Chapter 278: Challenge
Gao Zheng scored 63 minutes, but a draw meant nothing to both teams, both of whom wanted to beat each other, but they didn't have much time left.
If you count stoppage time, there's about half an hour left.
It's not hard to score a goal in this half hour, but you have to watch out for the opponent to score, and you can't go all out.
After all, the top scorers of both teams had a good foot feel today.
After the restart, Di Natale did receive more passes from his team-mates.
Gao Zheng deserves to be trusted by his teammates, and so does Di Natale. As a veteran of eight seasons at Udinese, he also deserves to be trusted by the whole team.
The words he said after conceding the goal gave his teammates great comfort and encouragement.
They bounced back and launched an attack on Sampdoria's goal.
Di Natale is a striker who at first glance may seem like a striker, but if you look closely, you can see that he is remarkable.
With a height of 1.77 meters, he is not tall among forwards, and he weighs 70 kilograms, which is not a very strong and powerful center.
But his technique is brilliant and delicate, and he is the best of the Italian players in Roberto Baggio's mouth. If he really has no merit at all, how can he become a goalscorer who has won the league's Golden Boot for two consecutive seasons?
Such a striker may seem unremarkable on the surface, and it is easy to overlook him, but he can deliver the lethal blow in the game and leave those who underestimate him blind.
He is arguably the most skilled shooter of all active Italian players right now.
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In the 69th minute, Udinese launched an attack with a long pass directly from the back.
It was a long pass of more than fifty meters.
It's hard for the average person to stop, let alone when there are players who are following the defense. But Di Natale raised his foot and used his instep to unload the incoming ball as he ran forward. By this time he was already on the edge of the penalty area.
Then he didn't continue to dribble the ball, or adjust anything, but shot directly with his right foot!
Before Alberto Massi, who was defending him, leaned over the whole body, the football was already shot by Di Natale!
The ball drew a parabola, crossed the palm of Sampdoria goalkeeper Romero, and crashed into the goal!
"Di Natale! Oh! Oh, my God! Di Natale! He scored a hat-trick! His first hat-trick of the season! Caresa exclaimed. Today's Di Natale is in full swing, and it's terrifying! ”
It was as if there had exploded in the sky above the Friuli Stadium, and there was thunderous cheering.
Di Natale was also thrilled after the goal, running to the bottom of the stands to celebrate, raising three fingers and signaling to the fans that he had completed his hat-trick.
The fans in the stands responded with even louder cheers from their captain.
"Antonio Di Natale, he is the king of Friuli!" Caresa sighed. "If he hadn't stayed at Udinese, maybe his footballing achievements would have been much higher than he is now...... But it doesn't matter, Di Natale himself said that happiness is the most important thing, and it is enough for him to stay here and feel happy. And now, apparently, he's very, very happy! ”
"Udinese leads Sampdoria for the third time in this game, and without Gastadro, Sampdoria's defensive problems are too big......," Liu Hong sighed. Of course, Di Natale is in great form today, he has yet to score a hat-trick this season, but he did it against Sampdoria, what else can be said about such an opponent? ”
He's now particularly worried that Sampdoria will end up losing to such in-form Di Natale – you can't get angry, Di Natale is a respectable opponent, and there's nothing to be ashamed of losing at the feet of such a good man – but that's what makes it even more humiliating.
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I don't know how many AC Milan fans are frantically thanking Di Natale in front of the TV, at least there are a lot of them on the Internet. When Di Natale scored his 21st goal of the season, there were a lot of "thank you Antonio" voices quickly appearing on the Internet.
These are basically AC Milan.
They really didn't expect Di Natale to perform so well, as if ...... It's as if Gao Zheng's brace has aroused his fighting spirit.
The TV broadcast camera cut to Gao Zheng, who was looking up at the sky.
Gao Zheng was also unprepared for Di Natale's outburst, so the current situation made him speechless.
He has scored twice, and his form is not bad, but his team is still behind.
He looked down from the sky and looked at Di Natale, who had just turned his gaze to his side.
The eyes of the two men met in the air.
Gao Zheng saw the spark in Di Natale's eyes very obviously.
This made him a little surprised, he seemed to have no grievances with the other party, right? Why does the other party look like they are targeting themselves?
Although I don't understand why, Gao Zheng has never been the kind of person who admits others when he provokes him.
Since the other side has issued a war letter to itself, how can there be any reason not to fight?
He smiled at Di Natale.
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Di Natale was surprised, he didn't expect this young man to be able to laugh.
Aren't they the ones who are behind now?
Look at the expressions of the other Sampdoria players, all of them are sad, some are in pain, some are depressed, some are anxious.
Only Gao Zheng is an exception, and he can still laugh.
Interesting.
He withdrew his gaze and ran back to their own half with his teammates cheering.
Gao Zheng was already standing in the middle circle, stepping on the football under his feet, waiting for the kickoff.
When the game resumed, they had already taken the lead and time was running out, so Udinese resorted to a strategy of shrinking the defense, defending solidly on the one hand, and counter-attacking on the other. Now it's that they're lagging behind, and mentally, they're more relaxed and have more room to maneuver.
All they need to do is build a wall of their defence and wait for Sampdoria to hit the wall.
The Sampdoria fans in front of the TV who watched this scene were very anxious, and the Chinese students were no exception.
Everyone was much quieter, frowning and staring at the TV screen, and some people couldn't sit still in their chairs anymore and simply stood up to watch the game.
Originally, they thought that Sampdoria should not have to make much effort to beat Udinese away, which stemmed from their absolute trust in Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng's performance in this game is really good, he has scored two goals, but who would have thought that Di Natale, an inconspicuous veteran, would break out and score a hat trick......
And it's the first hat trick of the season, the league is coming to an end, there was no hat trick before, but it came when it was against Sampdoria, is this deliberately aimed at Gao Zheng?
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Sampdoria, who were behind, launched a fierce attack on the goal of Udinese.
Although they are tied with AC Milan, they are also in third place, above AC Milan.
But no one wants to push themselves to this point – who knows what will happen in the final three rounds?
In the face of Sampdoria's fierce attack, Udinese naturally united and tried to hold the lead by one goal until the end of the game.
In a fierce attack, Icardi's powerful header was tipped over the crossbar by goalkeeper Burkic and Sampdoria won a corner.
Gao Zheng didn't go to the penalty area to join in the fun, because there were people in front of the goal, and it didn't make a difference if he went - he was not good at heading.
Now everyone knows this, so when the corner kick is taken, basically no special person will be sent to mark Gao Zheng - Gao Zheng retreated outside the penalty area and sent someone to follow him, wouldn't that let Gao Zheng pull out the defenders, and the front of the goal would be empty?
The players of both sides were entangled in front of the goal, because there was too much physical contact, and the referee blew the whistle for a pause, and then called the players of both sides together and verbally admonished.
Actually, it's useless, when the time comes, it's time to pull the clothes or pull them.
The atmosphere in front of the door became more and more tense.