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When the whistle sounded over Mughnaini's reserve team training ground, many players on the field collapsed to the ground.

They gasped heavily, their chests rose and fell violently, and they didn't move, as if they were dead.

Bruni did not yell at them to get them up, but nodded approvingly: "It's okay, after a few days of targeted training, your defensive performance is better than before. At least this time you only lost Four goals are already within the acceptable range."

Many players rolled their eyes in their hearts: I am really grateful to the coach for being able to get such an evaluation...

"We must also thank the offensive team for their full support. Confronting them will help you withstand AC Milan's offensive."

Gao Zheng and Icardi stood in the offensive group, accepting Bruni's praise and the resentful eyes of the defensive group...

But Ma Xi didn't do that, he looked at Gao Zheng with complicated eyes.

After the training, Ma Xi expressed his gratitude to Gao Zheng.

"Thank me for what? Alberto, you won't really practice until your brain has a fever, right?" Gao Zheng said to Marcy doubtfully while changing his clothes.

Ma Xi looked around, then lowered his voice to Gao Zheng's ear and said, "I know, you are too embarrassed to say it directly, for fear of affecting everyone's morale... You have been using the left hand all the time during training these days." You shot with your right foot, but you actually hit it with your right foot... You did this to keep us from being hit too badly, right? I knew that the Great Demon King is not cold-blooded and ruthless..."

Gao Zheng couldn't laugh or cry after hearing Masi's explanation: "Think too much, Alberto, I didn't mean to release water, and I didn't release water..."

"I know, some things can be done, but can't be said, it's okay, you don't need to explain, I understand you!"

Gao Zheng looked at Marcy: "Alberto, do you have any misunderstandings about me?"

Marcy shook her head like a rattle: "No, no!"

Gao Zheng looked at him, and he kept smiling and faced Gao Zheng's gaze bravely.

In the end, Gao Zheng lost to Masi, who was in the second grade like Icardi. He rolled his eyes and looked away.

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Andrea Carmona found that the atmosphere in the team training was not the same as before.

It was very easy before, and everyone didn't pay attention to the Sampdoria reserve team, the opponent in the first round of the playoffs.

But now, he can feel the tension from some people's performance.

why?

He thought about it a little bit, and he could understand. This change in atmosphere came after everyone knew that Gao was their opponent.

So he was very puzzled, and felt that his teammates were nervous because of one person, it was a bit... too hopeless.

After the training, he couldn't help but grabbed his teammate Mattia Desiglio: "Matia, why do I feel that everyone seems to care about that height?"

De Sciglio said: "You only transferred here last summer. It's normal not to know Gao. But as long as someone has been in Milan's youth training camp for more than three years, there will be no one who doesn't know Gao. If Sampdoli If the person in the Asian reserve team is really the Gao we know, then no matter how much we care about it, we can’t be overemphasized.”

Carmona was even more puzzled: "Is that tall... so powerful?"

De Sciglio said seriously: "Very, very, very good. He was the best one in our team at that time." Then he looked around and said to Carmona in a low voice, "Verdi could only do it at that time. Give him a substitute..."

Simeone Verdi is currently the main scorer of the AC Milan reserve team. He played 24 times in the reserve team B group and scored seven goals, ranking second in the AC Milan team.

Carmona was even more confused: "Since he is so good, why is he in the Sampdoria reserve team now? I remember you said that the Sampdoria reserve team is not very strong, right?"

De Sciglio sighed: "Because he suffered a very serious injury,

After recovering from the injury, he was injured twice intermittently, and then he terminated the contract with the club..."

"The contract was terminated? This..." Carmona never expected that the story would take a sharp turn.

"I don't know exactly why the contract was terminated. Anyway, after that, we didn't see Gao again, and no one had any news about him. I didn't expect him to go to Sampdoria..." De Sciglio was a little emotional.

"Since he was terminated, it means that his ability has not met the club's requirements?" Carmona did not have De Sciglio's feelings for Gao Zheng for many years. He thought of another aspect. "Doesn't that mean that he's not that much of a threat to us?"

De Sciglio didn't expect Carmona's angle to be so tricky, he froze for a moment, and then said, "It's hard to say, you haven't seen Gao Qiqiu..."

"I haven't seen him play football, but since he suffered a serious injury and was terminated by the club, I think he must be different now than he was back then? It doesn't matter." Carmona insisted. "I think Mauro Icardi should be paid more attention to than that tall one. He is a scoring machine."

De Sciglio looked at the left winger who was transferred from the La Masia youth academy last summer and asked, "Is Icardi very good?"

"Very good, he is just because the style of play does not match Barcelona, ​​otherwise how could Sampdoria get him? He was not terminated by La Masia because of injury." Carmona said.

The last sentence made De Silio look at Carmona. He could feel that this teammate from La Masia seemed to have some disagreements with Gao Zheng. I am not convinced by everyone's evaluation of Gao Zheng.

In fact, De Sciglio doesn't know what Gao Zheng has become now. Maybe Carmona is right, he is no longer the unrivaled Chinese genius who shined on the court.

If this is the case, De Sciglio will be relieved for his team, but then regret it.

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The first round of the reserve team playoff qualifying match between the AC Milan reserve team and the Sampdoria reserve team kicked off at 3:30 pm on May 7, 2011. The venue for the match was at the youth training camp of AC Milan There is a field numbered D in the Mara Training Center, and there is a small stand.

Because we have already entered the playoffs, the number of fans who came here to watch the game today is slightly more than usual.

Guo Wei was wearing an AC Milan jersey that he just bought at a fan supplies store, and was taking a group photo with several fans in the stands—it was very strange for everyone to see an Asian face in the stands of the reserve team. Guo Wei wanted to hide himself With his identity, he had to play the image of an AC Milan fan who came here from China thousands of miles away, which made those real AC Milan fans feel excited and happy, so they came to take photos with him.

Guo Wei had to squeeze out a fake smile to satisfy those fans. He looked smiling on his face, but he was very distressed in his heart. He was the most eye-catching existence in this stand, how could he cheer for Gao Zheng in a while...

Mattia Palin, dressed in disguise, stood quietly in a corner of the stands, and he also noticed the oriental face surrounded by AC Milan fans taking turns taking pictures.

If there are Oriental fans wearing AC Milan jerseys in the stands of the San Siro stadium, it is nothing unusual. As a world-class giant, AC Milan has such influence. But even a reserve team game could attract Asian fans, he couldn't figure it out...

Even if Gao Zheng once played for AC Milan, there are Chinese AC Milan fans. But it doesn't make sense why this Chinese fan came back to watch the AC Milan reserve team game. One must know that Gao Zheng is no longer in AC Milan...

Is this fan news too behind?

Hmm... Does China know that Gao Zheng has left AC Milan?

Mattia Palin's mind goes out...

It wasn't until the players on both sides came out to warm up that he pulled his mind back.

He saw Gao Zheng at a glance, and he was training with his teammates to pass the ball to each other.

Because some players came out to warm up, those AC Milan fans finally let Guo Wei go. Guo Wei also saw Gao Zheng.

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Giovanni Stropa stood in a corner on the sidelines. He first looked left and right to make sure that he had not attracted attention, and then he turned his attention to the Sampdoria reserve players who were warming up on the field. His The players were still in the locker room, so he ran out early just to see the long-lost figure.

He found Gao Zheng without much effort.

Although he has been away for a year and a half, there have been some changes in his appearance and temperament, but based on his familiarity with Gao Zheng, he still recognized him.

He was sure that the tall man who was warming up in the Sampdoria jersey was Gao Zheng, who had terminated his contract with AC Milan a year and a half ago.

He is warming up with his teammates, a triangular pass, with a player in the middle intercepting, as long as he touches the football, he wins, and the player who touches the ball will come in to replace the player who grabs the ball - commonly known as "monkey". ” or “snatch the ring”.

The "circle" is not big, and the players who grab the ball can block the passing route without much running, which increases the difficulty, forcing the passing player to pass the ball quickly, and the time from stopping the ball to passing the ball cannot exceed two feet ——stop the ball, pass the ball—if you make more adjustments, you will basically lose the opportunity to pass the ball.

But the ball is passed quickly, and mistakes will inevitably occur.

This is also the purpose of this warm-up, so that the players can find the feeling of being forced to pass the ball in the game in a short time, and adapt as soon as possible. Let your whole body move, and there will be no situation where someone is passing the ball and someone is watching the show.

In Stropa's view, Gao Zheng was the most calm among the group of Sampdoria reserve players who were in a hurry.

No matter how tricky the ball passed by his teammates in a hurry, whether it is flying in the air or rolling against the turf, he can always stretch his legs and easily resolve it. He even passed the ball directly to his teammates without stopping the ball. At the foot—Facing a football flying behind him, Gao Zheng stood still, swung his right leg backwards, and knocked the flying football towards his teammate with his heel, and the teammate hadn't reacted when he was grabbing the ball The football was passed to the teammate's feet. He does all this effortlessly.

Seeing this scene, Stropa sighed a little. In the AC Milan youth training camp, Gao Zheng's sense of the ball was top-notch. Generally, people who are too tall will give people a bulky impression, but in Gao Zheng, he can't see this at all.

Technically speaking, this is the Gao Zheng he knew, no different from the Gao Zheng who played under him and won the U16 best player.

It's just that the blue Sampdoria jersey he is wearing looks a bit garish.

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PS, the game between Iceland and Nigeria, in fact, Iceland did not play badly, but the first game against Argentina consumed too much physical energy. It can be clearly seen from this game that the physical fitness of the Icelandic players declined significantly in the second half. In the case of declining physical fitness, their defensive formation will not be able to remain intact...

It is a pity.

But now it seems that Iceland's highlight moment in this World Cup should be the 1:1 draw with Argentina.

It should be difficult for them to get out of this group.

Nigeria's victory gave Argentina the hope of qualifying, but with the state of Argentina in these two games, it may not be easy for them to beat Nigeria...

Today's three games, Belgium against Tunisia, Belgium will definitely win, and will win more than two goals.

In the game between South Korea and Mexico, I am optimistic that Mexico will beat South Korea by one goal.

The game between Germany and Sweden was the highlight, and neither team played very well in the first round of the group stage. But I am more optimistic about the background of the German team. It is normal for the defending champion to fail in the first group match. France in 2002, Italy in 2010, Spain in 2014 all proved this.

I think the German team, which is gradually recovering, will beat Sweden by two goals!

Is this the case, let us wait and see at two o'clock in the morning!