Chapter Ninety-Four: I'm Afraid I Don't Have a Chance
Gao Zheng spent the eve of the match at the Sampdoria training base with his roommate Pedro Obiang.
If there's anyone he's a little more familiar with in this Sampdoria first-team squad, it's Obiang – after Icardi returned to the reserves.
In fact, Gao Zheng and Obiang can also be regarded as teammates of the reserve team, but he only teamed up with Obiang once in the last game against Roma in the reserve team last season. He was in the reserve team before, but Obiang was transferred to the first team and trained with the team for games, and did not come to the reserve team.
Although he was teammates with Obiang for a short time, Obiang did not doubt Gao Zheng's strength, because he witnessed how Gao Zheng destroyed the Roma reserve team at the final scene.
This made his task a lot easier in the game – before the game, coach Bruni gave him the task of intercepting in midfield and disrupting Roma's attack. After all, Roma was the player with the most goals at that time, and the attacking firepower was so fierce that it naturally made the manager nervous, and Obiang also took the game seriously and planned to complete the task given by the manager in the game.
As a result, Gao Zheng scored consecutive goals at the beginning, which immediately lowered the difficulty of the game by a notch.
So Obiang is also very happy that Gao Zheng can enter the competition squad.
"If we can take a big lead tomorrow, maybe you'll get a chance to play, high." He grinned and said to Gao Zheng with a grin. "It's not a lot, but as long as you can play, it's a victory."
Vicenza are currently twentieth in the league and third from bottom with just 13 points.
In terms of strength, it is significantly weaker than Sampdoria.
As long as Sampdoria can unite and play normally, beating Vicenza at home shouldn't be a big problem.
"How far is a big lead, Pedro?" Gao Zheng asked.
"Uh......" The question stumped Obiang, who thought for a long time before saying, "I think maybe it's a three-goal lead?" ”
'Do you think we can take a three-goal lead over Vicenza at home?'
"Of course, why not?"
"That's a good word for you, Pedro." Gao Zheng smiled and thanked Obiang.
"You're welcome, high. If you can play, it means that we have won the game, which is good news anyway. ”
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If you can play, it means that we have won the game, which is good news anyway.
Gao Zheng, who was sitting on the bench of the home team at the Blasi Stadium, recalled what Obiang said yesterday at this moment.
Gao Zheng didn't know if it was because Obiang had a darker complexion, so what he said was "crow's mouth......
In the distance, a large screen in the stadium stands is showing the score of the game.
0:1
Sampdoria at home is falling behind!
He sighed, and it looked like he didn't have a chance to play in this game.
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"There's still half an hour to go, and you're only one goal behind, so why not switch to high!" Clarian Moretti, who wore the No. 40 shirt, stood in the stands and pointed to the pitch and complained loudly. "Could it be that the new manager and Atezori are the same thing?"
"Calm down, Clariant." His companions were reassuring him. "You know Gao is very good, but the manager doesn't necessarily know that he has only been in the team for two days after all...... Actually, I don't think he should be in the dugout for this game, because with his knowledge of the team, he is probably not as good as the goalkeeper coach of the team......
Moretti knew that his companion was right, but he was still reluctant.
He has seen Gao Zheng's performance after every substitute appearance in the reserve team, and because of this, he firmly believes that as long as Gao Zheng is played, Gao Zheng will not disappoint people. He was eager to give the 20,000 fans at the Stadio Brasi a taste of his original shock.
It's like having a great thing in his own right, like sharing it with the whole world, wanting everyone to know how awesome it is, and wanting to recommend it to everyone he knows until they all use it......
It's a pity that he is not the head coach, otherwise he would have replaced Gao Zheng early - no, maybe let him start directly!
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In the media table, Lu Bing and Wang Yixing's views may be the exact opposite of Clariant Moretti's expectations.
Even Lu Bing felt that with the current development of this game, it was best not to let Gao Zheng play, because that would mean that the huge pressure was all concentrated on Gao Zheng.
He felt that if the manager was willing to think about the future of a young man, he should not put a blockage on him.
Wang Yixing chattered next to him: "This game is really evil!" In the first half, Sampdoria injured two people, all of them were passive substitutions, and there was one substitution left, and the score was still behind...... If Yacini really doesn't want to suffer a home debut defeat, he has to do something different. He had three strikers on the bench for this game, and Piovacari had gone up, but it didn't work...... If you don't want to lose, you must strengthen the attack, and there are two strikers, Macarone and Gao Zheng, Macarone is an experienced striker, no matter how you look at it, he must be more qualified than Gao Zheng to play to turn the tide. Unless...... Unless ......"
Wang Yixing said two "unless" in a row, but did not continue, Lu Bing couldn't help but ask: "Unless what?" ”
"Unless...... The new coach of Yacini wants to use Gao Zheng to stand up! Wang Yixing gritted his teeth and said his guess.
Lu Bing set his eyes on him.
Wang Yixing was still talking to himself: "In the process of getting Atezori out of class, Gao Zheng was blown to the sky by the media, but it has also become a piece of heart in the heart of any coach who coaches Sampdoria, and it is impossible for Yacini not to know the grievances between Gao Zheng and Atezori." In order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, the best thing to do is to throw Gao Zheng, who is held high by the media, but not by himself, then he would be as stupid as Atezori. So he can actually comply with the call of the media and let Gao Zheng appear at this time. But the current situation of this game is not suitable for Gao Zheng to play at all, he is carrying the blame and thunder when he plays, if he fails to change the situation after he plays, after the team loses the game, everyone will see that Gao Zheng is not as godly as the media has blown before, and the bubble has burst...... Do you know, Old Lu. When you claim to have a super-super-powerful secret weapon, the best thing to do is to never use it, or it will be much better than never using it but being questioned all the time. For Gao Zheng, the current situation is that it is better to not play than to play, which is really ironic......"
Speaking of this, Wang Yixing smiled bitterly.
"If Yacini lets Gao Zheng appear, then it is almost certain that he wants to break Gao Zheng's image in the public media......"
"That's fine, right?" Lu Bing felt that Wang Yixing was thinking too much and was too conspiracy theory. "Who would want a young man who hasn't played in a season and a half to make his debut? Even if there is no goal and no performance, it is not a big deal, so it will not make Gao Zheng fall from the clouds into the quagmire, right? ”
"That being said, but for Yacini, Gao Zheng, an ordinary player, is of course better than Gao Zheng, who has been mythologized by the media, and now he has no one in the team to trouble him."
"Isn't that good, Wang? Isn't an ordinary professional player always what you want to present to the fans? Otherwise, what were we doing in the past? ”
Wang Yixing was stunned by Lu Bing's question.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion among the reporters next to the media gallery, and Frecello simply shouted at the two Chinese reporters: "Look! Gao may be playing! ”
Both of them were shocked, and they didn't care about discussing the topic of whether it was beneficial or unfavorable for Gao Zheng to appear, and they all set their eyes on the bench. Sure enough, they saw Gao Zheng wearing a yellow training vest and running to the warm-up area alone!
What does this mean, as a football journalist who has worked for many years, I simply understand it all too well!
When the team needed to give it a go, Achini really chose the hot topic Gao Zheng!