It has to be said that Genoa's reserve team is indeed stronger than Sampdoria, otherwise why is it they who are now at the top of the reserve league, and not Sampdoria?

Nineteen rounds of Group A matches have been played in the reserves, and Genoa reserves are currently at the top of the table. In this group, there are also reserves from Juventus, Fiorentina and Torino. What about Sampdoria reserves? They currently sit sixth and will need to finish fifth in the league at the end of the season to qualify for the reserve playoffs.

Counting this game, there are seven more games. It wasn't an easy task, as Sampdoria finished eighth last season and missed out on the playoffs. I could only watch as the city's arch-rival Genoa Reserve advanced to the playoffs as the first and finally lifted the championship trophy.

Despite the high morale of the Sampdoria reserve team after the opening kick-off, they played hard. But it was the away Genoa reserves who scored first.

In the 21st minute, Genoa striker Samuele Longo opened the scoring and broke the deadlock.

After conceding the goal, Sampdoria Reserve's starting goalkeeper Andre Tozzo was very angry, he swore before the game that he would not let Genoa Reserves score, but he didn't expect that only 21 minutes, the goal he was guarding was penetrated, and he felt so shameless......

Sure enough, he saw Jelenic not forgetting to shake his finger at him as he joined his teammates in the goal celebration - everyone knew what that meant.

"!" After Tozzo cursed, he set his eyes on Gao Zheng on the sidelines.

In his eyes, the big demon king sat on the bench, holding his chin in his hand, looking at the court, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Will he be anxious about the situation? Will he be eager to play early?

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After conceding the goal, Sampdoria's reserve left-back saw Tommaso Cancellotti replaced by Bruni, because the area he was guarding on the pitch had clearly become his biggest weakness – and the goal that Longo scored was launched from this side.

Being substituted after just 23 minutes was certainly not a good thing for the players, as it meant that he was one of the worst performers in the team.

But football is so cruel, or so is professional football.

When you're not good enough, you don't expect to stay on the pitch.

After all, the competition of the reserve team is very close to the first team game, and if the reserve team players want to go up, they must enter the first team. The competition in the first team is even more fierce than that of the reserves, and if you can't even cope with the various situations in the reserves, what is there to talk about gaining a foothold in the first team?

This is no longer the place for thirteen or fourteen-year-olds to enjoy happy football.

Cancellotti was replaced by Grico, who came on to settle the Sampdoria reserve defence.

The two sides began to stalemate, and the situation was very stalemate.

The Sampdoria fans in the stands did not stop cheering for their team, but there was only a limit to what they could do, and the cheers could not completely make up for the difference in strength between the two sides.

The situation on the field was mainly Genoa reserve attack, Sampdoria reserve defending, Tozzo made several wonderful saves in the next game, and finally made his name as the main goalkeeper of the reserve team was not stepped on by Genoa reserve team into the mud......

However, he was able to save the opponent's shot and could not help the falling team equalise, and in the end the first half was tied at 0-1, with Sampdoria temporarily trailing by one goal at home.

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At halftime, many people in the Sampdoria reserve team looked at Gao Zheng openly or secretly, and in their minds, if anyone could change the situation on the field, it must be Gao Zheng...... And not Icardi.

It's not that they look down on Icardi or are prejudiced against him.

Mauro Icardi is a pure goalscorer who relies heavily on the support of his team-mates in midfield. If the midfield doesn't play well or is stifled by the opposition's attack, there is no way to provide Icardi with adequate support.

In this game, because of the strong strength of Genoa, the players of the Sampdoria reserve team mainly stalemate with Genoa in their central midfield, and did not have much spare energy to support Icardi.

So Icardi, despite being active up front, didn't show much. Icardi played uncomfortably in the first half of this game.

Icardi was not happy with his performance in the first half either.

He had said big things before, boasting about Haikou. Say that if he comes, Sampdoria will be able to defeat Genoa. As a result, he ran for nothing for forty-five minutes without scoring a single goal, which was simply humiliating......

And now everyone's eyes are on Gao Zheng......

He lowered his head and didn't look at Gao Zheng.

However, these players only dared to set their eyes on Gao Zheng, but they did not dare to really make such a request to head coach Bruni......

Facing everyone's eyes, Gao Zheng did not take the initiative to ask to play, it seems that this contest because of him has nothing to do with him now, when the coach asked him to play, he will play.

Bruni was also indifferent, and he didn't make any changes to the personnel.

In the end, at the beginning of the second half, Gao Zheng was not replaced.

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At the start of the second half, the Genoa reserves, who had a one-goal lead, went on the offensive fiercely and they scored again in the 49th minute.

It was midfielder Stefano Sturaro who scored for the team this time.

After Tozzo lost the ball, Jelenic, who happened to be in front of the goal, leaned over and said to him: "I don't think that stupid big man needs to play, you're all finished anyway!" Hahaha! ”

With that, he smiled and ran to his teammates to join them in the celebration - a group of Genoa reserve players ran under the stands where Sampdoria fans gathered to celebrate, in a blatant provocation.

Of course, they also received scolding and boos from the Sampdoria fans, as well as the middle finger.

"Go back to your coop, bastard!"

"Don't let me see you on the street!"

A group of old men scolded younger people, which was also unceremoniously...... Here, there is no traditional virtue of "respecting the old and loving the young".

Gao Zheng was fascinated from the bench - this is the derby.

He was also the one who experienced the Milan derby back then, and it was in a similar situation as it is now. Even though everyone is fifteen or sixteen, they all imitate the performance of senior team derbies and try to act like the stars of the first team.

At this time, assistant coach Casirio walked over quickly and said to Gao Zheng, who was turning his head to "appreciate" the performance of the Genoese players: "Gao, it's time for you to play!" ”

Gao Zheng was stunned for a moment, and the second half only started five minutes......

But he didn't talk nonsense, got up directly from the bench and took off the vest on his body.

It seems that the two-goal deficit in the lighthouse derby has made the usually unsmiling manager a little unable to sit still......

When Gao Zheng walked to the sidelines, Bruni pulled him and opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Because he remembered that in the last game, he asked Gao Zheng to play casually, and Gao Zheng scored a goal when he came on the field.

So should we do the same this time?

When Gao Zheng saw the head coach's appearance, he asked with a smile: "Do you want to play casually?" ”

Bruni changed his mind and shook his head: "No, it's a derby. Go on the field and use your abilities to change the current situation. You know what to do, high. ”

Gao Zheng was not modest, he nodded.

Yes, he knows what to do.

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PS,It's a scheduled release.,So when I update this chapter, I don't know the outcome of the game.,I don't know if I'm right in my prediction......

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