"In the first leg of a Coppa Italia semi-final that ended yesterday, Sampdoria finally beat Napoli with a score of 3-2. Although it was a victory, the score was not at all something to be happy about for Sampdoria......"

"3:2, if this is a single-elimination system, the Sampdoria fans should already be cheering for the victory. But now, everyone is worried...... In his post-match press conference, Sampdoria coach Di Francisco admitted that his team had slackened a bit after leading by two goals in the first half, and that it had completely disrupted the rhythm by conceding a goal just two minutes into the second half......

"Despite not being able to win the game in the end and being beaten by Gao Zhi, the Napoli players could have left Genoa with a smile on their faces. With two away goals in hand, they only need a one-goal win over Sampdoria in the second leg to progress to the final...... We could even say that half of Napoli's body has already made it to the final venue......"

In the post-match news coverage, Sampdoria was the winner, but it's really hard to feel that in the news. It seems that Napoli won the game.

Of course, this score looks like Napoli is indeed the more dominant.

Sampdoria is also very clear on this side, so after Gao Zheng's goal, the morale-boosting Sampdoria fought back, hoping to score another goal, they know what 3:2 means, and they are also very clear about the difference between 4:2 and 3:2.

However, Benitez's side quickly adjusted accordingly, narrowing their defence and no longer seeking to beat Sampdoria away from home, but to be able to hold on to that scoreline.

And they succeeded.

Therefore, there was such a strange scene after the game - the side that obviously won the game looked depressed and dissatisfied. And the losing side left the court with a smile on their faces.

Just the day before the match between Sampdoria and Napoli, Udinese beat Fiorentina 2-1 at home, and everyone thought that Udinese would definitely be eliminated from the competition.

Fiorentina have only scored one away goal, that's what everyone thinks. Now that Napoli have scored two away goals, Sampdoria is even less favoured......

After the game, media such as the Nineteenth Century newspaper, which stood firmly on Sampdoria's side, also criticized the team's performance in a rare way, from the on-the-spot command of manager Di Francisco to the mentality of the players.

As for the criticism on the Internet, it's even more, the fans are emotional, and when they are unhappy, they just scold others, regardless of whether they are scolding justifiably or not.

Sampdoria didn't really play well in this game, strictly speaking they only played a good half of the game, and that was in the first half.

In the midst of criticism, only Gao Zheng survived.

Because Gao Zheng's performance has nothing to criticize, he scored two goals for the team, and if it weren't for him, Sampdoria would have lost the game at home...... No, if it weren't for him, Sampdoria wouldn't have made it to the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.

After this game, the reaction of the vast majority of Chinese fans was "Sampdoria is not worthy of Gao Zheng", and they thought that this should be Gao Zheng's last season in Sampdoria. Individual strength exceeds the overall strength too much, and although sometimes it can turn the tide, more often it will be dragged down by the collective.

Next season, everyone hopes that Gao Zheng can go to a big team, and only there is worthy of his ability.

However, when Gao Zheng was interviewed, he did not mean to give up the team, and he asked why reporters felt that Sampdoria was going to be eliminated: "Didn't we win?" ”

"But the opponent has two away goals and you only win one, so they have the advantage of away goals......

Gao Zheng shook his head: "In my opinion, things are very simple, as long as we win the next round, won't it be over?" ”

The reporter who asked the question was dumbfounded by Gao Zheng's rhetorical question. Because it is, as long as Sampdoria wins, there is no problem at all.

Other reporters asked rhetorically: "But how can it be so easy to win away from home?" ”

"There's no easy victory at all, is there?" Gao Zheng asked rhetorically. "Does anyone dare to say that winning is easy? Isn't it normal that it's hard to win away from home? What's all the fuss about? Is it because it's hard to win away from home, so we don't go for a win? ”

The second reporter was choked by Gao Zheng's series of rhetorical questions......

Other reporters have nothing to ask when they see this, since the score of the first leg is already like this, there is indeed only one way now, that is, to beat Napoli away no matter what, otherwise Sampdoria will have to say goodbye to the Coppa Italia.

If you say goodbye to the Coppa Italia two rounds ago, no one cares. But now that they have reached the semi-finals, it will be a pity to be eliminated again.

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After the Coppa Italia semi-final against Napoli, Sampdoria were back in action against Cagliari at the weekend, with Sampdoria making a big rotation in this game.

So in the end their 1-0 defeat at home to Cagliari was not too surprising either.

No one even cares about the game itself, as the league sandwiched between the two Coppa Italia semi-finals is destined to be a very weak game.

Sampdoria's substitutes are not on the minds of the league.

These days, everyone is concerned about the future and fate of the team in the Coppa Italia.

Even the home defeat to Cagliari was not criticized for the team and the manager. You must know that Sampdoria won at home against Napoli in the first leg of the Italian Cup semifinals, and was scolded by many people after the game.

After playing the league against Cagliari, Sampdoria will face the second leg of the semi-final against Napoli in the middle of next week.

This time Sampdoria had to go to play on someone's home turf.

Napoli's home stadium, the Stadio de São Paulo, is also notoriously devilish and Napoli's fans are known for their fanaticism.

With a capacity of 60,000 people, the Stadio de São Paulo is the third largest in Italy.

Before the game, the local Napoli media were promoting the second leg of the match, calling it a game of life and death for Napoli.

Calling on the fans to go to the stadium to support the team, cheer for the team, and cause noise and trouble for the away team.

The day before the match, local Napoli media announced that the match tickets were completely sold out.

For safety reasons, the stadium did not sell all the seats, but only allowed 50,000 seats.

The number of fans who gave away Sampdoria was very small, less than 1,000, and the rest were all for the home team.

The so-called home advantage is actually that the home team can act conveniently in these places, and there are many ways to cause problems for the away team.

When the nearly 50,000 Napoli fans all pour into the stadium, the momentum that can be set off will be very impressive, and Sampdoria will play against the imposing Napoli in such an environment.

It's no wonder that everyone is not optimistic about Sampdoria beating Napoli away from home, the São Paulo stadium is hell, how can mortals beat the devil in hell?