Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 64 Battle Against AC Milan Again (Second Update Guaranteed)

Chapter 64: Battle against AC Milan again (Second update with guarantee)

Chen Yingxiong didn't have time to learn more nutrients and experience from Inzaghi, and then use them on Inzaghi's old club.

He has just trained under Inzaghi for one night and has to go to the battlefield. He has not even scratched the surface, so don't expect him to apply much of what Inzaghi said to the actual game. .

Chen Yingxiong also knows that this thing is no better than sharpening a gun in battle and cannot be counted on.

Therefore, in the game against AC Milan, no matter how the opponent studies him, he still has to use his current best weapon to fight.

On October 28, in the tenth round of the league, Naples welcomed AC Milan at home.

The last time the two sides met was in the 29th round of the league last season, when Naples faced AC Milan at home.

Before that game, someone shouted the slogan that AC Milan was here for revenge. As a result, the revenge was not avenged, and AC Milan lost 1:3 in the away game. The old hatred was not settled, but a new one was added.

This game has a very special meaning for Chen Yingxiong, because it was in that game that he won the confrontation with Maldini. Chen Yingxiong got Maldini in the training copy. These days, he always Training with Maldini has improved his own strength, and Maldini has contributed a lot to it.

Now when the two sides meet again, AC Milan no longer has Maldini in the team. If AC Milan fans were to know that their team came to their own copy and became their teammates... I don't know how they would feel.

This season, AC Milan's strength has declined slightly compared to before. Their legendary captain Maldini retired, and their once proud and core Kaka was sold to Real Madrid for 65 million euros. . As for the players who were added... they obviously can't be compared to those who were lost.

After nine rounds of league play in the new season, AC Milan's results are four wins, three draws, two losses, and a few more draws. Among the lost games, one of the most demoralizing games was the Milan derby in the second round of the league. They were defeated 4:0 by Mourinho's Inter Milan at their home court. AC Milan's head coach, Brazilian Leonardo, has created a number of shameful records: This is AC Milan's most painful defeat in any official competition since losing 0:5 to Roma on May 3, 1998. AC Milan also ended the record of scoring in 30 consecutive official games at home and 31 consecutive Serie A games. It was the first time since the 0:0 draw with Juventus in December 2007 that AC Milan failed to score in the league. At the same time, this was the biggest defeat in the Milan derby in the past 35 years, and the biggest defeat in the league for AC Milan in the past 11 years.

Mourinho stepped on Leonardo's corpse and embarked on the road to victory. After the game, he proudly declared that this was the Inter Milan he wanted. He said that he was more confident in competing for the Champions League. Leonardo, the new coach of his city rival AC Milan, is in great suffering.

Since then, Leonardo and his team have been in an unstable running-in period.

Performances and results were up and down, with even the likes of Livorno, Bari and Atalanta unable to win.

It was not until the last game that they achieved their first consecutive victory of the season - after defeating Roma and Chievo, Leonardo's Rossoneri finally achieved two consecutive victories. With this victory, their league position climbed to eighth in the league.

In sharp contrast to them is their city rival, Inter Milan, who under the leadership of Mourinho has eight wins and one loss, with 24 points, sits atop the league and has been unbeatable all the way. Juventus, who are second in the league, are five points behind them.

It can be said that from the first round of the league, Inter Milan's strength has been unstoppable. If it weren't for the stubborn and crazy Naples, Mourinho's team would be even more terrifying if they had the ability to win all nine games.

Therefore, under such circumstances, it was not easy for Naples to defeat Inter Milan 2:1 on the road. After that game, except Gazzetta dello Sport, almost the entire Italian media was singing praises for Naples, praising Mazzarri as the coach who surpassed Mourinho. It was as if after winning a game, Mazzarri led Naples to vent his anger on the entire Italian football.

But in fact, this is also the case. After the outspoken Mourinho came to Italy, he quickly offended his Italian colleagues, and almost everyone hated him. His disdain for Italian coaches is very obvious, so Mazzarri was able to win the confrontation with Mourinho, which can be regarded as a breath of relief for Italian football.

It's a pity that Naples' performance is more unstable. When it's good, it can beat Inter Milan on the road, but when it's bad, any team dares to lose. Their lack of experience in two-front operations is their bottleneck. Otherwise, they can completely attack Inter Milan in the standings, not only defeating Inter Milan in one game, but also trying to defeat Inter Milan in a season.

However, if you want to continue to pose a threat to Inter Milan throughout a season, you cannot lose some games casually like now.

Take this game as an example. AC Milan has won two consecutive games. It seems that Leonardo and his disciples have finished running in. The team's performance is improving and is full of hope.

And what about Naples? They just lost to Fiorentina 0:1 in an away game, falling from sixth to seventh in the league and suffering a setback.

One goes up and the other goes down. In terms of development momentum, AC Milan has the advantage.

But even AC Milan themselves dare not take it lightly.

The reason is simple - this game is Napoli's home court.

How scary is Naples' home court? There is a data that can illustrate some problems. The league has played nine rounds this season, and Naples has played four home games, winning three and drawing one to remain unbeaten. There were three rounds of the Champions League group stage, and Naples defeated Lyon and Zenit St. Petersburg at two home games, winning all at home.

Any team that comes to the Sao Paulo Stadium to play will be impressed by the crazy atmosphere here. After the game, Lyon players talked about the home atmosphere in Sao Paulo in an interview: "...I have to say, it was really terrible! They (Naples fans) never seem to know how to get tired, as if they Not people, but machines..."

Lyon's head coach Puel also admitted that the team's poor performance in the first half was entirely because the players were disturbed by the fans and were unable to enter the state: "...the performance of the Naples fans made my players Affected, they were distracted and cared too much about the fans. But in fact, apart from shouting louder, those fans are unlikely to jump down from the stands and punch you, so there is nothing to worry about..."

There is another statistic that illustrates how fanatical Naples fans are - the average attendance at Naples' home games last season was 40,797, ranking fourth in Italy, trailing only Inter Milan and AC Milan. and Rome, also ranked among the top thirty in Europe. Naples has extremely loyal fans. When it was still in the C1 League, a total of 51,000 fans came to cheer for the team in the final game of the league, setting a historical record at this level. Last season's home game against Juventus was the game where Chen Yingxiong scored his first Serie A goal. A total of 58,666 fans poured into the stadium.

The number of fans who go to away games may be more indicative of the fans' loyalty - in last season's away game against Bologna, as many as 15,000 fans followed the team on the trip, which was a huge momentum.

With such loyal fans, Naples' home stadium, San Paolo Stadium, is indeed a difficult stadium to conquer for many visiting teams...

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"If we can beat Inter Milan away from home, why can't we beat another team from Milan at home?"

This is not what anyone said, it is a sentence posted in the home team's dressing room at the St. Paul's Stadium.

Mazzarri posted it himself.

Every Naples player who walks into this locker room can see this sentence when he looks up.

Mazzarri used this method to encourage the players and told them that it was not difficult to defeat AC Milan.

Yes, for Naples, maybe they will have doubts about winning when they face Inter Milan on the road, but they returned to the Sao Paulo Stadium they are most familiar with, and the Naples fans cheered loudly. , they never have any doubts.

The one who should be in doubt is the away team!

Chen Yingxiong was sitting under this slogan. Next to him were his good friends Arshavin and Cassano. Cassano spent a two-game suspension in this game and is now able to return to the competition.

His comeback is definitely good news for Naples.

Against AC Milan, Cassano is an important player.

AC Milan's starting center back combination for this game is Thiago Silva and Nesta, which is AC Milan's main center back partnership this season.

Thiago Silva was signed by AC Milan in December last year. At that time, due to Serie A's quota limit of only two non-EU players joining each season, he was not able to truly sign until July 1 this year. Join the team and get the opportunity to play for AC Milan.

Relying on his outstanding performance, he became the team's main central defender as soon as he came to the team, occupying a heel in the defense.

The central defender combination in this game is new for Chen Yingxiong. He played against AC Milan twice last season. Unfortunately, Nesta did not play in these two games. The first time he faced Milan The central defenders were Kaladze and Senderos, and the second time he faced Kaladze and Maldini.

He has only heard about Nesta's power, but has never experienced it personally. Thiago Silva is even new to Serie A.

Chen Yingxiong lacks understanding of the two central defenders.

But he doesn't care. Understanding the opponent is what defenders need to do - Chen Yingxiong has always thought this way.

Nesta and Thiago Silva, after playing against each other once, you will know what kind of central defenders they are!

You have to rely on your own body to gain experience! Instead of listening to what others say, just like he learned from Inzaghi in copies again and again and accumulated experience.

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