After Gao Zheng's goal, Sampdoria's morale was obvious, but Atletico Madrid did not panic by virtue of home advantage. After the two sides attacked and defended each other for a while, the first half of the game was over, the score did not change, it was still 1:1, and the total score was still 2:2.

Once in the dressing room, Simeone told his players what he thought.

'Don't focus on Gao, our focus is not to curb his scoring, but to make sure we score more goals than them. Defeating Gao and defeating Sampdoria are two different things entirely! ”

Although he knew that the head coach was right to say this, Godin still felt a little aggrieved in his heart - doesn't this mean that his defense against Gao Zheng was a failure?

He kept his head down, and his mood was a little low.

Perhaps knowing what Godin was thinking, Simeone praised Godin in front of all the players: "You did a good job in the first half, Diego. It's not your responsibility to concede that goal. ”

Godin barely managed to squeeze out a smile.

He knew the manager had good intentions, but he knew it was his responsibility to concede the goal.

In his mind, perhaps only when his team eliminated Sampdoria could he laugh from the bottom of his heart.

In the away dressing room, Sampdoria coach Di Francesco asked the team to continue to set up the bus in the second half and not be affected by the goals conceded in the first half.

The aggregate score is now 2:2 with both sides scoring an away goal. If the score is maintained until the end, the two sides will go to extra time.

Actually, playing extra time is not good for Sampdoria, because Sampdoria's fitness is a big problem now, but playing extra time is better than being eliminated in 90 minutes, right?

And as long as Sampdoria can hold on to Atletico Madrid's attack, maybe in the 90 minutes of the game, Gao Zheng still has a chance to steal a goal?

At 3:2, Sampdoria will directly eliminate Atletico Madrid in regular time, wouldn't it be better?

So in any case, defense is the most important.

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In Di Francisco's mind, as long as his team decides to stick to the swing bus, it will not be easy for opponents to break down Sampdoria's goal.

But the second half had just begun, and Sampdoria's goal was once again confronted.

In the 50th minute, Alda Turan received an assist from Raul Garcia on the edge of the penalty area and scored with a slot.

"Alda Turan!" The Spanish commentator was particularly excited and made no secret of his position. "Atletico Madrid took the lead again with a blitzkrieg! 2:1！ Well done! ”

At half-time, he also predicted that Sampdoria would definitely set up a bus in the second half, worried that Atletico Madrid would not be able to break through the opponent's bus lineup.

Now the stone in his heart has fallen to the ground, and now this Atletico Madrid team is really strong!

"Oops......" Careza sighed when he saw the goal conceded, "It can't be said that Sampdoria's defense is not good enough, it can't be said that they are not focused enough, Alda Turan played the ball too smartly, he didn't volley, but chose to shoot skillfully, and the result was that the football bypassed all the defenses and flew into the goal...... It's not that we didn't perform well, but that the opponent was stronger......"

If the players don't perform well and don't get into the game, they can still scold the players to vent if they lose the ball, but now they haven't made a mistake and the opponent is too awesome to lose the ball......

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After Alda Turan's goal, the Calderón Stadium was thunderous, and Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone celebrated to his heart's content - that's what he wants, regardless of whether Gao Zheng scores or not, no matter how many goals he scores, as long as we always score one more goal than him, right?

Di Francesco stood on the sidelines, expressionless, not even frowning. As a manager, there are times when you have to be moody, otherwise his emotions will be transmitted to his players.

So although he was disappointed with the conceded goal, he couldn't react negatively, he slapped the sidelines, and gestured to his players not to panic, it was just a conceded goal.

Of course, he also knows very well that this conceded goal could be the watershed moment between the quarterfinals and the top 16...... But he also knows that the game is not over yet, so anything is possible.

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After Alda Turan took the lead for his team again, the Calderón Stadium was filled with singing. The fans are like that, when the team is in trouble, they are definitely worried, and as soon as the team performs well, their emotions go up immediately.

After taking the lead, Atletico Madrid continued to press hard towards Sampdoria's goal, hoping to score another goal.

All this looks familiar, as if returning to the scene that has just begun in the first half.

But there are some differences.

Because this time, Gao Zheng did not let the Sampdoria players worry for too long.

Just four minutes after Sampdoria conceded a goal, they cut off the Atletico Madrid ball from the back and launched a quick counter-attack.

When Sampdoria's attack had just advanced past the midfield, Obiang didn't have the patience to play back, because it was a counter-attack after a break, and it was necessary to hurry, and now Atletico Madrid's players have not yet returned to the defense, and there are many gaps in the back line that can be exploited.

He looked up and saw that Berardi was rushing forward at high speed in the middle, as if he was not playing a football game, but a 100-meter race.

Gao Zheng, who was supposed to be in the middle, pulled to the side, because Berardi's high-speed forward in the middle caused Atletico Madrid's defensive strength to be concentrated in the middle, so there was a lot of space on the side.

Seeing this scene, Obiang did not hesitate, and directly got up and passed the football to the empty space at the back point.

As he passed the football out, he saw Gao Zheng also suddenly accelerate towards the landing point of the football.

If Gao Zheng can successfully hold the ball well, it will pose a threat to Atletico Madrid's goal, and there is Berardi in the middle to respond, this is a very threatening attack!

His eyes were firmly locked on the football, watching the football passed by himself fly accurately towards Gao Zheng.

Pass it beautifully, Pedro!

Obiang praised himself in the depths of his heart.

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"Sampdoria's diagonal long pass shift! Find Gao Zheng! He Ping's voice raised. This is an attacking opportunity for Sampdoria! ”

Atletico Madrid's central defender Godin saw the football running towards the space behind him, and he didn't care about Berardi anymore, so he turned around and ran towards Gao Zheng, trying to block him......

As for what to do with Berardi in the middle, whether Gao Zheng will pass the football to him, Godin can't think about it, after all, he can't do everyone's work on the back line alone.

He glanced at the soccer ball in the air and then quickly set his eyes on Gao Zheng, he saw Gao Zheng looking up to observe the flying soccer ball, and seemed to have no notice that he had come in front of him.

This made Godin even more convinced that he could successfully defend against Gao Zheng.

The football fell in front of him, and he didn't go up to steal recklessly, because he was worried that doing so would allow Gao Zheng to seize the opportunity to pass him, after all, whoever moves first when defending may make a mistake.

He stood up and waited for Gao Zheng to stop the ball. It's not easy to stop this high ball......

Godin's words hadn't disappeared in his mind yet, when he saw Gao Zheng, who was running, directly picked up his left foot and pumped the football that had just fallen towards the goal!

The football passed by Godin's face, bringing a gust of wind that made Godin messy in the wind - he didn't stop the ball and shot straight at goal!

And when he reacted and hurriedly looked back, he only saw Courtois flying in the air, but the football had already flown into the goal he was guarding!

"High! HIGH – GAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Caresa shouted.

"Volley!! Strike! What a ball! Gao Zheng scored twice! He helped Sampdoria equalize again! And Sampdoria now have two away goals! Although he was in the back studio, He Ping was still excited as if he was commentating on the game on the spot, and he shouted loudly, as if this would cover out the noisy sound of the scene.

But in fact, when the football flew into the goal, the Calderón stadium was very quiet, so quiet that it seemed that a pin could be heard.