Mazzolati had a feeling of being targeted by a beast, and that feeling made him uncomfortable.

As he defended Gao Zheng head-on, he discovered the source of that feeling - it seemed that what was in front of him was not a human, but a beast!

He is not the fierce lion, tiger or giant bear, but more like a wolf lurking in the grass, when he bows down, people do not feel its presence at all, and only when he jumps out of hiding, the prey will be surprised to find that the other party has been killed under his nose!

Mazzolati was looking around to observe the situation just now, and he didn't notice Gao Zheng's position and existence at all, and when he didn't pass the ball for a long time, the black shadow pounced up, his hairs stood up, and he instantly felt the danger. At that time, my mind was blank, and I didn't even bother to think about it, so I reflexively kicked the football out of the nearest touchline.

From being unaware to feeling the danger is a matter of a moment, and if you react slowly, you will lose the wolf's claws.

But it's not much better now.

Because he found the wolf, but he couldn't get rid of it.

The feeling of being targeted by a wolf made him restless.

This is a human instinctive reaction to danger, and he can't control it.

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Sirio found that Gao Zheng, a striker with a large range of activities, suddenly reduced his area of activity and kept talking directly to Mazzolati.

"Gao took the ball and tried to get past Mazzolati, he stepped on his bike outside the box, Mazzolati didn't dare to stretch his legs......"

Gao leaned on Mazzolati and raised his hand for the ball...... Pretty! Heel pass! The ball slipped between Mazzolati's legs, and if Pozzi hadn't thought of it, it would have been a good chance for Sampdoria! ”

"After Gao made a feint to dribble the ball to the side, he suddenly turned the ball to the inside and shot straight at the goal! Mazzolati was completely unexpected, pulled out of the space to shoot...... Good thing the ball went over the crossbar! ”

"High Turf Mazzolati! Nice break, he's in! Wow! Mazzolati's tackle shovels the ball out of the line! It was a clean tackle and despite being in the box, there was no foul ......"

Although Sirio was praising Mazzorati's defense, there was no excitement on Mazzorati's face in the camera, instead he opened his mouth and was gasping for air, looking tired. He also did not react to goalkeeper Pomini's fierce slap on the shoulder.

He turned his head to look at Gao Zheng.

found that Gao Zheng was also watching him, and he didn't have the chagrin and regret after his attack was destroyed, and after discovering his gaze, he even smiled at him!

The uneasiness in Mazzolati's heart grew stronger.

He couldn't say why, but his instinct was to keep alerting him to danger.

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"Gao seems to be targeting Mazzolati...... "In front of Sassuolo's dugout, assistant coach Andre Tarozzi told head coach Pia what he had observed." But Mazzolati did a good job, he withstood the pressure and the tackle was so decisive and accurate, there was no problem. We conceded a goal, but we played well at the back. ”

As he said this, there was pride in his tone for this line of defense.

Sassuolo did not have a good season last season, let alone promotion, and almost relegated. In the end, he finished in 16th place, scored 42 goals, conceded 46 goals, and the defense was a mess.

And after the new coach Pia took office in the new season, he paid close attention to the team's defense.

Thanks to the combined efforts of the coaching staff, Sassuolo now concede the second fewest goals in the entire second division. The improvement in defense has also led to an improvement in the team's performance. So Sassuolo is currently in second place, and at the top of the list.

Pia nodded, equally pleased with the performance of the backline he had trained himself.

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When Sampdoria took a corner, Mazzolati defended in front of goal, but he cared about Gao Zheng, who searched for his target in the dense crowd and then saw Gao Zheng on the line of the penalty area.

This surprised him a little, he didn't expect Gao Zheng to be so far away from the goal.

He obviously has the tallest height on the pitch for Sampdoria other than goalkeeper Romero, but he doesn't compete in front of goal...... What's going on?

Mazzolati didn't have time to think about it, Sampdoria's corner was already in the way.

Goalkeeper Bomini took the initiative and jumped up to punch the ball out.

As the ball flew out of the box, the Sassuolo players, who had been shrinking in front of goal, rushed forward en masse, intending to create an offside trap for the Sampdoria players who remained in the box.

This is a regular tactic in corner kick defence.

The football that was knocked out did fall at the feet of the Sampdoria players.

Rispoli, a full-back who stayed near the halfway line, pressed forward, stopped the flying ball, then looked up at the box and played a long ball over the top to send it back to Sassuolo.

"Rispoli long pass...... I'm a little anxious, and many Sampdoria players in front of me are still in an offside position......"

The Sampdoria players who hadn't had time to run out of the box were definitely offside at this time, and these people obviously knew this, so they didn't even look at the football, and ran back with their heads down.

But there are exceptions.

Gao Zheng, who was originally standing on the line of the big penalty area, was not offside, he did not retreat, but did the opposite, running into the penalty area in the opposite direction.

Mazzolati was still paying attention to Gao Zheng in the process of pressing forward, and when he saw Gao Zheng rushing into the penalty area, he immediately realized that it was not good.

If Gao Zheng receives the ball behind them, the offside tactic will fail!

Thinking of this, Mazzolati hurriedly retreated, changed direction and rushed to Gao Zheng.

But he was so focused on Gao Zheng that he completely ignored that just behind him was his centre-back partner Picchioni.

Piccioni also noticed Gao Zheng's reverse forward, he is actually more suitable to defend Gao Zheng, after all, he is closer to Gao Zheng. So he also rushed to Gao Zheng.

At this point, Mazzolati turned and pounced, and then collided with Piccioni......

Just as the two of them hugged each other and fell to the ground, the football fell from the air, Gao Zheng raised his foot to lightly unload the ball at his feet, and then shot with his foot when completely unguarded.

Faced with a shot that was almost like playing in training, goalkeeper Pomini was completely powerless.

The football flew into Sassuolo's goal for the second time!

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"Rispoli long pass...... I'm a little anxious, and many Sampdoria players are still in an offside position...... Huh, wait...... Mazzolati ...... Ah! It was just too fatal to make a defensive mistake...... Gao is completely undefended! He stopped the soccer ball and scored with an easy shot! Brace! Sampdoria have a 2-0 lead over Sassuolo away from home! ”

After the goal, Gao Zheng did not run wildly to celebrate, but turned around and ran to Rispoli who passed the ball to him, and spread his hands as he ran, expressing his surprise to his teammates passing by - he didn't expect the ball to come so easily, and the low-level mistake of the opposing defender was too sudden.

Mazzolati was lying on the ground, covering his face with his hands.

He didn't need to get up to confirm that the goal must have gone in.

It was his mistake, and if it wasn't for his sudden retreat in a hurry, how could he have collided with Piccioni?

If he hadn't bumped into Picioni, maybe Pichioni himself would have been able to defend against Gao Zheng.

This shouldn't have been a score......

The thought of this made Mazzolati feel immensely painful.

The wolf finally pounced on him when he was exhausted, and then bit down......

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Pia was just proud of the performance of his own hand-trained backline, and in the blink of an eye, he saw two starting central defenders colliding together in his own penalty area, resulting in Gao Zheng being unmarked and scoring easily.

This is simply the scene of a rollover.

He watched in amazement as the two main centre-backs collapsed in the box.

It's not that he hasn't seen defensive mistakes, but he hasn't seen such a defensive mistake in the face - just after performing the performance of the defenders, he was slapped in the face, so can't he stand the praise?

Pia suddenly wanted to swear.