Volume 1: When Heroes Appear, People Pay Attention. Chapter 49: Score-Grabbing Plan (First Update with Guarantee)

Chapter 49: Score-grabbing plan (first update with guarantee)

The question of whether Lavezzi should be sold or not can be considered again, but the team's results cannot be considered again.

If the team wants to qualify for next season's European competition, it must start working hard now.

None of the top three in the North is easy to chew on, and there are backbones like Roma, Lazio, and Fiorentina. Every game with them is tantamount to a decisive battle.

Lavezzi won't be able to leave for a while, and Mazzarri doesn't care whether the club sells him or not. He has his own strategies. That is... putting Lavezzi on the bench!

On February 8, Naples challenged Palermo away from home. Although Lavezzi was included in the 18th squad, he was not included in the starting lineup. He sat on the bench.

Before the game started, the TV broadcast specially gave a close-up shot of Lavezzi on the bench. In the shot, Lavezzi looked gloomy. Even a fool could see that he was having a hard time in Naples.

"He must be waiting for a generous owner to pay to rescue him from Naples... Just half a season ago, he was still a popular star in Naples. People had high hopes and was even considered to be capable. The man who wore Maradona's No. 10 jersey at Naples is now sitting on the bench. What a strange fate."

"When Chen Yingxiong had a conflict with Rhea, his state fluctuated. Now it's Lavezzi's turn to have a conflict with the new head coach Mazzarri, which will inevitably affect his state..."

Mazzarri gave the team a goal to grab points.

That is, we must try our best to win games where we can win, especially against teams that are comparable in strength to them. In today's Serie A, there are many teams with the same strength as them, and Palermo is one of them.

So this game is a must win.

Since it is a must-win, then the unstable factor Lavezzi must be excluded.

So although Mazzarri brought the Argentinian to the Rezzo Barbera Stadium, he did not let him start.

Lavezzi's rival, Chen Yingxiong, started the game. He, Arshavin and Hamsik formed a frontcourt attacking trident.

In the midfield, Mazzarri arranged two defensive midfielders, Gargano and Blasi, and Maggio and Vitale on the wings.

Still a very sharp 343. Nowadays, there are very few teams that still insist on playing three defenders, because the three defenders are at a numerical disadvantage and it is easy to lose sight of one when defending.

But Mazzarri is now powerless to change the situation. He can only place his hope on Naples' attacking lineup now.

Arshavin and Chen Yingxiong have proven their ability. He now feels that the most right thing his boss did was to bring these two people to Naples at the same time, which would save him much trouble. Chen Yingxiong and Arshavin were the team's main attacking combination in Zenit. Their combination scored many goals for the team. Now that he has almost directly copied this combination, the effect will naturally not be the same. Too bad.

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"I'll show you my cards." Before the game started, Mazzarri told the Naples players his plan. "Our first half of this season was not very successful, and I don't want the team to end up empty-handed this season. We participated in the UEFA Cup this season, and I believe everyone hopes that the team can often participate in European competitions. So I plan to let At the end of this season, the team will at least qualify for the UEFA Cup. For this reason, we have to work hard to grab points in the remaining games. Of course, this is my plan. Whether it can be realized depends on you. .”

"So, starting from this game, we have to try our best to score points against the opponents we play against, especially those teams that are not far behind us. Especially... I don't want us to do what we did in the last round of the league again. Wrong."

Although he did not look at Lavezzi, Lavezzi's expression was not good-looking, and he knew that he was criticizing him implicitly.

This made him determined to leave the team.

No matter how much he admires Maradona, no matter how much he wants to wear Maradona's No. 10 jersey in Naples, these are insignificant in the face of his career future. If he cannot get the career he expects in Naples, then he will choose to leave without hesitation.

"That's all I have to say. So, let's go play, gentlemen!"

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"How similar this scene is! Everyone must still remember the start of the last round, when Naples faced Udinese at home, right? But this time, it was Naples who fell behind by two goals! In just fourteen minutes of the opening, Palermo Two goals ahead! Unbelievable... Palermo started so well, so perfectly!"

"Only two minutes into the game, they scored a goal from giulio_migliaccio. In the fourteenth minute, they scored another goal for the team from fabio_enrique_simplicio! Two goals After taking the lead, this game will be easy for them to play, and it is at their home court..."

"Naples is once again two goals behind. Last time they relied on Chen Yingxiong's explosion to complete a big comeback. Can they still count on Chen Yingxiong this time?"

Fortunately, they no longer need to count on Chen Yingxiong, because Hamsik helped the team get a goal back in the 43rd minute.

Going into the halftime break with a score of 1:2 is better than 0:2.

The eleven Napoli starting players who returned to the locker room were a little frustrated. Because they listened to the coach's words before the game, they are also full of hope to return to Europe next season. They feel that if they start grabbing points from now on, there is still a chance.

Who would have thought that... only two minutes into the game, the ball was conceded. This conceded goal completely disrupted the mood of the Naples players.

In the fourteenth minute, Palermo took a two-goal lead, and the situation became very unfavorable for them.

Their performance in the first half was not good. If Hamsik hadn't pulled a goal back in the 43rd minute, I'm afraid the situation would have been worse.

But to their surprise, head coach Mazzarri did not blame the whole team. He just told the players that their performance in the first half was actually very good, but they were unlucky. We should continue to play like this in the second half.

This sentence greatly inspired the confidence of the players. Suddenly the self-doubt full of frustration disappeared, and everyone began to be eager to start the second half.

"We are only one goal behind! What are we afraid of?" Paul Cannavaro, the team's captain, stood up in the locker room, clapped his hands and encouraged loudly. "Like Roma, we were two goals behind, but we won in the end! We are not afraid of Roma, so why are we afraid of Palermo?"

Teammates responded enthusiastically to the captain with cheers and whistles.

Lavezzi heard the captain mention the game in Rome and felt uncomfortable again...

But at this time, no one cares about his feelings. Even his loyal ally Gargano shouted along with Cannavaro to boost morale.

The atmosphere in the entire locker room was as intense as being roasted on a fire.

So, when such a group of people rushed into the locker room and rushed to the court, you can imagine what kind of trouble their opponents would encounter...

Assistant coach Fabio Viviani smiled at Mazzarri and said: "You are really good at it, Walter!"

Mazzarri pushed up the glasses on his nose: "I think after experiencing a bad first half of the season, the players on this team are fragile, and they need encouragement more than criticism."

Viviani has worked with Rhea for many years, but he also has to admit that Mazzarri is indeed better than Rhea in handling locker room relations. In Naples today, Mazzarri has a good relationship with most of the players. They seem to be like friends, not like a relationship between a coach and a player. Rhea is a typical coach. He handles player relations according to the same old rules, which will naturally make the players of the new era feel awkward and uncomfortable. It is normal for the two to have conflicting ideas...

Viviani always believes that Napoli is not weak. If the two-half season is not affected by many non-football factors, such as the relationship between the players and Rhea, and the conflicts between the players in the locker room... Naples will definitely It would not be reduced to the current situation.

But after working with Mazzarri for more than two months, he regained his confidence.

Naples may really improve under the leadership of this person.

In the past, he was also very dissatisfied with the club president's dismissal of Rhea, but now, he has acquiesced to the fact that Mazzarri is more suitable for Naples than Rhea...

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When the Naples players walked onto the court again, it was not just them who took a fifteen-minute break, but also the Palermo fans in the stands. They roared loudly again, reminding Naples that we are ahead of you at home!

They wanted to use this to put pressure on the Naples players, but it was obvious that their actions no longer worked on the Naples players.

Chen Yingxiong and Arshavin stood in the center circle, waiting for the kick-off - they kicked off the second half. Palermo kicked off the first half, and they carefully planned to make full use of their advantage of kicking off first, and scored in just two minutes...

Chen Yingxiong imagined Palermo's goal from a distance, but it is still empty.

The home team was "showing their big name" and did not come out, but the Naples players, whose blood had not yet cooled down, came out in advance excitedly.

Seeing Chen Yingxiong staring at the goal and frowning, Arshavin asked curiously: "What are you thinking about, hero?"

Chen Yingxiong glanced at Arshavin and then looked over again. "I'm thinking... What do you think, when the second half kicks off, I shoot directly from here...?"