Chapter 55: The first win in the Champions League (the third update, ask for a monthly ticket!) )
'Napoli won a corner, Arshavin took it, Hamsik was in front of the post, he met it, tactical corners? At first, the narrator's tone was normal, but when Chen Yingying appeared on the screen, they suddenly became not calm ().
"Chen Yingying! Front Nodding Ball - Gooooooooo!! ”
"Nice head-to-head goal! Chen Yingying scored with a header in an unorthodox position! ”
"It's not often that I see anyone better than the hero of the day!"
"It's incredible that you can score such a header!"
"Napoli are two goals ahead of Lyon at their home stadium! This first half was really ...... Unparalleled! ”
When the football was thrown into the goal by Chen Yingying, the Sao Paulo Stadium resounded with huge cheers, although those extreme fans are still tirelessly booing Chen Yingying to express their dissatisfaction with Chen Yingying, but it is undeniable that now at the Sao Paulo Stadium, more and more fans have liked the Chinese who can always score goals.
Chen Yingying posed on the ground for the photographers to take pictures, and it wasn't long before he was hugged by his excited teammates.
Many of them slid down on their knees, like him, and then hugged him tightly, screaming and throwing fists in his ear.
Surrounded by such excited and excited teammates, Chen Yingying still had a cool expression, making those reporters keep pressing the shutter.
He had a smile on his face when he was pulled up – scoring a goal is always something to be happy about, and celebrating is a rare opportunity for players to put on a show, so of course you have to do something different.
Surrounded by his teammates, Chen Yingying ran back to his own half.
At the moment, the team led by two goals in the first half, and it seems that there is no problem in winning this game.
This Champions League home game went more smoothly than they expected.
It seems that the atmosphere at the São Paulo Stadium has really scared the Chinese people...... They didn't expect the team to reach the Champions League for the first time in 18 years to have such a terrifying home stadium.
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The two-goal lead relieved Mazzari on the sidelines and walked back to the dugout after celebrating his goal, where he sat down.
Now he can sit on the sidelines and watch the play – at least until the end of the first half.
Puel waved his hand disapprovingly. He knew that it would be a little difficult to get into the state all at once in an away game, but he didn't expect it to be so slow to heat up and concede two goals in a row!
Napoli is playing at their home stadium, just like playing chicken blood, especially hard!
He has to admit that this is a mistake in his work, and he only took into account the strength of Napoli when preparing for the game, and underestimated the atmosphere at Napoli's home.
What now?
Puel calmed down and thought.
The worst possible outcome is to lose this game.
Lose? Leon was not afraid, Puel had already made similar preparations. They are not supergiants like Real Madrid or Barcelona who have the ability to remain unbeaten throughout the group stage, or win them all. There will always be losses, anyway, the group stage is not about losing or not losing, but whether you can qualify, on the premise of being able to qualify, try to ensure the first place in the group, in order to avoid those super strong group leaders ().
The question is which teams and which games can be lost, and which teams and which games must not be lost.
After the results of the group draw came out, Puel analyzed that if nothing else, this group will be his own team and Liverpool to advance. Napoli and Zenit St. Petersburg go to battle for a League Cup qualification.
A home win over Zenit St. Petersburg in the first round of the group stage gave Lyon a good start to their Champions League campaign this season. Puel is confident in Lyon's quality and feels that qualifying from the group is not something he should be thinking about at all, he is thinking about how to compete with Liverpool for top of the group.
He won in the first round and Liverpool drew and gave him hope of topping the group.
But if he had lost to Napoli today, things might not have gone as smoothly as he thought......
No, you still can't admit defeat, at least you have to get a draw!
With two goals down, Puel still didn't have the pride to think they could come back from defeat, after all, it was still on the road.
As long as they can get one point, they will accumulate four points after two group games, and even if Liverpool also wins, the two teams will still be first with four points, even if they are tied.
Adjust tactics in the second half, attack!
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"What a beautiful goal!" CCTV's commentator He Ping was full of praise for Chen Yingying's header. "Headers like this aren't uncommon, but they're also uncommon! The most rare thing is that in the process of such a run, he threw the football into the goal with precision, almost grazing the top of Bastos's head and flying in! Loris can't reach the whip! ”
He usually commentates La Liga games, so he basically doesn't have the opportunity to comment on Chen Yingying's games (). Only in the Champions League can he have the opportunity to have a mouthful of addiction - yes, he privately calls commenting on Chen Yingying's game "addiction", because Chen Yingying is a Chinese player, and commenting on his game itself can give him a huge sense of identity and national pride. When Chen Yingying performed well, no matter how excited he was, he had no psychological barriers, unlike his predecessor Huang Jianxiang, who yelled for Italy, which resulted in verbal criticism.
Now he is cheering for the players of his country, and no one will dare to say anything about it again. After all, it's a bit too sensitous to shout "Long live Italy......
Only when commentating on Chen Yingying's game can he fully release his emotions and devote himself wholeheartedly. There's nothing more wonderful than this for a narrator.
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Lyon, who was two goals behind, did not rush to attack and continued to defend. Puer had already conveyed his instructions and stabilized the morale of the army. And just like that, with a two-goal lead in the first half, Napoli went into the half-time break.
The players were praised for their performance in the first half, but he didn't get too carried away.
“…… Because there are still forty-five minutes left in the second half. A game is made up of two 45 minutes, and if we play well in the first 45 minutes, it doesn't mean that we can play well in the last 45 minutes. I ask you to continue to put pressure on each other and not let them find their rhythm. We have to keep playing like this in the second half, but we won't press forward – I think Lyon will definitely want to do something in the second half, and no one will accept such a result, especially the second seed in this group......"
Mazzarri analysed what could have happened in the second half and what the team might have done.
“…… If Lyon wants to attack, we will recycle the defense, but when it is time to attack, it is still as big as the first half, Maggio and Sanchez, you two have to dare to press the assist, you have to form an offensive level, don't break the gear easily. Three strikers, you guys had a great first half! If you continue to play like this in the second half, I know you have a tacit understanding, so I will make the most of your understanding. ”
Someone in the locker room laughed (). Everyone knows why these three have a tacit understanding.
The eating, drinking, and playing groups in Naples have long been a public affair, and everyone in the team knows that there is such an informal organization. Even Mazari had heard of it. He didn't want to interfere with the players' private lives, he just said that he didn't let this kind of thing affect the players' state, and if they were not in good shape because they went out to play, he would not hesitate to send them to the reserve team......
"In short, they can't be given a chance to organize an attack calmly!"
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Next door, in Lyon's dressing room, the singing of Napoli fans outside is still coming from the outside, which makes many Lyon players unbearable.
They had no imagination at all, this group of people kept shouting and singing for forty-five minutes, why could they continue to be so hilarious, didn't they need to rest?
Puel had to raise his voice and try to make sure the players in the dressing room could hear his every word.
He's already thinking about whether he'll have to bring a megaphone with him next time he comes here to compete...... However, there is no next time, this kind of away game, he really doesn't want to experience it again.
"You guys were terrible in the first half! Slow heat is not an excuse, and away is not a reason either! I want you to show some momentum in the second half! They were pressed very high and it should have been our chance, which we had to take advantage of in the second half. They only have three defenders and the backcourt is all empty...... Here, here, and here, all of them! ”
Puel points at the tactical board.
"Pass me all the balls to these places!"
He watched a first half and felt that an equaliser was not impossible, and the biggest problem for Napoli's back three was that they could only concentrate in the middle, and once they dispersed to the wings, the distance between the three of them widened, and there were naturally more empty spaces, so it was inevitable to lose sight of one or the other.
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When the second half resumed, Napoli did not make a substitution, but Lyon made a change, replacing Delgado with Govu. Puel was not happy with Delgado's performance in the first half, and replacing Delgado was also a reminder to the other ten players on the pitch - if anyone doesn't perform well, I will replace him!
But Puel was soon dumbfounded, because he found that the huge gap in the Napoli back was gone - Napoli did not continue 343, but adjusted the formation and became 442!
Maggio dropped back to right-back, Santa Croce went wide to play left-back, Arshavin dropped back from the right winger position to right midfield, and Cassano and Chen Yingying played as a double striker up front.
In this way, the problem of large space in the rear caused by the back three is gone, because now it is a back four, and many places can be taken care of.
At the same time, this adjustment did not sacrifice the team's offensive ability, Alexis. Alexis Sanchez and Arshavin are both very capable of breaking and also having a cross, so Napoli can still keep up the pressure on Lyon.
Puel was stunned on the sidelines for a moment, then reacted...... Even if you just want to equalize, it's a little difficult.
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“…… Lyon tried to launch an offensive in the second half to equalise. But they didn't do it well. Until the end of the game, they failed to achieve this wish, Napoli attacked instead of defending, Cheng held on to the two-goal advantage, and finally won the game with a score of 2-0, which was Napoli's first victory since returning to the Champions League! ”
After the game, some media summed up the second half of the two sides like this.
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