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According to Del Neri's tactical style, he should let Genoa play a defensive counterattack.

In fact, since he took over the team, he has been letting the team play defensive counterattacks.

But everyone has seen the result, losing four games in a row.

This shows that defensive counterattacks simply don't work in Genoa.

This is normal. When he was in Chievo, he relied on defensive counterattacks to make "Flying Donkey" a dark horse in Serie A.

But after all, it was between 2001 and 2006. Now the international football is developing faster and faster, and various tactical ideas emerge in an endless stream. His previous tactics are also slightly outdated.

Moreover, Chievo is different from Genoa, the staffing is different, and the players have different attitudes towards Del Neri.

In Chievo, he spoke his mind, he was a godfather figure, he was what he said. The players all listened to him, and the players practiced whatever tactics he said to play, without further ado.

But Genoa is different. He is a firefighting coach who takes over temporarily. He has no foundation here, and the players may not obey him.

As soon as he came up, he suddenly announced that he would play a defensive counterattack, and he certainly could not get the wholehearted support of the players.

So all four games in a row were lost.

Before this game, the club president issued a death order. Delneri also knew in his heart that if he continued to play defensive counterattacks, it might be difficult to win.

Since everyone knows that he is good at making the team play defensive counterattacks. So if he suddenly changed his tactics and became more proactive, would he catch Sampdoria by surprise?

And it can also be seen from Sampdoria's previous games that this team's offensive firepower is not weak, but its defense is very average and has flaws.

If Genoa plays against them, in the special atmosphere of the same city derby, they will be caught off guard against Sampdoria, and maybe they will be able to get an ideal result in the end.

In terms of offensive firepower, Genoa does not lose to Sampdoria.

Immobile, the main striker in their team, was the top scorer in Serie B last season, helping Pescara to upgrade as the league champion. And Immobile is also very young, only twenty-two years old.

It is said that Gao Zheng of Sampdoria is a young genius,

But in Del Neri's view, Immobile in their team is no worse than Gao Zheng. Perhaps it is because Immobile's name is not fancy enough, so he is not so easy to show off. But in terms of scoring ability is not bad - Immobile has scored three goals in the first division this season.

If it is really a goal in this game, it is really hard to say who will win the game in the end. It does not mean that Sampdoria, who are playing at home, will definitely win.

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After Genoa threatened Sampdoria's goal with a shot at the beginning, Gao Zheng found that Genoa did not retreat quickly, defended firmly, and waited for Sampdoria to attack. Before the game, Di Francesco specially gave them Analyzed Genoa's head coach Del Neri, and studied all four games Del Neri played after coaching Genoa. After completing the offense, he quickly retreated to defend, shrinking the defense line, and waiting for the opponent to attack.

Sampdoria's pre-match preparations were also designed for Genoa's rapid recovery defense, preparing to fight Genoa, and at the same time be careful of being attacked by Genoa.

Unexpectedly, in this game, what he saw with his own eyes was different from what the coach said before the game.

Not only did Genoa fail to return to defense quickly, but they also left a lot of people in the frontcourt, marking each other, preparing to counterattack directly in the midfield and attack.

After all, when Sampdoria kicks off a goal kick, they rarely kick directly to the frontcourt with a big foot, but send the football up through the middle and short distance passes in the middle and backcourt.

If Genoa can launch a press in the midfield, it is really possible to make Sampdoria mess up...

Genoa's arrangement is highly targeted, and Del Neri also made a lot of effort to study the opponent.

However, Gao Zheng didn't pay attention to the Genoa players who were always standing beside him, but instead focused on the huge gap behind Genoa's defense.

Del Neri, who has been playing defensive counterattacks, let the team play against Sampdoria?

Is this because of the "Lighthouse Derby"? After all, it is completely different from other games.

The derby is easy for people to have a surge of adrenaline and do some things that are usually impossible to do. This must include giving up defensive counterattacks and playing against Sampdoria.

Sure enough, this is Derby, really worthy of Derby!

Gao Zheng grinned, the Derby is great!

The Genoa player next to Gao Zheng, central defender Caesar Bovo paid great attention to Gao Zheng, and his eyes would always glance at Gao Zheng, so he saw Gao Zheng suddenly smile.

It was obviously a tense "Lighthouse Derby", why did he suddenly show such a smirk?

Bovo frowned, he seemed to see the meaning of "contempt" from Gao Zheng's smile.

So he couldn't help asking in a bad tone: "What happened to make you so happy?"

"Ah, no, I'm sorry..." Gao Zheng realized that there was an opposing player standing next to him, and he shook his head quickly.

But Bovo didn't seem to intend to just let him go, and this was also a good opportunity to use trash talk to influence Gao Zheng. He asked: "I haven't blocked your shot yet, so don't rush to apologize. I'm asking why are you laughing?"

Gao Zheng glanced at Bowo, thinking why this person is so strange, what does it matter to you if I laugh? It's a game here, why do you care what I'm laughing at? Also broke the casserole and asked if it was all right?

Although he thought so in his heart, Gao Zheng didn't directly reply "None of your business", but said with a smile: "No, I just think the 'derby' of the first team is such an interesting thing."

When he was in the AC Milan youth team, he also played the "Milan Derby", but it was a contest between teenagers, and it was very different from the adult team derby.

Gao Zheng told the truth, but Bovo was sure that Gao Zheng was mocking himself.

Can you use "interesting" to describe "Lighthouse Derby"?

Everyone didn't want to beat the opponent's brains out. The fans of both sides in the stands were attacking each other non-stop. As long as their Genoa players got the ball, there would be boos from the Sampdoria fans...

Just like the scene of modern warfare, you tell me "interesting"?

Is there something wrong with your brain, or something wrong with my brain?

It is impossible for both parties to have a problem with their brains, so Gao Zheng must be mocking himself.

He originally planned to use trash talk to influence Gao Zheng, but he didn't expect Gao Zheng to talk trash first, which surprised Bovo, but he was also more vigilant as he was facing an enemy.

"Don't think you can interfere with me like this, you underestimate me too much! You overestimate you too! I've seen a lot of young people like you, who doesn't think they can play on the court because of their better skills at their feet? You can do whatever you want. Let me tell you, football is a team sport, and the overall defense cannot be broken by you alone with a few tricks!"

Gao Zheng turned his head and looked at the No. 3 Genoa defender in front of him inexplicably, wondering why this man said so much to him.

I just laughed, why did I get involved in "doing whatever I want". I know the "Lighthouse Derby" is a very intense and important competition, but it's not so serious that even a smile will make people hate it, right?

Is this a sacred game that cannot be tarnished for this player?

Well, it should be like this. It is normal for some players to have tears in their eyes when the national anthem is played at the World Cup. Isn't it normal to care so much about a city derby?

Thinking of this, Gao Zheng said respectfully to Bovo: "I didn't expect you to respect this game so much. Don't worry, I will try my best to defeat you as a show of respect."

After speaking, he ran to meet his teammates.

Bowo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he didn't expect to understand what Gao Zheng said.

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When Gao Zheng took the ball outside the Genoa penalty area, Bovo immediately pushed forward. Gao Zheng's calf swung quickly to make a shot, but he pulled the football slightly to the side very quickly, just avoiding Bowo's foot reaching up to steal the ball.

Bovo reacted quickly, and immediately turned around and rushed to the other side, continuing to block Gao Zheng.

But this time Gao Zheng didn't even lift his leg, he just flicked the football with his ankle, and the football rolled back from between Bowo's legs.

Gao Zheng made a false shot, as if to break through to the left, but Bovo lost all his center of gravity. After breaking through from the right, he distributed the football to Icardi, who started the game.

Due to Maxi Lopez's injury, Icardi started this game. He received a pass from Gao Zheng and completed a high-quality shot, which was saved by Frey.

"Beautiful attack! Gao's consecutive fake moves completely deceived Genoa's central defender Cesar Bovo! The last pass to Icardi was also very exciting, not greedy..."

Bowo got up from the ground and saw Gao Zheng, who was looking at him, but unlike before with a smile on his face, this time Gao Zheng's expression was very serious.

He was stunned - such a serious Gao Zheng made him feel a little scared...