When the whistle sounded over the reserve training ground of Mugnaini, many players on the field collapsed to the ground.

They gasped, their chests fluctuated violently, and they didn't move at all, just like they were dead.

Instead of scolding them loudly and asking them to get up, Bruno nodded in praise: "It's okay, after a few days of targeted training, you performed better in defense than before. At least you only lost four goals this time, which is within an acceptable range."

Many players rolled their eyes in their hearts: Thank you very much for being able to get such an evaluation...

"We must also thank the offensive team for their full support. The confrontation with them will help you withstand AC Milan's offensive."

Gao Zheng and Icardi stood in the offensive team and accepted Bruno's praise calmly and the defensive team's resentful gaze...

But Maxi didn't do that, and he looked at Gao Zheng with complicated eyes.

After the training, Ma Xi expressed his gratitude to Gao Zheng.

"Why do you thank me? Alberto, you won't really get a brain fever, right?" Gao Zheng said to Maxi in confusion while changing his clothes.

Maxi looked around and lowered his voice to Gao Zheng's ear and said, "I know, you are embarrassed to say it directly, for fear of affecting everyone's morale... You have been shooting with your left foot all the time during training these days, but you are actually the right foot... You did this to prevent us from being hit too badly, right? I knew that the Great Devil was not cold-blooded and ruthless..."

After hearing Maxi's explanation, Gao Zheng was amused and crying: "I'm thinking too much, Alberto, I didn't mean to let go of water, and I didn't let go of water..."

"I know there are some things that can be done, but I can't say it. It's okay, you don't need to explain, I understand you!"

Gao Zheng looked at Masi: "Alberto, do you have any misunderstanding about me?"

Masi shook his head like a rattle: "No, no!"

Gao Zheng looked at him, and he kept smiling and bravely facing Gao Zheng's direct gaze.

In the end, Gao Zheng lost to Masi, who was the second-team like Icardi. He rolled his eyes and withdrew his gaze.

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Andrea Carmona found that the atmosphere of training in the team was different from before.

It was very relaxed before, and everyone did not take Sampdoria reserve team seriously in the first round of the playoffs.

But now, he can feel nervous from the performance of some people.

Why is this happening?

He thought about it a little and could understand that this change of atmosphere only happened after everyone knew what Gao was their opponent.

So he was very puzzled and felt that his teammates were nervous because they were alone, which was a bit...too unpromising.

After the training he couldn't help but catch his teammate Mattia Desilio: "Matia, why do I feel like everyone seems to care about that high?"

Desilio said: "You only transferred last summer, so it's normal not to know Gao. But as long as you have been in the Milan Youth Training Camp for more than three years, no one will not know Gao. If the person on Sampdoria reserve team is really Gao we know, it's not an exaggeration to care about it no matter how much you are."

Carmona was even more confused: "Is that tall... that powerful?"

Desilio said seriously: "It's very, very, very awesome. He was the best one in our team at that time." Then he looked around and lowered his voice and said to Calmona, "Verdi could only play a substitute for him at that time..."

Simeone Verdi is currently the main scorer of the AC Milan reserve team. He played 24 times in the reserve team Group B game and scored seven goals, ranking second in AC Milan.

Carmona was even more confused: "Since he is so powerful, why is he in the Sampdoria reserve team now? I remember you said that the Sampdoria reserve team is not very strong, right?"

Desilio sighed: "Because he suffered a very serious injury, he suffered two injuries intermittently after he recovered from the injury, and then terminated his contract with the club..."

"Terring the contract? This..." Carmona never expected the story to take a sharp turn.

"I'm not very clear about why the contract was terminated. Anyway, after that, we didn't see Gao anymore, and no one had any news about him. I didn't expect him to go to Sampdoria..." Desilio sighed a little.

"Since he has been terminated, it means his ability has not met the club's requirements, right?" Carmona did not have Desilio's many years of feelings for Gao Zheng, and he thought of another aspect. "Doesn't that mean that he does not have that great threat to us?"

Desilio didn't expect Carmona to be so tricky in the angle. He was stunned for a moment and then said, "It's hard to say, you have never seen high football players..."

"I have never seen him play football, but since he has suffered serious injuries and was terminated by the club, I think he is definitely different from him back then, right? No matter how powerful he was back then, it has nothing to do with him now." Carmona insisted on his own opinion. "I think compared to that Gao, I should pay more attention to Mauro Icardi, he is a scoring machine."

Desilio looked at the left winger who had just transferred from La Macia's youth training camp last summer and asked: "Is Icardi very good?"

"It's very good. He just doesn't match Barcelona's style of play, otherwise how could Sampdoria get him? He was not terminated by La Macia because of injury." Carmona said.

The last sentence made Desiliod look at Carmona. He could feel that this teammate from La Macia seemed to have some disagreements with Gao Zheng. Although Gao Zheng was no longer in the team, he was very dissatisfied with everyone's evaluation of Gao Zheng.

In fact, Desilio didn't know what Gao Zheng was like now. Perhaps Carmona was right. He was no longer the unrivaled Chinese genius of the shining stadium back then.

If this is true, Desilio will breathe a sigh of relief for his team, but then he will feel a little regretful.

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The first round of the reserve playoff qualifiers, AC Milan reserves played against Sampdoria reserves at home. They kicked off at 3:30 pm on May 7, 2011. The venue was held in a game field numbered D in the Vismala Training Center in AC Milan's youth training camp, with a small stand.

Because I have already made the playoffs, the number of fans coming here to watch the game today is slightly more than usual.

Guo Wei was wearing an AC Milan jersey he had just bought in a fan supplies store and took a photo with several fans in the stands. Everyone saw an Asian face in the stands of the reserve team. In order to hide his identity, Guo Wei had to play the image of AC Milan fans who came from China from all over the world. This made the real AC Milan fans even more excited and happy, so they came to take photos with him.

Guo Wei had to squeeze out a false smile to satisfy the fans. He looked at him with a smile on his face, but he was very distressed. He is now the most eye-catching existence in this stands. How can he cheer for Gao Zheng in a while?

Mattia Perlin, who had been dressed up in disguise, stood quietly in the corner of the stands, and he also noticed the Dongfang Kong who was surrounded by AC Milan fans in turns taking photos.

If there is nothing rare for Oriental fans wearing AC Milan jerseys in the stadium stands in San Siro, AC Milan has such influence as a world-class giant. However, he would be a little confused when a reserve team game could attract Asian fans...

Even though Gao Zheng has played for AC Milan, there are Chinese AC Milan fans. But it doesn’t make sense why this Chinese fan came back to watch the AC Milan reserve team’s game. You should know that Gao Zheng has long been no longer in AC Milan...

Is this fan news too behind?

Well... I don’t know that Gao Zheng has left AC Milan in China?

Mattia Palin's mind spread out...

It was not until the players on both sides came out to warm up that he pulled his mind back.

He saw Gao Zheng at a glance, doing pass balls with his teammates.

Because of the players coming out to warm up, the AC Milan fans finally let Guo Wei go. Guo Wei also saw Gao Zheng.

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Giovanni Stropa stood in a corner of the sidelines. He first looked around and confirmed that he had not attracted attention. Then he turned his attention to the Sampdoria reserve players who were warming up on the court. His players were still in the locker room. He ran out in advance just to see the long-lost figure.

He found Gao Zheng without much effort.

Although he had left for a year and a half and had some changes in appearance and temperament, he still recognized him with his familiarity with Gao Zheng.

He was sure that the tall man wearing Sampdoria jersey was warming up, Gao Zheng, who terminated his contract with AC Milan a year and a half ago.

He is warming up with his teammates, three people performing triangular passes in groups, and one player intercepts in the middle. As long as he encounters the football, he will win. The player who is touched will come in and replace the ball-grabbing player - commonly known as "dummy" or "grabbing circles".

The "circle" is not big. The players who grab the ball don't have to run a lot to block the pass route. This increases the difficulty and forces the players to pass the ball quickly. From stopping the ball to passing, there should not be more than two feet - stopping the ball and passing the ball - if you adjust it more, you will basically lose the opportunity to pass the ball.

But if the ball passes quickly, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes.

This is also the purpose of this warm-up, allowing players to find the feeling of being pushed by someone during the game in a short period of time and adapt as soon as possible. At the same time, only three people can pass the ball, which can also allow everyone to move their whole body as soon as possible in a short period of time, and there will be no situation where someone passes the ball or watch the show.

In Stropa's view, Gao Zheng was the most relaxed among the group of busy Sampdoria reserve players.

No matter how tricky the ball passed by his teammates in a hurry, whether it was flying in the air or rolling against the grass, he could always stretch his legs and easily resolve it. He even kept stopping the ball and directly passed the football to his teammate's feet. Facing a football that flew behind him, Gao Zheng stood still, swung his right leg backward, and knocked the flying football towards his teammates, and before his teammate could react, he passed the football to his teammates. He did all this effortlessly.

Seeing this scene, Stropa was a little sad. At the AC Milan Youth Training Camp, Gao Zheng's ball sense was top-notch. Generally, people with too tall figures would give people the impression of being bulky, but in Gao Zheng, he could not see this at all.

Technically speaking, this is the same Gao Zheng he knew, which is no different from Gao Zheng, who played football under him and won the U16 best player.

The blue Sampdoria jersey I wore looked a bit eye-catching.

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PS, Iceland and Nigeria, what Iceland played well was actually because the first game against Argentina consumed too much physical fitness. In this game, it can be clearly seen that the physical fitness of Iceland players in the second half of the physical fitness was very obvious, and when their physical fitness was reduced, their defensive formation could not be kept intact...

it is a pity.

But now it seems that Iceland's highlight moment in this World Cup should be the 1-1 draw with Argentina.

It should be difficult for them to qualify from this group.

Nigeria's victory has retained hope of qualifying for Argentina, but with Argentina's state in these two games, it may not be easy for them to defeat Nigeria...

In today's three games, Belgium will definitely win against Tunisia, and will win more than two goals.

In the match between South Korea and Mexico, I am optimistic that Mexico will beat South Korea with one goal.

The match between Germany and Sweden is the highlight, and both teams played well in the first round of the group stage. But I am more optimistic about the German team's heritage. It is normal for the defending champion to fail in the first group stage. France in 2002, Italy in 2010, and Spain in 2014 all proved this.

I think the German team, which is gradually regaining its form, will beat Sweden two goals!

Whether this is the case, let’s wait and see at 2 a.m.!
Chapter completed!