Prominence in Football Community

Chapter 298 Never Expected

At the beginning of the second half of the game, neither side made any substitutions, they just switched sides and fought.

On the Juventus side, Giovinco was still very active and working hard, and even felt more positive than in the first half.

His excellent state allows Juventus to use him as the core when attacking. I hope he can score goals again with his excellent state.

It is not safe to lead Sampdoria by only one goal now. If they can lead by two goals again, I believe it will be a heavy blow to Sampdoria, and maybe they will no longer have the strength to resist.

The AC Milan fans in front of the TV are also constantly cheering for Juventus. They are the key factors for their team to participate in the UEFA Champions League next season. If Sampdoria draws Juventus at home, no matter what the result of AC Milan is, it will be meaningless. In the case of the same score, Sampdoria has an absolute advantage in the relationship between mutual victory and defeat.

Originally, Juventus' defeat of Sampdoria was a sure thing, but now it makes AC Milan fans a little worried.

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The concerns of AC Milan fans are justified, because after the start of the second half, although Giovinco's performance was still active, Juventus did not have any quality offense.

Giovinco was defended and could only pass the ball back and forth outside the penalty area, but it was difficult to get in.

On the contrary, Sampdoria's offensive quality is higher.

In the 50th minute, Gao Zheng suddenly slammed through the front of the penalty area and penetrated the Juventus defense. Icardi responded diagonally, followed by a shot. Buffon rubbed the football with his fingertips. out.

The goal was missed, but it scared the Juventus fans and AC Milan fans.

When Icardi shoots,

Many AC Milan fans almost jumped up from their seats-why not Juventus fans, because AC Milan fans care more about the outcome of this game than Juventus fans.

Icardi missed his 16th league goal of the season, chagrined.

Gao Zheng waved at him, comforting him and telling him not to worry.

But Gao Zheng's consolation was of no use to Icardi, he was anxious because of Gao Zheng!

Gao Zheng scored a goal, but he hasn't scored yet, but now Gao Zheng comforts him instead... You are the culprit of my anxiety!

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After Sampdoria took the corner kick, the ball was not hit by the Sampdoria player, but Chiellini headed it out.

However, the second point was still taken by the Sampdoria players.

Sampdoria knew that Gao Zheng, as the team's high center forward, was not good at heading the ball, and he couldn't do things like fighting for the top in the penalty area. Therefore, another set of positioning tactics was simply formulated, focusing on controlling the second landing point. Once the second landing point is controlled, the attack can be organized again. At this time, the organization of the attack can make full use of Gao Zheng's technical characteristics.

So now Sampdoria's corner kicks don't care much about things like a fatal blow, and they will spend more effort to control the second point.

No matter who gets the second spot, they must find Gao Zheng quickly.

The same goes for this corner kick.

Controlling the second point was Sampdoria full-back De Silvestri, who immediately looked up to look for Gao Zheng after he got the ball.

But what troubles him is that there are Juventus players around Gao Zheng-obviously, the Juventus players are very aware of Gao Zheng's position in Sampdoria's offense, so as long as they have the ability, they will definitely mark him closely.

Seeing someone beside Gao Zheng, De Silvestri did not pass the football to Gao Zheng, but passed it to the nearest teammate Kosticic.

Kosticic turned around to protect the football, and when he wanted to pass the football again, he was pushed to the ground by Juventus midfielder Vidal.

Then the whistle sounded.

"Vidal fouled! This is a foul that has nothing to say, but the important thing is not this foul, but Sampdoria got a free kick in the frontcourt!" Carresa said.

Sure enough, there was a burst of cheers from the stands.

The Juventus players nervously surrounded the referee to appeal.

Because they all know that Gao Zheng has the ability to score free kicks.

And this position is not far from the goal, although the place where Vidal fouled is relatively biased.

But in the eyes of many people, it was probably within Gao Zheng's range.

Sure enough, Gao Zheng came up and picked up the football to the foul spot.

The Sampdoria players were not surprised to see Gao Zheng approaching with the ball, and even made room for him.

So the situation is obvious.

Seeing that Gao Zheng was going to take the penalty, Juventus didn't bother arguing with the referee. Even if they fought, it was impossible for the referee to change the penalty. They might as well rush to the wall...

Buffon also directed the wall in front of the goal, making sure not to leave any chance for Gao Zheng.

Because the angle is relatively biased, this free kick is very simple to defend. The wall blocks the near corner, and the goalkeeper can stand in the middle.

Of course, the premise is that if the human wall can play a role, it can indeed seal the near corner.

Ordinary free throw players will basically choose to hit the side blocked by the human wall, because although the human wall can seal their shooting angle, it also often blocks the goalkeeper's sight.

In this way, the free throw player can take advantage of it.

The Juventus wall blocked the near corner to ensure that no football could be let through.

As for the far corner, they left it to Buffon.

After Gao Zheng set up the football, he backed away.

Buffon stared at the retreating Gao Zheng, intending to guess how he would kick this free kick from the perspective of his run-up.

The place where Vidal fouled was on the right side of Sampdoria's offense, and it was the left side for the defense.

If you want to kick a football around the wall and into the near corner of the goal, you will probably choose to kick it with your left foot. This is the regular kick.

Of course, it does not rule out the way of kicking the football around the outside of the wall with the right foot. However, it is more difficult and it is easy to miss it.

In addition, the angle at which players kick the ball is also affected by their dominant foot. Players with a left foot will use their left foot no matter what angle the penalty spot is at, and vice versa. The player who is accustomed to using the opposite foot takes the penalty.

But Gao Zheng is omnipotent with both left and right feet, and it has never been heard that he is not good at any foot. Judging from his scoring statistics, his left-footed and right-footed goals are average.

To Buffon's surprise, Gao Zheng did not retreat diagonally to extend the run-up distance, but retreated straightly, forming a straight line between him, the football and the goal.

What does it mean?

He's going to volley with the back of his foot?

But at such a short distance, nine out of ten volleys will hit the wall, or go directly above the crossbar.

The experienced Buffon frowned slightly. Could it be that Gao Zheng wants to use the method of vigorously producing miracles?

No, it shouldn't be that simple.

Buffon felt that although Gao Zheng was very young, he was definitely not the kind of impulsive player.

He bent down and observed carefully, and then a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind-maybe Gao Zheng would press the football firmly on the turf while volleying vigorously, so as not to let the football fly.

And if Juventus's human wall is focused on defending against high balls, but jumps up while Gao Zheng is kicking the ball, wouldn't the space under his feet just be left for Gao Zheng?

The more Buffon thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. After all, Gao Zheng scored more than once with this kind of free kick from the ground ball.

But Buffon, who had figured it out, didn't inform his teammates. At this time, he would only warn the snake when he sounded a reminder.

He decided to shift the focus of his defense to the ground ball and the top to the wall.

He moved slightly to his left again, not too much, to avoid Gao Zheng seeing through his intentions.

Then he lowered his body's center of gravity and waited for Gao Zheng to kick the football over from the foot of the wall.

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After the human wall was lined up, the referee stepped back, stood aside, and blew his whistle.

As soon as the whistle sounded, Gao Zheng started to run.

His run-up distance is indeed longer than usual, which seems to confirm the speculation that he wants to volley hard.

And when he ran up, he didn't make an arc on purpose, but made an angle, and rushed straight to the football.

Buffon behind the wall was even more certain that Gao Zheng was going to hit the football from under the wall when he jumped up from the wall.

In an instant, Gao Zheng rushed to the football, and then he kicked the football with his right foot. Buffon keenly observed that when Gao Zheng kicked up, the instep of his right foot was stretched, and the toes pointed to the ground. This is a very obvious volley action!

Buffon's body has been slightly tilted to the left, ready to pounce at any time.

But when Gao Zheng's kick hit the football, the football didn't sprint towards the turf like a torpedo, but... flew up!

Fly high and fly towards the top of the wall of people!

Juventus's human wall also took off quickly, and there was indeed an obvious gap under their feet, but nothing came out of it...

Buffon put all his attention on the bouncing ball, and his center of gravity was too low. Even if he wanted to take off at this time, it was too late!

The jumping wall did not stop the football, even though they jumped high. But the football was taller than them, so it just jumped over their heads, and then... fell headfirst!

Wiped the inside of the near post and flew into the goal!

Buffon didn't make any saves, just turned his head and watched the football go in.

He never expected that Gao Zheng kicked the elevator ball and came out!

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