Chapter 979: Just in Case
Next week's game is very important, and Ancelotti naturally has to think about a lot of things at this time, maybe in this weekend's league, Ancelotti will not put out a full lineup, he wants to let the main players rest more.
Napoli will certainly face Borussia Dortmund next week.
Napoli is not an absolute group of death, but the strength of Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund in this group is not weak, and both teams have the strength to qualify.
And this season, the Napoli team has gone Hamsik and Zielinski, which has a very big impact on the Napoli team, which also makes Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain see the hope of qualifying.
Therefore, the situation in this group is a hidden killer for the Napoli team, and the Napoli team must be cautious in every game, especially in the matches against Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund.
Now media reporters are not very optimistic about the Napoli team's Champions League road, and they think that the group of the Napoli team is not an absolute group of death.
Because the strength of the Napoli team has dropped a lot, almost the same as the strength of Paris Saint-Germain and Dortmund, and even the strength of Dortmund is the strongest team in this group.
Ancelotti is naturally preparing for next week's midweek game and shattering everyone's doubts about them, and they want to beat Borussia Dortmund away from home to shatter all doubts.
In this weekend's game, Ancelotti still chose most of the main players in the snow, Jiang Chen, who came back from Asia, did not appear in the starting lineup of this game, Jiang Chen sat on the bench in case of accidents.
Yes, Ancelotti also attaches great importance to this league game, at this time, he will naturally not give up the league, this game is also very important for the Napoli team, this game they want to take three points.
Napoli have not had a good start to the league and now they have only one requirement for a team like Novara, who are not very strong, and that is to win.
Therefore, Ancelotti did not rest all the main players, and a large part of the main players also sat on the bench just in case.
The Napoli team was mainly substitutes in this game, and there were even one or two youth team players, and the strength of the Napoli team dropped even more at this time.
At the beginning of the game, it was the Novara team that was fighting away from home, the strength of the Novara team was not as weak as everyone thought, their strength was still very good, at least now they suppressed the substitutes of the Napoli team.
This made Ancelotti on the sidelines frown, he really didn't expect that this game would be so difficult, and Novara's game exceeded his expectations.
In the fifteenth minute of the first half, Novara almost broke through the goal of Napoli, but fortunately, Napoli goalkeeper Begovic performed very well and saved the football from the goal.
After Begovic came to the Napoli team, his performance was very solid, which made the Napoli fans very happy, and Begovic was the most correct signing made this season.
However, at this time, Ancelotti was not happy, this game felt very bad, maybe this game Napoli team is going to be dangerous.
Ancelotti kept getting up, walked to the sideline to direct the players, and then kept sitting down, on the sidelines, Ancelotti was really restless.
In the first half, Novara played really well, while Napoli played poorly, with Carlo Ancelotti shaking his head all the time.
In the tenth minute of the second half, Ancelotti really couldn't sit still, and he directly replaced Jiang Chen and Joel Obi.
The intention of this substitution is already obvious, they have to win this game, this game Napoli must win.
As soon as Jiang Chen came on the field, the performance of the Napoli team was indeed different all of a sudden, and the players of Novara suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and the defense suddenly tightened, and they did not dare to invest unscrupulously in the attack.
And Jiang Chen got a very good chance as soon as he came on the field, his header hit the crossbar directly, and the ball popped off the bottom line, giving the Novara people a dismount.
However, the Novara people still did not stop Jiang Chen, in the twentieth minute of the second half of the game, Jiang Chen was at the front of the big penalty area, got a very good opportunity, Jiang Chen directly shot a long shot, and the football flew into the goal of the Novara team at a rapid pace, 1-0.
Jiang Chen's goal suddenly reassured the fans of the Napoli team, Jiang Chen is different, Jiang Chen is simply reassuring.
And the Napoli team also relied on Jiang Chen's goal to defeat the Novara team 1-0 at their home stadium and successfully got the three points they wanted.
Napoli defeated Novara 1-0 at home thanks to Jiang Chen's goal and struggled to get three points, and Ancelotti was relieved.
After the fourth round of this season's Serie A, Napoli have two wins, one draw and one defeat with seven points and are now seventh in Serie A.
The team that ranks first is the Inter Milan team that has invested a lot in the last two or three years, and the rise of the Inter Milan team has made many people look sideways, and the Inter Milan team is now showing strong fighting power.
This season, Inter Milan look very hopeful to compete for the Serie A title this season.
In the first four rounds of matches, Inter Milan won all four games with 12 points and led the Serie A standings.
In second place is last season's Serie A champions Juventus, with three wins and one draw, second only to Inter Milan, followed by AC Milan with three wins and one defeat in four games.
The fourth-placed team in Serie A is Sampdoria with two wins and two draws and eight points.
Behind them, SPAL also has two wins and two draws, with eight points, but their goal difference is less than that of Sampdoria, so they are in fifth.
Ranked sixth in Serie A is the Red Wolves Roma team, the Red Wolves Roma team's current record is also two wins, one draw and one loss, with seven points, they have the same points as the Napoli team, but the Roma team has an advantage in goal difference, so they are in the top position.
In eighth place are Palermo, who have the same record as Napoli with two wins, one draw and one loss, with seven points, but they are behind Napoli on goal difference and eighth.
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