Before the match between Sampdoria and Inter Milan, the media were in a hot competition for the Golden Boots, and the one who is most hopeful to threaten Gao Zheng is naturally Icardi.

Icardi is the one who has publicly stated that he wants to defeat Gao Zheng. His performance on the league scorer list this season seems to have proved that he has such ability.

Now stir-fry hard, it's the right time.

The media are hyping this topic, and Icardi's teammates have also come forward to help him.

"We will fully support Icardi, he deserves the honor of the Golden Boot!" This was said by Cambiaso, an Argentine fellow in Icardi in the team.

"Icardi is really a super-awesome shooter, and he is so young, his future is limitless..." The person who said this was what Icardi's partner Palacio on the front line said.

Palacio has scored fourteen goals in the league this season, and the number of goals is quite good. He is currently ranked second in the Inter Milan scorer list, second only to Icardi.

Logically speaking, he and Icardi are more or less competitive, just like Icardi and Gao Zheng. However, this time he also chose to stand up and speak for his fellow Argentine hometown, which shows how much the Inter Milan team values ​​this Golden Boot battle.

Except for Cambiaso and Palacio, almost all Argentine players in Inter Milan stood on Icardi's side.

They think that their younger brother was bullied by Gao Zheng, so they naturally have to stand with their compatriots and express their support.

Chinese fans ridicule this, no wonder there is a "barbecue gang" within Inter Milan. It turns out that it is true. This is really because of the fact that there are many Argentine people in Inter Milan. In comparison, Gao Zheng is a little lonely. After all, let alone Genoa, there is no Chinese player in the entire Italian football world who can help Gao Zheng speak.

However, Gao Zheng did not need others to speak for him.

After all, a real strong man will not find anyone to help him when fighting.

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After the start of the match between Sampdoria and Inter Milan, Icardi performed very actively. Although he would hear boos from the stands of the Malasi Stadium every time he got the ball, this did not affect his performance, and even made him perform better. He seemed to be angry with Sampdoria fans. The more you don’t like me, the more I want to slap you in the face!

The active and active performance made Icardi frequently appear in close-ups of television broadcasts, and his name was mentioned the most by the commentator.

But it was not him who scored the goal first.

But the person he least wants to see goals...

"Gao Zheng!!! Gao Zheng!!!" Liu Hong shouted out this name passionately. He was particularly excited and excited now. Because just before he shouted like this, Gao Zheng had just scored his first goal in the half game.

That was after Berardi's cross from the penalty area, he shot through the goal.

Although Inter Milan's defensive players focused most of their attention on Gao Zheng at that time, they could not resist Gao Zheng's height and long legs. Even if they did not get the best position, they still used their long legs to tackle the football first...

"In the 14th minute of the game, Gao Zheng took the lead at home for Sampdoria! He increased his personal league goals to the 22nd goal!"

Liu Hong was particularly happy when he said this. He specifically emphasized Gao Zheng's current number of goals because everyone knows that the current hot topic in Serie A is no longer who can win the championship, but who can win the league Golden Boot.

After thirty-two rounds of the league, Juventus ranked first, with 84 points, Roma ranked second, with 76 points, and the two sides were eight points apart. If nothing unexpected happened, the league champion should be Juventus.

How can such a sure thing be compared with the Golden Boot?

Liu Hong knows that the Italian media has been hyping what it means to who can get the Golden Boot. Isn’t it just that he just hopes to see Gao Zheng fail to defend the Golden Boot?

In this situation, as a Chinese commentator, he now feels proud when he sees every goal Gao Zheng scores.

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After scoring the goal, Gao Zheng did not celebrate. He simply raised his arms and brimmed with his teammates who came up to celebrate.

Icardi was not dissatisfied with Gao Zheng's performance.

On the contrary, he was still very happy.

Because he saw the essence through the phenomenon.

Although Gao Zheng did not celebrate, he scored a goal, which shows that Gao Zheng is really competing with him. Isn’t this what he most hopes to see?

He had always been worried about Gao Zheng not treating himself as an opponent at all, so he did not hesitate to carry the infatuation to transfer to Inter Milan.

With his efforts for most of the season, he finally managed to force Gao Zheng to face him head-on. Isn’t this a good thing?

Thinking of this, Icardi was full of fighting spirit and prepared to hit Gao Zheng with a goal in the game.

But before he could put his fighting spirit into practical action, another change occurred on the field.

Just four minutes after Sampdoria scored, Gao Zheng dribbled the ball into Inter Milan's penalty area. He was ready to shoot at the time, but was tackled to the ground by Inter Milan's central defender Ranokia.

This was an undisputed foul, and Ranokia did tackle Gao Zheng. But Inter Milan players still argued around the referee, hoping that the referee could change the judgment.

Why are you so troubled by an undisputed foul?

Of course it's because this is a penalty kick!

At the critical moment when Gao Zheng and Icardi competed for the Golden Boot, giving Sampdoria a penalty kick, isn't this equivalent to giving Gao Zheng a goal?

Originally, Gao Zheng led Icardi with two goals. They kept saying that they wanted to support Icardi, but was it like this that he gave Icardi's opponents a helper?

Even Icardi frowned with a serious expression. Although he hoped Gao Zheng would face the challenge head-on, it did not mean that he wanted to see the gap between himself and Gao Zheng be further and further...

But no matter how Inter Milan players argue, the referee still insists on this penalty that he can see clearly.

But something happened next that surprised everyone.

Gao Zheng did not come to take the penalty kick he made himself. After he got up, he walked straight out of the penalty area and waited until the Inter Milan player and the head coach finished their hard work and did not go in. The person who took the penalty kick in the penalty area was captain Palonbo.

"Gao gave up this opportunity to take the penalty kick?!" Caresa was also surprised and felt a little incredible.

As the competition for the Golden Boot is getting more and more intense, any goal is very precious. Why can Gao Zheng give up an opportunity that is almost a goal-scoring opportunity so easily?

"It seems that Gao hasn't taken the penalty yet? Could it be that he himself did not have the confidence to take the penalty, so he gave the opportunity to Palonbo?" Bergomi guessed.

Caresa shook her head: "I don't believe Gao will not have the ability to take a penalty kick. The penalty kick is nothing more than a test of shooting skills and psychological quality. Gao is not bad in both aspects, so there is no reason why the penalty kick is not good."

"Maybe Gao thinks he already has the advantage of leading two goals and is sure to win, so there is no need to use this penalty to expand the lead against Icardi?" Bergomi gave a new guess.

"Maybe that's the case..." Caresa couldn't think of a suitable explanation, so she could only say so.

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No matter how confused others are, the person who takes the penalty kick on the court is Palonbo, not Gao Zheng.

It is rare for the TV broadcast to put close-ups on Gao Zheng instead of the player who punished the penalty kick.

Doing so obviously also expressed the doubts of the broadcaster of the game.

Gao Zheng in the close-up shot looked calm, without any regret, and he could not see any reluctance to give up the penalty kick.

His expression was as calm as if the penalty kick had nothing to do with him.

In the end, Palonbo kicked the penalty into the goal guarded by Handanovic. Gao Zheng went up to celebrate with Palonbo and smiled happily, as if he had scored the goal.
Chapter completed!