Chapter 395: Spoon to Spoon
No one thought that when Gao Zheng turned his back to the direction of attack, a stop ball could get rid of two Roma players at the same time, the key is that before he decided to do so, there was no warning, and no one could predict it in advance by observation.
Seeing Gao Zheng just shake off the two defenders, there were huge exclamations and boos from the stands at the Olympic Stadium.
The boos were like a screech as the wind blew across the sea, blowing the ship back to the center of the storm as it tried to break through.
It was the fate of the ship to capsize in this storm, they couldn't run!
Seeing Gao Zheng turn around and dribble the ball, Leandro Kastan, a central defender from Rome, quickly chased after him from the other side. At the same time, other Roma players also returned to defend.
The only fortunate thing is that Gao Zheng is not that kind of speed striker, if this ball is replaced by Gareth Bale or Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, then they don't have to chase it......
But now, the Roma players are gritting their teeth one by one and burying their heads in pursuit, like a pack of wolves rounding up their prey on the grassland.
But in front of them were not panicked, panicked antelopes.
When Kastan threw a diagonal line and finally stopped in front of Gao Zheng, Gao Zheng accelerated suddenly, and at the same time pushed the outside of his right foot to the football, as if he was going to make an emergency stop and change direction, and bring the football to the middle.
Kastan also hurriedly followed the emergency stop and stretched out his foot to block.
But Gao Zheng's right foot didn't touch the football, he just dangled a shot, and after successfully deceiving Kastan to stop and change direction, he let the football roll in front of him, and continued to dribble the ball in the original direction to kill!
"High! Wonderful change of pace! He shook Kastan! Tall, but nimble as a rabbit...... If you've ever seen Rabbit Hunting, you know what I'm talking about! ”
Kastan saw that Gao Zheng had broken through from the original route, and he wanted to change direction to chase after him, but his feet slipped and he sat down on the ground, like a hound that slipped on the slippery grass because he couldn't keep up with the nimble rabbit......
But the hunt didn't end there.
Midfielder Nainggolan and right-back Torosidis were closing in on Gao Zheng, while Roma goalkeeper Lucas Scolopts moved a few steps forward to maximise the angle of his shot he could block.
Seeing that Gao Zheng was getting closer and closer to the penalty area, he did not bury his head in and accelerate the football inside, on the contrary, he slowed down.
It seems like he wants to shoot here.
This gave Nainggolan and Torosidis the chance to catch up with him, but it also gave him a bigger angle to shoot.
So Roma goalkeeper Skolops saw this and moved two more steps forward.
Nainggran has approached Gao Zheng, he knows that Gao Zheng has not entered the penalty area yet, this is his best chance to defend, even if he fouls, he will not give Sampdoria a penalty.
So he didn't care about anything else, and shoveled directly at Gao Zheng from behind, trying to destroy the football before Gao Zheng could shoot.
But almost at the same time as he put down his foot to put the shovel, Gao Zheng's right foot also picked up.
The magnitude of the pick is not very large, and even if you don't look closely, you can't tell that this is a preparatory action for the shot.
When he kicked his right foot forward, he didn't seem to have any force, and his toes were straight, like a shovel, and he was inserted into the turf diagonally, and the soccer ball held up by the grass was rubbed up by him, and flew in a circle towards the goal.
Nainggran made a tackle.
"Spoon! Spoon! Caressa exclaimed when she saw this.
With his exclamation, the ball flew high above the head of goalkeeper Scolops and crashed into the goal behind him.
Scolops was only able to maintain a half-crouch position, tilting his head below to send the football flying through the sky.
The boos at the Olympic Stadium were a little louder, but the sound waves didn't really get football off track.
Amid their boos, the ball crashed into the empty goal behind Scolopts without any suspense!
“GAO! GAO! GAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!! After Totti equalised for Roma with a spoon penalty, Gao returned the score with a spoon lob to the color! What a great showdown! Sampdoria takes the lead again! ”
"It's a Totti-style goal, no one in Italy is better at scoring with a spoon than Totti, and the high shot is very targeted......
Everyone clearly smelled it. So after the football entered the goal, the boos in the stands at the Olympic Stadium were only cut off for a moment, and then immediately resounded, and even more so - Roma fans thought that Gao Zheng was provoking, not provoking them, but provoking Totti.
With Totti's status in the hearts of Roma fans, how can Roma fans endure this?
They want to seek justice from Gao Zheng on behalf of Totti.
And the way they get justice is...... Shh
But Gao Zheng didn't care, even if the boos were overwhelming, he didn't frown, but celebrated the goal with his teammates with a smile.
Sampdoria's players started running towards Gao Zheng when he shot at goal, after all, they were still in the second half, it takes time to catch up, and in order to celebrate as soon as possible, of course, they have to start early.
Although the football had not yet reached the goal, the Sampdoria players were confident that the goal would not be missed.
That's how reassuring the "Captain" is!
Sampdoria's head coach Di Francesco was excited after Gao Zheng's goal, and he shook his fists hard.
He felt that it was really wisest to go to Gao Zheng to discuss it as soon as he had this plan - as long as it could arouse Gao Zheng's interest, many things would be much easier.
Gao Zheng's support is not to shout a few slogans and express his attitude, but to score real goals and wins.
After briefly celebrating his goal on the sidelines, Di Francisco gestured to the players on the pitch and shouted a reminder to stay calm and hold their defence.
Gao Zheng helped Sampdoria take the lead, but if Sampdoria couldn't hold on to that lead, it would be all for nothing.
The captain had clearly pointed out the right direction, but the sailors had slammed the ship into the reef.
Anyone who begs for a living at sea understands this.
Gao Zheng has done what he can, and the next thing is up to the other Sampdoria players.
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When the Sampdoria players celebrated their goals and ran back to their own half, Gao Zheng happened to run past Totti, surrounded by his teammates.
The "wolf king" of the Roman wolves turned his head to look at Gao Zheng, and Gao Zheng ran past him calmly as if he hadn't noticed this gaze at all, without a sense of crisis being targeted by wolves at all.
The whole process of Gao Zheng's goal just now is being replayed in the TV broadcast, over and over again, and different cameras bring the audience a completely different scoring experience.
From stopping the ball in one go, to using the rhythm to shake Kastan, to finally snatching a spoon shot before Nainggolan slotted home.
“…… It was a work of art...... In the absence of support, Gao alone solved the battle! Tsk......" Caresa sighed, shaking her head. "I think there is a lot less criticism about Gao this year than last season, maybe it's because a lot of people are convinced by Gao performance......
The boos over the Olympic Stadium continued, but time was running out for Roma – Gao Zheng scored in the 82nd minute of the game.
With the remainder of the game, Roma had to score at least one goal to try to send the game to extra time.