Lord of Greenery

Chapter 213 Ranieri's Worries
Before the game against Juventus, Gargano suffered a small injury in training.

Although it is not serious, it is destined that he will rest for almost half a month.

At least, he will definitely not be able to play in the next game against Juventus.

In the eyes of fans who are not familiar with Naples, Gargano is not an important figure in Naples.

But in fact, Gargano has always been the player in charge of controlling the rhythm in the team, and the normal operation of the team cannot do without him.

Although his abilities and fame are not comparable, he is like a weakened combination of Pirlo and Gattuso.

What's more, his ability to set the ball is very good, creating many opportunities for the team.

Such a problem before facing a strong enemy really made the fans sweat for the future of Naples.

However, the recent situation of Juventus is not very good.

When Naples fell into a double match in a week, Juventus naturally could not avoid it.

In the knockout round of the Champions League, Juventus faced the Premier League Blues Chelsea.

As a team also known for its defensive ability, Juventus' current strength is not as good as the Blues.

At Stamford Bridge, Juventus lost the game 0:1.

Losing just one goal is not a big problem, but not scoring away goals is more serious.

Away goals are very evil. Sometimes he can be regarded as a hemigoal at most, but it can give players more confidence and fans more hope.

And it is also a loss of a ball, 0:1 and 1:2 loss are not the same thing at all.

Now that the initiative is not in their hands, Juventus feels uncomfortable.

At the same time, after the game against Naples, Juventus will soon usher in the Coppa Italia game.

Even though the old woman's bench is relatively thick, she still has more than enough energy to face the third-line battle.

The experienced Ranieri felt that the situation was not good and was ready to concentrate on the league.

If he fails to get the top four in the league, then his position will definitely be lost.

"In this game, Juventus's formation is 442, the goalkeeper is Buffon, the defense line is Grigera, Chiellini, Lero Tallie and Molinaro, and the four midfielders are Marchionne, Polo. Ersen, Marchisio and Giovinco, with Del Piero and Trezeguet at the front."

"Amauri sat on the bench."

Ranieri couldn't hear the commentator's surprised commentary, but he was in a bad mood.

Recently, the team's state has improved a lot, but Ranieri has slowly lost control of the team.

The most obvious point is that Amaury sat on the bench.

Amaury, who scored 17 goals in 11 rounds in the first half, has only scored 25 goals after 12 rounds.

In other words, in the 8 league rounds played in the second half, he only scored 1 goal!
In the eyes of media reporters, Li Ze was likely to hit the rookie wall, and finally Amauli hit it.

Judging by his appearance, he might even have been stunned.

Now, Juventus's starting striker lineup has become the classic combination of Del Piero and Trezeguet.

As we all know, Del Piero and Ranieri are contradictory, and their contradictions have even been made public.

Amaury is different. His performance under Ranieri once shocked Apennines. At that time, he was obedient to Ranieri.

Now, his state has seriously declined, and even Ranieri has been implicated.

Especially after the Prince of Turin became the backbone of the team again, Ranieri's status decline is inevitable.

According to the original history, Ranieri finally led the team to score 38 points in 74 league rounds this season, ranking second in the standings.

But in the end, he was fired by the Juventus management because of "poor performance in leading the team".

In the two consecutive seasons after his departure, Juventus ranked seventh in the league, and then opened the road to sweep the league championship.

Poor team performance?

It is very strange that Ranieri and Mourinho have completely opposite personalities and leadership styles, but they are both the kind of head coaches who can't handle the relationship with players or even the team management.

This has also led to their teams being prone to "inner ghosts" and even being driven away by their own players.

Such a problem cannot even be explained by the results of leading the team.

Now, Ranieri has that familiar feeling again.

Just like when he led Chelsea to the semi-finals of the Champions League, full of confidence that Abramovich would change his mind, the Russian oligarch finally dumped his poor wife and hired that special one.

Now coming to Serie A, leading Juventus, which has just been promoted from the second-tier league, the management requires him to win the league championship.

The third in the first season, considering the newly promoted team he leads, the upper management understands him.

But by the second season, there wasn't as much reason.

At this most critical moment, what he had to face was still that man.

He wants to prove himself.

But before challenging him, Ranieri had to leapfrog the opponent in front of him.

Naples!

Naples is in very good form this season, and with a talented player like Li Ze, the standings are even higher than them.

If we lose this game...

Ranieri found that he was not as calm as he thought.

"Napoli's formation is 352, the goalkeeper is Navarro, the three defenders are Santa Croce, Cannavaro Jr. and Contini, and the five midfielders are Maggio, Blasi, Pazienza, Harper. Msik and Vitale, the two forwards are Li Ze and Lavezzi."

Except that Pazienza came on as a substitute for Gargano, this formation is the usual 352 in Naples.

"Reya is still relatively conservative." Zhang Lu commented, "When playing against weak teams, he will send three forwards."

"It's an away game against Juventus, shouldn't we be more conservative?" He Wei had different opinions.

"Juventus is now facing a personnel crisis and a physical crisis. Naples is almost fighting on a single line. They could have been more aggressive."

"Naples is also going to play in the Europa League..." He Wei understood in the middle of the sentence, "Reya probably didn't even want to win the last Europa League."

"What he didn't expect was that Redknapp didn't want to win more than he did." Zhang Lu chuckled, "After waiting for work, Rhea should have higher pursuits."

"I have always felt that Rhea's level is not worthy of coaching a strong Serie A team." He Wei said, "It was Li Ze who kept scoring goals that saved him."

Zhang Lu smiled without saying a word.

On the field, after the two sides have chosen sides, the game officially begins!
This game will determine who is the second in the league, chasing the far-leading Inter Milan, and competing for the illusory championship possibility.

"I'll be with you today." Marchisio stood in front of Li Ze and smiled.

"Just you?" Li Ze responded with a smile.

(End of this chapter)