Chapter Eighty-Nine: What Pressure?
Bertany was not able to save his manager, taking on the pitch with just one shot on goal and not scoring.
In the end, Sampdoria lost 0-1 away to Brescia.
The defeat dropped Sampdoria to 12th place in the standings and moved further and further away from promotion hopes.
After the game, Atezori faced the Genoese media in a press conference, strongly stating that he would not resign voluntarily, and he also denied that he had lost control of the team: "We won the last game...... It's normal to win or lose, and I don't think it's worth the fuss. β
At the same time, he refused to comment on his relationship with Gao Zheng: "I don't want to talk about players who didn't play......"
"That's the problem, Mr. Coach! Why didn't you choose to let Gao play at the last minute? The reporter of the Nineteenth Century asked.
"It's my freedom to choose who doesn't choose, if I let Gao play and lose the game, do you want to ask me why I didn't let Bertani play?"
After answering this question, Atezori got up and left, and the press conference ended unhappily.
LΓΌ Bing and Wang Yixing did not raise their hands to ask questions at the press conference, because they were unwilling to add fuel to the fire after realizing that Gao Zheng might be used as a gun by the Genoese media.
On the contrary, now they hope to cool down Gao Zheng, so that he will not be exposed to everyone's eyes all the time, which is definitely not a good thing for him.
But look at the excited group of fellow journalists at the press conference and realize how difficult it is to do that.
When leaving the Riga Monti Stadium, Lu Bing and Wang Yixing finally agreed that even if they couldn't change the minds of their Italian counterparts, they could influence the perception of domestic fans to some extent.
That's not good.
They decided to write their own articles to sort out the grievances between Genoese media and Atezori, and what kind of character Gao Zheng is in this showdown.
Calling on everyone to be rational about the praise from the foreign media - those Italian reporters probably don't know much more than they know Gao Zheng, and many of their praises can't be taken seriously.
They hope that domestic fans will not have too high expectations for Gao Zheng, and sometimes this expectation will turn into huge pressure.
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The articles written by the two reporters overnight quickly appeared in the domestic media and on the Internet.
In the mood that domestic fans are swarming to hope that Atezori will get out of the way as soon as possible, so that Gao Zheng can turn the tide, these two calm articles are very eye-catching, especially since the two reporters are also senior reporters who have been covering Italian football for a long time that Chinese fans are very familiar with.
The fact that the two journalists did not belong to the same media organization but published articles with the same views clearly shows that the two senior journalists have reached a consensus on Gao Zheng's issue.
Two journalists who have been covering Italian football for a long time and have deep thoughts on the ecology of Italian football have come to the same opinion, which is naturally worthy of everyone's attention.
But not everyone is superstitious about authority.
Therefore, as soon as the article of Lu Bing and Wang Yixing appeared, it caused a huge controversy on the Internet.
Some people think that what they said is very reasonable, and "killing" is indeed something they didn't expect before, and it should indeed be like what the article says at the end: "If you love Gao Zheng, then please create a relatively relaxed environment for him." β
Some people do not agree with such a statement, and the people who disagree are divided into two categories, one is Gao Zheng's core fans, no matter whether they are under pressure or not, they just believe in Gao Zheng's ability, and they firmly believe that Gao Zheng can become the key Mr. Sampdoria to impact Serie A.
The other group of people is more hardcore, they believe that pressure is always with professional players, if Gao Zheng wants to have higher achievements and wants to be worthy of his talent, then he should bravely face or even embrace pressure, rather than running away. This time you can create a relaxed environment for him, is it possible that every time you encounter pressure in the future, let everyone work together to create a relaxed environment for him?
However, in general, these two types of people are still in the minority, and more people still have normal thoughts, that is, they are worried about Gao Zheng.
If Atezori does get out of class, the excited media and the public will always have to divert their attention, and their eyes will of course be on Gao Zheng.
Under such circumstances, can Gao Zheng withstand such tremendous pressure?
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"Pressure?" Gao Zheng was a little surprised when he saw his father's words on WeChat. "What pressure?"
Soon my father's voice message was sent: "The newspapers and the Internet have been discussing you these days, saying that if the head coach really leaves class, it may not be a good thing for you." Because after the coach is solved, everyone has to see if you are worthy of the praise in the media...... They worry that you're stressed out and not performing at your normal level. β
"Oh, that's it...... Don't worry, Dad, I'm not stressed. β
"It's good if you don't have it. But don't be reckless, keep a normal heart, even if you don't play as well as you want, it's not a big deal, don't be disturbed by those opinions from the outside world, don't put too much pressure on yourself. β
"I know, I'm not going to put any pressure on myself, Dad."
Borata looked at Gao Zheng who put down his phone, and was a little curious: "Are you chatting with your family?" β
They spoke Chinese that they didn't understand.
"Well, my dad was worried that I was overstressed."
"Is China also paying attention to this?" Borata laughed, "Looks like I'm doing a good job." Ha ha! β
Gao Zheng smiled and shook his head: "I just told you the story at the time, boss, I didn't expect you to recruit all the reporters." β
"It's good to recruit it, if you don't recruit it, can that idiot of Atzori get out of class?"
Gao Zheng continued to shake his head: "It's still okay, the team's results are not good, and the head coach must be responsible." β
"But it won't be so early!"
"Boss, the coach hasn't finished class yet." Gao Zheng said with a smile.
"Hmph, that's not far away. I don't believe Garrone can keep that idiot for one more league round! β
Gao Zheng didn't answer this time, he remembered that after today's training, everyone was also talking in the locker room, thinking that the head coach was not far from class, and no one in the entire locker room supported him. You know, even bookmakers are now refusing to accept bets on Atezori's dismissal......
It's just a pity that Mauro, because the kid was close to him, he was driven back to the reserve team by Atezori after the training camp......
What is the name of the pond fish, this is called!
I don't know if Mauro in the reserve team will cry with joy after Atezori really gets out of class?
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PS, I took my son to the science museum today, the little guy is very interested in science, and now it seems that he is getting farther and farther away from football stars......