In the end, Sampdoria defeated Verona 5-0 at home with Gao Zheng's hat trick and Berardi and Palonbo's goals.

Those who thought Sampdoria would fall into a trough due to successive failures were disappointed.

Sampdoria adjusted it in just one game.

Moreover, considering that the last game lost to Atlanta was because Sampdoria took the initiative to conduct a large rotation, it can even be said that Sampdoria was not affected by the elimination of the Champions League at all...

Although this big victory did not improve Sampdoria's league rankings, it made everyone full of confidence in the team's next game.

Besides, the next game is Sampdoria's game against Sassuolo. Anyone who is familiar with the grudges between Gao Zheng and Sassuolo will have high expectations for this game, even if Sampdoria is away, as long as Gao Zheng is fine, it will be difficult for Sampdoria to lose.

After the game, Italian media were reporting on Gao Zheng’s hat trick.

Speaking of which, Gao Zheng scored a hat-trick in two consecutive games. He didn't play at all against Atlanta, so he was not included in it.

In such an excellent state, it makes people feel that not only Sampdoria was not affected by the elimination of the Champions League, but also Gao Zheng. Or in other words, it is precisely because Gao Zheng was not affected by the elimination of the Champions League that Sampdoria was not affected by the elimination of the Champions League...

This is a bit confusing, but everyone can understand it. Simply put, Sampdoria's fate is basically tied to Gao Zheng.

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"... Gao scored a hat-trick against Verona, helping Sampdoria beat Verona 5-0 at home, ending the team's four-game losing streak. At the same time, Gao also tied Icardi on the league scorer list with this hat-trick. The two now scored eighteen goals... The competition in the scorer list is getting more and more intense."

When Sanetti walked into the house from the yard with barbecue, he found Icardi sitting on the sofa watching TV, and the TV talked about the battle between Gao Zheng and Icardi's best scorer.

He smiled and handed the plate containing the barbecue to Icardi: "I thought you would turn off the TV."

Icardi took the plate, thanked the captain, and said, "It was the captain, you told me that he is not such an easy opponent to be defeated!"

Captain Sanetti was very happy about Icardi's change in mentality.

He specifically called Icardi to his home for barbecue. In fact, he wanted to take this opportunity to chat with Icardi and let him relax so that he would not devote all his energy to Gao Zheng and affect his condition.

This is what he made after hearing yesterday that Gao Zheng scored three goals in a single game.

But now he was relieved to see Icardi's behavior after being called by him.

He felt that the young man Icardi was really more mature than before.

This made him very pleased.

In his mind, Icardi wants to become the future leader of Inter Milan. How can a young man be the leader?

The competition with Gao Zheng made him mature quickly, and this is a good thing about competition.

He patted Icardi on the shoulder: "I'm glad you can think of this."

"You don't have to worry about me, captain. I know it's very difficult to beat Gao, but I won't back down because of it."

"Come on. Is the barbecue delicious?"

Icardi then recalled the smell of barbecue. He suddenly remembered the situation when he was still playing football in Sampdoria, every time he went to Maxi Lopez's house to eat barbecue.

To be honest, the barbecue at the captain's house is not as delicious as the one at the eldest brother Maxi Lopez's house...

But he didn't say it, but nodded: "It's delicious!"

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Icardi, who had barbecue at the captain's house, seemed to gain strength from it. In the 30th round of the league, he scored his only goal for Inter Milan, helping Inter draw with Udinese at home.

In the match between Sampdoria and Sassuolo at the same time, Gao Zheng also contributed a wonderful performance of one goal and one assist, helping the team defeat Sassuolo 2:1.

In terms of individual goals, Gao Zheng also had nineteen goals, and continued to maintain pressure on Icardi.

In addition, in Juventus' match against Parma, Tevez scored two goals alone, which increased his league goals to 18 goals, forming a catching up against Gao Zheng and Icardi.

Gao Zheng is not the only player to score a hat-trick in the 29th round of the league. Turin striker Inmobile also won three goals against Livorno. In addition, he also scored a goal after the 30th round of the league. Now his league goals are 17.

The advantages of Icardi and Gao Zheng were instantly reduced to an overlooked level. As the league was approaching the end of the final, the competition for the scorer list suddenly began to become fierce.

In the 31st round, Sampdoria tied 0:0 with Fiorentina at home, and Gao Zheng did not continue to score.

Juventus lost to Napoli 0:2 away, and Tevez also scored no goal.

This was a good opportunity for Icardi to break the gap with his two competitors, but unfortunately, although Inter Milan scored two goals in this game, neither of these two goals had anything to do with Icardi.

Immobile didn't score either, but veteran Luca Toni scored twice in the match against Genoa, and his number of goals reached fifteen.

For the Italian media, more and more people join the competition for the Golden Boot, which is 100% good.

So they kept hyping up the topic of Golden Boots, successfully creating a lively scene where masters from all over the world besieged Gao Zheng and vowed to pull the defending Golden Boots off.

Even on the Internet in China, Chinese fans are worried about this, worried that Gao Zheng will really lose in the opponent's wheel battle.

Some people are confused when they care about it, shouting that Italy is despicable and shameless, but they are ridiculed, saying that it is fair competition, what's the point? Isn't it allowed others to compete for the Golden Boot?

After the league is hopeless, the Italian Cup has won the championship and the Champions League is eliminated, Chinese fans are now two of the most interesting things. One is whether Gao Zheng will leave this summer, and where will he go if he leaves. The other thing is naturally the battle for the Golden Boots.

Of course, everyone hopes that Gao Zheng can defend the Golden Boot, but they also know how difficult it is.

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In the 32nd round of the league, Sampdoria challenged Lazio away.

A day before that, Inter Milan and Bologna had already finished their matches, and Icardi scored again, allowing his league goals to reach the 20-goal mark, and at the same time he was the top scorer list.

The next day the match between Sampdoria and Lazio started at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Lazio once led Sampdoria twice in the game.

But in the end they failed to get three points, and the final result was a 2:2 draw.

The person who equalized the score for Sampdoria was Gao Zheng.

He scored twice in this game, not only helping Sampdoria tie Lazio, but also surpassed Icardi again on the league scorer list, pressing Icardi under his body with twenty-one goals.

Although Sampdoria has lost two rounds after the draw with Lazio, their ranking has fallen to 12th. But Sampdoria fans don’t care about the team’s final performance at all. Anyway, it is impossible to relegate, and it is impossible to win the championship.

They only care about one thing, that is, whether Sampdoria can break out of the encirclement of so many people and successfully defend the honor of the league's top scorer.

The next round of the league is Sampdoria's home match against Inter Milan, which is a direct conversation between the first and second place in the league's scorer list.
Chapter completed!