For Sampdoria to do their best and eliminate Roma 2:1 away, there were different opinions after the game, and everyone's opinions were unanimous.

Even among Sampdoria's supporters, there was a feeling that Di Francesco's choice was not wise.

So after winning this time, it was not a one-sided applause.

Some fans expressed their concerns through the Internet, and many people echoed and agreed.

All of these people are unanimous in their view that Sampdoria is a waste of putting their energy into the Coppa Italia.

It also increases the risk.

The Coppa Italia is not very well staggered with the Champions League and the league, and when there is a conflict between the two sides, who should give up and who should be protected?

If you want to give up the Coppa Italia, but if you are very close to the final at that time, is it a pity to give up? Why not give up now when the time comes?

Anyway, many people can't figure out why Sampdoria is so rigid in the Coppa Italia this time.

After the game, a reporter also asked Di Francisco about this question, and Di Francisco asked rhetorically: "Isn't victory a thing to be happy and celebrated?" ”

One sentence choked the reporter and didn't know what to say.

Of course, not everyone is unaware of why Sampdoria did this.

Even those who approve of Sampdoria are in the majority.

As Di Francisco said, winning is always a good thing, and who doesn't love winning?

As for what happens in the end, that's going to be a matter for later.

Moreover, even if you want to give up the Coppa Italia, you can't do it too naked. In any case, the Coppa Italia is an event organized by the Italian Football Federation, and it is always necessary to give the Football Association face.

You can just deal with the youth team with the substitute team in the first few rounds of the cup, and it is all in the round of 16, and it is so perfunctory, it is too much to say.

Although everyone knows in their hearts that the Coppa Italia cannot be compared to the league, there are some things that have to be done in secret.

If it's too obvious, it just won't work.

So Sampdoria is okay with this, and now that the Champions League knockout round has not started, it is impossible to give up the Italian Cup in order to conserve physical strength and avoid multi-front battles - in fact, Sampdoria's current approach is very normal, but it is because their initial abandonment of the Italian Cup is too obvious, which is why everyone is surprised now.

And don't look at Sampdoria to make it past Roma, but in fact they are likely to end there in this season's Coppa Italia.

Because after the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia were released, the results of the draw told everyone that Sampdoria's opponent in the next round was Juventus, who are now ranked first in the league.

That's not an easy opponent to deal with.

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After the Coppa Italia match with Roma, Sampdoria host Udinese. They continued their starting line-up from the previous game against Roma.

In the end, Sampdoria still played with the main team, and beat Udinese 3-0 at home.

Sampdoria will face two consecutive matches against Juventus.

In the 20th round of the league, they will challenge Juventus away, followed by the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia, and they will face Juventus at home.

The opponents were the same in both games, but the attitude of Sampdoria was completely different.

In fact, in the home game against Udinese, you can see what Di Francisco has in mind - playing Roma and Udinese, two games in a row, Sampdoria is the main force, and it is impossible to play Juventus in the league, right?

It's an away game, and it's not easy for even the whole squad to win – Sampdoria lost 1-0 to Juventus at their home stadium in the first round of the league – and the league defeat was even planned.

Therefore, in the 20th round of the league against Juventus, Sampdoria only played half of the main team and adjusted the lineup.

The reason why it is not an all-substitution is because Di Francesco wants to use this game to train the team and prepare for the next Coppa Italia.

So even though the lineup is not the strongest, everyone's mentality is still very serious, and they don't feel that this game can be lost.

If you have to lose in the end, it is also a skill that is inferior after trying your best.

Gao Zheng did not start, but sat on the bench.

This disappointed the Chinese fans who were eager to watch him play.

Just 18 minutes into the first half, Juventus' Chilean midfielder Vidal took the lead for the team and gave Juventus a 1-0 lead.

Six minutes later, Juventus' Spanish centre-forward Llorente extended the lead to a 2-0 lead over Sampdoria.

Despite conceding two goals in a short period of time, Sampdoria were tenacious and they didn't completely collapse because they conceded two goals in six minutes.

In the 38th minute, Sampdoria launched a successful attack that forced Juventus centre-back Barzagli to make a mistake and score an own goal.

The score became 2:1, and although it was still behind, it felt completely different.

Just before half-time, Vidal scored twice to extend Juventus' lead to two goals.

At the beginning of the second half, Di Francisco replaced Gao Zheng on the field, not necessarily to let the team win Juventus away, but just to run in the lineup and let Gao Zheng find a feeling.

However, Gao Zheng's effect on the field was immediate.

In the 69th minute, Gao Zheng received an assist from his teammates and stabbed a shot in front of the goal to pull Sampdoria back.

It was his thirteenth league goal of the season and he is just one goal behind Fiorentina's Giuseppe Rossi in the scorers' charts.

After Gao Zheng's goal, Sampdoria and Juventus played well.

Perhaps because of the more relaxed mentality, Sampdoria simply started an attacking battle at Juventus' home stadium when they were only one goal behind Juventus.

Di Francisco also used up all three substitutions early, leaving no room for himself.

This game is to let the players play, see what they can play in the end, and prepare and pave the way for the second matchup with Juventus.

Gao Zheng scored the goal in the 69th minute, and in the remaining 20 minutes, the two sides played very lively, and the scene was also very exciting.

In such an open game, in the 78th minute, Juventus' home player Paul Pogba received a pass from Vidal, suddenly sent a cold arrow and a long-range shot to break through Sampdoria's goal again.

The score was rewritten to 4:2, and Juventus at home took the lead.

However, the goal did not affect the morale and morale of the Sampdoria players.

For the next ten minutes of the game, they continued to attack relentlessly, as if the difference between the two goals did not affect them at all.

This also made the Juventus players who originally thought they had won a little nervous, even if they were already two goals ahead, but they still did not dare to relax in the last ten minutes of the game.

In the end, Sampdoria lost 2-4 after a match with Juventus away from home.

No one would be surprised to lose this game even if they lost.