Chapter 151: The sun is so dazzling
Juvestia, who had taken a one-goal lead at the beginning of the game, now has the lead in his hand, but he is not in a hurry and begins to slowly negotiate with Sampdoria.
They shrank their defence, obviously on the counter-attack.
If Sampdoria want to make sure they can play in the promotion play-offs, they have to win this game.
So after conceding the goal, they are bound to attack aggressively.
This creates opportunities for Juvestabia to play a good defensive counter-attack.
Attacking on the counter-attacking sidelines and shrinking around the box when defending, Sampdoria slowed down and played positional battles with them.
This is the wishful thinking of Juvistabia head coach Pragria.
In the face of their dense defense in front of goal, Sampdoria really didn't have much to do.
In fact, this one-minute goal conceded also exposed Sampdoria's own problems - the players were not prepared for this game in their hearts, and there were three opponents left, which was the best to deal with, they thought they could win by kicking casually, but they didn't expect to concede a goal in the opening minute.
Because of the lack of preparation, when they fell behind very quickly, there was little to do with Yuvistabia's dense defense.
Pelle has a height advantage as well as a header advantage, and it stands to reason that a cross from the wing should be a good way to break down the dense defence.
But Pelle has only one man, and the opposing defenders can use the numerical advantage to limit him.
Twenty minutes have passed since they were behind, and Sampdoria not only did not equalize, but instead gave the opponent several opportunities to counterattack. If it weren't for Romero's reliable performance and the opposing striker's own poor grasp ability...... Sampdoria couldn't do it by two goals, or even three goals behind......
In the other matches played at the same time, Varese and Ascoli, who are currently in sixth place, are still 0-0, while Padua, who are in seventh place, broke the deadlock three minutes ago by Rafael Siavi and are currently leading Gubbio 1-0. This is the last thing Sampdoria wants. What the result on Varese's side has not had a great impact on Sampdoria, although the points difference between the two teams is the closest, no matter who goes up or down, they are still in the top six. But Padua are seventh and if they win this match and Sampdoria loses to Juvistabia, the difference between the two sides will go from nine to six. That would give Padua hope of overtaking at the last minute......"
Seeing that the game scene was a little dull, and Sampdoria couldn't do anything about Juvistabia, the commentator Sirio began to analyze the current situation for everyone.
"If in the last three rounds, Sampdoria has lost three in a row and Padua has won three in a row, then both sides have the same number of points. In the case of the same number of points, first look at the relationship between the two teams, Padua won Sampdoria in the first half, and Sampdoria won back in the second half, so the relationship between victory and defeat is the same. When comparing goal difference with the same win-loss relationship, Padua has an advantage in goal difference. So if they draw the score, they will have a good chance of squeezing Sampdoria out on goal difference...... I don't think Sampdoria wants that to happen. Of course, it doesn't mean that losing this game is the end of the world for Sampdoria, they just need to get even a point in their last two games. It's just that it's obviously easier to beat Juvistabia than to fight Pescara and Varese...... If you can firmly control your fate in your own hands first, why wait until the end to look at other people's faces? β
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Despite being closely guarded by defenders, Pelle worked hard to create chances in the box, playing physically, with everyone who defended him.
Of course, he was in a bit of a hurry, so it was difficult for him to grasp the right degree of physical confrontation.
As a result, three offensive fouls have been whistled.
On the third occasion he jumped up for the top and forced the opposition defender to push the ball off the line, which he thought would be a corner for Sampdoria. But the referee sentenced him to a foul during the top fight, not only did he not give a corner, but also gave him a yellow card!
'Pelle was shown a yellow card! It was a warning to him for three consecutive offensive fouls......," Ciglio said.
But Pelle couldn't understand the decision at all, and he shouted to the referee to express his displeasure: "I didn't foul!" β
Gao Zheng hurriedly pulled him back: "Do you want to be made up for another yellow card?" β
In front of Gao Zheng, Pelle was much more honest, and his tone was not as tough as he was to the referee just now: "I really didn't foul, I definitely didn't push people......"
"Okay, don't think so much about the past. Whether it is or not, the referee makes a penalty, can you yell at him twice to make him change the penalty? β
Pelle was anxious: "At the very least, we should have been given a corner, this is obviously our chance!" β
Gao Zheng didn't talk about this anymore, he said something that made Pelle very strange: "Today's weather is good." β
Pelle turned his head to look at the sky in confusion, and the sun after two o'clock in the afternoon shone directly over the court, and he couldn't help but empty his eyes: "What's wrong?" β
"Next time, take the football to the top of the penalty spot." Gao Zheng didn't answer his question, and covered his mouth and said.
"You mean......" Pelle immediately understood Gao Zheng's plan, "you want to fight for the second place?" β
"Hmm."
"But the forbidden area is full of people ......"
"Aren't people attracted to you?" Gao Zheng said with a smile.
In the previous game, because Sampdoria kept looking for Pelle from the wing, Pelle became the core of Sampdoria's attack, and the opposing defenders would naturally focus on defending Pelle when heading.
Pelle knew what Gao Zheng was going to do, he nodded, and said nothing: "Okay, I'll try to give you the ball." β
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When Sampdoria picked up the ball on the flank, Pelle ran to the back of goal and this time he raised his arms, as if he was afraid that people would not know he was asking for the ball.
In fact, Pelle really deliberately made a show to the defenders of Ovistabia, so that they knew that he was going to have the ball again.
Since you want to help Gao Zheng attract the opponent's defensive attention, then simply do it thoroughly.
Sure enough, seeing him raise his hand to ask for the ball, Juvistabia's goalkeeper Simone Colomby pointed to Pelle and reminded his teammates: "Follow him, keep an eye on him!" β
Pelle shouted in his heart: "Well done, come and follow me!" β
The hand was still stubborn and did not let go.
At that moment, a wide teammate passed the ball over.
Indeed straight to Pelle at the back point!
"Sampdoria crossed again...... I have to say that this simple and rough style of play is just a change of tricks and a waste of offensive opportunities...... They should play more patiently, such as handing over more football to Gao......" Silio's criticism blurted out, and he naturally wanted to see more performances from Gao Zheng when he said this - make no mistake, the protagonist of this game should be Gao, not Pelle!
Pelle leaps high.
At the same time, the defenders of Juvestbia who surrounded him also jumped up and competed with him.
Pellet, who jumped up, did catch a glimpse of Gao Zheng out of the corner of his eye, and he was inserting it from outside the penalty area......
If he can't reach the football again, Gao will not only run in vain, but his intentions will also be exposed, and if he runs again, he may be on the watchful side of the opponent.
So I must not live up to Gao this time!
Thinking of this, Pelle exerted another force in his waist and abdomen, and his body pulled up a little more.
That's what got him to the flying football!
In the middle of the two-man bag, Pelle hit the football.
At the moment of topping the ball, he still clearly remembered that Gao Zheng asked him to push the football to the penalty spot.
But now he's a little bit close to the baseline, and if you want to put the ball to the penalty spot, you have to throw it back. But there was a defender from Juvestbia between him and the penalty spot, and he couldn't push the ball back at all, and it was good that he could push the ball down the middle, but it was difficult for him to do so precisely from the penalty spot.
The duel in the air was electrically sparkling, and there wasn't much time for Pelle to think and choose, he could only make decisions based on instinct.
In the end, he pushed the football to the middle, closer to the goalkeeper than Gao Zheng asked before, and was almost close to the small penalty line......
The ball in this position is basically under the control of the goalkeeper.
Sure enough, as he fell, Pelle saw Juvistabia's goalkeeper Colombi rush out and pounce on the football!
I still failed Gao ......
Hey?
Just when Pelle was depressed, he suddenly saw an unexpected scene - he saw a long leg suddenly appear in the field of vision, quickly reaching for the football!
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Simeone Colombi is now glad for his decision β when Pelella went to the back post to receive the ball, he realised that the angle from which he wanted to hit the ball was too small, not to mention that two of his centre-back team-mates were interfering with him, and it was difficult for him to put the ball into the back of the net.
So what do you need to pay attention to in such an attack?
Of course, it is the control of the second drop point.
So he has been paying attention to the second landing point, and after seeing Pelle push the ball into the middle, he immediately abandoned the goal to help his defenders fill the gap in the middle.
When he attacked, he saw Gao Zheng rushing into the penalty area.
But he wasn't too worried, because he had to move faster - thanks to the fact that he had been guarding against the second drop, otherwise, he would have been caught off guard!
The soccer ball fell to the ground, almost waist-high.
Colomby was going to hold the football in his arms with both hands, but just as he was about to do so, the alarm suddenly rang out in his heart, and instinct made him feel the danger.
It's Gao Zheng, he's already killed!
Colomby quickly gave up his previous plan and decided to use his fists to knock the ball out instead. Although it is difficult to exert force in this position, as long as you can play the football before Gao Zheng, it can be regarded as a successful defense.
So he clenched his hands into fists and pounded them from the bottom upβand in a hurry, he could only adopt this slightly awkward position.
But even so, he still couldn't hit football.
As soon as his fist was swung out, a foot appeared in his field of vision very suddenly, coming towards his face, as if it was about to kick him in the face, making him reflexively want to close his eyes and dodge. But years of training as a professional goalkeeper have left his eyes wide and his eyes fixed on football.
So the next thing he saw was the football picked up by that foot!
The football that was close at hand, almost at his fingertips, was picked up by him with his own fists!
Colomby's fist could no longer be contained, and he swung it out only to hit a cloud of air, and he tried to find the trace of the football, but as soon as he looked up, he was almost blinded by the glare of the sun.
Football?
The ghost still sees football!
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Goalkeeper Colomby can't see football, but others do.
"High! He reached out to pick up the ball before goalkeeper Colomby! Pretty! He did it! Football was picked out by Colomby! Now he has an empty goal in front of him! Celio screamed excitedly.
He was really excited because he finally saw the scene he had been looking forward to - Gao Zheng once again showed his talent in front of the goal!
Picking Pelle's ball past the goalkeeper is light and calm, which is unexpected, and at the same time makes people feel wonderful.
After picking the goalkeeper, Gao Zheng spread his arms to maintain balance, and at the same time separated the defenders who might pounce, and then volleyed sideways and pumped the football into the goal! There is no suspense about this anymore......
The ball is in!
In the twenty-second minute, Sampdoria equalized!