Chapter 101: Stopping the ball

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Sampdoria's away match against Bari has been played in the 65th minute, and the score is currently 1:1, and in the 26th minute of the game, Sampdoria took the lead with a corner header from Massimo Volta. However, Sampdoria's backline became less solid as Volta went off at the end of the first half due to injury...... It was in the 58th minute that Barry equalized and it was Martino Borg who scored...... Yacini is about to make a substitution, and Gao is back in front of the dugout! ”

As he said this, the narrator, Valentino Scirio, raised his voice.

He remembered how Sampdoria had beaten Vicenza at their home stadium in the last league game.

I don't know why, although he only watched Gao Zheng one game, he also had some expectations for this young Chinese talent, and wanted to see how he would perform if he came off the bench again.

Lu Bing and Wang Yixing also noticed this scene on the sidelines, and they concentrated one after another.

This time, Gao Zheng didn't go to warm up for a few minutes before he came, because he went to warm up ten minutes ago, and now he was just called back from the warm-up area.

Soon assistant coach Carrillo finished explaining the tactical requirements, and Yacini patted Gao Zheng on the shoulder and walked with him to the fourth official.

The fourth official joined them on the sidelines with a substitution sign.

This is 100% going to be replaced by Gao Zheng.

Lu Bing and Wang Yixing looked at Gao Zheng's figure and showed completely different expressions.

The former was excited and expectant, while the latter frowned slightly, as if he had something on his mind.

As soon as Lu Bing turned his head, he saw Wang Yixing's appearance, and he poked the other party with his elbow: "Don't worry about those who don't have it, you should be happy if you have scored two goals!" ”

"These two balls have whetted everyone's appetite, in case there is an up-and-down in his performance...... "Wang Yixing is really a staunch pessimist.

Lu Bing shook his head: "It's normal for players to have ups and downs, I don't believe that our fans don't even have such a simple judgment ability, and they don't even understand basic common sense." So don't think about it so much. If you want me to say that even if Gao Zheng doesn't score in this game, it's not a big deal......"

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Gao Zheng came on the field to replace Pozzi, who is also a striker, and partnered with Bertani.

Yacini gave him the simple task of coming on and creating chances for the team to score. With Gao Zheng's technical characteristics, he can not only shoot and score, but also connect the team's midfield, and when the team encounters difficulties in attack, he may be able to find new solutions for the team's attack.

This point was achieved many times when Gao Zheng was playing in the reserve team.

After Yacini took over Sampdoria, he also went to learn about Gao Zheng's performance in the reserve team, and got some game videos, through careful study of the game videos, although he has only been in charge of the team for less than two weeks, he probably knows more about Gao Zheng than Atezori......

After coming on the field, Gao Zheng did not stay in the penalty area honestly, but continued his playing characteristics of cruising around.

Use your skills and vision to help the team sort out the offense.

While there have been no dangerous shots or passes so far, he has been so composed that one can't help but ignore his age when you see him playing.

"Look, no stage fright, calm performance." Lu Bing said to Wang Yixing. "I think you can stop worrying about him."

Wang Yixing didn't speak.

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Barry were in high spirits after the equaliser and were looking to score another goal before the end of the game to win the game.

It's their home stadium after all, and they certainly can't accept a draw at their own home turf.

Bari were 16th in the league ahead of this game, a position close to the relegation zone and dangerous. In order to ensure that they can stay in the second division next season, Barry is of course very concerned about every home score.

So in fact, before Gao Zheng played, Barry's offensive was very fierce.

Gao Zheng's play does not seem to have restrained Barry's offense and defense, or in the view of Bari's head coach Torrent, Sampdoria replaced Gao Zheng as a striker, but it is Bari's opportunity, because it means that Sampdoria is unwilling to get a point away, they still want to win, since they don't want to defend, then Barry still has a chance to score.

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Gao Zheng got his first shot on goal in the eighth minute, but his shot was under the close defense of Bari defender Luca Chepitelli, and he didn't play with power, and he was knocked out of balance by Chepitelli at the moment of shooting, resulting in a weak shot.

The shot was comfortably picked up by Bari goalkeeper Eusinho Ramana.

When Ramana received Gao Zheng's shot in a return pose, the Bari fans from behind his stands burst into laughter.

Obviously, they think that Gao Zheng's shot is simply a return to the goalkeeper!

Goalkeeper Ramana also gave a thumbs up to the defending Chepitelli.

Che Pi Taili looked at Gao Zheng with disdain.

This is the Chinese genius who came off the bench in the last game and scored twice?

He felt that he hadn't made much effort when he leaned in, and the other party's body was crooked......

How can this force score two goals in the last game?

When did the defenders of Vicenza become so incompetent?

I don't know what kind of shit luck this kid took in the last game......

Chepitelli snorted inwardly.

The Sampdoria manager would let this Chinese play, in his opinion, it is simply a rush to the hospital, what can such a physical confrontation ability do in the game?

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Ramana threw the ball to attack, and the football was thrown directly into the midfield, and the Sampdoria players who had previously participated in this attack began to defend, and Gao Zheng was no exception, but he was not fast.

Bari's attack didn't work out as they pushed into Sampdoria's 30-metre zone before the forward pass was cut off.

Sampdoria then pushed the ball near the halfway line.

At this time, Gao Zheng had just retreated to the midfield, and when he saw the football being passed to the captain Palombo in the midfield, he suddenly turned around and ran forward!

After Palombo received the ball, he looked up and saw Gao Zheng running forward, he knew what he was doing, so he didn't hesitate and immediately passed the football up.

When Gao Zheng ran past Chepitelli, Chepitelli's attention switched from the football and found a more threatening target, so he turned and chased after him.

Chepitelli intends to repeat the same trick again, leaning towards Gao Zheng with his body, using his physical advantage to slightly interfere with Gao Zheng and make him unable to catch the ball.

He knows very well how difficult it is to stop this kind of long ball flying from behind.

Of course, in the process of squeezing, you should also pay attention to the size of the force, not too obvious, too strong, otherwise if the other party falls in response, won't you lose?

So Che Pi Taili grabbed his arms and squeezed his body towards Gao Zheng.

With his height of 1.89 meters and weight of 85 kilograms, when he leaned towards Gao Zheng, it was like a concrete wall had collapsed.

Like last time, the Chinese will definitely not be able to stop it.

In fact, Gao Zheng was indeed slightly squeezed out of the way by him and squeezed out.

At the same time, the football flew right through the gap after Gao Zheng was squeezed away.

The scene where Gao Zheng lost his balance and couldn't stop the ball didn't happen, he saw that Gao Zheng was still running, and he didn't mean to stop to catch the ball.

But the football landed on his raised left thigh, and it was like hitting a ball of cotton, and it didn't bounce back, but jumped lightly, fell down, as if it was a coincidence, and landed on the instep of Gao Zheng's left foot, and the right leg that was swinging forward pushed the football forward, and at the same time he accelerated forward, and just like that, he got rid of Che Pi Telli's defense!

"Palombo's long pass...... Nice stoppageβ€”β€”! High!! He killed it! ”

With the screams of the commentator Sirio, Gao Zheng rushed into the penalty area and chased the football.

And Bari's goalkeeper Ramana also decisively abandoned the goal at this time - after Chepitelli was eliminated, he was the last person in front of Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng didn't look up to observe the situation in front of him, he strode to catch up with the football, picked up his right foot and shot directly!

Goalkeeper Ramanna pounced sideways into the near corner.

But the ball flew from his side to the far corner and didn't stop until it hit the net!

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PS, the goal was inspired by Messi's only goal in this World Cup.