Chapter 460: Who Else?
Just after Gao Zheng scored a brace against Catania and led Icardi by as many as five goals in the scorer charts, the hype in the Italian media about the ownership of the Golden Boot suddenly became much less, and it can even be said that it almost disappeared.
This is in stark contrast to the previous operation that constantly hyped up the Golden Boot competition.
But everyone knows what's going on in this situation, because Gao Zheng is likely to get this season's Golden Boot.
In that case, there is nothing to discuss.
In fact, strictly speaking, even if you are five goals ahead, it does not mean that you will definitely get the Golden Boot.
Because the competition in the scorer list is not the same as the competition in the standings.
Winning a game in the standings is three points, drawing one point, and losing zero points, which are all dead rules, so the final points can be calculated completely, and there is a theoretical upper or lower limit.
The scorer list is different, players can not score a goal in four consecutive games, or they can score five goals in one game, and the gap of five goals will be erased in an instant.
Wasn't that the case when Gao Zheng was three goals behind Icardi before? Some people still think that a three-goal lead is a big advantage, but as a result, Gao Zheng tied it with a hat trick in one game.
So the lead in the scorer charts is sometimes hard to say.
In the next four games, no one knows whether Icardi will break out like Gao Zheng.
Didn't he always say that he wanted to defeat Gao Zheng? So since Gao Zheng can tie him with a game, doesn't he also have to do what Gao Zheng did to be qualified to beat Gao Zheng?
Of course, scoring five goals in a game is indeed an exaggeration, even Gao Zheng has not scored as many as five goals in a game.
But scoring five in two games is not too much for a striker who will defeat Gao Zheng as his goal, right?
In the 35th round of the league, Inter Milan will play Napoli at home.
Napoli are third in third place this season and have performed well, but Inter Milan are at home and still have an advantage.
As a result, the final score of Inter Milan's game against Napoli was 0:0, neither side scored, and Icardi failed to score in two consecutive games, almost squandering the last chance to catch up with Gao Zheng.
The match between Inter Milan and Napoli kicks off at 7.45pm on Saturday, April 26.
Sampdoria's 35th round of league games will not kick off until 2 p.m. the next day.
Icardi didn't score, which meant no pressure on Gao Zheng.
Even if he doesn't score, he can maintain a five-goal lead over Icardi, and as for the others, he is not a threat at all.
Luca Toney, who played on the same day as Sampdoria but played a little earlier, was outstanding in the game, contributing an assist and a goal, but he also scored only 19 goals, a long way from Gao Zheng.
In Sampdoria's game against Chievo, Chievo scored first.
Perhaps because Gao Zheng is at the top of the scorer list, and there is basically no suspense about defending the Golden Boot, so the Sampdoria players are a little unable to find the motivation and fighting spirit to fight.
After the start of this game, Sampdoria did not play well.
Chievo, who needs to be relegated, is very positive.
In the 65th minute, centre-back Mustafi tackled Chievo's attacking player Obina from behind in the penalty area, not only giving himself a red card, but also giving Chievo a penalty.
It was with this penalty that Chievo took the lead.
Sampdoria is in a dilemma of playing one man less.
Sampdoria then got nervous and bombarded indiscriminately until the 81st minute, when Berardi equalised.
It was his 10th league goal of the season, and while it wasn't quite as good as Icardi's fifteen goals on his top-flight debut, it was good enough to make Sampdoria fans forget about the traitor Icardi and look forward to Berardi's future in the team.
Many people know that Gao Zheng is destined to leave Sampdoria, and after Gao Zheng leaves, the team's goal responsibility will probably fall on Berardi, so he can use the opportunity to play next to Gao Zhen to improve himself, and everyone is very happy.
The draw was a completely acceptable result for Sampdoria and with ten minutes remaining after the equaliser, Sampdoria slowed down the tempo again.
But the reserved program is still here.
In the 91st minute, Gao Zheng took advantage of a direct free kick opportunity to score a reversal goal for the team.
It was also his 27th goal of the season.
"Gao/Liang's goal, his competitors may have given up chasing him in the scorer charts, but he didn't lower his requirements for himself to score in the fourth round in a row! I think that's probably one of the reasons why he was able to win the league's Golden Boot! No matter how the environment changes, no matter how the situation changes, his pursuit of goals is always the same! ”
In the end, with Gao Zheng's 91st minute stunner, Sampdoria narrowly defeated Chievo 2:1 in the lead singer.
At the same time, in another game, Immobile, who played for neighboring Torino, also scored a goal, increasing the number of individual goals to 21 goals, which is considered to be equal to Icardi, but there is still a gap of six goals from Gao Zheng, who also scored.
In the 36th round of the league, Sampdoria played Parma away, and although Sampdoria finally lost away in this game, Gao Zheng still scored a goal.
This brings his personal tally to 28.
Icardi, who saw him as a rival, fell into a goalscoring drought without scoring in three consecutive games.
In the Milan derby, Inter Milan charged to local rivals AC Milan, and Icardi played the whole game but could not equalise for his team.
After the game, Genoa's 19th Century newspaper ridiculed Icardi because he had been frightened by Gao Zheng's performance since the match against Sampdoria, resulting in his current state being completely out of form.
The Nineteenth Century also announced in advance that this season's top scorer in the league already belonged to Gao Zheng, and no one could snatch this honor from Gao Zheng.
In this way, Gao Zheng will win the Serie A Golden Boot for two consecutive seasons.
There have been eleven Serie A top scorers in Serie A's 80-year history for two consecutive seasons, most recently Udinese captain Di Natale, who won the Serie A Golden Boot in both 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
And now, Gao Zheng will once again write his name into the historical legend of Serie A.