Di Francesco said there are still important games waiting for the players, obviously not talking about the league with Livorno on the weekend, but about the second leg of the Champions League final next week.

No matter what the game is like with Livorno, it doesn't matter, as long as the players are not injured.

But to be honest, Di Francesco may not arrange for the main players to play in this league.

This can also be seen from the subsequent training.

The players found that the coach's tactics and imaginary enemies in training were not targeting Livorno, but Atletico Madrid.

It can be said that he directly gave up the league against Livorno.

When the roster was released before the game, no one who played in the Italian Cup final, even the substitute did not appear on this list.

Although Gao Zheng followed his teammates to warm up from time to time during the game, he was never sent to the court. Even though the team fell behind Livorno 1:2, he could not defeat him with just one goal, and Di Francesco did not replace him.

In the end, Sampdoria lost 1:2 to Livorno at his home court.

After this game, Sampdoria's league ranking was still tenth, which was the team's second consecutive defeat. At the same time, it was unable to win, lose, and draw in the last five rounds of the league.

This is the best proof that the league has been affected by the Italian Cup and the Champions League.

However, in the eyes of many people, this impact is no big deal. Although he has lost five consecutive rounds in the league, Sampdoria won a Italian Cup championship. If other mid-range teams can exchange for the Italian Cup championship with five rounds, they will probably agree without hesitation.

So now no one will criticize Sampdoria for losing to Livorno and hype Sampdoria into a crisis.

To be honest, such an idiotic operation can't be done even if the media is stupid.

And the media won't waste time and space in an ordinary league game at all.

They immediately turned their attention to Madrid.

After playing against Livorno, Sampdolli boarded the entire team to Madrid on Monday to prepare for the match against Atletico Madrid.

The place where they train in Madrid is Real Madrid's training base Real Madrid Sports City.

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"This training base is so big..."

"How many training grounds do they have?"

"Tsk tsk, you can't see at first sight..."

"I really deserve to be the world's top giant. I think this training base is almost half a Boriasco!"

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Sampdoria players sat on the bus and looked at the Real Madrid Sports City that caught their eyes, and couldn't help but exclaim all kinds of surprises.

Even Gao Zheng stared at the green training ground.

He once visited the Milanello training base at a very young age, but in his opinion, the Milanello training base is not as spectacular as that of Real Madrid Sports City.

I have to admire Real Madrid's top talent.

This can be seen from the training base alone.

Compared with Real Madrid Sports City, Sampdoria's Mugnaini training base is like a primary school playground.

The training ground borrowed by Sampdoria is not on the Real Madrid first team, but on the training ground of the youth team. But even so, the quality of the venue is better than that of Sampdoria's first team. This is the level of the giants. The wealthy family can spend more money on maintaining equipment, and the small club naturally does not have the ability, so they can only make it.

The locker room borrowed by Sampdoria players and the locker room of Real Madrid's first team are not in the same building.

This made some Sampdoria players a little disappointed. They originally thought they could get in touch with the superstars at close range and say hello or something.

For example, Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese is the only superstar who can compete with Messi and is also an idol in the minds of many players.

"Okay, please calm down, calm down!" Captain Palonbo slapped hard at the door of the locker room, reminding his teammates. "We are not here to chase stars, but to prepare for the battle!"

Then everyone muttered that they came to the training ground to warm up except for the locker room.

When Sampdoria's players had already started training on the court, Sampdoria's manager Zagra Mora received Real Madrid's general manager Jose Angel Sanchez on the sidelines.

"I am really grateful to Real Madrid Club for the helping hand that it is really important to us!" Zagra Mora's attitude was almost flattering when he held Sanchez's hands.

Although everyone is the general manager of the club, the general manager and the general manager are different.

Real Madrid's general manager has obviously a much higher position in European football than Sampdoria's general manager.

Real Madrid general manager Sanchez was very reserved in the face of Zagramora's active show of kindness. He just nodded and said lightly: "It's just a simple task."

When he said this, he didn't even look at Zagramora, but kept staring at the field.

Following his eyes, you can find that he is observing Gao Zheng.

Zagra Mora was not surprised by this, but just sighed in his heart.

With Gao Zheng's outstanding performance in the Champions League this season, it may be even more difficult for the club to keep him.

He also knew in his heart why Real Madrid offered to lend a training base to Sampdoria and asked them to come to Real Madrid Sports City for training. Isn't it convenient for them to observe Gao Zheng at close range?

You know, it is not a secret that this world's top wealthy family is interested in Gao Zheng.

Zagramora even speculated that perhaps Real Madrid Club would take advantage of this opportunity to reach a tacit understanding with Gao Zheng's agent in private.

If the news of Real Madrid attacking Gao Zheng by the end of the season comes out, Zagra Mora would not be surprised at all. He is even waiting for Real Madrid's offer.

He believed that if Real Madrid took action, Gao Zheng would not be able to refuse unless Barcelona also sent an olive branch.

He sighed in his heart that this is the true world-class star, and Gao Zheng has far surpassed Sampdoria and even Serie A.

Even Juventus and Milan are unlikely to win Gao Zheng's favor.

Sampdoria is destined to be unable to keep Gao Zheng, so she can only think about how to make a fortune from Gao Zheng.

Sanchez did not hide his purpose in front of the general manager of Sampdoria Club, and just stared at Gao Zheng openly and carefully observed his handling of the ball.

Even if he is not a professional scout or sports director, he can fully see Gao Zheng's outstandingness.

Among so many Sampdoria players, Gao Zheng is the one who will attract people's attention no matter where he goes.

The skills and abilities he showed during training also made Sanchez fascinated.

Zagramora saw this scene next to her, her face was a little unfair, thinking that my buddy knew you were interested in Gao Zheng, but I am here too. At least don’t act so naked, okay, can I give me some face?

But he also knew that he could only say this in his mouth.

If Real Madrid really asked them to buy Gao Zheng, he wouldn't even be able to open an outrageously high price to disgust Real Madrid, because Gao Zheng would probably stand aside with Real Madrid at that time...

He could only stand aside silently and watch the general manager of Real Madrid Club look Gao Zheng with an almost greedy look. It felt like her husband letting others spy on his wife. A grassland grew above his head, and ten thousand grass mud horses were galloping...

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ps, Tonight is the Sino-Korea battle in the group stage, the highlight of this group.

I know there is a big gap between the Chinese and Korean teams in terms of personal strength and overall strength, but this is not a reason why I have no expectations for this game.

I still hope that the Chinese team can compete with the goal of defeating the South Korean team.

I know this is difficult, very difficult, and almost impossible. After all, the Korean team this time is not as lacking Son Heung-min as in the last World Cup qualifier.

But I still have a glimmer of hope in my heart.

Qualifying in the group stage is a foregone conclusion. Why not let go of your burden and play a dignified match with the Korean team?
Chapter completed!