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Before the start of the game, the Sampdoria captain Palumbo called everyone together and they formed a circle. As the captain, Palumbo had something to say.

Before speaking, Palumbo took a special look at Gao Zheng.

He still remembers the scene when the young man entered the first team for the first time, and he took him one by one to meet new teammates one by one.

Originally thought that he was just a young player training with the first team. He didn't even know whether he could gain a foothold in the first team. Who would have thought that this young man would become the savior of this team.

In the middle, he went to Inter Milan on loan, and when he returned to the team again, things were different.

The young man has grown far beyond his imagination.

After regaining his senses, Palombo said: "Guys, as Gao said, we have worked so hard to get to the final, not to go back with a runner-up. Fiorentina have nothing to fear, they did win in the league passed us, but that was because Gao was not there at the time!"

Everyone followed his words and turned their attention to Gao Zheng.

Under the watchful eyes of his teammates, Gao Zheng accepted it calmly.

"In this game, let us win Fiorentina and bring back a championship for the fans!"

"Champion!" The Sampdoria players shouted.

Unlike coach Di Francesco, the players will not consider whether the team will qualify for the European competition in the following season. Their idea is very simple - there is a championship in front of them, of course they must strive for it.

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Gao Zheng stood in the center circle with a football under his feet, and Berardi stood beside him, waiting for the kick-off.

The referee of the game, Daniele Osado, looked at his watch, checked the time with the fourth official off the field through the headset, and then pressed the timing button of the watch to blow the opening whistle.

"Game start!"

Almost at the same time, the Italian commentator Caresa and the Chinese commentator He Ping shouted this sentence.

The stadium erupted in cheers from fans of both sides.

Looking at the stands, the stadium is almost full of seats.

The blue Sampdoria fans and the purple Fiorentina fans each occupied half the stadium,

There are very few true neutral fans.

For the rich teams, the champion of the Coppa Italia may appear to be insufficient in gold content.

But for mid-range teams like Sampdoria and Fiorentina, the Coppa Italia championship is a trophy worthy of their all-out efforts.

After Gao Zheng kicked off, he ran straight forward, first to his predetermined position.

In this game, Di Francesco's tactics for the team were not defensive counterattacks, or it was not defensive counterattacks from the beginning.

Playing against a team that is stronger than your own, defensive counterattacks are effective. And when playing against an opponent who is evenly matched with you, you may not be able to swim if you play a defensive counterattack—even if you can recover, the opponent may not cooperate with you to press up and attack, right?

The opponent is not an idiot either, knowing that you are going to play a defensive counterattack, they press it out and leave a lot of space behind you for you to counterattack.

Di Francesco predicted that Fiorentina will not adopt a siege style of play, and the game should be offensive and defensive.

In this case, it is a waste of resources to shrink and fight back.

So Sampdoria's tactics were still playing normally at the beginning, or even attacking more aggressively.

Wait until the goal is scored before considering switching back to defensive counterattack, because at that time the conditions for defensive counterattack will be met.

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"After the start of the game, the two teams played very cautiously and tested each other. In fact, they have played against each other in the league, so it is reasonable to say that they are familiar with each other. But the Coppa Italia final is special after all, so it is inevitable that they will be more cautious... "After the opening, the rhythm was a bit slow. He Ping considered that the Chinese fans had either stayed up late or just woke up, and their mental state was not good, so he explained a little bit to give the fans peace of mind.

There has always been a saying in the past, called "the final unnamed game". That is to say, the two teams that reached the final want to win the championship, but because they want to win the championship too much, they are afraid of gains and losses and dare not play. Play carefully, with the first goal not to make mistakes.

Such a game can easily fall into a dull, uninteresting and unsightly situation.

This game seems to have the same signs.

So He Ping had to vaccinate the audience in advance.

Red Bull, strong tea, coffee, prepare everything you can, lest you fall asleep watching.

Of course, he didn't say the latter words, he just kept them in his heart.

To a certain extent, what He Ping said was correct, in that Fiorentina was indeed trying to test Sampdoria.

But Sampdoria is not necessarily testing Fiorentina.

The ten-minute match was fleeting, and neither side created any decent chances. It seemed like what He Ping said, the two sides were testing, and such an opening in the final was normal.

So when Gao Zheng pulled to the right to get the ball, it didn't arouse everyone's special attention.

As a center with a wide range of activities, Sampdoria's opponents have become accustomed to Gao Zheng always appearing in front of the non-goal.

But the defense that should be done still needs to be done.

So Fiorentina's left back, and their captain Pasquale, stepped forward to resist Gao Zheng, preventing Gao Zheng from going to the bottom line.

Gao Zheng didn't even think about going to the bottom line. Beside him, Sampdoria's right-back De Silvestri is quickly dribbling in.

It stands to reason that Gao Zheng should pass the football to make a breakthrough.

Pasquale's attention was also attracted after seeing De Silvestri who was thrusting in from behind Gao Zhen. He moved his eyes away from Gao Zheng and followed De Silvestri. move.

In fact, Pasquale did it very covertly, he just moved his eyeballs, and didn't even turn his neck.

But such a subtle movement was still keenly captured by Gao Zheng - when facing Pasquale, Gao Zheng stopped looking at the football under his feet, but stared at the opponent's eyes. To judge the movement of the other party, it is very useful to look at the eyes. As for where the ball is, he relies on his feet to sense it. According to his ball feel, it is as normal as breathing, without any difficulty.

After noticing that Pasquale's eyeballs had moved away from him, Gao Zheng raised his right foot and made a gesture to pass the football to the side to De Silvestri who inserted behind.

This made Pasquale judge that Gao Zheng would pass the football.

This time not only the eyes moved, but even the body swayed.

But at this moment, Gao Zheng's right foot slid across the football, and after a feint shot, he shot back again, using the outside of his foot to push the football to the middle, and then he also made a forceful cut to the middle!

Only then did Pasquale realize that he had been deceived by Gao Zheng. He turned around again, but it was too late. He was pulled away by Gao Zheng. He could only hope that his teammates could stop Gao Zheng, or Slow him down.

Other Fiorentina players, whether they are central defenders or midfielders, are waiting for Gao Zheng on the way forward.

However, Gao Zheng did not continue to dribble the ball. After the inside cut, he swung his right foot directly and used the outside instep of his right foot to slice the football. Before the Fiorentina players had time to encircle him, he had already kicked the football towards the goal. !

The football cut by the outside instep drew a clear and somewhat exaggerated arc in the air, bypassing the players on both sides in the penalty area, and went straight to the upper corner of the goal.

Fiorentina goalkeeper Neto jumped high, stretching his body as much as possible, trying to save the football.

But the distance he took off was so far that he was useless for this move except to show his good flying posture.

His hands are still a million miles away from football.

In the end, he could only watch the football spin and fly towards the upper back corner of his goal...

"Gao! Gao! gaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!"

Accompanied by Caresa's exclusive roar of Gao Zheng, the football spun into Fiorentina's goal.

Only 11 minutes into the game, and they should still be in the stage of testing each other, Sampdoria has already opened the scoring and broke the deadlock!