September 28, St. Paul's Stadium.

In the second round of the Champions League group stage, Napoli hosted La Liga dark horse Malaga, and the two sides started a fierce battle at 2:45 pm.

In the first round of the group stage, Malaga upset Bayern and Napoli 1:1 Manchester City, and both sides had a good start.

At the Stadio San Paulo in Italy, countless fans focused on this crucial match. Who is the better of the two dark horses from Serie A and La Liga?

The stadium was packed with local fans, with Napoli having the fourth largest number of fans in Italy, behind Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan.

With the past two seasons, the Napoli club has gone from strength to strength on the pitch and the morale of the fans has been at an all-time high.

Now, the away team Málaga in the black jersey and the home team Napoli in the blue jersey are in action.

Málaga's current squad is eye-catching, with veterans at their peak and youngsters rising to the top of the pitch in São Paulo.

Napoli's squad is also impressive.

Especially last season, many excellent players began to emerge or shine.

Striker Edinson Cavani scored 26 goals last season and won the Serie A Silver Boot; Midfielder Hamsik and winger Lavezi also played well, and finally helped Napoli to win the third place in Serie A with 21 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses. After many years, he returned to the Champions League.

Napoli has a tough and fierce style of play, although it is outside the top three in the north, it is a ruthless character that even they are afraid of.

As far as Serie A is concerned, Juventus are looking for stability, Milan are looking for control, Roma are looking for passion, and Udinese is fighting back to the end.

Since Napoli were promoted to Serie A in 2007, they have maintained a consistent strategy of tough defense and efficient counter-attack. Simple and lethal when attacking; Counter-attacks are sharp, efficient, and tough, and it seems that every counterattack can pose a threat to the opponent. This style is very similar to Liverpool under Rafael Benitez, and it can be very effective against strong teams.

Napoli's almost brutal style of play is also unique in Serie A. No matter what kind of strong team encounters this team, they don't dare to be careless at all. It is worth mentioning that Napoli and Liverpool, which are football cities with a strong and fierce style, also have more football hooligans.

When Manuel Pellegrini gave the Malaga players a pre-match meeting, he broke down Napoli's style of play in detail.

He does not advise the players to play hard against Napoli, the newcomers on the road and they will not be Napoli's opponents.

Rather than going head-to-head with the opponent, the most important thing is to attack their weaknesses and avoid the edge.

Napoli's style of play is effective, but it doesn't work every time. The ability to attack the tough battle is slightly insufficient, and the record is not very stable.

The Neapolitans are bold, fanatical and bohemian, and this human environment has deeply influenced their style of football. The bloody rigidity is more than enough, and the delicacy is insufficient. In this match, Malaga is not going to fight Napoli hard, but has decided to win with technology and strategy.

Of course, this is easier said than done.

What Malaga can think of, other teams can think of. But the top three in the north still tasted the bitter fruit under Napoli again and again, and they knew that Napoli was not a fierce and reckless man, they were still very smart. Pure technology may not be able to beat them.

In this game, Napoli presented a 3412 formation, and their coach was the magical relegation master Mazzal. A grassroots man through and through, who has been dormant for nine years in exchange for a new life, has gradually progressed to the top of the club and achieved great success in Naples.

Mazzarri led Napoli and has always had a habit of using a back three. Of course, this tactic has helped him achieve great results in Serie A, which he does best, and has been endowed with a strong Mazzari personality.

Goalkeeper De Sanctis, a tall goalkeeper who is tall and tall.

The back three were Aronica, Cannavaro and Campagnaro.

4 positions on Dosena, Gargano, Zuniga and Inle. In the first position is Hamsik, a superstar who has grown up in Naples.

Hamsik's style of play is tough, full of energy and he runs aggressively, and like players like Cavani and Ravic, he fits perfectly with Napoli's temperament.

Hamsik's role in Napoli has also become increasingly important, and he has been at home in Mazzal's counter-attacking formation, scoring goals and assists without delay.

The strikers are still Napoli's two shining stars, Edinson Cavani and Ravic.

The formation on Malaga's side is still the usual 442, with goalkeeper Caballero and two power forwards Ruud van Nistelrooy and Luque, and the number of pairs of these two pairs has been increasing recently.

The midfield four is Chena Muris, and the field marshals Demichelis, Cazorla and Joaquín. Chena Muris and Field Marshal Demichelis are one in front and one behind, while Cazorla and Joaquín are left and right.

These four outstanding midfielders control the four positions and are regarded by many fans as the iron wall of the midfield. can attack and defend, can run and block, and Malaga's midfield lineup is becoming more and more gorgeous and impressive.

The only problem may be the fitness of Marshal Demichelis and Joaquín. However, with their rich combat experience, the two can still become the backbone of the team on the field.

With a back four, Jesús Gamiz is the main right-back who can't be beaten. In the first and second sets of the main lineup, he is indispensable. But this is also a headache for Peshuai, who now lack a player to replace Jesús and Gémes at right-back.

Tulalang can play at the back, but he mainly plays at centre-back. Putting him on the right side will not show the skill of the interception master.

Monreal plays at left-back, a position that doesn't worry Pellegrini. Even if Monreal rests, Ivan Gonzalez can come off the bench.

On the team, the central defenders are still relatively full. Williston, Manu Torres, Mathieson and Tulalang, can all pull up to the position. Tulalang and the beast Baptista are both players who have adapted to multiple positions and can go some way to compensating for the changes and outstanding problems brought about by Malaga's formation.

The two central defenders sent out today are Williton and Mathieson, who have been combined for many regular matches.

Toss a coin, pick an edge, tee off.

Napoli like to strike first and attack aggressively as soon as the game starts. But in the midfield, Napoli, who poured a lot of attacking forces, was stubbornly blocked by Malaga.

The two sides struggled in midfield for almost ten minutes, and although there were many shots on goal, there was no threat.

This is also Napoli's first glimpse of the iron wall of the Malaga midfield.

Before the second game of the Champions League group stage, Malaga trained on tacit understanding. Málaga, which is mixed with new and old players, is no longer comparable to the beginning of the league in terms of player coordination.

But it's a secret!

In the 14th minute, Ravitch hoisted the ball from the right side to the penalty area, and Hamsik was unmarked on the left side of the small penalty area! He volleyed a tricky low flat ball, and the ball grazed the right post and drilled into the net, 1-0!

Napoli took the lead over Malaga shortly after the opening kick-off, scoring a goal.

The São Paulo Stadium resounded with the enthusiastic cheers of Napoli fans.

This handsome and neat goal seemed to let them see the victory of this game in advance!

In other words, Hamsik is in good shape today!

Muris glanced at Hamsik, who had scored the goal, and gestured twice to his team-mate. Seeing this, Williton and Marshal Demichelis both nodded.

In this game, in the face of Napoli with a wild style of football, Muris will become the command tower on the field, and implement Pei Shuai's strategy of dismantling Napoli to the end.

After that, there was a visual exchange between Muris and Cazorla, and Cazorla also made a one-handed push, and the two coincided ideas.

In this game, Muris is the commander tower, and he has to use his passing to penetrate the opponent's defense, sit in the midfield, and control the overall situation.

Up front, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Lucke will knock on Napoli's door from the front, as the team's sharpeners and gunners. And Cazorla, a player who wanders between midfield and winger, will be the edge of the attack!

The first is to contain Napoli's attack, and to do that, Hamsik has to be honest.

As a key 1 in the 3412 formation, if he is dumb, Napoli will have problems at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and Malaga will be much less of a threat in front of goal.

Hamsik is physically fit, but his technique is a bit rough on his feet, in other words, he is not a player who delves into small skills. At the same time, he needs a certain amount of space to sprint in midfield and play to his strengths in that kind of open and close scene. Fixed on a certain wing, then his play is a bit mediocre.

Their first step was to make Hamsik lose his role in the team.

Willyton is just as fierce and has great running ability, and he keeps Hamsik at bay head-to-face. Marshal Demichelis is good at defense and delicate technique, and his one-legged hook is a sharp weapon for breaking the ball.

He and Williton squeezed Hamsik's sprinting space back and forth, and when he was in a dangerous position, he quickly pressed close.

It worked quickly, and Hamsik, who was supposed to swim like a nimble fish, began to wrestle on the court. Moreover, Napoli began to concede goals frequently.

Williton and Marshal Demichelis, one rigid and one soft, one with rough physical strength and the other with technical flow at his feet, pinched Hamsik to the point where he could not fight back.

Mazzari, who was outside the field, looked at the chaos on the pitch and touched his chin with his hand.

Falling behind by one goal, not only did he not have the slightest anxiety, but he became more calm. It is worthy of a team that has risen in one or two seasons, and it does have two hits.

The so-called chaos is not entirely bad. Only in muddy waters can you touch the fish, and those with vision can find that Malaga is in a chaotic formation and is not chaotic.

What's more, they also have a Chena Muris who sits in midfield and can send a kick from any corner of the pitch! 166 Reading Network