Chapter 57: The Devil's Home Arena of São Paulo (Napoli's Counterattack)
In the first half, Atalanta unexpectedly scored two goals against Napoli under the noses of more than 60,000 fans. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although Di Canio grabbed a counter-attack to pull a goal back in the end, the score was still 1-2, and Napoli fell into passivity on paper at home.
But in fact, the thinking of the coaching staff of both sides is far from being as simple as the fans see.
Lippi followed the players into the dressing room. Although they are currently on the side behind for the time being, Lippi is not too flustered. After letting the players sit down and rest for a while, Lippi spoke: "Listen to me, I didn't expect them to cut so inside at first, but in the last 15 minutes, what you can see is that we actually have the advantage. I believe in your quality, and if you want to talk too much about a team like Atlanta on the other side, I don't think it makes sense. I believe in your own ability to observe the situation on the pitch, you know, there is only a limit to what we can do off the pitch, and more often it depends on you to observe and decide on the pitch. I'll just make a few brief points. ”
"First, everyone is focused on preventing the opponent from cutting inside, as soon as the opponent's winger wants to cut inside, our full-backs immediately turn in, and the corresponding midfielders and central defenders also have to move in a targeted manner, just like this." Lippi said as he moved with the magnet on the whiteboard to make it easier for the players to observe.
"Second, once we find that the corresponding full-back comes up and prepares to cross after the opponent cuts inside, we will immediately prepare for the air defense, and the back on the other side will cooperate with one of the central defenders who did not go up to the attack, and encircle the Argentine (Rodriguez) on the other side."
"Thirdly, when you counter-attack, you have to be efficient, find the line you are most sure of to pass, and pay attention to the relationship between our players and the offside line. Okay, that's all I have to say, I believe that our morale does not need to be motivated, and more than 66,000 pairs of eyes on the scene are staring at us, expecting us to win. Although we are experiencing some difficulties right now, I believe that this must be temporary. Let's give that hairy kid in Atlanta a little color! ”
"Oh!!"
However, on Chen Fei's side, because his double incision was recognized, there were not many ways. Although compared to the Napoli players, the players of Atalanta have two major artifacts: energy bars and Chinese medicine relaxation, but after all, this is only an external factor. These things do not have too much impact on the situation of the game, especially on the basis of the obvious difference in quality between the two sides. Therefore, Chen Fei did not dare to slack off at all in the tactical arrangement, for fear that something would go wrong in any detail and lead to the tragedy of losing all the games.
'You did a good first half and it's really nice to see you go on like this.' Chen Fei first praised everyone's fighting spirit.
"I'm responsible for the goal and I should have reminded you
。 But I think you're already very good, and getting ahead of Napoli is already an impossible task. ”
"In the next game, we must not take the opponent lightly. Since the opponent can use the full-back to limit our in-cutting, then if we change the cross, the opponent will definitely change it back immediately, which is a symptom but not a cure. ”
"So, in the next games, we must not be led by the nose like this all the time. But remember, while insisting on cutting inside, we need to strengthen our long-range shots, and if we have the chance, we need to make more lateral passes and try to make space for long-range shots. ”
"Regarding the defense, we must be careful of the opponent's long pass, pay attention to the grasp of the first landing point of the long pass, the opponent's counterattack must be very efficient, and be careful of the gap after our own full-backs press up."
"Alright, let's do our best!"
"Oh!!"
The dressing room setup for both sides was unsurprising, but it was clear that Chen Fei was trying to give his players more control, while Lippi seemed to have more confidence in his players. At this time, Chen Fei didn't know that in the next game, Atalanta would encounter much more trouble than he imagined now...
The players and coaching staff of both sides, led by the referee team, returned to the São Paulo Stadium. The second half was played by Napoli, with Fonseca and Di Canio in the centre circle.
As soon as the second half began, Chen Fei sensed a huge difference in the Napoli players: their running positions began to become unpredictable. Di Canio, who was originally a central striker, often retreated to the top of the arc of the penalty area or even deeper. If the retreat of the center was a common thing in later generations, then Napoli's next decision was to put Atalanta in trouble completely...
In the 57th minute, Atalanta's not-so-threatening long-range shot flew straight off the bottom line and Napoli won the goal kick. Goalkeeper Tagliaratra stepped back and ran and pushed the ball out! What everyone didn't expect was that the power of Taliratra's kick was greater than everyone imagined! All the Atalanta players who were waiting near the halfway line were waiting for the ball to fall, but the ball flew over the center circle without the slightest sign of falling!
All the Atalanta defenders were dumbfounded: they didn't know where the powerful ball would end up, and for a moment all the Atalanta players were a little overwhelmed by their defensive choices. What I didn't expect was that Di Canio just got rid of Montero's entanglement around him at this time and ran in the direction of the ball!
Di Canio received the ball almost 40 meters from the Atalanta goal, and by this time there was no defender by his side, and the closest defender to him was Tacchinadi, who was chasing after him, but at least 5 meters away from him! Di Canio sprinted towards the front of him, knowing full well that he was in a state of going one-on-one and could have scored a beautiful goal! Sure enough, Di Canio found the defenders behind him approaching him quickly, and actually got up 25 meters from the goal! Di Canio's shot was a very bizarre one, a bit of a fairy ball, but in the end it was slightly higher than the crossbar and turned into Atalanta's goal kick.
The Atlanta coaching staff sitting on the sidelines were all in a cold sweat, Gabriel and Adrio had already noticed something wrong, but they, like Chen Fei, were not sure what went wrong, until the Atlanta goal was lost again...
In the 63rd minute, Napoli had a very golden attacking opportunity. Gantz's inchement was spotted by Napoli defender Bording, who immediately stepped up decisively and cut off the ball at Gantz's feet. At this time, Bording found that Atalanta's right-back Poggi was pressing very deep when he attacked, and there were many gaps behind him, so he directly made a pass and accurately found the captain Ferrara on the side!
Ferrara is a right-back, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have good skills at his feet. The arc of Boulding's ball was a little too close, but Ferrara used his left foot on the sideline to stop the momentum of going out of bounds, and then... I forced myself to cut inside with the ball!
This was a complete disruption to Atlanta, and everyone didn't expect that their opponents would learn this method of treating others the way they would so quickly. Ferrarane met little resistance when he came to the penalty area, and a very delicate curling shot crossed a rainbow and landed exactly in Atalanta's net! 2-2, with nearly half an hour left before the end of the game (including stoppage time), the two sides returned to the same starting line.
More than 66,000 spectators at the scene erupted into a tsunami-like sound, and the DJ on the scene was even more crazy to bring the rhythm: "The player who scored the goal just now is our captain!" Chiro... ”
"Ferrara!"
"Chiro!!"
"Ferrara!!"
"Chiro !!"
"Ferrara !!"
Ferrara's goal made Lippi on the sidelines clench his fists hard. It was a good time for the home team to equalise at this time. There is still plenty of time left in the game, for both sides. Atalanta was a little unable to find the north by Napoli's strong counterattack, how would Chen Fei react?