On February 14, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, on Valentine's day in Europe, Inter Milan marched to Napoli, Italy's third largest city, to challenge Napoli, the sixth place in the league.
Although such a game is not important for Inter, who are far ahead in the table, it is very important for Gao Xiaodong and Sneijder.
Sneijder's performance in the Coppa Italia is very good, beating Juve and Fiorentina in a row, but in the league, Sneijder's performance is not good, the first red card sent off, and then suspended for two games, now just released, he wants to replace Gao Xiaodong's core position, he must show excellent performance in the game against Napoli.
For Gao Xiaodong, this competition is also of great significance. It is the Chinese new year, the most important festival for Chinese people. In the eyes of Chinese people, today is the beginning of the new year.
Gao Xiaodong is very eager to send a new year's gift to your compatriots on this day.
In addition, Sneijder's performance is eye-catching and his strength is amazing. Before the game, some media advocated that the Dutchman was superior. Gao Xiaodong put on a hat trick in the last round to shut up the media. This time, Gao Xiaodong must have a continuous excellent performance to defeat the eccentric Italian media.
In the competition between Gao Xiaodong and Sneijder, Jose's attitude is very clear, Gao Xiaodong is the core of the team, Sneijder is the main force of the team, two people can compete, can coexist, but not vicious competition.
When inter arrived in Napoli in the morning, there were only 200 or 300 Inter fans, and only a few dozen Chinese fans.
In the past few seasons, Inter have won the championship in succession. The number and passion of fans have doubled. There are no less than a thousand people in every place, but Napoli is an exception.
Naples is the city with the least immigration in Italy, almost all of them are Italians, and almost all of the Italians in Naples are Naples fans. Teams outside Naples are not likely to be welcomed by local fans here.
Most of the Chinese fans who came to watch the match were iron members of the fat fans group, as well as a few Chinese tourists who spent the Spring Festival abroad.
Gao Xiaodong's die hard fans bring Gao Xiaodong roses and a pair of cloth tigers. I wish him good luck in the year of the tiger and find a female tiger as soon as possible.
See the number of less, Gao Xiaodong also patiently for each fan sent signature and group photo.
When he came to the hotel, he held a short meeting for everyone. The theme of the meeting was to let the players not go out casually, because Napoli is a city with poor law and order, and the fans are very passionate. He is worried that the players will cause trouble outside, especially Balotelli.
In the end, he wants the players to do their best to win three points at Sao Paulo because they haven't been able to win here for 13 years.
As expected, the fans of Napoli, especially when they came to the International Stadium in the afternoon, felt the humiliation Fans are just like gods. They are very dissatisfied with Gao Xiaodong's nickname and think it's a shame to Maradona.
Sneijder is very happy with this situation. Although Gao Xiaodong has a comprehensive technique, scores a lot of goals and is similar to Maradona in stature, Sneijder thinks that Gao Xiaodong's football is just brutal and violent, which can't be compared with Maradona who is full of imagination and extraordinary. Saying that Gao Xiaodong is Maradona of China is just a compliment to Gao Xiaodong and a humiliation to Maradona.
However, Napoli fans did not let Sneijder go, saying that Sneijder is rubbish, can not play in Real Madrid, inter can not compete for a fake Maradona.
Inter Milan's training at Sao Paulo stadium was very uncomfortable. Apart from hissing and swearing, they also faced the threat of violence from fans. Look at the snowflakes floating in the sky. Originally, 90 minute training only lasted more than 70 minutes, and then they hurried back to the hotel.
Many players who come to Napoli for the first time are aware of the dangerous environment because of the experience of adapting to the field. In the following time, everyone is seriously prepared for the possible snowball game in the evening, striving to win the first victory in 13 years at Sao Paulo stadium.
At 8:45 p.m., when the match between inter and Napoli started, the snow stopped, which is more favorable for Inter, who are better at ground cooperation. However, in the first minute of the match, Napoli midfield pazienza kicked montari's chest with a rough kick, making inter players realize that it is impossible for them to play well today Yes, I can.
The referee, Rossetti, was not soft on such a foul and immediately showed a yellow card to warn pazienza and gave inter a free kick.
Gao Xiaodong, who is in charge of the left half, will take the free kick.
The ball was in the middle of the field, about 30 meters away from the goal, but Gao Xiaodong still shot directly. His strength was too strong. The ball didn't press down and flew directly to the stands.
Snyder is not satisfied with Gao Xiaodong's direct shooting. He thinks that such a long distance should be matched. It's better for him to pass the ball and Gao Xiaodong to fight for the top instead of rushing to shoot."How dare you call it Diego?"
"High! What a shot
"High plane
There was a burst of applause from the Napoli fans in the stands. They were cheering for Gao Xiaodong's flying.
Napoli kick-off goal, goalkeeper desanketis directly to the front court, Lucio to the landing point, the ball to the midfield, but he was also knocked down by the opponent forward.
The ball was snatched by Napoli midfield Hamsik. He stopped the ball in his chest, picked over montari and passed it to Quagliarella. When Quagliarella passed the ball to Hamsik again, Hamsik had observed the movement of another striker zuriga in advance, and he kept the ball straight into the penalty area of Inter Milan.
Zuriga sped up from the side of the penalty area, but Inter goalkeeper Cesar was so focused that he grabbed the ball in his arms.
Cesar quickly throws the ball to saneti, and saneti passes it to Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong breaks through quickly along the side.
Galliano, the Napoli midfield player, tried to smash the ball out of the sideline, but Gao Xiaodong was faster. Galliano didn't get it. However, Gao Xiaodong's ball was a little too big, and was preempted by right back Grava of Napoli.
Grava's action was rough. He didn't close his foot after he broke through. The kick went directly to Gao Xiaodong's abdomen.
Fortunately, Gao Xiaodong is still flexible, a quick turn around, to avoid the record of the death of children and grandchildren.
After the ball was snatched back and forth in the middle, it was snatched by the more active Neapolitans. Hamsik passed it to zuriga, zuriga passed it back to palinza, and montari kicked palinza with a retaliatory kick, which also won a yellow card.
Gargano took the free kick and passed the ball to the penalty area. Sanetti nodded the ball in front of him and the ball fell right at Hamsik's feet. Hamsik shot a powerful arc ball at 23 meters, and the ball bypassed goalkeeper Cesar and went straight to the right corner of the goal.
Watching the ball fly to the goal, the fans of Inter are desperate. They think the ball is in, but they didn't expect it to hit the crossbar and bounce out!
The 23-year-old Czech genius Hamsik could not help but hide his face and sigh about his poor luck.
However, Napoli's attack did not end. The ball was obtained by the Napoli midfield alonica. He crossed the penalty area on the left side, Samuel made a header to clear the area, Hamsik followed the header ferry, and Quagliarella volleyed the near corner 8 meters away from the goal, but the ball hit the side net.
In the first 10 minutes, the Napoli man had a full advantage at home and finished a very threatening shot.
Inter didn't want to be weak either. Then Gao Xiaodong was forced to break the rules by eating Guevara. Gao Xiaodong quickly sent a free kick to the penalty area to find Milito, but the ball was blocked by aronica's arm in the penalty area. Gao Xiaodong quickly raised his hand to shout for the penalty, but the referee Rossetti ignored it.
Napoli launched a quick counterattack when inter asked for a penalty. Hamsik crossed from the left, Dennis grabbed in front of Samuel and dived to the top 6 meters in front of the goal. Cesar made a world-class save and flew to block the ball out of the bottom line!
There were sighs and curses from the Napoli fans in the stands. They were very dissatisfied with the God of luck. If they were lucky, maybe they would have two goals ahead.
Originally, many people thought this game was a competition between Sneijder and Gao Xiaodong. Unexpectedly, it was Napoli's talented midfield Hamsik who grabbed the mirror. He played better than Gao Xiaodong and Sneijder.
Napoli's commentator is excited and regretful: "in fact, Jose is very appreciative of Hamsik. He thinks that he combines the technical characteristics of Lampard and Nedved. Now it seems that Hamsik's role is completely comparable to Sneijder and Gao Xiaodong."