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After Sampdoria was eliminated, they lost 0:3 to Atlanta in the next league game.

In this game, Di Francesco made a lot of rotations, and the main players, including Gao Zheng, basically did not appear on the court.

This is already the team's four-game losing streak in the league, and it can be regarded as the worst period for this team since it was promoted to the first division.

Coupled with being eliminated from the Champions League, Sampdoria seemed to be shrouded in a thick layer of dark clouds, and the sun could not penetrate at all, making people feel oppressed and suffocated.

At this time, Sampdoria's ranking in the league has dropped to eleventh, only one point ahead of rivals Genoa in the same city.

That made fans of the city's arch-rivals happy.

When Sampdoria won the Coppa Italia championship, they were really depressed and had to bear the ridicule of Sampdoria fans every day.

But now it's their turn to be proud. Even though they didn't perform very well, they were happy to see their city rivals suffer.

Next, if they can overtake Sampdoria in the league, it will be perfect.

But they didn't realize that being eliminated in the Champions League is not necessarily a bad thing for Sampdoria to play in the league...

In this way, Sampdoria can finally not have to fight on multiple lines this season-the Coppa Italia has been played, Sampdoria has won the championship, the Champions League is gone, there is only the league left, and Sampdoria does not need to Rotate, and don't have to give up the league and focus on the Champions League.

How terrible is a Sampdoria that can go all out in the league?

A week later, in the twenty-ninth round of the league, Sampdoria played against Verona at home. In this game, Gao Zheng, who had never played in the previous game, appeared in the starting lineup. Sampdoria's main players have also started again.

The game is at home to Sampdoria.

Despite a four-game losing streak in the league and being knocked out of the Champions League, the Marassi Stadium was packed to capacity - a way for Sampdoria fans to support their team.

In fact, being eliminated from the Champions League did not make Sampdoria fans dissatisfied with the team's performance. You must know that before the season, no one would have thought that Sampdoria could reach this point in the Champions League. The results of the top sixteen are already very surprising. As fans of Sampdoria, they all know the strength of their team,

So they don't have any unrealistic expectations for the team. They are already very satisfied that the team can reach the knockout stage and play at Atletico Madrid's home court until the end.

That's why they went back to the airport to meet the team and treat them like triumphant heroes.

In this home league, they also expressed their support for the team with practical actions.

Before the game even started, their singing had already resounded over the Marasi Stadium.

In return for such enthusiastic and selfless support from the fans, Gao Zheng gave Sampdoria the lead with a long shot from outside the penalty area just four minutes into the game!

"Oh! High! High!! He scored in the first four minutes! Looks like he's going to have a really good shot in this game!"

After scoring the goal, Gao Zheng ran to the south stand where the Sampdoria fans gathered, and bowed to them with his hand on his chest.

"Gao used this kind of celebration to apologize to the fans for being knocked out of the Champions League, for the team's four-game losing streak in the league. But he didn't have to do it at all because He has done well enough!" Caresa sighed after seeing this scene.

The Sampdoria fans in the stands also saw it this way, and they responded to Gao Zheng with the same action—thousands of people put their hands on their chests and bowed to Gao Zheng in return.

They were unwilling to accept Gao Zheng's apology, because Gao Zheng didn't owe them anything at all.

Instead, they need to apologize to Gao Zheng in turn-if they hadn't stayed in Sampdoria, they believe that Gao Zheng should have achieved greater achievements this season. When the club lost its old chairman and Icardi resolutely left, Gao Zheng chose to stay out of his feelings for the team and the fans... So it was Sampdoria that dragged him down, and Not that he's sorry for Sampdoria.

Due to multi-line battles this season, Sampdoria can't come up with a deep enough bench lineup to support, so they can only adopt rotations. As a result, Gao Zheng has only scored 16 league goals until now, falling behind in the league's scorer list Yu Icardi, who has scored 18 goals.

Last season's league Golden Boot, he has only scored 16 goals in 29 rounds of the league. Compared with his performance last season, it is really far behind. But this is not because Gao Zheng's ability has declined, but because he has been rotated to the bench too many times this season.

So much so that Icardi, who now makes Sampdoria fans very upset, scored 18 goals and ranked first in the scorer list because he could only play in the league.

If it wasn't for Sampdoria, I believe Gao Zheng would never have allowed Icardi to be so rampant...

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Gao Zheng's goal set the tone for the game and got off to a good start, allowing all Sampdoria players to let go of their nervousness.

The game was completely taken over by Sampdoria and completely fell into the rhythm of Sampdoria.

In the 23rd minute, Berardi received an assist from Gao Zheng and rewritten the score to 2:0.

Before the end of the first half, captain Palombo scored a goal and the score became 3:0. Sampdoria led Verona by three goals in the first half.

Facing Sampdoria's aggressive offensive, Verona could only shrink in its own 30-meter area to survive.

Before the game, they had hoped to beat Sampdoria at Sampdoria's home court. After all, Sampdoria is currently in poor condition and has lost four consecutive league games.

Verona currently has 24 points, only one point more than Bologna, which is ranked third from the bottom. It can be said that relegation is not safe.

There are still ten rounds left in the league, and they also need to fight for relegation.

And the relegation team is not easy to mess with.

As a result, this dream was declared shattered after only four minutes.

They fell behind by three goals in the first half, how can they play this game?

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The second half of the game had just started again. In the 48th minute, Gao Zheng scored another goal against Verona.

"Gao Zheng! Score twice! Now his personal league goals have risen to 17, and he is only one goal away from Icardi!" Liu Hong is very happy, because Sampdoria is busy during this period The UEFA Champions League and the Coppa Italia do not pay enough attention to the league. Gao Zheng has not started or scored in the league many times. This made him, who was in charge of explaining Serie A, very depressed.

The Champions League was very lively, and Gao Zheng scored a hat-trick in Calderon, but that was explained by his colleague He Ping, and it had nothing to do with him.

Gao Zheng, who has already scored twice, did not stop pursuing goals.

Finally, in the fifty-eighth minute, he broke Verona's goal with a beautiful direct free kick. While performing a hat-trick, he also tied Icardi in the scorer list.

"Oh heh heh heh!! Hat-trick! Hat-trick! Gao's form today is so good! Before this game, Gao was still three goals behind Icardi in the scorer list, and Gao will be 3 goals in one game. The gap between them has been smoothed out!" Caresa said excitedly.

After winning the Coppa Italia and being knocked out of the Champions League, is there anything else to talk about about Sampdoria?

Of course, it is the battle for the league golden boot.

Taking advantage of Sampdoria's multi-line battle before, Icardi fired at Inter Milan and scored 18 goals, surpassing Gao Zheng to become the top scorer.

This made many people see the opportunity for Icardi to pull Gao Zheng from the throne.

Of course, they all hope that someone can challenge Gao Zheng, lest Gao Zheng continue to go crazy.

Leading the scorer list by three goals can be regarded as safe. I didn't expect Gao Zheng to close the gap in one game.

It surprised and disappointed those who were waiting to see Icardi challenge Gao Zheng.

But Careza doesn't think so, tying doesn't mean the competition is over, as Gao Zheng can now turn his focus back to the league, the competition between him and Icardi will definitely become more intense ——When Icardi saw Gao Zheng's performance today, it must be impossible to remain indifferent, right?

Apart from this round of competition, there are still nine rounds left in the league, which is another highlight besides the championship fight and relegation battle.

If Gao Zheng let Icardi go away like this, Caresa would be very disappointed.