Four Hundred and Seventy Second Psychological Warfare

After the careful deployment of Naples, this time the national team match day, although the South American international was delayed on the road, he finally arrived in Rome, Italy in the afternoon of April 4th.

Naples arranged a special car to take the players back to the team as soon as possible.

After careful physical examination by Buenaventura, Pintus and the team doctors, it was determined that the players were basically fine.

This also made Naples a sigh of relief.

Especially Gao Shen, he was really worried all the way, and he had to make a phone call almost every day to check the situation.

Now that the players have returned safely and on time, he is also relieved.

In order to let the international players get a better rest, Gao Shen went north on the weekend to challenge Sampdoria away, and arranged all the international players to take turns, especially the South American international.

Not only that, but Gao Shen directly gave them a day off so that they could all have a good rest.

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On April 5th, the 30th round of Serie A, Naples challenged Sampdoria away.

Mazzarri's team continued their consistent style, still facing Naples with 352.

Gao Shen almost played with a full substitute lineup, which caused Naples to be quite passive at the beginning of the away game.

In the 28th minute, Sampdoria took advantage of a free kick. Midfielder Palombo's long shot pierced Naples' goal and opened the scoring for the home team.

But before the end of the first half, Naples also got a free kick opportunity, and Peilai scored a header to equalize the score for the team.

But in the 63rd minute of the second half, there was another free kick in the frontcourt. Palombo took a direct free kick and pierced Naples' goal to overtake the score again.

This time, Sampdoria led all the way to stoppage time before being assisted by Hamsik. Mertens, who came off the bench, stopped the ball and turned around to shoot low, once again equalizing the score for Naples.

Two to two, Naples drew with Sampdoria away.

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While Naples drew with Sampdoria away, Inter Milan beat Udinese 1-0 with an own goal from their opponent.

Mourinho's team is actually also affected by the national team's competition, but at critical moments, their luck is obviously better.

With this own goal, Inter Milan scored a valuable three points.

As a result, Napoli's league lead was cut from five to three points after this round.

"Five Dynasties, Rivers, Mountains, Wind and Moon"

For a while, Mourinho was excited again.

In the post-match press conference, after learning that Naples drew with Sampdoria, Mourinho put pressure on Naples again, saying that his guess was not wrong at all. Naples would not be able to withstand multi-line battles and eventually collapsed.

"The closer to the end of the season, the more dangerous the situation for Naples will be!"

Mourinho suggested that Gao Shen should choose to give up one of them, or even a certain two fronts.

"Now Naples is fighting on three fronts. We all know how difficult it is and how stressful it is."

Mourinho said that many times, although the head coach is very reluctant, he has to make some trade-offs.

"As an adult, you can't want everything."

"That's greed, it's a disease, and it needs to be cured."

Mourinho's remarks caused a lot of repercussions in Italy, and even in Naples, it also aroused the reaction of many media and fans. Many fans began to feel that the team should make a choice.

The league lead has been shortened from seven points to three points, and the situation is also in danger.

The gap is only one game, and if Inter Milan really catches up, the situation in Naples will be dangerous.

If it is true as Mourinho said, insist on fighting on three fronts, and the result is nothing on the three fronts, that is the real tragedy.

not only the outside,

Even within Naples, there are similar discussions.

Seeing different voices within the team, Gao Shen made a decisive decision and immediately accepted an interview with the local media in Naples.

In the interview, Gao Shen bluntly pointed out the current problems of the team. He admitted that the third-line battle has brought a lot of pressure to the team, but he thinks this is not a bad thing.

"Pressure can make our players grow and improve more. In the past three years, we have been doing this. When we were in Serie B, we dared to punch the giants of Serie A."

Gao Shen said that the tradition of Naples is not to compromise and not to be discouraged!

"What I want to say is that in our Naples dictionary, the word abandon has never been there."

"The current great situation is due to our hard work in the past season. At the current crossroads, I would rather we fight until the end, even if we get nothing. I am not willing to compromise at this moment and finally win A league title."

Gao Shen also issued an appeal. He said that he and his team had experience in dealing with similar situations.

"Back then, when I was in charge of Real Madrid, I was also faced with a two-front battle. At that time, many people, even those inside Real Madrid, advised me, hoping that I could make a proper choice, give up one of the fronts, and focus on Another one, but I didn't do that."

"I told the players at the time that everyone has to be ruthless to themselves and push themselves to know how big their potential is, and then to know that there is really nothing impossible in this world."

"In the end, we won the double!"

Gao Shen said that he now wants to say similar things to Naples.

On the second day after the media interview, when the players had read Gao Shen's interviews and reports from the media and digested it, Gao Shen organized an internal mobilization meeting.

He told all the players with certainty that Naples will not give up any front.

"I can tell everyone that we have no way out now."

"Either, we will go all the way on these three fronts and fight until the last moment; or we will give up early, and the result of giving up is that Inter Milan will quietly eat us, and Arsenal will also kill us. Probably nothing!"

Gao Shen made all the players unify their thinking, and Naples must stick to it to the end!

"I know that there is a lot of pressure now, and it is difficult for everyone, but I believe that as long as we work together, as long as everyone bites their teeth, we can persevere. I believe that you will be able to do it!"

"After success, you will become the heroes of this city!"

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When Naples was mired in the quagmire of the third-line battle, although Arsenal was not easy, the situation was much better than Naples. At least in the league, the Gunners' chasers were not as fierce as Inter Milan.

Arsenal are currently fourth in the Premier League, three points clear of fifth-placed Aston Villa.

But in the thirty-first round of the Premier League, Aston Villa's guest at Old Trafford, this is a game doomed to failure.

Manchester United is currently competing with Liverpool for the league title, and Ferguson will not give Aston Villa a chance to be upset in his own territory in any case.

Sure enough, Manchester United narrowly beat Aston Villa 3-2 in the end.

This made it easy for Arsenal, who felt the pressure of fourth place in the league.

The Gunners beat Mark Hughes' side comfortably 2-0 at home to Manchester City.

By the way, after the thirty-first round, Mark Hughes' team is still ranked tenth in the Premier League, which makes Manchester City's huge investment last summer and this winter break look like a joke .

No one will question Manchester City's investment, but Mark Hughes really can't move the ambitious Manchester City, and the coaching change has become the consensus of the entire Manchester City.

With this victory, the Gunners extended their lead to six points.

With seven rounds left in the Premier League, this advantage is enough to secure Arsenal's top four.

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The Gunners won without any risk, but Naples drew with Sampdoria two to two in the league. Although they played from the bench, it was somewhat disappointing.

There has been growing concern in the media about Napoli's UK trip to London.

After Wenger played Manchester City, he directly responded to Gao Shen's previous remarks.

Gao Shen said that he has the experience of beating Arsenal, which has made the whole world optimistic, and he wants to demonstrate it again.

"I don't know who gave him the courage, but I would say I'm glad he has the ambition, but he won't have the chance because we haven't lost in the Champions League so far after going to the Emirates Stadium. ball."

Speaking of this record, Wenger is still very proud.

Home record, this is definitely a symbol of a strong team.

Gao Shen, who is far away in Italy, led the team to train in a low-key area for two days. On the afternoon before the game, he responded to Wenger's words again at the pre-match press conference announcing the 18-man roster.

"I don't deny that the Emirates Stadium is a very difficult fortress, but I don't think Arsenal are very strong."

"On the contrary, this is a team that lacks aggressiveness."

"Look where they are in the Premier League table, they are fourth."

"If it were me, I would be ashamed to be fourth because I'm six points behind Chelsea in third and 13 points behind Manchester United."

"But obviously, some people don't look at it that way, they look down, oh, I'm six points ahead of fifth, I'm in fourth, come on, have a nice drink and celebrate. "

Gao Shen shook his head, "This is not my style!"

Obviously, Gao Shen is also fighting psychological warfare.

Arsenal have notoriously lacked the ambition to forge ahead in recent years.

No, after selling Henry, they are now preparing to sell Fabregas again.

The Spanish midfielder was determined to return to Barcelona. It was reported that Real Madrid was also interested in him, but Gao Shen knew that Cesc Fabregas did not think about going to Real Madrid.

And Gao Shen's remarks are obviously poking at the weakness of Wenger and Arsenal, preparing for the next battle at the Emirates Stadium.

After the pre-match press conference, Gao Shen led the team on a chartered flight from Naples to London that night.