Chapter 268： Unsolved Naples

The first half ended with a score of 2-0.

Regina had nothing to do with Naples, and the strange tactics Ulivieri put out did not pose much threat to Naples, and several counterattacks failed to produce results.

In the second half, Naples continued to attack Reggina, and in the 60th minute, Vidal made a frontcourt steal and quickly handed it to Pellet. The Italian center took the ball and returned to the top of the penalty area.

The Chilean midfielder quickly plugged in, and after stopping the ball, he shot straight and pierced Reggina's goal again.

Three to zero!

At this point in the game, it can basically be said that the victory or defeat has been decided.

Ulivieri's subsequent substitutions basically accepted this fact.

Gao Shen also arranged adjustments, mainly to train young players, and did not continue to pursue the victory.

In the end, with the goals of Pellet and Vidal, as well as an own goal by Cassione, Naples defeated Reggina 3-0 at home and successfully advanced to the fourth round of the Coppa Italia.

According to this year's Coppa Italia format, Naples and Genoa participate in the first two rounds of the cup. After the top six are decided, ten teams will be added in the third round, forming exactly sixteen teams to play a single knockout match, with eight winning goals. The team advanced to the fourth round.

At this time, the remaining eight Serie A teams, that is, the top eight teams in Serie A last season, will join the battle circle.

The fourth round will be held in December, and the rules are also drawn, but it is different from the first three rounds.

This time, it will be the winner of the third round and the eight new Serie A teams that have joined the fourth round to fight against each other.

In the words of the Italian Football Federation, this can avoid premature strong dialogue.

But there are two uncontrollable factors, one is Naples and the other is Juventus.

Anyone can see that the strength of these two teams is very strong, and they are not even afraid of the other top eight teams except the Milan duo, which brings more to the fourth round of the cup. suspense.

And unlike the single knockout matches in the first three rounds, the fourth round will return to the home and away two-round knockout system.

After that, it has been drawing lots for home and away matches, all the way to the single final held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Another point is that in the third round of the Coppa Italia, the Serie B team was wiped out.

This also proves once again how difficult it is to have an upset in Italian football.

Therefore, no one will believe what Gao Shen said.

...

After the game, Gao Shen took the initiative to walk to the coaching bench of the visiting team and shook hands with Ulivieri.

In fact, Naples won this game without any thrills, but Ulivieri's lineup made Gao Shen curious, and he inevitably talked a few more words, mainly to know why he line up like this.

Ulivieri was obviously reluctant to say more, and just said a perfunctory sentence, wanting to increase the ball reception point in the gap on the wing when he encountered Naples' high pressure.

Gao Shen nodded politely, this is indeed an idea.

Many people say that Guardiola's Barcelona changed European football, but how did it change?

Do you have the ball?

Although after Barcelona, ​​more and more attention has been paid to ball control, there is no team that pursues the ultimate ball control like Barcelona. More importantly, by 2021, many people have basically seen one clearly. question.

The peak of Barcelona's dream three teams is actually not just based on ball control.

In other words, the third team of the peak dream has two feet, one is to control the ball, and the other is to press from a high position.

Walking on two legs is indispensable.

Once the high-position pressure is lost, that is, in the late stage of the Dream Three, when players such as Xavi and Iniesta grow old, their pressure and running ability decline, and Barcelona is directly beaten into a sieve.

This is enough to prove that only ball control and no high-position pressure will not work.

And high pressure can further contribute to the advantage of the ball.

After the Dream Three, why do other teams begin to attach importance to passing?

Even goalkeepers are getting involved in possession?

Because, this is the way to crack the overall high pressure.

At the beginning, facing this kind of overall high pressure, all teams were helpless, so they had to try their best to find a way.

There was a saying at the time that the only thing that could beat Barcelona was time.

In fact, the implication is that we have no choice but to wait for you to grow old.

In the beginning, it was Mourinho's Inter Milan, which was strictly guarded. The two classic matchups in the Champions League semi-finals could almost be said to be the pinnacle of restraint against Barcelona at that time in the world of football.

But the scene is still very ugly.

Soon, Klopp's Dortmund and Simeone's Atletico Madrid began to appear. They all adopted the overall high pressure tactics, but they brought another problem. They could grab the ball, but they couldn't control the ball, so they only Can make up for the lack of technology with more run coverage.

The price is that they can't hold on to the audience, barely able to maintain a high level of performance for 60 minutes.

However, the times are always improving. Heynckes' Bayern Munich has achieved a balance in terms of physical and technical aspects. Starting from Ancelotti, Real Madrid has also embarked on such a path, coupled with the aging of Barcelona players , Honor plus the laxness behind him, making the dream three team gradually walk down the altar.

Why does Gao Shen dare to call out to build a strong Serie A team within three years?

Because he knows very well that he can't build a Barcelona, ​​but he can build teams like Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, achieve a balance in terms of physical and technical aspects, and then adopt the overall high pressure tactics .

As long as the level is high enough and the teams and players are well-tuned, in the current world football, it is basically equivalent to no solution.

Unless there is an iron barrel formation, or Naples itself has problems.

Even a theoretician like Ulivieri could not come up with an effective solution.

He wants to increase the ball point on the wing, which is actually the traditional idea of ​​​​breaking the ball transfer from high pressure.

If we dig deeper from this point, wouldn't it be to increase the midfield and backcourt, including the goalkeeper's ability to pass and control the ball, and quickly transfer the ball to the weak side when faced with high pressure?

But the question is, where are they going to find such defenders and goalkeepers in 2007?

...

In fact, Gao Shen is not disgusted with Ulivieri, and even he really wants to have an in-depth discussion with the other party and listen to some of the other party's thoughts and ideas, which will be very interesting and very helpful to himself.

But he could see it, Ulivieri didn't plan to talk to him more.

As a highly respected senior in Italian football, he has his own pride.

Even after losing 0-3.

In this regard, Gao Shen didn't force much, because even if he didn't talk to Ulivieri, he could find Ulivieri's book in the tactical library and see what was written in it. Take a good look at his tactical experience, wouldn't it be good?

On the other hand, Ulivieri, after tangled for a while, saw Gao Shen turned to leave, and he suddenly shouted.

"high!"

"Huh?" Gao Shen stopped, turned around and looked over, "Is something wrong?"

Ulivieri hesitated for a moment and asked, "Will you go to the Professional Coach Summit?"

Gao Shen was stunned for a moment, he thought of Ulivieri's official identity, just to relieve his doubts, and immediately asked: "Does everyone have to go?"

"It's not," Ulivieri explained. "It's just an exchange party, and it's all voluntary."

"Oh." Gao Shen nodded, "I happened to have some things in those days, take a look, maybe I don't have time."

He didn't say death, what if he wanted to go on a whim?

But after hearing Gao Shen's words, Ulivieri's face couldn't hide his joy, and he nodded immediately, looking at Gao Shen's eyes as if a lot of pleasing to the eye.

This made Gao Shen very puzzled.

Why do you always feel that this old man's eyes are weird?

Forget it, stay away from him.

...

Napoli beat Reggina to advance to the fourth round of the Coppa Italia, which did not actually attract much attention.

After all, the current Coppa Italia has not yet participated in the top eight teams in Serie A, and the attention is not high.

After kicking Regina, Gao Shen enjoyed the thrill of beating the old master with random punches, but he quickly cleared his mind and threw himself into the second round of the league over the weekend.

It is also the last game before the national team game day in September.

According to the plan of the Naples coaching staff, this is also the last battle of the first stage of the league.

From the perspective of the entire stage of planning, Naples has implemented it very well, and whether it can end perfectly depends on the last battle.

The opponent is Udinese.

This team is ambitious. The Pozzo family has been in the business of buying low and selling high in recent years, and even acquired teams in the Premier League and La Liga, all intent on making the business bigger.

It is said that they have drawn up an ambitious plan this summer to successfully recruit the Italian new-generation coach Marino, who had previously coached well in Catania, to Udinese.

Not only that, they also created a striker lineup for Marino enough to compete in the Champions League.

Di Natale, Quagliarella, Asamoah, Paolucci, Simon Pepe and Flores.

There are no big names, but the price-performance ratio is very high, and all of them are powerful stars.

In order to form this lineup, Udinese did not hesitate to sell Montari and Iaquinta.

On the back line I believe that all Football Manager players are familiar with two central defenders, namely Felipe of Brazil and Zapata of Colombia, both of which are famous in the game little monster.

It can be said that the current Udinese team is very young from the team lineup to the head coach, and there is a feeling of wanting to set off a youthful storm in Serie A.

In fact, they also did a very good job, drawing away from Inter Milan in the first round, which shows that their strength is not bad.

In the Coppa Italia, they also defeated Bari of Serie B 3-0 at home and successfully advanced to the fourth round.

But Gao Shen's biggest expectation for this team is that they are not as conservative as other Serie A teams.

This made Gao Shen very eager to try.

Only after coming to Serie A will he realize how rare and difficult it is to meet a team with a more positive style of play.

Therefore, he also wants to take this opportunity to let go of his hands and feet and make a big fight.

Just try to sharpen the team's knives!