Chapter 406 The performance does not match the ranking
"High! High... beautiful! His body swings very little and almost inaudible! But it made him swing Albiol very quickly!"
When Gao Zheng passed Albior, the shouts that had been continuing to ignite a little.
Another central defender from Naples, Fernandez, rushed over to make up for defense.
Originally, he and Albiol were not far apart, in order to prevent this situation. Once his central defender partner was passed, he could come over to make up for the defense immediately. He would not give off the offensive players too much time to react and adjust.
However, Gao Zheng's reaction speed was much faster than him.
As soon as Fernandez arrived, he saw Gao Zheng trying to break through from the right. After he shifted his center of gravity, he raised his right foot and flicked his shot. He changed his left foot to the outside instep and gently knocked the ball in the opposite direction. The football avoided Fernandez's foot that stuck out to break the ball at a very small amplitude.
At the same time, Gao Zheng's body shook and rushed over from Fernandez's left!
The two consecutive passes were very small, hidden and suddenly. Neither Albiol nor Fernandez's bodies could keep up with Gao Zheng's rhythm at all. Faced with Gao Zheng's breakthrough, they were powerless and could only watch Gao Zheng wipe them away.
The two sides were close enough to stop Gao Zheng as long as they reached out, but in this sudden change in rhythm, they couldn't even reach out and they just stood there, watching Gao Zheng step into their penalty area!
"Gao! He went in! He changed direction twice in a row, beautiful!"
The cheers at Malasi Stadium are almost at its peak.
After two consecutive days, Gao Zheng, who dribbled the ball into the penalty area, did not completely get rid of Napoli's defense.
Inle, who was returning to defense at high speed, had already entered the penalty area and was pushing towards him from the middle. At the same time, goalkeeper Reina also moved to the near corner to block his shooting angle.
Gao Zheng gently tweaked the football outside, stretched the distance between himself and Inle, and then slapped his left foot and shot it!
He shot this kick very decisively. Although it was not a sudden and the angle was not large, his accuracy was very high.
The football rushed quickly to the far corner of the goal against the turf.
Reiner blocked the near corner, but failed to block the far corner. The football rolled past his foot and rushed toward the back corner of the goal.
Another Napoli player who returned to the position of defense, Jorginho did not care about his own own goal at this time and still shoveled towards the football, hoping to clear the football.
But he touched nothing.
The football hit the inside of the far post before him and bounced into the goal. Then he also slid into the goal.
"Wow!!" Caresa shouted excitedly. "Gao! A beautiful single ride through the level! Sampdoria took the lead in just thirteen minutes of the opening game!"
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Di Francesco rushed out of the coach's seat in the huge noise, turned around in place, waved his arms, and finally hugged his assistant coach.
This is why he can set up a bus in front of the goal and fight a defensive counterattack to threaten the opponent's goal.
Because he has Gao Zheng!
The omnipotent Gao Zheng!
His super personal ability allows him to score goals without the support of his teammates.
"Sampdoria had a good start at home! They took the lead early! If they could beat Napoli at home, they would have the lead in the final qualifications!"
Di Francesco in the camera smiles extremely happily.
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After scoring the goal, Gao Zheng opened his arms and ran to the corner flag area, where he hugged and celebrated the goal with his teammates.
He sets his goal as the Italian Cup champion, so that the team will reach the finals no matter what, and he will never be afraid of difficulties just because his opponent is third in the league.
He didn't know if every of his teammates was consistent with his ideas.
He is not the captain either, and of course even the captain cannot force others to follow his own wishes.
But fortunately he is a striker, so he can still show his will and determination on the court. That is to use goals.
Goals one by one can not only help the team reach the finals, but also show everyone his firm determination to achieve his goals.
Then he doesn't need to use words to motivate his teammates. After seeing his performance, others will naturally follow him consciously.
There are many kinds of leaders, and Gao Zheng feels that he will definitely not be the kind of leader who talks loudly in the future.
But if he leads the team with practical actions, he is very happy.
Sampdoria's teammates rushed up and hugged Gao Zheng. Everyone laughed happily and roared, venting their emotions.
The background for them were the cheerful and dancing Sampdoria fans in the stands.
On the side of Naples, Captain Hamsik was constantly slapping his face and loudly reminding his teammates not to be discouraged: "It's just a ball! Let's get it back!"
But luck doesn't seem to be on the side of Naples this time.
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After the game started again, Napoli did strengthen the offensive, and even the two full-backs frequently entered the offense.
As for Sampdoria, after leading the way, she did not take advantage of the situation to attack, but continued to attack with a steady defensive counterattack.
Ten minutes later, the 23rd minute, Naples' left back Revier accidentally wounded his thigh muscles during a sprint and was unable to persist in the game.
Benitez had to use a substitution early to replace the injured Revier with substitute left-back Faozi Guram.
The young left-back moved to Naples from Ligue 1 team Saint-Etienne during the winter break.
This substitution disrupted Benitez's plan and Napoli's game rhythm. Even the goal siege of Sampdoria was not that threat.
In the 32nd minute, Naples seized the opportunity, advanced the attack, hit Naples' goal, and finally Berardi pushed the ball into Naples' goal.
"2:0!! Oh, Oh,! Sampdoria was so imposing at home! She led two goals before the first half was over! Just looking at her performance in the first half, it was hard to believe that Sampdoria was only ranked seventh in the league this season!"
Bergomi said: "If Sampdoria didn't play in the Champions League and focused on playing in the league, their rankings would not be like this now. I think it would be fine to enter the top four..."
"It's true..." Caresa suddenly felt a little moved.
The last time Sampdoria participated in the Champions League season, if she could rank seventh in the league, Sampdoria fans would probably be laughing. Any commentator or reporter would think that this ranking was a satisfactory result.
Now, ranking seventh in the league will actually make you think that "this result is not satisfactory."
It's really a ghost.
But that's true.
With Sampdoria's current level, the league ranking is indeed a little lower.
The only difference between the two is that the former does not have Gao Zheng, while the latter has Gao Zheng.
In the former, Gao Zheng is still in the reserve team and is completely unable to help the team.
This second ball doesn't seem to have anything to do with Gao Zheng, but if it weren't for Gao Zheng's threat to Napoli that was too great, forcing Napoli to send more defensive players to defend him, and regard him as a key player in defense, how could Berardi get the chance to head the ball?
When Di Francisco went to Sampdoria, he designated Gao Zheng as the team's offensive core, which also aroused media doubts.
Think about it before the start of this season, when everyone talked about Sampdoria's prospects this season, some people think that Gao Zheng will be short-lived.
Now, both voices have disappeared.
Chapter completed!