Chapter 172： cake expert

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Naples actually had the money to go out for training, but Gao Shen refused.

The advantage of training outside is that you can concentrate and not be disturbed, but there are also disadvantages, that is, the players are running back and forth.

There are many players in Naples who have just joined the team. They are not familiar with this place, and suddenly they go to another completely unfamiliar place. This is inappropriate and will affect the speed of integration of the players.

Therefore, after discussing with the coaching staff and management, Gao Shen chose to conduct a closed training camp at Fort Volturno.

All visitors are declined, and it is only open to fans for half a day a week, and media reporters are not allowed to enter.

But this has also led to the fact that the outside world knows nothing about the situation of Naples, and no one even knows about the situation of the Gao Shen team. We can only occasionally learn from the photos released by the club's official website that the team is proceeding as planned. Training.

Starting from July 10, Naples closed their training in Fort Volturno for a full ten days.

High and deep are basically two points and one line, from the Naples Bay Area to Fort Volturno, the players are basically the same.

It was not until the 21st that the team officially went out to play a warm-up match. The opponent was a third-level C-1 league team. Naples played very poorly. In the end, it was Carayo’s goal after coming off the bench to help. The team won 1-0.

After that, Naples went out to play a warm-up match every few days. The opponents were not very strong. Basically, they were all teams in the first and second leagues, but the performance of the teams was not very satisfactory.

This has also led to a continuous decline in the expectations of the outside world for Naples.

Some reporters even went to watch the warm-up game in Naples and thought that the team's entire tactics were very chaotic, and they played without rules, and the offense and defense could not be seen as a whole.

"Obviously, the shortcomings of Gao Shen's substantial restructuring of the team have been exposed."

It's fast into August.

At this time, a piece of news appeared in Naples, that is, the team's top scorer last season, and also the top scorer in several warm-up games this summer, Carayo, announced the transfer to Siena. The transfer fee is 320 million euros.

The deal, which was negotiated by Marino, was well-received.

When the team first started training, Gao Shen talked to Karayo. He mentioned the use of him, but Karayo did not agree with Gao Shen's opinion. He said that he was more competent as a scorer and was suitable for playing in the middle of the frontcourt. rather than on the sidelines.

Although Gao Shen said that his wingers would actually rely more on the middle, but Karayo still disagreed and instructed his agent to contact the team.

Siena, who was relegated in Serie A last season, took a fancy to this young local striker and finally signed him for 3.2 million euros.

The deal has once again sparked heated discussions in Italian football.

On the one hand, Naples did not perform well in the warm-up game, and the team's offensive and defensive organization was chaotic. A layer of shadow.

Former Real Madrid President Martin jumped out again, accusing Gao Shen of forcing Carrao away, just like when he suppressed Ronaldo at Real Madrid, but at Real Madrid, under his dissuasion, Ronaldo was finally able to come back and become Real Madrid to win the double crown 's hero.

But this time in Naples, Gao Shen willfully sent away Karayo.

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In the face of external disputes, Gao Shen still did not respond.

The chaos of the team has always been within the expectations of the senior and the coaching staff, which is a normal process.

The role of the warm-up game is to constantly expose problems and then solve them, which is a kind of progress.

Especially for Naples, which has just undergone a reorganization, and has brought a new tactical concept, which requires an adaptation process for any team and any group of players.

Even Gao Shen is ready and mentally prepared to continue adjusting after a month.

But in fact, the team's progress is still satisfactory.

In the final analysis, the youth of the players is easier to shape, it is easier for the coach to instill his own tactical ideas, and it is quicker to adapt.

More importantly, in addition to training and communicating with players almost every day, Gao Shen also welcomes all players to ask all kinds of questions, whether it is on the court or off the court.

Gao Shen is only 25 years old, and is actually very close to the age of the players, but he has an interesting soul from 2021. Many of his ideas and things are very attractive to young players.

For example, he told the players that in the United States, there is a company called Apple that is developing a very epoch-making mobile phone that will completely subvert the world. It is super smart and super easy to use.

"It will be released in January. As long as our team can get the top three in the league by the winter break, I will give each of you an iPhone!"

Gao Shen has used it, so the mobile phone he described is too attractive to young players of this age.

Young people are born with a lack of resistance to electronic products.

In addition to doing what he likes, Gao Shen also finds ways to help players relieve the pressure and fatigue caused by training, such as arranging some team activities, such as dinner parties, such as singing K...

The biggest difference between Gao Shen and other older coaches is that he understands the thoughts of these young people.

Blocking is worse than sparse.

The most important thing is to teach players how to restrain themselves, to play as much as possible when it is time to play, and to work hard when it is time to fight.

It was also during this period of contact that Gao Shen really discovered that the self-discipline of Real Madrid players is really high.

Even if it's like Ronaldo, the lace news is constant, but in fact, when he is self-disciplined, it is really quite scary.

This group of players in Naples have just started their careers, they are far from mature, and this is the time to instill them with correct values, so Gao Shen has played a role of the boss, always persuading and restraining them, helping them They set the right direction in life.

Uh... well, it's actually more cakes and more chicken soup.

Whether it's a company or a team, this trick to deal with young people is time-tested.

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Time enters August, and Napoli's opponents in the first round of the Coppa Italia have also come out.

Luckily, Frosinone, a newly-promoted player from Serie B.

Like Naples last season, this team was in Group B of the C-1 League. Naples won the championship and promoted, and they ranked second and got the promotion right in the play-offs.

In the matchup between the two teams last season, Naples beat their opponents 3-1 away and drew 1-1 at home.

Unexpectedly, after both were promoted to Serie B, the two teams met in the cup as soon as they started.

The good thing is that Naples are playing at home.

Lucas specifically tracked Frosinone and collected a lot of information about this team, and found that the most noteworthy team in this team is the Venezuelan high center Magiota who just came on loan from Vicenza. .

Frosinone is best at four-four-two, with two forwards taking a combination of one high and one fast.

The high center is Margiota, and the fast horse is Antonio DiNardo.

These two players have many years of experience in Serie B, and their strength is good. The combination of one high and one fast is also very classic. In low-level leagues, they are still quite lethal.

In fact, last season, what Reia took in Naples was also a four-for-two combination of one high and one fast.

After learning about Frosinone's situation, Gao Shen can basically conclude that this team has a certain strength, but Naples has an advantage. The key is to work out a stable tactical framework before this game, so that the players can Show your strength.

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Going into August, Napoli has arranged four consecutive warm-up matches, playing one every three days.

The opponents are not strong, they are basically the teams in the C-1 and C-2 leagues, some are invited to Naples, and some are Naples to go away, the purpose is to train.

The warm-up results remain unbeaten, but the performance is also good and bad.

After each game, Gao Shen will hold an analysis meeting, and analyze the problems exposed in the game with the players based on the videos he specially made for him.

For example, in midfield, Gao Shen tends to use the double midfielder combination of Biglia and Rakitic, but these two players always fail to control the position and distance in position, because they were both Play more forward, especially Rakitic.

It will take a while.

There is also a central defender. Gao Shen has tried Cannavaro Jr., David Luiz, Bonucci and Domic in turns His requirement is that the central defender must dare to hold the ball and be able to play the ball, but they still Make frequent mistakes.

It also takes time.

The goalkeeper is Handanovic. He is tall, quick in reaction and strong in personal ability, but Gao Shen hopes that he can communicate more with the back line, even command the defense, and at the same time be able to actively come out and respond to the return pass from the midfield. Expand your control.

This is obviously a completely different goalkeeper training than Handanovic has received before, and he also needs time to adapt.

Even on the front line, Gao Shen tried Pellet, Cavani and Robert Sosa, and it turned out that Cavani was the better one, because after this kid came on the court, he basically went on a rampage, but with the connection between the two flanks, And the rear plug of Hamsik or Vidal behind him is not good enough.

In fact, there is no way to do this. Adjusting the attack is often the most time-consuming and the most difficult.

Because it not only requires players to run and execute, but also requires tacit understanding, imagination and creativity.

Therefore, Naples played the best, still defending.

This is also the reason why the team has remained unbeaten in four warm-up games and conceded zero goals after entering August.

But this is also very watery, especially after the official game, the intensity has risen sharply, the offensive pressure on the defense will be greater, and more problems will be exposed at that time.

After playing four warm-up games, Gao Shen held a closed training camp at Fort Volturno.

He wants to solve the problems exposed by the team as soon as possible in the last few days before the cup starts, and help the players understand his tactics as much as possible.

Because in the next week, we will play three cup games in a row.

And it's all a single-elimination match.