Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 56: A Way to Pay Tribute to the Legend (First Update Guaranteed)
Chapter 56: A way to pay tribute to the legend (first update guaranteed)
Because of an overhead shot, Chen Yingxiong helped Naples take the lead again.
The initiative is back in Naples' hands.
Mazzarri no longer hesitated this time. He shouted loudly from the sidelines, asking the team to continue to strengthen their offense.
Only offense can give the team an advantage in front of AC Milan.
Naples is a passionate team, and they should not choose conservative tactics...
So after that, Naples showed no restraint. Taking advantage of the momentum of scoring such a beautiful goal, they launched a fierce attack on AC Milan's goal, one wave after another, one wave after another.
Chen Yingxiong, who scored the goal, is very active and is the most threatening player in Naples during this period. Whether he is fighting for the top with a header or shooting cold arrows from outside the penalty area, he can always make AC Milan's back line feel embarrassed.
Not to mention that he can also use his body to protect the football, wait for support, and cooperate with his teammates.
This gave the AC Milan defenders who defended him a headache.
AC Milan could only fight back for a while.
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Maldini feels the pressure is mounting. Because his physical fitness is declining rapidly. He could feel the energy draining from his body. After all, he is forty years old, and his physical fitness is not as good as before.
However, the confrontation with Chen Yingxiong was still very physically demanding - he had to try his best in every confrontation. Only then could he not be overwhelmed by Chen Yingxiong's physical advantage.
What's even worse is that he feels that the person knows that his physical energy is depleted very quickly. Because when they collided again, he obviously felt that Chen Yingxiong was harder...
In fact, Maldini guessed wrong. Chen Yingxiong didn't know that Maldini's physical energy was depleted very quickly. He pushed harder because he wanted to beat Maldini and to do that he had to use all his strength.
This is what he thinks - Maldini is a legend, and in order to pay tribute to such a legend, he has to go all out, use all his strength, and show no mercy. To hold anything back would be an insult to the legend. You must not relax just because the other person is forty years old.
Just like when he faced the retiring Kahn, he showed no mercy and performed a hat-trick, making the UEFA Cup semi-finals the last game of Kahn's European career. In Germany, especially in Munich, there are many people who still cannot forgive Chen Yingxiong. Whenever his name is mentioned, they are ridiculed. Because in their view, Chen Yingxiong ruined Kahn's last season - you said it's okay if you win, why do you need a hat trick? Why are you working so hard to score goals? Can't you show some mercy when facing Kahn and save some face?
But Chen Yingxiong never cared about such remarks. The rules and regulations that ordinary people follow are of no use to him. He only follows his own inner principles. For those legendary players who are old, as long as it is a game to show respect, he will go all out. Bullying? I have a body and you have experience, it doesn’t matter who bullies whom!
If there is any regret about that incredibly beautiful goal before, it is that when he shot, there was no AC Milan defender around him, so it could only be regarded as a one-man show, and he did not defeat this player in the process of scoring. A legendary defender makes him feel less than perfect...
Fortunately, the game ends in more than twenty minutes, so there is plenty of time.
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Every attack by Napoli can make the Sao Paulo Stadium burst into cheers.
Naples and the three northern powers are natural enemies. Because the top three in the north represent the wealthy class, while teams like Naples claim to represent the common people.
Every time they fight against the top three in the north, for Naples fans, it is like a challenge and demonstration by the poor against the rich, so they are particularly excited - they cannot beat the rich in real life, they live in low-rise buildings Houses, but the rich own luxury yachts. They struggle in the chaotic slums of Naples, but the rich live a luxurious and corrupt life. In front of those rich people, they have low self-esteem. Maybe a lifetime of hard work will not be as good as their annual income.
But on the football field, everyone is equal. No matter how much money you have or how powerful you are, I have a chance to beat you. This was particularly evident in the Maradona era.
Maradona is even regarded by fans as the spokesperson for disadvantaged groups who are discriminated against and oppressed. Northern Italians contemptuously called southern Italians "donkeys", so after defeating the northern team in Naples, the fans had a statue of Maradona riding a donkey to show off their power to the northern team.
The reason why Maradona became a god in Naples has great socio-political and economic factors.
After this, it is difficult for anyone to surpass Maradona, which has something to do with the changes in the times.
But no matter how the times change, the hatred caused by the huge differences between the southern teams represented by Naples and the northern teams will never subside, and will even be fermented into a deeper sense of confrontation on the football field.
So when Chen Yingxiong used a hook to help Naples take the lead again, the cheers in the stands were louder than before - new fans joined the team cheering for Chen Yingxiong.
Any player who can score goals in the powerful battle in the north is a hero in the eyes of Naples fans!
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The game unknowingly reached the 79th minute. Including injury time, there are still more than ten minutes left, and the game is about to end. The current score is 2:1, with Napoli leading at home.
Of course AC Milan is not willing to lose the game like this. They are here to take revenge, not to rub salt into their wounds!
In the final stage of the game, Ancelotti began to make frequent substitutions, hoping to save the defeat.
He first replaced Seedorf with Kaka to strengthen the team's offensive speed in the counterattack, and then replaced Inzaghi with Ronaldinho.
Inzaghi scored the equalizer goal for the team, but he was old and exhausted.
Kaka and Ronaldinho appeared at the same time, and the pressure on Naples' defense increased sharply.
Ronaldinho can control the ball and pass the ball, while Kaka has the speed to break through and is a first-class player in counterattacks. Once Kaka increases his speed, the opponent's defense will basically be in danger. .
In order to avoid such a situation, Mazzarri also made targeted adjustments-he asked Maggio and Vitale to retreat to the full-back position, and the three center backs became an inverted triangle position, with the back A temporary sweeper, specially used to deal with the sharp back of people like Kaka.
However, in this way, Chen Yingxiong, who has lost the support of both wings, is basically unable to threaten AC Milan's goal with a header.
This made Maldini's pressure suddenly lighten.
But how could Chen Yingxiong easily let go of this opportunity to compete with the legendary defender? He knows that Maldini will retire after this season, which means that he will never have a chance to play against him in the future. In this case, of course we must fully cherish this last opportunity.
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Naples is now fighting back, and Arshavin is an important figure in the counterattack because he has speed and technology.
Hamsik withdrew, and his current position is more like a defensive midfielder. In addition to defense, Mazzarri's task for him is to use long passes when attacking. The ball should be delivered quickly and easily without being sloppy.
So now after Hamsik gets the ball, he directly makes a long pass to the front, leaving Chen Yingxiong and Arshavin in the frontcourt, using their cooperation and tacit understanding to fish in troubled waters.
In fact, we don't really expect them to score goals. As long as they can help hold down AC Milan's entire back line in the front and prevent them from coming up to participate in the attack, it will be good. Anyway, Napoli now leads 2:1.
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Arshavin surged forward from the wing, and his dribbling made the Naples fans in the stands cheer.
When Lavezzi was relegated to the sidelines, they could only see such a heart-pounding scene from Arshavin.
Everyone focused on Arshavin with the ball.
Maldini didn't even look at it. He kept following Chen Yingxiong.
From the moment Arshavin started dribbling the ball from the wing, Chen Yingxiong began to run into the penalty area.
The experienced Maldini certainly knew what he was going to do, so he followed closely.
At this time, the game had reached the 83rd minute. Maldini, who had been fighting Chen Yingxiong one-on-one for 83 minutes, was completely exhausted, but he was still gritting his teeth and persisting.
As the spiritual leader and flag of AC Milan, how could he give up so easily?
But this time, he's not alone. Kaladze was waiting in front. When the time came, he and Kaladze would cooperate and close the door to lock him out!
As long as I can hold onto him now...
At this moment, he saw Chen Yingxiong suddenly stop!
He hadn't figured out what was going on, but his body also stopped suddenly, and at the same time he quickly turned around and pounced on Chen Yingxiong. Experience tells him that at this time, Arshavin must have passed the football.
Unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong suddenly retreated and went behind Maldini.
The captain of AC Milan turned around again and chased after him.
Thanks to Maldini, his physical fitness is pretty good, otherwise these two consecutive turns would have given him a break.
Maldini saw Chen Yingxiong obviously slowing down, and he turned to look to the side.
At this time, they had reached the edge of the penalty area.
When Maldini saw Chen Yingxiong like this, he did not pounce directly on him. Instead, he changed his direction and inserted himself directly in front of Chen Yingxiong. He planned to wait for Chen Yingxiong here.
At the same time, Kaladze and the captain changed positions - he pounced on Chen Yingxiong.
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Arshavin was dribbling the ball from the wing and was stuck inside by Zambrotta, but there was still a lot of space in front of him. If he wanted to dribble the ball, he could continue to dribble forward.
But at this moment, he suddenly passed the ball while running!
The pass was sudden, beyond the expectations of Beckham, who had been following him, and it also made Zambrotaka's defense in the interior a display. The football flew directly over Gianluca Zambrotta's head.
Just when Arshavin passed the ball, Chen Yingxiong, who had slowed down and had been waiting for an opportunity at the back point, suddenly started, accelerated past Kaladze, and headed towards the football!
And Maldini watched the football coming, while backing up to adjust his pace, while preparing to take off and push the football out first.
From a positional point of view, he is in front of Chen Yingxiong, so as long as his judgment of the ball's placement is correct, he can push the football out before Chen Yingxiong.
When both of them felt that they had reached the appropriate time to take off, they jumped up almost at the same time!
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