This game is a do-or-die match for Sampdoria and no less for Ajax. Even the situation at Ajax is more dangerous than with Sampdoria.

After all, Sampdoria can secure qualification if they can draw at home, while Ajax will have to win.

So after the start of the game, Ajax, who was playing away, was more proactive and constantly looking for opportunities to score.

If they can take the lead in the game and score first, they can take the initiative and disrupt Sampdoria's rhythm.

Four minutes into the game, they launched a dangerous attack, as full-back Schane sent a volley from the right side of the box, which Fisher pushed in front of the goal, but Sampdoria captain Gastadro was denied a corner.

After the corner kick was taken by Schöne, midfielder Christian Paulsen leaped high in the box and scrambled the ball towards the goal before Alberto Massi!

The football hit the inside of the post five meters away, but instead of bounced into the goal, it bounced out and was picked up by Sampdoria goalkeeper Romero!

"Paulson !!" The Dutch TV commentator shouted, and then he wanted to roar for the goal, but the football bounced out and fell into Romero's hands, suffocating the "goal" in his throat.

"Oh! It's dangerous! Sampdoria had their luck as it hit the inside of the post and bounced back to Romero...... Ajax came up with a fierce attack and they were just one poster away from the lead! ”

Ajax's attack made Sampdoria fans and Chinese fans nervous in the stands and in front of the TV.

That doesn't seem like a good omen......

Although the corner kick did not score, hitting the post will still greatly boost the morale of Ajax, and if the next blow is blowing, will Sampdoria's defence be able to withstand it?

The question of whether Sampdoria's defence can withstand the Ajax attack is all about the question of whether the real genius is good at thinking from a different angle.

Regardless of whether the defense line can withstand it or not, isn't the best defense an offense? When you want to give it your all, you'll have to weigh whether your backline can handle it as well.

Two minutes later, Gao Zheng took the ball at the edge of the Ajax penalty area and was pulled to the ground by the opposing defender, and the referee Webber blew the whistle to award Sampdoria a free kick in front.

Gao Zheng took the penalty himself, drew a powerful low shot, and the football flew to the bottom left corner of the goal against the turf, forcing Ajax's goalkeeper Cillessen to fall to the ground and save the ball from the bottom line with the tips of his fingers, and Sampdoria also won a corner.

Gao Zheng——! Nice free kick! Cillessen made a great save! If he had moved a little slower, the ball would have been drilled into the goal by sticking to the post! Gao Zheng's free kick was really aimed at the blind spot below, and the quality was very high! ”

The Sampdoria fans in the stands were almost cheering for the goal. However, although this goal was not scored, they saw confidence and hope in it - although your Ajax attack is very fierce, we are not bad, we have Gao Zheng! When you press the attack, don't forget that Gao Zheng is also thinking about your goal!

So although he didn't score, Sampdoria fans still gave Gao Zheng applause and cheers.

Ajax manager Frank De Boer frowned, although he was sorry when the Ajax corner hit the post, he was still very satisfied with the momentum shown by the team, as long as he continued to play like this, he was confident of breaking the Sampdoria goal.

However, Gao Zheng's kick made him obviously feel that his players were wavering about whether they still had the power to press the offense.

Before the game, he had repeatedly emphasized to the players that this game was the final, and if you want to qualify, you must go out and work hard with Sampdoria, strive to score as quickly as possible, disrupt Sampdoria's rhythm, and then take advantage of the opponent's panic opportunity, make persistent efforts, as long as you can take a two-goal lead in the first half, the initiative to qualify is in Ajax's hands.

Everyone also made up their minds to defeat Sampdoria with the heaviest offensive fire.

Their first blow had the desired effect, but just when the balance of victory tipped in their favor a little bit, Gao Zheng's free kick kicked the balance again.

What the hell, how can Sampdoria, the middle team of Serie A, have such a super-talented team?

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Although he was very unhappy, Frank de Boer still got up and walked to the sidelines, slapped his players to cheer them up, reassured them, and boosted their confidence, so that they should not care about Gao Zheng's free kick, but still stick to the tactics formulated before the game.

Just then, news of a goal came from another stadium as Barcelona took the lead after seven minutes at home, with centre-back Gerard Pique scoring for them.

It is no surprise that Barcelona have taken the lead over Celtic so early, and there is no doubt about the outcome of this game, and no one believes that Celtic can turn the tables on the road. And even if Barcelona does lose, the match against the Marassi Stadium has nothing to do with either side.

Nobody cares if Barcelona wins or loses.

Ajax continued to storm the Sampdoria defence with a ferocious attack.

In the 10th minute, Ajax won a free-kick in front of the goal, Schöney passed the ball into the box, and Paulsen fought for the top again, but this time he headed it high.

In the nineteenth minute, Ajax came close to scoring again. Their right-back Van Rijn crossed diagonally from the right and Fisher leapt over nine yards to the top of the goal, which was tipped off the tip of Romero's fingers at the near post!

The ensuing corner kick was taken, and Bojan, the former Barcelona golden boy, turned around on the edge of the box and curled a left-footed kick that was saved by Romero.

Ajax continued to threaten Sampdoria's goal, and Sampdoria also changed their colours.

Gao Zheng suddenly picked up a pass in the preface of the penalty area, Berardi inserted diagonally into the penalty area, jumped up and shook his head to attack the goal, and the football was rubbed out of an arc and went straight to the back corner of the goal.

Cillessen hurriedly stepped back to make a save, but was embarrassed and failed to touch the football, which was slightly over the crossbar and out of the baseline.

De Boer shook his head – every time Ajax's attack looked like it was about to pick up, Sampdoria would come up with a threatening attack to temporarily revive Ajax's momentum and prevent the game from going the way Ajax wanted.

He looked down at his watch, the game had been played for twenty-three minutes, the score was still 0:0, and although the Ajax side was attacking, Sampdoria's attack was also very threatening, which made Ajax play very uncomfortable.

Playing like this, he felt that even if Ajax could score, it would not achieve the effect he wanted to disrupt Sampdoria's rhythm and confuse the opponent.

The game was dragged into the quagmire of close chaos by Sampdoria, and everyone had a chance, and no one could restrain the other.

His eyes were finally fixed on the tall man in the Sampdoria number 10 shirt.

This group stage was originally thought to be competing with Celtic for the right to qualify, but I didn't expect to kill Sampdoria halfway. But if Sampdoria didn't have this person, with the strength of Ajax, how could it be reduced to this point?

With this kid's strength, it's really hard to understand why he is still staying in Sampdoria? Shouldn't he go to those big houses?