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When it comes to Naples, many people can think of Maradona, the Argentine king.

In the history of Naples football, although there have been stars such as Zoff and Sivoli, the reason why it once occupied an important position in world football is all because of Maradona, the Argentine football king put his glory The years (24 to 30 years old) are all dedicated to Naples, scoring 115 goals in 259 games, but this number cannot fully reflect the great contribution of the ball king to Naples football.

In the 58 years before Maradona's arrival, Naples had only won the Coppa Italia twice, reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup once, and the rest were lackluster.

In the 1982-83 season, Naples almost fell into the Serie B league, only 1 point advantage to avoid relegation, the second year the board suddenly wanted to introduce a big star, so Maradona's transfer became a reality.

On June 30, 1984, Naples took away the Argentine football champion from Barcelona for $4 million, which also broke the world football record for transfer fees. Five days later, 50,000 fans entered the San Paolo Stadium in Naples and attended The meeting between Maradona and the fans, everyone who came to the scene, has never forgotten the grand scene at that time.

It was a great event in the history of Naples!

That summer, to accommodate the arrival of Maradona, Napoli's lineup was also rebuilt, with stars such as Herro Ferrara, Bagni and De Napoli joining the new team.

The 7 seasons from 1984 to 1991 were the 7 years that Naples owned Maradona. They became a force that attracted the attention of Italy, from obscurity to being able to compete with the northern giants, such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, etc. The giants competed against each other, and they achieved brilliant results. Naples won the third Serie A in 1986, won the league in 1987, fought with AC Milan in 1988, and finally ranked second in the league; 1989 UEFA Cup champion, league runner-up ; In 1990, 'angry away' AC Milan, won the league championship... All this is Maradona's greatest gift to Naples, more importantly, Naples is not a rich city, because buying Maradona is crazy With this move, the team is unable to build a real giant army. On the premise that the overall level of the team is weaker than that of the giants in the north, Naples can still win two Serie A championships. To a large extent, it relies on Maradona. Super personal ability.

However, a good beginning did not lead to a good end. In March 1991, Maradona was found to be drugged (******), followed by a 15-month ban. In June 1992, he regained his freedom to play. Maradona, who refused to return to Naples, joined Sevilla, ending one of the most storied ties in modern football history.

In 7 years, Maradona brought Naples 2 Serie A titles, 1 Coppa Italia, 1 Italian Super Cup and 1 UEFA Cup, which is one of the honors in the history of other southern Italian teams. and unmatched.

After the loss of Maradona, Zola, Cannavaro, Fonseca, Di Canho, Giannini, and other stars have emerged in Naples, but they can only manage their own small world, just put Napoli is used as a springboard to the giants. Like Maradona, he leads Naples to confront the giants. No one can do it anymore. The general style has since disappeared in Naples. It is no wonder that Napoli fans have to compose a battle song for Maradona. The name of the song is: He is much better than Pele.

Maradona's own charisma is not reflected in the city's economic development and personal morality. It is as sung in a poem: His light left foot left the earth, and when he came back, it was born miraculously and full of vitality. .

Maradona conquered the fans with his own ball skills, and also brought two league championships to the barren southern Italian football. The first championship in 1987 was won by Maradona almost alone. In 1990 The second championship of 2019 was at a time when Serie A had become a small World Cup, and Naples had relatively few stars that could make it more difficult to win the championship.

After Maradona, it can be said that it is unimaginable under realistic conditions if the southern team still wants to become the league champion.

Based on this alone, no matter how the Napoli fans praise Maradona, it is not an exaggeration.

On August 3, 2004, Naples declared bankruptcy and was ordered to be demoted. Six days later, the film mogul De Laurentiis, who was negotiating business in Rome, was informed that the producer quickly made a decision to authorize private lawyers to start a week later. The acquisition plan was almost a blitzkrieg. Naples Football Co., Ltd. was established on August 26, and officially bought the original Naples Sports and Football Club on September 10, and caught up with the C-level registration for that year. league.

After that, in the 2006-2007 season, the Naples club played in Serie B, and finally returned to the next year's Serie A with a second-place finish.

In the 2009-2010 season, Naples only scored 2 wins, 1 and 4 losses in the first 7 games of the season. - Marino was also fired, and former Sampdoria coach Walter Mazzari took over.

After Mazzari introduced a 3-4-3 system that attached great importance to tactical counterattacks, the team once skyrocketed. Last season, Naples showed a strong momentum and was once in the ranks of the championship. Striker Cavani scored 26 goals. Won the Serie A silver boot, midfielder Hamsik, and winger Ravezzi also played well, and finally won the Serie A third place with 21 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses.

After many years, Naples are back in the Champions League!

Napoli's match against Atletico Madrid at the Stadio San Paolo is the second round of Group A of the Champions League.

In the first round, Atletico Madrid beat Bayern Munich at home and got 3 points from a successful start. Manchester City and Naples drew and each got one point.

Naples is very satisfied with one point in the first round. This old Serie A powerhouse with Maradona has not participated in the Champions League for many years, and the media has positioned it as the 'fourth in Group A', so it is very good to get points. Not bad.

We got a point, we can be happy with it, get a point away against Manchester City, it's like winning, De Laurentiis told Sky Italia Sport.

Everyone is talking about Manchester City being the second best team in England, that the Premier League title is a battle between Manchester City and Manchester United, so we came here thinking we would have more possibilities.

We had a couple of mistakes in our performance that cost us the equaliser, but the result was much better than many expected.

Napoli got a point, which is good news for Atletico Madrid, because Atletico Madrid is the only team to win, and it is the only team in Group A.

Although Atletico Madrid is the first in the group, Napoli coach Walter Mazzari is in a good mood. In the first round at the Manchester Stadium, Naples successfully scored a point and returned to the St Paul Stadium. He believes that the game will not be too difficult.

Manchester City and Atlético de Madrid are actually new players in the UEFA Champions League. In comparison, Manchester City's qualifications are older. They also won the UEFA Champions League trophy in 2008. Atletico Madrid, like Naples, has been for more than ten years. First time in the UEFA Champions League, so comparing Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, it must be Manchester City that is harder to play.

In the away game against Manchester City, they were able to get a point. The morale of the Naples team was shaken. When they returned to the Sao Paulo Stadium to face Atletico Madrid, they also felt that the game was nothing.

Walter Mazzari is already looking forward to leading Napoli out of the group stage.

When the results of the group draw came out, no one thought that Naples had a good draw. Group A was the real group of death. Even many media ignored Naples because they were obviously the weakest team in the group. The whole team and head coach Walter Mazzarri felt unhappy.

It's different now.

After the draw away from Manchester City, Walter Mazzari suddenly felt that Group A was not bad.

The opponents of several teams in Group A are Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid and other strong teams, but Bayern Munich's performance last season proved that they have begun to decline. Manchester City and Atletico Madrid are both newcomers. In the chaos, Naples is still Possibly out.

On the contrary, it is divided into other groups, such as Group H, with Barcelona and AC Milan. The two teams are almost guaranteed to get the right to qualify. What chance does Naples have?

After Atletico Madrid came to the news of a draw at home by Sporting Gijon in La Liga, Walter Mazzari was more confident.

Atletico Madrid have encountered difficulties, isn't it a good opportunity to beat them?

Napoli already have four points with a three-point victory over Atlético de Madrid at the San Paolo, giving them an even better advantage in the group competition.

For the match with Atletico Madrid, Walter Mazzari also prepared a lot. He continued to study Atletico Madrid's tactics and decided to let the team stick to the defensive counterattack.

Almost all Italian clubs regard the defensive counterattack as a housekeeping skill.

When facing a strong European team, they will subconsciously think about whether to change their tactics, because Italy's defensive counterattack has been touched by the whole world, but when the Italian team plays against the Spanish team, they don't have to think too much, because Defensive counter-attack is the best way to deal with offensive football. At the same time, defensive counter-attack is also Naples' best tactic. Use the tactics you are most comfortable with to compete with your opponents, and you can at least not lose tactically. Walter Mazzari feels victorious. more confident.

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Walter Mazzari is confident.

When interviewed by the media, he took the initiative to provoke a war of words, hoping to suppress Atletico Madrid before the game.

We only got one point in the first round, which is a bit of a pity. Anyone who watched that game knows that we deserved three points. But it doesn't matter, we still have a chance. Now the whole team is full of confidence. I believe in the final victory. It will belong to Naples. When he said this, Walter Mazzari looked like he didn't care with a smile on his face, as if the game was won.

The Italian media also seemed to be infected by Walter Mazzari's confidence.

So Gazzetta dello Sport, Gazzetta dello Sport, Italian Football News and other media all wrote articles to analyze the situation of Group A, and finally came to the conclusion: Naples will definitely become one of the two qualifying teams. One, and they were able to beat Atletico Madrid at home.

Italian media painted a wonderful prospect for Napoli fans.

Mazzari is very confident, which is a very positive sign for Napoli!

Naples play at home, all Italian teams know the horror of the San Paolo stadium, where the fans are the most devout believers in Naples!

In terms of experience in the Champions League, Atletico Madrid and Naples are both 'novices' and they have little experience. In the last round of the Italian league, Naples won Udinese, and Atletico Madrid drew with Sporting Gijon at home. In this regard Naples also have an advantage.

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The Italian media kept reporting as if Naples had won the game, but in fact, these reports could not make Wansheng take a second look.

Wan Sheng has more important things to do, and that is how to deal with Napoli.

Napoli's tactics have nothing to say, and they basically won't make any tactical changes, so there is only one thing in front of them - how to deal with the defensive counterattack.

In Spanish football, Wansheng rarely has the chance to encounter a team that is purely defensive and counterattacking, but when he was coaching in England, especially when he led Manchester City, even giants such as Manchester United, Liverpool, and Chelsea would use defensive counterattacks. Fa Lai played against Manchester City, so Wansheng is still very experienced in this regard.

Taking an offensive football team to deal with pure defensive counterattacks comes down to the collision of offense and defense, which is actually not difficult.

The first is to keep the team pressed enough.

Offense is the best defense, which is directly reflected in Atletico Madrid. As long as they can suppress the opponent to the greatest extent, the opponent's counterattack space will be very small. They can only stabilize the defense line, and even use intensive defense to ensure Goal missed.

Then, the question is simpler: how to break through the dense defense?

If Napoli can keep the goal for dozens of minutes, then they are really likely to win, because it is impossible for any team, including Atletico Madrid, to continue to attack for a whole game, which is a severe test for players' physical fitness and energy.

So what is in front of Wansheng is how to break through Naples' intensive defense and let the team take the lead as soon as possible.

As early as a week before coming to Italy, the coaching staff had already begun to discuss this issue. At that time, Atletico Madrid had just played the first round of the Champions League with Bayern Munich, and the third round of the league match against Sporting Santander had not yet started.

Everyone knows Napoli's tactics, so that's the point.

Summarizing everyone's opinions, it is nothing more than increasing the flexibility of the attack, Diamares said, We need more scoring methods!

Then a group of coaches got together to discuss.

What can be added?

Wan Sheng talked a few words about the general direction, and then let Fan Zhiyi, Diamares and others discuss freely. The specific details still need everyone to talk about it together. In the end, after an afternoon, everyone summed up everything together. .

The core of dealing with Naples is how to make more shots and make them more efficient. In terms of Atletico Madrid's offensive method, then it is necessary to strengthen long-range shots, such as tactical set-pieces, corner kicks and other opportunities to be seized.

Before the game against Naples, Atlético de Madrid was training almost all kinds of routines.

As long as the ball is sent into the Naples goal first, then the team will have a considerable advantage. Naples' idea of ​​winning by purely relying on the defensive counterattack is almost shattered, and the victory will be in the hands of Atlético Madrid.

In fact, the attack is also a flaw in Naples.

Although the Italian media constantly emphasizes that Naples' New Trident - the combined power of the playmaker Hamsik, Cavani, and Ravec, in fact, in the eyes of many people, the three together are not as good as Mo. Reis and Diego Costa, Maurice's personal ability is very strong, which is incomparable to Hamsik. In addition, Diego Costa, the recognized striker efficiency striker, the combination of the two Much better than the so-called 'New Trident' in Naples.

Napoli's headache is definitely the problem of scoring. As long as Atlético Madrid pays attention to defense, they can be invincible.

When the Atlético de Madrid team came to Italy, the preparations and training were almost done. In Wansheng’s view, the suspense of the game at the Sao Paulo Stadium was running out of suspense, and his thoughts were exactly the opposite of the Italian media’s judgment. Athletic was able to take three points at St Paul's Stadium with ease.

The scene of the pre-match press conference can be imagined.

Wansheng has been busy dealing with Naples, and did not respond to Walter Mazzari. As a result, the Italians thought that Atletico Madrid had no confidence.

Is the game very suspenseful? I don't think so. My players are ready to celebrate goals and we are ready to celebrate wins.

When Wansheng said this, the Italian media in the audience responded very strongly. They did not expect Wansheng to say that Atletico Madrid would win with such certainty.

Naples coach Walter Mazzarri seems to be irritated by Wansheng. Wansheng said they have figured out how to celebrate the victory? Good! I want to see how Atletico Madrid took the three points from the San Paolo Stadium!

In the shouting of the confrontation between the two, the pre-match press conference broke up unhappily.

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In fact, Walter Mazzari's idea is not wrong. Against a team like Atletico Madrid, defensive counterattack is the best choice.

If Napoli will choose to play against Atletico Madrid, Wansheng will not have to think hard about how to deal with Naples.

However, Walter Mazzari underestimated Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid can beat Bayern Munich at home in the first round, not because Bayern Munich has really declined, but the current Bayern Munich is much stronger than last season. It is even said that the two Bayern Munich are not like a team at all. .

Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid can win like that, so how can they only be regarded as a new Champions League team with a gorgeous lineup?

Walter Mazzari also overestimated his players.

Hamsik is not Pirlo, nor Kaka, nor C-Ronaldo or Messi. He does not have such a strong ability to lead the team to fight with Atletico Madrid between offense and defense.

From the perspective of player ability alone, Hamsik is too far behind.

So at the beginning of the game between the two teams, Naples were suppressed in the half court. In fact, it was not surprising. When they were passive, they always wanted to counterattack. The defenders wanted to pass the ball forward, but the front Players can't get the ball at all, and the big-footed pass is not accurate. It is almost no different from giving attacking opportunities directly to Atlético de Madrid.

When Atlético Madrid have the ball, it's too hard for Napoli to grab it.

They tried to press in midfield, but Atletico Madrid told them with a quick pass and a powerful shot that if the formation did not shrink back, the goal would be directly threatened.

In this case, Napoli can only compress the formation and retreat for intensive defense.

Atletico Madrid is constantly passing the ball. When they see a chance, they pass the ball to a threatening position. It feels that the two teams are conducting offensive and defensive drills.

In terms of counterattack, Napoli have no chance at all.

From the 5th minute to the 19th minute of the game, in the past 15 minutes, Naples could successfully hit a wave of counterattacks, and they did not have a decent shot, not even a long shot. From the data, it can be seen that some of them were suppressed. How awesome.

The situation of the game surprised Walter Mazzari.

In some game videos, Walter Mazzari saw the performance of Atletico Madrid, especially in the game with some small clubs in La Liga, Atletico Madrid's performance was very repressive.

There is a difference between watching the video of the game and experiencing it in person.

Walter Mazzari was amazed at the subtlety of the cooperation between Atlético de Madrid players. Many passing and receiving balls were designed as if they had been rehearsed countless times before, but in fact, this is the official match of the Champions League group stage. , The player's performance on the field is temporary.

Napoli didn't do a good job of pressing.

Walter Mazzari's idea is to hope that the team will strengthen the pressing, and after grabbing the ball, he will hit a wave of quick counterattacks to threaten the Atletico Madrid goal.

So far, Napoli's pressing has not returned.

Atletico Madrid players continue to pass and receive the ball quickly, which makes Napoli players unable to make effective defense at all. The only thing they can do is to retreat and continue to retreat, so that the team's formation can be compressed more tightly and respond with crowd tactics. Atletico Madrid's offense.

The game situation is not very good!

Walter Mazzari was starting to get a little worried.

Soon, an attack from Atletico Madrid made Walter Mazzari even more worried. It was in the 23rd minute of the game. Maurice faced the defense of two players and suddenly passed a good ball between the opponents. .

The football rolled directly to the front of the penalty area!

Napoli weren't too concerned because their entire back line was in the box, with both centre-backs there, and it felt like they had almost moved their defence in front of goal.

Even the Italian football TV commentator joked, Napoli seems to have completely abandoned the attack. They piled everyone in front of the goal. Even if Atletico Madrid shoots directly, it is impossible to score the ball!

Just after this sentence, a figure appeared on the Naples penalty area line.

Falcao!

Maurice's pass to Falcao is traditional, but Falcao has to face two Napoli centre-backs - Campagnaro and Cannavaro Jr. In this case, Napoli fans do not worry.

But Falcao shot directly without any hesitation!

Falcao—!!

In the exclamation of the commentator, the football rushed from the feet of Falcao and passed directly between the two central defenders!

Napoli goalkeeper De Sanctis reacted quite quickly, Falcao's shot was powerful, the ball was fast, and the impossible was turned into a possibility. Ronaldo kicked in the past, but DeSanctis reacted immediately, and flew to save the ball successfully.

There was a cry from the Sao Paulo Stadium!

Every Napoli fan let out a long sigh of relief. They were a little thankful that Atletico Madrid didn't score and applauded De Sanctis' performance.

But the next moment, the stadium was quiet.

All the fans widened their eyes and saw another Atlético Madrid player in front of Naples. Everyone knew him. It was because of this that it looked terrible. It was the German superstar Ozil introduced by Atletico Madrid last summer. !

Ozil flew to the penalty area on the left and waved his left foot towards the football!

Bang!

A muffled sound!

The football flew into the goal without any suspense!

“Goooooooooooooooool!!!!!!”

Ozil! Ozil! Atlético de Madrid take the lead away! This is a goal in the 23rd minute of the game! Ozil, he has done a great job for Atlético de Madrid! (To be continued ~^~)