Sassuolo manager Pia stood on the sidelines in a daze, and in front of him was the Sampdoria players celebrating their fourth goal of the game.

Just half a minute ago, Gao Zheng suddenly chose to split the ball when he could have shot in the penalty area, and passed the football to the back of Foggia, who pushed the goal with almost no defense, and Sampdoria led Sassuolo by four goals.

And this time it was just six minutes before the start of the second half.

At the start of the second half, the Sassuolo players, guided by the aggressive tactical thinking of manager Pia, launched a fierce attack on the Sampdoria goal. Sampdoria's goal was to take advantage of the gap left by Sassuolo's pressure to play a successful defensive counterattack.

The goal was not only stunned by manager Pia, but also frustrated by Sassuolo's players.

Didn't you say okay, Gao Zheng was no longer a threat in the second half? Didn't you say he was going to be replaced soon?

If this continues, what if he has to be replaced early? Now it's four goals behind!

Three goals down at half-time, there were also examples of successful counter-attacks.

What about being four goals behind?

The Sassuolo players themselves are starting to disbelieve they can come back from home to win.

Pia finally recovered from his shock and realised that if he continued with his half-time set-up, the game would turn out to be a tragedy.

Now, even if there is more anxiety, we must change the tactical play.

In other words, you have to admit it.

So he made a quick adjustment on the sidelines – abandoning the tactics of the half-time break, shrinking the defence and not conceding any more goals.

There is a good chance that the team will lose the game, but Pia really can't come up with an effective way to help the team win.

Now that I think about it, maybe from the time the owner of his club and Gao Zheng began to have a war of words, Sassuolo's fate was doomed......

He didn't know if Skunzi regretted giving up Gao Zheng, but as the head coach of Sassuolo, he regretted it, although Sassuolo didn't sign Gao Zheng in the first place, and it had nothing to do with him - he only came to Sassuolo this season to coach.

But if Gao Zheng is in Sassuolo, does the team still need to play the promotion play-offs this season?

We can qualify for the First Division as the champion of the Second Division!

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Everyone can see Pia's tactical adjustments, Sassuolo's offensive has obviously weakened, even when attacking, they don't dare to put too many people, and always make sure that there are not too many gaps in the defense.

It was already difficult to score goals, but now it's even harder to score.

Sassuolo fans were unhappy with their team's performance and expressed their displeasure with boos when Sassuolo fell at the back and didn't dare to attack.

It was only one step away from seeing the club enter the first division for the first time in its history, and now the game is played like this, the team is behind by a big score, and there is no fighting spirit and the opponent is desperate.

The thought that the opponent was Sampdoria with a tall spree, Sassuolo fans were even more unhappy.

A person they hate the most is going out in front of them, and it's nothing short of a naked provocation.

But if your own team is not angry, what if the other party shows off its might?

Sassuolo fans want to use the boos to motivate their players to get them to be humiliated and motivated.

But no matter how much the fans booed, the Sassuolo players were able to organise an effective attack.

Although the second half had only just begun, the game seemed to have entered garbage time early.

Sampdoria are 4-0 up at Sassuolo and there is no doubt about the outcome of this game. Actually, I want to say that there is no suspense in both legs......" Ciglio said this without caring what the Sassuolo fans would think.

To be honest, there may not be any Sassuolo fans watching the game live, after all, the vast majority of Sassuolo fans have come to the scene to cheer for their team, so naturally they will not stay in front of the TV to watch the broadcast......

"If I want to say that the only suspense in this game may be when Gao will be replaced...... It was his third start of the season, and he had never played a full game before that, and now that Sampdoria have a win, it may not be long before Yacini replaces him......

The Chinese students in front of the TV also said that Gao Zheng could come down early to rest, and Ma Huanyang even quoted scriptures to prove to everyone that Gao Zheng would definitely be replaced in advance.

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In the 66th minute, Sampdoria finally made their first substitution.

Icardi stood on the sidelines.

Seeing this scene, everyone knew that Gao Zheng was going to end.

Pia, who had been sitting in the dugout since conceding four goals and hadn't even changed his position, finally came back to life and looked at the sign in the hands of the fourth official with anticipation.

After Gao Zheng is gone, Sampdoria's offensive threat is much smaller, perhaps...... Maybe Sassuolo still has a chance, and it is impossible to win this game, but if they can score two goals and close the gap, then there will be a kick in the second leg.

It is not too difficult to lose the game 2:4, fall behind by two goals, and go to the away side to chase a 4:4 draw in the second leg......

But when the fourth official held up the substitution sign, Pia found that the number of the person who was replaced was not the number 40 worn by Gao Zheng, but the number 99, which was Pelle!

"Sampdoria made the first substitution of the game, but it was thought that Icardi was not replaced by Gao, but by Pelle!" Sirio was a little surprised.

Of course, it was only a little surprising. Because similar maneuvers also happened in Sampdoria's match against Juvestibia, when everyone thought Icardi was going to replace Gao Zheng, Yacini replaced Pelle with Icardi.

However, Gao Zheng was replaced in advance in that game.

So maybe this game will be like that.

Sirio still remembers that after Icardi came on in that game, Gao Zheng provided an assist, and was only substituted after assisting Icardi's goal.

So is this going to be the case for this game?

But in the 74th minute, Sampdoria made a second substitution, this time replacing Roberto Soriano, replacing the forward midfielder Foggia, and Gao Zheng was still on the field.

In the 80th minute, substitute Icardi extended the score for Sampdoria, who led Sassuolo 5-0, and it was not Gao Zheng who assisted him.

Yacini had no intention of making substitutions, and Gao Zheng continued to stay on the court.

In the 88th minute, Yacini used up the last substitution, and it was still not Gao Zheng who was replaced, but Obiang, and it was Massimo Volta who replaced him.

This also means that Gao Zheng is about to play the whole game!

"Unbelievable...... Gao is about to play the whole game...... And judging from the games during this period, he did not have obvious physical exhaustion, he did run less, but his performance did not decline...... After a season, Gao is finally going to play his first game. What does this mean? I think the impact of this news on Sampdoria will be very far-reaching, and it is even better news than beating Sassuolo 5-0 away! ”

Everyone knows that what has always hindered Gao Zheng from going further is his physical fitness, as long as he can't play the whole game, he can't start, no matter how good his performance is, it will always make people evaluate him lower.

Now playing the full game this time means that he has escaped the shackles of physical strength, which means a lot to Sampdoria who play in Serie A next season.

Sassuolo coach Pia sat in the coach's box, he never thought that Gao Zheng did not plan to be replaced in advance in this game......

And Gao Zheng, who has always stayed on the court, is also the main reason why Sassuolo can't fight to the death.

Ending this match with this score will leave the second leg almost unplayable......