Chapter 61: The Team of the King of the Ball - Napoli

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After four rounds of league play, Atletico Madrid's league ranking finally moved one place, Real Madrid was unexpectedly drawn 3:3 by Sevilla in this round of games, and Real Madrid, who won three games and drew one in four rounds, finally slowed down their pace of progress, and they retired from the league leader position with ten points, temporarily ranking fourth in the league.

Barcelona climbed to the top of the table.

Atletico Madrid, which has also won four consecutive games, has also changed from the third in the league to the second in the league.

There has been a slight change in the standings, but there has been no change in the scorers' standings.

The first place is still Cristiano Ronaldo, in the first two rounds of the league, Cristiano Ronaldo scored six goals crazily, and after two rounds, although Real Madrid's results are one win and one loss, the momentum of Cristiano Ronaldo's goals is still unabated, scoring four goals again. In other words, in four games, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored ten goals, and the efficiency of this goal and the hot feeling of his feet are terrifying to think about.

Messi also scored seven goals and continues to rank second behind Cristiano Ronaldo in the scorer list.

In third place is Malaga's Uruguayan striker Santa Cruz, who has scored just two goals in the two league games, adding to the previous four, for a total of six. It was enough to put him in the top three scorers.

And Qin Shou, five goals in four rounds of the league, can be regarded as a good efficiency, but compared with C. Ronaldo and other stars who are like hanging brush data, he is a little worse. There is no way to do this, Atletico are short of a major general, and he has involved too much energy in defense and organization, and there is no way to focus on attacking like last season. It's understandable that efficiency has declined.

And his ranking in the scorer list has also dropped a few places, with stars such as Benzema and Villa catching up.

Qin Shou didn't have much feeling, for him, he paid more attention to the overall performance of the team, and he could still distinguish between personal honor and overall honor. If he has the opportunity, he might as well pursue personal honor, if he really can't, then give up, the interests of the team are more important than everything.

If you can, you can fight. If you can't fight, then wait for the team's situation to improve, and then ...... Clean up the old mountains and rivers all over again.

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With this in mind, and the momentum of four consecutive league wins, in midweek, Qin Shou and Atletico Madrid welcomed the first opponent of the first UEFA Champions League group stage of the new season.

The opponent was a team from Italy, nicknamed "Little Donkey" Napoli.

The Italian Football League used to be the number one league in world football, with the reputation of "Little World Cup", although in recent years its influence has declined due to various factors such as broadcasting, funding, politics, scandals and so on. However, Serie A is still one of the top professional leagues in Europe.

Compared with AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus and other well-known old giants in the world, Napoli is weaker in terms of fame, honor and influence, but this team still has a pivotal position in Serie A and even Europe. They have won several Serie A and Italian domestic cups.

But that's not the point, the point is that this team has the largest number of fans in the whole of Italy outside of the three giants mentioned above, in the whole world. There are also countless clusters.

There is only one reason, and that is because of one person, a recognized king of world football - Diego. Maradona.

What a great achievement Maradona had. What kind of series of records he has set, as well as his status and influence in world football, there is no need to explain more, the name is a legend in itself.

As the Argentines say, there are countless people in Argentina (the world) named Diego, but there is always only one real Diego, and he is called Diego. Maradona.

In Argentina, Diego. Maradona was a god-like figure.

The same is true for Naples.

Founded in 1926, Napoli had only won the Coppa Italia twice and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup once before Maradona arrived in the city.

And after the arrival of Maradona, that all changed.

At the end of the 1982-1983 season, Napoli narrowly narrowed out of relegation by one point, and in the summer of the following year, the Napoli board of directors suddenly had a convulsion, and there was a "sudden juvenile madness" drama, exhausting all the team's funds and spending a record $4 million in world football at the time (which is the accepted transfer price, there are many other theories, uncertain), and finally brought Maradona to the city.

And the legend destined to go down in history also kicked off from this year.

In 1985, Napoli went from a relegation team to seventh in the league, in 1986, successfully ranked among the top three in Serie A, in 1987, Napoli won the top league title, in 1988 and AC Milan, which was in full swing at the time, and finally ranked second in the league with only two points, in 1989, Napoli finally achieved remarkable results in the European arena, they were the winners of the UEFA Cup that year, in the league, they still got the runner-up, and the following year, Their home and away wins over AC Milan brought shame to the Rossoneri and avenged their defeat in the 1988 title race, which they managed to win that year's league title......

From 1984 to 1991, these seven seasons were the seven years that Napoli owned Maradona, and they went from obscurity to being able to protest against many giants in the north, and even have the upper hand, Napoli has become an important force that has attracted the attention of Italy and the world.

All this was brought by Maradona, and all the honors they received were the most beautiful gifts that Maradona gave to the Neapolitans.

Napoli has never been a wealthy city, nor is it a rich club, and the purchase of Maradona is crazy when it comes to the pursuit of short-lived brilliance. But in fact, they really won everything, although after the purchase of Maradona, the team has been unable to bring in strong players, can no longer build a real giant army, but Maradona alone is enough to top a whole giant team, his super ability at the time can be called invincible, real invincible, he led a mediocre team, to play Serie A giants crying heaven and earth.

It was a crazy time, but also a brilliant time. In this era, there are countless superstars and countless geniuses, but there is only one king of the ball, and his brilliance alone has shrouded the entire world football, and it is their luck and misfortune to live in the same era as the king of football.

Of course, the splendor of fireworks is followed by a sky of smoke, and the same is true for Naples. After Maradona single-handedly helped the team to play the most brilliant and glorious honor, Napoli's weakness was exposed. After Maradona left, the team quickly returned to the ordinary, hovering in the bottom of the league, during which it has been repeatedly relegated and relegated, and has been reduced to mediocrity.

However, in recent seasons, there have been clear signs of a resurgence in Napoli. They have been consistently in the upper middle of the league and have occasionally qualified for the UEFA Cup, where the likes of Hamsik, Behrami and Gambellini have emerged. Last season, they beat AC Milan, Inter Milan and other giants, won the league runner-up in one fell swoop, and returned to the Champions League.

Therefore, although the times have changed, Napoli is no longer the "king army" that once had the football king Maradona, but their strength should not be underestimated.

Being able to beat several giants in the fiercely competitive Serie A and win the league runner-up is a manifestation of strong strength in itself.

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Atletico Madrid are well aware that Napoli is not a bone to gnaw on. In fact, although the level of Serie A has declined in recent years, and the ranking of the top five leagues is also in the bottom two, but in terms of difficulty, Serie A teams can definitely rank first in the five major leagues.

No one wants to play against Serie A teams, because Serie A teams are known for their defense, and there is a culture in this boot-like country that everyone in the professional football team takes "defensive masters" as their goal in life, and here they take pride in defending and believe that defense is the essence of professional football.

And their unique "chain defense" has also made other league teams suffer enough, it can be said that not every Serie A team is impregnable, but every Serie A team has its own unique views on defense.

But Atletico Madrid have no other way to do it, they have to win this game.

Because this is an undeniable group of death, apart from Napoli, there are also big teams like Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal. Napoli are the weakest opponents in the group, and if Atletico don't get enough points against Napoli, their prospects of qualification will be a bit bleak and they will fall behind.

However, with Atletico's current injury situation and the team's overall run-in situation, it is undoubtedly very difficult to win easily.

However, there is good news that prior to this game, Juanfran had returned to the team and had started training with the team, and there was a good chance of playing in this game.

Juanfran is a very calm player on both the offensive and defensive ends, and if he can return to the team in time, it will also be a great addition to the team.

Another is that Griezmann's eyebrow bone injury has also healed and he also has a chance to play.

The recovery of two main players in a row will definitely enhance the strength of the team, which is relatively good news.

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