Chapter 261： Serie A debut

Before crossing, whether on the Internet or in the workplace, Gao Shen had heard people complain to him.

It's nothing more than to say, how hard I work, how willing to endure hardships, etc., but why is it still so bad?

Every time I hear such words, Gao Shen will give comfort, such as complimenting the other party that he is the most diligent person he has ever seen, and if he is not doing well, his luck is a little bit worse, or it is caused by some objective factors. It doesn't matter.

Does it really matter?

In many cases, effort may be the least valuable of the many factors that contribute to success.

Because everyone is working hard.

Choice and luck are often the most important things.

Needless to say luck, if you can get the favor of God, just like Giampaolo, who can be smashed by the qualification to upgrade to Serie A while lying at home, what else can you say?

And choose the right direction, choose the path that suits you, and work hard to bring out the effect.

The direction is wrong, the route is wrong, the harder you work, the farther you are from success.

In Gao Shen's opinion, Giampaolo's choice was wrong.

In other words, like most people in Italy, he stubbornly adheres to Italy's conservative football.

Such as Giampaolo's Cagliari.

From his introduction of Fini, Parola and Foggia, plus Del Grosso and others who were originally in the team, it is not difficult to see the abacus in his heart. He wants to copy his upgrade in Ascoli. success of the season.

But he forgot one thing, and that is that times have changed!

Does Naples under the coaching of Gao Shen really have no impact on Italian football?

Even pizza, coached by a veteran coach like Ventura, has begun to try to speed up the rhythm. Do I need to say more?

As for famous coaches like Ancelotti and Mancini, who can say that they haven't been touched in their hearts?

The main thing is that their current lineup configuration has in turn limited them.

For example, Ancelotti, can he play high pressing and pressing in Milan's aging team?

Break down in minutes for you to see.

But that was the Milan duo and Giampaolo was coaching Cagliari.

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"My guess is that he should play the counter-attack, which is what Cagliari and Giampaolo do best."

Gao Shen was sitting at the conference table, habitually turning his pen and frowning, letting everyone know that he was thinking about problems, and at the same time, he was constantly saying some of his thoughts and ideas.

"To be honest, the real test for us in this game is the adaptability of the players, after all, they were one of the best defensive teams in Serie A last season."

Everyone also nodded.

Serie B and Serie A, these are two completely different levels.

Naples played a Serie A team last season, but whether it is Parma or Ascoli, the defense is not outstanding among Serie A teams, but Cagliari is different. This team had the best defense in Serie A last season. one of the teams.

Of course, not counting the eight rounds that Colomba coached.

The second round was an accident against Roma. Napoli failed to perform well against Inter Milan in the two rounds and against Roma in the first round. This time against Cagliari, it was the first round of the league, or just experienced it. Double games a week, this will be a big test for Napoli's players.

"At home, we have to win no matter what. We focus on offense, but we still play four, two, three, one, steady!"

The high-level strategy is to make progress while maintaining stability.

This is also a relatively mature and prudent idea. After all, the first round of the league is really not easy to play, and you always have to defend yourself.

The first round of Serie A this season is not only a profound Serie A debut, but also the Serie A debut of many players. For Naples, it has a unique meaning and cannot be missed!

That's why Napoli is so unhappy with the Italian Football Federation's schedule.

"How is Pastore's condition recently?" Gao Shen asked suddenly.

"It's okay, but I haven't fully adapted." Carlo replied.

Gao Shen shook his head, "It's too late, let's get used to it while playing, let him be a substitute, and Parejo."

"what do you mean…"

Gao Shen looked at Carlo and reminded: "The opponent is away, and getting one point is a win, but we can't, we must get three points at home."

Carlo thought about it and understood.

This is to prevent the other party from being strictly guarded.

It's definitely possible.

Although Naples is a newly-promoted horse, it has a good reputation. So far this season, they have played two rounds of Coppa Italia, although the consumption is greater than that of Cagliari, but the two wins 8-0 and 3-0 against Cagliari There can be no warning.

If Giampaolo really takes a hard defense on the road and grabs a point from Naples, this is enough to be considered a victory. After all, Naples can't be measured by the standards of newly promoted horses.

And everyone knows how difficult it is to attack when a Serie A team adopts the tactics of defending and defending?

Gao Shen arranged for Pastore and Parejo as substitutes, probably for this reason.

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Even though two years have passed, Marco Giampaolo still clearly remembers that afternoon on August 28, 2005.

It was the first time in his career that he led the team to Serie A!

He once dreamed of a career hall!

As a professional player, he has never made his debut in Serie A, or even Serie B.

In his more than ten years of professional career, he has been in the lowest league. He used to yearn to be like those stars, on the stage of the top league and become a dazzling star.

But unfortunately, he has no such talent.

God closed a door for him and opened a window for him.

He has no talent in playing football, but has made great achievements in coaching.

By chance, he became the head coach of Ascoli, and he led the team to Serie A.

He was even more excited than the players when he led the team into Ascoli's Stadium del Duca.

And his first opponent in Serie A turned out to be AC ​​Milan!

He will always remember that game. His team played against AC Milan at home. Coutinny scored the first goal for Cagliari, but only had a six-minute lead before Kaka assisted Shev. Chenko scored.

But since then, AC Milan has never been able to break his goal.

This battle has affected him to this day.

Giampaolo has repeatedly considered and studied the problems of last season. He reflected on it deeply, so he decided to continue to strengthen the team's midfield and frontcourt on the basis of last season's defense.

After selling Suazo, he exchanged a large amount of transfer funds for the team, so he aggressively introduced the players he wanted.

Fini, Foggia, Parola, Matti…

Cagliari's warm-up game played well and worked well, which further boosted Giampaolo's confidence.

Relegation?

No, he wants to recreate the peak of Ascoli two years ago.

His goal is directly to the top ten in the league!

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Giampaolo is no stranger to Naples.

He remembers that exactly a year ago, he was in Rome for the Professional Coaching Summit, when Sacchi gave a speech calling on all Italian coaches to learn from Napoli's young coach.

This caused a fierce controversy at the time, and many people felt that Sacchi was simply unreasonable.

Giampaolo certainly doesn't believe it, how powerful can a young man in his twenties be?

But as Gao Shen's results became better and better, especially after two rounds of 4-0 against Parma and 6-0 against Roma, Giampaolo was keenly aware that Gao Shen's football is really different from Italian football.

Between his departure from Cagliari and his return to coaching, he watched a lot of videotape of Napoli and other teams, and was greatly shocked by the high level of football.

This style of play is actually not new at all, but Naples is obviously not just a full-court siege, but an organized and purposeful high-position rush and oppression, which consumes less physical energy and has a better effect. .

More importantly, after grabbing the ball, the player immediately instigated a counterattack, and the transition between attack and defense was too fast.

Giampaolo knew very well that the whole situation was about to change!

After in-depth study of Napoli's play style and the tactical play of many people, Giampaolo clearly realized that he had to make changes and adjustments.

So, this season, he decisively adjusted Cagliari's tactics.

He had high hopes for the away game against Naples.

Just like two years ago, when he played against AC Milan and faced Ancelotti.

He believed what Sacchi said and saw what Gao Shen advocated. The era of three lines of defense has passed. It can no longer fully cover the position of the court and cannot effectively control various areas.

Especially in the Champions League last season, after Ancelotti won the Champions League with the Christmas tree, Giampaolo believed all this.

He recalled his players in Ascoli, not to return to the past, to return to the old style of play, but to be more familiar with these players and to use them more easily.

He won't learn from Gao Shen, because Gao Shen's style of play is not suitable for him.

He wants to learn from his opponent two years ago, AC Milan's coach Ancelotti.

This is the most suitable tactic for the Italian mainland, the most suitable for Cagliari.

Christmas tree, four three two one!

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August 26, 2007, afternoon.

St Paul's Stadium in Naples.

When Gao Shen got Cagliari's starting roster, his brows wrinkled involuntarily.

He was only half right, that Cagliari would play on the counter-attack.

But he guessed the other half wrong, that is, Giampaolo did not adopt the double-forward four-four-two play when he coached Ascoli, but adopted the Christmas tree four-three-two formation similar to AC Milan, and directly discharged Three backs.

"Ancelotti is a dead fat man!" Gao Shen gritted his teeth and said bitterly.

AC Milan won a Champions League, UU reading set off a whirlwind in Italy, especially 4321, which was popular last season, and this season is even more popular.

The reason is also very simple, three defensive midfielders, the defense is stable enough.

And it is conceivable that facing the two lines of defense composed of seven defensive players, plus the two lines in front, all opponents will feel a headache.

Gao Shen and his Naples are no exception.

He really wanted to arrest all these people and ask them, Ancelotti has Pirlo, Kaka and Seedorf, who are you?

Feeney and Foggia?

Can it be with Seedorf and Kakabi?

"This game is not easy to play!" Gao Shen shook his head and sighed.

Carlo also nodded solemnly.

It should be said that Serie A games are not easy to play.

So conservative!