Chapter 930: Bournemouth

Napoli weren't very lucky, as they drew Bournemouth, a team from the Premier League in Europe's top five leagues, in the draw.

Founded in 1899 and now part of the English Premier League, Bournemouth won the Championship for the first time in the 14/15 season, finishing fourth in the league last season and playing in the Champions League for the first time in their history.

Bournemouth's results have been steadily improving in recent years, which is a troublesome game for Napoli, and this game is also the only game in the top five European leagues in this season's Champions League qualification, and this game is very attractive to everyone.

The situation of the Napoli team is very bad now, they have even drawn with their opponents in the league, and now many fans and media reporters are very worried, they even think that the Napoli team will not be able to cross the level of Ubernemouth, and will be eliminated directly.

To be honest, with the current bad situation of the Napoli team, it is really possible that the Napoli team will be eliminated and miss out on the group stage of this season's UEFA Champions League.

At this time, Napoli fans are very worried, and they all hope that Napoli can win and beat Bournemouth to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League.

Due to Bournemouth's rare appearance in Europe, there is no record of Napoli vs Bournemouth in the head-to-head history, which means that the two teams have never played each other before, and this is the first meeting between the two teams.

Although they have never played Bournemouth, Napoli have an outstanding record of 12 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats against Premier League teams.

In the history of the Champions League, Napoli has played against several Premier League giants, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, and in the knockout stage, Napoli has eliminated Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool in recent seasons, so Napoli still has a great advantage against Premier League teams.

Bournemouth, on the other hand, finished fourth in the Premier League last season and had a very good result.

But they lack star players in their squad, and even if Napoli are not in a good situation, they should still be able to beat Bournemouth.

However, before this game, many Italian media believed that this game should be 50% each, and anyone could finish the opponent and get the promotion place.

It can also be seen from here that the Italian media is really not optimistic about the prospects of the Napoli team.

At this time, Napoli FC showed strong confidence that they could beat Bournemouth and secure a place in promotion.

The first leg between Napoli and Bournemouth was played at the Sao Paulo Stadium, Napoli's home stadium, so Napoli didn't have to travel long distances at all, they were on their doorstep.

Before this game, Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti repeatedly stressed that this game is very important for the Napoli team, and it must be won in one fell swoop, and Bournemouth must not be given any chance.

Carlo Ancelotti even wanted to settle the fight in the first round and make the second round a garbage time.

The Napoli players were also confident ahead of the game, convinced that they could beat Bournemouth and win the game easily.

Bournemouth came to Napoli very low-key, and after coming to the away side, they were very low-key when interviewed by media reporters, and they thought that this time they came to the away side under great pressure.

It can be seen that the Bournemouth players are very pessimistic about this game, and in their opinion, they cannot beat the Napoli team.

Seeing Bournemouth's reaction, Italian media reporters were speechless for a while, this Bournemouth is simply too timid, such teams have entered the Champions League, it seems that the Premier League is really in decline.

Bournemouth's attitude made Ancelotti frown, and he thought it was a sign of weakness by the other side, and they had big plans.

Carlo Ancelotti repeatedly stressed before the game that the players of the Napoli team should pay attention to it, and they must not take it lightly and never underestimate their opponents.

Before the game, the Napoli players had promised well, nodding their heads to indicate that they knew.

But as soon as the game started, they seemed to forget that none of them had taken Bournemouth to heart and attacked wildly.

Bournemouth, on the other hand, from the Premier League, continued to show weakness and chose to retreat, as if their intention was obvious, they came to the away road to get a point, they all returned to their own half, and even the forwards returned to their own half of the defence, as if they never wanted to score.

To tell the truth, this paralyzed the players of the Napoli team, and the players of the Napoli team immediately attacked frantically, pressing all over the line, and on the field, the Napoli team was completely dominant, and Bournemouth had no chance at all.

In this competition, Jiang Chen got many very good opportunities, and two of them were excellent opportunities.

For the first time, Jiang Chen received a wonderful pass from Mertens in the penalty area, and he volleyed directly sideways, and the football was pumped directly into the bottom right corner of the Bournemouth goal.

Jiang Chen's shot was already very tricky, but Bournemouth's goalkeeper Begovic was a magical performance, directly pounced on the side and used his fingertips to pull the football out of the bottom line, trying to keep the goal from losing.

Begovic's performance shocked the fans of the Napoli team, and Jiang Chen was also stunned for a while, this guy's performance made him unexpected.

The second time, Jiang Chen received a cross from Alan on the wing in the penalty area, and hit the goal with a header from close range, and the football flew quickly to the goal of Bournemouth.

At this point, Begovic continued his miraculous performance, reaching directly and magically lifting the ball off the crossbar.

This goal shocked Jiang Chen, and also reminded him of the 2006 World Cup final in Germany, Buffon miraculously saved Zidane's header, this goal is too similar to that goal, Begovic's performance today is simply too scary.

Napoli had a lot of chances, but Begovic's performance was nothing short of miraculous, this guy stabbed in front of the Bournemouth goal, and he couldn't hold all the shots of the Napoli team, which was simply amazing.

The Napoli fans at the scene were stunned, this Begovic is simply a goalkeeper.

(End of chapter)