Three Hundred and Eighteenth Horror Inter Milan
There is nothing new under the sun.
Gao Shen has always believed that Naples must still have a chance to reverse.
Inter Milan can't keep winning like this, he will definitely stop.
The premise is that Naples must perform better than their opponents.
Especially during tough lows.
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Three days after the victory over Juventus, Naples ushered in the twentieth round of Serie A and challenged Cagliari away.
Consecutive double matches in a week, continuous rotation and adjustments, and Naples' overall state is still in a low period, so the team's performance is still not satisfactory.
But the more it is at this time, the more it will test the thickness of the team's bench.
In the first two rounds it was Thiago Motta who played very well in midfield, and this one was Parejo.
The Spanish midfielder confused defenders into thinking he was going to pass the ball in the opposite direction when he dribbled laterally with the ball in the 10th minute of the first half just after the midfielder received a Rakitic cross. , but suddenly sent a precise through ball with his right foot.
This through kick was like a sharp scalpel, cutting through Cagliari's defense, and precisely landed on the right side of the penalty area. Sanchez quickly inserted, stopped and hit again, opening the scoring for Naples. zero!
This is also the only goal in the game.
In the ensuing games, Parejo also created a lot of opportunities, but either his teammates didn't understand it, or his teammates didn't shoot very well, so he never scored again.
But Parejo sits in the midfield, which makes Cagliari very afraid.
In the end, Naples won 1-0 away with Parejo assisting Sanchez's goal.
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The day after Napoli narrowly beat Cagliari away, Inter Milan also played away at Udinese.
Udinese is a team with a positive style, excellent running ability, brave and tough, and strict technical and tactical discipline. This time they insist on adopting their best style of play at their home court.
That is to organize a tight defense and a quick counterattack.
This style of play gave Inter Milan a headache.
Can't even come up with an effective solution.
After a stalemate for 90 minutes, Inter Milan drew away with Udinese 0-0.
In the other few games, Juventus beat Livorno 3-1 away.
With Pato's brace, AC Milan beat Genoa 2-0 at home.
Roma relied on Mancini's goal to beat Palermo 1-0 at home.
After this round, everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that Inter Milan finally slowed down a little.
Yes, just slow down, because they are still undefeated so far.
Twenty rounds have been played in Serie A, and Inter Milan remains unbeaten.
As far as this dominance is concerned, looking at European football, who has it?
However, although Inter Milan has tied and their lead has shrunk, the ranking has not changed much.
Naples is still in third place, Roma is second with a one-point advantage, and Inter Milan is seven points ahead of Naples.
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Three days later, the second round of the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.
After Naples beat Juventus 5-2 away in the first leg, they returned home to draw Juventus 2-2.
Ranieri's team is determined to win away, even at the expense of some defense.
Naples carried out a more vigorous rotation, so that the main players and the players who have performed well recently can get more rest time, so the two sides fought evenly, and shook hands two to two.
Naples relied on this tie to advance to the semi-finals with a total score of 7 to 4.
The other three teams that advanced to the semi-finals were Roma, Inter Milan and Fiorentina.
After the restructuring of this year's Coppa Italia, the final took a single game, and the final venue was the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
Therefore, Roma also wants to win this cup at their doorstep.
After the draw, Naples met Prandelli's Fiorentina in the semi-finals, and Inter Milan met Roma.
Fiorentina is also the only team that has beaten Naples in the league so far this season.
Everyone also thought that Naples had met a sufferer.
The Coppa Italia semi-finals are scheduled for April.
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On the weekend, in the twenty-first round of Serie A, Naples played against Udinese at home.
It's really interesting to say.
In the first round of the league, Udinese also drew with Inter Milan in the first round and ushered in Naples in the second round.
Not only that, Udinese has met Inter Milan four times in the last two seasons, all of which were draws, either zero to zero or one to one.
The head coach Pasquale Marino deployed a three-four-three attacking tactic in the away game, making it clear that the horses and horses are going to avenge the second round, and although Naples came in, the state has recovered, but it has not been adjusted. it is good.
He wants to add insult to injury!
Gao Shen is still fighting steadily, using his best four-two-three-one response.
But in the opening attack, Naples' first shot created an own goal, which came from Zapata's mistake.
No one thought of this.
After leading by one goal, Udinese launched a wave of attacks, trying to create a threat in front of Napoli's goal.
But in the 29th minute, Naples launched a quick counterattack. Biglia sent a wonderful pass from the center. After stopping the ball sideways, Cavani squeezed the defender away and shot an angry shot at the top of the penalty area. Pierced Udinese's goal and further expanded the score, two to zero!
No one expected that just two minutes later, there was another quick counterattack. After getting the ball from the baseline, Di Maria forced a breakthrough, rushed into the penalty area, and assisted Cavani to make another victory, 3-0!
The Uruguayan center scored twice.
Both sides have since slowed down.
Udinese obviously also learned the previous lesson, for fear of being scored by Naples again.
But no one expected that after changing sides to fight again in the second half, Cannavaro swung his arm and hit the opponent's striker Di Natale with his elbow. It was considered a malicious elbow and he was directly punished with a red card. Down.
Udinese took the opportunity to attack and it was Simon Pepe who scored for Udinese six minutes after the red card.
Sadly, Simon Pepe also received the second yellow card of the game in the 60th minute and was sent off with a red card.
Both sides are equally divided.
The game thus entered a stalemate.
In the end, Naples defeated Udinese 3-1 at home and scored three points again.
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While Naples defeated Udinese, Inter Milan sat at home, relying on Ibrahimovic's penalty, and beat Empoli 1-0.
But in this game, it was still very difficult for Inter Milan to win.
Empoli had a penalty kick in the 83rd minute of the second half, but unfortunately it missed. San Cesar made great contributions to Inter Milan.
Juventus played against Cagliari at home. The two sides stalemate throughout the game, and finally shook hands one to one.
The two goals were scored in the 55th and 56th minutes of the second half.
But the real surprise was the game the next day.
When Roma challenged Siena in the relegation zone in the away game, they suffered a 0-3 defeat in the away game.
A goal was conceded in the opening 11 minutes, Tonetto scored an own goal before the end of the first half, and another goal was conceded before the end of the game.
At the critical moment, the Red Wolves failed to withstand the pressure and suffered a disastrous defeat.
It is normal to lose, but a 0-3 defeat to a team in the relegation zone will be a very painful blow to Roma's morale.
AC Milan continued to maintain a good momentum in the recent period, beating Fiorentina 1-0 in an away game. This victory allowed Ancelotti's team ranking to rise directly to sixth place.
Obviously, after Ancelotti's adjustments during the winter break, the Rossoneri began to gradually get on track and found a rhythm.
Not only AC Milan's ranking has risen, but Naples has also risen in the ranking after defeating Udinese, returning to the second place in Serie A, seven points behind Inter Milan.
Because of the 0-3 defeat to Siena, Roma dropped one place, from one point ahead of Naples to two points behind Naples, ranking third in Serie A.
Juventus is still ranked fourth in Serie A, but after this round of draw with Cagliari, the point gap with Juventus has also rapidly expanded from the original three points to five points.
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After this round of the league, the situation in Serie A has once again undergone earth-shaking changes.
Juventus has basically announced that it has left the ranks of the championship team.
In fact, after the disastrous defeat to Naples at the Alpi Stadium, everyone basically concluded that it would be difficult for Juventus to hit the league championship again, and it is not even known whether they can keep the top four in the league.
Inter Milan continued to be the only one, but after experiencing the peak state in the last two months of last year and entering the winter break, Mancini's team has declined significantly. Although they can still rely on their overall strength to secure victory , maintain an unbeaten record, but after entering February, the challenge will be more difficult.
However, a seven-point lead is enough for Inter Milan to continue to be the number one favorite to win the Serie A championship. It can even be said that Inter Milan is basically sure of winning.
Unbeaten in 20 rounds, this team's performance is too stable!
As for Roma, after the 0-3 defeat to Siena, the impact on the Red Wolves will depend on Spalletti's skills in the future. If the handling is not careful, the Red Wolves may directly fall out of the championship team ranks.
Naples is one of the amazing teams after the winter break, the other is Ancelotti's AC Milan.
The performance of the two teams is on a steady upward trend, which makes everyone look forward to it. These two teams are likely to usher in their peak period next, especially Naples.
Compared with other giants in Serie A, they only have Serie A and Coppa Italia.
In the following February and March, there will only be Serie A.
This is Naples' biggest advantage.
Sacchi analyzed in the column that if Gao Shen wants to reverse Inter Milan in Serie A, he must make good use of the two-month schedule to quickly shorten the gap and bite Inter Milan in points.
Finally, in the twenty-sixth round, in the home game against Inter Milan, they grabbed the most crucial three points.
"I believe that this is a profound strategy!"