From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 127
After the equalizer, Napoli pressed forward across the board, wanting to strike while the iron was hot and take advantage of the chaos after Udinese lost the ball to score another goal and reverse the score.

But soon, the Napoli people discovered that conceding the ball did not put Udinese into chaos.Their very organized and disciplined full-court pressing tactics made it difficult for Napoli.

In particular, the tireless running of Udinese's two defensive midfielders Kante and Alan allowed Naples to be strongly contained in the midfield.

Alan's attitude in the game is fine, but it felt like he wasn't working hard enough in defense before. However, those who have been paying attention to Alan will notice that this young man has actually made great progress, or it can be said that he is not working hard enough in defense. His defensive attitude is better than that of many defensive midfielders.

It's just that in the context of the Udinese team working harder, it seems a little lazy. This is an illusion caused by contrast.

Moreover, in today's Italian Cup final, Alan was indeed very desperate.

Obviously, with the championship honor right in front of them, the Brazilians are really trying their best.

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In terms of strength, Napoli is indeed stronger than Udinese, but in a small-scale point-to-point duel in the midfield under fierce confrontation, Udinese actually has the advantage.

Naples' midfielder seems to be a double midfielder composed of Inler and Jorginho, but these two are the type who can't sit still and have a heart to move forward and participate in the attack.

因勒在上赛季曾有过31场意甲取得6球2助攻的数据，本赛季也在28场意甲比赛里取得2球2助攻，这在防守型后腰里面简直是难以想象的。

And Jorginho is even worse. Before he moved to Naples in the winter window, he scored 18 goals and 7 assists in 3 Serie A games in Verona. This is even better than many attacking midfielders.

You know, Juventus' attacking midfielder Pogba only scored 7 goals and 7 assists throughout the season.

With their performance like this, it can be said that they are good at both offense and defense and have comprehensive capabilities, but it can also be said that they have not invested enough in defense.

Related to this is that the defense of these two teams is not good, or even a little bad.

Naples has conceded 35 goals in 40 Serie A games, which is slightly better than Udinese among the top six teams in the standings.

Although Verona before Jorginho's transfer was the biggest dark horse this season, their defense was even worse. They conceded 19 goals in 32 rounds of Serie A, which was 6 more goals than Udinese in the same period.

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On the other hand, for Udinese, Kante is a purely defensive midfielder and basically does not participate in the offense. He is almost at the back throughout the game and is very honest.

Alan has made rapid progress this season. It can be said that he is both offensive and defensive. His offensive organization is impressive, and he can also provide help in defense. At least he will not be a defensive midfielder like many organizations.

In addition, midfielders such as Pingchi, Bruno, Mahrez and even Di Natale will actively run, press and participate in the defense.

Such defensive intensity and fast pace made Naples very uncomfortable.

After tying the score, Naples' offensive looked fierce, but the situation where the audience imagined Naples besieging Udinese's goal did not appear.

The two sides started a fierce stranglehold in the midfield, and then people discovered that the advantage in the midfield actually went to Udinese.

Unable to control the midfield, Naples had no choice but to frequently try from the wing, but the wing crosses from Insigne and Callejon were repeatedly resolved by Danilo and Domic.

Under this situation, Benitez made continuous tactical adjustments. He placed his hope on captain Hamsik, hoping that this captain who could pass and shoot would perform well and inject vitality into Naples' offense. and energy.

But Guidolin was prepared for this.

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Hamsik obviously felt that Udinese's defense against him had strengthened. It was a luxury for him to get the ball easily now. Hamsik also tried to use his skills and speed to break through, but He soon realized that it was difficult to carve out a bloody path on his own.

Just before, he had just used the change of direction in the high-speed dribbling to pass Domic, and then he was about to cut inside. Kanter came over to fill the position. Hamsik was about to pull the ball again to change the direction. Domic had already changed the direction again. He came up, and Kanter took a decisive kick and completed the steal.

Guidolin is very satisfied with the performance of the players. As long as Hamsik is targeted, Naples' threat will be greatly reduced.

After studying many Naples game videos, Guidolin immediately captured the key point. This Slovak player, who is about to turn 27, is the only other Naples most threatening player besides Higuain.

Unlike Higuain on the front line, Hamsik, who is more flexible in his position, is more threatening.

After the team's previous goal, Guidolin, who realized that Naples was going to fight back desperately, specifically told the players to focus on Hamsik. Once Naples' wing attack is contained, Benitez will definitely give Hamsik provides greater freedom of attack.Benitez thought he had seen through Guidolin, but he only saw through the simplest, or the places where Guidolin didn't mind being seen through.

In fact, Guidolin also saw the Spanish coach next to him more thoroughly.

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More than 20 minutes of the game passed, and it was nearly half an hour into the game. Naples still did not take the lead, and the score was still 1:1.

Naples' closest chance to score came in the 28th minute of the game. This was when Higuain and Hamsik hit the wall in the frontcourt. In the end, Hamsik got rid of Alan with a beautiful smash, and he was about to break through. However, Domic suddenly pulled the ball and turned around. Before Kanter came up to intercept, he poked the ball to the wing with his toes. Callejon passed the low ball to the goal.

At this time, Udinese's goal was already very empty. Hamsik's intentional leak attracted the attention of Udinese's defense, but unfortunately Kante got the chance to score before Insigne shot. The ball cleared the baseline.

Naples's offensive also made Guidolin break into a cold sweat. Hamsik's leak was so beautiful that it almost attracted Udinese's defensive attention.Fortunately, Kanter was focused enough and reacted quickly enough to complete the clearance before Insigne hit the goal, otherwise Insigne might have scored twice.

Seeing Udinese wasting an excellent scoring opportunity, Benitez jumped quickly.

Naples took advantage of the corner kick and continued to attack. Hamsik took a tactical corner kick. Inler passed the football to Jorginho, who stopped the ball with his beautiful chest, and then Shi Shiran pulled the ball and turned around, but he just turned around. When Jorginho came, he saw the black face of Kanter who rushed forward menacingly.

Just when Jorginho wanted to pass the football, Kante had already rushed in front of him, and the two bodies collided. Jorginho staggered, and the ball was poked away at his feet, and Jorginho Zhinio also fell to the ground.

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Inle, who was closest to Jorginho, made the wrong choice at this time. He did not intercept the ball immediately. Instead, he raised his hand to the referee Osato to signal that the Udinese man had fouled.

But the referee shook his finger while running, indicating that there was no foul and the game continued.

Since Inler did not block it in time, Kanter was able to dribble the ball forward. He was excited and was about to continue dribbling the ball forward, when he heard Guidolin's roar from the sidelines: "Quick pass!".

Kanter felt a little sad. The coach didn't trust his ability to dribble the ball too much, but he didn't hesitate at all and immediately passed the football to Alan.

Jorginho and Inler are Naples' double midfielders, and they suddenly lost their defense here, which made Naples' defensive players immediately become very passive.

"Counterattack, counterattack." The commentator on Udinese's local radio station shouted excitedly, "This is our chance to counterattack. Now it's Alan who has the ball."

Albiol and full-back Moretti both rushed to defend Alan.

Alan immediately seized the space between the two and distributed the football.

Behind Alan, Mahrez cut in at high speed and just caught the football.

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"Mahrez! Not offside! Not offside! His timing is very good!" Benigni shouted.

Mahrez cut directly into the penalty area. He tried to shoot. He deceived Fernandez, who was defending, into blocking action, but he passed the football across the ball.

Bruno followed up, with his back to the goal, and deftly tapped his heel. The football stuck to the turf, rolled past the feet of Naples' German goalkeeper Reina, and rolled into the net behind him.

"GOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!"

"2:1! Bruno scored, and he surpassed the score again for Udinese. This is probably something no one expected. When the game went into the 29th minute, Udinese led Naples again."

"Wow, let's look at this ball. Bruno's deft heel knocked the football into the net. Reina didn't react at all to such a shooting method! This is a goal full of imagination. The Portuguese star's football talent shines Light.”

"Udinese's counterattack was very sharp. Kante stole the ball from Jorginho. From the beginning of the interception to the goal, there were only three passes in total. Naples' defense collapsed after the ball was intercepted. ”

Bruno scored and rewritten the score to 2:1. The Udinese fans in the stands went crazy. Seeing him coming to the stands to celebrate and wave, the Udinese fans burst into louder cheers and shouts. Voice.

Guidolin jumped up from the sidelines. He first raised his arms, then jumped three times in reverse. Finally, he was hugged by the Udinese assistant coach next to him in celebration.

(End of this chapter)