The twenty-sixth round of Serie A was doomed to be unusual from the first game.
At home, Roma beat Parma 4-0 with goals from Aquilani, Totti and Vucinic.
This is a very hot start for the twenty-six rounds of the league.
After that, Ancelotti's team drew Lazio 1-1 at home.
After a wave of winning streaks during the winter break, AC Milan began to usher in the ups and downs of its state.
Especially due to the influence of the Champions League, they have obviously performed poorly recently, causing them to lose points frequently in Serie A, and they have never been able to break through the chasm from fifth to fourth.
Juventus is at home, losing 2-3 to Fiorentina.
Ranieri's team has completely lost the possibility of hitting the Serie A championship, and even a faint possibility of losing the fourth place in Serie A, because they are now only one point ahead of Fiorentina.
This also proves once again what Gao Shen said before that the fastest way to shorten the gap in the standings is to have a direct dialogue with each other...
Fiorentina quickly narrowed the points gap from four points to one with a three-to-two score at the Alp.
The rest is up to the two teams to play next.
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The finale of the twenty-sixth round is Naples vs. Inter Milan.
This is not only the focus of Serie A, but also the decisive battle that fans around the world pay attention to.
At the press conference before the game, Gao Shen publicly stated that this game is the most important battle for Naples this season, and the battle of Shangganling in Serie A this season.
"It's a pity that at San Siro, we should have won a victory, but for various reasons, we didn't get all three points, but I specially let my players relive the game."
"Even, I will let my players relive the 0-3 game of last season in the break before the game. I hope my players can always remember that humiliating game!"
Yes, humiliation!
Gao Shen has always used this word to describe the game last season.
He never underestimated himself because he was a Serie B team at the time, and he never took it for granted because his opponent was Inter Milan. He only saw that on the pitch, Napoli faced Inter Milan, and there was nothing to do.
A year has passed.
Today's Naples is no longer the Serie B team last season, but the team that ranks second in Serie A and wants to compete with Inter Milan for the league championship!
"Me and my players, my colleagues, will do everything in our power to beat Inter at the St Paul's Stadium and be at the top of Serie A again!"
The high-pitched and sonorous declaration before the game made not only the whole of Italy, but the whole of Europe, and even the fans all over the world, their blood boiled.
The reason why Hamlet's story is classic and enduring is that his spiritual core can always infect everyone.
Today's Gao Shen, and his Naples, are like the prince who has returned for revenge.
Even in China, many media are playing up this game, thinking that Gao Shen is using practical actions to interpret a well-known idiom in China, and try hard!
The authoritative party newspaper made a rare comment on the game before the game, thinking that when Gao Shen bravely faced Inter Milan, he had already won!
"From him, we can see a tenacious, unyielding, hard-working spirit that is not afraid of power!"
Not only in China, but in the entire Asian region, and even in the world, this game has received unprecedented attention.
This is not just a battle for the Serie A title, but an epic revenge battle.
Even in the United States, which is known as a football desert, the New York Times reported on the game before the game, believing that it was the most watched game in European football so far this season.
"Media from all over the world rushed to a stadium in the southern Italian city of Naples. The stadium, which originally had more than 54,000 seats, was expanded to 60,000 in a short period of time, but it was still unable to satisfy enthusiastic fans. Nearly 200 countries And the local TV station live broadcast in real time..."
"It's not just a Serie A game, it's a festival for fans all over the world!"
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In order to accommodate more fans in different time zones, the focus game was scheduled for 19:30 on Sunday night.
But in fact, as soon as night fell, fans began to enter the stadium one after another.
De Laurentiis, the president of Naples, hosted a special banquet tonight to entertain the football king Maradona, who flew over from Argentina.
Maradona was invited to participate in the Centennial Celebration of Inter Milan, but the decisive battle in Naples was imminent. Maradona decided to fly to Naples ahead of schedule to prepare for the Naples game.
Before the game, Maradona said in an interview with the media, "Before Naples and Inter Milan, I chose Naples without hesitation!"
In addition to Maradona, there are several highly invited guests, such as Sacchi, Valdano, Zidane, Guardiola and Cruyff, etc. In addition, like the famous Italian Trapattoni, Capello, Lippi and others also came to the scene to watch the game.
This makes the San Paolo Stadium in Naples extremely rare.
De Laurentiis was so happy all the time, like a hard-working little bee, shuttled in front of all kinds of guests, chatting and laughing with Naples and even Italian political and business celebrities, and there with football bigwigs and celebrities The mouth is eloquent, and there are a lot of media from all over the world waiting to be interviewed...
De Laurentiis has never had such a face as he is today.
This made the chairman of Naples hold his head high throughout the whole process, so high-spirited that he almost didn't write the words "upstart" on his face, but he deserved it.
After all, it was him who dug Gao Shen to Naples in person, and that's what made Naples what it is today.
After eating and drinking, De Laurentiis invited guests from all walks of life to the Sao Paulo Stadium.
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When the players went out for training, Gao Shen got the starting lineup of Inter Milan.
Mancini used a four-three-one-two formation tonight. This is his regular tactic in the Champions League. Three-back midfielders are conservative, but in Italy, Inter Milan has always used four-four-two.
Obviously, he is also very cautious about this game.
"It seems that the news before the game is true." Lucas said.
Before the game, some media broke the news that when Moratti inspected the Inter Milan training base, he asked Mancini to keep the away game and keep the league leader position, because next weekend is Inter Milan's centennial celebration.
After leading for most of the season, if they lose the leader before the centennial celebration and cannot reverse Liverpool in the Champions League next week, can Inter Milan's centennial celebration go on?
From the starting lineup point of view, Mancini is indeed very cautious.
Goalkeeper: Cesar.
Back line: Maxwell, Qiu, Materazzi and Maicon.
Midfield: Vieira, Cambiasso and Zanetti form the three midfielders, and Stankovic advances.
Forwards: Suazo and Ibrahimovic.
There is an obvious change, that is, the center Cruz has become Suazo.
"This can actually reflect Mancini's mentality. Suazzo's effect in the counterattack will be more obvious, because he is faster and Cruise is good at attacking tough points." Gao Shen quickly saw through Mancini's mind.
In fact, it is not too hard to guess, because Mancini has not many choices.
Gao Shen has always concluded that Inter Milan is not in a good state at this stage and dare not play against Naples.
Everyone can see that Naples has gradually improved in the recent period of time. It is obviously ushering in a peak period of state, while Inter Milan is at a low point. Playing against Naples, Inter Milan will die miserably.
"It can be seen from the formation of the troops that he is in a very tangled mood now, he is not afraid to take risks, he is afraid of losing the ball, and he wants to win, so he must start with stability, which is Mancini's character. "Gao Shen analyzed it with certainty.
If it is Benitez or Ferguson, Gao Shen is really uncertain, but Mancini will not give it up.
Thinking of this, the corners of Gao Shen's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help laughing, "We can attack with confidence and boldness!"
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Naples still played in a four-two-three formation in this game.
Goalkeeper: Handanovic.
Backline: Vargas, David Luiz, Bonucci and Lichtsteiner.
Midfield: The double midfielder is Biglia and Rakitic, and the front is Di Maria, Hamsik and Sanchez.
Center: Cavani.
This is also Napoli's best lineup so far this season.
At the same time, after being adjusted and sculpted by the deep and the coaching staff, this group of players are also the best players in the recent period of time.
It can even be said that since the winter break Gao Shen has been preparing for this game, and at the same time, there are two strong dialogues after that, which are all Naples must win, otherwise, This season is over.
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When the players returned from the field to the locker room, the coaching staff immediately got busy.
Gao Shen listed Inter Milan's starting lineup, as well as the style of play he guessed, and made targeted deployments and arrangements with the players.
Inter Milan's starting lineup was not unexpected, but Maxwell, Cambiasso and Ibrahimovic and other injured players all played, which made Gao Shen a little surprised.
How much strength can these three players play?
"three aspects!"
Gao Shen showed three fingers in front of the player.
"First, remember what I said before the game, Inter Milan's midfielder, Vieira has too many injuries, and is old, Cambiasso and Zanetti are not regular midfielders, in terms of positional sense It's not enough, so when they retreat, it's easy to retreat too far back and expose the front edge of the penalty area."
Speaking of this, Gao Shen looked at Hamsik, Rakitic and Biglia, and the three nodded in unison.
"Second, the goalkeeper, I don't need to say more about this, I will keep it firmly in my mind!"
This time, all the players on the team nodded in unison.
"third……"
Gao Shen paused, looked deeply at everyone in front of him, and used an unprecedented solemn tone.
"From the second the game whistle blew, you have to press me with the strongest pressure towards Inter's goal, suffocate the opponents, leave them not even the slightest gap, and pinch me hard. Kill them!"
"Have you all remembered?" Gao Shen roared.
"Remember!" the player answered loudly.