Before the game began, the captain of Sampdoria in this game called everyone together, and they formed a circle, and as the captain, Palonbo had something to say.

Before opening his mouth, Palonbo gave Gao Zheng a special look.

He still remembers the scene where this young man took him to meet new teammates one by one when he first entered the first team.

I originally thought I was just a young player who trained with the first team. I didn’t even know whether I could gain a foothold in the first team. Who would have thought that this young man would become the savior of this team?

And in the meantime, he went to Inter Milan on loan, and when he returned to the team again, things and people had changed.

Young people have grown up far beyond his imagination.

After coming back to his senses, Palonbo spoke: "Guys, as Gao said, we went to the finals with great difficulty, not to get the runner-up. Fiorentina has nothing to be afraid of. They did beat us in the league, but that was because Gao was not there at that time!"

Everyone followed his words and turned their attention to Gao Zheng.

Under the gaze of his teammates, Gao Zheng accepted it calmly.

"In this game, let's win Fiorentina and bring back a championship for the fans!"

"Champion!" Sampdoria's players yelled.

Unlike head coach Di Francesco, players will not consider whether the team can qualify for European competition in the next season. Their idea is simple and there is a championship right in front of them, so of course they have to strive to get it.

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Gao Zheng stood in the middle circle, stepping on the football under his feet, and Berardi stood beside him, waiting for the kickoff.

The referee of this game, Danielle Osador, looked at the watch, and checked the time with the fourth official off the court through the headset. Then he pressed the time button of the watch and blew the opening whistle.

"The competition begins!"

Almost at the same time, Italian commentator Carresa and Chinese commentator He Ping shouted this sentence.

Cheers from fans on both sides broke out in the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Looking at the stands, the stadium was almost full.

The blue Sampdoria fans and the purple Fiorentine fans each occupy half of the stadium, and there are not many truly neutral fans.

For giant teams, the Italian Cup championship may seem to be insufficient.

But for mid-range teams like Sampdoria and Fiorentina, the Italian Cup is a trophy worthy of their all-out efforts.

After Gao Zheng kicked out, he ran straight forward and ran to his predetermined position first.

In this game, the tactics that Di Francisco had formulated for the team were not defensive counterattacks, or rather, they did not have defensive counterattacks from the beginning.

If you play a team that is stronger than yours, defensive counterattack is effective. When playing against an opponent who is evenly matched with you, you may not necessarily swim if you play a defensive counterattack. Even if you can take it back, the opponent may not necessarily cooperate with you to press and attack?

The opponent is not a fool. Even though you know you want to play a defensive counterattack, you still press it out and leave a lot of room behind you for you to play a counterattack.

Di Francisco predicted that Fiorentina would not adopt a siege, and the game should be offensive and defensive.

In this case, shrinking and fighting a defensive counterattack will be a waste of resources.

So Sampdoria's tactics were still playing normally at the beginning, and even attacked more actively.

Only when you score the goal will you consider turning back to the defensive counterattack, because at that time you will have the conditions to play a defensive counterattack.

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"After the game started, both teams played very cautiously and were testing each other. In fact, they had played in the league, which was logically familiar. But the Italian Cup final was special after all, so it was inevitable to be cautious..." The pace after the opening was a little slow. He Ping considered that Chinese fans either stayed up late until now or just got up and were in poor spirits, so he explained it a little to give the fans a sense of gratitude.

There has always been a saying in the past, called "The Unknown Finals". It means that both teams that reached the final want to win the championship, but because they want to win the championship too much, they are worried about gains and losses and dare not perform. They play carefully and make the first goal without making mistakes.

Such a game can easily fall into a dull, boring, and unfavorable situation.

This game seems to be in this situation.

So He Ping had to give the audience a vaccination in advance.

Red Bull, strong tea, coffee, and everything you can prepare is prepared so as not to see you fall asleep.

Of course, he didn't say the latter, but just kept it in his heart.

To a certain extent, He Ping is right, in fact, Florence is indeed testing Sampdoria.

However, Sampdoria may not be testing Florence.

The ten-minute game was fleeting, and neither side created any decent opportunity. It seemed as He Ping said. Both sides were testing, and it was normal to start like this in the final.

So when Gao Zheng pulled to the right to get the ball, it did not attract everyone's special attention.

As a center with a large range of activities, Sampdoria's opponents have become accustomed to Gao Zheng always appearing in front of the goal.

But the defense needs to be done.

So Fiorentina's left back, also their captain, Pasquale, stepped forward to resist Gao Zheng and prevented Gao Zheng from going to the bottom line.

Gao Zheng didn't think about going to the bottom line either. beside him, Sampdoria's right defender De Sylvestery was quickly inserting the edge.

Logically speaking, Gao Zheng should pass the football over and create a breakthrough.

After seeing Desilvestree inserted from behind Gao Zhen, Pasquale's attention was also attracted. His eyes were removed from Gao Zheng and moved with Desilvestree.

In fact, Pasquale did a very concealed job. He just moved his eyes and didn't even turn his neck.

But such a subtle movement was keenly captured by Gao Zheng. When facing Pasquale, Gao Zheng did not look at the football under his feet, but stared at the opponent's eyes. It is very useful to judge the opponent's movements. As for where the ball is, he relies entirely on his feet to perceive it. With his sense of ball, it is as normal as breathing, and it is not difficult.

After noticing that Pasquale's eyes were removed from him, Gao Zheng raised his right foot and acted to pass the football to the sidelines, and put it in Desilvestree behind him.

This made Pasquale even more judged that Gao Zheng would pass the football.

This time, not only did my eyes move, but my body shaking.

But at this moment, Gao Zheng's right foot passed the ball, and after a fake shot, he shot again and shot again, and used his outer instep to push the ball into the middle, followed by him and cut inward into the middle!

Pasquale realized that he had been deceived by Gao Zheng. It was too late for him to turn around again. He was apart by Gao Zheng, and he could only expect his teammates to stop Gao Zheng or slow him down.

Other Fiorentine players, whether they are central defenders or midfielders, are ready to go on the road to move forward.

But Gao Zheng did not continue to dribble the ball. After cutting in, he swung his right foot and cut the football with his right foot's outer instep. Before the Fiorentine players had time to join the ball, he had already kicked the football towards the goal!

The football cut by the outside instep drew a clear and obvious and slightly exaggerated arc in the air, bypassing the players on both sides in the penalty area and heading straight to the upper corner of the goal.

Fiorentina goalkeeper Neto jumped high and stretched his body as much as possible, wanting to save the football.

But the distance he took off was too far, and his move was useless except to show his good empty-leaving posture.

His hands are still a thousand miles away from football.

In the end, he could only watch the football rotate and fly to the upper back corner of his goal...

“gao!gao!gaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!”

Accompanied by Carresa's exclusive roar, the football spun into Florence's goal.
Chapter completed!