On January 10, after a winter break of more than 20 days, Serie A reignited the flames of war.
In the first game, Genoa defeated Turin 3-0 at home and was in good form.
That night, the second game was played, Inter Milan faced Cagliari at the Meazza Stadium.
As a result, with Cagliari scoring the first goal, Inter Milan drew one to one with Ibrahimovic's goal and failed to win at home.
Subsequently, Juventus defeated Siena 1-0 with Del Piero's goal.
Naples played at home and tied with Giallorossi Roma 2-2.
Vucinic's two counterattack goals occurred in the 22nd and 72nd minutes respectively. They were both scored behind Naples' high defense. The assists came from Aquilani and Totti respectively.
Naples' goals all came from Cavani. They were all scored consecutively within five minutes at the beginning of the second half after Gao Shen adjusted his tactics. However, Naples' overall performance was still unsatisfactory.
Gao Shen said at the post-match press conference that the team's home draw with Roma did not surprise him.
"I think this is a normal result because we are accumulating energy and adjusting for the next game."
What Gao Shen was talking about was the winter break training camp planned by Buenaventura and Pintus.
The results were very good last season, and Gao Shen believes that this momentum can be continued this season.
Not to mention, the whole momentum in Naples is very good now.
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I don’t know if they all have the same idea, or if they feel that the lead in the league is big enough.
After the first game after the winter break ended in a draw, the second game that followed once again surprised everyone.
Inter Milan lost 1-2 away to Atalanta.
Napoli lost to Chievo 0-1 away from home.
Among them, Naples suffered its first loss of the season.
After the winter break, the two top-ranked teams in Serie A actually had one draw and one loss.
However, Sacchi analyzed it in his column and believed that both teams had indeed adjusted their physical fitness and condition during the winter break, but judging from the schedule, there is still a lot worth pondering.
The legendary Italian coach said that when Naples drew with Inter Milan a week ago, Gao Shen wanted to further widen the gap, so he made adjustments in the second half and reversed Roma 2-1.
"But it's a pity that Naples was in such bad shape in that game."
"This is obviously the sequelae of winter break training."
On the other hand, in this round, Naples played first and were defeated by Chievo 0-1 away from home.
Everyone knows that Chievo is currently ranked 19th in Serie A and is the favorite for relegation, but Napoli actually lost.
In this God-given opportunity, Mourinho really wanted to win Atlanta in the away game, so he not only sent out his main players, but also fought aggressively in the game.
But there was no way, Inter Milan still lost 1-2 in the away game.
"Not only does Inter Milan have some problems with its state, but more importantly, Mourinho has not yet solved the team's offensive problems. When they encounter a team like Atlanta, they have no good solution."
Sacchi believes that there was one draw and one loss, but the problems reflected by the two teams are different.
However, Gazzetta dello Sport wrote an article to refute Sacchi, believing that he was trying to exaggerate and was suspected of belittling Inter Milan.
"It's understandable, the number one in Tianzi is so loud!"
But in fact, neither Sacchi nor other media mentioned this.
The Coppa Italia quarter-finals three days later.
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In the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, Mourinho faced Roma and Napoli met Juventus.
The difference is that the Nerazzurri is at home and Naples is away.
Interestingly, Mourinho arranged a 4, 3, 1 and 2 lineup, which was exactly the same as the lineup against Naples at home. Ibrahimovic and Adriano partnered as a double center.
The only difference is that Inter Milan's double center forwards, who couldn't take advantage of Naples, ravaged Roma's defense.
Adriano and Ibrahimovic both scored to help Inter Milan defeat Roma 2-1.
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In another game, Naples traveled to Turin to challenge Juventus away from home.
Ranieri played at home and also deployed a three-midfielder formation, and even arranged two ace players, Paulson and Sissoko.
Through this strict defensive tactic, Ranieri's defense at home was impregnable.
This is obviously based on the experience and lessons learned when Naples played against Inter Milan. Didn't Mourinho just rely on holding on and almost getting a draw?
And the previous Chievo and Roma were not built on the basis of strict defense and then looking for opportunities to counterattack?
The game was lackluster and stalemate. The two sides fought hard for ninety minutes and ended in a draw with a score of 0-0.
But after entering overtime, Parejo and Mertens, who came on as substitutes for Naples, played a key role and seized an opportunity. Parejo sent a wonderful pass, and Mertens stopped the ball in the penalty area and turned around.
, passed the defender and scored with a low shot, scoring the winning goal for Naples.
In the end, Naples defeated Juventus 1-0 with an overtime goal and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
The other two teams that reached the semi-finals were Lazio and Sampdoria.
After the draw, Naples drew Lazio and Inter Milan faced Sampdoria.
Different from last season, this season's Coppa Italia schedule has been adjusted again. The semi-finals have become a two-round knockout system, and the final is still determined by a single game.
Therefore, the level of tossing done by the Italian Football Association is not inferior to that of the Chinese Football Association.
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After playing in the Italian Cup, Gao Shen handed the team over to Carlo, who led the team directly south from Turin and back to Naples.
And he himself left the main force with Cavani, Hamsik, Bonucci and other players and headed to the nearby city of Milan to attend the Serie A Oscars ceremony held in Milan the next day.
This is an annual event for Italian football.
It is different from FIFA's World Player of the Year and French Football Magazine's Ballon d'Or. Although they are both named for the year, in fact, the Serie A Oscar selection was last season.
This starts with the Serie A Oscar selection rules.
This selection was founded by the Italian Football Federation in 1997 and is the most authoritative official selection event of Serie A.
Its selection scope is also limited to players, coaches and referees in Serie A, and the time is limited to the last season. The voting is handled by the Italian Players Union and selected by all players who play in Serie A.
This is equivalent to selecting the best players and coaches in the players' minds.
There are many awards, including goalkeeper, defender, rookie, local player, foreign player, best player, best coach and best referee.
Interestingly, I don’t know if it’s because Italy attaches great importance to defense, or because the best players are often from the midfield and frontcourt, so there are goalkeepers and defenders in the award, but no midfielders and forwards.
The finalists for the best goalkeeper are: Buffon of Juventus, Cesar of Inter Milan, and Handanovic of Naples.
The finalists for the best defender are: Chiellini of Juventus, Alessandro Nesta of AC Milan, and Bonucci of Naples.
The finalists for the Best Rookie are: Giovinco who plays for Juventus and Empoli, Balotelli who plays for Inter Milan, and Hamsik who plays for Naples.
Naples has no one nominated for the best local player. The three nominees are Del Piero, De Rossi and Pirlo.
But Cavani was shortlisted for the best foreign player, and his competitors were Ibrahimovic and Kaká.
I still remember that last season, the Italian media ridiculed and ridiculed Inter Milan coach Mancini because he led Inter Milan to win the Serie A championship, but he was not shortlisted for the best coach of Serie A Oscar.
Chair Award.
But now, Gao Shen has avoided such embarrassment and has been shortlisted.
Gao Shen's competitors are AC Milan's Carlo Ancelotti and Fiorentina's Prandelli.
Before the Oscars, some media conducted analysis and believed that Naples was the most important in the shortlist, with a full five nominees, which also proved Naples' overall strength, especially its advanced training ability.
After all, these Naples players were all hand-picked and cultivated by Gao Shen.
Naples has five finalists, Juventus and AC Milan both have four, Inter Milan has three, and Roma has only one.
As last season's Serie A runner-up, Mancini continued to miss the shortlist.
This is actually not surprising.
Even if you win the championship, you won't be shortlisted, but if you win the runner-up, you will be shortlisted?
Because of this, Mancini, who is currently unemployed at home, is in Milan but missed the awards ceremony at the Chengnan Concert Hall.
Gao Shen fully agreed with this and expressed deep sympathy.
If you're not absent, why don't you come to watch people receive awards?
Ancelotti's inclusion is still somewhat controversial.
Of course, AC Milan's lineup was the biggest problem last season, but Nesta was shortlisted for the best defender, Pirlo was also shortlisted for the best local player, and Kaka was shortlisted for the best foreign player, so Ancelotti's shortlist seems to be
Also normal.
But like the best defender, if Gao Shen had to choose one from the Naples team, he would choose David Luiz instead of Bonucci.
In other words, among the three of Chiellini, Bonucci and Nesta, Gao Shen feels that David Luiz is definitely qualified to suppress Chiellini and even Nesta.
But it's a pity that this is an award established by Italians, so you have to get used to it.
As for the best rookie, Napoli's Di Maria, Sanchez, Rakitic and Cavani are all fully qualified to be nominated. Even advanced people feel that Rakitic, Di Maria and Sanchez are better than Hamsik.
better.
But it happened that Hamsik was shortlisted.
As for Cavani, he was shortlisted for the Foreign Player of the Year but failed to win the Rookie of the Year. Logically speaking, he is old enough.
Therefore, before Gao Shen stepped into the Chengnan Concert Hall, he repeatedly warned his players not to take the awards too seriously.
It’s just the Serie A Oscars, not the real Oscars!
