However, before this derby, the situation of both teams was not very good.

Sampdoria lost three consecutive times, while Genoa was even worse. She had already lost five consecutive times before. If we included the previous three consecutive draws, it would be a eight-round victory.

Compared with the famous Milan derby and the Italian national derby, Genoa's "Lighthouse derby" is not so famous because the two teams are limited in strength. Some Chinese fans even joked that this derby was "a gerbera pecking each other"...

But in fact, even "the chickens peck at each other" can be full of blood. In the "Beacon Derby" on November 28, 2009, Genoa defeated Sampdoria 3-0. In that game, Genoa striker Giuseppe Scurry still insisted on the game. The players on both sides clashed violently and barbaric fouls continued. The Italian famous whistle Rossetti showed eleven yellow cards and three red cards in that game. There was also a large-scale riot between the fans of the two teams.

So no matter what, as long as it is a derby, how can there be something not intense?

The media started hyping the game a week before the game started.

As Sampdoria's most eye-catching player now, how can Gao Zheng be missing from the Derby topic?

Although this was Gao Zheng's first first-team derby, Gao Zheng had participated in the derby in the reserve team.

So the media found the record of that game.

Some media even said that it was Gao Zheng's first game in Sampdoria, but in fact that was not.

Gao Zheng's first game in Sampdoria should be a away game to challenge Parma reserve team. Gao Zheng came on as a substitute for the first time and scored a goal.

But indeed, the more important game was obviously the "beacon derby" between the reserves. Gao Zheng was still on the bench in that game, but he scored a hat trick, helping Sampdoria reserves defeat Genoa reserves.

In that game, Gao Zheng scored three goals, and the ball was beautiful.

The goal guarding Genoa reserve team was Palin at that time, and Palin was already regarded as the best among young goalkeepers.

As a result, such a top player was given three goals by Gao Zheng, who came on as a substitute.

Media reporters also went to interview people related to this game, including coaches and fans.

As the head coach of Sampdoria reserve team at the time, Bruni recalled to reporters: "I remember that game, we were two goals behind at the beginning of the second half, and the situation was very critical. I remember Gao, who had just come on as a substitute in the last game against Parma. At that time, I only gave him about ten minutes to play and he scored the goal when he came on the court. I just thought why can't I give him a little more time in this game? So I replaced him on the court five minutes after the second half. I think you know what happened later. He completed a hat trick and helped us beat Genoa reserve team 4:2. Gao was like the most dazzling star on the court. The only pity was just a reserve team game. There were very few fans on the scene and there was no TV broadcast..."

Clarian Moretti was interviewed by a reporter as a fan representative: "That was the first time I saw Gao Qi. Before that, I didn't know that there was a Chinese player in our reserve team. If it weren't for the reserve team's derby, I probably wouldn't have gone to the reserve team game... Now I'm of course very glad that I went there. I saw how a genius helped the team win the game. To be honest, I didn't have the impression of him when I first saw him, because I think his attitude was problematic, not serious and positive enough, but now we all know that we can't measure and demand geniuses by mortal standards. They are always unique, ha!"

After saying that, Moretti, laughing, proudly showed the Gao Zheng jersey on him to the reporter, but the jersey that looked a little empty when worn by Gao Zheng was almost bursting on Moretti.

This is the largest jersey...

"At the end of that game, Gao and other teammates came to the stage to thank the few fans. I was there, we gave them applause and cheers. Do you know what I was thinking at that time? I felt a pity for him - if this was the first team's "Lighthouse Derby", the cheers he received after the game were definitely not just for us. Since then, I have been looking forward to the way he represented the first team in the "Lighthouse Derby". Now this scene is finally coming. To be honest, I was trembling all over! In the "Lighthouse Derby", we had a big killer!"

When it comes to Gao Zheng, no one seems to talk about the previous three-game losing streak and the rumors of Di Francesco's dismissal.

Everyone is looking forward to Gao Zheng's first "Beacon Derby" and want to see what kind of performance he can perform.

This attitude was passed to Genoa fans, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among Genoa fans - judging from your performance, those who don't know thought that Sampdoria had already booked the victory in advance...

Genoa's striker Marco Bolino expressed his dissatisfaction with the matter in an interview: "Sampdoria has been talking about high all the time. It seems that he has become the savior of the team. What is in the 'first team lighthouse derby, he will enjoy star-like treatment'... I honestly think this is a bit disrespectful to the opponent. The game has not started yet, and it is wrong to think about how to cheer now."

The reason why the first person to jump out is Boreno, perhaps related to Boreno's Milan descent - Marco Boreno was from AC Milan youth training. However, he was loaned everywhere by AC Milan most of the time, only stayed in AC Milan's first team in the 2003-2004 season, 2006-2007 season, 2009-2010 season, and was all loaned everywhere at other times.

It was not until the 2011-2012 season that Roma bought him, and half a season later he was loaned to Juventus by Roma. This season he was loaned to Genoa by Roma.

Although he didn't play seriously in AC Milan - he played eleven games in AC Milan in 2003-2004, played 14 games in 2006-2007, 2009-2010 was the season with the most performances, and it was also the season he performed best in AC Milan, thirty-five games, fifteen goals, and six assists - but it was obvious that Boreno's feelings for AC Milan were completely different from Gao Zheng's feelings for AC Milan.

So after Gao Zheng defeated AC Milan 4:0, Boreno probably had been upset when he saw Gao Zheng, and thought Gao Zheng was an ungrateful villain. When it came to the "Lighthouse Derby", he finally had the opportunity to vent his inner dissatisfaction.

But Boreno's remarks aroused the dissatisfaction of Sampdoria fans.

In fact, Boreno played for Sampdoria, which was the case in the 2005-2006 season. At that time, Boreno was loaned to Sampdoria by AC Milan. He was a substitute in the first half and became the main player in the second half. He played 34 times in the Serie A and UEFA Cup and scored seven goals.

The memories of this period are quite beautiful.

But now Genoa's player Bolino chose to stand opposite Sampdoria.

Some fans said they would boo Boreno during the game.

In addition to Boreno, there was someone in Genoa who pointed his finger at Gao Zheng.

Genoa's current substitute goalkeeper Antonio Donnarumma directly criticized Gao Zheng's character: "...I don't like him, I just say it directly, I don't like him at all. This is not because of what he said after the game against AC Milan - those just once again confirm my usual view of him, that is, Chinese genius is just a spoiled and ungrateful child, very naive. No matter what, AC Milan Club once trained him, but his words and deeds were completely unsightly, he had no idea of ​​any gratitude for it. In fact, when we were in the youth team, I could see that he was not the kind of humble and low-key person. On the contrary, he was arrogant and arrogant and annoying... I know that no one has ever said these words. They may be afraid of offending a rising supernova, but I am not afraid, I am not that kind of person, so I said..."

The reporters interviewing Donnarumma were shocked - they originally wanted the substitute goalkeeper to talk about what he felt when he participated in the "Lighthouse Derby" for the first time. Unexpectedly, Donnarumma did not follow their outline and directly talked about Gao Zheng, and the topic he was talking about was very sensitive and explosive...

This is simply a naked human attack.

The reporters remembered that Donnarumma said that he and Gao Zheng played in the youth team together. Did they have a grudge since then?

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Chapter completed!