When the starting players of the Roma reserve team saw Gao Zheng in the opponent's starting lineup, they were a little surprised.

Didn’t he say he would only come on as a substitute in the second half?

Why did this game start?

They were repeatedly reminded before the game that the game should be accelerated from the first minute, strive to score early and then score more goals.

In the past three days, they have also trained according to this tactic.

As a result, I found that the situation was different from what they expected...

Can it be changed?

Can't change it!

So as Old De Rossi was worried, this careful final that should have been played became a battle against the enemy...

At the beginning of the final, both sides entered the melee stage, which was almost fist-to-meat, very intense.

Two minutes into the game, the Roma Reserve team took advantage of the kick-off to complete a shot. One minute later, Sampdoria Reserve team returned to the color. Icardi's shot was lifted out of the crossbar by Roma Reserve goalkeeper Mirco Pigliacelli.

The shot shocked the fans of the Roma reserve team in the stands exclaimed.

Three thousand people came to the Sanquan Football Stadium, which can accommodate 4,000 people in this game, most of whom were fans of the Rome Reserve.

There are very few Sampdoria fans who come from afar, like Porata and Moretti, who specialize in watching a reserve team game.

After the corner kick was taken, Icardi reached the landing point in the middle and pushed the ball towards the goal.

Fortunately, the goalkeeper Pigliacelli of the Roma reserve team selected a good position this time and took the football directly into his arms.

Icardi, who was unable to score, was very upset. He held his head with both hands and yelled to the sky.

"Icardi is so active after the opening!" Assistant coach Casilio sighed.

Bruney said from the side: "Maybe it was stimulated by the high level?"

"I was stimulated by high? I haven't performed much after the opening of high. What can I use to stimulate him?" Casilio was very strange.

Bruni smiled slightly: "Did you notice that I didn't mention Icardi's name at all when I arranged the tactics before the game?"

Casillaio thought for a moment, then nodded suddenly: "You seem to have placed all the hope of winning on Gao. Is this exciting to Icardi?"

"Well. We all know that Icardi has always used Gao as his competitor. Since he is a competitor, he will not admit that he is not as good as his opponent. So when I only improve, he will of course want to prove it to me unhappily that he and Gao are players in the same level." Brunoy said. "If you want to score a goal as soon as possible in this game, Gao and Icardi are both important and indispensable."

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Compared with the super active Icardi, Gao Zheng, who started for the first time, seemed to be a little uncomfortable with the feeling of starting.

After all, he had watched the two sides' games for dozens of minutes off the court and was very familiar with the opponent's performance. When he came on the court, he felt prepared for any trouble.

And now he needs to immediately enter the fierce competition without knowing nothing about his opponent.

Compared to Icardi, he seems to have not entered the game yet.

Old De Rossi breathed a little relieved when he saw this scene. It seemed that Gao Zheng was more suitable to be a substitute player...

He didn't know how long it would take for Gao Zheng to find the rhythm of the game, but he knew that time is very precious to his team. He must try to score as soon as possible while Gao Zheng is not awakened, and take the initiative into his own hands.

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Gao Zheng looked around the court in the middle circle. At this time, the Roma was launching an attack. They had already attacked Sampdoria's backcourt and were waiting for an opportunity to break through the defense of Sampdoria's reserve team.

Most of the Roman players were in Sampdoria's halftime, with only two central defenders still staying in their halftime, but they were also very close to the center line - if they hadn't been standing in the center circle, they would have really crossed the center line and entered Sampdoria's halftime.

This is not the first time Roma has done this in the game. Every time they attack, they seem to have to give their all their strength, and they wish they could come out.

Gao Zheng guessed that this might be the head coach's request, otherwise they would not have done this every time.

Looking at the blockbuster movies in the backcourt, Gao Zheng couldn't help but think that if he was a forward like Ronaldo and very fast, he could take a long pass from the backcourt alone and go to Longtan alone...

It's a pity that speed is not what he is good at. Although he is not slow, his speed will never let the coach use him as a fast horse.

Gao Zheng turned his attention to Roma's goal. He found that since Roma attacked the frontcourt and the central defender pressed near the center line, Roma's goalkeeper Pigliacelli also pushed out of the penalty area.

This is the normal way for goalkeepers. When the football is far away from their goal, the goalkeepers will run out of the penalty area and stand outside the penalty area.

Some goalkeepers will even stand a little further and get closer to the middle circle.

Gao Zheng narrowed his eyes when he saw the position of Roma goalkeeper Pigliacelli.

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Roma has been very successful in the frontcourt attack. They performed well this season, taking the lead in the reserve team's Group C game and winning the first place. The offensive firepower is also very strong. In 26 regular season games, they scored a total of 82 goals, which was a terrible goal.

This number is not only the team with the most goals in Group C they are in, but also the most goals in all three groups.

The team with the most goals in Group A of the reserve team, Sampdoria, was the Fiorentina, scored 55 goals. The team with the most goals in Group B of the reserve team, was the AC Milan, who also scored 55 goals.

The teams with the most goals in these two groups are still close to thirty from Roma, which shows how fierce the attacking firepower of the Roma reserve team is.

Amid the cheers of the Roman fans in the stands, the Roman reserve team launched a wave of offensives on the Sampdoria reserve team.

Gao Zheng stood in front alone and had not got the ball for three minutes, so he had to continue to retreat.

As he retreated, the two Roma's central defenders M** and Antey also pushed forward further, finally crossing the center line and entering Sampdoria's half.

They are actually very particular about pushing forward, not trying to come up and join in the fun.

Instead, if the Sampdoria reserve team intercepts the ball and fights against the counterattack, they can destroy the forward-passing football as soon as possible to prevent Sampdoria from counterattacking. If they are too far away from the midfield players, the gap between them will be used by Sampdoria when fighting against the counterattack. At that time, they will not be able to move forward and can only be forced to withdraw from defense.

The two central defenders rushed forward, and Roma goalkeeper Pigliacelli continued to move forward.

Gao Zheng was still standing in front of Sampdoria, and even Mauro Icardi went back to defend, so he didn't do that.

He was like a lion lying in the grass, waiting for the opportunity to relax his prey.

At this moment, when the Roma reserve team made a horizontal pass at the front of Sampdoria's penalty area, it was disturbed by Sampdoria's central defender Alberto Masi who was out of defense and made a pass mistake!

Football cut off another central defender, Sampdoria.

Then he didn't hesitate for a second, and he passed the football to Gao Zheng at the front - this was also a tactical requirement before the game. Bronney asked the team to give priority to passing the football to Gao Zheng when it was from defense to offense, and make full use of Gao Zheng's excellent ball control ability and comprehensive skills to help the team fight back.

Gao Zheng came between two central defenders in Rome and other Roman players in the middle and frontcourt. He received the football a little outside the arc of the center circle. Facing the Rome central defender M** who was rushing toward him, he first made a move to pass the football to Icardi who was running forward at high speed, but he just flicked a shot, tricking the opponent's body into shifting the center of gravity, and he broke through from the other side!

Gao Zheng, who had got rid of M**, did not continue to dribble the ball, nor did he pass the ball to Icardi, but instead raised his foot and kicked the ball hard towards the frontcourt!

Under everyone's stunned gaze, the football was like a ballistic missile, hitting the goal of the Rome Reserve!

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PS, the start and end of the match between Croatia and Denmark were crazy, but the more than 100 minutes in the middle were a bit boring...

I am optimistic about Croatia because I am optimistic about Modric, the world's number one midfielder.

I hope they can go as far as possible.

Next is today's X**C event:

Mexico and Brazil are both very open teams. If both sides really open up... I am more optimistic that Brazil will beat Mexico with one goal!

Japan's World Cup trip ended here because they met Belgium, and I predict that Belgium beat Japan two goals!
Chapter completed!