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Chapter 269

Chapter 269 The Second Round

The game is about to start.

The San Paolo Stadium in Naples is already overcrowded.

The guards kept order.

Because the fans here are crazy too.

Wang Yi walked into the field. Today's starting game is a little different from the first game, that is, Kroos' position was replaced by James.

Kroos did not start for the second consecutive Champions League game.

Wang Yi didn't know Zidane's intentions either.

However, he is the coach, and he can use whoever he says.

After the game starts.

Naples played at home very actively.

On the sidelines, Sarri frowned.

Speaking of Sarri is also a very interesting coach.

Sarri was born in Naples, the son of a worker for an Italian steel company.Sarri worked as a bank clerk when he was young and had no professional football experience. In 1980, Sarri entered the Siena Bank to work. At the same time, he began to learn how to coach as an amateur. In 2000, Sarri officially resigned from his bank job and began to devote himself to the career of football coaching.

He is one of the few coaches among the top team coaches in the five major leagues who has no professional player experience.

This is really too rare.

You must know that professional coaching is not a wide-ranging profession at all, and retired players are often the first choice.

Well-known players often have more coaching opportunities after retirement. It is possible that your ability is not better than another person, but if you have a good playing career, then you can get a lot of coaching opportunities.

Or have been engaged in football.

For example, Mourinho is familiar with the operation of the team.

But like Sarri, he learned to coach from an amateur.

In 2000, Sarri began to coach Sansovino, the sixth-tier Italian team.During his coaching period, he prepared 33 sets of set-piece offensive plans for the team, so he won the nickname "Master of 33".Since then, he has coached Pescara, Arezzo, Avellino, Verona, Perugia and other teams.

I have to say that as a layman, I can get to where I am today and coach a top team in Serie A, which is very powerful. Many footballers who have been in the football circle for many years have not been able to coach such a top team. .

But to say that he is a layman is more of a label attached to him by the media. It is right to say that he is not a professional player, but it is definitely wrong to say that he does not know anything about football or that he is a pure amateur.

Because, their amateurs received youth training from a young age, played until the U19 failed to enter Fiorentina, and then played in low-level leagues.Although Italy's low-level leagues are indeed amateur leagues, and Sarri is not considered a professional player, he has also experienced all of this.

So Sarri has his strengths.

Leading Naples is also a good result.

The team coached by Sarri has always paid attention to ground coordination and played very well.

When coaching Naples, he created Jorginho + Coulibaly as the axis of possession and conduction in the backcourt, and Mertens + Insigne + Callejon in the frontcourt of the "three dead" Pressing, lots of goals, exciting and fun games.

Coulibaly has both explosive physical fitness and flexible passing ability. He can protect the ball while suddenly sending a straight pass forward to Jorginho who ran out of space.Jorginho can guarantee a super high pass success rate and immediately distribute the ball to his teammates around him. Hamsik, Zelinski and others establish contact with Mertens, who is full of fake No. 9 abilities, and the ball will run. frontcourt.

This vertical advancement process is fast, direct, and smooth. The media called it "Sarri-ball" and praised it as "a more vertical and deeper tiki-taka."

So before the first round of the game, many Italian media were actually very optimistic about Sarri's Naples and Real Madrid playing an offensive game.

And think Napoli might do well at home.

Zidane did watch a lot of Naples home game video.

Therefore, in today's game, Zidane chose to avoid his edge. Naples is the backward side and must come out to attack. Real Madrid just wait for a counterattack.

To talk about Real Madrid's counterattack, it is currently the two wings of the first level in Europe.

However, Zidane is still a bit regretful that Benzema's finishing ability is really a bit poor.

But this is just a pity. Zidane doesn't think there is another center on the market that can satisfy his lineup system. In fact, it is very simple. The one who can cooperate with these two wings is Benzema in the world.

Today, Benzema seems to be pulling his hips as always. In terms of shooting, it is basically difficult for Benzema to pull his hips in other aspects.

An opportunity was missed in the opening game.

Benzema himself was annoyed and chattered endlessly.

Ronaldo comforted him.

After all, we are ahead now, so don't worry.

However, in the 30 minutes of the first half, Mertens snatched the ball from James' feet in the middle and drove straight in.

The three crossed and passed the ball to each other. Finally, Callejon received the ball on the right side of the penalty area and pushed the far corner.

"The goal is scored, 1 to 0, the total score is 3 to 2, if another goal is scored, the total score is 3 to 3, but Naples has an away goal, Real Madrid should cheer up."

All of a sudden, Zidane's hairs stood on end on the sidelines.

He stood on the sidelines and watched the field.

And this goal was like a bloodbath for the Naples team.

Napoli ran wild throughout the first half.

At 44 minutes, they were extremely close to their second goal.

It was Mertens who was at the top of the arc in the penalty area again, and suddenly made a horizontal move, exerting force fiercely.

Navas was blocked by his teammates in front of him and didn't make any moves to catch the ball, but the ball deviated slightly and hit the goal post.Bounced into the restricted area.

And Ramos has quick eyes and quick feet, and he drove directly out of the sideline.

Foul ball.

The opponent has not yet given a corner kick.

Zidane was in a cold sweat on the sidelines.

If another goal is scored by the opponent, or before the intermission, then this is the worst result.

Fortunately, luck is still on Real Madrid's side.

After the throw-in, Real Madrid grabbed the ball.

In the end, three passes and two falls.

Before the pass reached the frontcourt, the halftime whistle sounded.

Go back to the locker room.

Zidane issued some instructions on how to fight in the second half.

Then everyone is resting.

The second half has just started.

Real Madrid has also begun to speed up and cannot sit still.

With such a gap of one goal, how to prevent the opponent from scoring again, the simple answer is to attack.

Play against opponents at home in Naples.

At the very beginning of the second half, Real Madrid's offensive line was in full swing.

(End of this chapter)