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"Only 23 minutes into the game, Andrea Poli was injured. This is really unfortunate news for Sampdoria! Di Francesco had to be forced to use up a substitution, Costi Sic played and replaced Polly. For Sampdoria, it can be said that the start was not good. I don’t know if this substitution will have any adverse effects on Sampdoria’s next game..."

For any team, such a move of being forced to make substitutions due to injuries within 20 minutes of the start of the game is an impact on the original plan, and no coach wants to see such a thing.

Conversely, it is a good thing for the opponent.

So after seeing that Sampdoria was forced to make a substitution, Pescara obviously stepped up his offensive, hoping to take advantage of the instability of Sampdoria's army caused by this substitution and take advantage of the opportunity to break the deadlock.

The two teams are not unfamiliar, after all, they fought against each other in the second division last season. Pescara performed well last season and has always been at the top of the standings. In the end, it surpassed Turin and was promoted as the league champion.

Sampdoria, on the other hand, relied on the promotion play-offs to pass the risk.

In the second division, Pescara had an advantage against Sampdoria, one draw and one win, especially the victory at the end of the league, which also aroused Sassuolo's dissatisfaction, thinking that Sampdoria did it on purpose Turn on the water.

However, after being promoted to the First Division, the fate of the two teams has changed.

Sampdoria won two consecutive victories, especially when they defeated AC Milan 4-0 away in the first round of the league, which was a big upset.

In the first round of Serie A in Pescara, they lost to Inter Milan 0:3 at home.

In the second round, they lost 0:3 away to Torino, the runner-up of last season's Serie B, and lost in the contest of newly promoted horses.

In the first two rounds of the league, they lost two games in a row and conceded six goals. Pescara's results and their status as the Serie B champions are really inconsistent.

But now it seems that they are about to turn around.

Polly's injury is likely to be a turning point in this game!

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Pescara made a long pass from the backcourt and directly found the front striker Vukusic. In the double-team defense of two people, he first headed the football down, and then grabbed the ball before the Sampdoria player intercepted it. Shot.

The shot was so sudden that Sampdoria goalkeeper Tommaso Bernie didn't even react. The football flew directly above his head and hit the crossbar!

"Arukusic! He missed a great opportunity!!"

Accompanied by a shout from the commentator Caresa, there was a burst of sighs and exclamations at Pescara's home stadium, the Adriatico Stadium.

It is a pity that Wukusic also held his head in his hands.

Two minutes later, Vukusic and Pescara made a comeback. This time, Vukusic made a clever move and slanted into the space in the penalty area. His teammate passed the football to him. He took the ball in the ribs and shot a low shot. out the door.

"Pescara made two threatening attacks in a short period of time. It seems that this passive substitution has indeed had a negative impact on Sampdoria..."

The Pescara fans in the stands shouted louder and their singing gradually became louder.

I hope to inject my strength into the team and help the team take the lead as soon as possible.

During this period of time, Pesca has not only been sharp in offense, but also effective in defense.

Palin saved a shot from Gao Zheng.

Palin, who saved the shot, got up from the ground and swung his fist vigorously, roaring. As a result, the Pescara fans in the stands immediately responded to their goalkeeper with even louder shouts.

This is not the first time that Palin has saved Gao Zheng's shot in this game.

He would do this every time before.

"Palin made a wonderful save. Although he conceded six goals in the first two games, this obviously did not affect his performance in this game. He still played a very high level!"

Shalawi in front of the TV felt a little ashamed when he heard the commentator Caresa's praise of his friend.

Because of his muddled performance before, he was not included in the squad for the third round of the league.

But looking at Perrin, it's hard to imagine that he can face the devil in his heart with such high spirits.

Compared with him, I was like a coward...

He must cheer up!

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Palin has a counter in his mind, counting how many times he has saved Gao Zheng's shots.

Almost thirty minutes into the first half, he has already saved three shots from Gao Zheng.

He feels that he is in a good state today, and his goal is to get a clean sheet from Gao Zheng!

Gao Zheng noticed Palin's performance after saving his own shot, and seemed very excited.

This made him very strange—Palin didn't just save his own shot. Edel had a shot before and was saved by Palin. Why didn't he see him waving his fist and shouting again? what……

Is this... for yourself?

Gao Zheng thought of Shalawi's attack on him in the first round of the league.

He was having a headache, why did one or two of them have to target him... He obviously had no grievances with them... Uh, no, Palin might not be considered as having no grievances, after all, he was in the reserve team game back then Defeated his Genoa reserve team.

But it's been such a long time, and it's just a reserve team game. As for holding grudges like this?

Gao Zheng doesn't remember at all the fact that he broke Palin's confidence in the AC Milan youth team. After all, there were many people who were beaten by him back then, so he couldn't possibly remember them all...

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In the 31st minute, Sampdoria launched an attack. After the midfielder got the ball, Gao Zheng, who was in front of him, immediately pulled horizontally and ran to the ribs, while Pescara central defender Mark Capuano quickly followed. Going up, I don't intend to give Gao Zheng a single-handed chance.

Kosticic, who was holding the ball, saw Gao Zheng's running position and passed the football over. Although he knew that Capuano was following Gao Zheng, he believed that Gao Zheng must have a way to get rid of the defense.

There were other Pescara players who ran towards Gao Zheng with the football. Immediately, as many as four Pescara players surrounded Gao Zheng from four directions, front, back, left, and right, enclosing him in the middle. Shrink, intending to trap Gao Zheng completely.

Gao Zheng took the ball and took a step forward, entering the penalty area. The encirclement of Pescara is getting tighter and tighter.

Palin also rushed out quickly, sealing Gaozheng's shot angle.

Everyone's attention was on Gao Zheng, but Gao Zheng suddenly passed the football sideways to the other side, to Maxi Lopez who was plugged in!

"Maxie Lopez!" In Careza's voice, Lopez turned sideways and pushed the football from Gao Zheng towards the goal.

It was too late for Palin to turn around and pounce again. Although he pounced, he failed to touch the football and could only watch it fly into the goal he was guarding...

"Ah! Sampdoria is leading! No one expected that when Pescara already had the advantage and threatened Sampdoria's goal many times, it was Sampdoria who used a counterattack to score first and take the lead. Gao, who scored goals in the previous two games, was not greedy for credit this time. After attracting almost all Pescara's defensive players, he passed the football into the space. Lopez followed up and hit the goal without any suspense !"

After the goal, Lopez ran to hug Gao Zheng who assisted him, and other Sampdoria players also came up to congratulate them.

Why did Di Francesco decide to let the young Gao Zheng be the core of the team's offense, and did not arouse any opposition in the Sampdoria team?

In addition to Gao Zheng's outstanding strength, which can withstand any criticism, it is also related to his playing style.

Although he is a center forward, he is not the kind of center forward who only thinks about scoring goals for himself. He is also very willing to assist his teammates, so he is the core of the offense. the whole team.

If it is a very independent center, if the head coach wants to do this, I am afraid other players will be very unhappy.

But Gao Zheng was the core, and everyone recognized and accepted it.

If you run in a better position than him, then he will never hesitate to pass the football to you.

Of course, as for whether you can get in, it has nothing to do with him...