Chapter 35: Raw Faces
The next day, as soon as Gao Zheng entered the locker room, he was surrounded by his teammates.
"Demon King, Demon King, I heard that you clashed with a group of 'turkeys' yesterday?"
Gao Zheng's first reaction was to turn his head to look at Alberto Marcy, who was pretending to be busy with his head as if nothing had happened.
Marcy hurriedly raised his hands as if he was telepathic: "I didn't say it!" You have to believe me, Great Demon King! ”
I believe you have a ghost!
Then Gao Zheng explained to the other teammates: "I met a group of Genoese reserves, and the leader of them seems to be called Yelu Hongji......
"It's Jelenich!"
"It's Jelenich again!"
"Yes, yes, that's the name." Gao Zheng nodded. "But it's not a big deal, we agreed to settle the grievances with the next matches."
"Lighthouse Derby...... someone laughed. It's a good opportunity to settle grievances. ”
"Damn, we lost away to them last time, and we have to win it back at home this time! Now the old and new grudges are counted together! ”
"I've been upset with that kid in Jelenich...... The celebration after he scored our goal in the last game was just arrogant! ”
※※※
Although it was a "lighthouse derby" at the reserve team level, on the day of the game, it still opened Gao Zheng's eyes.
Sampdoria's reserve stadium is at the Mugeneini training ground, the only standard pitch with stands, called Stadio Ricardo Garrone – named after the club's president.
Although there are only one side of the stadium with stands, it is now crowded with fans who have come to watch the game - Gao Zheng is a little surprised that a reserve team game can get so many people's attention.
The last reserve game, played at Parma's training grounds, was watched by the staff and substitutes from both sides.
When Gao Zheng was warming up on the field, he looked up, and only the Sampdoria fans and Genoa fans didn't see any of them. I think it's because playing at Sampdoria's training ground, they can't afford to let the Genoese fans come in and cheer on their team.
So in terms of atmosphere, Sampdoria reserves have an absolute home advantage.
When Gao Zheng saw this scene, he wanted to laugh.
He thought of what Marcy had told him that the two teams met in the first leg, with Sampdoria reserves losing away to Genoa reserves. I don't know if Sampdoria fans were not allowed to play in the penalty area at that time, so Genoa Reserves defeated Sampdoria Reserves with absolute home advantage......
※※※
When Gao Zheng looked at the stands and smiled during the warm-up, someone also noticed him in the warm-up area of the Genoa reserves.
"It's that stupid big guy!" Jelenich snorted in the direction Gao Zheng was.
"That's right, it's him." The people who were in the nightclub with Jelenich at the time also nodded their heads to testify.
Other Genoa reserve players who didn't go to the nightclub looked at Gao Zheng curiously.
"Looks pretty tall, what's the position?"
"Hell knows."
Jelenich was angry when he thought of Gao Zheng sitting on the sofa and saying, "You don't deserve to know my name".
"He's the one who said he's going to kill us?" The team's main striker, who was only loaned to Genoa by Inter Milan during the winter break this year because of Andrea Ranocchia's transfer and Hussein Halgia's loan, Samuele Longo, looked at Gao Zheng and asked Jelenic next to him.
"Yes." Jelenic nodded vigorously.
Everyone laughed.
Since the start of the 2008-2009 season, Genoa reserves have not lost to Sampdoria Reserves in a reserve match, and they are unbeaten in six games against their local rivals.
The specific record is three wins and three draws, and it is currently on a two-game winning streak.
With this overwhelming advantage, the Sampdoria people said that they would kill them, which naturally made them laugh.
"It's just that the genius from La Masia is a bit of a threat...... someone laughs.
"Huh, genius? We also have geniuses, real geniuses! The talkers turned their eyes to their goalkeeper, Mattia Palin.
The young goalkeeper, who is only 18 years old, is already the main goalkeeper of the Genoa reserve team. Last season he led the team to the Reserve League title. Earlier this season, he helped the team beat last season's Reserve Italian Cup champions AC Milan in the Reserve Super Cup, a game in which Genoa Reserves thrashed their opponents 5-0 and Perrin did not allow them to score a single goal.
In the eyes of Genoa's reserve players, their goalkeeper is the real talent.
Perrin was also looking at Gao Zheng, his brows furrowed slightly.
Looking at Gao Zheng, he had a very wonderful feeling, obviously he was a fresh face, why did he feel a little familiar?
He seems to have seen it somewhere, but he really hasn't seen this person......
※※※
Gao Zheng was still a substitute in this game, even if it was a "lighthouse derby", it did not disrupt head coach Bruni's plan. He believes that the current Gao Zheng is not able to start the game.
Gao Zheng, who lacks physical strength, obviously plays a greater role when he comes off the bench than when he starts.
This result made Marcy a little anxious and worried, and the big devil did not play, and he felt that the victory against the Genoa reserves was not so secure.
However, they didn't dare to tell their manager that they had a conflict with the Genoese people in a nightclub, so they decided to settle the feud between the two sides with a match, and they urgently needed Gao Zheng to come on the field to strengthen their fighting power - if they dared to say so, they would not want to start any of them......
Therefore, when the game started, Gao Zheng sat on the bench as a spectator.
On the pitch, Jelenic, who started the game, was a little surprised, he didn't expect the tall man to be a substitute...... He suddenly felt that his pre-game provocation was a bit redundant?
Longo was also very strange: "How can such an arrogant person sit on the bench?" ”
"Perhaps...... Is it intended to be a secret weapon? Jelenich could only make up for this excuse and prevaricate.
Longo laughed, "Hey, then don't give them a chance to use it." ”
He said that he was very confident, and the status of Inter Milan's talented new star made him qualified to be so confident.
※※※
Gao Zheng, who was sitting on the field, could see that after the game started, the scramble between the two sides was very fierce, which was obviously completely different from the last game against Parma Reserves.
Not long after the game started, Samuele Longo, a striker on the Genoa reserve team, received a yellow card for making too much action in the scramble.
The Sampdoria fans in the stands were unhappy with Longo's foul, and as soon as he got the ball, the stands booed him.
When Gao Zheng heard this movement off the field, he wanted to laugh - the reserve team game also has the feeling of a first-team game, this is the lighthouse derby......
※※※
PS, the World Cup is coming!
This time, I didn't save the manuscript to play any wonderful additions......
But you can still guess the winner.
At eleven o'clock tonight is the opening match, Russia vs. Saudi Arabia. Is there any suspense in this?
If the hosts can't win the first game against Saudi Arabia, it won't be so easy to qualify from the group, so Russia will definitely win this game and win by two goals!
It doesn't matter if you guess right or wrong, you can also show your bright side in the book review or this chapter!