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After Gao Zheng returned to Italy, he did not start in Sampdoria's home game against Lazio.

This is Di Francesco's arrangement in consideration of Gao Zheng's return to China to play two games, the second game of which still played a full 90 minutes and consumes a lot of energy.

And after playing Lazio, the next step is the most important game against Sampdoria-the away game against Celtic in the Champions League group stage.

The outcome of this game is related to whether Sampdoria can qualify from this group.

In order to prepare for this game, it is normal to give up the previous league against Lazio.

Gao Zheng came off the bench in the last ten minutes of the game, while Sampdoria drew 1:1 with Lazio at home.

Although they did not win, Sampdoria's ranking in the league went up instead. They have moved up one place from before and are now ninth.

Relying on the advantage of goal difference, they overwhelmed Atlanta, Udinese and Parma, the three teams with 16 points with them.

After the Chinese team won the right to qualify for the Asian Cup, the Sampdoria club immediately negotiated with the Chinese Football Association. They hoped that Gao Zheng would not be recruited for the last Asian Cup qualifier.

Because this game has lost its meaning, it is a burden for Gao Zheng to let Gao Zheng go back to play a meaningless game, and it is also for Sampdoria.

Because the next Asian Cup qualifier will be on March 5 next year. If Sampdoria can qualify from the Champions League group stage, it will happen to be during the quarter-finals of the Champions League. It doesn't help much in terms of results, but it has a huge impact on Sampdoria.

So the Sampdoria club hopes that Gao Zheng can stay in the club by then.

They are also very happy that the Chinese team can qualify for the Asian Cup ahead of schedule. Otherwise, the basis for this negotiation will not exist. Whether they are willing or not, according to FIFA rules, they must let Gao Zheng go back to participate in the competition.

The Chinese Football Association has agreed in principle to Sampdoria's proposal, promising that Gao Zheng will not be recruited at that time, so that Gao Zheng can stay in the club, play the Champions League with peace of mind, and continue to win glory for the country in another arena.

Next, Sampdoria doesn't have to worry about Gao Zheng's physical rhythm being messed up or taking the risk of injury because of returning to China to compete.

until the end of the season,

The Chinese team has no games.

This is really great news for Sampdoria.

After the game against Lazio, Sampdoria went to Glasgow, Scotland two days in advance to prepare for the game against Celtic.

Where they train in Glasgow, they find the Glasgow Rangers to solve. As Celtic's rivals in the same city, Glasgow Rangers are very happy to be able to help Celtic's Champions League opponents and look forward to the Celtics. Out of the group stage.

Similarly, if Sampdoria's opponent this time is the Glasgow Rangers, then the Celtics are also happy to provide this kind of help.

Going to Glasgow two days in advance is to allow the team to adapt to the local climate as much as possible.

Winter in Glasgow is completely different from winter in Genoa.

Although the temperature is not very low, but the wind blows every day, the body temperature will be lower than the actual temperature.

Compared with Genoa's warm and dry winter, Glasgow's winter is simply "hateful".

As soon as he got off the plane, Marcy muttered, "I hate winter in England." In front of him was the airport that had just rained. There was water on the ground, and the water reflected the planes and terminal buildings at the airport. A gust of wind blew, He couldn't help shrinking his neck.

"Be careful, Alberto," team-mate Michael Fornacier reminded him, "don't let the Scots hear you."

"What's the matter, won't they let me tell you about the bad weather?" Marcy frowned.

"No no. If you just complain about the weather with them, they will be very happy and complain more than you. But you can't say that this is the weather in England. You must know that the Scots probably don't think they belong to the UK." Fornacier explained.

As a young player who once served as the captain of Manchester United U23 and won the FA Youth Cup with the team when he was U18, he has played for Manchester United for many years. The person in the team who knows the British customs best.

The Scots have always had resentment about their being incorporated into the United Kingdom. This is a resentment from history. Scotland used to be an independent country, and was later incorporated into the Kingdom of Great Britain by England. The Scots were very dissatisfied with this, and they fought for independence many times, launching two large-scale wars of independence.

The famous movie "Braveheart" tells the story of the Scots rebelling against the English.

Today, Scotland is actively promoting the Brexit referendum. If the referendum is passed by then, and the Scots vote to leave the UK, it might become the most sensational event in the world...

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Sampdoria has been training in Glasgow for two days. The sky has been gloomy and gloomy for the past two days. Is it still raining? This made the Sampdoria players from Genoa, Italy very uncomfortable.

After training every day, the coaches will also urge the players to take a shower quickly, change out of the wet training clothes covered in mud, maintain body temperature and avoid catching a cold.

Di Francesco is very grateful that he let the team come two days in advance. If they rushed to Glasgow just one day before the game, the wet and cold weather alone would be enough to give Sampdoria a bad start.

On the day of the race, the weather did not improve at all.

And the game will kick off at 7:45 in the evening. At that time, the temperature will be lower than during the day, which makes people feel even worse.

When the team arrived at Celtic Park and went out to warm up, the team's assistant coach loudly reminded every player: "Warm up fully! Don't be lazy! It's you who get injured, not me! Go back to the locker room right away! Don't stay outside!"

The players wore long-sleeved jerseys, gloves, and some players who were afraid of the cold pulled their socks above their knees, a collar around their necks, and a hat on their heads.

Every time he exhaled, a white mist appeared in front of his face.

In the stands, there were still shirtless Celtic fans cheering for their team. Their movements were uniform and their momentum was astonishing. They seemed to have no idea what the cold was.

This is the away game that Sampdoria wants to conquer.

Because Ajax is at home, but losing to Barcelona should be no suspense, so after this round of group stage, Ajax's points should be fixed at four points, as long as Sampdoria can beat Kai The Walters will become second in the group with eight points. With only one round left in the group stage, Ajax can no longer threaten Sampdoria's position. Sampdoria will get the right to qualify for the group one round ahead of schedule.

But if Sampdoria loses to the Celtics in the away game, the Celtics, who were originally ranked at the bottom, can use these three points to accumulate points to six points, thus surpassing Sampdoria and Ajax , becoming the second in the group.

In the last round, Sampdoria had to smash against Ajax. That game was not easy to play-the Celtics lost to Barcelona in the last round. There should be no suspense. Then Sampdoria and Ajax The confrontation between Jax has become a life-and-death struggle for who wins and who advances.

Ajax defeated Sampdoria and scored seven points, surpassing Sampdoria with five points and Celtic with six points.

Sampdoria defeated Ajax and scored eight points, ahead of Ajax with four and Celtic with six.

In fact, before participating in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season, everyone did not have such high requirements for Sampdoria. At that time, Sampdoria had not even played in the Champions League qualifiers. Considering that they played in the Champions League qualifiers last time, they were eliminated. Sampdoria fans are already very happy to be able to participate in the group stage.

But Sampdoria's performance in the Champions League gave everyone a surprise, and at the same time, it also made Sampdoria fans raise their expectations for the team and their requirements for results.

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