus is now unable to defend and counterattack.
Throughout Juventus' games this season, once they encounter situations where they are suppressed by the opponent, Juventus' counterattack is to directly pass the ball to the center and seek cooperation and breakthrough through the center, but the effect is very poor.
What Juventus is best at is suppressing its opponents. Through the ability of the center, they use the crosses from the two wings to take advantage of the two center forwards in the penalty area to score points.
So far, almost all the Bianconeri's offenses have been played this way.
Therefore, at the Sao Paulo Stadium, when Napoli launched a direct attack to suppress Juventus at the beginning of the game, the Bianconeri were in a very embarrassing situation.
When they counterattacked, they wanted to find a center forward, but Naples' Benatia suppressed Amauri, allowing the latter to take advantage of him. Cannavaro Jr. was responsible for guarding Del Piero.
Coupled with being too far away from the goal, Juventus lacks the ability to advance, making it difficult for the offense to threaten.
Ranieri was now so angry that he was trembling all over.
Because Juventus was completely pinched by Naples and could not move.
But unfortunately, there was nothing he could do.
We can only take strict precautions and defend to the death.
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The first half ended 2-0.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Juventus tried to launch a wave of attacks at the beginning to create a favorable situation for themselves, especially taking advantage of the high center forward and playing their best offensive routine.
But Benatia completely froze Amauri.
The Moroccan central defender, who just joined Naples this summer, has shone in Serie A this season and performed very well. Amauri cannot take advantage of him at all.
The only threat came in the 52nd minute. Marchisio found Amauri with a long pass. The latter stopped the ball with his chest and passed it to Del Piero. The Juventus veteran stopped the ball at the top of the arc and shot low with his left foot.
deviation.
But soon, Napoli hit the crossbar again with a powerful volley from Maggio, shocking Juventus and having to retreat again.
After that, the game once again entered the rhythm that Naples is most familiar with, and he stood on the sidelines watching in a sophisticated and leisurely manner.
Until the 68th minute, Naples launched a quick counterattack. Mertens from the right dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area, forming a single shot, which attracted Juventus goalkeeper Manninger to attack and then passed back.
Pellet.
As soon as Pelle stopped the ball, facing Manninger who had abandoned Mertens and rushed towards him, he calmly shot the ball into the Juventus goal.
Three to zero!
Subsequently, although Naples launched several more attacks, they failed to score.
In the end, with the goals of Callejon, Hamsik and Pellet, Naples defeated Juventus 3-0 at home.
The Bianconeri visited the Sao Paulo Stadium and suffered another disastrous defeat. There was not even a single shot on goal in the entire game, and there were only four shots. It can be said to be a complete defeat!
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After Naples defeated Juventus 3-0, Inter Milan, who returned to the lead, under the leadership of Mourinho, relied on Ibrahimovic's brace to thrashing Roma 4-0 in an away game.
