The impact of making the Italian Cup a key goal is that Sampdoria has to play double games every week when there is no need to play in the Champions League.

For example, Sampdoria will face Genoa in the league next. After playing Genoa, it will be the first leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals.

Both games are important for Sampdoria, so they now have to face the situation of fighting continuously and in high intensity over three days.

This is completely what they asked for. They could have simply given up on the Italian Cup and now they can concentrate on dealing with Genoa.

But Sampdoria players don't think it's hard.

For qualified professional players, facing challenges is what they have to deal with.

And for this young team, getting into trouble is better than doing nothing. Without the stimulation of the Italian Cup, their mental state will be completely different during this period.

Even though the team is very tired now, the team's performance is pretty good.

It has been stable in seventh place in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Italian Cup.

Even if they have to fight two tough battles in a row within three days, they are confident that they can win.

The "Beacon Derby" with Genoa is one of the most important games of the season and must not be lost. The first leg of the semi-final against Naples is also related to whether the team can successfully advance to the Italian Cup final.

Genoa is quite happy that Sampdoria is facing such intensive events and close to two important games. Doesn’t this mean they have an opportunity to take advantage of it?

Genoa has not gained any advantage in the "Beacon Derby" since Gao Zheng played in the first team of Sampdoria.

And this is the best opportunity.

Genoa started a bad start this season, but later after changing the head coach, his results improved. He was ranked seventh when the league was ranked the highest. Later, he fell back and now he ranked 11th in the league, with twenty-four points. The situation of relegation is still pretty good.

This time, the "Beacon Derby" was very early and it could not affect Genoa's relegation career. However, Genoa could use this pizza to influence Sampdoria's Italian Cup semi-finals.

They hope to hold Sampdoria in the "Beacon Derby" and let Sampdoria spend too much energy in this game, so that she will be powerless in the semi-finals of the Italian Cup with Naples.

If Sampdoria can lose the Lighthouse Derby and the Italian Cup semifinals in a row, it would be better.

However, this "Beacon derby" did not go as Genoa fans hoped.

Sampdoria, who played away, broke the deadlock at the 24th minute of the game.

It was Gao Zheng who scored goals for the team.

Leading Sampdoria then contracted to hit the defensive counterattack they were good at.

Faced with Genoa's continuous attack, Sampdoria seemed at ease, as if there was no pressure.

It has to be said that Sampdoria, who participated in the Champions League, and scored in the Champions League, eliminated Roma, Juventus and reached the semi-finals, is no longer the same as before, and is not comparable to Genoa, a team that is still relegation-level.

Although it is a "beacon derby", the strength of the two teams is very different, which also reduces the excitement of the game.

In the end, Sampdoria defeated Genoa 1-0 away with this goal from Gao Zheng.

With more than ten minutes left in the game, Di Francesco started the substitution to prepare for the next Italian Cup semi-final with Napoli.

This approach seems to have completely ignored Genoa.

But when Genoa was so arrogant in adjusting methods, she was powerless. She was only one goal away from scoring, but she couldn't score.

They couldn't put all their strength in the offense because Di Francesco used up three people to change, but they just didn't change Gao Zheng.

With Gao Zheng on the court, even if he couldn't get a few begging, Genoa would not dare to put the power to the attack.

In the end, Gao Zheng's suppression made Genoa's attack return in vain, and they could only accept the result in a frustration.

Not only did they not defeat Sampdoria in the last "Beacon Derby" of the season, they also did not use this same-city derby to consume Sampdoria's energy. At the end of the game, anyone can see that Sampdoria still has enough energy.

This is what makes Genoa fans more unhappy than losing the game. We all worked so hard, but you just let us go so easily. What kind of decent thing?!

But no matter how unhappy the Genoa fans are, they can only accept this result now. Watching Sampdoria wave his hand, without taking away a cloud, they turn around to play the Italian Cup semi-finals with Naples.

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In the Italian Cup semi-finals, Sampdoria was the first to go and then to go, which was not a good arrangement in terms of schedule. After all, whoever plays at home will have more initiative. In two rounds, it is difficult to end the game in the first round.

If Sampdoria did not get a good result in the first round, she would be in trouble when she went to Napoli’s home court in the second round.

Moreover, when the cup match is at this point, there is no situation where the opponent doesn't take them seriously or the Italian Cup to heart.

So it is unlikely to meet a lineup like Roma and Juventus.

Besides, judging by Sampdoria's performance in winning the top two leagues, Juventus and Roma, Napoli dare not neglect in the third league.

From this semi-final, Sampdoria was facing a head-on game, without any chance to take shortcuts.

Many analysts before the game also believed that although Sampdoria performed well in the Italian Cup, their Italian Cup journey should end here.

Although Napoli will participate in the second half of the Europa League, there is no conflict in the schedule. After all, the Europa League starts later than the Champions League...

Sampdoria and Napoli have played against each other in the league this season. In the past January, Sampdoria lost 0:2 away to Napoli.

This is also one of the reasons why people are not optimistic about Sampdoria.

Sampdoria, who is away and then home, will become difficult to play in the second leg unless she can beat Napoli three goals at home.

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On February 4, 2014, the Italian Cup semi-finals first played, and Udinese defeated Fiorentina 2-1 at home.

Although they won the ball, everyone is still not optimistic about Udinese. They are just like Sampdoria's problem, they are the first to be hosted and then away.

He only won one goal at home, and also allowed Fiorentina to score a away goal away.

In such a game where the away goal advantage is calculated, this 2:1 score is almost equivalent to Udinese losing.

Udinese's game was like a bad start for Naples, with ominous signs.

Gao Zheng expressed his opinion on the impact of this schedule in an interview before the game: "I don't think there is any difference between being the host and then being the host and then being the host, nor do I think that being the host and then being the host will definitely be more unfavorable. Because no matter in one game or two games, we only pursue victory. Whether it is away or home games, winning can ensure that we advance to the finals, so it's not bad, as long as we win."

He shrugged.

"That's right, but it's not easy to win..." A reporter reminded him.
Chapter completed!