"The first half ended! The score was still 1:0, Juventus led Sampdoria at home! Judging from the first half, Juventus had an absolute advantage. After being sent off, Sampdoria shrank its formation and its tactics became more conservative... But there is no way to do it. If they don't shrink their defense, it might not be 0:1 now, but they will lose more balls!"

When referee Valerie blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Carresa briefly summarized the performance of both sides in the first half.

Juventus has an overwhelming advantage, and Sampdoria can only shrink and fight back.

There were very few opportunities to counterattack, and Buffon was blocked by only a few opportunities.

At least if you only look at the first half, Gao Zheng was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Buffon.

The most dangerous attack he had was Sampdoria's long pass counterattack, and his shot was rubbed out of the bottom line by Buffon's palm.

Looking calmly and rationally, his performance has a lot to do with the team's contraction tactics. During most of the game, he and Icardi fought alone, and the midfield and backcourt could not provide them with any substantial support.

Often, if you drive to the frontcourt with a big foot, it’s all about Gao Zheng and Icardi entering the Dragon Pond alone...

However, those who oppose Gao Zheng and do not like Gao Zheng obviously will not be "calm and rational" at this time. During the intermission, there were a lot of remarks and jokes mocking Gao Zheng on the Internet. In addition to ordinary netizens, there are also some journalists who are serious about working in a certain media.

"Gao said he is a mountain? He is really bragging and never drafting. I suspect he has never seen anything about a mountain. He thought that a small landfill could be called a mountain. Now, he has finally seen the real mountain! Gian Luigi Buffon is an insurmountable mountain, and he can't see the top of the mountain at a glance!"

"I suddenly felt a little sympathetic. You said he was just bragging in front of media reporters. Who hadn't bragged? As a result, he met Buffon after bragging. Now, he was destined to be unable to achieve the magnanimity. After the game, he would be sarcastic and mocked by the media. But it was normal. Who asked him to brag first? If you have a kind of bragging, you have to bear the price of being exposed! I hope he won't roll on the tantrum after the game..."

In Juventus' locker room, Juventus players are joking about their captain.

"Jiji, your save is so beautiful!"

"Beautiful job! That's what it means! Give that kid some excellence, otherwise he would really think there would be no one in Serie A!"

"I can even imagine that his psychological feeling finally came to another good opportunity, but he was actually snatched out by Jiji, hahaha!"

Faced with everyone's praise, Buffon waved his hand: "This is not worth being happy. After all, he was given a chance. I hope we will not give him that chance again in the second half!"

Everyone agreed with a giggle.

Conte walked in and said with a serious expression: "Don't be happy too early. They are one less person than us, but don't think that this can be taken lightly. Gao and Icardi played together in the reserve team, and the tacit understanding must be better than the ordinary forward combination. When they shrink their defense and counterattack, they must be able to rely on the tacit understanding of the two people to find offensive opportunities. So when defending in the second half, you must pay attention to cutting off the connection between the two of them and don't let them connect!"

In the Sampdoria locker room on the other side, Di Francesco was telling the two forwards, Gao Zheng and Icardi: "We have one less person than them, so it is probably difficult to support you as before. You can only rely on yourself to seize the opportunity. You two need to contact more, and I believe there is no problem with this..."

Gao Zheng and Icardi nodded.

Although Icardi regards Gao Zheng as a competitor, he will not be inconsistent with Gao Zheng in the game because of this relationship. If they should cooperate, they will cooperate. He will assist Gao Zheng, and he will not easily waste the ball that Gao Zheng assists him.

This is actually a kind of healthy competition, although it is unilaterally...

Before the second half of the game started, the TV broadcast captured Gao Zheng and Icardi walking out of the player passage while talking about something. However, both of them covered their mouths with their hands, so no one knew what they were talking about.

But this does not prevent the commentator from guessing.

"...Because one less person was missing, Sampdoria in the first half contracted its defense and did not have many opportunities to attack, so Gao and Icardi also lacked the opportunity to perform in the first half." Carresa said. "Fortunately Gao, a shot threatened the goal guarded by Buffon, which shocked the Juventus fans in the stands in a cold sweat. But Icardi had no performance at all. Most of the first half he had to go back to defend... I think the two were discussing how to attack in the second half. Di Francesco should still not provide them with too much support, so Sampdoria's offense depends on their own cooperation... They were teammates in the reserve team and were the heroes who helped Sampdoria's reserve team win the championship. The tacit understanding must be extraordinary..."

In fact, Gao Zheng and Icardi were indeed discussing how to connect in the second half, how to run and how to respond.

When I was about to walk on the court, Icardi said to Gao Zheng: "I will try my best to pass all the balls to you and create opportunities for you."

Gao Zheng was very surprised: "Didn't you keep saying that you want to defeat me?"

"I don't allow you to be defeated by others." Icardi said seriously.

Gao Zheng smiled: "I'm thinking too much, Mauro, no one can defeat me, and you can't do it."

After saying that, Gao Zheng shook his head and walked onto the court, and Icardi frowned behind him.

Although Gao Zheng and Icardi discussed how to cooperate, after the second half of the game began, the content they discussed quickly lost its meaning.

Because Juventus' targeted defense separates the two of them, how easy is it to connect?

So it soon became a situation where both Gao Zheng and Icardi had to fight alone.

Icardi really wanted to pass the football to Gao Zheng, but after trying it twice, he found that he couldn't do it. The football that was passed could not be passed at Gao Zheng. In fact, it was okay that Gao Zheng could not receive the ball. What's terrible is that the pass was cut off by Juventus and then directly counterattacked.

So later when Icardi got the ball again, he had to choose to fight alone. In the end, he could only make a hasty shot with a very reluctant shot.

How could such a shot threaten the goal guarded by Buffon?

Gao Zheng had already pulled to the left to get the ball, and Icardi was in the middle. Of course, he could directly pass the football, but this was a very meaningless approach. It was difficult for Icardi to grab the ball in front of the goal.

So he just made a fake move to cross and took the football to the middle.

"Icardi is in the middle to get the ball in a high horizontal direction. If the two people want to connect, of course they have to shorten the distance first!" said Caresa.

Bergomi next to him was not optimistic about Gao Zheng's actions: "There is no space to compress them together..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Gao Zheng gently push the football with his right foot outside his instep, and dodge Barzali, who rushed forward to try to break his ball.

But Bonucci has been following him and has not allowed him to leave his control.

At the same time, Chiellini suddenly robbed and threw Icardi behind him. Icardi was half a beat slower and fell into the offside trap. Even if Gao Zheng passed the ball to him at this time, he could not catch it.

Juventus's defense line is indeed very tacit.

In addition to the three central defenders, other Juventus players have also quickly recovered to surround Gao Zheng.

For example, Pogba and Marcisio came from the midfield to Chiellini, and Bonucci formed a four-man siege, intending to completely trap Gao Zheng.

With such a dense defense, it seems that the football under Gao Zheng's feet will be cut off in the next second...

Icardi was pulling to the side, trying to pull out space to let Gao Zheng pass the ball to him.

At this moment, Gao Zheng, who was running horizontally, swung his right foot, as if he was going to shoot directly in the process. Chiellini, who was blocking between him and the goal, quickly stretched out his legs to block.

But the football did not fly over because Gao Zheng was not shooting at all, it was just a fake move!

His right foot fell down and knocked the ball over from behind his support foot!

Football suddenly got into the penalty area between Chiellini and Bonucci...

Almost at the same time, Gao Zheng suddenly stopped suddenly and changed direction, chasing the football between the two people and inserted it!

This kind of heel-bumping change direction is usually used by players when they dribble the ball from the side and then break through to the middle. No one expected that Gao Zheng would use it in the encirclement.

For a moment, both Chiellini, Bonucci, Pogba and Marchisio were stunned.

Buffon reacted the fastest, he had abandoned the goal and rushed towards the football!

"Hao! Hey! A beautiful fake move changed direction! He rushed in!"

"Buffon! Buffon abandoned the goal and attacked!"

Amid the huge screams in the stands, Buffon opened his arms to expand his defense area and slid towards Gao Zheng at the same time.

Gao Zheng took a long leg and caught up with the football with one arrow. He poked Buffon with his left toe!

Just as Gao Zheng shot, Buffon fell down quickly and slapped his hand at the rolling football.

The edge of his palm rubbed against the football again.

But this time the football was squeezed and jumped a little, and it flew tenaciously to the goal behind him!

Behind Buffon, there was nothing but a huge goal, and no one could stop the ball.

Everyone watched the football cross the goal line and plunged into the net...
Chapter completed!