After the soccer ball slipped under his crotch, Ogbonna reflexively tried to close his legs, but he forgot to clamp his arms and hold his hands behind his back, so he couldn't maintain his balance and fell to the ground again......

Falling to the ground, he looked back to see goalkeeper Storari, who was also on the ground, and the football in the goal behind him.

Sampdoria finally opened a breakthrough in him......

After the goal, Gao Zheng turned around and ran to his teammates with open arms, hugged them to celebrate the goal, and didn't even look at Ogbonna again.

Ogbonna now remembered Gao Zheng's smile at the beginning, and he wondered why the other party could still laugh after missing a great chance to score.

Now he understands why he can still laugh because he is confident that he will score again!

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The cheers at the Stadio Malassi were deafening, and although there were many doubts and worries about Sampdoria's insistence on playing the Coppa Italia before the game, when it came to the game, everyone couldn't help but cheer and cheer for the team when they saw their team take the lead.

After all, Juventus beat Sampdoria twice in the league, and it is still quite happy to be able to make up for it in the Italian Cup.

As for what to do next, this kind of thing will be considered after the game.

Wouldn't it be hilarious to think too much about it now if you didn't make it to the next round?

Di Francisco and the fans think completely differently, he knows exactly what he will face if he knocks out Juventus, but he is ready.

He won't give up on this tournament easily until he reaches the final.

So after Gao Zheng scored, he seemed very excited.

Conte, next door, had a gloomy face and an ugly expression.

The last thing he wanted to do when he played Sampdoria was to be scored first by Sampdoria, and Sampdoria would certainly make the most of their counter-attack.

His previous foreboding became a reality.

Sampdoria played Juventus in the last game, whether it was the mentality of the players or the tactics, and now that I think about it, Sampdoria in the last game seemed to have not taken that game to heart at all...... They've been planning this game since then!

None of the outside world's claims that Sampdoria want to give up the Coppa Italia with dignity are right!

However, Conte has no time to think about this, and the most pressing question in front of him now is - Sampdoria has clearly seen that the biggest weakness in Juventus' backline is Ogbonna, so should he make amends and replace Ogbonna in advance?

But if you replace Ogbonna now, will it have a negative impact on the player's future development?

After thinking about it, Conte made up his mind. Don't change it now.

Even if you want to change, you have to wait until halftime.

Now it's only been more than 20 minutes into the first half and the substitutions are too big. Halftime substitutions are still normal.

As for the risks that could exist with Ogbonna, Conte also made a change – he dropped Isla to right-back to assist Ogbonna.

Originally, Isla played as a full-back, but under Juventus' three-centre-back system, he could only be pushed up to play as a full-back.

Now he is back in his old position.

Push the first half first, and wait until halftime to make specific adjustments.

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Soon the commentators all saw Conte's adjustments.

Isla is withdrawn, and when Gao Zheng faces Ogbonna again, Isla will come over to help Ogbonna defend.

Although this arrangement let Ogbonna know that the head coach is not at ease with himself, he is helpless, who let him just be scored by Gao Zheng?

He doesn't think about opportunities and challenges anymore.

There is a huge risk in this kind of thing, and failure is a matter of course.

He now only hopes that his side will not make more mistakes in the first half and be more cautious when defending high.

The rest of the matter is not his turn to think about when Juventus will be able to pull the score back and when they will be able to complete the comeback......

And to be honest, since Juventus conceded the goal, the offensive has become more fierce, the pressure on Sampdoria is greater, and the opponent's counterattack is not as much and sharp as before.

Many times, Ubanna doesn't even see Gao Zheng.

Juventus' offensive was indeed fierce during this time, and Sampdoria had to retreat on all fronts in order to withstand Juventus' attack, and there was no decent threatening counterattack at all.

They sacrificed their attack, but the result was not bad, and the score was not rewritten until the end of the first half.

At half-time, Sampdoria temporarily led Juventus by one goal at home. After the high goal, the game entered the counter-attacking phase of the defense that Sampdoria is used to and good at...... But with 45 minutes to go, it's still dangerous to defend like that. If I had to say, it would have been great if the high goal had occurred more than twenty minutes into the second half. Now...... Conte will definitely make changes at half-time, so let's wait and see for the second half! ”

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The spikes rattled on the marble floor, then sat down in his locker room, unlaceped, and staggered his feet to lower the boots, which made a noise as they collided with the ground.

Then there was only a heavy wheezing sound.

Until someone sat next to him and comforted him: "Don't take it personally, it's not your fault, Angelo." ”

Ogbonna looked up with a sad face, looked at his teammate Pirlo who came up to comfort him, and said in a crying voice: "I'm sorry......"

Pirlo took him into his arms: "Don't say that, Angelo. I said, that's not your problem, you've done a great job. No one will blame you, after all, you are facing high. ”

In the two league games last season, Gao Zheng faced the main level defense of the Italian national team composed of Chiellini, Barzagli and Bonucci plus Buffon, and still allowed him to score five goals......

Five goals in two games, what is that concept?

Juventus only conceded a total of 24 goals that season, and Gao Zheng alone conceded more than a fifth of the goals in the whole season.

What a world-class defense line can't do, why is Ogbonna, a young man, asked to do it?

So no one will blame him and blame him. It's just that now in front of everyone, Pirlo can't say it so directly - do you want Barzagli and Bonucci's face?

So he could only say euphemistically: "After all, you are facing Gao." ”

Last season's top scorer in the league broke the single-season goal record since the establishment of Serie A and even before the establishment of Serie A, and he scored a goal, what is there to be sad about? Isn't that normal......

Although Pirlo comforted Ogbonna, saying that it was not his responsibility to concede the goal.

However, as a manager, he should obviously not be merciful at this time, and even if Ogbonna looks pathetic, Conte still made changes to the defenders at half-time for the sake of the overall benefit of the team.

He replaced Ogbonne with Chiellini.

For this result, Ogbonna could only bow his head and accept it, not daring to have any opinions.

He even had a feeling of relief that he finally didn't have to face that horrible guy in the game.

He and Gao Zheng had fought each other in the Second Division, but every time they played again, he would feel that this person was more terrifying than last time.

Everyone is improving, he has progressed from Torino to Juventus, and although Gao Zheng is still in Sampdoria, his improvement is obviously greater.

After Chiellini came on, apart from the goalkeeper position, Juventus' backline was basically the strongest combination.

Antonio Conte will be hoping to stop Sampdoria's counter-attack and settle the worries of Juventus' second-half comeback.