Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 107 De Sanctis (First Update, Please Give Me a Guaranteed Monthly Ticket!)

Chapter 107 De Sanctis (First update, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket!)

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This is what Mazzarri thinks now. Although some fans shouted the slogan "We want the league championship" after the draw results came out, he knew very well that it could not represent the vast majority of Naples fans. More fans still want to watch The team performed well in the Champions League.

This is also supported by club president De Laurentiis. At last year's Christmas dinner, De Laurentiis gave a very expensive watch to head coach Mazzarri as a tradition for the club to celebrate the New Year. However, this is the most expensive gift given by the club president, even if it is given to the right person. Chen Yingxiong, who is called the "godson" by the media, is not so generous.

From this point, it can also be seen that Mazzarri has conquered the picky and demanding club president with his actual coaching results.

At that Christmas dinner, De Laurentiis sat next to Mazzarri most of the time, with their heads next to each other discussing the future of the team. They talked about a lot, including plans for the team next year.

Mazzarri told the club president that although the team drew Real Madrid as the opponent in the quarter-finals, he still wanted to give it a try, so he would focus on the Champions League in the first half of the year.

"...The factor that determines how much energy we put into the Champions League is how far we can go in the Champions League..." This is what he said to De Laurentiis.

The club president expressed satisfaction with his plan and told him that if he wanted to strengthen the team during the winter break, he could come to him and make a list. As long as the names on it were not too outrageous, he could do it. Bring it to him.

He has already given the list to the boss, it depends on how many the boss can fulfill...

The plan is to focus on the Champions League, so the domestic league has become a training ground for the Champions League, not to mention the Italian Cup...

Therefore, although the Italian Cup four days later was a battle between Naples and Juventus, Mazzarri had to resolutely give up.

For many Naples fans, this may be a game that cannot be lost no matter what, but Mazzarri thinks it is no big deal. No matter how great the hatred is, it must be divided into different situations.

So on January 14, in the fifth round of the Italian Cup, Naples challenged Juventus away. Mazzarri left almost all the main players at home and only brought a group of substitute players and second-line players to Turin. The final result can be imagined. They scored three goals in the away game, lost to Juventus 0:3, and were eliminated.

But this time no one criticized him. Except for a small number of Naples fans who were dissatisfied, most people did not take this game to their hearts.

Because, everyone knows that in order to prepare for the quarter-finals with Real Madrid, Mazzarri has already started preparing for the game from this time.

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Although they lost the Coppa Italia with Juventus, Naples fans still received good news - the team has new players joining!

The first name written by Mazzarri on the list - morgan_de_sanctis (morgan_de_sanctis) officially transferred to join the team.

He was transferred from Sevilla, and it was very cheap, costing the club only 1.7 million euros.

De Sanctis has been famous for a long time. He also joined Juventus in his early years, but he got very few performance opportunities in Turin and only played three games in two seasons. His career really began to flourish after he moved to Udinese, where he gradually grew into the team's main goalkeeper and was even called up to the Italian national team.

During his several seasons at Udinese, he became the best goalkeeper in Italy besides Buffon.

But Udinese was only a mid-level team, so in 2007 he turned to Sevilla, a strong team in La Liga. Those two years were Sevilla's most glorious years.

Unexpectedly, after going to Sevilla, he only played eight games before being abandoned by Sevilla. In the second season, he was loaned to the Turkish powerhouse Galatasaray.

Although he got 26 appearances in Galatasaray and Galatasaray also wanted to buy him, he has no intention of continuing to play in Turkey. He wants to return to Italy to play football. The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is imminent. , he hopes to use his performance to impress the national team coach Lippi and get back on the last train to the World Cup.

Italian football has a habit, that is, they only care about players who play in domestic leagues, because it is more convenient to examine them this way...

In the 09-10 season, he returned to Sevilla, but still couldn't get a chance to play.

Of course, Sevilla also wants to let him go, but only if he can be sold for a good price.

For this reason, they did not even register De Sanctis in the Champions League, fearing that his transfer would not be smooth for this reason.

However, the teams that were previously interested in DeSanctis all gave up the acquisition because they could not reach agreement on the price.

It was not until the end of 2009 that the Naples club intervened, and things turned around. In addition, the player De Sanctis himself was very determined to sell Sevilla at a lower price.

After some wrangling negotiations, Naples finally won the former Italy's No. 2 national goalkeeper.

His arrival can help Naples stabilize its defense.

In the first half of the season, Naples' defense was very unstable, often having problems, and there were almost no games without conceding a goal.

On the one hand, this is because Naples still needs a process of adapting to the four defenders. Ranocchia has just arrived and needs to get a feel for it.

On the other hand, it is naturally related to the low level of the goalkeeper.

Now Naples' main goalkeeper is Jezzo. He joined the team after Naples went bankrupt. He is considered a veteran, but his level is really limited. If it weren't for Naples' failure to find a suitable goalkeeper, he would have been on the bench long ago.

If Napoli wants to perform well in the Champions League, the goalkeeper position must be improved.

The arrival of De Sanctis has made up for Naples' last obvious shortcoming.

So Mazzarri seemed very happy that the club could bring De Sanctis: "Yes, I like Mogan very much. He is an excellent goalkeeper, and his arrival can help us concede a lot less goals. I am not Just kidding. If the team wants to go further, it needs a goalkeeper with experience and outstanding skills like Mogan." He said in an interview.

There is still one month before the start of the Champions League. It is just a good time to use this month to develop the tacit understanding between goalkeeper De Sanctis and the defense.

An excellent goalkeeper is not just as simple as being able to save many shots. There is also a very important quality that cannot be forgotten, and that is... commanding the defense. A goalkeeper who can command the defense will have a much easier time, because many offensive opportunities have been resolved by the excellent performance of the defense, and they cannot threaten the goalkeeper at all.

But if you are not familiar with your defenders at all, you will naturally not be able to direct the defense.

De Sanctis is Naples' only transfer during the winter break. For other players, it is either very difficult to bring them to the team at this time, or there are no suitable candidates in the transfer market. So Mazzarri thought, let's just do it. Anyway, the team's tacit understanding is good, and it's not impossible to conquer the world with just a group of players. Who to buy will be decided in the summer.

For now, just be careful not to get the main players injured.

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Chen Yingxiong is in a good mood recently, which can be seen from the smile on his face all day long. There are many reasons for his good mood. First of all, it has to do with the beautiful women around him.

He was extremely unaccustomed to the two days when Cabrera was not around, so he reflected on the past days. He found that he was a little cold towards Christian Cabrera. Although the other person was only his bodyguard in name, he actually did a lot of non-bodyguard work. And what about yourself? I usually have very little communication with her.

After the casino incident during the holiday, he discovered that Christine Cabrera, the all-round bodyguard who usually seemed very strong and capable, was just an ordinary woman who also had her own troubles that she couldn't solve.

He feels that maybe he should care more about the people around him?

So nowadays, he doesn't spend all his time in dungeons and nightclubs, but spends some time with Cabrera - of course, perhaps in Cabrera's view, it is actually Chen Yingxiong who asks him to do some things with him. ...something she found boring.

The second is related to the arrival of De Sanctis.

The team's strength has been strengthened with new reinforcements. This is of course a good thing. Because in one month, the team will challenge Real Madrid. As an ambitious player, of course I also hope that the club will be ambitious. A club that strengthens its strength at this time, rather than a club that sells off its heroes, is ambitious.

His original choice was right, which made Chen Yingxiong very happy.

Third, it has to do with winning awards.

Last December was the "Awards Ceremony" of world football. For a whole month, the most eye-catching news was the selection of various awards. But in fact, those are all worldwide selections, and in Italy, the grand prize ceremony of Italian football is in January.

That is the annual selection of the Italian Players Association, known as the "Oscar of Serie A".

This selection event is to select the best in Italian football in the past year: best player, best foreign aid, best coach, best defender, best goal, most loved player...

Because it is voted for by Serie A players, this award is very valuable - most of the votes received by the best come from their own opponents. Being recognized by your opponents is the highest praise.

And what about Chen Yingxiong?

Right on the shortlist for the best foreign aid.

In addition, the best player in Serie A is selected from the best local players and the best foreign players.

Therefore, he still has hope of winning last year's best player.