Chapter 295： Desperate Ranieri

The latest website: On the evening of October 27, the San Paolo Stadium in Naples.

Ranieri was not too surprised when he got Napoli's starting lineup.

Goalkeeper: Handanovic.

Defence: Vargas, David Luiz, Bonucci and Lichtsteiner.

Midfield: Biglia and Rakitic are behind, Di Maria, Hamsik and Sanchez are in front.

Center: Cavani.

From this set of starting lineup, it is not difficult to see that Gao Shen has returned to the 423 formation that Naples is most familiar with and is best at, and the starting lineup does not have too many surprises.

What Ranieri sees from this is Gao Shen's undisguised intention, which is to support David Luiz and Bonucci in the upper ranks.

Little Cannavaro's situation in Naples will be a little awkward.

In fact, Italy has overwhelmingly questioned and criticized Gao Shen, but in the professional coaching circle, the evaluation of Gao Shen has always been very high, and it can even be said to be very high.

If nothing else, think about it, what tactics did Roma use in their 0-4 home defeat to Naples?

Four two three one!

Spalletti said no, but his body was extremely honest. .

After the disastrous defeat to Gao Shen last season, he is now following up immediately, adopting a high-position pressing and pressing tactic of 4231, which is quite similar to Rome's wolves tactic, but is more stable overall.

But unfortunately, after Rome let Qiwu go, the defense line was unstable and did not play the standard of this tactic.

Ranieri's starting lineup tonight is quite satisfactory, the Italian tradition of 442.

Goalkeeper: Buffon.

Defensive line: Molinaro, Chiellini, Lerotale and Grigella.

Midfield: Palladino, Nocerino, Almiron and Salihamidzic.

Forwards: Del Piero and Trezeguet.

Nedved was suspended, the coach Ranieri had to sit in the stands, and Zanetti was recovering from an injury, which made Ranieri not dare to take too much risk, so he adopted the most prudent tactics.

Even, in the game, he also intends to take defensive counterattack tactics.

Naples' overall strength and attacking firepower are the best in Serie A, and Ranieri is also afraid.

"Everyone, as you know before, after the opening, I will sit in the stands and command remotely. All the instructions will be issued by Christian. You should pay close attention, you know?"

Ranieri pointed to the French coach standing beside him, Christian Damiano.

The 57-year-old French coach served as the head coach of the French national youth team for a long time from 1992 to 1999, and cultivated famous players such as Henry and Trezeguet, and then successively played in Nice, Fulham and Liverpool. As assistants to famous coaches such as Tigana and Houllier.

Last season, Ranieri wanted to put out the fire in Parma and wanted to form his own coaching team, so he thought of this famous coach in the Premier League, so he poached him from Southampton, and the two have partnered together until now.

Damiano is a very strong coach. His annual salary is even higher than that of the head coaches in the middle and lower reaches of Serie A, which shows how much Ranieri values ​​him.

The players of Juventus have long known about this arrangement, and of course have no opinion.

Ranieri also adjusted a few details according to Naples' starting lineup, which basically revolved around Juventus' strategy of attaching importance to defense.

After all, the coach is absent, and stability is the main thing.

After talking to the players, Ranieri took Damiano aside again and communicated the notes and signals to be passed on later.

Mainly some places to pay attention to.

Speaking of which, the two of them have only cooperated for less than a year, and they are far from having a tacit understanding. Especially for some of Ranieri's ideas, Damiano's scale is still not too sure.

But Ranieri said he would send him a message at any time.

"Don't worry, you will do as I say when the time comes." Ranieri said confidently.

When the Juventus players walked out of the dressing room, an Italian Football Federation official in a black suit could be seen standing outside the door, apparently waiting for a while.

After all the players had left, the official came forward and showed Ranieri his work card first, then took out the suspension notice and told Ranieri that he could not show up tonight. Cell phones and communication devices were confiscated inside the stadium.

Even if it is found that he has contact with the assistants in the stadium, it is considered a violation.

Ranieri was very cooperative and immediately turned in his mobile phone, while saying that he would not contact the assistant.

Yes, he wouldn't contact Damiano personally, but he didn't say he couldn't get through someone else.

At that time, he shouted a few times and was accidentally heard; when he wrote something, he accidentally dropped it and was picked up. Anyone who heard and picked up was handed over to Damiano, regardless of Ranieri's business. .

Could it be that he should be sued for littering?

Officials of the Italian Football Association obviously expected that Ranieri would cooperate, and they were already used to it.

In fact, these Serie A teams have already had their own set of methods to deal with various penalties from the Italian Football Association. How can they resist?

More often, they turn a blind eye, and as long as they don't do too much, they don't hold them accountable.

The two left the visiting team's locker room one after the other, passed through the inner passage, and headed to the elevator.

After entering the elevator, Ranieri's heart sank when he saw the official pressing the elevator on the second floor.

"Why is the second floor stand?"

"Well, I just received news from Naples. Just now, two local Naples fan organizations fought for seats in the stands, almost causing chaos, but the seats arranged for us were damaged to varying degrees. I I went to the scene to see it, and couldn’t sit still.”

"You have two choices, either go to the executive stand, where your general manager and sporting director are all there, or go to another motorized seat arranged by them, because the tickets are sold out." The Football Association official said. Said with a smile.

In fact, everyone knows that this is a little trick played by Naples.

It has long been known that Juventus must have targeted small strategies, so Naples deliberately released smoke bombs before the game, and then temporarily changed their positions before the game. Anyway, the stadium is theirs, so it’s up to them to decide where to sit?

Ranieri's old face suddenly sank.

Nima, Naples is indeed a group of insidious and cunning guys!

So deep, so is the management!

Ranieri almost cried when he finally got to the second floor stands.

Damn, there are so many people around, all Naples fans, everyone looks at him, it makes Ranieri feel creepy, and he can't help thinking, what's the most in Naples?

In addition to fans, is the Mafia!

The tinker even wondered if someone in the group would suddenly pull out a pistol at him, just like in The Godfather...

Fortunately, from the beginning to the end, this group of people just stared at him viciously, and no one really did anything.

Sao Paulo Stadium is not a professional football stadium, but a comprehensive stadium.

So both ends of the pitch have that kind of stadium arc, which is far from the goal.

Unfortunately, Ranieri was placed in the stands in this area, far away from the coach's bench.

And in this position, among the densely packed Naples fans, even if he tore his throat, the voice he shouted would definitely not reach the pitch.

Not to mention, there are also a group of "Mafia" fans around him who are like tigers and wolves.

Damn, St Paul's Stadium is too dangerous!

The game starts soon.

The scene suddenly boiled.

Ranieri sat in the most enthusiastic area of ​​the fans, not to mention shouting in the stadium, even if he was talking to the football association official next door, he had to get very close and shouted very loudly to be heard.

He is really desperate!

How the **** could the Naples official put his position in such a place?

How does this allow him to deliver the message?

Both sides got off to a solid start. Naples took advantage of the home game to try to attack a wave, but this was also expected by Ranieri.

Gao Shen's start has always been good at attacking, which is normal.

After about ten minutes of grabbing, seeing that Juventus defended well, Naples chose to slow down and try to control it.

Juventus is playing steadily and is not in a hurry. The game situation, rhythm and possession of the ball are all under the control of Naples, and the scene appears to be a bit deadlocked.

Napoli accelerated several times, tried to attack, and created several threatening offensives, but failed to score.

Ranieri also looked apprehensive in the stands, but at last there was no danger.

Juventus defended well today, and the players performed well.

The two sides continued to compete with each other, and the situation did not exceed Ranieri's expectations, which also made the tinker gradually relieved.

Before the end of the first half, Napoli launched another wave of rushing attacks, and it did create a wave of danger, but it still failed to break the Juventus goal.

In the end, the two sides shook hands with zero to zero in the first half.

Ranieri left the stands and went to the visiting team's locker room under the eye of the surrounding "mafia fans".

Ranieri was basically satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, but he also reminded players to pay attention to Naples' two flanks.

Di Maria and Vargas, Sanchez and Lichtsteiner, this is the strongest combination of the two sides of Naples this season, the performance is very good, coupled with Cavani in the middle, the overall attacking firepower is very strong .

But Ranieri told the Juventus players that as long as they stay focused, they will be able to hold on to the situation.

And he is very sure, UU reading www.uukanshu. In the second half of the com, Naples will definitely launch a rush attack at the beginning, so that the team must be ready.

Since he is far away from the coaching area, when he gives Damiano's instructions, let him decide for himself. The goal of the game is to try to keep the level, and it is best to counterattack goals.

After the start of the second half, the situation still did not surprise Ranieri.

Naples attacked at the start, Juventus defended and counterattacked, and neither side changed much.

But in the stands, Ranieri's heart became more and more uneasy.

He always felt wrong.

This doesn't seem like a normal level of high depth at all.

It's as if everything is going the way Ranieri and Juventus want it to be, which makes no sense.

Is this level of depth?

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