Chapter 298 Never expected
At the beginning of the second half, neither side made a substitution, but just changed sides.
On Juventus' side, Joe Wenko is still very active and hardworking, and even feels more active than in the first half.
His outstanding form makes Juventus take him as the core when attacking, and hopes that he can score again with his outstanding form.
It is not safe to lead Sampdoria now. If they can lead two goals again, I believe it will be a heavy blow for Sampdoria, and maybe they will never have the strength to resist again.
AC Milan fans in front of the TV are also constantly cheering for Juventus. They are the key factor in whether their team can participate in the Champions League next season. If Sampdoria draws Juventus at home, then no matter what the result is, it will be meaningless. With the same score, Sampdoria has an absolute advantage in the relationship between mutual victory and loss.
Originally, Juventus defeated Sampdoria was a sure thing, but now it has made AC Milan fans a little worried.
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The concerns of AC Milan fans make sense, because after the start of the second half, although Joe Wenko's performance was still active, Juventus had no quality offense.
Qiao Wenke was defended and could only pass the ball back and forth outside the penalty area, but it was difficult to hit the ball.
However, Sampdoria's offense quality is higher.
In the 50th minute, Gao Zheng suddenly passed through Juventus' defense at the front of the penalty area, and Icardi's oblique interception was applied, followed by a shot. Buffon rubbed the football with his fingertips.
The ball did not go in, but it scared Juventus fans and AC Milan fans very much.
When Icardi shot, many AC Milan fans almost jumped out of their seats. Why aren't they Juventus fans? Because AC Milan fans care more about the outcome of this game than Juventus fans.
Icardi missed his sixteenth league goal this season and was very upset.
Gao Zheng waved his hand at him, comforted him, and told him not to worry.
However, Gao Zheng's comfort was of no use to Icardi. He was worried because of Gao Zheng!
Gao Zheng scored all goals, but he hadn't scored yet. As a result, Gao Zheng now comforted him... You are the culprit for my anxiety!
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After Sampdoria took the corner kick, the ball was not hit by Sampdoria's player, but Chiellini headed the ball and pushed it out.
However, the second landing point was still taken by the Sampdoria player.
Sampdoria knew that Gao Zheng was not good at heading the ball as the team's high center forward, and he couldn't do such a thing as fighting for the top in the penalty area. So he simply formulated another set of positioning tactics, focusing on controlling the second landing point. By controlling the second landing point, you can organize the offense again. At this time, you can make full use of Gao Zheng's technical characteristics.
So now Sampdoria's corner kick doesn't care much about the fatal blow, and they will spend more time controlling the second landing point.
No matter who gets the second place, you must quickly find Gao Zheng.
The same is true for this corner kick.
The second landing point was Sampdoria full-back De Silvestery. After he got the ball, he immediately looked up to look for Gao Zheng.
But what troubles him is that Gao Zheng has Juventus players around him obviously knows Gao Zheng's position in Sampdoria's offense, so as long as he has the ability, he will definitely be close to him.
Seeing someone beside Gao Zheng, Desilvestre did not pass the football to Gao Zheng, but to his closest teammate Kostici.
Kostici turned to protect the football and wanted to pass the football again, but was pushed to the ground by Juventus midfielder Vidal.
The whistle sounded.
"Vidal foul! This is a foul that has nothing to say, but what is important is not this foul, but Sampdoria won a frontcourt free kick for this!" Caresa said.
Sure enough, a cheer sounded in the stands.
The players on Juventus were nervously surrounding the referee to appeal.
Because they all know that Gao Zheng has the ability to score a free kick.
Moreover, this position is not far from the goal, although Vidal's foul is relatively off.
But in the eyes of many people, it is probably within Gao Zheng's range.
Sure enough, Gao Zheng came up and picked up the football and got to the foul spot.
When Sampdoria's players saw Gao Zheng coming with the ball, no one was surprised and even made way for him.
So the situation became very obvious.
When Juventus saw Gao Zheng coming to take the penalty, he didn't bother to argue with the referee. Even if he fought, he wouldn't be able to change the penalty. It would be better to hurry up and line up the wall...
Buffon also commanded the wall in front of the door, so he must not leave any chance for Gao Zheng.
Because the angle is relatively biased, this free kick is very easy to defend. The wall blocks the near corner and the goalkeeper can stand in the middle, so that he can advance or retreat, and take care of both the far corner and the near corner.
Of course, the premise is that the human wall must play a role and can indeed seal the near corners.
Generally, free throwers will basically choose to hit the side blocked by the wall, because although the wall can block their shooting angle, it will often block the goalkeeper's view.
This gives free throwers an opportunity to take advantage of.
Juventus' wall was blocked from the corner, making sure that the football was not put over.
As for the far corner, they handed it over to Buffon.
After Gao Zheng put the football on, he stepped back.
Buffon stared at Gao Zheng who was retreating, intending to speculate on how he would kick this free kick from the perspective of his run-up.
Vidal fouled on the right side of Sampdoria's attack, which is the left side for the defense.
If you want to bypass the football wall and kick it into the corner of the goal, you will most likely choose to kick it with your left foot. This is a regular way of playing.
Of course, it is not ruled out that the kicking method of using your right foot to circumvent the football from the outside of the human wall. However, it is more difficult and it is easy to hit the ball off.
In addition, the angle of players playing football is also affected by their usual foot. Players who use their left foot will use their left foot no matter the angle of the penalty spot, and vice versa. Therefore, in such a more biased place, they will choose players who are used to using the opposite foot to take the penalty.
But Gao Zheng is versatile with his left and right feet, and has never heard of any foot he is not good at. Judging from his goal data, his left and right feet are both average.
What surprised Buffon was that Gao Zheng did not retreat diagonally to pull out the run-up distance, but retreated straight, forming a straight line between him and the football and the goal three points.
What does this mean?
He wants to volley with his right foot?
But at such a close distance, volleying can hit the wall or directly rise above the beam.
The experienced Buffon frowned slightly. Could it be that Gao Zheng wanted to use the method of using a powerful miracle?
No, it shouldn't be that simple.
Buffon felt that although Gao Zheng was very young, he was definitely not the kind of player who liked impulsiveness.
He bent down and observed carefully. Then a sudden flash of inspiration in his mind might have been pressed against the sock while shooting vigorously, so as not to let the soccer fly.
If Juventus's wall of man is focused on defending against high balls and jumps up while Gao Zheng plays the ball, wouldn't the gap under his feet be left to Gao Zheng?
The more Buffon thought about it, the more he felt the possibility. After all, Gao Zheng scored more than once through such a free kick.
However, Buffon, who had figured it out, did not notify his teammates. At this time, he made a sound reminder and would only alert the enemy.
He decided to shift the center of gravity of his defense to the ground ball, which was handed over to a wall.
He moved slightly to his left, not very large, to avoid Gao Zheng seeing through his intentions.
Then he lowered his center of gravity and waited for Gao Zheng to kick the football over the foot of the human wall.
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After the walls were lined up, the referee stepped back, stood aside, and blew the whistle in his mouth.
As soon as the whistle sounded, Gao Zheng began to run.
His run-up distance was indeed longer than usual, which seemed to confirm his speculation that he wanted to volley vigorously.
Moreover, when he was running, he did not deliberately go around an arc, but went from an angle, but rushed straight towards the football.
Buffon behind the human wall was even more sure that Gao Zheng was going to hit the football under the human wall while the human wall was jumping up.
In a blink of an eye, Gao Zheng rushed to the football, and then he swung his right foot to kick the football. Buffon keenly observed that when Gao Zheng was kicking his feet, his right instep was stretched out and his toes were pointed at the ground. This was a very obvious volley!
Buffon's body was tilted slightly to the left and was ready to rush out at any time.
But when Gao Zheng hit the football, the football did not rush over the grass like a torpedo, but... flew up!
Flying high and flying above the head of the human wall!
Juventus' wall of people jumped quickly, and there was indeed a clear gap under their feet, but nothing came out of it...
Buffon focused all his attention on the ball, and his center of gravity was too low. At this time, even if he wanted to take off, it was too late!
The jumping wall of people did not stop the football. Although they were already very high, the football was taller than them. They just flew over their heads and... and then... they pierced their heads!
Rushing against the inside of the goal post, he flew into the goal!
Buffon did not make any saves and turned his head to watch the football in.
Chapter completed!