Berardi scored a goal, but Gao Zheng didn't even get an assist, which made Gao Zheng's supporters a little disappointed.

But Gao Zheng didn't care.

After Sampdoria took the lead, Celtic stepped up their attack.

Although it is an away game, how can the Premier League champions lose to a mid-tier team in Serie A?

That's what a lot of people at the Celtics think.

The minimum requirement for their trip was a draw, but quite a few actually wanted to take all three points.

In this group, Barcelona must be the first place in the group without any suspense, so who will be the remaining qualifier?

The Celtics defaulted to theirs.

Sampdoria is a soft persimmon that can be pinched at will, and the only one who is a little threatening is the Greek Olympiacos, but the overall strength is not as good as theirs.

So as soon as this group came out, Celtic fans tacitly assumed that they would join Barcelona in qualifying.

To qualify, of course, you have to pick up points against the weakest team in the group.

Coaches may be more conservative when making announcements when developing strategies.

But everyone knows that they must get six points against Sampdoria over two legs so that they can qualify as second in the group.

As a result, although the offensive was fierce in the first half, it was thunder and no rain and did not break through the Sampdoria goal.

In the second half, Sampdoria gave the lead before the momentum......

The Celtics couldn't keep their composure.

This game has to be won.

They launched a fierce attack towards Sampdoria's goal.

During this time, Sampdoria was in danger in front of the goal.

When the old powerhouse Celtic came into play, Sampdoria immediately felt the pressure.

In the 69th minute, Celtic midfielder Matthews sent a through ball in front of the penalty area, and Samaras received the ball and shot, but was blocked by Gastadero with his legs.

It wasn't long before Celtic captain and midfielder Scott Brown burst into the box and the ball slid out of the box, sending the Sampdoria fans in the stands in a cold sweat.

In the 73rd minute, Celtic right-back Lustig stepped forward and crossed from the wing, and striker Anthony Stokes was unmarked at the back post and jumped up to head the ball.

The soccer ball hit the side-netting, and the commentators almost shouted something like "the ball is in".

The Celtics' back-to-back offensive run finally paid off in the 76th minute.

Under their pressure, Sampdoria central defender Alberto Masi made a mistake in returning the ball and was intercepted by Samaras, and the Greek striker faced the attacking goalkeeper Romero, shook off the opponent and pushed the empty goal, and the football flew into the goal without any suspense!

"Samaras!! He equalized for Celtic!! The Scottish TV announcer shouted.

"Marcy's mistake is really ......" Caresa held his head in his hands, very regretful.

"When a young player plays a game of this level for the first time, it is inevitable that there will be some nervousness, especially with the oppressive style of play of the opponent. Since Di Francisco wants to choose the style of play of the youth army, he will definitely have to bear such a price. Guest Bergomi said.

"Sampdoria conceded a goal! What a shame! They were only ten minutes ahead......" He Ping sighed.

Samaras, who scored the goal, ran to celebrate the goal, and his teammates followed him closely.

Giving them the background was a frustrated and painful Marcy, who stood in front of the goal, staring at the football in the goal.

He never expected that he would make such a low-level mistake, and a return pass was too small and intercepted by Samaras. But when he passed the ball, he didn't pay attention to what was going on around him, and he had no idea where Samaras came from.

His mistake ruined the team's good game, which was supposed to be a lead, but now it has become a draw, how much of a blow will it take to the team's morale? Are we going to lose the game because of that? Will I be criticized by the media if I lose the game? Am I going to be spit on by the Sampdoria fans when I walk out into the street......

Just when Marcy was thinking nonsense, Gao Zheng came up and slapped him on the shoulder: "It's not a big deal, everyone will make mistakes, Alberto." ”

"But...... It's my responsibility......"

'Of course it's your responsibility, so you have to be mentally motivated and don't make a mistake in the next game.'

"We were equalized...... Macy said to Gao Zheng with a sad face.

Gao Zheng nodded: "Well, I know." ”

"You said the ...... we're going to win at home"

"It's not over yet, and who's to say we can't win?" Gao Zheng asked rhetorically.

With that, he threw down the stunned Marcy and walked back to the center circle, ready to tee off.

In the center circle, Berardi was already standing there waiting for him.

Seeing Gao Zheng coming up, he asked, "What should I do next?" ”

"Give them one back." Gao Zheng said as he walked over to him and stopped.

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The Celtics celebrated before returning to their own half.

Everyone's face was beaming, it was a good start, they had already equalised, Sampdoria's morale had been dealt a heavy blow, and then it was time to crush the opponent completely!

Referee Stark blew the whistle and the game resumed!

Gao Zheng's movement back into the game is more flexible, and he is not limited to the middle, but can appear anywhere in the front court.

This makes it a bit overwhelming for the Celtics players who specialize in defending him, and it's hard to keep up all the time.

As a center forward, Gao Zheng does not play cards at all. He goes wherever he wants, and many times he doesn't even go into the restricted area at all.

This made the Celtics' defensive players feel messy - in this game, head coach Lennon asked them to play man-to-man defense against Gao Zheng, but if they did so, it would be easy for Gao Zheng to pull out the vacancy.

Berardi has proved with his goal that he is also capable of threatening the goal, if they all go to Gao Zheng, who will defend Berardi?

In the 81st minute, Kostic picked up the ball on the wing, cut inside from the flank and dribbled horizontally in front of the penalty area, looking for a chance.

Berardi pulled out of the middle to meet him, but the Celtic defenders immediately followed, and even if he passed the football to Berardi, Berardi would have a hard time reacting effectively, and at most passed the football back to him.

Kosticic made a gesture to pass the ball to Berardi, but when he got there, he suddenly passed it to the other side, to the left side of the box.

There, Gao Zheng pulled to the side to answer.

He received the ball.

But immediately there was a Celtic defender in front of him, Celtic's central defender, No. 5 Van Dijk.

He kept his distance at the right distance. is not in a hurry to make a move, just to block him, if Gao Zheng wants to shoot, he will stretch out his legs to block, if Gao Zheng wants to break through, he will stick to it immediately.

Van Dijk's eyes fell on the football at Gao Zheng's feet, and he made up his mind that no matter what Gao Zheng's feet did, he would stare at the football.

Everyone's eyes fell on Gao Zheng.

What will he do with the ball?

Gao Zheng, who was holding the ball sideways, was slightly attached and lowered his center of gravity.

The tall Van Dijk also lowered his center of gravity.

Gao Zheng's body suddenly leaned forward, and his left leg was raised, as if he wanted to break through with the ball directly.

Van Dijk was unmoved.

Gao Zheng's left foot really went around the football, it was a feint!

But just as his left foot just went around and stepped in front of the football, his right ankle swung very covertly, and his heel knocked the football in the direction of the bottom line!

Van Dijk's reaction was half a beat slower, and he saw the football roll behind Gao Zheng's left foot, only to realize that something was wrong, and he quickly got up to chase after it.

But he is tall and obviously not as flexible as Gao Zheng, his starting speed is slow, and he was directly pulled away by Gao Zheng for most of his body!

But with his strong physicality and a pair of long legs, Van Dijk still has the confidence to catch up with Gao Zheng, because the space in the penalty area is too small, and he will lose space and angle if he can't take a few steps at all.

But who would have thought that Gao Zheng didn't want to continue to dribble the ball, after throwing off most of Van Dijk's body, he directly pumped his left foot to the football!

"Bang!"

The ball rushed to the back corner of the goal like a cannonball!

Although goalkeeper Foster had already moved to the near corner to block the angle, Gao Zheng's powerful shot was too sudden, and the angle was very awkward!

He made a save, but only to catch a cloud of moving air......

“GAO！ GAO——GAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL！！！！ Caresa roared as she looked up to the sky.