Chapter 208 Let you be happy for two minutes
Palin really didn't expect that he vowed to throw Gao Zheng away. As a result, Gao Zheng did not score so far, but instead assisted his teammates to complete the goal...
If I had known this, he would have vowed to send Sampdoria a clean sheet!
I was determined to compete with Gao Zheng for a win or loss, but in the end I made a passerby break his ten fingers...
It's so frustrating!
This made him feel a little restless.
When saving in the subsequent game, there was even a mistake in losing his hands...
Fortunately, he quickly adjusted and did not let Sampdoria take advantage of the situation to win another game.
At the end of the first half, Sampdoria did not score any more, but Pescara was unable to equalize the score.
The score is 1:0, and Sampdoria, who led the away game, led the way.
After fifteen minutes of halftime break, the two sides changed sides and fought again. However, only six minutes into the second half, Sampdoria was injured again. Forward Edel was injured and could not continue to play and had to be replaced.
Seeing this, Di Francesco had to be forced to use a second substitution and replaced the injured Edel with Bozi.
"Has Sampdoria been cursed in this game? Two players were replaced due to injuries... Both substitutions were passive substitutions. Now DiFrancisco has only one substitution quota, so he must not use it casually. He is waiting to deal with accidents. According to the development trend before the game, maybe there may be accidents... This leads to very little room for Sampdoria to make tactical adjustments. The time to test Sampdoria and DiFrancisco has arrived!"
Less than ten minutes after commentator Carresa finished saying this, Sampdoria made a long pass from the right side of the midfield and kicked the football directly to the left side of the frontcourt.
After changing to the other side, Gao Zheng pulled the ball forward with his chest and drove into the penalty area.
At the same time, Pescara's right back Zanon posted to defend Gao Zheng.
Palin chose to abandon the goal to attack. Before he attacked, he took a special look at the middle and found that other Sampdoria's players had no time to catch up. Even if Gao Zheng wanted to cross the middle, no one would respond. Only then did he feel at ease and boldly attack to block Gao Zheng's shooting angle.
He thought that he had his teammates around him who were interfering closely, and he was still blocking the angle in front. It was very difficult for Gao Zheng to shoot. If he shot, he would save the football...
Before he could finish his thoughts, he saw Gao Zheng swing his left foot while running.
Palin is ready to save.
He stared at Gao Zheng's feet with his eyes tightly. He saw Gao Zheng's left foot straightened when he saw that he was swinging his left foot. This should have been a volley!
Palin opened his arms and tried his best to expand his defense area, ready to block Gao Zheng's shot. At such a close distance, the goalkeeper often did not need to do extra moves, and could block the shot with just his body, because the shooting angle was too small...
At this moment, Gao Zheng shot!
But it's not volleying, but... poking!
When his straightened left foot was about to touch the football, his ankle suddenly shook and turned into a poke. The football that was supposed to be pulled to the upper corner jumped on the turf and rolled over Palin's left foot.
The distance was so close and the fight was so sudden that even Palin couldn't react immediately. After the football rolled over, his body reacted and swung his left foot to kick the football out, but he kicked it in vain and made him fall to the ground.
At this time, the football had already rushed into the goal behind him!
"Good ball!!" CCTV commentator Liu Hong was so proud of the racket. "Gao Zheng scored another goal! He scored goals in three consecutive games! The goal shot was very tricky. Even if goalkeeper Palin tried to shorten the distance between the two, he could not completely block the angle. It can be said that Gao Zheng was aiming at the blind spot behind!"
Caresa, the commentator of Italian Sky TV, was a little depressed. He had said before that Sampdoria had encountered a problem and only one substitution place was left. Be careful, but Gao Zheng scored the goal...
He recalled that in the first half, Sampdoria had just made a substitution due to injury and scored a goal.
Once it was a coincidence, and twice?
Is this a coincidence?
Could it be that Sampdoria had to sacrifice his players first, but he would sacrifice Poly in the first half, and Gao Zheng assisted Maxi Lopez to score. After sacrificed Edel in the second half, Gao Zheng also scored...
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After losing the ball, Perlin seemed very upset. He lay on the ground without getting up, but instead clenched his fists and smashed the grass in front of the door hard.
When Sharawei saw this scene, he felt heartbroken for his friend from the bottom of his heart. He was so tenacious to seek revenge on Gao Zheng, but unexpectedly he lost the ball in the end.
Haven’t the previous efforts been in vain?
At this moment, he saw Palin pounding the grass and then climbing up from the ground, then slapped twice hard, and shouting something at his teammates.
His face no longer had the loss and depression he had before. On the contrary, his slightly frown brows showed that his fighting spirit had not yet dissipated.
Seeing Palin's appearance, Saravi became more and more ashamed.
Obviously, Palin had failed in this game and his goal could not be achieved, but he could adjust his mindset so quickly and prepare to face the next challenge.
And what about yourself?
If you have to change yourself to the position of Palin, maybe Pescara will be beaten into a sieve in this game...
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Palin did not seem to be affected by this conceding goal at all. Then when he faced Sampdoria's attack, he still made several effective saves, including Gao Zheng's shot, which was also firmly held in his arms.
Pescara did not disappoint Palin's save. They finally scored a goal by Melvin Selic, who had just been replaced in the field in the 74th minute.
Pescara's home court, Adriatico Stadium finally burst into cheers from home fans, giving Adriatico Stadium a little more home-court.
After Selic scored, the morale of Pescara players also recovered. Amid the cheers of fans, Pescara continued to attack, hoping to equalize the score. After all, Sampdoria is only one ball ahead. The difference between one ball and two balls gives people a completely different feeling.
But just two minutes later, Sampdoria organized an offensive in the frontcourt, and Kostic made a straight pass. Gao Zheng, between central defender Capuano and full-back Modesto, quickly turned around and stepped forward. After receiving the pass from Kostic, he faced Palin again at the blocking angle!
"Sampdoria's chance, Gao Zheng!"
Amid Liu Hong's roar, Gao Zheng swung his right foot.
After gaining experience of losing the ball in the last time, Palin bet that Gao Zheng would shoot in the far corner and roll the ball in the ground, so he rushed outside.
But Gao Zheng kicked the football in the near corner with his right foot and pulled it up.
The football flew past Perlin, and this powerful shot was so powerful that even if Perlin did not judge the wrong direction, it would be difficult to save the football. Obviously, Gao Zheng took into account Palin's reaction when shooting, so he chose this kind of shooting method.
Palin's hand waved significantly slower, and the football hit the bottom edge of the crossbar and bounced into the goal!
"Good ball! Good ball! The ball made a beautiful shot! A powerful shot! Gao Zheng scored twice!" Liu Hong applauded.
Gao Zheng turned around and ran to Kostici who was passing the ball for him with his arms open, hugging him.
Sampdoria's teammates ran up from all directions to celebrate together.
Pescara fans fell into silence in the stands.
Just now, they saw hope. Unexpectedly, they were happy for only two minutes, so Sampdoria expanded the lead to two goals...
Di Francesco smiled happily. Pescara's goal just now did make him nervous, but Gao Zheng quickly gave him a reassurance.
As a young coach, the start of coaching the team to play in the first league for the second time now seems extremely wonderful.
The biggest difference from his coaching Lecce at the time is that Lecce has no Gao Zheng anymore...
Gao Zheng's two goals were both clean and neat shots, which was different from the goals he scored against AC Milan. These two goals were the most common kind of stopping the ball and adjusting it in training, and then shooting.
Any professional striker can do this set of moves perfectly in training, but in the game, when facing fierce confrontations and complex environments, not everyone can fully demonstrate their abilities in training. It is considered excellent if they can show half of them...
For Gao Zheng, the competition and training are almost the same. He can do whatever he does in training.
Di Francesco naturally knows this most clearly.
Chapter completed!