Sampdoria's entire team's performance is indeed not good.

Finally, they conceded the goal before the end of the first half.

Varese's left-back Ashraf Lazar scored the first record for the team, breaking the deadlock.

After scoring the goal, Varese was very excited.

The substitutes were almost rushing up to celebrate with Lazar.

Sampdoria was very upset.

Before the game, they were thinking about reaching the finals, winning the championship, and overwhelming the Genoa reserve team in the competition.

As a result, now it seems, are they going to follow in the footsteps of Genoa’s reserve team?

"This is not a normal performance for the team..." Casillao frowned in the coaching seat.

"Of course not, Alfredo. They obviously don't think about this game... Let Gao go to warm up, and there will be a substitution during the halftime break." Bruney said.

Gao Zheng was called out from the bench, and he ran to warm up alone.

It's obvious that he's going to be replaced.

But at this moment, there are still five minutes left before the end of the first half.

Even if Gao Zheng finished warming up, he would probably have to play in the second half.

Then why not let him warm up during the halftime?

Because he had to follow the team back to the locker room during the halftime break and accept the head coach's tactical arrangements.

Generally, substitutes will stay on the court under the guidance of the assistant coach during the intermission, while players on the court will return to the locker room to follow the head coach's adjustments.

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Gao Zheng, who was warming up alone, looked very eye-catching, and Varese Preparatory coach Devis Manja also noticed the tall figure.

Gao Zheng’s reserve team is no longer an unknown person. With his outstanding performance in the reserve team competition, many teams have begun to pay attention to him.

Especially when he scored a hat trick against AC Milan.

Soon this news began to circulate in the reserve industry - Sampdoria has a genius who is stronger than Icardi. He comes on as a substitute in every game, but he can always help the team win!

When Manja saw Gao Zheng start to warm up, she knew what Sampdoria was going to do.

So he walked to the sidelines, waved and shouted to signal the team to continue to strengthen the offense, and not to start slack just because he had one goal ahead and there was little time left in the first half.

Only by being able to score another goal before the break will you be insured!

So when Gao Zheng was warming up on the sidelines, Varese players on the field launched a fierce attack on Sampdoria's goal.

At this time, Sampdoria's defenders who were awakened by Varese's goal only remembered that they had been ravaged by Gao Zheng and Icardi during training, and they could not be ravaged in vain...

Sampdoria's defense, who began to take this game seriously, withstood the fierce attack in Varese's last moment.

At the end of the first half, the score was 0:1 and they only conceded one goal.

Varese reserve coach Manja was not very satisfied with the result... but he had no choice. Who told the team not to score early? Five minutes were indeed not enough.

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The Sampdoria reserve team did not play well in the first half, but it doesn't matter, they still have super geniuses.

At the beginning of the second half, the fourth official on the sidelines signaled that Sampdoria reserve team would substitute.

Then Gao Zheng ran slowly onto the field.

After Gao Zheng came on the court, Varese immediately shifted the focus of his defense to him - Manja also made corresponding arrangements during the halftime break.

But since he is a super genius, he can always do things that others cannot do.

In the 57th minute of the game, Gao Zheng suddenly shot a cold arrow outside the penalty area, and Sampdoria equalized the score...

In fact, it was not a good opportunity before Gao Zheng shot. Varese's defense was very tight, and Sampdoria never found an opportunity to penetrate the opponent's defense line.

Then Gao Zheng slowly pulled out of the penalty area with a speed similar to walking. His posture did not attract enough attention from Varese's defensive players - everyone's attention was all on the players with the ball at that time.

He pulled to about thirty meters away from the goal and received a pass from his teammate. He then had no signs or assists, and just swung his kick on the spot, looking like it was from X**T.

If a commentator is present, he will definitely criticize Gao Zheng for being too casual and wasting an offensive opportunity easily, giving up the ball...

As a result, the football flew into the goal.

"This is talent!" Casillao said to Bruno next to him while applauding the goal.

Bruney said with a stern face: "We didn't have to have such a hard time playing."

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After equalizing the score, Sampdoria was in awesome.

After Gao Zheng came on the court, he greatly reduced the defensive pressure faced by Icardi.

Especially after Gao Zheng attracted Varese defensive players, he still had the ability to pass the football to Icardi, which would be a death-making...

In the 81st minute, Gao Zheng passed the football to Icardi at the front of the penalty area, and Icardi did not disappoint his pass.

Turning around in the penalty area, wiped the defensive player away, shot directly from the far corner, and the football flew into the goal of Varese reserve team!

"nice shot!!"

Sampdoria reserves and coaching staff members all leaped from their seats with their arms raised.

They finally got ahead!

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In the end, with two goals from Gao Zheng and Icardi, Sampdoria reserve team defeated Varese 2:1 away, and eliminated their opponents with some difficulty and reached the final of the reserve team game.

The final will be held four days later on the evening of June 12, with Sampdoria's reserve team opponent being Roma's reserve team.

The finals are held at the home court of the Rome Reserve.

Since entering the playoffs, Sampdoria has not had a home game. Considering the intensive playoff schedule and the team still has to spend time on the road to the road, this is not good news for Sampdoria's reserve team.

However, the Sampdoria reserve players on the court at this moment can't take care of so many.

They didn't play very well in the pre-season, and they didn't expect to make it to the playoffs in the end.

It’s fine if you make it to the playoffs, but now you’ve reached the finals!

Sampdoria's first team played badly this season, but the reserve team guys felt like they were dreamy.

They gathered around Gao Zheng and Icardi and cheered.

Bruney couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene on the sidelines.

No matter what happened to the club, he was happy for the children in this acre of his own.

I hope their performance this season will lay a solid foundation for their career path next season.

Next season, many people in this team will be over-age and cannot continue to stay in the reserve team. Whether to go to the first team, be loaned out for exercise, or terminate the contract will be decided one by one in the summer.

However, Gao Zheng and Icardi should be the most stable.

He refused the first team's recruitment against two people at the critical moment of the team's relegation this season, and all he could do was limited to this.

Icardi's age is still able to continue playing in the reserve team for a season, but it is not really possible, and it depends on the first team's arrangements for next season.

As for Gao Zheng.

He is already twenty years old and will definitely not be able to continue in the reserve team next season.

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The game between France and Argentina was really exciting, with both sides scoring seven goals.

Although Argentina scored three goals, the overall offense was actually not two points. The first two goals had a lot of luck. The third goal was that the game was approaching the end and France completely relaxed.

In this game, Argentina was suppressed by the French team for the vast majority of the time, and it was not unfair to lose. In fact, it was already a blessing that Argentina was able to reach the top 16. This game was a profit, and the good luck of France ended. It was too difficult to get through France.

Everyone has seen the power of France.
Chapter completed!