Chapter 414: One enemy and four
When most people see their team goalkeeper running towards the opponent's goalkeeper, they should be standing there and not wasting this energy.
But Gao Zheng didn't do this. He didn't even raise his head, and he didn't even look at the football in the air, and ran directly to the frontcourt and towards the football's scheduled landing point.
Around him and ahead are four defensive players from Naples.
They were responsible for cutting off the connection between Gao Zheng and other Sampdoria players. Seeing Gao Zheng rushing forward, they would definitely not let Gao Zheng run away like this, so everyone turned around and chased after him.
"Is this Sampdoria's counterattack?" Caresa was a little confused when he saw this scene, because he felt that from his previous observations, the ball should not be a quality counterattack in any case. Romero's big kick was very casual. If he really wanted to fight back, he should find a way to pass the football near Gao Zheng, rather than kicking the football in such a forward place.
If he were Gao Zheng, he would not waste his energy on this ball.
But Gao Zheng ran up and the Naples defenders also followed. It seemed that this was indeed a counterattack. But...
"One person to four people, even if Gao can catch this ball at high speed, what's the point? He will be surrounded by four people immediately!" Bergomi couldn't figure it out.
Naples fans did not regard this as a counterattack from Sampdoria, and they did not even boo.
Because in their eyes, Gao Zheng's sprint must be futile. He has no value at all.
Just as everyone was watching, the football flew through the midfield and fell to the front of the penalty area in Naples.
Romero really tried his best to kick the football out, thinking that it could directly threaten the Naples goal.
However, the force was not sufficient in a hurry, and there was also inaccurate point.
So the ball did not fly near the goal, and fell before even reaching the penalty area.
Gao Zheng, who was sprinting with all his might, looked up at the football situation.
The football landed in front of the five running men, bounced back on the turf, and continued to bounce forward, but it had not bounced into the penalty area. In addition, the four defenders were following Gao Zheng, so Reina had no intention of abandoning the goal to attack and getting the ball.
He still remembers how he collided with Albiol in the first half, and finally gave Gao Zheng a chance to shoot the empty goal.
This time he kept guarding the gate and would never go out to cause trouble.
Last time, there were only Albiol, and this time there were four defenders on Naples. He didn't believe that the four people could not stop Gao Zheng!
Everyone seemed to be watching a 100-meter race. Now it was time to sprint. Everyone in the competition was running hard. They went hand in hand. The difference in position was very small. If you don’t look carefully, you can’t tell at all...
Gao Zheng had two Napoli players on the left and two on the right. He was completely sandwiched in the middle. The center backs who were sandwiched in the middle were still squeezed against him with their shoulders, trying to make him lose balance.
In such close combat, he would not stop the ball, even if he could touch the ball...
But he had no intention of giving up. Although he was sandwiched in the middle, he was indeed the closest person to football.
"Relieve! Relieve!" Goalkeeper Renner loudly reminded his teammates not to fight with Gao Zheng, and just kick the football first, isn't it all?
Albiol wanted to do this, but he was a little behind Gao Zheng by half a position. The two were of the same height and their legs were almost the same. If they were playing at the same time, Gao Zheng would definitely hit the ball first.
Moreover, he was afraid that he would lose balance when doing the moves first, which would give Gao Zheng an opportunity to take advantage of it. So he would rather do this and adopt a more conservative defensive strategy. As long as he could continuously interfere with Gao Zheng, it would be difficult for Gao Zheng to handle the ball well. When he handles the ball mistake, the success rate of catching the ball with his feet is obviously greater.
Fernandez on the other side is obviously the same as Albiol, the center back teams up with one mind, unites and interferes with Gao Zheng's goal.
The other two Napoli players on their outside were to grab it in time after the central defender successfully interfered.
And the four of them also squeezed Gao Zheng to the side, which was the last insurance. Even if they did not successfully interfere with Gao Zheng's ball, as long as they could force Gao Zheng to the side, it would not be such a big threat to get the ball.
Surrounded by the four people, Gao Zheng seemed to be unable to escape.
To put it bluntly, this was not a premeditated opportunity for Sampdoria to counterattack. It was Gao Zheng who forced the ball to chase the ball, but Gao Zheng also blocked himself in a dead end, and there was no room for maneuvering. There was no teammate near him who could pick up his teammates, and even if he wanted to pass the football to his teammates, he couldn't do it.
But Gao Zheng did not intend to pass the ball to his teammates. He wanted to do it alone from the beginning.
Facing the football that was so close to him, he stepped forward with his left foot next to the football, and at the same time he swung his right foot as if he was about to stop the ball.
Seeing this, Albiol and Fernandez rushed towards him, trying to force him to lose balance at the moment of stopping the ball.
At the same time, the two Naples defenders on the outside were also highly concentrated, staring at Gao Zheng, ready to go on the robbery at any time.
But Gao Zheng's right foot swung over the football!
He didn't stop the ball!
Just before the Naples defenders could react, he waved his right foot back and gently knocked the ball to the left rear of his body!
At the same time, Gao Zheng stopped suddenly and turned around and did it in one go!
None of the four Napoli defensive players around him expected that Gao Zheng would come like this. They all rushed from Gao Zheng to the front because they didn't stop.
Among them, Albiol and Fernandez also lost their balance and collided with each other...
In just a moment, Gao Zheng threw away four defensive players who were sieging him!
"Oh!" Caresa shouted. "Beautiful!! Gao! He got rid of the defense!! Beautiful!"
Gao Zheng, who had left four Naples players, immediately turned around and chased the football that was knocked towards the middle by him.
At this time, a huge boo sounded again in the stands at the St. Paul Stadium, just like an alarm from the city. Alarm, the enemy attacked!
Reina, who had been staying in the goal, made a hasty attack at this time, but it was too late.
Gao Zheng, who caught up with the football, swung his left foot, rubbed an arc with the inside of his foot, and bypassed Renner's ten fingers and headed straight to the upper corner of the goal.
Reiner was powerless to do anything about the ball, and he could only pray to God, praying that the ball would not hit the ball within the range of the door frame.
It’s a pity that God didn’t seem to be on his side this time…
“gao!gao!gaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!”
The football hit the net.
Many Naples fans shouted in pain and despair, and Naples fans opened their mouths but made no sound. The originally uniform booed sound fell apart in an instant.
Chapter completed!