Two Hundred and Ninety-Two Topped the List Again

The latest website: Naples' away game against Rome is scheduled to kick off at 17:00 pm.

After the game, it was almost 18:30.

After Gao Shen attended the press conference, the players packed up, and the team took the bus back to Castel Volturno in Naples. The second game of the eighth round, Inter Milan's away game against Reggina, just started.

Both the coaching staff and the players watched the game in Fort Volturno, but the players were in the player lounge and the coaching staff was in the office.

Inter Milan did not do their best in this game, including players such as Ibrahimovic, Crespo, Zanetti, Samuel, etc. did not start, but sat on the bench.

Up front, Mancini discharged the combination of Adriano and Kroos.

This is very surprising, because Adriano has not played for a long time.

Everyone knows that this Inter Milan center has long since fallen.

As soon as the game started, Reggina took advantage of the home court and launched a round of fierce attack on Inter Milan.

The state of the Inter Milan players is not very good, and it is relatively slow to enter the game state.

This attack lasted for a full eighteen minutes. During this time, apart from a free kick in the frontcourt, Inter Milan did not even take a shot, which shows the gap between the two sides' on-the-spot performance. .

But in the 18th minute, Inter Milan created a set-kick opportunity from the right. Figo took a free kick. Adriano nodded and hit the goal, opening the scoring for Inter Milan.

Football games have never been so unreasonable!

Reggina performed better and was more active after the start. Inter Milan was obviously in poor condition, but it was Inter Milan who scored the goal.

Then it was Regina who took the initiative, and they wanted to equalize the score.

Even, after entering 20 minutes, Inter Milan was forced to retreat to the penalty area after a series of rushing attacks. Three consecutive shots almost broke the goal, causing Inter Milan to panic.

"Reggina's offense is really not good!" Lucas sighed rather depressingly.

In fact, Inter Milan's performance is already very sluggish, and the state is obviously not good. Otherwise, as long as they play normally, Inter Milan will be suppressed by their opponents?

But even so,

Regina had the upper hand on the court, creating so many chances in a row, but failed to score.

Who can blame?

"They are just a relegation team, and we cannot ask too much of them." Carlo smiled wryly.

In many cases, the gap between the relegation of the top league and the wealthy teams is even greater than the gap between the sub-level league teams and the wealthy teams. This was fully reflected in Naples last season.

"Reggina's four-fifth pair of midfield suppression is in place, Inter Milan's two wingers are contained, and the center is seriously lacking in creativity. This team is a bit like Capello's Juventus back then." Advanced analysis.

At that time, Capello's Juventus was more than vigorous, not delicate enough, and lacking in creativity.

The same is generally true of Inter Milan now.

So Gao Shen can imagine why Sneijder is so important to Inter Milan.

If it is said that exchanging Ibrahimovic for Eto'o is a rare opportunity, then the subsequent operation of Inter Milan is tantamount to making up for the shortcomings of this team.

After Ibrahimovic left, Inter Milan lacked a center forward. Mourinho wanted to use four-three-three, but Eto'o was not suitable for this position.

So the Portuguese wanted Drogba, but Blanca brought in Diego Milito.

This is very critical, not only adapted to 433, but also activated Milito and Eto'o.

The creation of the midfield was weak, and Mourinho wanted Deco, but Blanca introduced Sneijder from Real Madrid, which solved the shortcomings of Inter Milan's lack of creativity in the midfield and lack of passers in the center.

Without Sneijder, Inter Milan's offense could only go sideways.

As for Mourinho wanting Carvalho, it is more appropriate for Blanca to introduce Lucio.

Samuel, Cordoba, Burdisso, Rivas and Qivu, these Inter Milan central defenders all have a common characteristic, that is, they are all short, with a height of 1.8 meters, and some are even less than 1.5 meters tall. Mi eight.

Carvalho is also a short central defender, which is obviously not suitable for Inter Milan.

Let me ask, if Carvalho comes and Inter Milan's central defender meets the opponent's high center forward, how will he play?

Materazzi is 1.93 meters tall, but this veteran is already 34 years old and has many injuries. Everyone knows that he can't play many games. In this case, the introduction of Lucio is a great deal Strengthened Inter Milan's defense.

The Brazilian central defender is definitely the central defender with the strongest personal ability in today's world football, and it may not even be added.

Note that it is personal ability, that is, individual combat ability.

In fact, David Luiz's individual combat ability is also very strong, but he and Lucio have a common characteristic, that is, they both have an offensive heart.

Milito, Sneijder and Lucio, these three players supported the central axis of Inter Milan, and under the integration of Mourinho, they fully demonstrated the strong strength of Inter Milan.

And without any of these three players, it would be very difficult for Inter Milan to win the Champions League!

Just like now, Inter Milan faced Reggina, whose strength was far weaker than theirs, and ended up at a disadvantage on the scene. They were pressed and beaten by their opponents, and their image was not to mention embarrassing.

Why?

Because the midfielder can't play the ball!

If there is a Sneijder in the midfield at this time, even if Sneijder is not needed, just give them a Parejo, Regina doesn't know how many times he will die.

Sometimes football is as simple as that.

But if it is complicated, it is indeed quite complicated.

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Another thing that surprised Gao Shen in this game was that Mancini replaced Adriano with Zanetti in the 55th minute.

I have to say that this was a decision that made Gao Shen, even Carlo and everyone else feel very speechless.

Because he's so fucking conservative!

You are a team that wants to compete for the Serie A championship. Facing a relegation team, even though it is an away game, even if you are not in good form, you can be passive and get beaten, why do you choose conservative substitutions?

"Now, I really understand why Inter Milan's mental will is so weak? It's not without reason that they can't get results in the Champions League." Buenaventura shook his head and smiled wryly.

The strength is superior, although the state is not good, but no matter what, we must show the courage of a strong team and fight against the opponent!

What about Mancini?

His option is to keep the three points.

Yes, it was a wise choice, getting three points is important, but the whole spirit and morale of the team is not.

Conservative substitutions are not the same as telling the players that I just want three points, and I don't care if the scene is good or not.

Adriano was also very angry, and even ignored Mancini when he was off the field, and walked directly into the player tunnel.

And the more unexpected show operation is that ten minutes later, Mancini replaced Vieira with Ibrahimovic.

Gao Shen and the others were completely dumbfounded.

What do you think?

Adriano performed well tonight, just replace Vieira with Zanetti, isn't it good?

"He may want to pass the time with substitutions." Lucas speculated jokingly.

Everyone also smiled for a while.

On the contrary, Regina was even braver, because they immediately replaced forward Barreto to continue to strengthen the offensive, directly forming a greater offensive threat to Inter Milan's goal.

Gao Shen even thought with some evil humor: "What if Regina scores a goal?"

Everyone was taken aback.

Don't say it, there is such a possibility.

Because on the scene, Regina really had the advantage.

If it is really equalized, Mancini is afraid that he will be in bad luck.

Fortunately, even in the end, Reggina failed to break Inter Milan's goal.

The home team's offense was too slow and missed a lot of good opportunities.

In the end, Inter Milan narrowly beat Reggina 1-0 with Adriano's goal in the away game.

But this is obviously not the focus of Gao Shen and others.

Especially in the players' lounge.

Before the game started, there were many people cheering there.

After the game, although Inter Milan also scored three points, but because Naples beat Roma 4-0 away, in the standings, Naples overtook Inter Milan with a three-goal difference and took the lead in Serie A. Sheep position.

After a month, Naples topped the list again!

The players all ran to the coach's office to celebrate the good news with the coaching staff.

But Gao Shen felt a little regretful.

"I've been expecting Reggina to score but..."

At the end, Gao Shen even jokingly said, "I even want to loan Cavani to them!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Cavani is the top scorer in the Naples team. His efficiency is actually not high, but he is very active and scores a lot of goals.

"Boss, they can't create so many opportunities. If I go, I probably won't score a few goals." Cavani is self-aware,

His scoring efficiency does still need to be improved.

"Then you have to work on your shooting skills, the higher the efficiency, we will play in the Champions League next season!" Gao Shen looked at the players in front of him and said with a smile.

"At that time, we will encounter greater defensive intensity than now, especially in the knockout rounds. There may only be one or two good opportunities in a game. We must grasp it. If we miss it, it will be gone."

Not only Cavani, but Pellet, Hamsik and Sanchez all nodded.

Callejon played in the Champions League when he was in Real Madrid, so he also knows the intensity of the Champions League competition, especially the intensity of the knockout rounds.

Real Madrid, which is as tyrannical as a star-studded team, is walking on thin ice, let alone Naples.

"Okay, let's all go back to rest, we have to train tomorrow morning!"

Gao Shen clapped his hands vigorously, "Everyone must remember that we have reached the top of the Serie A list again, but I hope everyone can work together this time to show a better state, especially against Juventus next week. Take it, we will sit at the top of the list for a little longer!"

"It would be best if we could sit down forever!"

The players were also very excited, and everyone applauded in unison.

Reaching the top of the list, the morale of the young people in Naples is bursting!