Two Hundred and Seventy First, Reaching the Top of Serie A

When the referee Gravassoni blew the whistle for the end of the game, the scoreboard at the Friuli Stadium showed the final result of the game, zero to five.

According to international practice, the home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

The visiting team Naples led 3-0 in the first half. After changing sides to fight again in the second half, although coach Marino made adjustments during the intermission to strengthen the team's midfield defense, he still failed to reverse the situation.

Not long after the start of the second half, Cavani received an assist from Di Maria and made another victory for Naples.

In the 61st minute, a corner kick, David Luiz's header sealed the victory for Napoli.

Subsequently, Udinese was forced to switch to defense.

Marino is also very worried that if he pushes out again, Naples will probably score a shocking score.

Naples is an away game, and Gao Shen also accepts as soon as it is good. After seeing Marino shrinking, he also quickly adjusted his strategy, and began to focus on training new players, making frequent substitutions and adjustments.

In the last half hour, both sides failed to score again.

Naples eventually beat Udinese 5-0 with a brace from Cavani and goals from Hamsik, Sanchez and David Luiz.

After the whistle sounded at the end of the game, there was a dead silence at the Friuli Stadium, and then boos broke out.

This unrenovated stadium only seats more than 10,000 people tonight, but the momentum they formed is enough to spread to every corner of the stadium and reach everyone's ears. Crazy vented his inner dissatisfaction.

Zero to five, this is a score that would never be accepted anyway!

Pasquale Marino remained sullen throughout the second half, clearly unhappy with the result.

He really didn't expect that he would encounter such a fiasco at home.

When he drew with Inter Milan away, he was ambitious and wanted to win Naples at home.

But now, he turned out to be a clown!

Five goals are like five fingers, forming a slap, slapping him hard on the face, telling him a cruel fact, that is, he was so smooth in the past, so smooth that he really thought he was so Talented, what a proud son of heaven.

but today,

In front of Gao Shen, he pales in comparison!

In terms of age, Gao Shen is younger than him and will be 27 years old; in terms of honor, he has won the La Liga and Champions League doubles, and defeated Juventus last season to win the Serie B championship; in terms of performance, Naples now looks like the public enemy of Italy , but this in turn proves the success of this team.

What does he have?

Today, he is just a stepping stone for Gao Shen to step on a higher position!

Or he took the initiative to send it to the door.

...

"Congratulations, Mr. Gao, you have become the new leader of Serie A!"

Although his heart was bleeding and he even scolded Gao Shen countless times, at least on the surface, Marino still put on a gentlemanly smile and shook hands with Gao Shen.

This is what he should do as the head coach of the home team.

Gao Shen was taken aback, the new leader?

But soon, he reacted, and shook hands with Marino immediately with a smile, "Thank you!"

"Today's game taught us a vivid lesson, we need to digest it well." Marino smiled wryly.

Gao Shen could only smile back, because he really didn't know what to say.

Can he say to Marino: The main reason is that you are too proud to play against me?

This is actually the truth.

If you really want to find a culprit for Udinese's defeat, it must be coach Marino.

The set of midfielders he arranged completely lost power in front of Naples.

Except for one Yinle who performed fairly normally, the others basically did not perform at their level.

And all of this came from the misjudgment of the head coach.

The good results in the warm-up match, the draw with Inter Milan in the first round, and the victory over the opponent in the Coppa Italia all made Marino a little unclear about the true level of Udinese.

Gao Shen knew that feeling, no matter whether it was in the workplace before time-traveling or after time-traveling, he had experienced it, and even suffered.

Being loved and praised by others is really addictive and easy to get lost.

He can only say now that he wishes Marino good luck, and hopes that he can get out of this shadow, turn grief and anger into motivation, learn lessons from it, and improve his coaching to a higher level.

...

As soon as Marino left, Lucas couldn't help cheering.

The people around the Naples coach's bench and the players on the court were also restless, dancing and celebrating.

We reached the top!

Naples has reached the top!

Gao Shen really didn't expect it, it was completely beyond his expectation, so it was full of surprises.

Even, he couldn't believe it.

"We reached the summit?" Gao Shen confirmed to Lucas again.

The latter didn't say anything, just put the laptop in front of him, pointed to the real-time standings, and Naples jumped to the top!

Nine games have been played in the second round of Serie A, and AC Milan's game against Fiorentina will be until night.

In these nine games, three teams won the first two rounds, namely Juventus, Roma and Naples.

Juventus scored eight goals in the first two rounds and is the team with the most goals in Serie A so far, but conceded three goals and scored five goals.

Roma scored five goals in the first two rounds and conceded zero goals.

Napoli scored seven goals and also kept a clean sheet.

In other words, Naples relied on seven goal difference advantages to overwhelm Juventus and Roma, and reached the top of the Serie A standings.

But this is only temporary, and it may even be lost by tonight.

AC Milan beat their opponents 3-0 in the first round. As long as they score four goals against Fiorentina tonight, they will be able to take advantage of their team name and beat Naples to the top.

Yes, their initials are A, no one can compare.

But in any case, whether for the time being or for two weeks, anyway, Naples is at the top of the list, which is something to be happy about.

In addition, there is another thing to be happy about, that is, Naples' top scorer Cavani ranked second in the Serie A scorer list with three goals, second only to Juventus' Trezeguet.

After scoring a hat-trick in the first round, the French center added another goal in the second round to lead the scorer list with four goals.

Cavani scored three goals and currently ranks second. Hamsik tied with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Miccoli and Foggia with two goals.

This is enough to prove that Naples' offensive power is still very strong.

Of course, there are only two rounds now, and the situation is still unclear, and Naples is not yet fully familiar with the rhythm of Serie A and has entered the state of Serie A competition, so it is too early to be happy.

Especially considering that after two weeks of national team games, Naples actually has a lot of international players. After returning, there will be consecutive games, and then there will be an away game against Inter Milan. This is definitely a hard battle.

Last season, the semi-final of the Coppa Italia was 0-3, and Gao Shen still has a deep memory.

He was thinking all the time, to return the zero to three to Inter Milan at the Meazza Stadium.

Therefore, he must work harder now to make the team perform better and better.

...

In the Friuli Stadium, Naples performed very low-key, but after returning to the locker room, Gao Shen was not stingy with his appreciation.

All kinds of compliments came out of his mouth, which made all the players feel comfortable and happy.

With a 5-0 thrashing of Udinese and a 2-0 victory over Cagliari in the first round, Naples can reach the top of Serie A, which no one can believe.

Gao Shen constantly emphasized that the outstanding performance of the players is the number one contributor to the team's victory, but he also repeatedly reminded his players to be aware that this ranking is only temporary.

"Today, it's worth being happy to be the leader, but we don't want to be satisfied, because our goal is not just to be the leader for a round, maybe even just for a few hours, we want to be the leader for a longer period of time."

"Remember, we are a team aiming to hit the Serie A championship!" Gao Shen emphasized again.

All the players were full of confidence and kept nodding.

If they were not confident enough before, now they are all full of confidence.

Seeing Gao Shen, he couldn't help but exchanged glances with Carlo, seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.

If there is no national team competition, if Gao Shen continues to compete in Serie A with this morale, Gao Shen is confident that he will win all the way and face Inter Milan directly, then the chances of winning will be much greater.

However, the two-week national team match day completely cut off Naples' schedule.

Who can predict what it will be like when the players return from the national team two weeks later?

Since the team returned to Naples, some players even did not go back to Naples with the team at all. They had to go directly from Udine to Milan, which is closer, and then fly back to their motherland from Milan. For example, some South American internationals, Argentina even went to Australia. To play the warm-up match, this is also a very terrible schedule.

Gao Shen is very worried about the situation of the team in the national team, so he repeatedly reminds the players to pay attention to avoid injuries, and to contact the club immediately if they feel unwell.

"Lorenzo, I, and the team doctor will wait for your news 24 hours a day!" Gao Shen said solemnly.

Just after a week of double matches, the players are still physically tired despite the rotation, and now they are traveling long distances. In addition, the national team is coming and fighting, which has a great impact on the players and is easy to get injured.

Fans who are familiar with European football know that being injured while playing for the country has always been one of the most troublesome things for the club.

But there is no way, it is the honor of every player to fight for the country, and no one will refuse the call from the motherland.

Therefore, what Gao Shen can do is to remind repeatedly, and at the same time give help and guidance as much as possible.

The coaching staff will also communicate closely with the coaches of the national team, report the injuries of some players, and strengthen mutual communication and cooperation.

This will also become the most important job of the coaching staff in the next two weeks.

As for Gao Shen, he really doesn't plan to participate in the professional coaching summit.

Climbing to the top of Serie A will only make him more of a target.