Alberto De Rossi was watching a video of another semi-final – which he sent to Varese specifically for the assistant referee to film.

His eyes were focused on the tall man in the Sampdoria formation.

Gao Zheng.

He was no stranger to this man.

De Rossi Sr. is an experienced youth coach who has been in the Roma academy for 20 years and it is fair to say that every young player who has come out of here has put his heart and soul into it. He is a respected figure at the Club of Rome, but he is also widely known as the father of Roma vice-captain Daniele De Rossi.

The old De Rossi, who has worked in the youth academy for 20 years, is of course very aware of Gao Zheng. You must know that Roma U16 has also played against AC Milan U16, although the old De Rossi was not the head coach of Roma U16 at that time, but he has also heard of Gao Zheng's outstanding performance in this age group.

Because of Gao Zheng's performance in the U16, the old De Rossi also planned to dig the corner of AC Milan.

But then Gao Zheng suffered a serious injury, and this plan was naturally abandoned.

Later, Gao Zheng did not play in the AC Milan academy, and the old De Rossi forgot about him.

I didn't expect to see him in the Sampdoria reserve now......

Old De Rossi was curious about what happened in between.

Judging from the video, Gao Zheng is a little different from before, his skills and awareness are still excellent, but he is a little worse in terms of running enthusiasm.

It's understandable – his lack of fitness limits his movement.

After learning that Gao Zheng was a substitute in the Sampdoria reserve team, the old De Rossi knew that Gao Zheng's physical fitness must be his weakness, otherwise there must be a hole in the head of the coach who did this with such an outstanding player, not letting him start, but substitute......

There is a physical problem, which is something that Rome can take advantage of.

He knew that Gao Zheng had come off the bench against AC Milan's reserve team, and had scored a hat-trick after coming off the bench.

But in De Rossi's view, AC Milan's biggest problem was failing to score for the full 45 minutes of the first half. If AC Milan can score even two goals, then when Gao Zheng comes on the field, the situation will be different.

This is a point that Rome needs to pay attention to.

When Gao Zheng was still sitting on the bench, Roma must score first and try to score as many goals as possible.

Thinking of this, old De Rossi began to write and draw in the notebook in front of him, recording his thoughts.

But he stopped after writing a few sentences and resumed the video of the Sampdoria reserve team against Varese reserves.

He found that he had overlooked a problem before - he had just been watching Gao Zheng's performance, but he had ignored Sampdoria's backline.

Based on Sampdoria's overall performance this season, defense is not what they are good at. However, there is a very strange phenomenon, in recent games, Sampdoria's reserve team has been reborn in defence.

They withstood AC Milan's 40 minutes of bombardment.

In the semi-final that just ended, it was clear that they were not in great form, but even then they conceded only one goal in the first half, and the Varese reserves stepped up their attack after the goal, and Sampdoria reserves did not concede a goal in the face of their indiscriminate bombardment. They managed to keep the score 0-1 until half-time. laid the foundation for Gao Zheng's appearance in the second half.

In other words, when Gao Zheng can't start, Sampdoria's defense is very important. If Gao Zheng plays every time the team is two or three goals behind, then Sampdoria can still reach the final, and Gao Zheng is probably going to be squeezed dry......

It seems that Bruni has made a targeted adjustment to Sampdoria's defense, and it has been quite successful.

I don't know how he did it......

So the question now for the old De Rossi is how to make the Roma reserves take the lead and score more goals against Sampdoria reserves.

Old De Rossi fell into deep thought.

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When Gao Zheng pushed open the door of the "Sailor's House" Foccaccia, he saw the smiling fat face of the fat boss Borata, which was as cute as freshly baked bread.

"Gao, you're here!" He greeted with open arms.

"Boss, why are you so happy today?" Gao Zheng is very strange.

"Because we made it to the final!" Borata said.

Gao Zheng is happy, didn't he want to lead the team to win the championship in the first place, just to make Sampdoria fans like the fat boss feel happy, and to dilute their inner pain and disappointment with the team's relegation?

Now I didn't expect to win the championship yet, but I saw a smile on the fat boss's face.

"It's just the final, boss, just because we can win the championship."

"That's glad enough, besides...... With you, is the championship still a problem? As he spoke, Borata wrapped up the high-ranking Foccaccia. I'll definitely go see it then! ”

Gao Zheng was taken aback: "The final is at the home of Rome, the boss ......"

Hearing Gao Zheng say this, Borata was stunned for a moment, and then frowned: "Really? ”

"How can I lie to you, boss?"

Borata pondered for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "I'm still going to see it!" ”

"That's Rome, boss...... We are away, and the game is played in the evening......" Gao Zheng wanted to remind the boss that if he insisted on going to watch, I am afraid that the time would not be arranged, and it would be difficult for him to stay in Rome for a reserve team game, which would be a big loss.

"I knew I was going to drive back straight after the race." Borata said.

"Overnight drive back to Boriasco from Rome?" Gao Zheng's eyes widened.

He didn't know exactly how far he had traveled from Rome to Boriasco, because he had never had such an experience. In fact, he can't even drive a car...... I can't imagine what it's like to drive so far at night alone.

"It's not a big deal, I used to do it a lot when I was younger." Borata shrugged, "And I have Franco." ”

Franco, the boss's son who was standing next to him, smiled at Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng also smiled back.

"The two of us take turns driving, and it's not as scary as you think."

Gao Zheng had nothing to say: "Okay, boss." Wait and see if we win the championship. ”

Borata waved his hand repeatedly: "Don't put too much pressure, high." Just playing at your usual pace, you've done well enough with the team, and I'm just going to show my support for you, not to put pressure on you. ”

Gao Zheng smiled and said, "No, no, boss." There was no added pressure, and we were supposed to win the championship. ”

When Gao Zheng left the store, his son Franco said to his father, "He looks so confident." ”

Borata asked his son, "What do you think of my focaccia?" ”

Franco, though a little strange, replied honestly, "Of course it's good, Dad......"

"No, not great. The focaccia that your dad and I made is the best in the whole of Boriasco! Borata straightened up his chubby body as he said this, although he looked the same as before...... "You can be so confident when you have a craft like mine." So with high ability, he is certainly qualified to be so confident. ”

"Dad, you just say that you are high and outstanding, what are you doing with Forcacha?" Franco was puzzled.

"I hope you will improve your skills and take over my class as soon as possible! Otherwise, your dad and I won't be exhausted to death? Borata blew his beard and glared, angry at his stupid son.

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PS, Messi and Ronaldo said goodbye to the World Cup on the day of reunification, and I was embarrassed.

I posted my opinion on this matter in the official account Lin Hai Tingtao Pavilion linhaitingtao11, so I won't say much here.

Today's game continues, as does the X**C event:

The match between Spain and Russia, although Russia is the host, I am more optimistic about the strength of Spain, and the change of coach does not have such a big impact on them, although the group stage is not very convincing, but if they can reach the knockout round, they can still adjust.

I'm bullish on Spain to beat hosts Russia by two goals.

Croatia and Denmark match, I think Croatia will beat Denmark by one goal.