Chapter 653: Series of Warm-up Matches (Part I)

Joe. After revealing the content of his work to Jiang Chen, Bridge left and flew back to Nike's headquarters to report the good news to the headquarters.

It didn't take long for Nike to hold a press conference to announce Jiang Chen's official endorsement of Nike, which immediately caused another sensation, and many eyes focused on Jiang Chen.

Now it seems that a superstar is on the rise.

In addition to these trivial matters, Jiang Chen has been training with the Napoli team, after these days of contact, the players of the Napoli team have basically accepted Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen is really good, they have become a mixed bag.

Seeing such a situation, Sarri is naturally very happy, Jiang Chen can integrate into the Napoli team, this is the best news.

At this time, the official website of the Napoli team was updated with new news, that is, the Napoli team introduced French defender Mendy from the Lorient team in Ligue 1.

The Napoli team has not only strengthened the forward line, but also strengthened the back line, and it can be seen that the Napoli team is really ambitious this season.

And at this time, Napoli's first warm-up match before the season began, and their opponent was Vicenza.

Yes, it's the Vicenza team!

In recent years, Napoli and Vicenza have reached an agreement that the two teams will play a pre-season warm-up match at their home stadium in Vicenza before the start of the season each year.

Vicenza is now an Italian third-division team with a good record in Serie A, and this game is equivalent to a game for Napoli to find form and build confidence.

Vicenza's strength is not strong, and the Napoli team did not line up their strongest lineup, and Jiang Chen did not appear in the starting list.

There were a lot of Napoli fans in this game, and they went to watch this game away from home, they just wanted to see Jiang Chen's performance and Jiang Chen's state.

However, now Jiang Chen has not been fully integrated into the team's tactical system, so Sarri did not put Jiang Chen in the starting lineup.

Jiang Chen sat on the bench, waiting for an opportunity.

The fans of the Napoli team who came from afar were calling for Jiang Chen to play, and they couldn't wait to see Jiang Chen play.

After the start of the game, it was clear that Napoli had the initiative on the pitch, and there were not many chances in Vicenza, while Napoli had a lot of chances, but Napoli did not take their chances and the first half ended in a 0-0 draw.

After the start of the second half of the game, Jiang Chen still did not play, sat on the bench, and only played ten minutes after the second half.

As soon as Jiang Chen came out, he brought good luck to the Napoli team, and his long-range shot blasted open the goal of Vicenza and helped the Napoli team take the lead, which made the Napoli fans on the scene excited, Jiang Chen is different, really amazing.

Subsequently, Jiang Chen's partner Mertens received a pass from Hamsik, turned and volleyed, and finally Napoli defeated Vicenza 2-0.

Jiang Chen played this game for a short time, but his performance was very good, and he scored as soon as he got on the field, which made the fans of the Napoli team very satisfied, and they firmly believed that Jiang Chen would bring a great boost to the Napoli team, and the Napoli team would be very strong in the new season.

Napoli fans have a very strong belief in the new season and they are confident that Napoli can achieve good results.

At this time, the Napoli team left Italy and began to set off for the pre-match warm-up series, and in the next warm-up game, the Napoli team will face the Graz team.

This time, Napoli are ready to leave Italy and prepare for the new season abroad, with their first leg being Austria.

Graz is not actually very strong, but they have been a regular in European competitions in recent years, playing in the UEFA Intercontinental League.

This game is still good for the Napoli team, and they can get a feel for the European battlefield as soon as possible, after all, the Napoli team has the task of the Champions League this season.

Jiang Chen is a player who has proven himself in Serie A, but Jiang Chen has not participated in European competitions, this is the only concern of Napoli fans, for Jiang Chen's only concern now, they are afraid that Jiang Chen will not be able to adapt to the rhythm of European competition, so this season Napoli team will be hanging.

However, Jiang Chen is very confident in this, he said in an interview with media reporters: "European competition and Serie A are the same, they are ordinary football matches, I don't think that changing the name of the game will affect my performance or state, I am very confident in European competition." ”

The match between Napoli and Graz was regarded by Napoli fans as a test of Jiang Chen.

However, in this game, Napoli's head coach Sarri still did not let Jiang Chen start, but let Jiang Chen sit on the bench and continue to wait for the opportunity.

At the beginning of the game, the Napoli team naturally took the initiative and began to besiege the Graz team, but Graz's strength was stronger than Vicenza's.

Now the Napoli team has not found its form at all, so the Napoli team is scoreless in the game, which makes Sarri's brows furrowed, it seems that the preparation of the Napoli team is not good, and the state of the players must be played as soon as possible.

In the first half, Napoli created a lot of chances, but they couldn't take advantage of them, but instead allowed Graz to break the deadlock on the pitch with a quick counter-attack before the end of the first half, and the home team Graz took the lead.

This made the players of the Napoli team not expect it, and Jiang Chen also did not expect it, it seems that the luck of the Napoli team today is not very good.

In the second half of the game, Jiang Chen was ordered to be replaced in danger.

After Jiang Chen was substituted, his performance was very active, very good, and the players in Graz were a little unable to guard against Jiang Chen, giving Jiang Chen a lot of opportunities.

However, Jiang Chen didn't seem to wear shooting boots in this game, his shots were always off track and did not score, but the Napoli team still relied on Jiang Chen's assist to equalize the score 1-1.

However, towards the end of the game, Graz scored again with a surprise strike and Napoli goalkeeper Reina made a mistake and allowed the opponent to score a lucky goal.

In the end, Napoli lost in Austria to Graz, who had not been favored by anyone before.

(End of chapter)