Volume 1: When a Male Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 127: Concentrate (First Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 127: Concentrate (first update, please vote for me)

It was Chen Yingxiong and Cassano who made Barcelona despise them. As a head coach, you can't expect to make a living by relying on such little tricks.

Therefore, if you want to compete with Barcelona in the away game, you have to work hard from both strategic and tactical aspects.

Strategically, it is what kind of goal Naples wants to achieve in the away game. Is it an away goal? Or victory? Or a draw? Or is it an acceptable failure?

The strategy must be determined first, and the tactics second.

Strategically speaking, to be honest, no matter how individual and arrogant Mazzarri is, he cannot be so arrogant as to say that he wants to defeat Barcelona at Camp Nou. Therefore, the goal he set for the team was a draw, if not an acceptable defeat.

The second is the away goal. Regardless of whether it is a draw or a defeat, if Naples can score, it will be better. Returning to their home court in the next round and holding an away goal will allow Naples to play more calmly and have more room for tactical maneuver.

After the strategy is determined, it’s time for tactics.

Facing a strong team, again on the road. Of course, it is impossible for Naples to choose to attack Barcelona at the Nou Camp, so there is no suspense that Naples will engage in defensive counterattacks.

The lineup was slightly adjusted from 433 to 4321. Mazzarri arranged three midfielders in the midfield to defend Barcelona. At the same time, the two wingers Cassano and Arshavin were moved inward, and Chen Yingxiong was alone at the top. Front. With this formation, it can be said that Naples has almost given up on the wings. The purpose of this is to compete with Barcelona in the middle of the midfield.

Of course, Barcelona has Xavi in ​​the middle, and Messi often cuts inside, but their wingers are equally powerful, so what should we do? Mazzarri's countermeasure is to open up the wings in the midfield, but when it comes to the 30-meter area, he will strictly guard against it.

There is a limit to how hard you can work on defense, because Naples is not good at defense, and even if they defend at Camp Nou, it is probably impossible not to concede the ball. So the solution to the problem still has to be on offense.

Naples has an extremely powerful offensive power. Chen Yingxiong, Arshavin, Hamsik and Cassano make up Naples' offensive lineup.

In the attack, Hamsik's position is slightly forward, protruding from the three defensive midfielders, becoming 4231.

In this way, he can give full play to his organizational characteristics.

Considering that he may be in a defensive posture most of the time, Mazzarri also asked Chen Yingxiong to actively retreat, meet his teammates, and maintain a reasonable distance from Hamsik, Arshavin and Cassano.

This retracement is not simply about turning around and running back, then turning around and running forward again. Therefore, this requires Chen Yingxiong's running ability to be relatively high. He must not only have the physical strength to run, but also be able to run to the correct position.

Fortunately, Chen Yingxiong has been practicing with Inzaghi for almost half a season, so he has some experience and can be regarded as a small success. They all showed up in normal games and training, so Mazzarri asked him to do this. Otherwise, he would definitely rather use the simplest and least technical style of play, which is to pass the ball directly to the frontcourt and let Chen Yingxiong use his head to fight for the top.

But now this tactic also makes full use of Chen Yingxiong's header advantage.

As we all know, Barcelona's defense is very bad at air defense. After Piqué came, they had some air defense strength.

But just relying on Piqué alone... is of no use. Besides, Piqué's strength is not heading the ball.

After carefully studying Piqué's game video, Mazzarri determined that if Naples wanted to score, they could make a fuss about heading the ball.

When preparing for this game, he asked Chen Yingxiong.

"Do you think you and Piquet are better at heading the ball..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Yingxiong said in a coaxing tone.

"It's totally exploded!"

Mazari grinned and froze.

"It's all over, hehe!" Chen Yingxiong raised his thumbs up and repeated it, still smiling.

"Okay, I get it..." Mazzarri admitted defeat.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with what Chen Yingxiong said, because Chen Yingxiong was really the best header player he had ever seen in his coaching career. Chen Yingxiong's ability to judge the landing point of the high ball, as well as the positioning of his body, as well as his jumping ability, heading skills, and impact in front of the goal, are all top-notch... no, super top-notch.

More importantly, after Chen Yingxiong jumped up, he could even see his ability to stay in the air, which is outstanding among NBA basketball players!

Having this ability means that he can hit the ball more easily than his opponents.

So according to Chen Yingxiong's characteristics, high balls have become one of Naples' main offensive methods.

Especially when the situation cannot be opened up, it is not ruled out that Cassano and Arshavin will be pulled to the side during the attack, and then pass the ball, allowing Chen Yingxiong to use his header to deal with Barcelona's defense.

I believe that Piquet will personally experience Chen Yingxiong’s header power by then...

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Piqué is experiencing it firsthand.

Naples' almost obsequious overtures to Barcelona before the game, whether it convinced Guardiola or not, at least the Barcelona players enjoyed it.

Barcelona was the well-deserved king of the European continent last season. Last year, they won six championships-domestic league, Copa del Rey, Champions League, European Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, and World Club Cup. Created an unprecedented "six crowns".

This is as high as a club can reach.

Barcelona players feel that they have dominated the world, and it is natural for other opponents to fear or praise them when they see them. So they didn't think there was anything wrong with Napoli's performance. Maybe they were just a little bit numb... But it doesn't matter, our ability to withstand it is pretty good.

So before the game, the Barcelona players at home were very relaxed and even joked that since Naples was so friendly to them, they might as well win a few fewer goals at home... Of course, this was really just a joke. When it comes to the pitch, Barcelona will not show mercy if they have the chance.

However, ten minutes into the game, from the current point of view, it seems that the question is whether Naples will be soft...

"Naples! Arshavin kicked the ball from the wing...again!"

In the attack, Arshavin and Cassano will still resume their role as wingers and pull to the wing to take the ball, just like what Arshavin is doing now.

As the commentator exclaimed, Arshavin kicked the football into the air before Abidal and flew straight to the goal!

And what about Chen Yingxiong?

Open your arms and fly along with the football!

Yes, it flew, not jumped.

Pi Kui jumped up with him, but was still pinned down by Chen Yingxiong.

In terms of jumping ability alone, Piquui is not as good as Chen Yingxiong.

"Damn it..." Seeing that the other person was above him again, Pi Kui was so angry!

This is already the second time that I have been pinned down by my opponent during a fight for the top!

The game had only started for ten minutes, and Napoli had already had a header chance before that. At that time, Chen Yingxiong pressured him to jump for the top, but the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

This time, it happened again, and he lost again...

"Header!"

With a loud shout from the commentator, Chen Yingxiong pushed the football towards the goal!

This time it was goalkeeper Valdes who saved the team. He flew up and lifted the football over the crossbar in a single chapter!

"Woo——!" There was a huge gasp in the stands, and the fans of the home team were frightened.

Chen Yingxiong landed on the ground, clenched his fists with both hands, and waved it in front of his chest, with an annoyed expression on his face.

At this moment, you can’t see that he has any flattery towards Barcelona at all…

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"This is Naples' second threatening goal within the first ten minutes! The first time also came from Chen Yingxiong's header! It seems that Naples is planning to make a fuss over the head..."

"After the game started, what was unexpected was that it was Napoli who had the dominant advantage... Their offense was quite sharp, especially in the air. Piqué was responsible for defending Chen Yingxiong, but judging from these two defenses, he I’m afraid it’s a bit difficult…”

The commentators all opened their eyes wide and exclaimed, unable to believe that this was what happened in the first ten minutes.

They thought that Barcelona would definitely establish an advantage from the beginning, firmly control the rhythm of the game in their own hands, and turn the football upside down. In this way, Naples can only run behind the Barcelona players.

In fact, this is what Barcelona did in other games. Especially at home.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of this game, the visiting team Naples took the lead, using simple and efficient offense to attack Barcelona's defense. At the same time, they increased their defense in the midfield, pressed Xavi, and sent De Jong to follow Messi every step of the way. , cutting him off from other Barcelona players.

In just ten minutes, it was Naples who had the advantage on the court.

At exactly ten minutes, the technical statistics of ball possession rate were displayed on the screen. Everyone was surprised to find that Napoli and Barcelona were evenly matched in terms of ball possession rate!

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Valdez jumped up after rolling around on the ground, spread his hands and shouted towards Pique: "Herad! Herad! Focus, the game has already started ten minutes!"

Piqua waved his hand at him: "I know, I know... damn it!" He muttered the last curse word without letting anyone else hear it.

Okay, maybe I really wasn't paying attention enough...

He raised his hands and patted his temples to wake himself up and focus.

Okay, kid, don't try to hit the football on my head next time!

In terms of height, the two people are almost the same. Chen Yingxiong is 1.93 meters and Pigui is 1.92 meters. However, in terms of weight, Chen Yingxiong has a clear advantage.

But Pikui didn't think this was the reason why he lost to Chen Yingxiong twice in a row.

Goalkeeper Valdez's words are the correct answer.

When I get serious... you'll be the one to watch!