Chapter 016: Attack! Offensive! (2nd Update, Urgent Request for Commuter Pass)
Napoli's Spaniard Callejón posted a video on his Twitter of the team's Colombian defender Zuniga scoring a goal similar to a 'scorpion tail swing' in training (bai-pai), supplemented by a sentence: Under Higuain's tune, Zuniga can do such an action!
Of course, no one knew that after 'finishing' this 'scorpion tail' goal, Zuniga fell into the mud and was reprimanded by Napoli coach Benitez, who was worried about the Colombian injury, Napoli now have a full-back crisis, and it would be a big joke if Zuniga was injured because of 'playing treasure'.
Although Jiang Chenxi was not mentioned in this tweet, the Italian media still did a good job of 'divergent thinking', commenting that Callejon was sarcastically saying that Jiang Chenxi's goals were not as wonderful as Higuain's and not as talented as the Argentine.
This also hypes the topic to a higher level.
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At the regular press conference before the game, Klopp brought the team's captain Kyle to attend, much to the disappointment of reporters at the scene.
Reporters were eager for Jiang Chenxi to be present at the press conference, and they prepared a lot of questions to ask Dortmund's Chinese striker.
The story about the relationship between him and Inter Milan.
About the previous serious injury.
On the topic between him and Higuain.
These are good news gimmicks.
It was disappointing to see that only captain Kyle was accompanying Jurgen Klopp at the press conference.
They had no choice but to throw questions about Jiang Chenxi at Klopp.
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"Jiang? He didn't have any problems, he was in great shape in training and everything was fine...... It was just an ordinary game for him. ”
Subsequently, Klopp also ridiculed the media for doing everything they could to gimmick the game, "It's disgusting that two people who have nothing to do with each other are portrayed as enemies." ”
The Italian reporters at the scene looked embarrassed, because they were the ones who first hyped up the incident.
Klopp doesn't care about the attitude of Italian journalists, he is such a character, and the Italian media unreasonably hyped up the topic of which Jiang Chenxi and Higuain are stronger or weaker, which made Klopp very disgusted.
As manager, Jurgen Klopp's job is to protect his players and minimise their exposure to these unwarranted hype.
This is also the reason why he did not let Jiang Chenxi attend the press conference.
Although bringing the Champions League Golden Boot to Dortmund's first Champions League game of the new season will increase the club's influence, Klopp ignores this, and how to increase the club's influence is a matter for Dortmund's club director Zogek and club manager Watzger.
For the Italian media raised the topic that Jiang Chenxi's goals are not as beautiful as Higuain, and the offensive talent of the Chinese is far inferior to that of the Argentine, Klopp directly refuted: Evaluate the level of a striker, look at the number of goals, Jiang was the Champions League Golden Boot last season! And he's scored really good goals as well.
It is worth mentioning that despite the continuous hype in the media, Jiang Chenxi and Higuain, as the parties concerned, did not stand up to respond to the matter head-on.
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Amid the media hype, Napoli's Champions League Group F group game at home to Borussia Dortmund has finally arrived.
In the Champions League on this matchday, this game is not an absolute matchup of giants, but it is also a very eye-catching match.
Among them, the duel between Higuain and Jiang Chenxi is undoubtedly the biggest game gimmick.
Naturally, the Chinese media is also very concerned about this game.
In addition to the live broadcast of the game on CCTV, there are also many domestic media outlets that have come to Naples to cover the game.
There are dozens of Chinese reporters in the media gallery at the São Paulo Stadium, and many reporters have not been qualified to cover the scene.
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"Let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides." As He Wei spoke, the starting lineups of both sides were played on the TV screen.
Napoli (4-2-3-1): 25-Reina/11-Maggio, 33-Albiol, 5-Britos, 18-Zúñica/85-Behrami, 88-Inle/7-Callejon, 17-Hamsik, 24-Insigne/9-Higuain.
Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1): 1-Weidenfeller/19-Grosskreutz, 4-Subotic, 15-Hummels, 29-Schmelzer/5-Kele, 6-Sven Bender/17-Aubameyang, 10-Mkhitaryan, 11-Reuss/10-Jiang Chenxi.
The captains of both sides, Hamsik and Kyle, are guessing the coin.
Kyle guessed the coin and picked the edge, while home side Napoli were on the tee-off.
The players from both sides then stand in their respective positions and wait for the game to begin.
Jiang Chenxi stood in the middle circle, next to him was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and today Klopp gave Aubameyang the chance to start. He will play as Borussia Dortmund's left winger.
The pace of the Gabonese will enrich Dortmund's attack.
The TV broadcast camera first gave a close-up of Napoli's Argentine striker Higuain, and then the camera switched to Jiang Chenxi, and the camera advanced, giving a big close-up.
The director is using the language of the camera to tell everyone that the two key figures in this game.
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Jurgen Klopp is accustomed to relying on systematic training in the offseason to give the team a complete tactical system, and it is the characteristic of the Yellow and Black to focus on me and replace defense with attack.
No matter what enemy they face, Dortmund will choose to attack.
Last season's Champions League semi-finals, they beat Real Madrid 4-0 at home, showing Dortmund's attacking bloodiness to the world.
Napoli kicked off and after a few back-to-back kicks, he played a ball over the top to attack, but Kyle pushed the ball out at the back, and the ball was picked up by Svend, who passed it directly to Reuss.
Borussia Dortmund immediately launched an attack on the Napoli goal.
Reus moved forward quickly after splitting the ball into a wide format, with Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang moving forward, while Borussia Dortmund's two full-backs, Grosskreutz and Schmelzer, were also quick to move forward.
At the front, Jiang Chenxi was already cruising at the top of the arc of the forbidden area.
To be exact, with the exception of the two centre-backs, almost all of Dortmund made it past half-time.
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'That's Borussia Dortmund's attack, that's Jurgen Klopp's football.' German commentator Erik. Lange shouted, "Dortmund didn't try it, they went straight to the Napoli goal, they were the opposite. ”
Napoli coach Benitez's face changed slightly, sitting in the dugout, leaning forward slightly, looking at the field.