As Gao Zheng said, when head coach Di Francisco told the whole team about his new goals during training, no one showed fear or retreat, but was very excited.

A team needs a clear goal, whether it is relegation or championship competition.

Before this, Sampdoria was in a very embarrassing position, whether in the league or the Champions League, it was impossible to compete for the championship, but there was no worries about relegation, so the team could easily have the idea of ​​just living it.

At this time, the goal of the Italian Cup championship is very important.

This Sampdoria team is mostly young players, and the advantage of young players is that they are easily excited, full of fighting spirit and motivation. They always have a sense of vitality, unlike those veterans who are no longer interested in anything and think nothing matters.

Seeing that everyone supported their plans, Di Francesco was very happy and began to arrange tactics for Rome.

"I guess Roma will definitely think we will give up this game, after all, we have always had this attitude before. So they don't have to waste the physical fitness and energy of the main players on a team that is unwilling to play. This is our opportunity to catch them off guard!"

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The Italian Cup between Sampdoria and Roma is not the highlight. Everyone now knows that the Italian Cup is a special event dedicated to training young players and substitutes. It is unlikely that everyone will go all out until the semi-finals.

There was nothing to watch before this game.

So although the Olympic Stadium in Rome can accommodate 73,000 people, only 20,000 people came to the game, and the entire stadium looked sparse.

In fact, there are not many 20,000 people. For example, some home games of Sampdoria are just the number of people watching the game. But the Malasi Stadium can only accommodate more than 30,000 people in total, and it is still very spectacular to sit in.

The Olympic Stadium is too big, and 20,000 people can't fill the stadium when they sit in it. There are more empty seats than people, so it looks particularly empty and deserted.

Before the game, media analysts believed that Sampdoria would give up this game. Sampdoria performed very clearly in the Italian Cup before. The lineup of all substitutes and youth team members, all fools can guess what this means.

However, perhaps because the previous opponents were not strong enough, Sampdoria actually used such a lineup to reach the top 16.

In fact, Sampdoria is also embarrassed that they want to give up the Italian Cup and never want to add another battle line when the Champions League and the league are played at the same time...

As their opponent, although Roma also played the Italian Cup with the training abacus, it does not mean that they must have wanted to give up the Italian Cup. Now they are just here to end Sampdoria's pain and help them reduce the burden.

The Roman media felt that this was a result that both sides were satisfied with.

So when Sampdoria announced the lineup two hours before the start of the game, no one expected it and was shocked.

Sampdoria is actually the main force to play!

Didn’t it be agreed to use the substitute lineup and youth team players?

Didn’t you say you wanted to give up this useless event?

Now that Gao Zheng is all right, is this what he wants to give up?!

What a joke!

In the locker room in Rome, Rome coach Rudy Garcia was also surprised to see the list.

Then there was a deep doubt, and he couldn't understand what reason Di Francesco had to do so.

Does he still think that his team doesn’t play enough games?

For a team like Sampdoria, which basically relies on a lineup to conquer the world, there is no expectation of multiple battles and moving forward in unison.

The league is the foundation for the team to survive. If the league is not well played, nothing will be used.

The Champions League is related to the team's fiscal revenue. The better the Champions League results, the more bonuses it will be, which is a huge sum of money for many clubs.

But what's the appeal of the Italian Cup?

Could it be that Sampdoria wants to pursue the Italian Cup championship?

This idea flashed through Rudy Garcia's mind, and then he denied it impossible. Impossible. Sampdoria does not have such ability and should not have such ambition. They are still very pragmatic.

Garcia realized that now is not the time to investigate why Sampdoria did this. The most important thing is how to deal with Sampdoria, who is fighting with all the main players.

After Rudy Garcia coached Roma this season, she only played one game with Sampdoria in the fifth round of the league, Sampdoria played against Roma at home.

But in that game, Di Francesco did not let the main players, but adopted the strategy of most substitutes playing.

In the end, Sampdoria lost to Roma 0:2 at home without any suspense.

He became the fifth victim of the 10-game winning streak in the start of the season.

This is Rudy Garcia's most intuitive impression of this Sampdoria, and her only contact.

Sadly, this is the only time that Roma has faced Sampdoria, who is not the strongest lineup, so Garcia is not sure what level Sampdoria, who is the main player, is.

In this game, Rudy Garcia took the idea of ​​training and rotated the team's lineup, and many main players were not in the lineup.

It is impossible to make temporary adjustments at this time. He can't take down the substitutes who could have played on the game from the lineup, right? Then his coaching foundation in this team will be greatly shaken.

So no matter how Sampdoria is doing, he can only use this lineup to face it.

He can only hope that Sampdoria, who is the main force, is not very powerful.

Thinking about the last league game, didn’t they also lose to Napoli 0:2 away?

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After the game started, although the lineup was rotated and Sampdoria's lineup caught off guard, Roma still used his home court advantage to make the offense they were best at.

In the sixth minute, Roma had an excellent opportunity. If Romero hadn't performed well, their right-back Torosidis might have taken the lead for the team.

The regretful sighs of Rome fans sounded in the Olympic Stadium.

Rudy Garcia was also very sorry for being on the sidelines, but he quickly conveyed his encouragement and appreciation to the team with the action of applause.

Judging from the game in these few minutes, Sampdoria, who played all the main players, seemed to be no different from when they met in the league.

This reassuring Garcia.

Rome, who played at home, still took the initiative.

As long as I can focus on myself and stick to my own rhythm and style, Garcia feels that with Roma's strength, even if it's a rotation, it should be no problem to defeat Sampdoria.

Since the start of the game, he has not sat down and paced around the sidelines with some anxiety.
Chapter completed!