Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 28 A Different New Coach (First Update Guaranteed)

Chapter 28 A different new coach (first update guaranteed)

"Cheering and worshiping? Unless we die!"

This was the slogan that appeared outside Naples' Castel Volturno training base the next day. It was also the response of Naples fans to Chen Yingxiong's previous words.

But now the media is no longer interested in hyping up the war between Chen Yingxiong and the fans. Because there is something more worthy of their attention and tracking right now - Rhea, who has coached Naples for more than four years, is leaving after get out of class, so who will take his place?

The media has given many candidates: former Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini, Walter Mazzarri, who led Sampdoria to the top six in the league last season, as well as current Udinese coach Marino, Ca Tania coach Zenga and Delio Rossi, who has been dismissed frequently at Lazio, of course, cannot forget Del Neri, who had a secret meeting with the Naples club leadership at Vicenza Airport last season...

All kinds of names have appeared in the media, attracting people's imagination.

This time, De Laurentiis showed his resolute side.

The team cannot be without a coach for a day. Now that the previous coach has been fired, a new coach must be found as soon as possible, otherwise the team's performance will plummet.

December 7th is the fifteenth round of the league, and Naples will welcome Siena at home. At the very least, the head coach candidate must be decided before this game.

Two days after the dismissal of Rhea, Napoli officially announced that it had reached an agreement with Sampdoria Club. After paying liquidated damages, they acquired head coach Walter Mazzarri (walter_mazzarri) from Sampdoria Club. .

Without giving the media much time to indulge, Mazzarri landed in Naples.

Mazzarri's arrival calmed down fans who had been protesting Rhea's dismissal. Because Mazzarri is also a capable head coach, it is not bad for him to take over Rhea's position, and Naples fans think it is acceptable.

If you just ask for some random cats or dogs, they won't agree.

When Mazzarri served as the head coach of Reggina in the 2006-07 season, Reggina was fined 11 points due to the Calciopoli incident. As a small and weak team, the penalty was imposed before the league started. With eleven points, the relegation situation suddenly worsened. But it was under such circumstances that Mazzarri led the team to successfully avoid relegation. In the last round, they defeated the powerful AC Milan 2:0 at home and successfully avoided relegation.

After the end of this season, he signed a coaching contract with Sampdoria. In the 07-08 season, Sampdoria started low and went high under his leadership. In the 29th round of the league, they even reached the top four and were very hopeful of qualifying for the Champions League. But in the end, in the later rounds of the league, the strong teams performed well, and Sampdoria had no choice but to go to the UEFA Cup. But this is still the best result in Mazzarri's coaching career, especially in the second half of the league, when he achieved a good record against strong teams.

When Rhea led the team to face the powerful players in the north this season, except for a 2:1 victory over Juventus at home, they lost all the rest. In the eighth round of the league, they lost to Lazio 0:1; in the tenth round of the league, they lost to AC Milan 0:1 away from home; in the fourteenth round of the league, they lost to Inter Milan 1:2 away from home.

Just judging from his performance against strong teams, Mazzarri is indeed better than Rhea...

According to media reports, Mazzarri signed a two-year contract with Naples, with an annual salary of 1.5 million euros. In the Italian coaching community, this salary is not low. It can be seen that De Laurentiis really doesn't mind how much money he spends for the revival of Naples.

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Walter Mazzarri is sitting in the office at the Fort Volturno training base, which was once used by Rhea. Some traces of Rhea's era can still be seen. The club's staff are busy moving things. Move away the things from Rhea's time and bring in the things he needs.

Mazzarri was sitting in the office, not paying attention to the busy staff. He was checking the information of the Naples first team players. Each player had a pile of information. The information was piled as high as a hill next to him.

At this time, Baldari, the club's press officer, walked in.

"Walter, there are some reporters outside and they want to interview you." Baldari said to Mazzarri.

Mazzarri raised his head from his desk work, took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose: "But I don't have time now." He pointed to the large stack of things on the table. "Maybe, I might even take it home to see it."

Baldari glanced at the mountain of documents and smacked his lips. "Okay, you're busy, I'll help you refuse..."

"Let's make another appointment with them," Mazzarri said. It's not a good idea to refuse directly. Having a good relationship with the media is the key to being able to gain a foothold in this team. He and this team, which is said to be full of contradictions, must get support from the media and have their own voices heard. The media is so chaotic during this period, and all kinds of voices are coming out unscrupulously. He even felt that the conflicts between Rhea and the players, as well as the conflicts within the players, were all the result of malicious hype by the media. It was not a big deal in the first place, but after the media exaggerated it, it became a big deal. .

There are two things that must be done well at the beginning of taking office. One is to understand all kinds of information about the players and manage the locker room well. Another thing is to have a good relationship with the media and gain their support.

Baldari nodded: "Okay, I'll do as you say, Walter."

After Baldari left, Mazzarri continued to study the players' information.

In fact, he is familiar with most of the Naples players. After all, they played against each other last season, and he has also studied them.

So he focused on the information of a few people, especially since he had just joined the team this season and had conflicts with fans and media, and then there were controversial conflicts with Argentine players within the club. Information about player Chen Yingxiong.

He looked very carefully. It includes not only the basic information of the player, but also the conflicts between the player and the fans, the grievances with the media, and the reasons for the discord with Lavezzi and others - these things have been reported in the media , it is easy to find if you are looking for it, it just depends on whether you are willing or not.

And...he found that this was not enough, he needed to know more. So he asked Luigi Febbrari (luigi_febbrari), a busy staff member and a member of the team's coaching staff: "Luigi, do you have any video of Chen Yingxiong's game? I want them all."

"All of them?" Febrali was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Yeah, every game since he joined the team."

"Then I'll go look for you." Febrali ran out.

After a while, he came back with those video tapes. Chen Yingxiong played in the league thirteen times, almost every game, twice in the Toto Cup, six times in the UEFA Cup starting from the qualifying round, and six times in the Italian Cup. Naples had a bye in the first four rounds and did not play until the top 16. As a result, they lost to Salernitana and were eliminated. Chen Yingxiong did not play.

There are twenty-one video tapes in total, and I hold them in my arms.

"It's all here, Walter."

Mazzarri nodded with satisfaction, indicating that he could continue to work on his business by putting it aside.

These tapes are not what he wants to watch now, but what he plans to take home and watch. He had to continue reading the written information first.

The team's next league match with Siena is imminent. It is his first home game in Naples. It would be good if he can get familiar with all the players before then. Therefore, he plans to continue the tactics and personnel configuration of the Rhea era, take advantage of the opportunity of a few games to observe again, and then make his own decisions and adjustments.

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Chen Yingxiong met his new head coach during training. A middle-aged man wearing glasses and looking very elegant.

Before the training began, he gathered everyone in a circle and gave a self-introduction, or rather... an inaugural speech.

"I'm very happy to join this great team. From today, we will work together for at least two years - of course, maybe less. If we don't perform well, I may leave in the next round of the league."

His words amused some people. How could he say that about himself?

When the laughter subsided, he continued: "But I don't want to be so unlucky, so I will work hard to lead everyone to victory. In this way, I can keep my job and you can also get the winning bonus."

Another burst of laughter. Napoli players rarely get the chance to put smiles on their faces like this when they are in trouble. During this period, the team's situation was not good. They lost consecutive games, the head coach was fired, and there were many conflicts within the team...

Chen Yingxiong also laughed. He suddenly felt that the elegant-looking head coach in front of him was different from Rhea. Rhea was very strict during training and was basically unsmiling. What he heard most was his rapid whistle and loud scolding. "You should be like this! How could you do that! Pull it out and pull it out!" He is over sixty years old, but he still looks like an energetic young man.

Although it was just the first time we met, I always felt that he already had a harmonious relationship with everyone.

What can you expect under such a new coach?

The fans protesting against Rhea's sacking outside the training ground have disappeared and the banners have been removed. After the new head coach was confirmed, these fans disappeared.

It seems that the Naples team can gain temporary peace.

But Chen Yingxiong knew in his heart that this was all because the fans still had illusions and favorable impressions of the new coach. If the team's performance is not good...then those chaotic scenes will happen again.

The Italian team really has more things to do than the Russian team...

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***, I'm sorry that there are only two chapters guaranteed today and tomorrow, because I have to block the tweet on the 6th, and I have to save the manuscript to explode when the tweet is blocked.

Today's temporary hibernation is so that everyone can watch it more comfortably in one go. I hope you understand.