Chapter 32: Just Kick
Gao Zheng sat on the bench on the bench, which was completely different from the soft leather chairs of the home court of the giant teams. The hard plastic chairs were indeed a veritable "cold bench" when they just sat on them.
Like other teammates, Gao Zheng pressed the hem of the long sports cotton jacket under his butt and sat on the cold bench, so he felt a little more comfortable.
Athletes are very particular about maintaining their body temperature after warming up. If you sit on a cold bench for a long time, it will cause your body temperature to drop and be bad for your health.
This is why sometimes in the weather that is obviously not cold, players will wear a thick coat and sit on the bench, because they are afraid that their bodies will become cold after sitting for a long time, which will lead to injuries to their muscles and joints.
Not only that, the players sitting on the bench will be called by the coach from time to time to go to the sidelines for warm-up activities.
All is to prevent the body from getting cold and getting hurt.
Players must be extra careful about their bodies. Some movements that are not a big deal in the eyes of ordinary people may cause injuries to the player.
For example, the famous English central defender Leo Ferdinand, as a TV fan, put his legs on the coffee table in front of a chair while watching TV at home - this is a position that many people like - but it was this position that hurt him. After a few hours, after the TV was played, he found that his legs could not move. It turned out that because he maintained that position for a long time, he had strained the tendon behind his knees...
Look, what ordinary people seem to be very ordinary is that Leo Ferdinand, who had just joined Leeds United, missed the game against Newcastle, and also led to Leeds United losing 1:3 at home to his opponent.
Gao Zheng had just returned from the warm-up area, and he and his teammates completed another round of warm-up. Now he was wearing a thick coat and continued to sit on the bench to watch the game.
The game has reached the 77th minute, with the score being 1:0. Sampdoria reserve team, who played away, temporarily led Parma reserve team with one goal.
Icardi was still on the court, and the only goal he scored was his score. He did not relax because of this, but continued to look for opportunities to score. Icardi performed very actively in this game, even more active than before.
But maybe he was too active and wanted to score a goal too much, but he felt bad in front of the goal today. He shot ten goals in almost 80 minutes, but only scored one goal.
With only one-tenth of the goal rate, it's no wonder Icardi now has an angry expression.
Head coach Bruni stood on the sidelines. He looked down at his watch. It had been almost eighty minutes. He turned around and hooked up to Gao Zheng and said, "I'm ready to go on the court, Gao."
Gao Zheng took off his coat and stood up.
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As Bruni said to Gao Zheng before, the coaching staff had no requirements for his playing time and performance in the game. Bruni even just patted his shoulder and said, "Relax, kick whatever you want."
This put Gao Zheng on the stage.
Gao Zheng replaced it with Icardi.
Icardi, who was replaced, was a little unhappy because he did not want to miss the direct conversation with Gao Zheng.
However, he did not dare to disobey the head coach's arrangements, so he could only reluctantly get off the field.
While clapping Gao Zheng with high fives, he said weakly: "Come on."
The tone is very perfunctory.
Gao Zheng didn't care about Icardi's little temper and ran onto the field with a smile.
Alberto Masi, who was on the court, saw Gao Zheng appearing on the court, gave him a thumbs up and cheered him on.
After playing, Gao Zheng played at the center position, but he did not try to stay in the penalty area like Icardi, waiting for his teammates to pass the ball to him, but often retreated and pulled outward.
This also caused a problem - teammates who were used to Icardi as the center and wanted to pass the football into the penalty area, but often found that Gao Zheng was not there.
Bruni saw this scene on the sidelines and said to the assistant coach Casilio next to him: "Look, Alfredo, they are not a question of who replaces whom, but should coexist. They can completely coexist."
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The situation of leading with just one goal gave the home team Parma reserve team hope to equalize the score. After all, this is their home court. Although there are no spectators, it is difficult to explain if they lose the game.
So Parma strengthened its offensive and wanted to equalize the score before the end of the game.
The players of Sampdoria reserve team had to choose to reclaim the defense, so that they would have much less support to Gao Zheng.
But this did not affect Gao Zheng's performance at all.
He still did not wait in the penalty area, but continued to expand his activity area near the penalty area.
Although his physical fitness is not very good, he has waited for 80 minutes before appearing now, and he is now in full swing, which can completely support him to swim everywhere.
At the 86th and a half minutes of the game, the Sampdoria reserve team, who was on the defensive, took the ball in the backcourt. When they saw Gao Zheng alone in front, they used the players to choose a long pass to find Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng's performance during training made them all confident, even if Gao Zheng is alone, there is no problem.
The football was passed from the left side of the stadium by a long diagonal pass to the right side of the stadium where Gao Zheng was.
Gao Zheng began to accelerate his sprint and chase the football.
However, he was also surrounded by a defensive player from Parma - now Gao Zheng is a Sampdoria reserve player in the frontcourt. If he can still miss someone, that would be a hell.
The two ran forward side by side, chasing towards the landing point of the football.
When the ball fell from the air, Gao Zheng kicked the ball first. For precise judgment of the football landing point, he encountered the football first.
When he was running at high speed and the football fell at high speed, he just gently picked the falling football into the inside, and the football crossed over the head of the unexpected Parma reserve defender.
At this time, the opponent jumped up and wanted to destroy the ball, but it was too late, and this jump made him lose the opportunity to continue chasing Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng, who had picked over his opponent's head, changed direction slightly, and dodged the Parma reserve defender who jumped over to catch up with football.
At this time, although there was a Parma reserve player returning to defense in the middle, he was too far away and could not relieve his near thirst.
The place where Gao Zheng got the ball was almost approaching the top of the free throw arc in Parma's penalty area. Seeing this, the goalkeeper of the Parma reserve had to abandon the goal and attack, intending to block Gao Zheng's shooting angle after Gao Zheng swaddled the ball into the penalty area.
Facing the goalkeeper who was attacking, Gao Zheng did not rush to make moves, but continued to take the football forward. When the opponent's goalkeeper had already rushed past the penalty spot, Gao Zheng suddenly picked up the football while running!
The football just passed the attacking goalkeeper of the Parma reserve and fell into the empty goal behind him!
Spoon hang!
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