Lord of Greenery

Chapter 163

Previously, Naples' opponents also had strong teams, such as Roma and Fiorentina.

But in Serie A, the real giants are still the top three in the north, and Juventus is one of them.

After defeating Juventus, the Naples players got rid of the fear in their hearts before they had the confidence to compete for the championship.

Therefore, in this game against Juventus, Naples is bound to win!
Naples doesn't want to lose, but Juventus can't afford to lose, and Ranieri can't afford to lose even more.

On the surface, the team's management seems to support him and has been supporting him in public.

But in fact, what they think, only they themselves know.

Ranieri is worried about his job, and the Juventus players are worried about the hope of a championship.

Previously, Juventus only accumulated 6 points in 9 games, which is 4 points less than Inter Milan!
The 4-point gap has already given Inter Milan the capital to make mistakes.

In the league championship, this advantage is already quite large.

To make matters worse, if this game is lost, the gap will be pulled to 7 points!
With Mourinho's level and style, it is really difficult for Juventus to catch up with these 7 points.

Lost championship hopes at the start of the league?
Juventus players are absolutely unacceptable!

The two teams became more serious, more serious, and more vicious!

In the 22nd minute, Poulsen brought down Gargano who was holding the ball, and the referee Sanika showed a yellow card.

In the 26th minute, Macho made a bottom pass from the right. Li Ze missed the ball. Hamsik made a long shot, which was blocked by Buffon's side throw, and then cleared by Chiellini.

In the 31st minute, Gargano knocked Piero head-on. This time it was his turn to be shown a yellow card by the referee.

In the 37th minute, Cannavaro fouled Amauli and gave Juventus a free kick in a good position, but Del Piero kicked the ball away.

In the 40th minute, Amauli was fouled while attacking with the ball. He complained to the referee angrily, but was warned and was almost shown a yellow card.

In the 42nd minute, Santa Croce brought Nedved down and was given a yellow card by the referee.

In the 44th minute, Li Ze fought back, holding the ball to Chiellini and Marchisio, and was finally pulled to the ground by Grigella. The Juventus defender received a yellow card.

After 45 minutes in the first half, the score between the two sides was still 0:0, but the referee Sakani had already shown 5 yellow cards!
Players from both Napoli and Juventus glared at each other before entering the tunnel.

After the half-time fierce foul match, the players on both sides became angry.

"Unfortunately, the foul has affected the enjoyment of the game." He Wei sighed.

"There is no name in the competition, which shows that both sides are serious." Zhang Lu was still smiling.

In the locker room, as soon as Rhea came in, he asked everyone to calm down.

"The current way of playing is not good, you have too many fouls."

No player objected.

In fact, everyone knows that both their own and the opponent's fouls are a bit too much.

If it weren't for the referee's relatively lenient penalty, both sides should receive red cards!
However, they cannot pray that the referee will be merciful in the second half, let alone pin their hopes on it.

If there are too many cards, the number of suspensions will also increase, which will also affect their future games.

On the other side, Ranieri said similar things in the visiting team's locker room.

If the two teams work hard here, no matter who wins or loses, the other teams will benefit.

After the intermission, Rea replaced the defender Vitale with the midfielder Mannini, and Ranieri did not move for the time being.

Because the first half was played too fiercely, both sides chose to restrain themselves in the second half. As a result, at the beginning of the second half, the two sides tacitly tested each other for a while.

Originally, this was something that should have been done at the beginning of the game, but it dragged on until the second half.

In the frontcourt, Li Ze keenly spotted the opportunity.

Sudden acceleration in a slow pace, disrupting the rhythm of the opponent, this is Juventus' usual trick.

But Li Ze took a closer look at the opponent's running position and found that they also had the same problem.

After making a few secret signals to Gargano and Blasi, Li Ze kept throwing the ball to his teammates as if deliberately slowing down the pace.

Naples, who replaced a defender with a midfielder, also has the capital to compete with Juventus in the midfield.

After all, in the current Juventus midfielder, Marchisio has not yet grown up, but Nedved has aged a lot, and the overall ability of the midfielder is actually not strong.

When Juventus was trying to compete for the ball with Naples, Li Ze was quietly changing his running position to bring himself closer to the frontcourt.

In the 50th minute, it was Juventus who created the first threatening opportunity in the second half.

Marchisio received a pass from Nedved, received the ball and broke into Naples' defensive threat zone, then kicked a long shot, and the ball hit the crossbar.

Amauli grabbed the first spot, but Cannavaro Jr. was also stuck with his shooting angle and kicking space.

In desperation, Amauli stopped the ball with his chest and returned the ball to Del Piero.

The former Juventus prince was catching the ball outside the penalty area, and the commentator on the Juventus side was excited.

"Piero field!"

As if hearing the voice of the commentator, Del Piero quickly adjusted after receiving the ball and kicked a curve ball with a large arc.

Goalkeeper Jezo was almost dizzy by the trajectory of the ball. He had no time to recall the various summaries of Del Piero's technical characteristics in his mind, so he instinctively chose to pounce towards his right side.

The ball went around his Wuzhishan...

Just when Ye Zuo was desperate, he suddenly heard a "duang" in his ear.

The ball hit the post and was cleared by Cannavaro Jr.

Jezo let out a long sigh of relief, but Del Piero let out a long sigh, just like his fans.

The so-called "Piero field" refers to Piero's shooting position.

That is to say, the position on the left side and the front of the restricted area. Here, Del Piero left a lot of wonderful shots.

Shooting in this area, Del Piero can often come up with stunning works.

Unfortunately, that was when I was young.

Piero can clearly feel that after winning the Serie A Golden Boot last season, his personal ability has further declined.

In fact, long before the phone gate happened, his personal ability had declined a lot.

If not, Juventus would not introduce Ibrahimovic.

It can be said that Del Piero may have been forced to leave Juventus if it hadn't been for the accidental phone door incident.

At that time, he was in poor form, because his team would often score after being replaced, and he was jokingly called "Piero's Law".

Piero couldn't laugh, tears were rolling in his stomach.

Based on his state at the time and the team's attitude towards him, if it weren't for the phone call, a considerable number of stars and even superstars, including Ibrahimovic, fled, and Del Piero probably wouldn't be able to stay.

After becoming the team's starter again, Del Piero showed his worth.

Leading the team to Serie A and winning the Serie A Golden Boot made outsiders think that even if he is not a golden boy, he is also an indispensable member of Juventus.

But this season, Del Piero really feels a little powerless.

The sound of the ball hitting the goalpost just now sounded like a reminder to Del Piero, the reminder of his career.

(End of this chapter)