Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 216 The Biggest Stunt of the Champions League (First Update, Please Vote for Me!)
Chapter 216 The biggest gimmick of the Champions League (first update, please vote for me!)
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Manchester United are no strangers to Napoli as they have already met twice in the group stages.
When they met in the group stage, they never thought they would have the chance to meet again in the semi-finals.
But that's fine, this saves a lot of information gathering and familiarity with the opponent.
Generally speaking, Manchester United is very familiar with Naples. They had already analyzed Naples when they played against them in the group stage. The only person who did not analyze it was the suspended Chen Yingxiong.
And there is no need to know much about Chen Yingxiong. If there are still people in Europe who don’t know enough about Chen Yingxiong, then he must have nothing to do with football.
Anyone who is engaged in the football industry or loves football is keeping a close eye on Chen Yingxiong.
In fact, since some time ago, there have been more and more inquiries about Chen Yingxiong.
If Bigang hadn't already known the truth of the matter from De Laurentiis in advance, I'm afraid he would have been carried away.
Because those teams that asked about the price include many world-renowned wealthy clubs. In Italy, Inter Milan has the strongest interest. In Spain, there have always been rumors that Mourinho admires Chen Yingxiong. He has repeatedly said that Real Madrid needs a center who can header and hold the ball in the penalty area. Isn't this just to encourage Real Madrid executives to buy Chen Yingxiong?
News from the Premier League is that Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, including Manchester City, are all interested in Chen Yingxiong.
As for the interest of those mid-range teams, there are even more, too many to mention.
Bigang's answer to the clubs who came to inquire about the price was always - "Heroes are not for sale in Naples!"
Be confident and confident.
In fact, he knows that the hero already belongs to Liverpool...
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Ferguson has studied Chen Yingxiong very deeply, and he also knows that this is a player who not only conforms to the characteristics of modern football, but also has the ability of a classical center. It is normal for such a player to score so many goals.
The characteristics of modern football require very high movement. In addition to scoring goals, the center also needs to shoulder other tasks. Chen Yingxiong can do these things. However, there is no shortage of centers that meet the requirements of modern football, but there are fewer and fewer people with the characteristics of classic centers...
The modern football center is represented by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He is tall and powerful, but he doesn't like to header the ball very much, or he is not good at heading the ball at all. Their skills at the feet are quite good, and their body is not considered. Strong, or physically strong but not fond of using the body, preferring to use technology to solve problems. Such a center does not like to always stay in the penalty area, but in front of the goal. They are very flexible in their movements and can be seen active in the center and on the wing.
However, the offensive ability of this type of center is generally poor.
Chen Yingxiong is completely different. He can move flexibly and has excellent technical support at his feet. At the same time, the most important thing is that he is physically strong and has excellent headers. He likes to move in front of the goal and is not afraid of strong midfielders. The defender works hard with his body and strength. No matter how many defensive players the opponent has, he will move forward bravely.
Such centers are becoming increasingly rare in modern football. Either he has excellent skills with his feet, but is not good at using his body, and always suffers from physical confrontations in the penalty area; or he has a strong body and good header ability, but his feet are unsightly.
If he hadn't already made up his mind to straighten Rooney, Ferguson might have really wanted to compete with other teams for heroes.
How should we deal with Chen Yingxiong after understanding him?
Ferguson carefully studied Chen Yingxiong's goals and found that most of them were headers, which means that Naples' tactics are still based on crosses from the wing.
So if you want to freeze Chen Yingxiong, you have to start with Naples as a whole.
To cut him off from the midfield and backcourt, it's best to isolate him.
However, any opponent would like to get this strategy, because more than one team has used this tactic to defeat Chen Yingxiong, so Naples must have a corresponding method. Judging from the game video, Naples' frontcourt offensive combination is very flexible in movement, obviously to prevent the opponent from cutting off the connection between them.
For example, Chen Yingxiong's hat trick against Inter Milan, the first goal was scored because Raul suddenly moved from the left to the right rib, and assisted Arshavin in a one-two. For the second goal, Chen Yingxiong took the initiative to move from the center to the back point, and then bypassed Inter Milan's defense and received a pass from his teammate. These are all the result of movement.
Ferguson feels that it may not be easy to simply cut off the connection between them. Most of the players in Naples' lineup have played together for three seasons and are very familiar with each other.
He thought it would be better not to take an unusual path.
Many teams are intimidated when they arrive at Naples' home stadium. They are intimidated by the name of Sao Paulo Stadium as "Hell's Home" and "Devil's Home". There are also referees who have come forward and said that everyone in Naples is a superman when they play in this stadium. .
So when every team comes here to play, the first thing to consider is defense and not conceding the ball. In other words, lose less and win less.
Even defending champions like Inter Milan had to be suppressed by the aura of the Sao Paulo Stadium. They completely put aside their face and insisted on defending, which once even caused great dissatisfaction among Inter Milan's own fans. As a result, they thought they had achieved a suitable result.
Unexpectedly, when they returned to the home court, they were swept by Naples 5:2. I didn't even show any shame in the away game, but when I returned to the home court, I waited for a 2:5 result. It was really ironic that the defending champion was eliminated in this way...
Ferguson definitely took a different approach.
This is because he has rich experience and has experienced all kinds of situations.
He knew that Mazzarri would definitely think that Manchester United would also choose a safe and defensive style of play in the away game. If the opponent defended, what would Naples do? Of course it's a wild attack. Naples is not afraid to defend, and defending will only make them more reckless, because the opponent's offensive is almost zero, which means that when Naples attacks, they don't need to worry about what is behind them, and they can just press forward with all their strength.
And Ferguson needs the power of Naples so that the large amount of space behind them can be exploited...
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The San Paolo Stadium was already full before the game even started. Naples fans paid great attention to this game.
Champions League semi-finals! Naples has never reached heights in its history!
Even Maradona was not able to lead the team to do so much. Now the media no longer talks about the "post-Maradona era", but instead calls it the "beyond Maradona era."
Don’t you understand the meaning of this?
But no one was angry at the media's naked confession. Many Naples fans thought carefully - what did the Maradona era bring to them? Two Serie A championships and a UEFA Cup championship were impressive achievements at the time, but looking back, they feel a bit... just like that.
Now that the UEFA Cup has been devalued, the previous league championship is not as difficult to win as it is today - today's league championship is basically monopolized by those powerful people, and there are countless shady stories. You, a southern team with no power and no background, dare to Want to win the championship? Go ahead and dream!
But now, not only in the league, Napoli remains in the lead and may win the league championship trophy. More importantly, the Champions League! Naples has never been able to win this championship, which symbolizes the highest honor in European football.
Today, Naples hopes to win the Champions League.
For this reason, many fans feel that today's Naples, not to mention surpassing it, is at least on par with Maradona's era...
Therefore, every home game in the Champions League is packed at the Sao Paulo Stadium. As the team goes further, the enthusiasm of the fans becomes higher.
This team has lived up to all their expectations and dreams.
There are even media and cultural figures who are trying every possible means to find various expressions and humanistic meanings for this team's current performance. Their rapid progress in the Champions League and their ability to defeat the powerful northern powers in the league have all been labeled as "defying power and challenging authority". They say this is the cry of a small person and the hard work of the grassroots. This is southern Italy. The struggle against the North is a touching football replica of "Young David challenging Goliath"...
In short, various hats have been put on their heads that make the Naples players confused.
In fact, today's Italy is no longer the Italy of Maradona's era. Although there are still differences between the south and the north, they are not that serious. They had never thought of these inexplicable humanistic concerns. They just want to win championships for themselves, win championships for the team, that's all.
But it has to be said that there is still a market for the so-called "humanistic care" speculated by cultural people and not the wishes of the parties involved. At least Naples fans are very proud of it.
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The game hasn't even started yet and the San Paolo Stadium is already full. The media gathered here from all over the world were very satisfied with the atmosphere at this home court.
"It looks like Manchester United are going to have a hard time at this stadium."
"If Naples wants to advance to the final, it must defeat Manchester United at home. This is very important... Of course, a 2:1 score will definitely not work. I don't think Manchester United will make the same mistake as Inter Milan..."
"What I'm more looking forward to is how Chen Yingxiong can perform in this game. In fact, as long as he can score goals, Naples can basically win..."
"The game between Real Madrid and Barcelona is tomorrow. I don't know what kind of pressure the hero can put on Messi in this game..."
The reporters who entered the media box were talking a lot. They were all happy to see the competition between Messi and Chen Yingxiong. In fact, the Champions League has been going on for fifty-six years, and there are only so many gimmicks. Especially after Platini came to power, it is nothing more than a showdown between teams with grievances. At first, everyone thought it was quite interesting - strong dialogue and fateful showdown!
Later, when there were more competitions like this, everyone gradually became a little tired of it.
It wasn't until this season that the shooter battle between Chen Yingxiong and Messi revived everyone's interest.
In European football, especially in the Champions League, there is rarely such naked competition.
This in itself is already very exciting, not to mention the process is so exciting. Chen Yingxiong, whom no one was optimistic about, unexpectedly tied Messi, the number one player in world football today, despite missing six group stage games...
For a moment, the onlookers were excited to watch.
This has also become the biggest stunt in the Champions League this season.