Alberto Massie's worries are justified, because this is also the focus of everyone's heated discussion now - after scoring in three consecutive rounds of games, and then failing to score a goal in three consecutive rounds, is Gao Zheng in some trouble? Is it because of the physical fatigue caused by starting in a row and playing the whole game, or is it because of the mental slack after three consecutive goals?

While the players from both sides were on the pitch, Careza was still discussing the issue with guest commentator Bergomi.

“…… Sampdoria have not won in the last three rounds, and it has a lot to do with Gao's lack of goals. We can all see that Di Francisco's tactics rely heavily on high performance, and as the heart of the team's attack, if he is dumbfounded, the whole team's attack will be affected...... Actually, I don't know if Di Francisco's arrangement is a good thing or a bad thing for Gao, after all, you have to be under so much pressure at such a young age......" Bergomi said.

Caresa nodded: "Well, in these three games, Gao also exposed his own problem, that is, the physical confrontation is really not enough...... Once the opponent takes advantage of the physical advantage, the performance will be compromised......"

Liu Hong is also talking about this problem in the studio in Beijing, but he is excusing Gao Zheng: "Not scoring in three games seems to be a very serious matter, but think about it, which player can guarantee that he will score in every game?" Who can guarantee that they will always be in great shape? It is normal to have ups and downs, the current Gao Zheng is only twenty-one years old, and he has already made such achievements, and his future is definitely limitless, so the problems encountered now are all small problems, and the key is to see what kind of mentality to face ...... In this regard, I think Gao Zheng must be fine, after all, he has encountered so many things at a young age, and even his career has almost been terminated, and his psychological quality must not be ......"

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Hellas Verona were well prepared when the game started, and Sampdoria's previous games must have been carefully studied by them.

So as soon as Gao Zheng took the ball, the two players on the other side posted it, using their strong bodies to squeeze Gao Zheng away and snatch the football.

"Verona has also learned, and it looks like this game is in trouble again!" Caresa sighed. "If Gao had a great body, what would he be like now?"

Bergomi smiled: "It's hard to say, is there anyone who is perfect?" I think Gao is luckier than most players, he has such great technique and ball sense, so it's normal to have physical defects......"

After snatching the ball at Gao Zheng's feet, Verona took the opportunity to launch an attack.

They played the ball in front of Sampdoria from the flank, and Masi noticed that Hellas Verona's number 77 was cutting in front of goal, intending to fight for the ball.

He quickly turned sideways slightly, then jumped up on the spot, collided with the opponent's No. 77 in the air, and pushed the football out.

"Marcy clears with a header! It was his first league appearance this season! His impressive performances at Proviccelli last season allowed him to return to Sampdoria, but he doesn't know how long he would have had to wait before he got his chance to play had it not been for Rossini's injury. Judging from this header clearance, the young man was not nervous, and his performance was quite steady. You must know that Taylor is also a high-school striker with a height of one meter, but he did not take advantage of Marcy in the battle for the top......"

When Taylor landed, he stumbled and looked a little embarrassed.

Marcy glanced back at him.

This kid is one of the happiest people who laughs at himself in the passage.

The captain is right, if you don't like those opponents, then teach them a hard lesson in the game!

He didn't feel nervous at all now, he just had to find the ruthlessness of the Verona players who were laughing at him in the tunnel one by one.

I really want to thank the Great Demon King for the hard slap on his ass......

But Marcy doesn't want to give Gao Zheng another chance to joke with himself like this, and he will never be nervous next time!

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As soon as Gao Zheng took the ball, two more opposing players pounced on him.

This time, Gao Zheng quickly passed the football to teammate Maxi López, who then shot and missed the bottom line.

Gao Zheng took the ball again, and the other party also came up with two people to defend him, and Gao Zheng passed the football to Kostisic.

As a result, Kosticic didn't have a good chance to shoot on goal and had to pass the ball back to Obiang in midfield.

Obiang looked at Gao Zheng, passed the football back to Maresca, and reorganized the attack.

Although Gao Zheng can attract two players from the opposing team and pass the football to his teammates, Verona's defense is quite well organized, and it is easy for Sampdoria to catch the hole.

I have to say that the temperament of each country's football has a great impact on the country's football clubs, and it can even be said that it is the countless football clubs that together form the country's football as a whole, so the temperament of these clubs also affects the temperament of national football.

When English football was playing long passes, there was no shortage of clubs in the domestic league that played this tactic, so when people mentioned English football and League One (there was no Premier League at that time) clubs, they would think of "long passes".

The Spanish football is technically delicate, which is related to the large number of players in their country who are good at foot skills, as well as clubs that pay attention to foot skills. Even the teams at the bottom of La Liga may not be worse than the teams in the upper middle of the Premier League table, so it is not uncommon to see players from relegated teams in La Liga showing off their footwork in front of giants such as Barcelona and Real Madrid......

And the most striking feature of Italian football, or the label is "defense", excellent defense seems to be integrated into the blood of Italian football. The club takes defence very seriously. When it comes to Serie A, the first thing that comes to mind is the dense defense and difficult defenders. The defensive quality of Italian football is not good because of the individual ability of each defender, but because of their system, the defensive system. They don't rely entirely on individual strength, and the "chain defense" that became famous at the beginning is the pinnacle of this system.

Now Gao Zheng and Sampdoria are facing this kind of defensive system, which is not a shackle that can be easily broken by one or two people.

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Gao Zheng took the ball again, and it was still two Verona players who came up to defend him.

But this time, Gao Zheng didn't pass the football out for the first time.

Instead, he made a feint to pass the ball and still had the ball at his feet.

Seeing that he didn't pass the ball at the first time, the two Verona players planned to repeat the trick and use their physical advantage to break the ball.

Only this time, the situation is not quite what they thought.

Although Gao Zheng was knocked around, his feet were like glue, and he still firmly controlled the football.

Gao Zheng's position to receive the ball was on the side, and now he is protecting the football to avoid the opponent's interception, and he slowly came to the middle.

The other party saw that there was no way to cut off Gao Zheng's ball in a short period of time, and he was a little impatient.

Especially several times when he looked at the football with his feet outstretched, he didn't expect Gao Zheng to be faster than him, and repeatedly grabbed the football in front of him and pulled the football away.

In the middle of the defense of two people, Gao Zheng pulled the football around, and was able to ensure that the football was not lost, and the skills at his feet were really good.

However, no matter how good it is, it is difficult to be besieged by the other party for a long time.

So when Luca Rigoni, the captain of Verona, one of the two players who besieged Gao Zheng, hit Gao Zheng's crotch hard, and at the same time pressed Gao Zheng down with his arm, and then stretched out his foot to break the ball, this time Gao Zheng failed to pull the football away before him.

The football was poked out by Rigony.

Just as Rigoni was rejoicing, he heard a shrill whistle.

He paid attention to Gao Zheng again and found that the other party had fallen next to him.

The referee ran over and told him, "Foul!" ”

Rigoni was surprised, he felt that he had used a little more force than before, why did he foul......

However, he didn't argue with the referee, and it was normal that he only committed one foul after so many defensive attempts.

It's that the foul is a little closer to the goal, and it is also a little positive, which makes Rigoni's heart beat a drum.

"Rigoni fouled Gao Zheng, this is indeed a foul, and his action has gone beyond the category of reasonable collision...... Especially the action in his hand is an important basis for the referee to judge him for fouling! If he didn't stretch out his hand, it might be fine, but if he did, it would be a foul...... It is estimated that he couldn't grab the ball at Gao Zheng's feet for a long time, and he was a little annoyed and angry...... "Liu Hong seemed to be afraid that others would say that Gao Zheng was a fake fall, so he hurriedly helped Gao Zheng prove that the other party was indeed a foul from all angles.

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Gao Zheng was pulled up by teammate Maxi López.

"Are you alright?" López asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's okay." Gao Zheng shook his head and looked around for the football at the same time.

At this moment, Obiang stuffed the football into his arms: "Here, here." ”

None of Sampdoria's players went to the referee to reason and press, which surprised Rigoni, who committed a foul.

The referee didn't even give him a verbal warning for the foul just now, he thought that the Sampdoria players would go to the referee to ask for a yellow card or something.

It didn't, and Obiang's expression was still grinning.

Even Gao Zheng, who was fouled, did not have an angry and helpless expression on his face, and looked very relaxed.

This really made him a little confused.

Rigoni shook his head and stepped back to line up with his teammates.

The human wall was quickly erected, because it was facing the goal, so there were as many as seven people, and the opportunity to block the area in front of the goal was tightly blocked.

Rigoni felt safe in the wall, standing side by side with his teammates.

Opposite him, Gao Zheng had already set up the football.

'Sampdoria had a direct free-kick that looked like it was about 30 metres from goal. The location is right but a little closer......"

Referee André Gervasoni blew the whistle when he saw that the wall had been erected.

I saw that Gao Zheng, who was originally standing behind the football, heard the whistle and did not shoot directly, but took a step back, and then suddenly stepped forward again, and at the same time picked up his right foot and kicked the football.

Rigoni and his teammates jumped up and increased the height of the wall.

But they didn't touch football.

Rigoni could feel the wind as the ball passed over his head, it felt so close, as if he could keep it out, but he didn't really touch it.

Then he looked back and saw the football spinning in the net in the goal.