Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Different New Coach (First Update)
"Cheer and worship? Unless we're dead ()! ”
This was the slogan that appeared outside the Voltuno Castle training base in Naples the next day, and it was also the response of Napoli fans to Chen's previous words.
However, now the media is no longer interested in hyping up the war between Chen Yingying and the fans. Because there is something more worth keeping an eye on at the moment - Rea has left after more than four years of coaching at Naples, so who will take his place?
The media gave a lot of candidates: former Inter Milan coach Roberto. Roberto Mancini, who led Sampdoria to a top-six finish in the league last season. Mazzari, as well as current Udinese coach Marino, Catania coach Zenga and Lazio Del Roya. Rossi, of course, can't forget Del Neri, who had a secret meeting with the Napoli management at Vicenza airport last season......
All sorts of names have appeared in the media, elicitous reverie.
This time, De. Laurentiis showed his fierce side.
The team cannot be without a manager for a day, and since the previous manager has been sacked, a new manager must be found as soon as possible, otherwise the team's results will plummet.
On December 7, the day of the fifteenth round of the league, Napoli will host Siena at home. At the very least, the head coach needs to be decided before this game.
Two days after the dismissal, Napoli officially announced that they had reached an agreement with Sampdoria FC, and after paying liquidated damages, they received manager Walter from Sampdoria FC. Mazari (BSP; Mazzarhi's arrival calmed the fans who had been protesting Rhea's dismissal a bit. Because Mazzari is also a powerful manager, it is not bad for him to take over Rhea's position, and Napoli fans feel that it is acceptable.
If you find some cats and dogs, they won't agree.
When Mazzarri was the head coach of Reggina in the 06-07 season, it was just in time for Reggina to be penalized by 11 points for the phonegate incident, and as a weak team, the league was penalized 11 points before the league started, and the relegation situation suddenly became even worse (). But it was in this situation that Mazzarri led the team to relegation. In the final round, they defeated the mighty AC Milan 2-0 at home and were relegated.
At the end of the season, he signed a contract with Sampdoria. In the 07-08 season, Sampdoria started low and went high under his leadership. In the 29th round of the league, they even reached the top four at one point, and they have a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League. But in the end, in the last few rounds of the league, the strong teams played well, and Sampdoria could only hate to participate in the League Cup. But it was still the best result of Mazzalhi's managerial career, especially in the second half of the league season, with a good record against the big teams.
And when Rea led the team to face the northern giants this season, except for a 2-1 home defeat to Juventus, the rest were lost. In the eighth round of the league, he lost 0:1 to Lazio; In the tenth round of the league, it lost 0:1 to AC Milan away; In the fourteenth round of the league, they lost 1:2 away to Inter Milan.
Judging by the performance against the strong teams alone, Mazzari is indeed better than Rhea......
According to the media, Mazzarri signed a two-year contract with Napoli with an annual salary of 1.5 million euros, which is not a low income in the public of Italian coaching circles. It can be seen that for the revival of Naples, de . Laurentiis really doesn't mind how much it costs.
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Walter. Mazzari sat in his office at Fort Voltuno's training base, which had been used by Rhea and could still show some traces of Rhea's time, and the club's staff were busy moving things, moving things from Rhea's time and bringing in what he needed.
Mazzari sat in his office, unconcerned with the busy staff, checking the profiles of Napoli's first-team players, each of whom was stacked in a pile, piled up like a hill next to him.
At this time, the club's press officer, Bardari, walked in ().
"Walter, there are some reporters out there who want to interview you." Bardari said to Mazzari.
Mazari looked up from his desk work, took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose: "But I don't have time now." He gestured to the large stack of things on the table. I might have to take it home to see it. ”
Bardari glanced at the mountain of documents and smacked his lips. "Alright then, you're busy, I'll help you refuse......"
"Let's make another appointment with them." Mazzar said. It's not good to refuse directly, and building a good relationship with the media is the key to being able to gain a foothold in this team. Both he and the supposedly conflicted team must have the support of the media and have a voice leaning towards themselves. During this time, the media was too chaotic, and all kinds of voices came out unscrupulously. He even felt that the contradictions between Rhea and the players, and the contradictions among the players, were the result of malicious hype by the media, which was not a big deal, but after such a rendering by the media, it became a big deal.
There are two things that must be done at the beginning of the tenure, one is to understand the various information of the players and manage the dressing room. The other thing is to get good relations with the media and get their support.
Bardari nodded, "Okay, just do as you say, Walter." ”
When Bardari took his leave, Mazzarri continued to study the players' profile.
In fact, most of the Napoli players, he is familiar with, after all, they played together last season, and he has also studied them.
So he focused on the information of several people, especially not long after joining the team this season, there were conflicts with fans and media, and then there was information about Chen Yingying, a controversial player who had conflicts with Argentine players within the club.
He looked very closely. It includes not only the basic information of this player, but also the contradictions between this player and the fans, the grievances between the media, and the discord with Lavezzi and others, what is the reason - these things are reported in the media, and it is easy to find them, depending on whether you have the heart ().
And...... He found that that this was not enough, he needed to know more. So he asked Luigi, who was busy with his staff and was also a member of the team's coaching staff. Fibrari (luigi_febbrari): "Luigi, is there a video of Chen Yingying's fight?" I want it all. ”
"All of them?" Fibrari was stunned for a moment and asked rhetorically.
'Yes, all the game footage since he joined the team.'
"Then I'll find it for you." Fibrari ran out.
After a while, he came back with those tapes, Chen Yingying made thirteen appearances in the league, almost every game, two appearances in the Toto Cup, six appearances in the League Cup from the qualifying round, Napoli had a bye in the first four rounds of the Italian Cup, and there was no game until the round of 16, but lost to Salernitana and was eliminated, Chen Yingying did not play.
A total of twenty-one videotapes, full of hugs.
"It's all here, Walter."
Mazari nodded in satisfaction, motioning to set it aside and he could go on with his work.
These tapes weren't what he was going to watch now, but what he was going to take home to watch. He had to go on to read the text first.
The next league game against Siena is just around the corner, and it will be his first home game in Napoli, so it would be nice if he could get all the players familiar before then. So he intends to follow the tactics and personnel of the Rea era, use the opportunity of a few games to observe again, and then make his own decisions and adjustments.
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Chen Yingying met his new head coach during training. A middle-aged man with glasses and a very elegant look.
Before the start of the training, he gathered everyone together, formed a circle, and introduced himself, or rather, ...... Inaugural Address ().
"I'm excited to join this great team. We're going to be working together for at least two years from today – of course, maybe less, and if we don't do well, I'll probably be out of the league in the next round. ”
His words amused some people, how could he say that about himself?
After the laughter stopped, he continued: "But I don't want me to be so unlucky, so I'll try to lead everyone to victory." So I can keep my job and you will get the winnings. ”
Another burst of laughter. It's not often that a struggling Napoli player has had the chance to put a smile on his face like this. During this time, the situation of the team was not good, with consecutive defeats, the manager was dismissed, and there were many internal conflicts in the team......
Chen Yingying was also laughing. He suddenly felt that the head coach in front of him who looked quite elegant was different from Rhea, who was very strict when he trained, basically not smiling, and what he heard the most was his hurried whistle and loud scolding. "That's how you should be! How can you do that! Rip it out, pull it out! "I'm in my sixties, and I'm still like an energetic young man.
Although it was only the first time we met, I always felt that he and everyone had a very harmonious relationship.
What can you expect from a new coach like this?
Outside the training ground, the fans protesting Rhea's dismissal have disappeared and banners have been removed. After the new manager was confirmed, these fans were gone.
It looks like Napoli will be able to find a temporary calm.
But Chen Yingying knows in his heart that this is all because fans still have illusions and good feelings about the new coach. If the team's results are not good...... When the time comes, those chaotic scenes will be repeated again.
The Italian team really has more trouble than the Russian team......