Chapter Seventy-Four: It's Just a Little Better

When the ball bounced into the post, Roma reserve goalkeeper Pigriacelli sounded what it seemed like he had only been doing for a short time - it would be Sampdoria's first and final goal of the game!

Now he just felt as if someone had slapped him in the face......

He looked at Gao Zheng.

The tall man ran towards Icardi.

"I'm sorry, Mauro, I really wanted to pass it on to you, but I didn't expect it...... Ha! ”

In the face of Gao Zheng's smile, Icardi was speechless, because they were right, they did pass the ball to him, who told the Roma defenders to block the football back?

He just ran into the air, he just asked for a pass, and he was 100 per cent confident that he could put the ball into the Roma goal.

And now he can only watch Gao Zheng score twice......

Teammates rushed up to take Gao Zheng as the main player and celebrate the goal with him.

Icardi was sent to the periphery, and he secretly vowed in his heart that he would try to catch up with Gao Zheng next.

The teammates surrounding Gao Zheng excitedly asked Gao Zheng: "Two goals, it's amazing, it's worthy of being the Demon King!" ”

Gao Zheng shook his head with a smile: "What a demon king, it's just a little better." ”

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Roma captain Florenzi tightened the captain's armband and cheered up his teammates: "It's okay, there is still time, we can do it......"

Roma coach De Rossi Sr. also stood on the sidelines, supervising the game with a serious expression.

With two goals trailing in the opening 17 minutes, Roma couldn't have started the game any worse......

In the Sampdoria coach's bench next door, Latich applauded and said: "Two goals ahead, this time the championship is secure!" (Note: I checked the information before that Tosi was the manager of Sampdoria Sport, but when I checked the information again, I found that this person left after the end of this season, so I changed this character to a fully fictional character, and the name was changed accordingly, so I hereby inform you)

Bruni still kept a straight face: "It's too early to say this, Mr. Manager." A two-goal lead is just an example of a soccer match where a two-goal lead can be reversed by the opponent. ”

Radici looked at Bruni's serious look: "You did it on purpose, you don't want the players to take it lightly, right?" In less than 20 minutes, we had a two-goal lead, so what was there to worry about in such a start? ”

"Football is round, Mr. Manager."

"That's why neither goal made you jump up and celebrate?" Radici teased.

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Two goals behind and one goal behind give the team a completely different feeling.

When you're down by a goal, you think, "It's just a goal, we can work hard to equalize!" ”

But after being down by two goals, the players are afraid that they will think "it's already two goals, even if we score a goal, we are still ...... behind"

Even if it's a goal behind at this time, the mentality is completely different.

So when the game started again, the players in the Roma reserve team were a little nervous.

Conceding two goals in seventeen minutes was too big a blow to them.

In the face of such a Roma, Sampdoria reserves ...... In other words, of course, Gao Zheng can't feel compassion.

Five minutes later, when Gao Zheng picked up his right foot outside the box and everyone thought he was going to shoot from distance, two Roma players rushed up to block his shot.

But the right foot that fell off rubbed the ball to the other side with the outside instep.

There, Icardi inserted an empty space, received a pass from Gao Zheng, and stabbed the goal directly!

In the twenty-second minute, Sampdoria reserves actually took a three-goal lead at Roma's home stadium!

"Oh! Oh, my God! Borata's son, Franco, exclaimed. Is this really an away game? Is this really the final? ”

It wasn't just his doubt, it was the doubt of almost everyone present – it was the final of the reserve competition, Roma reserves were the best team of the season, and it was on their home turf.

Why were Sampdoria reserves able to take a three-goal lead so easily?

Only Marcy knows why, because this is the "demon king" who has always occupied an important position in his heart back then, making him crazy, what can't he fight?

It was as if he was enjoying football and stabbed his opponent to death......

Alberto Massie couldn't have felt this more deeply.

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And when the first half ended, the score was ...... 4:0!

Sampdoria reserves lead Roma reserves by four goals!

Among the four goals, Gao Zheng scored two goals and assisted once, although there was one goal that he did not assist.

The score silenced the 3,000 Roma fans who had come to their home stadium to witness the reserve team crowned champions, but had not expected to witness the half-time rout.

After a back-to-back of goals from Sampdoria, it was clear that the Roma reserve players had lost their fighting spirit and made a series of mistakes on the pitch. No matter how much coach De Rossi roars on the sidelines, it doesn't wake them up.

Fortunately, there were only 45 minutes in the first half, otherwise Roma would have conceded more goals.

When Gao Zheng gasped and walked off the court, Bruni couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, took the initiative to take him into his arms, and then gave him a powerful bear hug - Gao Zheng's performance in this game was far better than he imagined, and he couldn't ask for more.

"Rest well!" After hugging Gao Zheng, Bruni also patted him the back and pushed him in the direction of the locker room.

Then as soon as he turned around, he saw Matic, who was looking at him with a smile: "Is it safe to have a two-goal lead?" Now we're four goals ahead, Luciano. ”

Bruni couldn't help but laugh too: "Gao Neng always does a lot more than I want him to do." We are lucky to have him. ”

"Agreed." Radici nodded.

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Gao Zheng sat in the locker room, beads of sweat sliding down his cheeks to the tip of his chin, dripping down the tip of his chin, and soon a small puddle of water accumulated on the ground between his legs.

He started this game, and the opponent also started, so the opponent's fitness is very good, and in order to fight the opponent, he has to use more physical energy than usual. Every time he came off the bench before, he faced an opponent who had been running for dozens of minutes, and there was a gap in the physical fitness of the two sides.

In addition, this game is the third game played by Gao Zheng in a week, and Sampdoria's matches are the last day of play every time, so compared to Roma, Sampdoria, who also reached the final, has two days less rest - Rome's quarter-finals are on June 4, and Sampdoria's is on June 6. The semi-finals for Roma are on June 8 and Sampdoria on June 9.

The finals were all on the same day, June 12.

Six days, three competitions a week, is an unprecedented test of Gao Zheng's physical fitness.

He sat on the bench and didn't want to move, letting the sweat run down. It's as if even raising your hand to wipe it would be a waste of energy.

Physical fitness is still not good......

In his heart, Gao Zheng sighed.

It's been almost half a year since he returned to professional football, but he feels as if he is still far from real professional football.

He was a little unwilling.

Although he has been training every day to keep himself in shape since he left Milan for a year, his kind of training is still much worse than that of a real professional team.

Bruni came in and saw Gao Zheng like this, and came up to him and asked him, "Do you want to come down and rest?" ”

Gao Zheng shook his head: "No, I want to see where the limit of my current physical fitness is." ”

"Okay, I'm not going to replace you unless you have cramps."

Gao Zheng squeezed out a smile: "That's not necessary, coach, I can't hold on and will take the initiative to ask to get off the field." Don't worry, I won't be too forceful. ”

"I know, you've always been smart." Bruni nodded.

After speaking, he pinched Gao Zheng's shoulder and walked away, letting Gao Zheng have a good rest.

The other team members didn't come up to disturb Gao Zheng, Gao Zheng leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes, as if he was taking a nap.

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PS, England was dragged into a penalty shootout by Colombia.

Thankfully, they finally won their first penalty shoot-out at the World Cup, and Colombia was a pity that the good situation was lost......

In addition, let me tell you something.,Because I stayed up late to watch the game during the World Cup.,Whether it's a mental state or a code word state, it's not good.,Plus the plot has entered a new stage.,I want to write more thoroughly.,Try to write well.,So I've been revising the draft in recent days.。

The manuscript has fallen below the 10-chapter dead line.

So there will be a period of time in the future, please allow me to take a breather in the World Cup and the rush.

I'm old, and I really can't get up.

Today is still two shifts, but from tomorrow there will be one shift, and every day one shift is placed at five o'clock in the afternoon.

Thank you for your understanding......