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After the training, Bruni left Gao Zheng alone.

Everyone else was very strange. This was the first time Bruni left Gao Zheng after training. They looked back at Gao Zheng and the head coach, and walked to the locker room with some reluctance.

They really want to know what the head coach means by keeping Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng was also very strange.

"I've heard people say you made the title declaration in the dressing room?" Bruni asked.

"Ah..." Gao Zheng looked at the teammates who hadn't gone far, wondering who betrayed him.

"Don't look, I'm not going to tell you Marcy said it."

"That big mouth!" Gao Zheng was a little annoyed, and then he changed his expression to Bruni: "Coach, do you blame me for setting the tone too high? No way, I saw that everyone's morale was too low at the time." Already... If our goal is to reach the semi-finals of the playoffs, isn't it particularly unattractive? So I think it's better to have a championship..."

Bruni nodded: "It's indeed a bit high. You know that the championship is not so easy to win. But I have said everything, and I can't ask you to take it back. So you know what to do next?"

"The words that are spoken, the water that is poured out. I know how to do it, coach." Gao Zheng assured, patting his chest.

Isn't that a reserve team champion?

Bruni was still very satisfied with Gao Zheng's attitude, and then he remembered what he had said to Cascilio when he played against AC Milan.

After returning from Milan, he heard that the first team had lost the Lighthouse Derby, and then the team was confirmed to be relegated. The whole team was affected, and he forgot about it for a while.

"Oh, there is one more thing. Now it seems that everyone knows that you are not good at confrontation..."

Gao Zheng smiled a little embarrassedly when he heard the words. His bamboo pole figure really couldn't hide his lack of strength.

"...Have you thought about making a change?"

Gao Zheng quickly said: "Coach, I am now actively gaining muscle, and I have not missed strength training..."

"Those are all long-term plans. The change of physical fitness does not happen overnight. I have a short-term and medium-term plan, do you want to listen to it?"

Gao Zheng quickly pretended to be listening attentively: "Say it, coach."

"Practice free kicks." Bruni said simply.

Gao Zheng froze for a moment, and then a dazed expression appeared on his face.

Because of his figure, everyone thinks that Gao Zheng looks weak, so he often has physical confrontations against him in the game. Sometimes he will lose the confrontation, but sometimes the opponent will foul.

Now he has nothing to do with the opponent's foul tactics.

But if he can take a free kick...

As long as the opponent fouls in a dangerous area and gives himself a chance to kick a free kick, and he uses this free kick to score directly, then the opponent may have to consider the cost of the foul when defending him.

When they are in physical contact with themselves, they can no longer take advantage of their bodies unscrupulously.

Gao Zheng thinks the head coach's idea is really great.

Before, he only thought about making himself stronger, but he ignored the fact that there are other ways...

"Great, coach, how did you come up with it?" He asked happily.

"It was your left-footed free kick against AC Milan that inspired me." Bruni is not greedy for credit.

"I was fooled by that ball..." Gao Zheng scratched his head.

"It can be seen. When you practice more free kicks, you don't have to rely on it. You can continue to use this training ground and equipment for half an hour after training every day."

After speaking, Bruni turned and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Gao Zheng looked at his back, and then at the footballs still scattered on the training ground.

Instead of returning to the locker room, he ran to hook back a football, placed it about 30 meters away from the goal, and tried to kick the football towards the goal.

The football flew in easily.

But Gao Zheng shook his head, not satisfied with the ball.

The shot is too straight, there is no human wall...

He ran to pick up another ball.

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When Gao Zheng came to the training base the next day, he was stopped by Marci as soon as he entered the locker room: "Gao, why did the coach keep you here yesterday?"

Others also pricked up their ears.

"It's nothing, just let me start practicing free kicks."

"Free kick?" Marcy was stunned for a moment, and then he also figured it out. "What a great idea!"

"Also, Alberto, you big mouth, why do you tell the coach everything?"

Facing Gao Zheng's questioning, Ma Xi said with a smile: "Isn't this just to recite your name? Let everyone know your glory..."

Gao Zheng quickly waved his hand to interrupt his nonsense: "It's alright, alright, you magic stick!"

He was afraid that Marcy would say something more outrageous.

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When the Sampdoria reserve team was preparing for the quarter-finals of the playoffs, the 2010-2011 Serie A season also came to an end.

In the last round of the league, Sampdoria, who had already been relegated, had no fighting spirit and lost 1:3 to Roma in the away game.

They ended their poor season with a three-game losing streak.

Next season, they will play in Serie B, but no one can say whether they can return to Serie A. You must know that the last time Sampdoria was relegated was in the 1998-1999 season. There are many similarities between that season and this season - the beginning of the season was highly optimistic, the club's goal was the Champions League, but in the end they were relegated with incredible performances...

After that relegation, Sampdoria spent four seasons in Serie B and did not return to Serie A until 2003.

With Sampdoria's performance this season, Sampdoria fans have no confidence that the team can return to the First Division after a year.

From this point of view, the worries of the fat boss Borata are completely understandable.

Fans have also been unhappy with the club owners' approach this season.

Selling Cassano can also be said to be a bad boy who cut himself off from the team, but why is it followed by selling Pacini?

Losing two main strikers, Sampdoria has failed to score in five league rounds...

According to the operation of the club chairman, who knows what kind of virtue Sampdoria will become after relegation?

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The 2010-2011 Serie A season ended completely, and Barry and Brescia were relegated to Serie B together with Sampdoria.

AC Milan, on the other hand, won the league title, six points clear of second-place rivals Inter Milan.

The third place is Naples, which has risen strongly in recent years.

These three teams will participate in the UEFA Champions League next season.

Fourth place Udinese will participate in the UEFA Champions League qualifying round.

The fifth and sixth places are the Roman duo; Lazio and Rome, they will participate in the Europa League next season.

The Serie A league has come to an end, but the game for the reserve team is not over yet.

On the afternoon of Monday, June 6, the Sampdoria reserve team played an away game against the Atlanta reserve team.

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PS, tonight the World Cup will be rekindled. Are you excited? Are you looking forward to it?

Anyway, I can't wait.

Now I watch football every day, but suddenly yesterday I didn’t watch any games, and I still feel a little uncomfortable...

After the World Cup is over, how will I live this day...