Shortly after the start of the second half, in the 60th minute, Di Francesco replaced Gao Zheng with Pozzi.

Replacing Gao Zheng so early in advance is obviously to prepare for the next away challenge to Barcelona in the Champions League.

No one thought that replacing Sampdoria would lose the game.

After all, Sampdoria is now four goals ahead of Sassuolo, and judging from the fifteen minutes of play since the start of the second half, Sassuolo has completely lost the ability to counterattack, and the players have no fighting spirit. This first half hit them hard.

It was also after fifteen minutes of observation that Di Francesco made the decision to replace Gao Zheng so early.

Sure enough, after the loss of Gao Zheng, Sampdoria was not at a disadvantage, and still suppressed Sassuolo.

Di Francisco then replaced Obiang and Berardi successively, using enough three substitutions to give the players as much rest time as possible.

After all, the next game against Barcelona will not be a good game, and Di Francesco hopes that his team can try to maintain a good form.

In fact, Giovaneti really did him a favor this time. If it weren't for Giovanetti's provocation before the game, he really didn't know that Gao Zheng would be able to help the team score four goals in the first half and end the suspense of the game 45 minutes early......

Although he can only make three substitutions, the players who stay on the field don't have to fight so hard, they can slow down and play slowly with the opponent without exerting too much physical energy.

Compared to the passionate first half, the second half was much more dull.

Neither side has scored again.

The score of this game was set in the first half.

In the end, Sampdoria beat Sassuolo 4-0 at their home stadium.

The "revenge battle" that Sassuolo fans were expecting did not come true, but there was a new one, and they can only hope that after returning to their home stadium in the second half of the season, they can use the home advantage to take revenge on Sampdoria and Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng said in an interview after the game: "I hope to be able to use practical actions to help purify the order of the arena. Of course, I also know that such things don't go away so easily. But it doesn't matter, if I encounter it again in the future, it will only be the provocative person who is unlucky. See once, hit once. ”

He said this very politely, but no one would accuse him of arrogance and unceremoniousness.

It is the legitimate defence of an insulted person.

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After the game, Gao Zheng's celebration of rounding his arm and slapping appeared in a prominent position in major media, and the video of his three goals was also circulating on the Internet.

Everyone expressed their opinions on this matter, and the happiest were the Chinese students abroad, overseas Chinese, and even some Japanese and Koreans......

"The reason why Gao Zheng can become the idol we unconditionally support is because his actions will never disappoint you! When someone came out to provoke and insult our motherland, it was he who stood up bravely, and when someone was racist, he also stood up! He's just a footballer, that's true, but he's done so much more than he is! ”

"Today I went shopping and someone suddenly asked me if I was Chinese, and after I told him, he gave me a thumbs up and he told me that Gao Zheng's performance in the game was really good. When someone insults you, it's the best way to shut them up! I am proud and proud of Gao Zheng! ”

“…… Gao is well done! He spoke out not only for the Chinese, but also for all East Asians! I'm Japanese, and I've encountered this kind of discrimination in my daily life. After this game, there was a person who used to make a vulgar joke on me with this action to apologize to me, and I was very happy, that's the power of example. Let's say no to racism together! ”

"Gao is a responsible player who showed us how to say no to racism correctly! The hat-trick makes his argument particularly powerful, and I think that from now on anyone who wants to stir up trouble with a high nationality and race, I am afraid that they should think carefully about whether they can withstand the high anger! ”

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And Italian national television quickly presented Leonardo Giovanetti with the latest "Golden Tapir Award" after the game.

The award is given to the frustrated players in Italian sport, including players who have performed poorly, coaches who have failed well, and controversial club presidents......

At first, this award was to satirize the shame of some sports people, and later this award was not only satirical, but also more black humor. But the main function of satire remains the same.

But not everyone will accept this award with irony and mockery.

Giovanetti did not accept the award.

The staff of Italian national television came to the door, but they were closed.

So they insisted on giving the prize to Giovaneti in the absence of the winner, and finally left the trophy of the Golden Tapir Award on the door of Giovaneti's house and left.

In China, the Weibo of "Xujiang Story Collection" was once again rotated by netizens, but "Xu Jiang Story Collection" himself did not come forward to make any response, and started to shrink his head turtle.

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The big win over Sassuolo made Sampdoria much better off in the league.

With this victory, they jumped from 11th place in the league to 7th place.

Although this ranking is not very high, after all, it has not even entered the European zone, but it can allow Sampdoria to divert more energy to use in the Champions League and fight for the right to qualify from the group.

Sampdoria are second in the Champions League group, but that position is not secure. They are only two points ahead of third-placed Celtic and have three more group games to go, and they could still be squeezed out if they are not careful.

In the next fourth round of the group stage, Sampdoria challenged Barcelona away, and it was almost impossible to win. And if they lose and Celtic can beat Ajax, Sampdoria will be out of second place in the group stage.

If Sampdoria are to progress from this group, they will have to beat Ajax and Celtic in the final two rounds of the group stage.

At that time, it will be crucial not to hold them back in the league.

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When Gao Zheng stepped into the Camp Nou for the first time, he was really shocked by the Barcelona emblem spelled out of pieces of cardboard in the stands.

This kind of scene has never been seen even at the San Siro and Juventus Arena.

Especially when this scene appears in front of your eyes, there are more than 80,000 Barcelona fans singing the Barcelona team anthem.

Those three "Barcelona, Barcelona, Barcelona" were basically shouted by more than 80,000 people in unison.

Very impressive indeed.

This is the atmosphere at home of the world's top clubs.

Even Gao Zheng was shocked, not to mention the other players of Sampdoria.

In this game, Barcelona held their breath to be humiliated at home - in the last game, everyone was optimistic that they could win, but they were forced to draw by Sampdoria and lost two points. This made Barcelona unable to swallow this breath no matter what.

Back at home, of course, they will have to take all their anger out on their opponents.

And in this game, Di Francesco gave the team the task of defending - there was basically no counterattack, and it was purely a big bus.

Although Gao Zheng started the game, his role was only to delay time with the ball in front, although he was putting a big bus, but he couldn't let the opponent turn the game into a half-court offense and defense.

When Gao Zheng gets the ball, there will be no one to support him, if you want to attack, you have to come by yourself.

Di Francisco is hoping to keep a 0-0 draw away from home by swinging the bus.

But Sampdoria's hold lasted only twenty minutes.

In the 20th minute, Marr fell in the box and the referee awarded Barcelona a penalty.

Messi took the penalty to break the deadlock.

Sampdoria's plan to keep a 0:0 on the bus has completely failed......