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In the history of Napoli football, although there have been stars such as Zoff and Sivori, the reason why it has occupied an important position in world football is because of Maradona, the Argentine king dedicated his glory years (24 to 30 years old) to Napoli, scoring 115 goals in 259 games, but this number cannot fully reflect the great contribution of the king to Napoli football.

In the 58 years before Maradona's arrival, Napoli had won only two Coppa Italia and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup once, with other results lackluster.

In the 1982-83 season, Napoli narrowly missed relegation from Serie B by just one point, and the following year the board suddenly wanted to bring in a big star to make Maradona's transfer a reality.

On June 30, 1984, Napoli took the Argentine king from Barcelona for $4 million, and also broke the transfer fee record in world football, five days later, 50,000 fans entered the Napoli São Paulo stadium to attend the meeting between Maradona and the fans.

It was a great event in the history of Naples!

In the summer, Napoli's squad was rebuilt to accommodate Maradona's arrival, with stars such as Herro Ferrara, Bagni and De Napoli joining the new squad.

From 1984 to 1991, these 7 seasons were the 7 years that Napoli had Maradona, and they became a force that attracted the attention of Italy, from obscurity to being able to compete with the giants of the north, such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus and other giants, they achieved brilliant results, Napoli won the third place in Serie A in 1986, won the league championship in 1987, and competed with AC Milan in 1988, and finally ranked second in the league; 1989 UEFA Cup winner, league runners-up; In 1990, he 'gasped' AC Milan and won the league championship...... All this is Maradona's biggest gift to the Napolins, and more importantly, Napoli is not a rich city, because the purchase of Maradona is a crazy move, and the team is unable to build a real giant army, under the premise that the overall level of the team is weaker than the northern giants, Napoli can still win two Serie A titles, to a large extent, relying on Maradona's super personal ability.

In March 1991, Maradona was found to be a drug addict (******), followed by a 15-month ban, and in June 1992, Maradona, who regained his freedom to play, refused to return to Napoli and joined Sevilla, ending one of the most legendary causes in the history of modern football.

In the space of seven years, Maradona brought Napoli two Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, one Italian Super Cup and one UEFA Cup, which is unmatched by the sum of honors in the history of any other southern Italian team.

After losing Maradona, Napoli has emerged Zola, Cannavaro, Fonseca, Di Canio, Giannini, and other stars, but they can only run their own small world, just use Napoli as a springboard to the giants, like Maradona to lead Napoli and the giants head-on, no one can do it anymore, Maradona is not only attacking the city in the front, but also in the midfield calmly commanding the style of the general, since then it has also disappeared in Naples, no wonder Napoli fans want to make a war song for Maradona, The title of the song is: He's much better than Bailey.

Maradona's own charm is not reflected in the economic development of the city and his personal morality, as in a poem: his light left foot, leaving the earth, when he returns, is born miraculous and vibrant.

Maradona conquered the fans with his own skills, and also brought two league championships to the barren southern Italian football, the first championship in 1987, Maradona won almost single-handedly, and the second championship in 1990, when Serie A had become a "small World Cup" scale, and Napoli could show relatively few stars, and it was more difficult to win the championship.

After Maradona, if the southern team still wants to win the league, it can be said that it is unimaginable under real conditions.

For that alone, Napoli fans can't overstate how they praise Maradona.

On August 3, 2004, Napoli declared bankruptcy and was ordered to be relegated, and the film tycoon De Laurentiis, who was negotiating business in Rome, got the news six days later, and the producer quickly made the decision to authorize a private lawyer to start the acquisition plan a week later, almost a blitzkrieg, "Napoli Football S.A." was established on August 26, and on September 10 officially bought the original "Napoli Sports and Football Club", and caught up with the registration for the third division of that year.

Then, in the 2006-2007 season, Napoli FC competed in Serie B, and finally returned to Serie A the following year with a second place finish.

In the 2009-2010 season, Napoli started the season with only 2 wins, 1 loss and 4 defeats, and after losing 1-2 away to Roma on October 4, 2009, Donadoni was also sacked after the team's director Pierre Paulo Marino, and former Sampdoria manager Walter Mazzarri took over.

Mazzari introduced a 3-4-3 system that places great emphasis on tactical counter-attacks, and last season, Napoli showed strong momentum and were once in the title race, striker Edinson Cavani scored 26 goals to win the Serie A Silver Boot, midfielder Hamsik and winger Lavezzi also played well, and finally won the third place in Serie A with 21 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses.

After many years, Napoli is back in the Champions League!

Napoli take on Atletico Madrid at the Sao Paulo Stadium in the second round of Group A of the Champions League group stage.

In the first round, Atletico Madrid won at home to Bayern Munich and got off to a good start with three points, while Manchester City and Napoli drew and picked up one point each.

Napoli are happy with a point from the first round, and the veteran Serie A team that has had Maradona has not played in the Champions League for many years, and the media has positioned them as 'fourth in Group A', so it is already good to get points.

'We got one point and we can be happy with that, and one point away from home against Manchester City is like winning.' De Laurentiis told Sky Italia sports channel.

'Everybody was talking about Manchester City being the second best team in England and that the Premier League title was a contest between Manchester City and Manchester United, so we came here thinking we were going to have more possibilities.

'We had a couple of mistakes in our performance that cost us an equaliser, but it was a much better result than many expected.'

Napoli's point is good news for Atletico Madrid, who are the only team to win, sitting at the top of Group A.

Although Atletico Madrid are top of the group, Napoli boss Walter Mazzarri is in a good mood and in the first round at the Manchester Stadium, Napoli managed to pick up a point and return to the Sao Paulo Stadium, where he believes the game will not be too difficult.

Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, in fact, are newcomers to the Champions League, in comparison, Manchester City's qualifications are older, they also won the Champions League trophy in 2008, Atletico Madrid, like Napoli, are the first time to participate in the Champions League in more than ten years, so compared with Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, it must be more difficult for Manchester City to play.

Facing Manchester City away from home, they were able to get a point, and the morale of the whole Napoli team was shocked, and when they returned to the Sao Paulo Stadium to face Atletico Madrid, they also felt that the game was nothing.

Wout Mazzarri is already looking forward to leading Napoli out of the group.

When the group draw came out, no one thought that Napoli had drawn a good draw, Group A was the real group of death, and even many media ignored Napoli because they were obviously the weakest team in the group, which made the whole Napoli team and manager Walter Mazzarri feel very unhappy.

Now it's different.

After the draw away at Manchester City, Wout Mazzalri suddenly felt that Group A was also good.

Several teams in Group A are opponents of Bayern Munich and strong teams such as Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, but Bayern Munich's performance last season proves that they have begun to decline, Manchester City and Atletico Madrid are both newcomers, and in the chaos, Napoli is still likely to qualify.

Instead, they are divided into other groups, such as Group H, with Barcelona and AC Milan, and the two teams almost safely get the right to qualify, what chance can Napoli have?

After the news that Atletico Madrid had been held to a draw at home by Sporting Gijón in La Liga, Wout Mazzari was even more confident.

Atletico Madrid is in trouble, isn't it a good chance to beat them?

With all three points from a win over Atletico Madrid at the Stadio de São Paulo, Napoli have already secured four points, which will put them in an even better position in the group race.

For the match against Atletico Madrid, Wout Mazzarri also prepared a lot, he continued to study Atletico Madrid's tactics, and also decided to let the team stick to the defensive counter-attacking style of play.

Almost all clubs in Italy have made counter-attacking defence their mastery.

When facing strong European teams, they will subconsciously think about whether they should change their tactics, because Italy's defensive counterattack has been touched all over the world, but the Italian team and the Spanish team don't have to think too much, because the defensive counterattack is the best way to deal with offensive football, and at the same time, the defensive counterattack is also Napoli's best tactic, with their most suitable tactics to compete with the opponent, and at least not fall behind in tactics, Walter Mazzarri feels that the victory is more certain.

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Wout Mazzari is confident.

When interviewed by the media, he took the initiative to provoke a war of words, hoping to suppress Atletico Madrid before the game.

'We only got one point in the first round and that's a bit of a shame because everyone who watched that game knows we deserved three points. But it doesn't matter, we still have a chance, the whole team is confident and I'm sure the win will go to Napoli. As he said this, Walter Mazzari had a faint smile on his face and looked unconcerned, as if the game had been won.

The Italian media also seemed to be infected by Walter Mazzalhi's confidence.

As a result, the media outlets such as Sport Milano, Sport Torino and Italian Football News have written articles to analyze the situation in Group A, and finally concluded that Napoli will definitely be one of the two teams to qualify, and they can beat Atletico Madrid at home.

The Italian media paints a fantastic picture for Napoli fans.

'Mazzari is very confident, which is a very positive sign for Napoli!'

"Napoli play at home, all Italian teams know the horrors of the Sao Paulo stadium, where the fans are the most devout Napoli believers!"

"In terms of Champions League experience, Atletico Madrid, like Napoli, are 'newbies', they have little experience. In the last round of the Italian league, Napoli won against Udinese and Atletico Madrid drew at home to Sporting Gijón, and Napoli also have an advantage in this regard. ”

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The Italian media kept reporting as if Napoli had won the game, but in reality, these reports did not give Wan Sheng a second glance.

Wansheng has more important things to do, and that is how to deal with Napoli.

Napoli don't have much to say about their tactics, and they basically don't have any tactical changes, so there is only one thing left in front of them - how to deal with the defensive counter-attack.

In Spanish football, Wansheng rarely has the opportunity to meet a team that plays pure defensive counterattacks, but when he was coaching in England, especially when leading Manchester City, even giants such as Manchester United, Liverpool, and Chelsea will use defensive counterattack play to play against Manchester City, so Wansheng is still very experienced in this regard.

It is not difficult to lead an offensive football team to deal with a pure defensive counterattack, and it comes down to the collision of attack and defense.

The first thing is to keep the team pressed enough.

Attack is the best defense, which is directly reflected in Atletico Madrid, as long as they can suppress the opponent to the greatest extent, the opponent's counterattack space will be small, they can only stabilize the defense, and even in a dense defensive way, to ensure that the goal is not lost.

Then, the question is simpler: how to break down the dense defense?

If Napoli can hold the back of the net for dozens of minutes in a row, then they really have a chance of winning, because no team, including Atletico Madrid, can continue to attack for the whole game, and it will be a serious test of the players' fitness and energy.

Therefore, what is in front of Wansheng is how to break through Napoli's dense defense to give the team the lead as soon as possible.

The coaching staff had already started discussing the issue a week before coming to Italy, when Atletico Madrid had just played the first round of the Champions League with Bayern Munich, and the third round of the league against Racing Santander had not yet started.

Everyone is well aware of Napoli's tactics, so that's the problem.

Summing up everyone's opinions, it is nothing more than increasing the flexibility of the attack, Diamares proposed, "We need more means of scoring!" ”

Then a group of coaches got together to discuss.

What can be added?

Wan Sheng talked a few words in the general direction, and let Fan Zhiyi, Diamares and others discuss it freely, and the specific details still have to be talked about together, and finally after an afternoon, everyone summarized all the content together.

The core of dealing with Napoli is how to make more shots on goal and more efficient shots, in terms of Atletico Madrid's attacking style, then it is necessary to strengthen long-range shots, such as tactical set-pieces, corners and other opportunities to be seized.

Before the match against Napoli, Atletico Madrid was training almost all kinds of routines.

As long as they put the ball into the Napoli goal first, then the team will have a considerable advantage, and Napoli's idea of relying purely on defensive counter-attacks to win is almost half shattered, and then the victory will be in the hands of Atletico Madrid.

In fact, the attack is also a tough wound for Napoli.

Although the Italian media continue to emphasize that Napoli's 'new trident' - the combination of Hamsik, Cavani, and Ravitch, the core of the organization, but in fact, in the eyes of many people, the three together are not as good as Morris plus Diego Costa, Morris's individual ability is very strong, which Hamsik cannot compare at all, plus Diego Costa, the recognized striker with forward efficiency, the combination of the two is much stronger than Napoli's so-called 'new trident'.

Napoli's headache will definitely be the problem of scoring goals, and Atletico Madrid can be invincible as long as they pay attention to their defense.

When the whole Atletico Madrid team came to Italy, the preparation training had been almost carried out, in Wan Sheng's view, the game at the Sao Paulo Stadium was actually not much suspense, and his thoughts were just diametrically opposed to the judgment of the Italian media, that Atletico Madrid could calmly take away the three points at the Sao Paulo Stadium.

You can imagine the scene of the pre-match press conference.

Wan Sheng has been busy dealing with Napoli and has not responded with anything to Wout Mazzalhi, and as a result, the Italians think that Atletico Madrid is not confident.

"Is the game suspenseful? I don't think so. My players are ready to celebrate the way we scored and we're ready to celebrate the win. ”

When Wan Sheng said this, the Italian media in the audience reacted very much, they did not expect Wan Sheng to say so conclusively that Atletico Madrid would win.

Napoli boss Wout Mazzarri seemed to be outraged, "Wansheng said they had figured out how to celebrate the victory? Good! I'd like to see how Atletico managed to take the three points away from the Sao Paulo Stadium! ”

In the shouting of the confrontation between the two, the pre-match press conference broke up unhappily.

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In fact, Wout Mazzari is not wrong in his thinking, against a team like Atletico Madrid, defensive counterattack is the best option.

If Napoli chooses to play against Atletico Madrid, Wan Sheng will not have to think hard about how to deal with Napoli.

However, Walter Mazzarri underestimated Atletico Madrid too much.

Atletico Madrid can beat Bayern Munich at home in the first round, not because Bayern Munich has really declined, but because Bayern Munich is much better than last season, and even two Bayern Munich don't look like one team at all.

That kind of Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid can be defeated, how can it only be regarded as a new Champions League team with a gorgeous lineup?

Wout Mazzarri also overrates his own players.

Hamsik is not Pirlo, nor Kaka, nor C-Ronaldo, Messi, he is not so strong in ability, and can lead the team to fight with Atletico Madrid between offensive and defensive transitions.

In terms of player quality alone, Hamsik is far behind.

So at the beginning of the game between the two teams, Napoli was suppressed in the half, in fact, there is nothing strange, when they are passive, they always want to play a counterattack, the defender wants to pass forward when he gets the ball, but the player in front can't get the ball at all, and the big foot pass is not accurate, almost no different from giving the offensive opportunity directly to Atletico Madrid.

When Atletico Madrid had the ball, it was too difficult for Napoli to steal.

They tried to press in midfield, but Atletico Madrid showed them with a quick pass and a powerful shot that if they didn't shrink back in formation, the goal would be a direct threat.

In this case, Napoli can only compress the formation and retreat for intensive defense.

Atletico Madrid is constantly passing the ball, and when they see an opportunity, they pass the ball to a threatening position, and it feels like the two teams are practicing attack and defense.

In terms of counter-attack, Napoli have no chance at all.

From the 5th minute to the 19th minute of the game, in the past 15 minutes, Napoli was able to successfully play a wave of counterattacks, and there was not a decent shot on goal, not even a long-range shot, and you can see from the data how much they were suppressed.

The situation of the match surprised Wout Mazzari very much.

In some game videos, Walter Mazzari saw Atletico Madrid's performance, especially against some small clubs in La Liga, Atletico Madrid's performance was very suppressive.

There is a difference between watching the video of the game and experiencing it in person.

Wout Mazzarhi was amazed at the level of coordination between the Atletico Madrid players, with many passes and receivings as if they had been rehearsed countless times before, but in reality, this was an official Champions League group stage match, and the players' performances on the pitch were improvised.

Napoli didn't do a good job of pressing.

Wout Mazzari's idea is to press more and threaten Atletico Madrid's goal with a quick counter-attack after grabbing the ball.

So far in the game, Napoli's pressing has not returned.

The Atletico Madrid players kept making quick passes and catches, making it impossible for the Napoli players to defend effectively, and the only thing they could do was to retreat and continue to retreat, so that the team's formation could be compressed more tightly and respond to Atletico Madrid's attack with crowd tactics.

The game is not going to be very good!

Wought-Mazzali is starting to get a little worried.

Soon Atletico Madrid's attack made Walter Mazzari even more worried, and it was in the 23rd minute of the game that Morris faced with the defense of two players and suddenly passed a good ball in the gap between the opponents.

The ball rolls straight to the edge of the penalty area!

Napoli weren't too worried because their entire backline was on the penalty line, the two centre-backs were there, and it felt like they had almost moved the defence in front of goal.

Even the commentator of Italian football television joked, "Napoli seems to have completely given up attacking, they pile everyone in front of the goal, even if they let Atletico shoot directly, it is impossible to score the goal!" ”

Just after these words, a figure appeared on the line of the Napoli penalty area.

Falcao!

Morris' pass to Falcao was traditional, but Falcao also had to face two Napoli centre-backs – Campagnaro and Cannavaro Jr. – in a situation where Napoli fans were not worried.

But Falcao didn't hesitate to shoot directly!

"Falco—!!"

At the exclamation of the commentator, the ball rushed from the feet of Falcao and went straight through the gap between the two central defenders!

Napoli goalkeeper De Sanctis reacted quite quickly, Falcao shot with great strength, speed and made the impossible possible, kicking the ball between the two central defenders - Campagnaro and Cannavaro Jr., but De Sanctis reacted immediately and flew to save the ball.

There was a shout at the St. Paul's Stadium!

Every Napoli fan let out a long breath of relief, a little glad that Atletico Madrid didn't score, and cheered on De Sanctis's performance.

But the next moment, the stadium was quiet.

All the fans' eyes widened to see another Atletico Madrid player in front of the Napoli goal, everyone knows him, and because of this, it looks terrifying, it was the German superstar introduced by Atletico Madrid last summer - Ozil!

Mesut Ozil sped to the left of the box and swung his left foot at the football!

Boom!

A muffled sound!

The football flew into the goal without any suspense!

“goooooooooooooool！！！！！！”

"Ozil! Ozil! Atletico Madrid take the lead away! It was the goal of the 23rd minute of the game! Mesut Ozil, he has contributed to Atletico Madrid! (To be continued.) )