Naples defeated Chelsea 4-1 at home and 6-2 on aggregate, advancing to the quarterfinals!
This news quickly detonated European football.
Everyone was surprised by this result, but they thought it was reasonable.
Why?
In the first round, after Naples reversed Chelsea 2-1 away from home, promotion was already a high probability event. They took the initiative in the second round, while Chelsea was very passive, because they were destined to attack in the away game.
This is the case in the knockout rounds of the Champions League. A loss in the first round leads to a passivity in the second round. This is a chain reaction.
But no one expected that the score would be four to one.
This is a big score.
Since Mourinho and even Ranieri coached, Chelsea has always been known for its stability. Under Mourinho's training, it was even more famous for its iron-bloodedness and tenacity. Therefore, almost everyone in the entire European football world at that time
The team has a headache for Chelsea.
Even when facing Rijkaard's Barcelona Dream Team II at their peak, this team never lost by a huge margin.
Defense has always been Chelsea's foundation.
Hiddink himself is also a famous defensive coach. After taking over, Chelsea has really performed better and better.
If you don't look at the score or the results, but just look at the process, everyone can find that Chelsea is already recovering rapidly under Hiddink's coaching.
But it is such a team that was reversed by Naples 2-1 at home, and was reversed 4-1 by Napoli in the away game. Both rounds were tragically reversed.
Once is a coincidence, then there must be something wrong the other two times.
The British Times quoted Chelsea coach Hiddink as saying at the post-match press conference that the Dutchman congratulated Gao Shen and his Napoli team and believed that they performed even better and deserved the right to advance.
"These two games have taught me and my team a vivid lesson. I feel that not only us, but the entire Europe has seriously underestimated the strength and progress of Naples. This is a very capable team with the ability to
To reach the semi-finals, or even to qualify for the championship."
Hiddink said it was a pity that Chelsea lost the Champions League, but this was not necessarily a bad thing.
"These two rounds of games exposed a lot of problems. It is really regrettable for us to lose the game, but on the other hand, we can also discover the team's weaknesses and shortcomings from this game, which will be good for our future.
Its long-term development will be a huge benefit, I think, this is not a bad thing.”
Chelsea's lineup shortcomings and the team's team formation philosophy were indeed exposed in these two rounds.
Everyone can clearly see that the Blues' lineup and tactics have fallen behind the trend.
Especially in the first half of the second round, Chelsea was almost unilaterally beaten by Naples. They were not even able to parry and fight back, and it was difficult to defend.
Hiddink admitted that Gao Shen brought a new and advanced tactical concept to Naples.
"I hope he can continue on this path."
Although he lost the game, Hiddink still showed the demeanor and magnanimity of a famous senior coach and gave his blessing to Gao Shen.
The British media also generally believed that Naples' performance was indeed worthy of a victory.
Defeating Chelsea and getting the right to advance, Naples deserved it.
But Serie A, sorry to say, is still in decline, and is declining rapidly.
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After the second leg of the Champions League knockout round of 16, Inter Milan lost 0-2 to Manchester United in the first leg away from home. They failed to score Manchester United's goal when they returned home, and they shook hands with each other 0-0.
As a result, the Nerazzurri lost to Manchester United with a total score of 0 to 2 and were eliminated.
Mourinho was furious with this result and was very dissatisfied with the players' performance.
However, Inter Milan also has deep doubts about Mourinho's formation and tactics. With the strength of the Nerazzurri, how can it not stop at the top 16?
But the Nerazzurri just lost to the Red Devils.
Coincidentally, after the Giallorossi Roma lost to Arsenal 0-1 away from home in the first round, after returning home, Juan scored a goal with Totti's assist in the first nine minutes to equalize the score for the team.
But after that, neither side could score again.
Since the total score was 1 to 1, neither team scored away goals, so the game was dragged into overtime, but the two teams still failed to score and eventually entered a penalty shootout.
In the cruel penalty shootout, Roma's left-back Tonetto missed the seventh penalty, causing Roma to be eliminated.
Four Serie A teams participated in the Champions League, and three advanced to the knockout rounds. However, Inter Milan and Roma fell behind, making Naples the only remaining lone wolf in Serie A in the Champions League.
Looking back at the Premier League teams, four teams participated and four reached the knockout rounds. Except for Chelsea, who were eliminated by Naples, Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal all advanced together. The strength of the Premier League is evident.
After all the knockout rounds of the top 16 were over, the Italian media was full of praise for Naples, thinking of all the words of praise to praise the team. At the same time, they also hoped that Naples could take another breath and save the face of Serie A.
In the past few years, Premier League teams have always been the victims of Serie A teams. Even teams like Inter Milan, under the coaching of Mancini, had a very poor record against Premier League Liverpool.
It's better now. After Mourinho was replaced, Inter Milan's performance still hasn't improved.
What can be done about this?
Naples' strength has given hope to the Italian media and fans.
In Serie A, Naples is the rival of Serie A teams, but in the Champions League, Naples is the only representative of Italian football, so even the media in Turin, Milan and Rome have supported Naples, and fans of each team have also supported it.
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This immediately gave Naples the feeling of representing Italian football.
As for the allocation of quotas for the Champions League quarter-finals, the Premier League occupies three seats, La Liga occupies two seats, Serie A, Bundesliga and Portuguese Super League have one seat each. This is basically the current strength situation of the major European football leagues.
The Premier League is now truly the number one league in the world, and there is no doubt about the strength of the traditional top four.
La Liga is still led by the Spanish Super League duo, but this season Real Madrid failed to break through the group stage, Atletico Madrid stopped in the top 16, and Yellow Submarine Villarreal advanced to the quarterfinals.
As for Serie A, the Bundesliga and the Portuguese Super League, they are currently unable to compete with the Premier League and La Liga.
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Capital of China.
When Su Qing woke up in the morning, she felt refreshed.
Opening the curtains in the bedroom, the room suddenly became bright, and it was also a rare good weather outside.
For a moment, she was completely happy.
Last night, Gao Shen won.
Every time Gao Shen wins, she is very happy.
She casually ate a few slices of bread and drank a bottle of pure milk, treating it as breakfast. She also replied to text messages from Gao Shen in Europe while eating.
He would send many text messages every day, sometimes telling her what she was doing, where she was, and what happened. This led her to develop a habit of checking her phone whenever she had time, for fear of accidentally missing one.
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"I'm going to work."
Su Qing sent it, but at this point, Gao Shen should be sleeping and would not reply.
Go out, go downstairs, get on the bicycle, and drive towards the unit.
When passing the intersection, she stopped and bought three newspapers, including the authoritative party newspaper that she must read every day, the city daily, and the most important one is the sports newspaper.
As expected, even the authoritative party newspaper reported last night's Champions League match on the front page. Although it was just a headline in an inconspicuous corner, it was covered in a large space in the sports section behind it.
Gao Shen and his Naples.
She doesn't know when she started seeing Gao Shen's name and reports in authoritative party newspapers.
The same goes for national television.
She could even guess that the TV station's morning news should be covering last night's game.
Gao Shen, as a Chinese, has become the pride of the country!
In the words of a well-known domestic football commentator, "Coaching in the top European leagues is a hundred times more difficult than playing football!"
Many domestic media and fans who have been to Europe have said that Gao Shen is already a recognized coach in European football.
Today's authoritative party newspaper forwarded an analysis report from the Italian media, which believed that Gao Shen's coaching of Naples has achieved great success, and that he will land in a wealthy club next, and the most likely teams to coach are Real Madrid and Bayern.
"But according to the exact information obtained by the reporter, AC Milan will change coaches this summer, and Gao Shen is also the first choice. Chelsea has quietly started the selection process, and Gao Shen is also on the Blues' list of candidates."
"He is already the hottest talented coach this summer!"
Su Qing paid the money happily and rode her bicycle to the work. Finally, she was not late.
When she arrived, she happened to hear her colleagues in the unit chatting about last night's game and the morning's news reports.
People who work in ministries and commissions are the most sensitive. With Gao Shen's current development momentum, he is bound to be highly praised by the country. After becoming Yao Juju and Liu Fei, he is another world-class sports superstar who has gone abroad and become China's leading role in Europe and even the world.
of a flag.
"Twenty-eight years old, unmarried, rich, and famous. Does he have a girlfriend?"
A female colleague sitting next to Su Qing joked longingly.
"I guess so. Didn't you see it in the news? Every female star in Europe is thinking about posting it. I heard that he is also the internet celebrity with the most followers on Twitter. Who wouldn't want to be with him?
, became famous in one fell swoop?”
"That's right, this kind of single diamond bachelor is the most sought-after."
"It's a pity. I should have taken the journalism major and became a reporter. This way I would have had the opportunity to interview him up close. Maybe he would like someone like me..."
"Are you crazy? Can he still like you?"
"What happened to me when I had sex? Is it against the law?"
"That's right, my real Gao Shen girlfriend didn't say anything, so why are you anxious? It's okay, Xiao Wang, I authorize you, our Gao Shen can do whatever you want!"
"Thank you, Sister Zhao. I'll treat you to afternoon tea."
Su Qing looked dumbfounded.
Are you sure this is a female cadre of the ministry?
