After playing AC Milan in the 25th round of the league, Sampdoria had a rare week of recuperation and training time, with no midweek games.

So after the game, Di Francisco gave the team a full day off, and all the players who participated in the AC Milan match were given a rare day off without training, so that they could have a good rest and recuperate.

Not only did he give the team a holiday, but in the next match against Torino, Di Francesco also continued to rotate significantly.

After all, the Coppa Italia final against Fiorentina is next, and if you don't rotate, there will be problems with the team's fitness.

Because of the large rotation, coupled with the fact that the players' minds are generally not in the league, and they have flown to the final of the Italian Cup, Sampdoria lost 1:2 away to Torino in this game, the points remain unchanged, and the league ranking has fallen to tenth.

No one cared about the outcome of the match, and the reporters in the post-match press conference asked about the Coppa Italia final.

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Borata put a sign saying "Go to Rome to watch the Coppa Italia final, closed for two days" on the glass door.

As he did so, his son was behind him studying a large knack in the store.

"Dad, this is what you said about the trick that can make Gao see you at a glance?"

"Of course!"

"This king-size focaccia...... It looks like the real thing, and I want to take a bite. The son was overwhelmed by his father's creativity, and he pinched the foam of focaccia, and the color looked like it had just been baked, and it was tempting to swallow.

This large fake focaccia is actually a doll that people can get into, revealing only their limbs and face, much like the kind of advertising props that are used at the entrance of a shopping mall to attract business and attract customers' attention.

The son noticed that the advertisement on the chest of the Sampdoria jersey for Focaccia had been replaced with the name of their store, followed by information such as a phone number and address.

I really didn't expect my father to be able to advertise in any way on that occasion.

In terms of business methods, the son is willing to bow down to his father......

Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy.

He could already imagine that there would be a lot of people wearing Sampdoria jerseys and waving Sampdoria scarves in the parade of thousands of people, and at this moment, a huge Focaccia wearing a Sampdoria jersey suddenly appeared in the crowd!

What's that scene?

It must be very eye-catching!

Not to mention the Sampdoria players on the double-decker bus, I am afraid that no one present can take their eyes off their father......

As long as Gao Zheng sees the name of the store on the chest of the jersey, he must know that the person wearing this big doll is his father, and he can also advertise by the way, what a smart approach!

Looking at this Foccaccia doll, the son excitedly said to his father: "Dad, I am now looking forward to the celebration and parade after winning the championship more and more!" ”

"Really? If you like it, haha! Hearing his son say this, the old father smiled with relief and happiness.

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With two days to go until the final, the Sampdoria team left Genoa and came to Rome to get used to the venue, adjust their physical fitness, and get plenty of rest.

If he had waited until the day before the game, Di Francisco feared that it would have left the players physically tired and unable to recover in time after a night's rest.

During the final night's pre-match build-up, Di Francisco was relaxed and didn't stress how important the game was for Sampdoria.

Instead, he says "take it easy" the most.

"Let go of your baggage, let go of your distractions and focus on the game, that's what you should do. Don't care about the voices from the outside world, they will only hinder your ability to run during the race! ”

“…… First of all, you have to enjoy the game, and secondly, you can enjoy the victory. If you're too nervous, you won't be able to get the most out of your form! ”

"Fiorentina are very close to us, everyone is in five-to-five. So there's nothing to be nervous about, I can play how I play in the league this time......"

Di Francisco's relaxed and relaxed appearance fell into the eyes of the Sampdoria players, and the image of the manager was suddenly much taller than usual - the manager's mental state will definitely be transmitted to his players.

But Di Francisco didn't deliberately show this kind of form in order to calm the players, he was really relaxed.

His goal has basically been achieved.

At the beginning, he thought that as long as he could reach the final of the Coppa Italia, it would mean that Sampdoria's European qualification for next season was double assured.

Fiorentina are currently fourth in the league with 45 points, four points ahead of fifth-placed Inter Milan and five ahead of sixth-placed Verona. At present, the situation is relatively stable.

So even if Sampdoria loses to Fiorentina in the end, as long as Fiorentina can guarantee a top five finish and qualify for the Europa League. The Europa League quota for the Coppa Italia winner will be automatically added to Coppa Italia runners-up Sampdoria.

So in fact, Di Francisco doesn't have any pressure and baggage on his grades now, and he is naturally relaxed from the heart.

The players didn't know what their manager was thinking, but they could feel his ease, and they thought that the manager's ease came from confidence, and he believed that they could beat Fiorentina and win the Coppa Italia.

They do agree with the manager that Fiorentina are close to their quality.

Don't look at Fiorentina's current standings six places higher than Sampdoria, nine points more, the gap is obvious. However, Sampdoria's players do not think Fiorentina are on par with their quality gap and league standings.

The two teams have only met once this season, Sampdoria lost 1:2 away to Fiorentina, but Gao Zheng did not play in that game, and he did not even enter the squad for the game - at that time, in order to return to China to participate in the Asian Cup qualifiers, Gao Zheng stepped on the flight back to China when the team played Fiorentina.

Samp, who lacked Gao Zheng, was still away from home, and only lost one goal to Fiorentina.

That's why the Sampdoria players are confident right now.

This time we have Gao Zheng, and it's not an away game!

Fiorentina, don't think that if you win us at home once, you can still win this time, we let you last time!

The manager's relaxation and the confidence that Gao Zheng brought to them made every Sampdoria player a little eager to look forward to tomorrow night's game.

They didn't know that the head coach actually felt that being able to reach the final would be considered a complete task, and they now had a thought in their hearts - since they came to the final, there was absolutely no reason to go back with a runner-up!

From the very beginning, they decided to put their passion into the Coppa Italia because of the desire to win the title, and now that they are one step away from it, how can they give up?