Chapter 207 The so-called offensive core
"The game only started twenty-three minutes and Andrepoli was injured. This is really unfortunate news for Sampdoria! Di Francesco had to use a substitution. Costic appeared and replaced Poly. For Sampdoria, it was a bad start. I don't know if this substitution will have any adverse impact on Sampdoria's next game..."
For any team, this kind of action of being forced to substitute due to injury just over twenty minutes into the game is an impact on the original plan, and no coach wants to see such a thing.
On the other hand, it is a good thing for your opponent.
So after seeing Sampdoria being forced to make substitutions, Pescara obviously strengthened the offensive, hoping to take advantage of the unstable morale of Sampdoria caused by this substitution and take the opportunity to break the deadlock.
Both teams are not unfamiliar, after all, they fought against each other in the second division last season. Pescara performed well last season and has always been at the top of the standings. In the end, she surpassed Turin and upgraded as the league champion.
Sampdoria, on the other hand, was able to pass the game by upgrading.
In the second division, Pescara had the advantage against Sampdoria, draw and win, especially the victory at the end of the league, which also caused dissatisfaction from Sassuolo, who believed that Sampdoria was deliberately letting go.
However, after upgrading to the First Division, the fate of the two teams changed.
Sampdoria won two consecutive victories, especially in the first round of the league, beating A Milan 4-0 away, which made a big upset.
Pescara lost to Inter Milan 0:3 at home in the first round of Serie A.
In the second round, they lost 0:3 to last season's runner-up Torino, runner-up in the Serie B League, and lost in the competition between the newly promoted teams.
The league started two rounds, lost two consecutive games and lost six goals. Pescara's results were really incompatible with their Serie B championship status.
But now it seems that they are in time to operate.
Poly's injury is likely to be the turning point in this game!
Pescara made a long pass from the backcourt and directly found the forward Arkutsic in front. He first pushed the ball down with his head in the double-team defense between the two people, and then rushed to shoot before the Sampdoria player intercepted the ball.
The shot suddenly made Sampdoria goalkeeper Thomas Soberni not react. The football flew straight over his head and then hit the crossbar!
"Argusic! He missed a great opportunity!!"
A huge sigh and exclamation rang out from Pescara's home court Adriatico Stadium.
Argusic also hugged his head with both hands, which was very regretful.
Two minutes later, Arsenal and Pescara made a comeback. This time Arsenal was cleverly running into the gap in the penalty area and his teammates passed the football to him. After he got the ball in the ribs, he shot low, and the football slipped out.
"Pescala has had two threatening attacks in a short period of time. It seems that this passive substitution has indeed had an adverse impact on Sampdoria..."
The Pescara fans in the stands shouted louder and louder.
I hope to inject my strength into the team and help the team take the lead as soon as possible.
Pesca not only has sharp offenses, but also has excellent defense.
Palin saved Gao Zheng's shot.
Palin, who saved the shot, got up from the ground and waved his fist hard and roared. As a result, the Pescara fans in the stands immediately responded to their goalkeeper with even louder shouts.
This is not the first time Palin saved Gao Zheng's shot in this game. He would make such a move every time before this.
"Perlin made a wonderful save. Although he conceded six goals in the first two games, it obviously did not affect his performance in this game. He still performed at a very high level!"
Saravi in front of the TV listened to the commentator Caresa's praise for his friend, and felt a little ashamed.
Because of his previous confused performance, he did not make it to the roster in the third round of the league.
But looking at Palin, it is hard to imagine that he can face the devil in his heart with such high spirits.
Compared to him, I am simply like a coward...
He must cheer up!
Palin had a counter in his mind, counting how many shots he had saved Gao Zheng.
Almost thirty minutes into the first half, he had saved Gao Zheng and shot three times.
He felt that he was in good condition today, and his goal was to seal Gao Zheng!
Gao Zheng noticed Palin's performance after saving his shot and seemed very excited.
This made him very surprised that Palin didn't just save his shot. Edel had a shot before, but Palin rushed out. Why didn't he see him waving his fists and shouting again...
Is this...for yourself?
Gao Zheng remembered the first round of the league, Salavi’s targeting him.
He had a headache, why both of them had to target him... He obviously had no grudges with them... Well, no, Palin may not be considered as having no grudges, after all, he defeated his Genoa reserve team in the reserve team competition.
But this has been so long, and it’s just a reserve team game. Is it as for such a revenge?
Gao Zheng didn't remember the fact that he had collapsed from his confidence in playing Palin in the Milan Youth Team. After all, there were many people who were beaten by him back then, so he could never remember them all...
In the 31st minute, Sampdoria launched an attack. After the midfielder got the ball, Gao Zheng, who was in front, immediately pulled horizontally and ran to the ribs. Pescara central defender Mark Capyano quickly followed, not intending to give Gao Zheng a chance to score a single shot.
Kostici, who was holding the ball, saw Gao Zheng's running position and passed the ball over. Although he knew Capyano was following Gao Zheng, he believed that Gao Zheng would definitely have a way to get rid of the defense.
There were other Pescara players running towards Gao Zheng with football. Suddenly, as many as four Pescara players formed a siege against Gao Zheng from the front, back, left and right directions, wrapping him in the middle, and the encirclement circle was still shrinking rapidly, intending to completely trap Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng took the ball and took a step forward and entered the penalty area. Pescara's encirclement became tighter and tighter.
Palin also rushed out quickly, Feng Gaozheng's shooting angle.
Everyone's attention was on Gao Zheng, but Gao Zheng suddenly passed the football horizontally, and passed it to the other side, giving Maxi Lopez the plug!
"Maxi Lopez!" Amid Caresa's shouting, Lopez pushed the football from Gao Zheng toward the goal.
It was too late for Palin to turn over and pounce again. Although he rushed over, he failed to touch the football and could only watch the football fly into the goal he guarded...
"Oh! Sampdoria is leading! No one expected that when Pescara had already gained an advantage and threatened Sampdoria's goal many times, Sampdoria used a counterattack to score first and gained the lead! Gao, who had scored goals in the first two games, was not worthy of credit this time. After attracting almost all Pescara's defensive players, he passed the football into the air. Lopez followed up and shot with a kick, without any suspense!"
After scoring the goal, Lopez ran to hug Gao Zheng, who assisted him, and other Sampdoria players also came up to congratulate them.
Why did DiFrancisco decide to let the young Gao Zheng be the team's offensive core, and did not arouse any objection in Sampdoria?
In addition to Gao Zheng's outstanding strength and able to withstand any criticism, it is also related to his football style.
Although he is a center, he is not the kind of center who only wants to score goals by himself. He is also very happy to assist his teammates, so he is the core of the offensive, not to let him score goals by himself. The whole team actually benefited.
If a very unique center forward and the head coach wants to do this, other players will be very unhappy.
But Gao Zheng is the core, everyone recognizes and accepts it.
If you run better than him, then he will never hesitate to pass the football to you.
Chapter completed!