On the training ground, all the Naples players were working hard. Everyone was trying their best and training profusely.
Especially those players who have a premonition that they will play in the next Champions League games.
Whether it is goalkeeper Handanovic, forward Cavani, or all the other players who have experienced the battle in St. Petersburg, they are all holding back their energy and want to take revenge at home.
The away game in St. Petersburg was really too useless for Naples!
The result of the game was a draw, and everyone was satisfied except Napoli themselves.
The word satisfaction means that it is in line with one's psychological expectations.
But Napoli was not satisfied.
Having played against Zenit, they knew that this Russian team was indeed very strong, but Napoli was completely capable of defeating their opponents. The reason why they failed to win in the away game was due to more off-field factors, especially the weather.
The temperature drop of up to 20 degrees is a huge challenge for any team and anyone.
Now, it's Zenit's turn to accept such a challenge.
Naples is working hard to defeat its opponents in home games, qualify for the Champions League group stage, and successfully complete its goal of reaching the knockout rounds this season.
Head coach Gao Shen has already said that Naples is no longer satisfied with qualifying from the group.
This team should go far!
…
Zidane stood on the sidelines, watching Carlo, Buenaventura, Pintus, Borrell and Lopez leading the players in training. Although they were scattered in different areas, the atmosphere was obvious.
Standing next to Zidane is a man wearing Naples winter training clothes and a pair of glasses on his round face. He looks gentle and has an academic temperament.
Before training, Carlo specially introduced this person to the players.
Maurizio Sarri from Naples, Italy.
Speaking of which, Sarri is not well-known in Italian football circles, but his experience is quite legendary.
Sarri, who has been a fan of Naples since he was a child, does not have the talent to become a professional player. He was born in a family of workers in an Italian steel company. In the 1980s, he entered a Tuscan bank and dealt with numbers every day.
The two things he is most interested in are football and smoking.
Since 1990, he has been coaching the Stia team in the eighth level of Italy. This is just an amateur team, but for the young Sarri with a football dream, it is his accumulated experience in coaching.
The starting point of experience.
Starting from the eighth-level amateur team, he successively coached many lower-level league teams.
In the second millennium, Sarri got the opportunity to coach the sixth-level team Sansovino. This team was considered ambitious in the lower leagues. It gave Sarri a chance to prove himself. At the same time, he secretly
He vowed that if he could not succeed here, he would give up his dream of coaching forever.
As a result, no one expected that Sansovino won the championship and was promoted to the fifth level under Sarri's coaching.
In 2002, after two years of coaching Sansovino, Sarri made an important decision. He felt that being a bank employee and coach made him unable to stay focused, so he chose the career he loved and gave up.
Bank job.
In 2003, relying on his outstanding results in Sansovino, Sarri coached the fourth-level Sangiovanes. In just one season, he brought this team into Serie C, that is,
The third level, and in the season of promotion, led the team to an excellent record of eighth place, and the performance was very amazing.
It was precisely because of Sangiovannis' outstanding record that Sarri won the favor of the Serie B team Pescara, and in the 2005-06 season, he brought this thrilling relegation team to the tenth place in Serie B.
No. 2, his results were quite satisfactory, but due to various reasons, he only stayed there for one season and left.
During the season when Gao Shen coached Napoli in Serie B, Sarri took over Arezzo midway through the end of October. His predecessor was the famous Antonio Conte, but Sarri only stayed in Arezzo for a few months.
Class is over.
This also made Gao Shen quite emotional at the time.
Who would have thought that the unknown Arezzo would fire two of the future top coaches in the world in one season.
After leaving Arezzo, Sarri began his bumpy coaching journey.
Avellino was dismissed after only leading one game. Verona put out a fire during the winter break, but he only led five games and scored one point, so he was naturally dismissed. In September this season, he put out a fire in Perugia, with results
Also not ideal.
When Sarri met Gao Shen in Coverciano, the two had an in-depth conversation. After Sarri returned to Perugia, he resolutely submitted his resignation and left Perugia two days ago.
Return to Naples and arrive at Castel Volturno.
In Sarri's own words: "I'm here to learn the best football in the world today!"
…
On the first day when I came to the team, I happened to catch up with the team which was preparing intensively for the Champions League.
Accompanied by Zidane, Sarri stood on the sidelines and watched the players training on the field. He found that Naples was really different, not only in those unique training programs, but also in the mental outlook of the players.
"Every one of your players seems to have high morale and fighting spirit. They all scream in training. It is completely conceivable that they can be like this on the training ground. Naturally, they can also work hard in the game." Sari Po
Said with emotion.
Competition is the result of training.
Naples can have such a mental outlook during training, and when it comes to games, they will only become more dedicated and crazy.
Zidane nodded, "Gao attaches great importance to the team's spirit. He spends the most time communicating with the players every day."
Sarri had heard of this.
"He once said that a team is like an army. The mental outlook of the head coach will be reflected in the players, and he himself is a person who is extremely eager to win. He never hides his competitiveness. This
Naturally, this also extends to the team. As for the roaring energy and the team’s tenacity that refuses to admit defeat..."
When Zidane said this, he also had a look of admiration on his face.
"It is tempered by hard battles one after another. These are not shaped by words, but must be slowly shaped through hard battles and the actual actions of the head coach.
Transformation.”
"Now, in every game, there is basically no need to mobilize. Everyone of them is working hard."
It can be said that Naples has now taken shape.
From now on, this system, unless the head coach is changed and the style is changed, otherwise, as long as it continues in this advanced direction, this spirit will be retained.
This should become one of Gao Shen's most valuable assets while staying in Naples.
"I remember." Sarri nodded, "Back then, Napoli was just a Serie B team, and they dared to challenge Roma and Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia. They even massacred Roma. That should be considered the most classic in the Coppa Italia in recent years.
It’s a game.”
Although he is about to turn fifty, Sarri is much older than Gao Shen and even Zidane, but there is no priority in learning. He is not as good as him in terms of tactical concepts and coaching experience.
profound.
Many people like Sarri can't let go of their figure because of their appearance, but Sarri doesn't.
Because he really likes football, really likes to study football, and likes to coach the team.
Of course, realistically speaking, he also desires success.
"I have to say that as a head coach, I have no regrets in being able to lead a team like Naples in my lifetime!" Sarri said with emotion and envy.
This is a team with a very profound and unique identity.
It can be said that it belongs to a sophisticated team.
At the same time, it was so successful.
As a head coach, isn't this their biggest pursuit?
Not only Sarri, Zidane also showed some thoughts, but his ideas are still different from those of Gao Shen.
He will be more pragmatic and realistic.
But this does not hinder his admiration for Gao Shen at all.
…
While Sarri and Zidane watched the training on the training ground, Gao Shen was in the analysis room, studying the upcoming Champions League games with Lucas, especially the Zenit game.
After everything that needed to be explained was clearly explained, Gao Shen handed over the matter to Lucas.
When he walked out of the analysis room, he happened to see Sarri and Zidane discussing the team, and Gao Shen felt a sense of pride in his heart.
After Guardiola and Zidane, another world-famous coach has been stamped by him.
As early as when Sarri first came to Fort Volturno, Gao Shen had already taken a photo with him and posted the photo on Twitter, welcoming Sarri to come to exchange and learn. This also attracted all the media who followed his Twitter
and fans' attention.
Surrey is not famous yet, but it doesn't matter. Gao Shen can wait and stamp his seal first.
More importantly, Sarri really has no intention of receiving a salary this time. In his own words, he is here to learn something.
Naturally, Gao Shen wouldn't be polite to him. He could arrange his work as he wanted. Since he didn't want a salary, he wouldn't force it.
It is a pity that the seats in the coaching bench are limited. There are regulations on how many substitute players and how many members of the coaching staff will be seated in each game. In addition to the experienced coaching staff, there must also be a team doctor. Therefore, Naples
The coaching bench was full and there was no seat for Sarri, so he had to be placed in the stands.
Fortunately, Sarri doesn't mind this either.
What a wonderful person!
Gao Shen liked it more and more as he watched it, as if he had already seen the bright future of Sarri fighting for him in the future.
He was even thinking that he should break his legs and retire directly in the near future, and then let senior disciples such as Guardiola, Zidane, and Sarri compete for his status in the world.
Isn't this delicious?
However, this is still too far away.
For the time being, only senior brother Guardiola under Gao Shen is doing well in Barcelona. Second senior brother Zidane and third senior brother Sarri seem to have to work harder now.
