With the current situation in Group H of the Champions League, Sampdoria will not have to be distracted to follow the Barcelona and Celtic matches, as they have already taken their qualification destiny firmly into their own hands, and the situation is simple: if they can beat Ajax at home, or draw with Ajax, they will qualify from the group.

Of course, if Celtic beat Barcelona away and Sampdoria win against Ajax, they can still top the group.

However, this kind of theoretical may not have much planning value.

Another Italian team with a very simple situation is Juventus.

Although the group stage started unfavorably, with two weaker opponents than them failing to win, the two games at home to draw with Real Madrid and Copenhagen at home have also brought the points to six points, and in the final round they have a direct conversation with Galatasaray, who only have four points, as long as they can beat Galatasaray, they can qualify from this group without caring about the result of the other game.

Of course, considering that the other game is Real Madrid's away game against Copenhagen, Real Madrid has almost no suspense to win this game, so Juventus can still advance to the knockout stage as long as they can draw away from Galatasaray.

However, the qualification situation of the other team, the Italian side, is not so clear.

Napoli, in Group F, should have been the best Italian team to emerge. But this group is just too "dead".

Before the fifth round of the group stage, Napoli ranked first in the group with nine points, as long as they do not lose to Dortmund in the fifth round of the group stage, the situation of qualifying from the group is very clear - a draw with Dortmund they will accumulate ten points, and Dortmund is seven points, even if they lose to Arsenal in the last round, Dortmund won Marseille, the two teams are equal, but Napoli will still squeeze out Dortmund by virtue of the advantage of winning and losing.

As a result, Napoli lost 1:3 away to Dortmund in this game!

It was this game that laid the foundation for the chaos of the Group of Death, and Napoli's otherwise clear qualification situation suddenly became uncertain. Dortmund, who had only six points from two wins and two losses, suddenly had the hope of qualifying.

With the final round of the group stage remaining, Arsenal are top of the group with 12 points, but they are not guaranteed to qualify, and they may even end up not qualifying - as long as they lose to Napoli in the final round, and Borussia Dortmund beat Marseille, the three teams are tied on 12 points, and in the three-team round-robin goal difference, Arsenal will be in third place due to goal difference, and thus miss out on the knockout stage of the Champions League.

According to the rules of the Champions League, in the case of the same score, the win-loss relationship is compared, and in the case of the win-loss relationship, the goal difference of each other matches is compared.

If there are three teams with 12 points at the end of the final round, they have to compare the relationship between wins and losses, and the relationship between wins and losses is the same for everyone, and when playing against the other two teams, it is a uniform two wins and two losses. In this way, it is necessary to compare the goal difference of the three teams in the round-robin.

Arsenal are currently top of the table with two goal difference. Borussia Dortmund have a goal difference and are second in the three-team round-robin, while Napoli are in the most dangerous situation with a goal difference of three.

For the first time, there will also be a situation in which three teams can accumulate 12 points, but one team will not be able to do so. Whichever team is eliminated from the tournament will set a record for the most points eliminated.

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Since the implementation of winter time on the Italian side, the kick-off time of the Champions League has been postponed to 8:45 p.m., and it is 3:45 a.m. Beijing time.

Despite this, many Chinese fans still choose to stay in front of their TV or computer to watch the live broadcast.

He Ping is obviously very aware of this, so at the beginning of the live broadcast, he extended his greetings and respect to the domestic fans: "Our fans are the best fans in the world, so everyone must have a good rest, and don't get tired from watching the game." In fact, it is better for everyone to go to bed early, set an alarm clock and get up again than to stay up until this time......"

That's what Feng Shiyu did.

Although she has been confirmed to be able to participate in the draft, she does not plan to quit just yet, she plans to ask the company for leave first, and if the company does not allow leave, it will not be too late to resign at that time.

So she still has to go to work honestly during the day.

Yawning and squeezing out some tears, Feng Shiyu rubbed her eyes, the game was about to start, she cheered up and waited to cheer for Gao Zheng.

In fact, she is not a fan, even if she watched so many games with everyone, she did not become an avid fan like Xiao Yingying. If Gao Zheng doesn't play, she will definitely not pay attention to the Sampdoria game.

So she watched the Sampdoria game just to watch Gao Zheng.

Why should you watch Gao Zheng's competition?

Perhaps she wanted to draw courage from this young man, every time she saw his outstanding performance, Feng Shiyu seemed to see a glorious example in front of her, illuminating the dark night and the uneven road under her feet.

For Chinese fans, Gao Zheng is the hero who saved Chinese football. But for Feng Shiyu, Gao Zheng is also a hero, but what he saved was not Chinese football, but her dream.

In fact, participating in the talent show this time, many singers are estimated to choose to cover existing songs, and Feng Shiyu is ready to sing original songs written and composed by herself, and almost all of the inspiration for these songs comes from Gao Zheng.

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The 36,000-seat Marassi Stadium is packed, and Sampdoria fans cover the entire stadium stand in blue and white, making it look like a sea of rolling waves from a distance.

The shouts and songs of these fans are the sound of the waves of the sea.

Gao Zheng stood in the middle circle, stepping on the football, ready to kick off.

This is Sampdoria's last Champions League group game of the season, and it will be up to this game to see if there will be any Champions League games to play next.

The referee on duty was England whistle Howard Webb, who officiated at the 2010 Champions League final at the Bernabeu, after which Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan became the first team in the history of Italian football to win the treble.

Webb also officiated at the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa, where Spain defeated the Netherlands to become the new World Cup champions, and the Dutch team returned home with a frustration, continuing their tragic title of "uncrowned king".

Before the game, the Genoese media hoped that this event would bring good luck to Sampdoria, who are also Italian teams, after all, Ajax is from the Netherlands and is a symbol of Dutch football.

The time before kick-off seemed extraordinarily long, and everyone could not hide their anxiety and anticipation.

Webb looked up at his watch to confirm the time.

At this moment, the Marassi Stadium suddenly fell silent.

It was in this silence that Webb slammed the whistle for the start of the game, and the crisp whistle sounded over the pitch very abruptly, as if the war drums had hammered the hearts of the soldiers.

Almost at the same time, Gao Zheng gently rubbed the football under his feet forward, and Berardi followed and turned around and kicked the football back.

"Game on!"