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Chapter 200 Five Goals Victory
The next morning, Long Bisheng got up energetically. If anyone saw him when he woke up, he would never have thought that he had played four games in the first half month, let alone that he had just flown from Asia to Europe yesterday——looking at him, he looked like a professional player who had spent a month of stamina reserves and was at the peak of his stamina.

After washing up, he knocked on the door of his neighbor Chu Ran, and then took Chu Ran's car all the way to the training ground—he planned to run by himself, but found that he didn't know the way from the apartment to the club.

He and the yawning Chu Ran came to the training ground. Unsurprisingly, they were the first two to come. After jogging for half an hour, teammates gradually arrived on the training ground.

Long Bisheng greeted his teammates from last season one by one, and players kept coming up to greet him, asking how it felt to participate in the World Junior Championships——Long Bisheng was very popular in the team, especially after seeing him, Kalayo seemed very affectionate—the shooter liked the feeling when he was partnered with Long Bisheng.

After the players were basically assembled, captain Montevino introduced six new teammates to him. Since the start of the new season, Long Bisheng has not practiced with the team once. However, Sarajeta and Hamsik both know Long Bisheng. After all, they played against each other as opponents in Serie B games last season.

Sarajeta and Long Bisheng only greeted each other lightly, but Hamsik seemed much more enthusiastic. He chatted with Long Bisheng, and at the same time praised his wonderful performance against Brescia last season. It seems that Long Bisheng impressed him deeply in that game, but that game was indeed a turning point for Long Bisheng's status in the team last season, and it was also the first time he scored twice in a game last season.

"The coach is here!"

I don't know who yelled, the players who had scattered in small groups and whispered and chatted quickly stood up straight and looked at the head coach Reya who was walking towards the training ground.

Rea frowned and walked into the training ground. It seemed that the first league loss made him feel very upset-the pressure of being a coach in Serie A has always been great, especially in a club like Naples, which has been away from Serie A for a long time, but still eager for honor.

"Coach, I'm back." Long Bisheng stepped forward and gave Reya a military salute for some reason, which surprised Reya.

"Long, you're back. It's good to be back. Our team is well-organized now!" Reya tiptoed and patted Long Bisheng's shoulder: "Did you arrive yesterday? Has the jet lag reversed?"

"It's upside down, coach." Long Bisheng put down his hand and nodded.

"Well, very good, have you met your new teammates? This season, you are going to play together, but you haven't practiced with your teammates yet, so you have to work hard to make up for the vacancy during this time." Reya said with satisfaction.

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Rhea is easy to say, but Long Bisheng is a bit difficult to do. After all, other players have been training together for a month, and there are six new players this season. It is simply impossible for Long Bisheng to quickly integrate into the team.But Rhea is just talking, tomorrow is the second round of the league, no matter how anxious he is, he will not just send Long Bisheng on the field.Fortunately, there will be a one-and-a-half-week intermission period after the second round of the league, and the number of international players in the Naples team is not very large. By then, Long Bisheng should be able to reach a tacit understanding with his new teammates.

On September [-]nd, at the Friuli Stadium in Udinese, Naples ushered in the second round of the league after returning to Serie A.

Long Bisheng, who had only practiced with the team for one day, sat on the bench—even though he was the only backup center in the team, it still showed how much Rhea attached importance to him.

Carraio also sat on the bench. His mediocre performance in the first game made the Argentine fast Maravich, who had performed well in training and in the Coppa Italia, get the chance to start this game, partnering with Sarajeta as a striker.

Rea's main lineup this season has changed a lot compared to last season, from [-] to [-], and all six new players have become the main players in the new season. Contini, Cannavaro Jr., and Domizzi are the three central defenders. Brasi and captain Montevino are the double midfielders to help defend.

"Long, it's good if you come back. As long as the two South Americans on the field don't perform well, we can immediately become the main force. Our two partners scored 32 goals last season, which is definitely not worse than them!" Carayo said confidently, putting his shoulders on Long Bisheng.

Long Bisheng smiled, but he already felt the difference between Serie A and Serie B—as a new Serie A team, the head coach Rhea would probably trust Sarajeta, who has experience in Serie A, instead of him, just like last season, Rhea chose Bucky as the main center forward.Last season, Long Bisheng quickly became the main force due to Bucky's own disappointment. Will this season repeat the story of last season?
Of course, Long Bisheng hopes that the team's performance is good, but the team's performance is good, and the main lineup is naturally stable. As a new team in Serie A, stable performance is naturally overwhelming-not only the new team in Serie A, but any giant will not change the main lineup at will when the performance is good.

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Since Udinese returned to Serie A from Serie B for the last time in 95, their performance in Serie A has been firmly in the middle. In the first league game of this season, they drew away against the mighty defending champion Inter Milan.

But no one thought that the result of this game was indeed an easy victory, but the winner was not the old Serie A powerhouse Udinese, but the newcomer Naples.

Lavezzi, who bears the highest net worth of a player transferred to Naples this year, did not repeat the mistakes of Bucky last season. He used an almost perfect game to prove that the 600 million euros that the Naples club spent on him was not only worthwhile, but also super worth it!
After the opening, Naples was mainly on the defensive. Although there were only three central defenders, Montevino and Brasi’s large-scale running protected the two wings and the front of the penalty area.

The opportunity appeared in the No. 16 minute. Hamsik sent a beautiful 20-meter long pass in the midfield. Ravitch unloaded Hamsik’s long pass wonderfully during the run, and then beautifully got rid of the opponent’s defender and entered the penalty area. He knocked the ball in front of the goal near the baseline. Sarajeta appeared where he should appear most. All the "Slow Monkey" had to do was to tap his foot in front and easily push...

After taking the lead, Naples counterattacked even more handily. Before the end of the first half, they used a corner kick to expand the score again. Zarajeta completed a wonderful cooperation with the two central defenders who assisted and stepped forward. Zarajeta headed the ball into the penalty area from the back point. Cannavaro Jr. pushed the ball down again.

No one thought that this was just the beginning of the massacre.

Udinese, eager to get back the score, seemed a little impatient in attacking, while Naples continued to launch counterattacks through Lavezzi's speed-this tactic was very effective. 10 minutes after the start of the second half, Naples completed another beautiful and fast counterattack.

Seven minutes later, Boliciano made a cross from the side, and Sarayeta scored twice with a left-footed shot. Udinese, who were four goals behind, had been powerless, and Naples played more and more easily.

"Such a brilliant victory surprised me, but it was well deserved compared to the fantastic performances of the players."

After the game, Rea couldn't hide the excitement on his face. He spoke highly of Lavezzi and Sarajeta's performance: "We didn't perform well in the first game. That's because we haven't adapted to Serie A... Because of this, a player like Sarajeta is exactly what we need. He has spent many years in Serie A and has rich experience. We have many young players in our team. His presence can allow us to quickly adapt to Serie A. Today's two goals prove his efforts. Lavezzi? The most important acquisition of the summer has brought speed and vitality to our frontcourt attack, which is what we have always lacked. Naples' goal is not just to avoid relegation. Naples has a long history and a tradition of winning. Although this season is the first time we have returned to the top league after seven years, we still have to fight for something other than relegation."

Rhea said confidently that such an excellent victory in the event of losing the first game is enough to boost the team's confidence and morale. At the same time, the two new forwards jointly contributed four goals and two assists, which also proved how excellent and wise the club's signings this season are!

(End of this chapter)