Although Sampdoria scored two goals against Juventus, the final score was Juventus beating Sampdoria 4-2, and the home team had a big advantage.

And Sampdoria, who have always played defensive counter-attacks, played against Juventus in this game, which makes people feel that Sampdoria's mind is not on the pursuit of victory at all - otherwise they should insist on defending and counterattacking away from home.

In fact, this is a very sensible approach, with the comparison of Juventus and Sampdoria this season, it is very, very difficult to beat Juventus away from home. Rather than wasting your energy, it would be better to give up cleanly and recharge for the rest of the game – this "other game" is definitely not the next Coppa Italia quarter-final when Sampdoria hosts Juventus.

Many people think that if Sampdoria wants to withdraw from the Italian Cup relatively decently, then the next quarter-final with Juventus is the best opportunity - watching Sampdoria's 2:4 away loss to Juventus, I am afraid that many people think that in the next Italian Cup game, Sampdoria lost to Juventus at home, which is not too surprising.

Unlike last season's double defeat of Juventus, Sampdoria did not perform well against Juventus this season.

In the first round of the league, he was defeated 1-0 by Juventus at his home stadium and made a black start to the league.

In the league, Juventus has avenged the double kill by Sampdoria last season, and returned the double kill of Sampdoria.

If Sampdoria had met AC Milan in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia instead of Juventus, they would have been more interested – that was the most gimmicky game.

Now, it's just a normal Coppa Italia quarter-final.

Despite Sampdoria's elimination of Roma, no one thought Sampdoria could eliminate Juventus.

After all, Juventus is not the same as Roma.

Roma have been doing well this season under new manager Rudy Garcia and are currently second in the league, four points ahead of third-placed Napoli.

But they are still far behind Juventus in first place, seven points behind.

The difference between the two teams can be seen from this point difference.

And Rome was caught off guard at the beginning, and I believe that after Rome's "lessons from the past", Juventus should pay more attention to it.

This kind of emphasis does not mean that the strongest squad will be sent, as long as the mentality of the players and the manager is slightly adjusted, even if it is a rotation lineup, the strength should not be underestimated.

Losing to the league winners in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, Serie A giants Juventus, is not a shame for Sampdoria either.

It's probably the wisest thing to do when you quit and adjust your form and fitness to prepare for the knockout rounds of the Champions League in February. After all, the Champions League knockout rounds are now just a month away.

Many people think that even if Sampdoria field out the same starting line-up as when they played Roma in the quarter-finals in the last round, the players may think differently.

The Sampdoria players shouldn't really be going all out in this game to find a chance of beating Juventus.

But the reality may be a little different than they think......

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Speaking to his players in the home dressing room at the Marassi Stadium, Di Francesco told his players: "I don't quite agree with the outside people who say that our defeat to Juventus is a normal result, but I'm glad they said that. Otherwise, how could Juventus have such a starting lineup for this game? ”

He shook the Juventus starting list he had just gotten.

"So although I disagree with their views, I swear to defend their right to speak!"

The Sampdoria players in the dressing room laughed.

They all understood what the manager meant by that.

Just now, the starting lineups of both sides were released. There were no surprises on Sampdoria's side, as against Roma. But this time, there are not many people who speculate whether Sampdoria has other plans, and after the foreshadowing with Rome, everyone is used to it.

Juventus' starting line-up is not the same as the league that has just ended.

In the goalkeeper position, Gianluigi Buffon did not start and did not even make the squad for the game, starting with Marco Storari, a year older than Buffon, who was a substitute at Juventus. He has made just one appearance in the league this season. Usually such goalkeeper teams will be scheduled to play in domestic cup competitions as an incentive for such loyal substitutes.

So he has always been the main goalkeeper in the Coppa Italia, and that was the case in last season's Coppa Italia.

Even if Juventus faces Sampdoria, it is impossible to let Buffon start temporarily. This kind of thing to grab the opportunity to come off the bench is something that Buffon and the club can't do.

So Storari's start was the least of the surprises.

It was a slight surprise that Gianluigi Buffon was not in the squad, and Storari's substitute was the team's third goalkeeper, 31-year-old Brazilian goalkeeper Robinho, who was injured at the start of the season and has yet to play a minute in a competitive game. Of course, a No. 3 goalkeeper like him, even if he is not injured, will not be able to get a chance to play.

There are still three central defenders on the back line, but it is not the combination of Barzagli, Bonucci and Chiellini's "BBC" Italian national team main level, Barzagli and Bonucci both started, and the starting role in place of Chiellini was Angelo Ogbonna, a young central defender born in 1988, who transferred from Torino to the city rival Juventus this season, most of the time sitting on the cold bench, can start when the team needs to rotate, six appearances in the league, three times in the Champions League group stage, two starts, one substitute, He also started in the last round of the Coppa Italia.

In midfield, Vidal and Marchisio had the same arrangement as in the previous league game, and the remaining three positions were all changed. Mauricio Isla replaced Lichtsteiner, Federico Peruso replaced Kvadwo Asamoah and Andrea Pirlo replaced Pogba.

Isla and Peruso have both been substitutes this season and have rarely played in the club, and the Coppa Italia is the stage for them to maintain their form and gain experience.

Andrea Pirlo is in a different situation than them, as the team's main midfielder, suffered an injury before, recuperated in three rounds, just recovered from injury, and is still finding form, although he was on the bench in the last league game against Sampdoria, but did not play.

He started in place of Paul Pogba in this game, and it is clear that he still wants to use the Coppa Italia to find him form.

Up front are Quagliarella and Giovinco.

Giovinco was still a regular in the team last season, scoring seven goals and providing seven assists in 31 league appearances. But this season his status in the team has plummeted. With Spanish striker Llorente and Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez both moving in and doing very well, Giovinco's position in the team is at stake.

Quagliarella's situation is similar to that of Giovinco, although he has also been affected by injuries.

The duo are now largely fixed in the Coppa Italia and can be regarded as Juventus' exclusive attacking combination in the Coppa Italia – the two of them started together in the last round of the Coppa Italia, scoring a goal for Juventus to beat lower-league side Avilino 3-0.

This line-up is not the same as the starting line-up in the previous league game against Sampdoria, and it can be regarded as a standard half-main and half-substitute lineup.

But in fact, compared with the last round of the Coppa Italia, Juventus still showed the importance of Sampdoria.

In the last game against lower-league side Avilino, Juventus fielded more substitutes and youth team players. This time, considering that Sampdoria is a Serie A team, finished third in the league last season, and the Coppa Italia has also reached the quarter-finals, Juventus' attitude is more correct.

But even so, you can tell what Juventus have in mind from this starting list.

First of all, they don't take the Coppa Italia seriously enough; Secondly, they feel that Sampdoria is not a big threat, and they don't need to play with a full main lineup, and they don't need to go all out to beat Sampdoria.

Sampdoria haven't really taken advantage of them this season, so it's normal for them to think that way.

But in fact, Sampdoria in the league and they have no grudge to the end - in Sampdoria's mind, their status is not even as good as that of Milan, and in terms of league results, it is also very uneconomical to beat Juventus, and it is not worth it. Therefore, Sampdoria's performance against them in the league this season is not worth instructing.

If this team of young people has no goal, it is indeed easy to have the common problem of young people - confusion. But if you give them a clear goal, even if it seems a bit high, the good qualities of the young man will be immediately shown to you, and the whole team is guaranteed to be like a chicken blood.

And since Di Francisco announced that his team's goal for this season is to win the Coppa Italia, the team has been like a hungry wolf in the Coppa Italia, a competition that was abandoned in the first round of last season.

See who bites whom.

It doesn't matter if you are the hegemon of Italian football or not, no matter how many leagues you rank in, and you stand in the way of their championship, they dare to pounce and bite your flesh.

But Juventus didn't know that.