Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 330 Qualifications for the Champions League
Sporting Lisbon has gone from bad to worse in the past two years. In Portugal, it is no longer able to compete with teams like Porto and Benfica, and the strength of the team is not as good as before.

From the current staffing in their team, it can be seen that the eyes are green and yellow...

But this time, after all, they are fighting in their own home court, so the momentum is like a rainbow.Champions League, who doesn't want to go?

Everyone wants to go.

Especially Sporting Lisbon, they participated in one more qualifying round than Naples. They worked hard from the third round to the fourth round of the qualifying round, and they were only one step away from entering the Champions League. How could they give up?
So no one was surprised when Lisbon scored first.

"Liedson! A very crisp follow-up outflank! Goal!!!"

"Sporting opened the scoring at home and they took the lead!"

"This is good news for Sporting Lisbon who want to qualify for the Champions League!!"

There was a huge cheer from the stands at the Alvalade Stadium as the Portuguese celebrated a goal.

It's a pity that the excitement of these Portuguese didn't last long, because Naples equalized the score after 10 minutes...

"Antonio Cassano... Cassano, Cassano - beautiful pass! He passed the football to Chen Yingxiong, Chen Yingxiong shot! The football was saved by goalkeeper Vladimir_Stojkovic ...followed by Arshavin! Beautiful - goal!! Goal!!"

The Trident cooperated for the first time in an official game and scored a goal.

Cassano launched an attack with the ball. After attracting the attention of the opponent, he passed the football to Chen Yingxiong. Chen Yingxiong shot after receiving the ball. Arshavin, who followed up in time, picked up the miss and succeeded in making up the empty goal.

Mazari on the coach's bench stood up from his seat with his arms raised high, and walked to the sidelines to celebrate the goal with his colleagues around him.

What he values ​​more is not the goal, but through this goal, he sees that the front trident is working well.

In fact, Naples' offensive tactics are very simple. Hamsik is responsible for controlling the rhythm and the connection between offense and defense. The specific offense is completed by Cassano, Chen Yingxiong, and Arshavin. How to change always revolves around the core of Chen Yingxiong, so that the team's offense will have direction.

What if the other party stares at Chen Yingxiong?It doesn't matter, whether it is Arshavin or Cassano, both have very good scoring ability. Although Cassano is a winger, he is more like a second forward in many cases.

Arshavin can also switch back and forth between wide crosses and inside shots without any problems.

Moreover, Chen Yingxiong has made great progress compared to when he just joined Naples last season. His ability to understand tactics has been greatly improved, and his skills at the feet are not the same as before.Mazari watched Chen Yingxiong grow up little by little. Sometimes he was surprised by Chen Yingxiong's growth speed, and felt that this kid really deserved to be a genius!
But how did he know that Chen Yingxiong grew up so fast because he had a copy, and at the same time, he paid an unimaginable price...

The trident combination formed by these three people is unpredictable, can be rigid or flexible, as long as it operates normally, its natural power will be free.

It's easy to target one person alone, but it's not easy to target three people together... There are not many teams in Europe that can do this.

Relying on such a trident, Mazari plans to go to the Champions League and wrestle with those giants.

From the current point of view, the team's defense may still have one or another problem, but the offense should be fine...

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Naples, which equalized the score, was full of momentum and continued to attack in the next game.

It looks like this is their home field.

Sporting Lisbon can only hold on.

They successfully defended the first half, neither side was able to score again, the score was 1:1.

But as soon as Naples came up in the second half, they stepped up their offensive. Mazari asked the two full-backs, Macho and Aronika, to actively insert assists.

This immediately put huge pressure on Sporting Lisbon's defense, dealing with Arshavin, Chen Yingxiong, Cassano and Hamsik has already made them very nervous...

No.608 minutes, Naples took the lead as they wished.

However, it was not center Chen Yingxiong who scored the goal, but Hamsik. He received the ball back from Cassano and took a long shot from outside the penalty area.

In this game, Chen Yingxiong had a few chances to score, but he didn't grasp it.

Chen Yingxiong's problem now is that he can't grasp the opportunity, and the ability to grasp the opportunity is still lacking.Regardless of how many goals he scores, it means that he has more opportunities. Whether it is in Zenit St. Petersburg or in Naples, the whole team revolves around him, and naturally there are more passes to him.

As a common problem of young players, he lacks experience, and at the same time, he is still a little impatient when facing the goal, so he will miss some seemingly good opportunities.

But he can often score some difficult goals...

Still, his scoring rate is already terrifying.What would he look like if he could rectify this shortcoming again, and his ability to seize opportunities in front of the door would become stronger and stronger as time went by?

It really makes people feel both scary and looking forward to it...

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Although taking the lead, Naples did not take away a victory from the away game.

At the critical moment, Sporting Lisbon exploded with great energy at their home court, and they equalized in the No.801 minute.

Then Mazari replaced Chen Yingxiong and Cassano, replaced by Sarajeta and Chigalini.He is already very satisfied with this score, and the away draw is a victory, not to mention his team also scored two away goals.

Neither side achieved anything.

2:2 ended the game.

For Naples, they have made a good start to their Champions League qualification.

Back at home, the pressure will be much lighter.It can even be said that Naples is only one step away from the Champions League.

All Naples was in a frenzy of passion, which lasted for several days.

It has been 19 years, and Naples has not participated in the Champions League. The last time they participated in the Champions League dates back to the 1990-1991 season in the Maradona era. In that season, Naples broke into the second round of the Champions League.But as Maradona was found to be taking drugs, Naples also collapsed.

He has not played in the Champions League since then.

The Naples fans have even forgotten that there is such a competition in Europe. The lively UEFA Champions League every year has nothing to do with them. They are two worlds.

But who wouldn't want to be on the biggest and best stage?
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Back in Naples, the team continues to prepare for the new season and also prepares for the second leg of the Champions League qualifying round.

There are still many problems to be solved, such as the team's defense problem. Ranocchia has just returned from injury, and his physical condition is not at his best. In addition, as a new player joining the team, his cooperation with his teammates is not tacit enough. .

Besides, Naples has insisted on the tactical system of three defenders for several years, and suddenly let them play four defenders and two central defenders. They are still not used to it...

These all need to be adjusted.

But no matter how you adjust, you have to win first.

And the Serie A league is about to start.

The new season of Serie A kicked off on August 22. Naples' first round of the league was on the evening of the 23rd. They challenged Palermo away.

Naples, who was concentrating on the Champions League qualifiers, seemed a little absent-minded in this game.In addition, Mazari deliberately carried out the rotation-the team will fight on multiple lines this season, he has to see if the rotation method works, and by the way, let these players adapt to the rotation in advance.

As a result, Naples lost 1:2 to Paramo in the away game.

The top scorer in the league last season, Chen Yingxiong, did not score because he did not start at all. He only got playing time in the last 10 minutes, but did not get a chance.

The first goal of the season was captain Paulo Cannavaro, who headed past Palermo from a corner.

The first time rotation was used, the team suffered a failure. It seems that the team is still very uncomfortable with rotation.

But it doesn't matter, everything must have a process of adaptation.The loss of this game will not shake Naples coach Mazzarri's determination to continue to experiment with rotation.Rotation is almost inevitable, because it is impossible for him to win the world with only one lineup.

The players adapt best, and they have to adapt if they don't.

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On August 26, Naples ushered in Sporting Lisbon at their home court.

For the Naples, there are only nine 10 minutes left before the Champions League match.But for Sporting Lisbon, this is their last chance to come back.

Despite the slim hope, they have to give it their all.

So this game has entered a fast pace from the very beginning.

You come and I go back and forth between the two sides.

The final score was fixed at 3:2. Naples' offensive power was stronger than the outside world thought, and their defense was weaker than the media commented.

Chen Yingxiong still didn't score a goal, but he had an assist.

Napoli's third goal came from his assist in the penalty area, and he passed the football to Cassano, who was in a better position than himself, without taking credit.

Cassano also scored his first official game goal since joining Naples.

But let Sporting Lisbon scored two goals in the away game, which still makes Mazari very angry.

In the press conference after the game, he said this: "Fortunately, we won. Fortunately, our offense is strong enough. Otherwise, I really can't imagine what this game will be like..."

After the game, the news media also said that although Naples successfully advanced to the Champions League, the process was too thrilling.

"...It was just two qualifying rounds, and Naples played ups and downs. Facing the mediocre Sporting Lisbon, they conceded a total of four goals. With such a defense, if they go to the Champions League, they don't know what to do. How much money is leaked. So I think it is a problem for Naples to qualify for the group..."

"The arrival of Ranocchia did not immediately change the problem of Naples' defense. He seemed a little rusty on the field. He was recovering from injuries in the first half of the year, and his condition still needs to be found slowly...Paul Cannavaro is alone, with a four-back system, Naples is a bit uncomfortable..."

The media are full of worried voices.

However, they have nothing wrong with Naples' offense. The only problem is that Chen Yingxiong hasn't scored yet.

But this is not uncommon, after all, Chen Yingxiong is such a characteristic-he will always burst out for a while, and then fall into an inexplicable scoring drought for a while.It is quite in line with the characteristics of young players who are not stable enough, have great ups and downs, full of explosive power, but lack of endurance...

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