Chapter 156 Are you crazy?
Sassuolo hopes that Sampdoria, where Gao Zheng is, can defeat Pescara in the penultimate round. Judging from the state Gao Zheng showed in the penultimate round against Juvestabia, Sampdoria still has hope of fighting Pescara, after all, they still have a home advantage.
As a result, when it was really time for the game, Sassuolo media found that Gao Zheng, who had all the last game, sat on the bench again in this game...
The one who replaced Gao Zheng was...Mauro Icardi.
As a result, in the 18th minute of the game, the away team Pescara was assisted by Marco Veratti to score the first record, leading Sampdoria.
Ten minutes later, Inmobile scored twice, helping the visiting team lead two goals. This goal is also his 29th goal in the second division this season. He is now ranked first in the scorer list, leading second place Marco Saou by eight goals. It is almost certain that he will get the Serie B Golden Boot this season in advance.
Obtaining the upgraded playoff qualification in advance seems to make Sampdoria players a little relaxed.
As the first half was about to end, midfielder Foggia fouled in the penalty area and gave Pescara another penalty.
However, when Inmobile wanted to score his 30th goal of the season, he failed and lost the penalty.
Despite this, Pescara can still enter the second half with a two-goal lead, which is very unfavorable for Sassuolo.
On Sassuolo, their opponent Regina was sent off in the 28th minute of the first half. Sassuolo, who had one more player, did not play very well. They took the lead in the 38th minute, but were equalized by Regina just two minutes later.
During the halftime break, Sassuolo's head coach Pia scolded his player for being so bloody: "Concentrate! What are you doing? Don't worry about others. If we can't win the game ourselves, then everything is meaningless!"
He knew the team was doing this because the players were thinking about the match between Sampdoria and Pescara.
Sampdoria's performance made many Sassuolo players very unhappy. Gao Zheng even appeared in the last game and performed well. Why did this game immediately become a substitute? If Sampdoria did not deliberately let the water go, they didn't believe it...
But as the head coach said, others' performance is beyond their control, so instead of being restless because of other people's performance, it is better to do your own thing.
After being scolded by head coach Pia, Sassuolo did improve in the second half. They scored a goal five minutes into the second half and took the lead again.
Sampdoria lost the third goal of the game in the 61st minute.
Gao Zheng came on as a substitute in the 70th minute, replaced Icardi, who performed mediocrely, and gave an assist in the 83rd minute to help Obiang score a goal, but it was not related to the result of this game.
In the end, Sampdoria lost to Pescara 1:3 in his last home game of the season.
Because Varese, who ranked sixth, lost to Verona, fourth away, although Sampdoria also lost, they locked in the fifth place in the league one round ahead of schedule. The difference between them and Varese is four points. With only the last round left in the league, Varese will not be able to surpass Sampdoria in any case.
On the other side of Sassuolo, although they beat Regina 4:1, hesitated that Pescara defeated Sampdoria 3:1 away, so Sassuolo's ranking did not change at all and was third.
The last round of the league is left. They challenge Juvestabia away, while Pescara returns to home to face Nosina, which is a team that has been confirmed to be relegated. It can be said that Pescara won this opponent at home. So it can also be said that Sampdoria was unable to hold back Pescara's pace, so Sassuolo could only participate in the playoffs honestly.
This is a result that disappoints many Sassuolo fans.
It’s not that they feel that they have no hope of upgrading to participate in the playoffs, but who would like to play four more playoffs if they can directly upgrade?
Originally, Sassuolo had always been in the top two, but now he can only get third place. The psychological gap is too big.
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After the game, when Gao Zheng got off the court and passed through the mixed area, he was stopped by the reporters.
Gao Zheng enjoys such treatment almost every game, and he is used to it personally, so despite losing the game, Gao Zheng still met the interview requirements of those reporters.
However, after a normal interview today, a reporter who claimed to be Sassuolo media asked Gao Zheng: "Is it Sampdoria's intentional release of water if he lost to Pescala?"
As soon as he asked this question, the atmosphere at the scene changed a little.
Before Gao Zheng could speak, Frechello jumped out and accused his colleagues: "It's too much. Nonsense without evidence is frame-up!"
"I just provided a way of thinking..." The reporter from Sassuolo spread his hands and pretended to be innocent. "I think your statement is more serious. You are trampling on freedom of speech, Mr. Frechello."
"Free speech is not what you use!" Chinese journalists Wang Yixing and Lu Bing stood up and accused their Italian colleagues. They believed that the Sassuolo reporter had a bad attitude towards Gao Zheng. Such a naked questioning was simply a direct qualitative hat. This made conspiracy theorist Wang Yixing a little unhappy. My conspiracy theory is just a guess. Your conspiracy theory is beaten to death with one stick, and it doesn't make people refute it. Refutation is hindering freedom of speech?
The Sassuolo reporter showed disdainful expressions on his face when he saw the two Chinese reporters: "Don't talk about freedom of speech, right? You probably don't know what freedom of speech is."
The reporter is now full of heat. Because Gao Zheng was in good condition, he did not play in this game, which led to Pescara defeating Sampdoria, and even more, Sassuolo's joint team was almost lost before the league. He naturally had no good temper against Gao Zheng and Sampdoria, especially Gao Zheng, who had always had an unexplained grudge with Sassuolo.
So when he saw two Chinese journalists coming up to provoke him, how could he not fight back?
"Then you..." Although Wang Yixing was conspiracy theory, he was also a bad temper. How could he bear such a naked provocation and insult?
Fortunately, Lu Bing beside him knew what his companion had, so he quickly pulled him back. If Wang Yixing hadn't had a bad temper, could he do something to expose the dark side of Chinese football?
But this place is not my home court after all. What if the Italian reporter is really beaten and deported at that time? Wouldn't you be able to see Gao Zheng's outstanding performance as soon as possible?
Calm down, Lao Wang, calm down!
A group of Italian journalists did not expect that things suddenly became a little out of control. The Chinese journalist was obviously really angry, and the Sassuolo journalist also looked at Wang Yixing, who was being pulled by Lu Bing with a cold expression on his face, with a look of "I'm just here to find fault".
At this moment, Gao Zheng coughed, and everyone was surprised to find that Gao Zheng had not left!
Seeing that Gao Zheng was still there, Wang Yixing finally no longer wanted to break free from Lu Bing and teach the Sassuolo reporter a lesson. He didn't want to cause trouble for Gao Zheng, and he was worried that that would be detrimental to Gao Zheng's career.
Hearing Gao Zheng's cough, the Sassuolo reporter also turned his attention back.
Gao Zheng did not seem to be angry about this sudden conflict, nor was he dissatisfied with the conflict between Sassuolo reporters and his compatriots. He still had a smile on his face.
"Mr. reporter, what's your name?" He asked the Sassuolo reporter with a smile, and because of the height difference, he seemed to bend over slightly...it seemed as if he was bowing to the other party.
"Leonardo Giovanetti, reporter of The Sassuolo Issues." The Sassuolo reporter did not hide his name and unit.
Gao Zheng nodded and continued to smile and said, "Mr. Giovanetti, I know that you Sassuolo media have a little misunderstanding about me because of some rumors. But I promise that what I said before is true. I don't resent Sassuolo's rejection of me. After all, I'm living a good life now, how can I keep thinking about those messy things? So I don't mean to seek revenge on Sassuolo, and I don't want to target Sassuolo... I beat you in that game just because we are opponents. It's just an ordinary league game, and there is no other extra thing attached..."
Listening to Gao Zheng's words, not only the Sassuolo reporter named Leonardo Giovanetti was a little confused, but the other reporters present were very surprised. They didn't understand why Gao Zheng said this, and repeatedly emphasized to the other party that he had no malicious intentions... Is this considered admitting his conscience?
Next, should we explain why he did not play in this game and why the team lost to Pescara?
But unexpectedly, when Gao Zheng said this, he suddenly changed his subject: "Of course, there is no grudge in the past, but there is no grudge in the future. If he does not target in the past, it does not mean that he will not target in the future. So the past between Sassuolo and I have been turned over. From today on, I will target Sassuolo, and I will be fighting Sassuolo. Whether you believe it or not, I will put the words here. Whenever I meet Sassuolo, I will definitely do my best to help the team defeat you."
Next, Gao Zheng turned to other reporters: "It happens that so many people are here, so let's testify to what I said today. Everyone write down and help me publicize it, so that the more people I know, Gao Zheng, because of the offensive behavior of Mr. Leonardo Giovanetti, a reporter from the "Sassuolo News", became a mortal enemy of Sassuolo. He will be a fight once and once on the court in the future. I, Gao Zheng, is honest and will never break my promise. If I don't do it, we welcome so many media to use my words today to slap me in the face."
When Gao Zheng said this, the smile on his face was not seen at all, and it even made people feel that Gao Zheng smiled even brighter...
Everyone present was stunned, including Mr. Leonardo Giovanetti, who stared at Gao Zheng blankly, unable to believe what he heard in his ears.
Chapter completed!