"Twenty-three minutes into the game, Andre Poli was injured, which is really sad news for Sampdoria! Di Francesco had to be forced to make a substitution, with Kosticic coming on to replace Poli. It was a bad start for Sampdoria, and I wonder if this substitution will have any adverse effect on Sampdoria's next games......"

For any team to be forced to make a substitution due to injury just over 20 minutes into the game, it is a shock to the original plan, and no coach wants to see such a thing.

In turn, it's a good thing for opponents.

Therefore, after seeing that Sampdoria was forced to make a substitution, Pescara obviously strengthened the offensive, hoping to take advantage of the unstable morale of the Sampdoria army caused by this substitution and take the opportunity to break the deadlock.

The two teams are not strangers, after all, they also played each other in the second division last season. Pescara performed well last season, finishing at the top of the table and eventually overtaking Torino to be promoted as league champions.

Sampdoria, on the other hand, relied on the promotion play-offs to get through.

In the second division, Pescara had the advantage against Sampdoria, with one draw and one win, especially the victory at the end of the league, which also caused Sassuolo to be dissatisfied, believing that Sampdoria was deliberately letting go of the water.

However, after being promoted to the First Division, the fortunes of both teams changed.

Sampdoria won two in a row, especially a 4-0 away win over AC Milan in the first round of the league, which caused a big upset.

In the first round of Serie A, Pescara lost 0:3 at home to Inter Milan.

In the second round, they lost 3-0 away to Torino, runners-up in last season's Serie B, and lost in the battle for promotion.

With two league games to go, two defeats in a row and six goals conceded, Pescara's results are too mismatched to their Serie B champions.

But now it seems that the time is coming for them to work.

Poli's injury could well be a turning point in this game!

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Pescara's long pass from the back found striker Vukusic in front, and he first headed the ball down in the two-man trap defense, and then slotted a shot straight before the Sampdoria player broke the ball.

Sampdoria goalkeeper Tommaso Bernie didn't react to the suddenness of the shot, and the ball flew straight over his head before smashing onto the crossbar!

"Vukusic! He missed a great opportunity!! ”

Accompanied by a shout from the commentator Caressa, there was a huge sigh and exclamation at the Adriatico Stadium, home of Pescara.

Vukusic also held his head in his hands, which was very regrettable.

Two minutes later, Vukucic and Pescara were back in action, this time with a clever run into the ribs of the box, and his team-mate passed the ball to him, and he won the ball in the ribs and fired a low shot that slid out of the net.

"Pescara had two dangerous attacks in a short period of time, and it seems that this passive substitution has really had a detrimental effect on Sampdoria......

The Pescara fans in the stands shouted louder and louder, and the singing grew louder.

I want to inject my strength into the team and help the team take the lead as soon as possible.

Pesca was not only sharp in attack during this time, but also effective defensively.

Perrin saved a shot from Gao Zheng.

Perrin got up from the ground and shook his fist and yelled, only to have the Pescara fans in the stands respond with louder shouts.

This wasn't the first time Perrin had saved a shot from Gao Zheng in the game, and he had done it every time before.

'Perrin made a good save and although he conceded six goals in the first two games, it obviously didn't affect his performance in this game, he still played at a very high level!'

Shaarawy in front of the TV listened to the commentator Caressa's praise of his friend, and felt a little ashamed in his heart.

Because of his previous muddy performance, he did not enter the squad in the third round of the league.

But looking at Palin, it's hard to imagine that he can still face the demon king in his heart with such high morale.

Compared to him, he is like a coward......

He must cheer up!

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Perrin had a counter in his mind, counting how many shots he had saved from Gao Zheng.

Almost 30 minutes into the first half, he has saved Gao Zheng's three shots.

He feels that he is in good shape today, and his goal is to keep a clean sheet!

Gao Zheng noticed Perrin's performance after saving his own shot and looked excited.

This made him very strange - Palin didn't just save his own shot, Eder had a shot on goal before, and was saved by Perrin, why didn't he see him waving his fist and yelling again......

This is...... Against yourself?

Gao Zheng remembered the first round of the league, Shaarawy's targeting of himself.

He had a headache, why did one or two of them come to target him...... I have no grievances with them...... Well, no, Perrin may not be without grievances, after all, he defeated his Genoa reserve team in the reserve team that year.

But it's been so long, and it's just a reserve game, so is it so grudgeful?

Gao Zheng doesn't remember the collapse of his confidence in beating Perrin in the AC Milan junior team at all, after all, there were many people who were beaten and collapsed by him back then, how could he remember them one by one......

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In the 31st minute, Sampdoria launched an attack, and after getting the ball in the midfield, Gao Zheng, who was in front of him, immediately pulled sideways and ran to the ribs, while Pescara central defender Mark Capuano quickly followed, not intending to give Gao Zheng a chance to make a single knife.

Kosticic, who had the ball, saw Gao Zheng's running position and passed the football over. Although he knew that Capuano was following Gao Zheng, he believed that Gao Zheng would definitely have a way to get rid of the defense.

There were other Pescara players who ran towards Gao Zheng with the football, and suddenly as many as four Pescara players formed an encirclement around Gao Zheng from the front, back, left and right, wrapping him in the middle, and this encirclement was still shrinking rapidly, intending to completely trap Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng received the ball and took a step forward and entered the penalty area. The encirclement of Pescara is also getting tighter and tighter.

Perrin also rushed out quickly and sealed Gao Zheng's shot angle.

Everyone's attention was on Gao Zheng, but Gao Zheng suddenly passed the football sideways, passed it to the other side, and gave it to Maxi López!

"Maxi López!" Amid Caressa's shouts, López turned sideways and pushed the ball from Gao Zheng in the direction of the goal.

It was too late for Perrin to turn over and pounce again, and although he pounced, he couldn't touch the ball and could only watch it fly into the goal he was guarding......

"Ahh Sampdoria is ahead! No one really expected that when Pescara had the advantage and threatened the Sampdoria goal many times, it was Sampdoria who used a counterattack to score the first goal and take the lead! Gao, who had scored in the previous two games, was not greedy this time, after attracting almost all the defenders of Pescara, he passed the football into the air, and López followed up with a shot on the goal, no suspense! ”

After the goal, Lopes ran to hug Gao Zheng, who assisted him, and the other Sampdoria players also came up to congratulate them.

Why did Di Francesco decide to make the young Gao Zheng the team's attacking core, which did not cause any opposition within the Sampdoria team?

In addition to Gao Zheng's own excellent strength and ability to withstand any criticism, it is also related to his playing style.

Although he is a center forward, he is not the kind of center that only thinks about his own goals, and he is also very happy to assist his teammates, so he came to be the core of the attack, not to let him brush up on the number of goals alone, but to benefit the whole team.

If it's a very lone centre-forward, and the manager wants to do this, I'm afraid the other players will be very unhappy.

But Gao Zheng is the core, and everyone recognizes and accepts it.

If you run better than him, then he will definitely not hesitate to pass the football to you.

Of course, as for whether you can get in or not, that's none of his business......