Time is running out for Rome.

This phrase is now very correct in describing the situation in Rome.

Gao Zheng's goal came after 80 minutes of the game, which immediately added a great sense of crisis to Roma, and they could no longer be patient with Sampdoria to find opportunities to score.

After the resumption of the game, they could only continue to attack the Sampdoria goal, but it was not an organised attack, but a simple and direct attack.

The mentality of the Roma players has changed subtly compared to before.

And this little change is reflected in the game, that is, the Roma players are more impatient.

In the face of Roma's attack, the whole Sampdoria team united and contracted the defense.

Don't look at the Roman offensive is fierce, but they feel very stable inside.

It's also a change in mentality.

Di Francesco also began to make substitutions, which, in addition to strengthening the defence, also aimed at effectively delaying the game.

There can be a delay of half a minute before and after each substitution.

And Di Francisco has not moved one of the three substitutions in his hand before.

In this general situation, even Totti is a little helpless.

As the end of the game approached, the Roma players became more and more anxious, even if Totti was still barely organizing and stabilizing the morale of the army, it really had little effect.

By the time the fourth official lifted four minutes of stoppage time on the sidelines, the boos in the stands were loud and inaudible.

Roma fans have expressed their displeasure with only four minutes played.

But whether the Roma fans accept it or not, the time left for their team is indeed only four minutes.

If they can't score in four minutes, they will have to say goodbye to the Coppa Italia.

It's not that Roma have to win the Coppa Italia this season, but the defeat at home to Sampdoria still makes many Roma fans unhappy - no one likes to lose, especially on their own doorstep.

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In the second minute of stoppage time, Di Francesco used up his last substitution, bringing on German defender Mustafi for Kostic.

This substitution was naturally another good opportunity for Sampdoria to stall for time, and Kosticic was even shown a yellow card by the referee for deliberately going off the pitch slowly.

Gao Zheng stayed on the court and was not replaced.

His ability to control the ball can still help the team defend.

Whenever Sampdoria needed to stall for time, they would pass the ball to Gao Zheng, using his excellent ball control ability to drag time reasonably and legally.

Of course, there is also a risk in doing this, that is, you have to beware of the opponent who is angry and black-footed Gao Zheng.

However, Gao Zheng found that since he was seriously injured in AC Milan, he has a good sense of prevention against those malicious fouls.

And every time he dodges such a violation, if he loses his balance and falls to the ground, the referee will most likely award a foul and give Sampdoria a free kick, which can delay some time......

Again, this is a reasonable and legal delay.

And not only can he stall for time, with Gao Zheng's excellent individual ability, he can contain at least two opponents in the front court alone, so that they cannot devote themselves to the attack, so as to help reduce the pressure on the Sampdoria backline.

That's what this game is.

Although Sampdoria only led by one goal, Roma were unable to get on the scoresheet.

Until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was not moved.

"It's over! The game is over! Sampdoria eliminated Roma 2-1 away from home! They reached the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia! This result was somewhat unexpected. Because before the game, everyone speculated that Sampdoria would give up the Coppa Italia for the second half of the season in the league and the Champions League, but now it seems that they don't want to give up anything...... I don't know if this is a good thing for Sampdoria...... You know, their squad isn't very thick! ”

Bergomi picked up Caresa's words and said, "I don't think that's a good thing. Even if this game is won, Sampdoria will still give up on the Coppa Italia sooner or later, in that case, why not give up sooner? The team fights on multiple fronts, which is a big burden on the physical fitness of the players, and if there is an injury, it is likely to collapse...... I hope that Di Francesco can still calm down a little bit and realize what is more important to Sampdoria. ”

Amid the boos, the Sampdoria players didn't care what the future would hold, and they celebrated the victory at their home stadium in Rome.

No one knows how high the Coppa Italia status is in their minds.

That's why it's amazing how happy the Sampdoria players are.

Some people have even worried about Sampdoria in advance, and some people think that it is stupid for Sampdoria players to celebrate this victory - people who have no long-term worries must worry about the near future!

Of course, many of the people who think this way are Roma fans, they are not really worried about the future and fate of Sampdoria, but they just feel that Sampdoria will not go far even if they continue to move forward, but they eliminated Roma, which is simply a waste - if they give Roma this chance to advance, Roma will definitely do better than them!

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Totti was disappointed to lose the game, but he still took the initiative to find Gao Zheng after the game and exchanged jerseys with him.

'That goal, it was beautiful.' After exchanging jerseys, Totti gave Gao Zheng a thumbs up.

"Thank you." Gao Zheng accepted it calmly and nodded in thanks.

"But I still don't understand, I think the pre-match media analysis is right, for you, it's not a wise choice to pull the Coppa Italia into a multi-front battle, why do you want to do it?"

Gao Zheng thought that everyone would go their separate ways after exchanging jerseys, but he didn't expect Totti to ask such a question.

He smiled: "Because we want to win a championship." ”

Totti was stunned: "Win the championship? ”

He didn't expect Sampdoria to hide such a big ambition.

"yes, relatively speaking, this is the best one to take." After Gao Zheng finished speaking, he raised the Roma No. 10 jersey in Totti's hand and left.

Totti, on the other hand, stared blankly at his back, his last words ringing in his ears, "This is the best one to take."

He looked down at the Gao Zheng jersey in his hand and remembered what many media and fans had said about him.

People who can say, "The mountains are there," are really arrogant......

But Totti doesn't think Gao Zheng's arrogance is offended, as some people do.

He was full of curiosity now, and he couldn't wait to see how far Gao Zheng could go with such an arrogant attitude.

Thinking of this, Totti couldn't help but laugh.

It's good to be young.