Chapter 268: Roadmap

Gao Zheng's goal was the only goal scored by both sides in this game.

Sampdoria regained their defensive rigidity in this game, and after Gao Zheng's goal, they were able to withstand Atalanta's wave after wave of attacks.

In the end, Sampdoria beat Atalanta 1-0 away to regain a win after two consecutive defeats.

The win was crucial for Sampdoria, who moved up to 52 points and moved from sixth to fourth in the league.

Back in the European zone again.

The win in this game is significant for Sampdoria and means they can come out of the shadow of the sudden loss of their chairman.

Gao Zheng also scored his 27th league goal of the season.

Although Cavani has scored a total of four goals in these two league games, the gap between him and Gao Zheng is still as many as five goals.

The result was a real disappointment to the Italian media, which was unhappy with him.

They originally hoped that El Shaarawy could overturn Gao Zheng, but as a result, El Shaarawy himself was not angry, and after the league entered the second half, it was as if he had lost the feeling of shooting all of a sudden, and there were few goals.

Cavani's sudden rise has given everyone hope of defeating Gao Zheng again.

As a result, after the game against Parma, Cavani fell into a six-game league goal drought.

If this happens to Gao Zheng, many Italian media are afraid that they will explode. But with Cavani, everything seems less important......

In the last two rounds of the league, Cavani scored two goals in two consecutive games, which immediately made many Italian media follow, blowing at Cavani, which is estimated to make Cavani himself very inexplicable.

But when they brag about Cavani, they definitely don't dare to increase Zheng's goals, because it will be embarrassing to mention it, and it will be a drama when it is mentioned.

Even if Cavani has scored four goals in the last two league games, he ranks first in efficiency in these two Serie A rounds. But that doesn't change the reality that he only scored 22 goals, while Gao Zheng scored 27 goals.

The media can be a dead duck, but some things don't change because they don't accept them.

Just like Gao Zheng said, no matter what, the mountain is there.

In terms of the golden boot odds offered by the bookmaker to the forwards, Gao Zheng is far ahead of other opponents, and now betting on Gao Zheng to win the golden boot can win much less money than others.

This is certainly not a good thing for those gamblers.

So gamblers must be hoping to get out of the way.

The most promising upset now is Edinson Cavani.

A difference of five goals is not completely impossible with eight league games remaining.

So those bettors have become Cavani's supporters, hoping that Cavani can complete the counterattack against Gao Zheng at the last moment.

And in order to prevent Gao Zheng from scoring, Sampdoria's opponents also did everything.

It's not that they all bet on Cavani, but no one wants to be a stepping stone to Gao Zheng, and no one wants to concede a goal.

In the 31st round, Palermo tried their best to prevent Gao Zheng from scoring, but it still failed, Gao Zheng scored a goal and assisted a goal in this game, helping Sampdoria beat Palermo 2:1 at home.

Icardi scored his tenth league goal of the season, which is already a good efficiency considering he has only been playing consistently since the middle of the season.

But if you can't compare with Gao Zheng, if you compare with Gao Zheng, it will be frustrating - his number of goals is the same as Gao Zheng's assists this season.

With the assist of Icardi in this game, Gao Zheng completed his tenth assist.

In this way, he has double-doubles in both goals and assists.

From this data, we can see the importance of Gao Zheng to Sampdoria.

Previously, some media criticized Di Francisco for relying too much on Gao Zheng, and they were right to criticize that Sampdoria did rely on Gao Zheng, whether it was goals or assists.

Sampdoria has scored a total of 52 goals so far this season, and Gao Zheng has participated in 38 of these 52 goals, which shows his importance to this Sampdoria team.

Thankfully, this season, Gao Zheng has not had any injuries. Otherwise, if he misses a few months, Sampdoria will probably be in the same shape......

And Gao Zheng's uninjured situation also has a lot to do with his smart style of play - if it sounds good, it is smart, and if it is not good, it is cunning.

But Gao Zheng has been deaf to these criticisms and continues to go his own way.

He is well aware that the body is his own. Criticism from others is worthless. Although the German miracle doctor Wolffaert had overturned the conclusions of the Milan laboratory, he was cautious in this regard.

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After the match against Palermo, Sampdoria will have their final "lighthouse derby" of the season.

This match is a very important match for Sampdoria's opponents Genoa.

They are currently eighteenth and third from bottom in the relegation zone. However, it is not impossible for them to escape the relegation zone, as they are level on points with fourth-from-bottom Siena.

Speaking of which, Sampdoria's defeat of Palermo in the last round can be regarded as a help to the city's sworn rivals. Because Palermo were one point behind Genoa before that, if they beat Sampdoria, they could complete the overtake.

In this round of the league, Genoa lost 0:2 away to Napoli, and Palermo also lost, and finally was not squeezed into 19th place by Palermo.

This 'lighthouse derby' inevitably reminds people of the 'lighthouse derby' two seasons ago, when Sampdoria were mired in relegation and met Genoa at the end of the league. City rivals Genoa defeated Sampdoria 2-1 at their home stadium and knocked Sampdoria out of the second division.

After Sampdoria's relegation, Genoa fans mocked Sampdoria in this coffin as a funeral service, taunting Sampdoria in this way and continuing to rub salt into the wounds of their rivals.

It's only been two seasons since this incident, and Sampdoria fans still remember it.

I really didn't expect that now that feng shui is turning, they will have the opportunity to treat others in their own way!

So before the "Lighthouse Derby", the most hotly discussed thing in the local Genoa media was to "turn over old accounts".

Turn over the old accounts from two seasons ago.

It was mainly the media and fans who supported Sampdoria who enthusiastically turned over old accounts.

Genoese fans, on the other hand, were mostly afraid to talk nonsense.

When they did this, they really didn't expect the current world newspaper to come so quickly - in less than two seasons, the situation of both teams was completely reversed.

If Genoese fans had known that they would have been where they are today, I wonder if they would have been a little merciful when they mocked Sampdoria......

But it's too late to regret it now. It is absolutely impossible for Genoa fans to ask Sampdoria for mercy, and they can only hope that their players will be able to fight for strength and fight Sampdoria at the critical moment of final relegation, and they can still win.

Then took advantage of the momentum of winning the city derby, chased all the way to victory, and finally succeeded in relegation.

This is the relegation roadmap that Genoa fans have drawn in their minds for their team.

Beating Sampdoria at home is the most important game on the roadmap.