Chapter 216： Gao Shen, are you touching porcelain?

Strictly speaking, the Coppa Italia doesn't have much appeal for a team like Roma.

It can be seen from their home attendance. . .

The Olympic Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, only seats more than 17,000 people.

But even so, these seventeen thousand people still created a huge momentum.

Especially with Roma taking the lead in the game.

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Goalkeeper Doni, Tonetto, Qiu, Mex and Panucci in the back line, De Rossi in the midfield behind, Mancini, Pizarro, Perrotta and Tadei in front, the forward line Above is Totti.

This is also Rome's main lineup this season, and it's not hard to see Spalletti's intentions.

Naples continued to adopt their own four-two-three formation.

The goalkeeper is Handanovic, the back line is Vargas, Cannavaro Jr., David Luiz and Garrick, the double midfielders are Biglia and Dalabona, and the front is Gervinho, Hamsik and Sanchez, the center is Cavani.

Rakitic received a yellow card against Parma and accumulated suspension, so Gao Shen arranged for Dalabona to start.

In the away game, facing another Serie A powerhouse, Naples opened the game very cautiously and did not dare to be too aggressive.

The strategy adopted by Gao Shen is also based on stability, striving to control the ball and rhythm, let Roma attack, and then quickly play a sharp counterattack after stealing the ball.

The players also practiced advanced arrangements in the game, but there were mistakes.

The first time something went wrong was at the nineteenth minute.

Dalabona hesitated to play the ball, but was entangled by Perotta and formed a steal.

After the Roma midfielder stole the ball, he quickly counterattacked and sent a through ball to the back of David Luiz. Little Mancini threw away Garrick, quickly slanted behind him, and formed a single-handed shot after catching the ball. , the first record for Rome.

After losing the ball, Gao Shen immediately made adjustments, stabilized the situation, and launched a counterattack at the closing stage of the first half, planning several threatening offensives, but failed to score.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Naples adopted a rush attack strategy at the beginning and pressed Roma for a time, but the attack was not well organized, and it still failed to score a goal. Instead, in the 67th minute, Roma played again. fight back.

Mancini dribbled the ball straight to Garrick on the left. In a one-on-one situation, he forcibly broke through the right back of Naples. After dribbling the ball diagonally into the penalty area, he assisted Totti and scored the second goal.

Two to zero!

Roma played well at home.

Spalletti even raised his fists high in front of the home team's coach, as if he was winning.

The entire Olympic Stadium also heard bursts of cheers from the Roman fans.

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Gao Shen was still standing in front of the visiting team's coach, motionless.

Behind him, the abuse and humiliation of Roma fans against him kept coming.

"Child, have you stopped breastfeeding?"

"Do you want to cry to find your mother?"

"Remember, kid, you're only newly-promoted players from Serie B!"

"Cry if you want to cry, we're watching."

Gao Shen can understand their words, some are more mean, and some even involve racial discrimination.

This is also the norm in Italy, especially in the city of Rome.

In addition to being advanced, Napoli's players have received similar treatment on the road, such as Gervinho.

No way, this is the big environment in Italy.

What really depressed Gao Shen was the game.

In fact, Naples performed well, and the tactics arranged by the coaching staff also played out, but they lacked some effects.

More importantly, the team's right side was disabled by the opponent.

"Garrick's condition tonight is really bad." Carlo shook his head and sighed.

High nod.

Players will definitely have their ups and downs, which is normal, but Garrick made a lot of mistakes tonight, and they were terrible.

For example, in the second ball, when he faced Mancini Jr., he should not have rushed forward. The result was good and the opponent passed him.

In that case, he should try to push Mancini to the side as much as possible. He obviously has the best position advantage, but he chooses to be reckless, which is very problematic.

Little Mancini is a right-footed player, he is forced to the left, what can he do?

Sometimes, it's just the difference of this kind of player's mind, and the coach can't do anything about it.

"The fans in Rome probably have been holding it long enough." Carlo said with a wry smile when he heard the noise of the crowd.

Gao Shen smiled lightly, "You should say that the Italian fans have been holding back long enough."

Carlo was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but smile again.

Who said it wasn't?

Although there was a telephone incident, but Italy just won the World Cup, the fans are still immersed in the impression of the world's first league, and they are proud of their football and Italian tactics.

Isn't there something to say?

Italian coaches are all tacticians.

This is a country of tactics.

But suddenly one day, a person broke in, unveiled the emperor's new clothes on them, and told them that Italian football was actually behind, and even their most proud tactics were behind.

Let me ask, what will happen?

Don't think about it, there is only one answer.

The man who unveils the emperor's new clothes will be torn to shreds by the anger of the crowd.

This is Gao Shen's current situation.

Except for the fans of Naples, it is estimated that few Italians will like Gao Shen and will be convinced of him.

He was too young and completely overturned the Italians' traditional perception of a head coach.

More importantly, after coming to Naples, Gao Shen hardly encountered any opponents.

Deschamps' Juventus lost two games in a row, and the other was a 0-5 defeat; Ulivieri, who is highly regarded in Italian football, also lost, and lost badly; the unfortunate Pioli lost directly. Lost all the handsome positions...

It can be said that after Gao Shen came to Italy, he directly beat the strong teams in Italy, and these famous coaches were powerless to parry.

Even Sacchi is calling for Italian football to learn from the advanced.

Why?

A world champion team should learn from a coach from a weak football country that can't even qualify for the World Cup?

The coaches are not convinced, this is in the professional field.

But what happened at the Roma coaching summit, after being reported by media reporters and after a long period of hype, has already caused a huge reaction in Italy.

Italian fans have been suffering for a long time.

Spalletti can beat Gao Shen, and naturally he will be appreciated by the fans of Rome.

As it is now.

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"What should I do now?" Carlo was at a loss.

Behind zero to two, Naples can't play a little bit, and they can't work hard.

After thinking for a while, Gao Shen made a decisive decision, "Let Vidal go to warm up."

Carlo was a little surprised, but nodded anyway.

It didn't take long for Vidal to warm up and run over.

"Boss."

Gao Shen hooked his finger at him, motioning him to get closer. After Vidal got close, Gao Shen pointed to the court.

"See that number twenty?"

Vidal nodded, "Perrotta."

"And the sixteenth."

"Daniel De Rossi."

"They already had a yellow card before, you think of a way to send them another."

Vidal didn't ask the reason, and nodded without hesitation, "Understood, leave it to me."

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Gao Shen had to admit that it was difficult to turn the situation around in this game.

The only thing he can do is try to score an away goal or prepare for the second leg.

Perrotta's yellow card was received in the previous game. According to the rules of the Coppa Italia, two yellow cards are suspended.

The previous little Cannavaro, and tonight's Rakitic, were all suspended because of this.

So Gao Shen wants to get rid of Perotta or De Rossi.

Of course, he'd want to get rid of Totti if he could, but that's not realistic.

However, it is estimated that the two can only get rid of one.

Spalletti is not an idiot. He will definitely take precautions. As long as one wins a card, he will definitely replace the other immediately. At that time, Naples can organize a wave of attack and strive for an away goal.

Very insidious, right?

But this is professional football!

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After Vidal came on, Dalabona was replaced.

The player's performance was not very satisfactory, but Gao Shen knew that he had tried his best.

It should be said that last summer, it was difficult for all the Napoli players who stayed in the team to keep up with the advanced requirements.

Each of them has benefited a lot from the advanced training, and their strength has been improved more or less significantly. Even the veterans, their physical fitness has improved a lot.

But they also have to admit that they do not meet the advanced requirements.

Like the captain, Montevino, who rarely even gets to play.

No way, the strength gap is there.

It's like Vidal, who was born as a central defender, plays very aggressively, but at the same time has the cunning of South American players, a lot of small moves, and very secretive.

In less than ten minutes of playing, in a counter-attack after losing the ball, his movements were a bit big. While stealing the ball from Perotta's feet, he also shoveled him to the ground.

The action is not dirty, and there is no intention to hurt people, but it destroys a Roman counterattack.

Vidal walked over to pull someone, but after Perrotta stood up, he gently pushed him in the chest, trying to push him away.

Unexpectedly, Vidal stumbled back two steps and fell directly to the ground.

Referee Luca Bandy immediately blew his whistle, ran over and showed Perrotta a yellow card.

The Roma midfielder was also very depressed, complaining that Vidal's defense was a bit savage just now, but the referee signaled that it was not a foul.

The Roman head coach Spalletti on the sidelines looked at the stadium and looked at the depths in front of the visiting team's coaches, apparently wondering if there was any connection between the two?

Why do you always feel that Vidal's pulling people in the past is like touching porcelain?

But looking at Gao Shen again, with a calm expression that was neither surprised nor pleased, as if he didn't take the yellow card seriously, Spalletti was puzzled again with the demeanor of a decent man.

Did I misunderstand him?

Is this really just a random coincidence?

After much thought, Spalletti still decided to make a substitution.

He replaced De Rossi with teenager Aquilani.

This is also a matchup substitution.

Mainly because De Rossi had a yellow card before, and if he gets another card, he will be suspended.

This Coppa Italia rule of suspending the game after accumulating two yellow cards is really nonsense.

In front of the visiting team's coach, after seeing Roma make a substitution, Gao Shen followed suit.