Chapter 412: The First Half Ends

Napoli are bent on scoring first at home, and this has been the consensus since before the game.

So whether it's the pre-match publicity or the performance of the game, Napoli are very aggressive.

In their minds, they probably didn't even think they would concede a goal at their home stadium......

So when the goal was lost, the hellish St. Paul's Stadium suddenly became much quieter, and everyone stared at the football in their goal in amazement, not bothering to make any sound.

The embarrassing silence, which lasted only a second, was short-lived, but it felt like a century had passed in the minds of many Napoli fans.

Some people with poor psychological capacity seem to see the end of the world.

A second later, the Napoli fans reacted - the scorer was Gao Zheng! Let him score in our home stadium, so what's the point? Brothers, shhh Shh

So there was a deafening boo at the St. Paul's Stadium.

Amid the stormy boos, São Paulo Stadium felt a little "hell".

It's just that Gao Zheng doesn't care about these non-threatening sonic attacks at all.

After celebrating with his teammates, he waved to the Sampdoria fans who had come to cheer on the team, who were in the top corner of the stands, a few hundred, but surrounded by tens of thousands of Napoli fans.

It's just that there are too few of them after all, and all the voices they make are drowned out. But despite this, they are still making their voices heard.

Gao Zheng couldn't hear their shouts, but Gao Zheng could see them waving their arms in unison, which was exactly the same as when they were at home. So you only need to see this set of actions to know what they are shouting and singing.

For Gao Zheng, although he can't hear the sound, as long as he looks at it, he can hear the singing and cheers of the Sampdoria fans in his ears.

He waved to the fans who insisted on coming with the team and thanked them for their support.

Judging from the actions of those fans, they also responded to Gao Zheng excitedly. It's just that in the huge boos, Gao Zheng couldn't hear what they said at all.

But that doesn't matter.

After celebrating the goal, Gao Zheng turned around and walked slowly back to the half court with his teammates - yes, they used walking, and they didn't walk fast, just like walking after eating.

'Sampdoria is 4-2 on aggregate ahead of Napoli and the odds are turning against Napoli...... ' said Caressa. Before the game, no one really expected such a situation. Everyone thinks that with the strength of Napoli and the all-out home game, it will not be a problem to lead Sampdoria...... Now that I think about it, this idea itself is a sign of pride and contempt for the enemy, right? ”

"Napoli are indeed a bit underestimated...... Belgomi nodded in agreement with Careza and was harshly critical of Napoli. It's a bit like how Sampdoria played after the first half in the last leg. However, Sampdoria was still leading by two goals at the time, so what capital did Napoli have to underestimate it? ”

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After conceding the goal, Napoli played very badly, made frequent voluntary mistakes, and was very embarrassed in the face of Sampdoria's attack.

The fans of Napoli who watched it during this time were terrified.

Thankfully, the chaos didn't last long.

After six minutes, Napoli settled down and they didn't give Sampdoria too many chances.

Sampdoria's adjustment was also very fast, and seeing that Napoli began to slow down, they no longer attacked hard, but recycled and restarted the defensive counterattack.

Anyway, now that the aggregate score is two goals ahead, Sampdoria really doesn't need to rush.

The game reverted to the previous situation of Napoli's attack and Sampdoria's defense.

But there is still a slight difference from before - Napoli no longer press on all fronts when attacking, but always maintain a complete line of defense at the back, just to avoid the recurrence of what happened just now. However, doing so would have left them with a lack of attacking power, especially the lack of assists from the two full-backs, making Napoli's attack lacked depth.

It stands to reason that Gao Zheng is a center forward, and only two central defenders need to be arranged in the back.

But a repeated study of Gao Zheng's goal video will find that he will not honestly stay in the middle area, he will keep changing positions, sometimes in the middle, sometimes on the wing, and he has great personal ability, so if only two central defenders are allowed to defend Gao Zheng, it is simply not enough.

Coupled with the speed and determination of Berardi and Zaza, leaving only two central defenders is likely to face the embarrassing situation of playing more with less.

However, Benitez does not intend to let his team continue to play like this all the time, this is just a stopgap measure, after all, the team has just conceded a goal, and the situation must be stabilized first, if one more goal is conceded in a short period of time, it will completely collapse.

Benitez envisions that as long as Napoli can stabilize as soon as possible, he can push the two full-backs back back again.

So how can you tell if Napoli is stable? Of course, there was less harassment in the goal and less threat from Sampdoria on the counter-attack.

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Gao Zheng stood at the front of the team with his hands on his hips, looking at the four Napoli players in front of him.

He knew that all four of them were coming for him.

He could also guess what Benitez was going to do.

It would be nice if I could contain all four of them here and prevent them from attacking.

Unfortunately, this cannot be sustained forever.

After all, Napoli are two goals behind and it is impossible not to strengthen their attack all the time.

And all he can do is try to make this crazy counterattack of Napoli come later.

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"High! He made a very threatening long-range shot! Forced Reyna to make a great save and Sampdoria won a corner! It was Sampdoria's first corner of the game......"

"Gao is really amazing, even though there are two Napoli defenders who follow him inch by inch, but he still allows him to take the football out! Listen to the boos at the St. Paul's Stadium, it's all for him! But to be booed like that shows that he is the most dangerous player in the Sampdoria squad for Napoli......"

'Gao was in very good form today, he was very active up front and as long as he got the ball, it was very difficult for the Napoli players to snatch the football from under his feet......

"Albiol fouled Gao and the referee awarded a free kick in front! The boos at the São Paulo stadium were much louder, and it seemed that everyone knew that Gao had the ability to score from free kicks......"

The Napoli fans were very upset when they watched the game, and they were originally two goals behind, hoping that the team could get back as soon as possible. As a result, because of Gao Zheng, the team could not fully devote itself to the attack, and the threat of attack could not be raised, and at the same time, their own back line had to guard against Gao Zheng.

Every time they saw Gao Zheng get the ball, they were terrified.

Because Gao Zheng is not the kind of center forward who threatens less the farther away from the goal, he is a striker who has the ability to threaten the goal no matter where he is.

And even if he is far away from the goal and can't score directly, he will fall when he touches it!

The referee also ruled that Napoli was fouled and gave Sampdoria a free kick, and the fool knows that Gao Zheng has the ability to score free kicks......

Such a person asks you if Naples is afraid?

So Napoli couldn't go all out until the end of the first half.

Naturally, the score has not changed.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was still 1:0, and Sampdoria was ahead.

"There are only forty-five minutes left and Napoli have to chase two goals in a row. It stands to reason that it is not uncommon to score two goals in the first half, but after watching the first half, I believe many people will be worried about whether Napoli can score two goals in the second half......," said Caressa.

'And it's not just Napoli who can score two goals, Napoli can score, Sampdoria can score...... 'Belgomi added. Although it is indeed not advantageous to start home and away, but on the other hand, Sampdoria only need to score in this game as long as they score away goals, they already have an away goal, if one more goal is scored, Napoli's two away goal advantages will suddenly disappear......"