Chapter Nineteen Champions League Eligibility (Second guarantee, ask for monthly pass!)

Sporting Lisbon has gone from bad to worse in the past two years. In Portugal, it has been unable to compete with teams such as Porto and Benfica, and the team's strength is not as good as before.

From the current staffing of their team, it can be seen that the blue and yellow in their eyes are not picking up...

But this time, after all, they are fighting on their own home court, so the momentum is like a rainbow. Champions League, who doesn't want to go?

Everyone wants to go.

Especially for Sporting Lisbon, they participated in one more qualifying round than Naples. They worked hard from the third round to the fourth round of the qualifying round. They entered the Champions League main match just by this last step. How could they give up?

So when Lisbon advanced the ball, no one was surprised.

"Liedson! A very simple mid-range follow-up outflank! The goal is in!!!"

"Sporting Lisbon opened the scoring at their home court and they took the lead!"

"This is great news for Sporting Lisbon, who wants to enter the Champions League match!!"

There was a huge cheer from the stands of the Alvalade Stadium, and the Portuguese was celebrating the goal.

Unfortunately, the excitement of these Portuguese did not last long, because Naples equalized the score after ten minutes...

"Antonio Cassano...Cassano, Cassano-a beautiful pass! He passed the football to Chen Yingxiong, Chen Yingxiong shot! The football was thrown out by goalkeeper Stojkovic (vladimir_stojkovic) …It’s Arshavin who followed up! Beautiful-the goal is in!!! The goal is in!!!"

The Tridents scored a goal when they cooperated in a formal match for the first time.

Cassano launched an offense with the ball. After attracting the attention of the opponent, he passed the football to Chen Yingxiong. After Chen Yingxiong took the ball and shot, the goalkeeper tried to save the football, but because of this he lost his position and left behind. Arshavin, who followed up in time, picked up a leak in front of the goal, and the shot succeeded.

Mazzari on the coach bench raised his arms and stood up from his seat, walked to the sidelines to celebrate the goal with his colleagues.

What he values ​​more is not a goal, but through this goal, he has seen the trident of the frontcourt work well.

In fact, Naples’ offensive tactics are very simple. Hamsik is responsible for controlling the rhythm and connecting offense and defense. The specific offense is completed by Cassano, Chen Yingxiong, and Arshavin. Arshavin and Cassano can change positions frequently, but no matter what How to change, always revolve around the core of Chen Yingxiong, so that the team's offense can have a direction.

What if the opponent stares Chen Yingxiong to death? It doesn't matter, whether it is Arshavin or Cassano, they have very good scoring ability. Although Cassano is at the position of winger, he is more like a second forward in many cases.

Arshavin can also switch back and forth between a wide pass and an inside shot without any problems.

Moreover, Chen Yingxiong has made considerable progress compared to when he joined Naples last season. His tactical comprehension ability has been greatly improved, and his skills at the feet are also different from before. Mazzari watched Chen Yingxiong grow up little by little. Sometimes he was surprised at Chen Yingxiong's growth rate, and felt that this kid was truly a genius!

But how did he know that Chen Yingxiong's rapid growth was because he had a copy, and at the same time paid an unimaginable price...

The trident combination of these three people is unpredictable, but it can be rigid or soft. As long as it works normally, it is naturally powerful.

It is easy to target one person to death alone, but to target three people together... I am afraid it is not easy. There are not many teams in Europe that can do this.

Relying on such a trident, Mazzari intends to go to the Champions League and break his wrists with those giants.

From the current point of view, the team's defense may still have one or another problem, but the offense should be no problem...

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Naples, who equalized the score, was in awe, and continued to attack in the following games.

It looks like this is their home court.

Sporting Lisbon can only support it hard.

They successfully defended the first half. Both sides failed to score again. The score was 1:1.

But Naples stepped up the offensive as soon as the second half came up, and Mazzari asked the two full-backs, Maggio and Aronica, to actively insert assists.

This immediately put a huge pressure on Sporting Lisbon’s defense, and dealing with Arshavin, Chen Yingxiong, Cassano and Hamsik has already made them very big...

In the 68th minute, Naples took the lead as expected.

However, it was not center Chen Yingxiong who scored the goal, but Hamsik. He received a pass from Cassano and shot a long shot from outside the penalty area.

In this game, Chen Yingxiong had a few chances to score, but he couldn't grasp it.

Chen Yingxiong's current problem is that he can't grasp the opportunity, and the ability to grasp the opportunity is still lacking. Regardless of how many goals he scored, it was because he had more opportunities. Whether in Zenit St. Petersburg or Naples, the whole team played around him, and naturally more passes were given to him.

As a common problem of young players, he lacks experience, and when facing the goal, he is still a little uncomfortable, so some seem to be good opportunities, and he will also miss shots.

But there are some difficult goals, he can often score...

Nevertheless, his scoring rate is already terrifying. If he could correct this problem again, and with time, his ability to seize opportunities in front of the door became stronger and stronger, what would he look like?

It really makes people feel terrible and look forward to...

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Although they took the lead, Naples did not take away a victory from the away game.

At a critical moment, Sporting Lisbon burst into huge energy on their home court, and they equalized the score in the 81st minute.

Then Mazzari replaced Chen Yingxiong and Cassano, and replaced Sarajeta and Chigarini. He is very satisfied with the score. A draw in the away game is a victory, not to mention that his team also scored two away goals.

Neither party has made any further achievements.

2:2 ended the whole game.

For Naples, they gave their Champions League qualifying a good start.

Back to his home court, the pressure will be much lighter. It can even be said that Naples is only one step away from the Champions League.

The whole Naples was plunged into a kind of fanatical passion, which lasted for several days.

It has been nineteen years, and Naples has not participated in the Champions League. The last time they participated in the Champions League had to be traced back to the 1990-1991 season of the Maradona era. That season, Naples broke into the second round of the Champions League. But as Maradona was found to be taking drugs, Naples also collapsed.

He has never participated in the Champions League since then.

The fans of Naples have even forgotten that there is such an event in Europe. The lively UEFA Champions League every year has nothing to do with them. They are two worlds.

But who doesn't want to go to the biggest and best stage performance?

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Back in Naples, the team continued to prepare for the new season, while also preparing for the second round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round.

There are still many problems to be solved, such as the team’s defense. It hasn’t been long since La Nokia has just returned from injury, and his physical condition is not at its best. In addition, as a new player to the team, he and his teammates are not in good agreement .

Besides, Naples insisted on the three-back tactical system for several years, and suddenly let them play four defenders and two central defenders. They are still a bit uncomfortable...

These need to be adjusted.

But no matter how you adjust, you have to win first.

And Serie A is about to begin.

The new season of Serie A kicked off on August 22. Naples' first round of the league on the evening of the 23rd, they challenged Palermo away.

Naples, who is focused on qualifying for the Champions League, seemed a little absent-minded in this game. In addition, Mazzari deliberately carried out a rotation-the team will play on multiple lines this season, he must first see if the rotation method works, and by the way let these players adapt to the rotation in advance.

As a result, Naples lost 1:2 to Baramo in the away game.

Last season's league's top scorer Chen Yingxiong did not score because he did not start at all. He only got playing time in the last ten minutes, but did not get a chance.

The team who scored the first goal of the season was captain Paul Cannavaro, who used his header to break Palermo's goal in a corner kick.

The first time the rotation was used, the team suffered a failure, and it seemed that the team was still very uncomfortable with the rotation.

But it doesn't matter, everything must have a process of adaptation. The loss of this game will not shake Naples coach Mazzari's determination to continue experimenting with the rotation. Rotation is almost inevitable, because he can't just rely on a lineup to beat the world.

The players adapt best, and they have to adapt if they don't adapt.

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On August 26th, Naples ushered in Sporting Lisbon at their home court.

For the Naples, there are only 90 minutes left before the Champions League match. But for Sporting Lisbon, this is their last chance to comeback.

Although hope is slim, they have to try their best.

So this game has entered a fast pace from the beginning.

You come and I am in a big deal.

The final score was fixed at 3:2. Naples' offensive power was stronger than the outside world thought, and their defense was weaker than the media commented.

Chen Yingxiong still did not score, but he had an assist.

Napoli's third goal came from his assist in the penalty area. He passed the football to Cassano, who was better than himself, without greed for merit.

Cassano also scored his first official goal since joining Naples.

But let Sporting Lisbon scored two goals away from home, which still made Mazzari very angry.

In the press conference after the game, he said this: "Fortunately we won. Fortunately, our offense is still strong enough, otherwise I really can't imagine what this game will be like..."

After the game, the news media also said that although Naples successfully qualified for the Champions League, the process was really thrilling.

"...It was just two rounds of qualifying matches, and Naples played ups and downs. In the face of the average Sporting Lisbon, they conceded a total of four goals. Such a defense line, if you go to the Champions League main match, you don’t know what How much money is missing. So I think it’s a problem for the Naples team to qualify..."

"Lano’s arrival did not immediately change the Napoli’s defensive line. He seemed a bit rusty on the court. He was recovering from his injuries in the first half of the year, and he still needs to find his state slowly... Paul Cannavaro is alone with a four-back system. Naples is a little uncomfortable..."

The media are full of worried voices.

But for Naples' offense, they have nothing to fault. The only problem is that Chen Yingxiong has not scored yet.

But this is not uncommon, after all, Chen Yingxiong has such a characteristic-he will always burst out for a while, and then fall into an inexplicable scoring shortage for a while. It is quite in line with the characteristics of young players who are not stable enough, with great fluctuations, full of explosive power, but insufficient battery life...

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