Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 262 The Legend of the North

Mazzarri's first game after taking office came two days after he became the head coach of Naples. The short time made it impossible for him to reshape the team's tactics according to his own ideas.So he followed Rhea's tactics and copied everything without changing anything.

He even made the players play as they had practiced before.

This disappointed Chen Yingxiong, who had high expectations for him at the beginning—if it is still the same as before, what's the point of replacing you as the head coach?It's better to let Rhea stay there, at least the door of Lao Tzu's house will not be blocked for several days...

As the saying goes, "changing hands is like changing knives", changing a new head coach seems to bring good luck.With no adjustments made, no changes to the starting lineup, Naples beat Siena 2-0 at home.

In fact, it's just because everyone wants to perform desperately, leave a good impression on the new head coach, and be able to occupy a favorable position in the heart of the head coach.

Chen Yingxiong worked very hard.He scored a goal in the game, still using corner kick tactics.Some Italian media have already nicknamed him "Mr. Corner". I don't know if this is irony or a different kind of compliment...

The other person who scored was Macho.

Ravizi started and played 75 minutes without scoring a single goal despite his efforts.

After this game, the team stopped the downward trend, but Mazari did not make any adjustments.

On December 16th, in the No.3 round of the league, Naples played against Lecce at home, and the score was 0:[-].

Chen Yingxiong scored in two consecutive rounds. This time his goal was finally not scored with a set kick, but a long shot from outside the penalty area.He seems to be taking turns showing his scoring weapons to the trusted coach. The last round of the league showed a header, and this round has become a long shot.

And his rival Ravizi in the front line continued to have no performance.

Ravizi is also anxious, he also wants to use his performance to impress the new head coach, but luck is not on his side...

In the game, he had a very good shot after breaking through, and the football hit the post and bounced off the baseline.

On December [-]th, Naples' last UEFA Cup group match, because before that, Naples with only one point had basically bid farewell to the UEFA Cup in advance, so Mazari did not waste the time of the main players in this game In terms of physical strength, he lined up a set of substitutes to play, and players who usually don't have much time on the court got the chance to play.

This Naples played fairly tenaciously, but after all, there was no hope of promotion, so in the end they still lost 0:1 at home to Metalist_Kharkiv.In this way, the UEFA Cup journey ended with one draw and three losses.

The trip to the European War, which had high expectations before, did not expect to have just begun and ended.

Although it was decided a long time ago, when they really bid farewell to Europe like this, many fans still felt sad.

This time, there was no cursing or booing at the St. Paul Stadium. The disturbance that had enveloped the St. Paul Stadium before disappeared, and only sadness remained here.

It is not only the fans of Naples who are sad, but also the players of Naples.

Many players even cried out.

Mazari could only comfort them one by one.

"Don't be sad, don't be sad. We'll come back next year!"

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On December 21, the last league game before the winter break of Serie A.Naples away to challenge the "Red Bull" Turin.

In this game, Mazari still did not make any adjustments to the team's starting lineup and tactics, so he led the team out.

He continued to use Rea's tactics and lineup for three consecutive games, which made everyone confused.Not only the media found it strange, but the players were also puzzled-could it be that Mazari found after research that only Rea's tactics are the most suitable for the current Naples team?So what is the difference between him coming and Rhea staying?
Or, is his ability to handle the relationship in the locker room better than Rhea?

But looking at it so far, I haven't found that he has taken any action against the conflict between Chen Yingxiong and the Argentine Gang...

In this confusion, Naples went on an away game, and then lost to Turin with a score of 0:1.A defeat ended the first half of Naples' 2008-2009 season.

The outside world doesn't know what Mazzarri is doing, only Mazzarri's colleagues, those coaches on his coaching staff in Naples know what the new head coach is doing.

He is repeatedly studying the videos of these games, and then comparing them with the player information he has.Sometimes he would discuss the tactics of Rhea with them, and then ask some questions.In addition, Arshavin, who is about to join the team during the winter break, and game videos are also on his desk.

Arshavin's characteristics are somewhat similar to Ravizi's, his position and role on the court, and his playing style are almost the same.

What was Ravizi going to do when he came?
In fact, from the very beginning, Mazari did not think that Ravizi was Chen Yingxiong's competitor, because the two positions were different.The breakup of Rea letting Ravizzi be the main force, in the final analysis, is because he does not have a good center, Sarajeta is unusable, Paul Sosa is old and his level is limited.

It stands to reason that the arrival of Chen Yingxiong should have helped Rhea solve this problem. Who would have thought that Rhea had already formed a fixed mindset, felt that the tactics had been honed into shape, and it was too risky to re-modify, so he still let Ravizi be the main force separate.However, Ravizi's shooting level is very average. His characteristics lie in his superb dribbling and sharp breakthroughs with speed, as well as crosses from the side.

Mazari believes that Ravizi's competitor should actually be Arshavin who will join the team in the second half of the season. His arrival will inevitably squeeze Ravizi's living space.

So at first he wondered why Ravizi had sex with Chen Yingxiong, but later he found out that Chen Yingxiong's attitude towards Maradona angered Ravizi, and the two had personal grievances.

There is no way...

Chen Yingxiong's performance in these few league games made Mazari quite satisfied. Although the overall tactics were not built around him, he was still able to score six goals, which is considered a very good result.Last season, Sarajeta played 22 times in his position and only scored four goals. Ravizi played 35 times and only scored eleven goals.From this point of view, this striker is really like what he said - especially capable of fighting and scoring goals.

He suddenly felt sorry for Rhea—with such a good card in his hand, why didn't he know how to use it?
Mazari observed four games, including three league games and one UEFA Cup group match. A brand new tactic has basically taken shape in his mind.

The next step is to use the winter break training camp to run the team.

He would suddenly change his tactics because, in a sense, this set of tactics is not much different from Reia's tactics. It can be said that he followed Reia's tactical thinking, but made key adjustments in some places.So don't worry about the players not being able to adapt, they are quite familiar with it.It can even be said that his tactics are a variant of Reya's tactics.

In the second half of the season, Mazari plans to let Naples play 343 instead, giving full play to the scoring ability of Chen Yingxiong, a high center forward who is "specially able to fight and score".

This also solves the problem of the coexistence of Arshavin and Ravizi.

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For Chen Yingxiong, the 2008-2009 Serie A season was a very hard and chaotic half season for him.

On the one hand, he had to work hard to adapt to the living environment in Italy, the diet, living habits, language, and the terrible traffic conditions in Naples.On the other hand, he has to work hard to adapt to the tactical characteristics of Italian football, allowing himself to run more in the game, so as not to allow opponents to easily stare at him.In addition, he has to fight against almost all the Naples media, most of the Italian media, the Naples fans, his stubborn head coach, and his teammates.

Fighting, fighting, fighting...

Under such circumstances, he still scored six league goals and one UEFA Cup goal.

In such a bad and chaotic half season, Chen Yingren suddenly found himself promoted to a level in December!
He ran to read the mission description, and it reminded him that he had completed two missions - "repeated Golden Boot" and "Mission Impossible".

He won the Russian Premier League Golden Boot in the 2008 season!
He really won the Russian Super League Golden Boot this season after only playing eleven league rounds!

Chen Yingxiong burst out laughing in front of the computer after seeing the notification that the two tasks were completed.

Arshavin also called him, and when he mentioned this matter, he was very happy, and told him the situation in Russia vividly.

In the summer of 2008, Chen Yingxiong moved to Naples, and his rival Pavlyuchenko in the league's top scorer list also moved to Sparta Moscow and went to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.So even though Pavlyuchenko scored well in the first half of the season, he also lost the chance to compete for the Golden Boot.Next, the entire Russian Super League will be watched as CSKA Moscow's Brazilian center Love begins to break out, chasing the lofty Chen Yingxiong.

A major theme in the second half of the Russian Super League season is that the media are all guessing whether Love can break Chen Yingxiong's goals and become the top scorer.

"You have become a benchmark for the top scorer, haha!" Arshavin laughed when he said this.

Chen Yingxiong also laughed, this feeling is really cool - he is high above, looking down on all living beings and climbing up like ants, he has the illusion of becoming a god.

Later, the St. Petersburg media came out, and almost the entire Russian media was encouraging the Brazilian, completely forgetting all the ridicule and discrimination they had made against the black man before.

The CSKA Moscow team is also helping Love to surpass Chen Yingxiong.For the Central Army, the name Chen Yingxiong is their eternal pain. If their teammates can destroy Chen Yingxiong's dream of winning the Golden Boot again, it will undoubtedly be a powerful counterattack.

So everyone watched as Love's goals continued to rise, getting closer to Chen Yingxiong's benchmark.

Finally stopped at No. 20 goals.In the last round of the league, Love tried his best, and CSKA Moscow also tried their best, but no goals were born.

When the final whistle of the game sounded, the commentator Yuri Petrov shouted: "He really did it! He really did it! Eleven rounds of the league took the top scorer in the league! 21 goals! 21 goals Goals! He scored 21 goals in [-] rounds of the league, and he accomplished something that no one could have even imagined before! It's incredible!!"

The "he" in Petrov's mouth is Chen Yingxiong.

Although in Italy, Chen Yingxiong encountered trouble, but in Russia, he is still a legend.After the season ended, the St. Petersburg media praised Chen Yingxiong as a "Northern Legend" belonging to St. Petersburg.

The 2008 season of the Russian Premier League has come to an end, and Chen Yingxiong's legend in Russia has also come to an end.

Next, it depends on whether he can write a legend of his own in Apennines...

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PS, Chen Yingxiong's epic mission in Russia has finally been completed, please wait and see, Chen Yingxiong will challenge the hell-level mission in Italy!

(End of this chapter)