Two Hundred and Sixty First Serie A Debut

Before time travel, whether it was on the Internet or in the workplace, Gao Shen had often heard people complaining to him.

It is nothing more than to say, how hard I work, how willing to endure hardships, etc., but why do I still do so poorly?

Every time he hears such words, Gao Shen will give comfort, such as boasting that the other party is the hardest working person he has ever seen, and that the poor performance is due to bad luck, or some objective factors. irrelevant.

Is it really irrelevant?

In many cases, among the many factors for success, hard work may be the least valuable.

Because everyone is trying.

Choice and luck are often the most important.

Needless to say luck, if you can get the favor of God, just like Giampaolo, who can be hit 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.

From Gao Shen's point of view, Giampaolo's choice was wrong.

In other words, he, like the vast majority of people in Italy now, stubbornly sticks to Italian conservative football.

Giampaolo's Cagliari, for example.

From his introduction of Feeni, Parola and Foggia, plus Del Grosso and others who were already in the team, it is not difficult to see his inner calculations. He wants to copy his upgrade in Ascoli. The success of the season.

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

Does Naples under Gao Shen's coaching really have no impact on Italian football?

Even Pisa under the coaching of an old man like Ventura has begun to try to speed up the pace. Need I say more?

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

The most important thing is that their current lineup configuration, in turn, restricts them.

For example, Ancelotti, can he play a high position in Milan's aging team?

It will break down for you in minutes.

But those are the Milan duo,

Giampaolo is coaching Cagliari.

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"My guess is that he should take defensive counterattacks, which is what Cagliari and Giampaolo are best at."

Gao Shen sat at the conference table, turning his pen habitually, frowning, letting everyone know that he was thinking about problems, and at the same time, he was constantly expressing 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 are two completely different levels.

Naples played for a Serie A team last season, but whether it is Parma or Ascoli, the defense is not outstanding in the Serie A team, 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 coached by Colomba.

The second round against Roma was an accident. Naples failed to show a good performance 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, and they had just experienced Double matches a week will be a big test for Naples players.

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

Gao Shen's strategy is to seek progress while maintaining stability.

This is also a relatively mature and prudent idea. After all, the first round of the league is really difficult to play, and one must always guard against it.

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

This is why Naples is so dissatisfied with the schedule of the Italian Football Federation.

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

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

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

"what do you mean……"

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

Carlo thought about it and understood.

This is to prevent the opponent from defending.

There is absolutely such a possibility.

Although Naples is a newly promoted team, they are well-known. So far this season, they have played two rounds of the Coppa Italia. Although the consumption is greater than that of Cagliari, the 8-0 and 3-0 victories against Cagliari Impossible without warning.

If Giampaolo really adopts strict defense in the away game and grabs a point from Naples, this is enough to be regarded as a victory. After all, the current Naples cannot be measured by the standard of newly promoted horses.

And everyone knows, when a Serie A team adopts a tactic of strictly defending, how difficult is it to attack?

Gao Shen arranged for Pastore and Parejo as substitutes, probably because of this consideration.

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

That was the first time in his career to lead a team to participate in Serie A!

The career hall he once dreamed of!

As a professional player, he has never made an appearance in Serie A, and even rarely in Serie B.

During his more than ten years of professional career, he has always been in the lowest level of the league. He once hoped that he could be like those stars, on the stage of the top league, and become a dazzling star.

But unfortunately, he does not have such a talent.

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

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

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

When he led the team into Ascoli's Del Duca Stadium, his heart was even more exciting than the players.

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

He will always remember that game, when his team fought like no other at home against AC Milan, with Coutini scoring the first goal for Cagliari but only leading six minutes before Kaka assisted Shev Chenko scored.

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

This battle has affected him until now.

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

Selling Su Yazo brought a large amount of transfer funds for the team, so he wantonly introduced the players he wanted.

Fini, Foggia, Parola, Matri...

Cagliari's warm-up match was very good, and the effect was very good, which further boosted Giampaolo's confidence.

Relegation?

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

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

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Giampaolo is no stranger to Naples.

He still remembers that exactly a year ago, he participated in the professional coaching summit in Rome. At that time, Sacchi gave a speech, calling on all Italian coaches to learn from the young head coach of Naples.

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

Of course, Giampaolo didn't believe it, how powerful can a young man in his twenties be?

But as Gao Shen's performance became better and better, especially after two rounds of 4-0 elimination of Parma and 6-0 reversal of Roma, Giampaolo realized keenly that Gao Shen's football is really different from Italian football.

During the period between his resignation from Cagliari and his return to coaching, he watched a lot of Naples and other teams' game videos, and was greatly shocked by the advanced football.

This style of play is not new at all, but the advanced Naples is obviously not just a full-court siege, but an organized and purposeful high-position press, which consumes less energy and is more effective. .

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

Giampaolo clearly knew that the whole situation was about to change!

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

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

He has high hopes for the away game against Naples.

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

He believed what Sacchi said, and he also saw what Gao Shen advocated. The era of the three lines of defense has passed. It can no longer completely cover the position of the court and effectively control various areas.

Especially in the Champions League last season, after Ancelotti won the Champions League with a Christmas tree, he made Giampaolo believe all this.

He recalled his players in Ascoli not because he wanted to return to the past and return to the old style of play, but because he was more familiar with this group of players and used them more smoothly.

He will not 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, the head coach of AC Milan, Carlo Ancelotti.

This is the most suitable tactic for Italy and Cagliari.

Christmas tree, four three two one!

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August 26, 2007, afternoon.

San Paolo Stadium in Naples.

When Gao Shen received Cagliari's starting roster, he frowned involuntarily.

He only guessed half right, that is, Cagliari will adopt defensive counterattack tactics.

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

"Ancelotti, fat man, is doing a lot of harm!" Gao Shen gritted his teeth and said bitterly.

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

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 of defense in front, all opponents will feel headaches.

Gao Shen and his Naples are no exception.

He really wants to catch all these people and ask, Ancelotti has Pirlo, Kaka and Seedorf, who do you have?

Finny and Foggia?

Can you compete with Seedorf and Kakabi?

"This game is not easy!" 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 fucking conservative!