Chapter 173: The Different Situations of the League and the Champions League (Second Update)
As Raul himself said, after fifteen years of playing in the first team of Real Madrid, he has been regarded as a banner and image ambassador for ten years, and as the first captain for seven years, the pressure is really a daily occurrence for him.
The media criticism of him did not affect him.
And he quickly turned the media's criticism of him into praise.
On September 19, in the third round of the league, Napoli challenged Sampdoria away, and Napoli won 3:1. In this game, Raul scored his first competitive goal since joining Napoli.
It was a very nice shot.
Immediately after the match, the direction of the media changed, from criticizing Raul to praising Raul's immortality.
What "This is Raul, the King!" "Raul showed people why he is always worthy of respect!" "Real Madrid will regret letting Raul go!"
Those who tout the flesh and numb make people get goosebumps even when they look small. The media is indeed the most undisciplined in the world.
Raul just smiled at this and ignored it at all.
When Chen Yingying saw the situation of the media, he knew how worried he was, and Raul really didn't need to change his mood because of the media's fuss.
Not to mention Raul, he wouldn't do it himself.
Chen Yingying scored another goal in this game, and his tally for the new season has now reached three. It's a good start for himself to compete for the league's top scorer.
He is currently joint top scorer in the league with Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o with three goals.
The next Champions League group game is not until 29 September, and Napoli can concentrate on the league until then.
Chen Yingying wants to be full of firepower.
On September 22, Napoli hosted Chievo and the final score was 3:1. Chen Yingying went on a killing spree in this game and staged a hat-show.
The commentators in the game are crazy, because now Chen Yingying's goals are easily reminiscent of his "wild words" that he wants to dominate the Serie A Golden Boot for three consecutive years.
Every time he scored, it resurfaced in everyone's minds, reminding everyone – I mean it! I'm not kidding! This Serie A top scorer is three times in a row, I'm very serious!
"You don't have to play in the Champions League, you don't have to be distracted by the two-front battle, Chen Yingying can use all his strength in the league. So...... The league's opponents are out of luck ()! ”
These were the words of a media outlet after the game.
He's right, Napoli's opponents are really out of luck.
Napoli haven't had such a great start to the league yet. The league has started four rounds, with three wins and one draw, and no one has been lost. Accumulate 10 points, beat Inter Milan with a goal difference, and temporarily rank first in the league!
Napoli have never been in this position since returning to Serie A, even if only temporarily......
Chen Yingying himself took the lead with six goals, leaving Samuel Eto'o behind. In this round of the league, Eto'o scored twice, but he couldn't beat Chen Yingying's hat-trick.
Someone suddenly thought about Chen Yingying's time when he was still playing for Zenit St. Petersburg before his transfer to Napoli. His final season in the Russian Superleague...... No, maybe it's the last half of the season.
In the final half of the season, he scored crazy goals, scoring 21 goals in 11 league games, which eventually helped him win the top scorer of the Russian Premier League that season despite missing the remaining two-thirds of the league. At the time, it was not a big news. It's just that because the gold content of the Russian Super League is too low in the eyes of many people, it has not caused a sensational effect.
Comparing the two now, it is inevitable that people will think about the past of that season.
At the beginning, Chen Yingying scored crazy goals in the Russian Premier League and won the top scorer in the league, and some people said that the defense of the Russian Premier League was too poor, and it was a person who could do such a thing there, and there was nothing to brag about.
Well, now Chen Yingying is facing the best defensive league in the world, Serie A. Looking at the way he looks, it seems that he wants to play like this in Serie A......
This can't help but be reminiscent of a lot.
And through these games, everyone also found that Chen Yingxing's running position is more erratic than in the previous two seasons, and he always seems to appear in some places that everyone can't think of (). Although you may not be able to score a goal, you can also scare everyone......
The most intuitive effect of running is ...... Defenders are finding it harder than ever to freeze Chen during the game.
In the past, Chen Yingying's running range was very small, except for straight line retreat, he was active in the penalty area, and he didn't go to the side of the penalty area at all. It is mainly concentrated in the middle of the penalty area.
So it's easy to defend him, just defend it in the penalty area, and if the defender's level is high enough, it's not impossible to freeze Chen Yingying. The level of defenders is not high, so the whole backline works together to cut off the connection between Chen Yingying and the midfield, especially the connection between the two wings, so that Chen Yingying cannot receive the pass.
In this way, Chen Yingying basically has no chance.
But from this season onwards, everyone has noticed a change. Chen's ability to capture opportunities in front of goal has increased significantly. With an average of nine shots per game across the four games, those shots may not always turn into goals, but they show that he was able to take chances.
He has scored six goals so far, three of which are headers, one from distance and the other two from the penalty area. However, among the three headers, it is not the previous way of blindly relying on brute force to solve the battle, and two of them are headers after finding space in front of the goal.
The specific performance is very telling.
The media began to take notice of this, believing that Chen Yingying was improving. As a striker who has won the top scorer in Serie A for two consecutive seasons and won the Champions League top scorer Golden Boot in his first season in the Champions League, he is only 22 years old, but he is still making obvious steps.
It's an incredible thing. Many people used to think that Chen Yingying belonged to the juvenile ambition type, he was too dazzling at the beginning, and his ability reached the limit at a young age, and it was difficult to progress after that.
Unexpectedly, Chen Yingying's body is making such obvious progress.
Many people were dumbfounded, while his opponents felt ...... Horror ().
If this trend continues, what will Chen Yingying eventually become? Even the most imaginative people dare not think about it.
Fortunately, in the fifth round of the league, Chen Yingying did not continue to score, which made many people secretly relieved.
Otherwise, I really don't know how to describe this person...... Wickedness?
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On September 26, in the fifth round of the league, Napoli defeated Cesena 4-1 away, and Chen Yingxing was unlucky, hitting the post once in the game, and a header slid out of the goal. However, he provided two assists and was also an important contributor to the team's victory.
After playing this league, there is nothing to do with Chen Yingying.
The second game of the Champions League group stage is here.
Napoli take on Rangers away.
Raul finally got off to the top of the game, helping Napoli to score the equaliser.
After he scored, the commentators took off their hats and saluted.
Because it was his 67th Champions League goal, although he is still one goal behind Inzaghi and behind the old bomber Gade in the European scoring chart. Muller scored two goals, but he deserves to be the all-time top scorer in the Champions League. In the 55 years of the Champions League, no one has scored more goals than him.
Although Raul's goal was a big event, Napoli were still unable to emerge victorious, drawing 1-1 away at Rangers.
After two rounds of group stage matches, they are currently in second place in the group for the time being, and the current situation in the group is as follows - Manchester United were held to a draw at home by Rangers in the first round, Napoli drew with Valencia in the first round, and neither game has a goal (). In the second round, the mighty Manchester United finally started to come into play, beating Valencia 1-0 away and Napoli holding Rangers 1-1 away. Therefore, Manchester United, who currently have one win and one draw, have four points and are in first place in the group. They are followed by two teams that have drawn two games in a row, Napoli and Glasgow Rangers. Both teams have the same number of goals scored, conceded the same number of goals, and the relationship between wins and losses is the same, but Napoli are temporarily second in the group due to the advantage of away goals. Glasgow Rangers are third, while Valencia are bottom of the table with just one point.
Although it has only played two rounds of the group stage, this group has already shown the style of the "Group of Death".
At present, Manchester United has a big advantage, and anyone in the other three teams can qualify, and anyone who has it may be out. The difference between heaven and hell is one word, but it is the difference between heaven and hell.
Napoli are currently second in the group, and there is nothing to be happy about, and the group stage starts with no rankings, only points.
With only two points, the second place in the group will one day be pulled down.
The media have said that although this topic has been talked about by everyone, it is still necessary to say that without Chen Yingying, Napoli's offensive firepower has been sharply reduced. Raul scored a goal, but Napoli didn't quite fit in.
Do you really have to adapt to the whole group stage? I'm afraid that in the end, I will adapt well and the group stage will be over, and Napoli will have to be eliminated in the end......
However, Chen Yingying can't help with this, all he can do is to play better in the league. Perhaps this will give the team more experience to cope with the group stage of the Champions League.
So in the sixth round of the league, his "goal drought" that lasted only one round ended in one round.
Thanks to his goal, Napoli won the first "Sun Derby" of the season with a 2-0 win at home to Roma.
The future is foggy in the Champions League Group of Death, but in Serie A, Napoli is now leading the way!