Volume 1: Heroes Appear, People Pay Attention Chapter 58 New Target (First Update Guaranteed)

Chapter 58 New goal (first update guaranteed)

Naples, ranked sixth in the league, defeated AC Milan, ranked fifth in the league. The most intuitive result is that Naples became fifth in the league, while AC Milan fell to sixth in the league.

Naples has stepped on the corpse of AC Milan to consolidate its qualifications to participate in the UEFA Cup next season.

And Naples fans also discovered that they are only four points away from Genoa, which is fourth in the league.

This is not an insurmountable chasm, this is four points that can bring them endless hope!

Two games! In just two games, they may be able to surpass Genoa and step into the fourth place that symbolizes the UEFA Champions League!

This reality makes Naples fans crazy.

"Why can't we go to the Champions League next season?" Many fans asked this rhetorical question.

Similarly, local media in Naples are asking Mazzarri such questions.

This issue is also something that Naples head coach Mazzarri seriously considers.

The Champions League is obviously more attractive than the UEFA Cup.

If we simply compare, of course everyone will choose to go to the Champions League instead of the UEFA Cup. Generally speaking, this is nothing to think about and no need to hesitate.

But what Mazzarri was thinking about was - is Naples ready to go to the Champions League?

This season, the team finally qualified for the UEFA Cup through the Toto Cup, but the team's performance in the UEFA Cup was obvious to all - a mess.

It gave the impression that Naples was completely unprepared to go to the European arena. They were defeated and defeated. They had not been to the European arena for many years. Unexpectedly, during their years of decline, the level of the European arena had already improved. After earth-shaking changes, they are no longer what they were when they won the UEFA Cup.

Originally, Mazzarri's plan was to play another season of the UEFA Cup, using the UEFA Cup to train the team and let them feel the atmosphere of the current European war and have a first-hand experience of the level of the European war.

He does not require the team to achieve any good results in the UEFA Cup next season, but at least it must be able to enter the knockout stage. Then try your best to enter the top four in the domestic league and qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

In this way, teams that have passed the baptism of the UEFA Cup can avoid becoming the weaklings of the same group of teams in the Champions League and the targets of scoring points and improving goal difference.

At this time, he received a call from his boss De Laurentiis.

Mazzarri has not contacted the club owner for a long time since meeting the owner when signing the contract. The movie tycoon is always busy, and he is more accustomed to contacting the team's general manager Marino to report work. .

"I read the recent newspapers, do you have any thoughts, Walter?" The boss got straight to the point without any greetings. This was his first sentence after he answered the phone.

"Uh... my original plan was the UEFA Cup..." Mazzarri faced his boss and revealed his innermost thoughts.

After listening to Mazzarri's plan, De Laurentiis said: "But the team now hopes to qualify for the Champions League."

"After all, that's something we won't know until the end of the season, Mr. Laurentiis."

Mazzarri thought to himself that this boss really doesn't understand football. How can he think that he can qualify for the Champions League when he sees that the rankings are close?

As a result, De Laurentiis' words almost made Mazzarri break into a cold sweat.

"Well, I don't know much about football, Walter. But I think no matter what I do, there are always similarities - for example, when I want to make a movie with a box office of 50 million, I will always give it to everyone. Make a plan to achieve a box office of 100 million. This way, even if we fail in the end, we can still get a better result than 50 million, and if we accidentally... succeed, then... hahaha, you know me Do you mean it?"

Mazzarri was no fool, he knew exactly what his boss meant.

"Yes, I understand, Mr. Laurentiis." He was still a little scared. De Laurentiis's first words seemed to be nothing, but he always felt that the moody boss knew that he was treating him in his heart. Express disdain...

"Great, then let me hear what you think about qualifying for the Champions League?"

So Mazzarri expressed his concerns about the Champions League again.

"Let's do this, if the team can qualify for the Champions League next season, make a list for me who you want to buy, and I will try my best to satisfy you and prepare our team. What do you think?" De. Laurentiis asked.

Mazzarri opened his mouth wide. He didn't expect that he would get such a promise in the end.

Naples is famous for being stingy financially, which can be seen from their "salary cap" regulations. Except for Chen Yingxiong and Arshavin, the current salary level of the entire team is only 1.4 million euros, which is a lot. Everyone only has a few hundred thousand euros. A star player on a team like Lavezzi, let alone others, was rebuffed by his boss even if he wanted to raise his salary.

But today the boss was so generous, which surprised him.

"What do you think, Walter?" De Laurentiis asked again.

"Ah...ah, this...this, I think...I don't have any questions anymore, Mr. Laurentiis!"

Mazzarri feels that if the boss is really willing to meet his demands in the transfer market, then even if it is the Champions League where Lin is a high-income earner, Napoli and he may not have the strength to try it out...

"Very good, so now you can focus on leading the team to qualify for the Champions League, right?"

"Yes, the team's goal now is the Champions League!"

After Mazzarri hung up the phone with his boss, his first thought was not to lead the team to the Champions League, but... he was already thinking about which players he was going to target this summer.

He took over midway through this season and did not understand the team's situation well enough. Due to the limitations of the team's existing personnel, he was unable to give full play to his abilities. But next season will be different. He can participate in the team's construction starting from the summer. He can give a list of players according to his own tactical ideas, and then discuss with Marino to let him make full use of the money given by the boss to bring these people to the Sao Paulo Stadium.

For example, he does not plan to continue using the too risky 343. He plans to use the more reliable 433, which will ensure defense, so he needs full backs. Lavezzi must be sold. This guy is not conducive to team unity, so he also needs a forward...

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When Mazzarri excitedly went to Marino to talk about his ideas for next season, Marino's reaction made him feel a little disappointed.

"What you said is very good, Walter, but have you considered the team's salary issue? Our team's continuous profitability relies on strict control of the team's salary. Under such circumstances, if you want to attract those players Joining is a very difficult thing.”

"But the boss just told me that he would increase investment..." Mazzarri felt that the general manager's worries were unnecessary.

"Walter, Walter..." Marino shook his head. "Don't you know that our boss is notoriously moody? He's always changing his mind. Maybe you'll get a call from him tomorrow morning, telling him that he drank too much yesterday and asked You'd better forget what he said to you yesterday..."

Mazzarri frowned and left Marino's office. He always felt that his boss shouldn't be such a ruthless person, right? No matter how moody he is, he shouldn't be so playful with the team's overall policy.

However, Marino and De Laurentiis have indeed worked together longer than him. Maybe his boss is really like this?

Forget it, let’s not think about it for now.

Mazzarri feels that he is a head coach after all, and running the team is not his job.

He decided that no matter what the boss thought, it was always right to work hard to bring the team to the Champions League. After all, this was his record.

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"Okay, guys. Now we have to revise our goals." At the beginning of the new day's training, Mazzarri called for the players to gather around him. He had something to say.

"I know the local media are also talking about this matter recently, so everyone should know what this is. What I want to tell you now is - from now on, what we are pursuing is no longer the UEFA Cup qualification, but the European Cup. It’s the Champions League!”

Someone in the team whistled, and someone else exclaimed. More people stared wide-eyed and couldn't believe what they heard.

"Yes, don't be too surprised. Since we are so close to fourth in the league now, why can't we work hard?"

Chen Yingxiong smiled happily.

Individual goals and collective goals coincide.

"So from now on, you will work more in training than before! Let's go to the Champions League next season and see!"

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A goal higher than the UEFA Cup did not deter Naples players, but rather inspired their fighting spirit.

In the 30th round of the league, Napoli defeated Sampdoria 3:2 away from home. This was a very difficult game, but Naples finally won. It must be said that it was the goal of going to the Champions League that inspired the Naples players.

However, as Genoa also won, they defeated Reggina 1:0 away from home.

In the 31st round, Naples defeated Atalanta 1:0 at home, while Genoa defeated Juventus 3:2. Until the 84th minute, Genoa led Juventus 2:1 at home. In the 84th minute, Iaquinta helped Juventus equalize the score.

This is a good opportunity for Napoli to close the points gap with Genoa.

Who would have thought that after just four minutes, Genoa relied on Raffaele_Palladino's goal to beat Juventus.

Napoli remains fifth.

Chen Yingxiong may have been too excited in the game against AC Milan. In the next two games, he did not score a goal.

The last time he failed to score for more than two consecutive rounds was before the game against Roma. They lost to Turin 0:1 in the 17th round of the league, tied with Catania 0:0 in the 18th round, and drew 0:0 with Catania in the 19th round. In the first round, they lost to Chievo 1:2. In these three games, Chen Yingxiong did not score a goal.

But he seemed to have just accumulated the goals in these three games until he exploded in the fourth game, and then he performed an amazing four goals in the game against Roma.