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In an interview, Gao Zheng expressed the team's confidence in winning the game, and Naples is naturally not to be outdone.

The team captain Hamsik responded to Gao Zhen's statement in an interview: "I agree with Gao that there is no game that can be easily won in this world. So we will also be here Go all out in this game. No one will give up easily when the Coppa Italia reaches this level."

"Hamsik is right. At this stage of the game, it is difficult for Sampdoria to paralyze their opponents with their previous low-key. Think about it, whether it is Roma or Juventus, in the face of Sang In Pudoria, they all showed some contempt for this team... They can obviously field the strongest lineup, but in the end they often end up with a rotation lineup. Juventus is the most obvious, and Buffon doesn't even Come away. Conte must take the greatest responsibility for the strength of this game. But after eliminating Roma and Juventus in a row, I don’t think anyone will think that Sampdoria just wants to give up Italy decently Cup?" In the evening program of Channel 5 Italy, the guests were talking about the next matchup.

The host asked: "So you are not optimistic that Sampdoria can reach the final of the Coppa Italia?"

The guest shook his head: "It's not that I'm not optimistic about them reaching the final. After all, football is round and everything is possible. It's just that when Naples is going all out and still has the advantage of the schedule, Sampdoria wants It's still difficult to reach the final of the Coppa Italia..."

He didn't say it to death, but what he meant was clear to everyone.

The reason why he didn't say he was dead was naturally because he couldn't leave too obvious a handle. If Sampdoria really eliminated Naples in the end, wouldn't they be slapped in the face?

Since Gao Zheng slapped those famous experts in the face with his performance on the scorer list last season, many people will be relatively cautious about Gao Zheng's issue.

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Sampdoria host Napoli on the second day of Udinese's semi-final with Fiorentina.

This is a contest between the third in the league and the seventh in the league.

One of the reasons why many people are more optimistic about Naples is also in the league rankings, which fully reflects the gap between the two teams.

After the 22nd round, Naples has 44 points, ranking third, but it is far from the top two Juventus and Roma in the league. There should be no chance to catch up with the two teams this season. If at the end of the season, they can still cling to the current third position in the league, it will be very good, at least they can participate in the Champions League again next season.

In terms of honors this season, in fact, what they can still compete for is the Coppa Italia.

So in this game, Naples definitely does not have the problem of not paying enough attention.

They will definitely send the strongest lineup they can.

This is not good news for Sampdoria.

In fact, this is indeed the case, Naples sent their main lineup in the league for this game.

At the top is center Higuain, who has scored ten league goals this season.

On the left and right flanks are Insigne and Callejon, captain Hamsik is in the middle of the midfield, and Inle and Jorginho are in the midfield.

The back four, left back Anthony Revier, right back Macho, center backs Albiol and Federico Fernandez.

The goalkeeper is Reina, who came from Liverpool.

This lineup is Naples' main lineup in the league.

Naples' ability to rank third in the league has a lot to do with their performance.

But in terms of players' personal abilities, Naples is on a higher level than Sampdoria.

After all, the players on Sampdoria's side, except for Gao Zheng, are either young people, or players who have been playing for many years but have not made a name for themselves.

Unlike Naples, almost all of them are well-known figures in European football, and they all have rich game experience in giants.

For example, the head striker Higuain was also the main player before Real Madrid, and Callejon was once the star of hope for Real Madrid.

If you only analyze strength on paper, I believe no one thinks Naples will lose.

But football is interesting because it is interesting to win or lose a game. You can't just rely on a simple comparison of strength on paper.

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After the start of the game, Sampdoria only launched an attack at the beginning, threatening some Naples goals, and then quickly shrank their defense, playing their best defensive counterattack.

On the Naples side, they insisted on the wing attack style they are good at. The wing composed of Callejon and Insigne continued to attack Sampdoria's defense.

It's just that these two sides have to slow down when they come to the 30-meter area of ​​Sampdoria.

It used to be said that Callejon felt like riding a motorcycle on the field when he played in Real Madrid, but when facing the dense defense of Sampdoria, the motorcycle under Callejon had to be replaced by a bicycle ...

In fact, in addition to the defensive counterattack in this game, this tactic is a tactic that Sampdoria is good at using, and it is also specially arranged by Di Francesco to target Benitez.

It is to not leave Naples with two wing assault spaces behind the defense line, so that their technical and speed advantages on the wing cannot be brought into play.

In terms of offense, because we must maintain a defensive formation and try not to give Naples an opportunity, we must rely more on the personal abilities of the offensive players.

But Di Francesco is not very worried about this, because he thinks they have the world's top striker with superb personal skills.

Apart from not being good at heading and confrontation, there are basically no shortcomings.

Not being good at headers is not a problem under the premise that the team plays defensive counterattacks and lacks midfield and wing support.

It's even worse if you're not good at confrontation, because Gao Zheng's free kick is excellent! It's impossible for the opponent to stop Gao Zheng in a game without fouling, right? As long as you make a foul, it's Gao Zheng's performance moment.

So from this perspective, Gao Zheng is comprehensive and has no fatal weaknesses.

Ten minutes into the game, Naples' offense did not show any threat, and Sampdoria's intensive defense did play a role.

In the thirteenth minute, after Sampdoria, who was defending in the backcourt, cut off Naples' ball, they did not advance through the midfield layer by layer, but directly kicked the football to the midfielder with a big kick.

Gao Zheng received the ball just past the middle circle, and he was not offside. He turned around, dribbled the ball and walked forward!

"Sampdoria strikes back!"

There were cheers and cheers for Gao Zheng at the Marasi Stadium.

The Naples players quickly returned to the defense. The central defenders Albiol and Fernandez who were already behind slowly retreated while waiting for their teammates to return to the defense.

The Naples players in the midfield are quickly returning to the defense. As for those in the frontcourt, they haven't run much. After all, they are the farthest away. When they run back, the day lily may be cold, so it is better to stay in the frontcourt. On the one hand, they can suppress Sampdoria's midfielders should not let their power overwhelm them. On the other hand, they can also immediately invest in the counterattack after the teammates successfully defend.

As I said before, Gao Zheng is not a speed player, but he is definitely not the kind of slow high center forward.

He has a good pace with the ball, so while the absolute speed is not fast, the speed of the ball does not feel slow.

He quickly dribbled past Napoli centre-back Albiol.

The Spanish centre-back, who moved to Napoli from Real Madrid this summer, is tall but not quick enough or flexible enough to turn around.

When Gao Zheng dribbled the ball to the front, he turned his head and glanced to his right. There was indeed Berardi who was plugging in at high speed on his right, trying to catch him.

Albiol noticed Gao Zheng's movement of turning his head, so he involuntarily glanced over there.

It was a very subtle move, but Gao Zheng caught it keenly.

He immediately bullied him!

Albiol's attention was originally on Berardi, but he suddenly caught a glimpse of Gao Zheng approaching him, and stretched out his legs reflexively to block Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng gently flicked the football to the front left with his right foot, and the football brushed past Albiol's toes. At the same time, Gao Zheng took another step and wiped past Albiol. .

Because the movement range is very small, it did not affect Gao Zheng's center of gravity and balance, allowing him to connect his movements very quickly without too much adjustment to waste time.

Shaking away Albiol, he dribbled the ball towards Naples' penalty area!

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