Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 294 A New Target
Naples, ranked sixth in the league, defeated AC Milan, ranked fifth in the league. The most intuitive result is that Naples became fifth in the league, while AC Milan fell to sixth in the league.

Naples can be regarded as stepping on the corpse of AC Milan to consolidate their qualifications to participate in the UEFA Cup next season.

And Naples fans also found that they are only four points away from Genoa, which is fourth in the league.

This is not an insurmountable moat, but a four point that can bring them endless hope!
Two games!In just two games, they may be able to surpass Genoa and embark on No.4, which symbolizes the UEFA Champions League!

This reality makes Naples fans crazy.

"Why can't we go to the Champions League next season?" Many fans asked such rhetorical questions.

Similarly, the local media in Naples are also asking Mazari such a question.

And this issue is also something that Naples coach Mazari has seriously considered.

The Champions League is obviously more attractive than the UEFA Cup.

If you simply compare, everyone will of course choose to go to the Champions League instead of the UEFA Cup.Generally speaking, there is nothing to consider, and there is no need to hesitate.

But what Mazari thinks is-going to the Champions League, is Naples ready?

This season, the team finally qualified for the UEFA Cup through the Toto Cup, but the team's performance in the UEFA Cup is obvious to all-a mess.

It gives people the feeling that Naples is completely unprepared to go for a walk in the European arena. They were defeated and defeated. They have not been to the European arena for many years. Unexpectedly, in these years of their sinking, the level of the European arena has been lowered. They have undergone earth-shaking changes, and they are no longer what they were when they won the UEFA Cup.

Originally, according to Mazari's plan, it was to play the UEFA Cup for another season, use the UEFA Cup to train the team, let them feel the atmosphere of the current European war, and have a personal experience of the level of the European war.

He does not require the team to achieve any good results in the UEFA Cup next season, but at least it must be able to enter the knockout stage.Then try to get into the top four in the domestic league and qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

In this way, the teams that have undergone the baptism of the UEFA Cup can avoid becoming the target of the same group of teams competing for slaughter and scoring goals in the Champions Cup.

At this moment, he received a call from his boss De Laurentiis.

Mazzarri has not been in touch with the club owner for a long time since he met the owner when he signed the contract. The film mogul is always busy, and he is more used to contacting the general manager of the team, Marino, to report on his work. .

"I read the recent newspaper. Do you have any thoughts, Walter?" The boss cut to the chase without any pleasantries. This was the first sentence he said when he got on the phone.

"Uh...my original plan was the UEFA Cup..." Mazzari faced the boss and confessed his deepest thoughts.

After hearing Mazari's plans, De Laurentiis said: "But the team now has the hope of qualifying for the Champions League."

"After all, we have to wait until the end of the season to find out, Mr. Laurentiis."

Mazari thought to himself that this boss really doesn't understand football. How can he think that he can qualify for the Champions League when he sees that the ranking is close now?

As a result, what De Laurentiis said made Mazari almost break out in a cold sweat.

"Well, I don't know much about football, Walter. But I think that no matter what you do, there are always similarities - for example, when I want to make a movie with a box office of 5000 million, I always give everyone a plan. A plan to make hundreds of millions at the box office. So that even if we fail in the end, we can achieve a result that is slightly better than 5000 million, and if we accidentally...succeed, then...hahaha, you know what I mean ?”

Mazari is no fool, he knows exactly what his boss means.

"Yes, I understand, Mr. Laurentiis." He was still a little scared, the first sentence of De Laurentiis seemed to be nothing, but he always felt that the moody boss knew that he was thinking about him in his heart Express disdain...

"Very well, then let me hear what you think about Champions League qualification?"

So Mazari expressed his concerns about the Champions League again.

"Well, if the team can qualify for the Champions League next season, who do you want to buy, make a list for me, and I will try my best to satisfy you and make our team ready. What do you think?" De. asked Laurentiis.

Mazari opened his mouth wide, he didn't expect that he would get such a promise in the end.

Naples is notoriously stingy financially, which can be seen from their "salary cap" regulations. Except for Chen Yingxiong and Arshavin, the current salary level of the entire team is only 140 million euros. Hundreds of thousands of euros.The head star of a team like Ravizi was rejected by the boss even if he wanted to raise his salary, let alone other people.

But today the boss showed such generosity, which surprised him very much.

"What do you think, Walter?" De Laurentiis asked again.

"Ah... ah, this... this, I think... I don't have any problems, Mr. Laurentiis!"

Mazari feels that if the boss is really willing to meet his requirements in the transfer market, then even if it is really a high-income Champions League, Naples and himself may not have the strength to make a breakthrough...

"Very good, so now you can lead the team to qualify for the Champions League with one heart and one mind?"

"Yes, the team's goal now is the Champions League!"

After Mazari hung up the boss's phone call, his first thought was not to lead the team to the Champions League, but...he was already thinking about which players he would attack this summer.

He took over halfway this season, and he doesn't know enough about the team's situation. Due to the limitations of the team's existing personnel, he can't give full play to his abilities.But next season will be different, he can start to participate in the construction of the team from the summer.He can give a list of players according to his own tactical concept, and then discuss with Marino, let him make full use of the money given by the boss to bring these people to the San Paolo Stadium.

For example, he does not intend to continue to use the risky 343, he plans to use a more secure 433, so that the defense is guaranteed, so he needs full backs.Ravizi must be sold, this guy is not conducive to team unity, so he also needs a striker...

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When Mazari rushed to find Marino to talk about his vision for next season, Marino's reaction made him feel a little disappointed.

"What you said is very good, Walter, but have you considered the team's salary issue? Our team can continue to make profits, relying on strict control of the team's salary. Under such circumstances, if you want to attract those players Joining is a very difficult thing.”

"But the boss just told me that he will increase investment..." Mazari felt that the general manager's worry was unnecessary.

"Walter, Walter..." Marino shook his head. "Don't you know that our boss is notoriously 'moody'? He keeps changing his mind. Maybe you'll get a call from him tomorrow morning telling him he drank too much yesterday and asked You'd better forget what he said to you yesterday..."

Mazari frowned and left Marino's office. He always felt that his boss shouldn't be such an unreasonable person, right?No matter how moody he is, he shouldn't play tricks on this kind of team's big goal.

However, Marino and De Laurentiis have indeed worked together longer than him. Maybe his boss is really like this?

Forget it, stop thinking about it.

Mazari feels that he is a head coach after all, and the management of the team is not his job.

He decided that no matter what the boss thinks, it is always right to work hard to bring the team to the Champions League. After all, this is his own record.

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"Okay, guys. Now we have to revise our goals." As the new day's practice began, Mazari called the players to gather around him, and he had something to say.

"I know that the local media is also talking about this recently, so everyone should know what it is. What I want to tell you now is-from now on we are no longer pursuing UEFA Cup qualification, but European football. Champions League!"

Someone in the team whistled, and someone else exclaimed.More people stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what they heard.

"Yes, don't be too surprised. Now that we are so close to fourth in the league, why can't we work hard?"

Chen Yingxiong smiled happily.

Individual goals and collective goals coincide.

"So from now on, you have to pay more in training than before! Let's go to the Champions League next season to see!"

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The higher goal than the UEFA Cup did not make the Naples players quit, but inspired their fighting spirit.

In the No.30 round of the league, Naples beat Sampdoria 3:2 in an away game.This is a very difficult game, and Naples finally won. It cannot but be said that it is the goal of going to the Champions League that inspired the Naples players.

However, since Genoa also won, they beat Reggina 1-0 away.

No.30一轮，那不勒斯主场1:0击败亚特兰大，同时热那亚则3:2击败了尤文图斯。一直到No.804分钟之前，热那亚都在主场2:1领先尤文图斯的。No.804分钟亚昆塔帮助尤文图斯扳平了比分。

This is a good opportunity for Naples to close the points gap with Genoa.

Who would have thought that after only 4 minutes, Genoa relied on Raffaele_Palladino's goal to beat Juventus.

Naples is still No.5.

Maybe Chen Yingxiong was too excited in the game against AC Milan. In the next two games, he failed to score a goal.

The last time he failed to score for more than two consecutive rounds was before the match against Rome. They lost 17:0 to Turin in the No.1 round of the league, and tied Catania 18:0 in the No.0 round. No.19 In the round of 1:2 loss to Chievo, in these three games, Chen Yingxiong failed to score a goal.

But he seems to have just accumulated the goals of these three games and exploded in the fourth game, followed by his amazing four goals in the game against Rome.

(End of this chapter)