"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL"

  After a long goal annou, the entire San Paolo stadium was filled with cheers from Napoli fans.

  They were all cheering and shouting wildly, releasing all their passion and energy pent up sihe game began.

  From the first minute of the matapoli had been dominating possession and seeking opportunities, but Juventus defended resolutely, giving them few ces. Finally, the team broke through the Bianeri's defense.

  "Napoli's style of py has left a deep impression on us. Their high-level rhythm is extremely fast, and their passing and movement are smooth. Although not yet fully refined, overall, it is very exg."

  "More importantly, this team has great stamina, which allows their high pressing to exert signifit pressure and trouble on their oppos. Juventus have struggled to withstand such pressing."

  "Clearly, if you watched Real Madrid st season, you'll notice that this Napoli is even mgressive and intense. Gao Shen is delivering on his pre-season promise. He aims to build a team with his personal imprint."

  "Today, we have to say, he has do!"

  "It's a u very impressive team."

  ...

  After Gervinho scored, Gao Shen leaped iement, g his hands loudly for his pyers, then turned around to exge high-fives and hugs with the coag staff.

  However, the key to this goal y with Pelle.

  "This kid seems to be getting it," Gao Shen smiled, clearly excited.

  For that goal, Pelle used his body to suppress Kovac, creating a small but crucial gap in Juventus's defense, which allowed Gervinho to get past Birindelli and strike. His positioning also hindered Buffon.

  No matter how good Buffon is, he's still only human.

  When two attackers are well-positioned in front of the goal and ready to shoot, even Buffon will struggle.

  "The ret training is starting to show some effect, but this is just the beginning," Borrell ughed.

  It takes time for a pyer to ge their pying habits, especially those that have been ingrained for years.

  If nothing else, sider how hard it is for ao ge a habit.

  Och, where things ge rapidly, pyers almost rely on instinct. To ge their habits, shift their thinking, and trahat into performan the field is no easy task.

  "Training will tinue. In games against tight defenses like this, Pellet's role bees even more critical," Gao Shen urged.

  i is like a charging tank, while Pelle is more of a battering ram different tools with different purposes.

  As they spoke, the pyers on the field finished celebrating and walked back past the home team's coag bench. Gao Shen smiled at them and appuded Gervinho's goal.

  "Nice job, Kuasi!" he praised.

  He then gave Pelle a high-five. "Graziano, remember that feeling from just now. Keep creating spad opportunities for your teammates. Uand?"

  "You did great. Keep it up!"

  Pelle nodded tinuously, as if starting to uand.

  Borrell also came forward to give Pelle a few pointers, mainly praising his previous performand pointing out some exposed weaknesses.

  "Keep it up, Graziano, you do it!" Borrell enced.

  Buoyed by the encement from both the head coad Borrell, Pelle regained much of his fidence.

  David Luiz was also perf exceptionally well tonight, particurly in his marking of Bojinov. The young Bulgarian had been uo gain any advantage. Every time he tried to get the ball, David Luiz would sti, f him to lose possession.

  In fact, even if Bojinov mao get past David Luiz, he would still struggle to threaten Napoli's goal, because Bonucci was waiting behind.

  Italian defenders are known for their strong individual defensive skills, but Bonucci is an exception. His personal defense isn't his stro suit, but his sense of positioning is outstanding, and his passing and ball-handling skills are excellent.

  If you pare him to Italian defenders like avaro aa, Bonucci might not seem exceptional.

  But times have ged.

  Gao Shen vividly remembered that dinner versation with Sacchi and Valdano. Valdano had mainly criticized Florentino's strategic choices, but Sacchi's criticism focused more oactics.

  Sacchi argued that Real Madrid's strategy went against the broader trends in football.

  In simple terms, Real Madrid used a pyer-characteristiagement model rather than building a cohesive team.

  For instahe team khe superstars up front were relut to track back defensively, so they put a dedicated defensive pyer in front of the bae to pensate for that.

  This is also a team strategy, but it is ineffit.

  Ideally, a good team setup should allow pyers to be stronger when they are together than when apart one plus one should be greater than two.

  However, Real Madrid's team model had beore about managing individual pyers' characteristics. It was like pleting a puzzle finding missing pieces. The problem is, in such a model, pyers 't fully py to their strengths, leading to a dee in overall effectiveness.

  This results in one plus one beihan two.

  Undoubtedly, the first model is the current mainstream. For youth training, the result is more well-rounded pyers, not specialists.

  Bonucci, for example, defend, anize, and attack, but this makes him a jack of all trades, master of none.

  If he were the best at everything, he'd be a god.

  At that time, Gao Shen had an epiphany because he thought of Ferguson's Maer United.

  Under Ferguson's guidance, Maer United's pyers seemed average individually, but they pyed extraordinarily well together.

  The same squad under Ferguson could win championships, but under Moyes, it couldn't.

  That's what Sacchi meant the differen team philosophy.

  Valdano said the essence of football is for pyers to express themselves och. He believed that the mind of a coa the sidelines could not pare to the minds of the eleven pyers on the field, so pyers must be free to express themselves.

  Sacchi agreed, but irely.

  He believed football is about allowing pyers to express themselves, but not just letting them express themselves.

  He agreed with Valdano that the mind of a coa the sidelines couldn't match the eleven pyers och. However, how do you ensure all elevehinking in sync? How do you keep them from g?

  This requires the coach to build a system, to let them think within that framework and form a unified force.

  That versatio a deep impression on Gao Shen and made him think deeply.

  Sacchi and Valdano were both wise men with distinct thoughts and perspectives.

  The former had never pyed professionally but advocated for a system; the tter was a football genius who believed in the individual.

  But both agreed that the system and the individual aren't mutually exclusive but be ied. The key is whether you ore system or more individual.

  If you mao achieve maximum iioween the system and the individual when building a team, gratutions, you've built a great team.

  Gao Shen was greatly influenced by this and has been pursuing this dire.

  As Sacchi and Valdano suggested, to win the La Liga and Champions League double at 25, he o set higher goals for himself. Anything less would be failing himself, right?

  Thus, Napoli's pyers had a clear mandate: Whoever wins the ball must immediately set up a terattack.

  All pyers were versatile; attackers in the front actively participated in ter-pressing and defending, while the back-line pyers had to be capable anizing and distributing the ball, including the goalkeeper.

  This is why Napoli had been pying so well i three games.

  It is also the dire Gao Shen would tio pursue iure.

  He aimed to lead Napoli to a baween system and individual brilliance.

  Thinking of this, Gao Shen walked to the sideline, almost stepping out of the coag area.

  His sudden movement made the fourth official tense.

  But Gao Shen merely stood there and loudly shouted to the Napoli pyers who had just returo the field, "Keep attag! Keep pressing up! I want to see anoal!"

  At this moment, his blood was boiling!

  Och, the Napoli pyers heard him and all cpped in respoo the coach's order.

  At this moment, they were all fired up!

  ...

  Deschamps nearly stumbled when he heard the iioween Gao Shen and his pyers from the visiting team's coag area.

  Going to attack again?

  And seemingly even strohan before!

  He truly ehe deep e between Gao Shen and the Napoli pyers a e that extended from tactid spirit, as if this team was aension of Gao Shen himself, his will maing och.

  This was also the lifelong pursuit of many coaches.

  It was at this moment that Deschamps uood why Gao She Real Madrid. Why he turned down Juventus.

  Not just Gao Shen if he were in the same situation, pursuing this kind of philosophy and enviro, he would make the same choice.

  Because only then could oruly create a team that is fully their own.

  Like Napoli at this moment, immature, unstable, with many issues, but undeniably stamped with Gao Shen's mark, even in their very souls.

  Refleg on this, Deschamps walked to the sideline as well.

  "Be careful, hold your defensive lines, don't get disanized. atiently for your ces! We still have time!"

  Against this fearless Napoli, even mighty Juventus had to pull back.