Chapter Ninety-Six: An Inconspicuous Kick
Although he has not played for nearly half a season, Gao Zheng has not gained nothing during this time.
He still trains on his own schedule every day, and apart from always playing against Atzori in attacking training, the quality of his training is guaranteed.
In particular, physical fitness and strength have also improved greatly in these months.
And although he didn't play an official game, there will be intra-team games in the team training every week, and Gao Zheng still participated in these games, so it can't be said that he is completely out of game.
In addition to causing a foul on a Vicenza player, he was also steady on several catch-and-pass passes, without the nervousness and discomfort of a youngster's debut.
When Lu Bin and Wang Yixing saw this scene in the media seat, they both glanced at each other.
This is the first time they have watched Gao Zheng play on the spot, and it is completely different from what they imagined.
This tall, skinny man with a height of 1.9 meters is very flexible.
And he showed a composure and calmness that did not match his age.
When Lu Bing saw this scene, he couldn't help but think, maybe Frecello was right, Gao Zheng could really withstand the huge pressure......
Perhaps what happened to him at AC Milan made him more mature than his peers.
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Although he is 1.9 meters tall and plays as a striker, Gao Zheng is not fixed in the penalty area as a center forward, but frequently pulls out, sometimes on the side, and sometimes even retreats to the midfield.
He was very involved in Sampdoria's attack and did not stay in front and wait for his team-mates to pass the ball to him.
Yacini knew that this was not his own request, and such an active style of play was Gao Zheng's own idea.
He remembered that the media had reported that one of the main contradictions between Gao Zheng and Atezori was that Atezori wanted Gao to stay in the penalty area, just like a traditional high school striker does. But Gao Zheng obviously disliked this practice, so he would always go against Atezori's training arrangement in training, which made Atezori very angry.
It seems that they have a different understanding of the role of the center forward.
Yacini has no obvious bias towards this matter, and Gao Zheng's technical characteristics do not seem to be suitable for playing a traditional center forward in front of goal, but can he do a good job as a new center forward?
That remains to be seen.
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Gao Zheng found that the defense against him was not very strict, especially when he ran flexibly, as long as he was far away from the penalty area, and there was not even anyone who came to defend him, he was often a player without a Vicenza within a radius of three or four meters.
Apparently Vicenza didn't take himself personally, and in their eyes, both Pozzi and Piovacari were more threatening than they were.
This is his chance.
He watched the situation on the pitch and played like he had done before.
When a football is passed to his feet, he will always pass it again, and rarely let the football stay under his feet for a long time.
His passes were mostly transitional and not adventurous.
Such a pass would not attract any attention on the pitch, and even the fans would not expect it.
"He's still very cautious...... Clariant Moretti frowned.
'That's right, it's the first first-team game after all and he hasn't played in a long time......,' said his companion.
'But I'm sure the manager didn't put him on the pitch to do that kind of thing. Moretti shook his head in disagreement with his companion's statement.
"Hey Clariant, the team's offense just can't play at all, it's a problem for the whole team, it's not something that a young man can solve for the first time, don't expect too much, it will hit you hard."
"Yes, yes, normal, Clariant. We were so unlucky in this game, in fact, even if we lost, it was not unacceptable, and luck was not on our side at all......"
Simoli was injured in the opening 20 minutes, and in the 39th minute, the team's current top scorer Bertani was injured again.
These two injuries completely caught Sampdoria off guard.
Originally, the team played quite well after the start of the game, but after the change of coach, it really gave people a different feeling.
But it was these two injuries that interrupted Sampdoria's rhythm.
At the start of the second half, Vicenza's goal sent Sampdoria in complete panic.
When attacking, it is completely thought of where to hit, and there is no order.
In such a situation, Vicenza has only scored one goal, no wonder this team is ranked third from the bottom, of course, if this score is maintained until the end of the game, Vicenza points will increase by three points, the ranking will definitely rise, I don't know how much, it depends on the results of the teams above him.
But it should be able to get out of the relegation zone.
Although it is still a little too early to say relegation, who wouldn't want to take three more points?
Clariant sighed, and his companions had a point.
Maybe he was too anxious and shouldn't put too much pressure on Gao Zheng.
In his case, it would have been a great win to get a chance to play in the first team......
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Gao Zheng pulled to the right side to get the ball, and then passed the football horizontally to his teammate.
A teammate shifted the ball to the left with a big foot, and everyone's attention followed the ball to the other side.
Gao Zheng did not insert into the penalty area to capture the opportunity, but paced on the right.
When left-back Paulo Castellini, who was on the left wing, couldn't get the ball into the box, he slammed it and turned it back on, passing it to Obiang, who was picking up him on the flank.
At this time, Gao Zheng, who was originally unremarkable on the right side, suddenly sped up and ran to the middle.
But it was still not in the box, but ran to the area outside the penalty arc of the penalty area.
Because Pozzi and Piovacari both rushed to the goal, pressing all the Vicenza defence in the box, there was a gap in the edge of the box.
Gao Zheng is aiming at this vacancy.
At the same time, he also shouted to Obiang in advance: "Pedro, give me the ball!" ”
He chose to do this when Obiang was on the ball because he believed that Obiang would pass the ball to him, but if he was replaced by other teammates, it would not be necessarily, and they might not choose to pass the ball to him because they didn't trust him enough, or for some other reason.
Sure enough, after hearing Gao Zheng's shout, Obiang looked up and observed it first, and immediately passed the football after finding Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng took the ball with his back to the attacking direction, this was to occupy the position, so he took the initiative to turn around and turn his back to the direction of the goal of Vicenza.
In fact, seeing Obiang passing the football to Gao Zheng, a defender in Vicenza immediately rushed up, and no matter how much he looked down on Gao Zheng, he would not allow Gao Zheng to take the ball easily in this position.
It was Augustine who came up to defend Gao Zheng and knocked him to the ground as soon as Gao Zheng came on the field.
Gao Zheng did not stop the ball from Obiang at his feet, but pulled the football to his side with his left foot and turned around at the same time.
Immediately afterward, he didn't wait for Augustin to stretch out his foot to break the ball, and directly picked up his right leg and rubbed it towards the football.
The amplitude of this movement was not very large, and it did not even attract the attention of Augustine.
It wasn't until the football was rubbed up by Gao Zheng and flew towards the goal behind him that he realized that Gao Zheng had just made a shot!
The speed of the shot was not fast, and the ball spun very strongly in the air and flew towards the left post of the goal.
"High ...... Shot? The narrator Sirio wasn't sure, and what he said was an obvious question.
It's not a good opportunity to shoot, it's not a standard shooting action, looking at Gao Zheng's posture, it doesn't seem to be a force yet, will such a shot be too reluctant?
Gao Zheng has always given the impression of all kinds of safe passes, never making his own decisions, and not taking risks, so when he suddenly came to shoot so reluctantly, everyone was stunned.
Vicenza goalkeeper Alberto Frieson was stunned when he saw the ball flying towards goal, because he always felt that such a shot was not threatening.
But he soon realized that the situation was not right, and hurriedly rushed out.
It's just that it's too late by this time!
The ball spun and drew a not-so-obvious arc in the air and flew into the goal against the left post!
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