There is not much time left for Rome.

This sentence is really correct to describe the situation in Rome now.

Gao Zheng's goal was eighty minutes after the game, which immediately added a great sense of crisis to Roma. They couldn't do anything to deal with Sampdoria patiently and look for opportunities to score.

After the game started again, they could only continue to attack Sampdoria's goal, but it was not an organized attack, but a simple and direct offensive.

The mentality of Roman players has changed subtly compared to before.

And such a little change reflects the game, that is, the Roman players are even more impatient.

Faced with Roma's offensive, Sampdoria's entire team united and shrank its defense.

Although Rome's offensive was very strong, they felt very stable inside.

This is also a change in mentality.

Similarly, Di Francisco began to make substitutions. In addition to strengthening defense, there is another purpose to effectively delay the game time.

It can be delayed for half a minute before and after each substitution.

And Di Francisco had three substitutions before and had not moved one of them.

Under this general trend, even Toti was a little at a loss.

As the game approached, the Roman players became more and more anxious. Even if Toti was still barely organizing and stabilizing the morale of the army, it would be of little effect.

When the fourth official raised his injury time for four minutes on the sidelines, the booing in the stands was so loud that no other sound could be heard.

Roma fans expressed dissatisfaction with only adding four minutes.

But no matter whether Roma fans accept it or not, the time left for their team is really only four minutes.

If they can't score in four minutes, they have to say goodbye to the Italian Cup.

It's not that Roma has to win the Italian Cup this season, but losing to Sampdoria at home still makes many Roma fans unhappy and no one likes failure, especially at their own doorstep.

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In the second minute of injury time, Di Francisco used the last substitution and replaced Costic with German defender Mustafi.

This substitution is naturally another good opportunity for Sampdoria to delay time. Kostic even walked out of the field slowly and was presented with a yellow card by the referee.

Gao Zheng stayed on the court and was not replaced.

His ball control ability can still help the team defend.

Whenever Sampdoria needs to delay time, she will pass the football to Gao Zheng and use his excellent ball control ability to drag time reasonably and legally.

Of course, it is also risky to do this, that is, you have to be careful of your opponent's anger and make a black foot on Gao Zheng.

However, Gao Zheng found that since he was seriously injured in AC Milan, he has had a good sense of prevention against those malicious fouls.

Moreover, every time he avoids this kind of invasion, if he loses balance and falls to the ground, the referee will most likely judge the opponent to foul and give Sampdoria a free kick, which will delay some time again...

This is also a reasonable and legal delay.

And it can not only delay time. With Gao Zheng's outstanding personal ability, he can restrain at least two opponents in the frontcourt alone, making it impossible for them to devote all their efforts to the offense, thereby helping Sampdoria's defense line to reduce pressure.

That's what this game is.

Although Sampdoria only leads one goal, Roma cannot score.

The score did not move until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game.

"The game is over! The game is over! Sampdoria eliminated Roma 2:1 away! They reached the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup! This result was somewhat unexpected. Because before the game, everyone speculated that Sampdoria would give up the Italian Cup for the second half of the league and the Champions League, but now it seems that they don't want to give up anything... I don't know if this is a good thing for Sampdoria... You have to know that their lineup is not very thick!"

Bergomi took over Caresa's words and said, "I don't think this is a good thing. Even if I win this game, Sampdoria will give up the Italian Cup sooner or later. Since that's the case, why not give up earlier? The team's multi-line combat is a huge burden on the players' physical fitness. If there is an injury, it may collapse... I hope Di Francesco can still calm down and realize what is more important to Sampdoria."

Amid the boos, Sampdoria players didn't care about what would happen in the future. They celebrated their victory at home in Rome.

No one knows how high the Italian Cup is in their minds.

That's why I feel incredible about the happiness shown by Sampdoria's players.

Some people have even been worried about Sampdoria in advance, while others think that Sampdoria players will actually celebrate this victory. It is simply stupid that people will have immediate worries without long-term plans!

Of course, many people who think so are Rome fans. They are not really worried about Sampdoria's future and destiny, but they just think that even if Sampdoria continues to move forward, they will not go far, but they eliminated Rome. This is simply a waste. If they give this opportunity to advance to Rome, Rome will definitely do better than them!

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Losing the game made Totti look very disappointed, but he still took the initiative to find Gao Zheng after the game and exchanged jerseys with him.

"That goal is very beautiful." Toti, who had exchanged jerseys, gave Gao Zheng a thumbs up.

"Thank you." Gao Zheng accepted it calmly and nodded to thank him.

"But I still don't quite understand. I think the media analysis before the game is right. For you, it is not a wise choice to pull the Italian Cup into the multi-line battle. Why do you still need to do this?"

Gao Zheng thought that everyone would go their separate ways after exchanging jerseys, but he didn't expect Toti to ask this question.

He smiled: "Because we want to win a championship."

Totty was stunned: "Go the championship?"

He didn't expect that Sampdoria would hide such a big ambition.

"Yes, relatively speaking, this is the best one to get." After Gao Zheng said that, he raised the Rome No. 10 jersey in his hand to Toti, and said goodbye.

Totti looked at his back blankly, and his last sentence echoed in his ears, "This is the best one to take."

He looked down at Gao Zheng's jersey in his hand, recalling the comments of many media and fans on this person.

Those who can say "the mountain is there" are indeed arrogant enough...

However, Totty did not think that Gao Zheng's arrogance was offending him like some people.

He was now full of curiosity and couldn't wait to see how much Gao Zheng could do such a arrogant person.

Thinking of this, Totty couldn't help laughing.
Chapter completed!