Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 16 The Reserve Team Is More Popular than the First Team (Three Updates, Monthly Ticket!)

Chapter 16 The reserve team is more popular than the first team (three updates, monthly ticket!)

As the name suggests, the reserve team is where players who are temporarily unavailable to the first team and players who need to slowly find their form after recovering from injury stay.

Although they are in the reserve team, they are still with the first team during training, but they cannot play in games and have no status at all.

Most of the players who go to the reserve team are basically abandoned by the club. In order to prevent such people from being unable to play in the game for a long time, which will lead to a decline in form and competitive level, they are thrown to the reserve team and use the reserve team games to maintain their status. state.

It can be said that the reserve team is the trash can of the first team - players who are not wanted by the first team, but are too old to go to the youth team are all assigned to the reserve team.

Chen Yingxiong met some old teammates of the first team in the reserve team, such as Sarayeta. Due to his strength in the penalty area and his rarely injured physique, the poor Uruguayan striker always had difficulty getting any opportunities to play.

In addition, he also saw substitute goalkeeper Navarro.

The Argentine goalkeeper who had followed Lavezzi and Gargano against him and squeezed him out is now the only remaining member of the Argentine gang in the Naples team. Two of his teammates, Lavezzi and Gargano, have left the team, leaving him alone.

When he first joined Naples, he had no friends in the team. Lavezzi was the closest to him and often invited him to his home for dinner and play.

He also has the best relationship with Lavezzi.

But now that his best friend is gone, his status in the locker room has naturally declined. Moreover, as a substitute goalkeeper, he basically has no chance to play, so it is normal for him to be assigned to the reserve team.

He is already considering following the example of his two friends and seeking a transfer away from Napoli.

At this time, seeing Chen Yingxiong also come to the reserve team, he was still a little happy - it makes you arrogant! You are out of luck too!

But then he discovered a frustrating fact.

That is, although everyone is in the reserve team, there are differences. Obviously, he can't be compared with Chen Yingxiong. The head coach of the reserve team, Poterazzi, had a better attitude towards Chen Yingxiong, and other teammates also welcomed them. Because all fools know that Chen Yingxiong and the others will definitely return to the first team. At present, it is just a short-term punishment. How can it be compared with these losers who can't even play in the game?

Even if a dragon is trapped in the shallows, it is still a dragon. Even if a chicken can fly up a tree, it cannot become a phoenix.

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On July 17, after the physical adjustment training period, Naples played a local warm-up match with an Italian Serie C team. In this game, Chen Yingxiong, Arshavin, Hamsik, Sanchez, Maggio, Cassano and Santa Croce did not appear in the first-team squad.

There aren't even a few of them on the bench.

In this game, Mazzarri used some young players from the youth team to examine the level of Naples' youth training.

So where did these people go?

They were at the Naples reserve team's warm-up match...

So a very rare situation occurred - the warm-up match of the Naples first team attracted far less reporters than the warm-up match of the Naples reserve team...

The two games were not held at the same time on the same day, so there was no need for reporters to make a difficult decision. Even so, about 20 reporters came to the first-team warm-up game that was held first, and the reserve team game a day later More than fifty reporters came - excluding the dozen or so Chinese reporters who only focused on Chen Yingxiong, this number was still very impressive.

Why is there such a situation?

Because almost all of Naples' most popular stars are in the reserve team...

So the warm-up opponent of the Naples reserve team was completely tragic.

Sangiovannese's goal was blasted away by the Naples reserve team in the fifth minute.

The person who scored the goal was... Arshavin!

After receiving the pass from Chen Yingxiong, he entered the penalty area and scored with a low shot.

There was a huge cheer.

Not only did more reporters come, but more fans came to watch the game than in first-team games... The fans used their feet to show what kind of Naples player they preferred.

Although there was a conflict with football hooligans, the popularity of these Naples players was not affected because they beat up football hooligans that everyone hated, and besides, they were acting in legitimate defense...

Three minutes later, Naples reserves made a comeback.

Cassano dribbled in the middle. He showed off his exquisite footwork and skills, causing San Giovanni's players to rush forward in a swarm, trying to cut off the football at Cassano's feet by relying on the strength of their numbers. At this moment, what no one expected was that Cassano passed the ball!

He stabbed the football directly to Chen Yingxiong!

Chen Yingxiong caught the ball, turned around, and shot!

The football flew in from the right side of the goal...

The goal itself was nothing surprising, but the reporters in the stands were all wide-eyed.

What did they see?

They saw Cassano pass the football to Chen Yingxiong! !

During the game, Chen Yingxiong and Cassano formed a cooperation!

It seems that the news that they are friends is indeed true...

After scoring the goal, Chen Yingxiong turned around and pointed at Cassano who passed the ball to him. Cassano ran over and jumped high. Chen Yingxiong turned around and let him jump on him.

Cassano rode on Chen Yingxiong's back and celebrated the goal with Chen Yingxiong.

From this point of view, the relationship between the two of them is definitely closer than that of ordinary teammates...

"This is unbelievable!"

The reporters in the stands started talking after being shocked.

"Chen Yingxiong actually became friends with Cassano?"

"Is the end of the world coming soon?"

"It's not surprising, right? Judging from their personalities... they seem to get along quite well... both are insane, crazy, and mentally retarded!"

"Sure enough, geniuses are different from ordinary people like us. They have perverse personalities that are hard to fathom..."

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Since it is a reserve team, the number of players is originally smaller than that of the first team, so it is impossible for Portrazzi to use one lineup in the first half and another lineup in the second half like Mazzarri did. Therefore, the seven players assigned from the first team played almost the entire game.

They were not replaced one after another until the 78th minute.

This is a scene that is rare to see in a warm-up match.

In the warm-up match of the first team, even captain Paul Cannavaro only played for fifty minutes before being replaced, giving the opportunity to his teammates who were temporarily transferred from the youth team.

But in the reserve team, the seven members of the Naples Skittles can hone their chemistry during games.

In fact, this was also Mazzarri's arrangement.

When he decided to throw these seven people to the reserve team for reflection, he was thinking about how not to affect the team's preparations for the new season.

His instruction to Porterazzi was to try to arrange for all seven of them to play at the same time in the warm-up match, and the playing time should be as long as possible, so that they have enough time to maintain their condition and find a tacit understanding.

In particular, the cooperation between Cassano and Chen Yingxiong was what he focused on.

Therefore, in this warm-up match for the reserve team, head coach Mazzarri sat in the stands and watched the entire game. He is very satisfied with the performance of the seven players. Cassano is like a free man in the frontcourt. He can play in the middle or on the wing. The most important thing is that his foot skills are quite delicate and he can dribble and create by himself. Opportunities, but also the ability to make a fatal pass in the penalty area, which is very important.

Sanchez's breakthrough from the wing was indeed quite sharp. In terms of breakthrough ability, he is no less than Lavezzi who has left the team. Although his passing ability is still lacking, he is obedient and willing to practice! Unlike Lavezzi, who refused to be the passer assisting Chen Yingxiong even to death.

It doesn't matter if your passing skills are poor now, as long as you are willing to practice. Sanchez is only twenty years old, and his skills are far from finalized.

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In the end, thanks to the outstanding performance of these seven players who were demoted from the first team to the reserve team, the Naples reserve team defeated the San Giovanni team with a huge score of 15:1.

Chen Yingxiong scored five goals in the game, showing his excellent goalkeeper status. It seemed that whether he was fighting with teammates or football hooligans, it did not affect his status. On the battlefield, he was very vigorous. He's just as fierce on the court.

Cassano also had two goals and three assists. These three assists were evenly distributed, one to Chen Yingxiong, one to Arshavin, and the other to Sanchez.

Sanchez also performed well in the game, scoring one goal and two assists. His breakthrough on the wing was fully demonstrated. Now it seems that, considering Sanchez's age and his potential, the 20 million is not a loss.

As for the performance of several other people, they are also remarkable. Hamsik plays in the midfield and is the team's command tower. Arshavin's breakthrough on the wing is sharp. Not only that, he can also cut in and shoot, which is quite threatening. As the team's central defender, Santa Croce is also very solid defensively, and the goal conceded had nothing to do with him. As for Maggio, his performance in the full-back position is actually better than that in the full-midfield position...

Being banished to the reserve team did not make them sink. On the contrary, this group of people got together and seemed to have another motivation and worked very hard.

In fact, their motivation is very simple... to return to the first team!

No one wants to stay in the reserve team for a lifetime. As the main players of the first team, they are naturally not willing to hang out with those losers here.

This season, they have to participate in the Champions League. If they can't return to the first team, everything will be in vain.

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