Two Hundred and Ninety-Fifth Desperate Ranieri

Latest website: On the evening of October 27th, at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples.

When Ranieri got Naples' starting lineup, he didn't feel too many surprises.

Goalkeeper: Handanovic.

Defense: Vargas, David Luiz, Bonucci and Lichtsteiner.

Midfielder: Biglia and Rakitic lag behind, followed by Di Maria, Hamsik and Sanchez.

Center forward: Cavani.

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

What Ranieri saw from it was Gao Shen's undisguised intention, that is, to support David Luiz and Bonucci.

Cannavaro's situation in Naples will be a bit embarrassing.

In fact, Italy has overwhelmingly questioned and condemned 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.

Don't say anything else, think about it, what kind of tactics did Rome use in the 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 tactic of 4-2-3-1, which is quite similar to Rome's pack of wolves tactic, but overall it is more stable.

But unfortunately, after Roma released Qi Wu, their defense was unstable and they did not play to the level of this tactic.

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

Goalkeeper: Buffon.

Defensive line: Molinaro, Chiellini, Lerotalie and Grigera.

Midfield: Paladino, Nocerino, Almiron and Salihamidzic.

Forwards: Del Piero and Trezeguet.

Nedved suspended.

Head coach Ranieri has to sit in the stands, and Zanetti is recovering from injury, all of which make Ranieri dare not take too much risk, so he adopted the safest tactic.

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

Naples' overall strength and offensive 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 have to pay close attention, you know?"

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

From 1992 to 1999, the 57-year-old French coach served as the head coach of the French National Youth Team for a long time. He trained famous players such as Henry and Trezeguet, and then successively played in Nice, Fulham and Liverpool. Served as assistants to famous marshals such as Tigana and Houllier.

Last season, Ranieri wanted to save Parma and form his own coaching team, so he thought of this well-known coach in the Premier League, so he dug him from Southampton, and the two have partnered together until now.

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

Juventus players have known about this arrangement for a long time, so of course they have no objection.

Ranieri also adjusted several details based on Naples' starting lineup, which basically revolved around Juventus' strategy of focusing on defense.

After all, the head coach is absent, so we still have to focus on stability.

After talking to the players, Ranieri pulled Damiano aside again, communicating with the notes and signals that will be delivered later,

Mainly some things to pay attention to.

Speaking of it, the two have actually only cooperated for less than a year, and it is far from a tacit understanding, especially for some of Ranieri's ideas, Damiano is still not very sure about the scale.

But Ranieri said he would send him news at any time.

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

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

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

Even if he is found to be in contact with assistants on the court, it will be considered a violation.

Ranieri was very cooperative and immediately handed over the mobile phone, and at the same time said that he would not contact his assistant.

Yes, he won't contact Damiano himself, but he didn't say it couldn't be through someone else.

At that time, he yelled a few times and was accidentally overheard; he accidentally dropped something and was picked up by someone, and those who heard and found it were handed over to Damiano, regardless of Ranieri's matter up.

Could it be that he should be charged with littering?

Officials of the Italian Football Association obviously expected that Ranieri would cooperate, and they have long been 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 it?

Most of the time, they just turn a blind eye and close one eye, as long as they don't go too far, they don't pursue it.

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

After entering the elevator, Ranieri's heart sank when he saw the officials press the elevator on the second-floor stand.

"Why is it the second-floor grandstand?"

"Well, I just received news from Naples. Just now, two local fan organizations in Naples fought in the stands to compete for seats. It almost caused chaos, but the seats assigned to us were damaged to varying degrees. I I went to the scene to see it, and sat down if I couldn’t help it.”

"You have two choices, either go to the administrative stand, where your general manager and sports director are, or go to another motorized seat arranged by them, because the tickets on the spot have been sold out." Football Association officials seem Said with a smile.

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

I have known for a long time that Juventus must have targeted small tricks, so Naples deliberately released smoke bombs before the game, and temporarily changed the position before the game. Anyway, the stadium is theirs, so they have the final say on where to sit?

Ranieri's old face suddenly sank.

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

So is the depth, so is the management!

After finally getting to the stands on the second floor, Ranieri almost cried.

Fuck, there are dense crowds all around, all Naples fans, everyone looked at him, making Ranieri feel creepy, and he couldn't help thinking, what is Naples the most?

Except for the fans, it's the mafia!

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

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

St. Paul Stadium is not a professional football field, but a comprehensive stadium.

So there's that kind of stadium arc at both ends of the pitch that's far from the goal.

Unfortunately, Ranieri was placed in the stands in this area, and there is still a long distance 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 be heard on the pitch.

Not to mention, he is surrounded by a group of "mafia" fans who are like wolves and tigers.

Ma Dan, the St. Paul Stadium is too dangerous!

The game will start soon.

The scene suddenly boiled up.

Ranieri was sitting in the most enthusiastic area of ​​the fans, not to mention shouting to the inside of the stadium, even talking to the Football Association officials next door, he had to get very close and shouted very loudly to be heard.

He is really desperate!

Damn Naples official, how can he arrange his position in such a place?

How does this let him deliver the message?

The start of both sides was very stable. Naples took advantage of the home court and tried 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 robbing for about ten minutes, seeing that Juventus was defending well, Naples chose to slow down the pace and try to control it.

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

Naples speeded up several times, tried to attack, and created several threatening offensives, but they failed to form a goal.

Ranieri also watched in fear in the stands, but he was safe and sound.

Juventus defended well today, and the players performed well.

The two sides continued to compete back and forth, and the situation did not exceed Ranieri's expectations, which gradually made the tinker feel relieved.

Before the end of the first half, Naples launched another wave of attack, which did create a wave of danger, but still failed to break through Juventus' goal.

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

Claudio Ranieri left the stands and went to the visiting team's dressing room, under the eyes of the "mafia fans" around him.

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

Di Maria and Vargas, Sanchez and Lichtsteiner, this is the strongest combination of Naples' two wingers this season, and they performed very well. Coupled with Cavani in the middle, the overall offensive firepower is very fierce .

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 that in the second half, Naples will definitely launch a rush attack at the beginning of the game, so that the team must be ready.

Since he was far away from the coaching area, when he gave Damiano instructions, let him decide for himself. The goal of the game is to strive for a tie, and it is best to counterattack and score.

After the start of the second half, the situation was not beyond Ranieri's expectations.

Naples opened the game and Juventus defended and counterattacked. Neither side changed much.

But in the stands, Ranieri became more and more uneasy.

He always felt that something was wrong.

This is not at all like the normal level of advanced.

It's as if everything is going the way Ranieri and Juventus want it to, which doesn't make sense.

Is this the level of depth?

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