Chapter Seventy-Six: The Aftermath of Returning from St. Petersburg
Zenit St. Petersburg fans cheered for Chen Yingying's goal so generously, in addition to their own emotional reasons, there may be another reason ().
That's ......, they know that even if Chen Yingying equalizes for Napoli, they can't prevent this team from losing away!
In the 79th minute, Deniso scored the second goal for Zenit St. Petersburg to make it 2-1, and Napoli fell behind again.
This time, Napoli couldn't have equalised and prevented a defeat.
Because Chen Yingying was replaced in the 76th minute.
Before he went off, Zenit St. Petersburg's attack was wave after wave, and Napoli's letting go was shaky and could concede a goal at any moment.
Mazzari, who had already seen the crisis in Napoli, directly replaced Chen Yingying and replaced him with a defender, Santa Croche.
But despite this, he couldn't change the fate of the goal he conceded.
The goal made Mazzarri realize that it was impossible to change his life here, so he simply conceded defeat and replaced Cassano and Maggio respectively, giving up on continuing the attack.
In the end, Napoli suffered a Champions League defeat after losing 1-2 away to Zenit St. Petersburg, who had an unbeatable home advantage.
Speaking at the post-match press conference, Mazzari looked helpless: "The weather, the pitch, the ......, the away trip, my players have done their best, I'm proud of their performance. But as we all know, you can't win all the time, and I'm actually ecstatic about our performance in the first three group games, so ......, this defeat may have come at the right time. ”
After losing away to Zenit St. Petersburg, the Napoli club team returned to Naples overnight on a private jet arranged by De Laurentiis.
Unable to afford ...... toss, Mazzar called Mr. Chairman directly in a very stern tone, in which he asked De Laurentiis to come to Russia to rescue his troops.
And just like that, with a defeat and a group of sick people, Naples fled from the icy St. Petersburg with some embarrassment.
Chen Yingying doesn't know if he will have the opportunity to play in St. Petersburg again in the future, but this trip back to St. Petersburg will be memorable.
Despite the loss, as previously analysed, Napoli did not disqualify from the group because of this defeat.
Lyon also won, so Lyon topped the group with a few points, while Napoli fell to second place. However, for Napoli, who are playing in the Champions League group stage for the first time, their goal is obviously only to qualify from the group, and until then, it is not their priority to win the group or finish second in the group.
Instead, Leon was holding back his strength to be the first in that group, because it would avoid the terrifying predators of the other groups.
For Lyon, who can participate in the Champions League every year, qualifying from the group is not their goal at all. "Group standings are largely dependent on how far they can ultimately go in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
It was not the dark horse of Napoli that surprised people, but the ......, Liverpool's imminent fall.
Napoli were complacent about their ability to hold the Reds to a draw at Anfield, Liverpool's home stadium. But now they are not happy at all, because this is not worth showing off at all!
On 20 October, Lyon came close to beating Liverpool in Anjuelde. Now they are back at home and have won Liverpool again to complete the double.
As a result, Liverpool fell to fourth place in the group and finished at the bottom. Zenit St. Petersburg, on the other hand, have now accumulated four points thanks to a dreaded home advantage, and they are likely to qualify for the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup ...... past Liverpool, who have only two points.
This is something that everyone didn't expect after the grouping results came out.
It was previously thought that this group, if nothing else, should be Lyon and Liverpool to qualify together, while Napoli and Zenit St. Petersburg will compete for a place in the League Cup.
Who would have thought that after four rounds of the group stage, the situation will change differently...
Napoli are the dark horse and currently sit second in the group and have great hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Liverpool, on their side, didn't even expect their Champions League tour to be so bad this season. Fans initially thought they had drawn a good draw, and were full of joy in the hope that they might be able to repeat the 2oo5 reversal in Istanbul; What to think of .......
But the reality is so cruel, especially in the world of football, this cruelty is always magnified a hundred times.
The rise of a new magnate is a ...... at the cost of the complete depravity of an old tycoon.
Returning to Italy, for Napoli, does not mean relief and rest.
On the contrary, what they experienced in St. Petersburg still took time to digest.
Hamsik's fever has subsided, but his physical condition and mental state are not good at all, so he has to rest for a few days. As a result, he will not be able to participate in the team's training as normal, and even if he is in good shape, he will not be able to play in the away game against Catania.
And the pickable Christian Maggio was not only mentally affected, but also failed to escape. During the race, he suffered a bit of an injury due to the slippery field. At first, he thought it was nothing serious, but when he returned to Naples for training, he found that the situation was more serious: "After examination, he suffered a thigh muscle strain and had to rest for at least two weeks.
As Christmas approached, the number of injuries in the squad began to mount. This is a headache for Mazarrigan, as the rest of the fixtures will only become more and more difficult to cope ......with, and the only consolation is that the team's triad, who are still injury-free and doing well.
Exhausted Napoli go away to Catania. It's not a strong team, Catania are 19th and second from bottom, with only seven points from 11 league games, winning just one, drawing four and losing six.
It's such a team, if it had been placed before, even away from home, Napoli would have absolutely confidence to beat the other side.
However, this time, Napoli, known for their attacking power, did not score a single goal and drew with Catania away from home.
Napoli, who are winless in two games, also jumped to sixth in the league table after this game.
Naples' lack of experience in dealing with two-front operations, as well as its weaknesses in insufficient personnel reserves, were finally exposed.
Thankfully, Mazzari will have a break to finish Catania, a week-and-a-half-week international A-level break, and the national team will be the subject of actual football during this time.
Fortunately, there are not many internationals in the Napoli team at the moment, only Arshavin, Cassano, De Jong, Hamsik, Sanchez and others.
The most important Chen Yingying still does not have to play in the national team, which makes Mazzarri the happiest.
He had known Chen Yingying before, and knew that the reason why Chen Yingying didn't go to the national team competition was because he was banned by the Chinese Football Association ()!
When Mazari heard about it, he thought it was incredible and legendary. If he were an official of the Chinese Football Association, no matter what Chen Yingying said, he would definitely be called into the team, because he played a vital role in improving the level of the Chinese national team.
But after all, that's someone else's business, and he can't control it. And... Chen Yingying's absence from the national team is actually a good thing for Mazzari. This means that Chen Yingying will get more opportunities to rest, he will not have to feel the so-called foot virus on the beam in the back and forth, and he will not be injured in the national team competition.
At this time, Napoli extravagant wants a healthy Chen hero.
And again
Every time the national team matches the day, the debate about whether Chen Yingying should return to the national team is very loud in China. But no matter how noisy the media and fans are, the attitude of the Football Association is not to loosen their minds and not talk about the name of Chen Yingying, as if Napoli does not have a Chinese player named Chen Yingying at all.
Some fans have labeled the Chinese Football Association as "the largest traitor organization in China at present".
But none of this helped.
Whenever the national team matches the day, Chinese fans don't want to see that arrogant big man in the national team.
Whether the Nakamu team wins or loses, it always fails to make the fans really interested.
How long will this last?
Nobody knows.
And again
When Chinese fans were regretting that Chen Yingying still did not practice the national team, Chen Yingying did not care about the national team's game.
Since he was expelled from the Football Association, he hasn't watched the Tujia team's game, and he hasn't understood what the current situation of the Mujia team is ().
He was training intensely with Inzaghi and Maldini in the dungeon.
There is no skill in practicing running without the ball, that is, practice makes perfect, keep practicing and practicing, repeating and repeating, using tens of thousands of repetitions to turn it into an experience, and then transform the experience into the instinct of the body, so that in the eyes of outsiders, this is like ... Talented.
"Stop, hero! You have to pay attention to your surroundings: "If you continue to run like this, aren't you running into the encirclement of the other party?" ”
"Very good, the location is right, but you ran early! You won't be able to catch the ball at all! ”
"Pay attention to your teammates, don't just run the ball, you have to pay attention to your teammates at the same time, watch their runs and passes, and seize the moment!"
"Timing! Occasion! Timing is of the utmost importance! Half a second earlier or half a second late, you won't be able to catch the ball! You won't get a chance to shoot! ”
"Time is too tight and you don't have time to run to the empty post in the usual way? You can ...... in some unconventional ways,"
"Don't look for a pretty move when you shoot a goal, or look like you can be on a magazine cover. You have to remember that you are a striker, your only task is to get into the ball, as long as you can shoot the football into the goal, it doesn't matter what way you use it, head, feet, legs, chest, buttocks...... Even if it's a hand, as long as you don't let the referee see it, it's fine! ”
Inzaghi's voice rang out in the virtual copy of the training ground.
Chen Yingying believes that Inzaghi in reality is definitely not like this, so this is really Bai Qin's ......, and the Inzaghi in front of him is like a driving instructor, constantly scolding him loudly and correcting his mistakes.
But don't say it, with such an old Qin teaching himself, Chen Yingying feels that his progress is indeed much faster......