Ahead of this derby, though, neither team was in great shape.

Sampdoria are on a three-game losing streak, Genoa are even worse, having lost five in a row before that, and if you count the previous three draws, it is an eight-game winless run.

Compared with the famous Milan derby and the Italian national derby, Genoa's "lighthouse derby" is not so famous because of the limited strength of the two teams, and there are even Chinese fans who ridicule this derby as "rookies pecking each other......

But in fact, even "rookies pecking at each other" can peck at the bloody face - in the "Lighthouse Derby" on November 28, 2009, Genoa defeated Sampdoria 3-0, in that game Genoa striker Giuseppe Scuri still insisted on playing with a bloody nose, violent clashes and brutal fouls between players on both sides, and Italian whistle Rossetti showed 11 yellow cards and three red cards in that game. There were also massive riots between fans of both teams.

So in any case, as long as it's a derby, how can it not be intense?

A week before the start of the match, the media was already hyping the match.

And Gao Zheng, as Sampdoria's most eye-catching player now, how can he be missing from the derby topic?

Although this is Gao Zheng's first first-team derby, in the reserve team, Gao Zheng has participated in derbies.

So the media turned up the record for that game.

Some media even said that it was Gao Zheng's first game at Sampdoria, but it wasn't.

Gao Zheng's first game at Sampdoria was supposed to be an away game against Parma's reserves, and Gao Zheng came off the bench for the first time and scored.

But it is true that the more important game is clearly this "lighthouse derby" between the reserve teams. Gao Zheng was still a substitute in that game, but he scored a hat-trick to help Sampdoria reserves beat Genoa reserves.

In that game, Gao Zheng scored three goals, and the ball was beautiful.

At that time, it was Perrin who was the goalkeeper for the Genoa reserve team, and at that time Perrin was already regarded as the best of the young goalkeepers.

As a result, such a standout was poured three goals by Gao Zheng, who came off the bench.

Media reporters also went to interview people involved in the game, including coaches and fans.

Bruni, who was the manager of Sampdoria's reserve team at the time, recalled to reporters: "I remember the game when we were two goals down at the beginning of the second half and it was a very critical situation. I think of Gao, who had just come off the bench in the last game against Parma and I only gave him about ten minutes to tell him to play whatever he wanted, and he came on and scored. I was like, why can't I give him a little more time in this game? So I brought him on just five minutes into the second half, and I think you know the rest of the game, he scored a hat-trick to help us beat Genoa reserves 4-2, and that game was like the brightest star on the pitch, the only pity was that it was only a reserve game, there were very few fans in the stadium, and there was no TV ......"

Clarian Moretti spoke to reporters as a fan representative: "That was the first time I saw Gao kicking, and before that I didn't know that we had a Chinese player in the reserve team, and if it wasn't for the derby of the reserve team, I probably wouldn't have gone to watch the reserve team game...... Now I'm glad I went, and I saw how a genius helped the team win games. To be honest, I didn't have a very good impression of him at first sight, because I felt that his attitude was problematic, not serious and positive enough, but now we all know that geniuses cannot be measured and demanded by the standards of mortals, they are always different, ha! ”

After speaking, the laughing Moretti proudly showed the reporter his Gao Zheng jersey, but the shirt that looked a little empty on Gao Zheng's body was almost bursting on Moretti's body.

This is the biggest jersey ever......

"At the end of that game, Gao and the rest of his team-mates came to the stage to thank the few fans, and I was in the middle of it, and we gave them a round of applause and cheers, and you know what I was thinking? I'm sorry for him – if it was a first-team 'lighthouse derby', he was cheered for after the game and it wasn't just us. Since that time I have been dreaming of him representing the first team in the 'Lighthouse Derby' and now that this scene is finally coming, I can honestly be shocked with excitement! In the Lighthouse Derby, we've got a big killer! ”

When it comes to Gao Zheng, no one seems to talk about the previous three consecutive defeats and the rumors of Di Francesco's dismissal.

Everyone is looking forward to Gao Zheng's first "Lighthouse Derby" to see what kind of performance he can show.

This attitude spread to the Genoese fans, which naturally caused the displeasure of the Genoa fans - looking at your performance, people who don't know still think that Sampdoria has booked a victory in advance......

Genoa striker Marco Bolino expressed his displeasure with the incident in an interview: "Sampdoria has been talking about the heights, it seems that he has become the savior of the team, what is 'in the first-team lighthouse derby, he will enjoy the treatment of a star'...... To be honest, I think it's a bit disrespectful to the opponent. The game hasn't started yet, and it's not right to think about how to cheer right now. ”

The reason why he was the first to jump out was Borino may have something to do with Borieno's Milanese pedigree - Marco Borino came out of the AC Milan academy. However, he has spent most of his time on loan from AC Milan, only in the 2003-2004, 2006-2007 and 2009-2010 seasons.

It wasn't until the 2011-2012 season that Roma bought him, and half a season later he was loaned to Juventus by Roma. This season, he moved to Genoa on loan from Roma.

Although he didn't play much at AC Milan – 11 games in 2003-2004, 14 in 2006-2007, 2009-2010 was the most played season and his best season at AC Milan, 35 games in all competitions, 15 goals and 6 assists – it is clear that Borieno's feelings for AC Milan are completely different from Gao Zheng's feelings for AC Milan.

So after Gao Zheng defeated AC Milan 4:0, Boreno may have been unhappy with Gao Zheng for a long time, and felt that Gao Zheng was an ungrateful villain. By the time of the "Lighthouse Derby", he finally had the opportunity to vent his inner dissatisfaction.

But Borerino's remarks caused dissatisfaction among Sampdoria fans.

In fact, Borino used to play for Sampdoria, and that was in the 2005-2006 season, when Borino was loaned to Sampdoria by AC Milan, and was a substitute in the first half, and became a regular in the second half, making 34 appearances for Sampdoria in Serie A and Europa League, scoring seven goals.

The memories of this time are still quite good.

But Borrino, who is now a Genoese player, chose to stand opposite Sampdoria.

Some fans said that when they would boo Borino during the game.

In addition to Borino, there are also people in the Genoa team who have pointed the finger at Gao Zheng.

Genoa's current backup goalkeeper Antonio Donnarumma directly criticized Gao Zheng's character: "...... I don't like him, I'll just be blunt, I don't like him at all. It wasn't because of what he said after the game against AC Milan – they just reaffirmed my consistent belief that the Chinese genius was nothing more than a spoiled, naïve child. In any case, AC Milan had nurtured him, but his words and deeds did not show that he had any gratitude for it. Actually, I saw that when we were in the youth team together. He is not the kind of person who is modest and low-key, on the contrary, he is arrogant and annoying...... I know no one has ever said these things, maybe they are afraid of offending a rising supernova, but I'm not afraid, I'm not that kind of person, so I'm okay......"

The reporters who interviewed Donnarumma were stunned - they originally wanted the substitute goalkeeper to talk about what it was like to participate in the "Lighthouse Derby" for the first time, but they didn't expect Donnarumma to follow their outline at all, and directly talked about Gao Zheng, and the topic they talked about was very sensitive and vigorous......

This is nothing short of a naked personal attack.

The reporters remembered that Donnarumma said that he and Gao Zheng had played in the youth team together, so did the two of them get together from that time?

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