On May 30, 2012, at half past five in the evening, the whistle sounded over the Marassi Stadium, followed by a huge cheer.

Sampdoria's first step back into the First Division began.

Their opponents are Hellas Verona, who are fourth in the league.

"Three minutes! Three minutes! Just three minutes into the game, Pelle opened the scoring for Sampdoria with a corner! They are 1-0 up at their home turf! "Ciglio had just finished naming the players in the starting and substitute lists for both sides when Sampdoria scored.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, they were in full swing.

No one wants to go back to the past after all the hard work to get to this point.

Now for Sampdoria, there is only one road under their feet, and that is the road to the first division.

In the 60th minute, Gao Zheng, who started the game, sealed the victory for Sampdoria, and his goal helped Sampdoria lead Verona 2:0.

Five minutes after the goal, Gao Zheng was replaced by Icardi.

The rest of the game was a goalless affair, with Sampdoria beating Verona 2-0 at home in the first leg of the promotion play-off semi-finals to get them off to a good start in returning to the First Division.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the match between Sassuolo and Varese kicked off as scheduled.

After 90 minutes of play, Sassuolo beat Varese 2-1 away.

Because there is no away goal advantage in the play-offs, a 2-1 score is not a score that would ensure Sassuolo progress, they are just a one-goal lead.

But considering that Sassuolo will be back on their home turf in the next leg, a win over Varese should not be a problem.

If both teams can win their respective opponents, then they will meet in the final of the play-offs for two home-and-away games to determine the last winner who can go to the First Division.

This is also the result that everyone is looking forward to - after all, because of the war of words between Gao Zheng and Skunzi, everyone thinks that these two teams are only interesting when they meet.

Three days later, in the second leg of the June semi-finals, Sassuolo returned home to face Varese at half-past five in the afternoon.

Because Sassuolo only defeated Varese 2-1 in the first leg, this match is still very suspenseful.

However, Sassuolo burst out of their strength back at home, beating their opponents 3-0 to advance to the play-off final with an aggregate score of 5:1.

Now all eyes were on the second leg of the other semi-final kick-off at 8pm.

Sampdoria travels to Hellas Verona.

The starting list has come out, Gao Zheng is not among them, and it is Bertani who starts in his place.

"It looks like Yacini is preparing for the play-off final...... ' said Cilio. Maybe they've got the win? ”

Yacini was indeed in control.

After the start of the game, even if it was an away game, Sampdoria looked comfortable against Verona.

In the last ten minutes, Gao Zheng came on the field and turned, no goals and no assists, but the team did not need his goals and assists, at this time Sampdoria had a 2:1 lead over the opponent, the aggregate score was 4:1, and in ten minutes, Verona was almost impossible to turn the tables.

"It's over! Sampdoria beat Hellas Verona 2-1 away to advance to the final with an aggregate score of 4-1! It's finally here, another showdown between Sampdoria and Sassuolo! Sirio cheered.

As a neutral, he naturally doesn't think it's a big deal to see the excitement. At the same time, he also hid a thought, he is really interested in Gao Zheng now, he just wants to see how Gao Zheng will fulfill his big words after he releases them this time. In fact, this is the biggest reason why Sirio is looking forward to the meeting of the two teams.

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As soon as the game ended, Gao Zheng was caught by reporters in the mixed area.

"Gao, congratulations to the team on reaching the play-off final, your opponent in the final is Sassuolo, are you surprised by this result?"

Gao Zheng shook his head and smiled: "Not unexpectedly, there are even some expectations." ”

The reporters were collectively stunned for a moment, they didn't expect Gao Zheng to be so direct......

"Actually, when I got into the play-offs, I became a Sassuolo fan and I was always cheering them on."

"Why?" The reporters all felt very strange, feeling that Gao Zheng's thinking was a little jumpy, and they seemed to be unable to keep up. He also expressed his hostility towards Sassuolo nakedly before, and then said to cheer them on, what the hell is this?

Gao Zheng said with a smile: "Because I am particularly worried that they will be eliminated by Varese in the first round of the play-offs." ”

Lu Bing and Wang Yixing glanced at each other in the crowd, with their understanding of Gao Zheng, they both knew in their hearts how Gao Zheng could be so direct before, even if he had this idea in his heart, he would often deny it on the surface. For example, in the match between the reserve team and the AC Milan reserve team, before the game, he told the youth director that the past was in the past, and as a result, he scored three goals in the game, and all of them were scored with his left foot - this was later dug up when a group of Chinese reporters went to the small town of Boriasco to dig up Gao Zheng's interesting facts, and it is no secret now.

That's Gao Zheng's normal performance, and sometimes you don't know if what he said is true. But today......

Today's Gao Zheng seems to be ...... It's a bit of a self-indulgence.

Other Italian reporters who felt the same way as Lu Bing and Wang Yixing were all stunned by Gao Zheng.

The latter patted his chest and let out a long sigh: "It's okay, it's okay, after knowing that they have advanced to the play-off final, the stone in my heart fell to the ground." I know Sassuolo FC have put in a lot to get promoted and this season should be the best time for them......

Sassuolo's 2007-2008 season was still in Serie C, and they managed to get promoted this season. In the 2008-2009 season, Sassuolo's first season in Serie B performed very well as a promoted horse, and finally finished seventh in the league, just one step away from the promotion play-offs.

Sassuolo made a comeback in the 2009-2010 season, this time finishing fourth and playing in the promotion play-offs. It was only in the first round of the promotion play-offs that they were eliminated by Torino.

Last season, the 2010-2011 season, Sassuolo's performance plummeted, and the teams that were only one play-off round away from Serie A last season are basically fighting for relegation this season. They ended the season in 15th place.

Looking at Sassuolo's results in the second division in previous seasons, you will feel that Gao Zheng is right. It was indeed Sassuolo's closest to the First Division – at least this time they reached the final round of the play-offs, and a win over Sampdoria would see them break into the First Division for the first time ever.

Gao Zheng said with a smile: "...... But alas, they ran into us. ”

After speaking, he looked through the crowd: "Hey, is Mr. Leonardo Giovaneetti here?" ”

The reporters suddenly split to the side, revealing Giovanetti, who was standing still.

Seeing Giovanetti, the smile on Gao Zheng's face became even brighter: "And all this is caused by you, Mr. Giovanetti, are you arrogant?" Not proud? ”

After speaking, Gao Zheng didn't wait for Giovanetti to answer, and turned around and left the mixed area.

Throwing down Giovanetti, under the gaze of a group of reporters, the expression on his face was wonderful.

Wang Yixing was the first to laugh: "Mr. Giovanetti, if Sassuolo is really eliminated, how would you feel?" ”

Giovanetti glanced at Wang Yixing and snorted: "The game hasn't started yet, just say such big things, no wonder you Chinese football is not very good." From the players to the media, there is no professional. ”

With that, he brushed his sleeves away.

The ancient Greek tragic writer Eutilpides said, "If God wants to destroy it, he must first make it mad." ”

Look at the performance of the Chinese player today, but he fell into a frenzy, what does this mean?

It means that he is not far from destruction!

Let's see!

Anyway, it will be the first round in four days.

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