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The Coppa Italia has a single-elimination system before the semi-finals, so Rome, which has drawn home games, has an advantage.

Although Torosidis did not score, he gave the Roma fans in the stands confidence, and they were very relaxed.

Even if Sampdoria sent all the main players in this game, so what?

The final winner must belong to us!

But as the game progressed, the thoughts of the Roma fans changed little by little.

They found that Sampdoria, who played away, could not be at a disadvantage in the face of Rome's offensive.

Sampdoria, who played a defensive counterattack, did not have many offensive opportunities, but every counterattack was very threatening.

Compared with them, Rome, which besieged Sampdoria, looked very powerful, but the actual threat was much smaller than that of Sampdoria. Torosidis's shot was the most threatening attack of Rome.

In this game, Alberto Massi, who has achieved weight loss, returned to the starting lineup. He is full of energy and performed very positively and well-he doesn't want to sit on the bench anymore. He sat on the bench and watched the last game When the team loses the game, the feeling is really uncomfortable.

Massey also played as a substitute before, but he didn't have such a deep feeling at that time. Since he was firmly established as the main force, he couldn't bear to let him play as a substitute.

It's really easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but hard to go from extravagance to frugality...

In addition to Sampdoria's better performance on defense, Sampdoria is also more threatening on offense. This naturally depends on Gao Zheng's outstanding performance.

It's no secret that Sampdoria's offense is centered around Gao Zheng.

It stands to reason that Sampdoria's opponents all know this, as long as Gao Zheng is contained.

But how could Gao Zheng be so easily restrained?

As a center forward, he has a very wide range of activities and comprehensive skills. Except for the header, he has almost no technical dead ends-all-round left and right feet, excellent ball protection ability, and although his speed is not very fast, he can. Relying on changes in rhythm and pure technique to break through with the ball, first-class off-the-ball movement, precise shooting, and an excellent free kick-what do you ask the opponent to do?

Although his header is not good enough, he can control many high balls.

His lack of physical strength may be another obvious weakness of his.

But he also has excellent free-kick skills. Even if you don't have an advantage in physical contact, you can use this to win free kicks for yourself. So when Gao Zheng took the ball near the opponent's penalty area, the defenders thought of his free kick ability and "flopping", and they were all wary. They didn't dare to use it because they had the advantage of physical strength...

Under the tireless running support of Berardi and Zaza, Gao Zheng can completely withdraw, play the ball for his teammates, and then cut and run without the ball, which further increases the difficulty of the Roma players' defense ——They can't just defend Gao Zheng and turn a blind eye to Sampdoria's other two forwards. In that case, Berardi certainly doesn't mind teaching them how to behave with goals.

In addition, Zaza is also a striker that cannot be ignored.

"Gao's wonderful pass! Berardi swept the football in front of the goal, Zaza-!! So dangerous! Zaza's tackle was just a little bit wide!"

There was a burst of exclamation from the stands of the Olympic Stadium. Although no goal was scored, these Roma fans were scared enough.

And it's not the first time.

The relaxed smiles of the Roma fans in the stands are gradually disappearing.

Rudy Garcia, who was originally sitting on the coach's bench, also got up from his seat, walked back to the sidelines and paced up and down, watching the field nervously.

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Relying on an excellent defensive counterattack, Sampdoria and Roma drew in the first half. When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score was 0:0.

This score is acceptable for Sampdoria, but not for Roma.

So after the 15-minute intermission, Rudy Garcia took the lead in making substitution adjustments.

He replaced Gervinho on the right-winger Florenzi, the speedy winger who arrived from Arsenal this season and quickly established himself in Roma. Because Rudy Garcia once cooperated with him when he coached Lille and Le Mans, and the two are very familiar with each other, so under Garcia, Gervinho is like a fish in water, and he has scored four goals in the league so far. Ball, five assists. Three goals were also scored in the Coppa Italia.

Rudy Garcia obviously hopes to strengthen the team's offensive quality by replacing Gervinho. Gervinho has outstanding speed and good foot skills, and has strong individual combat ability. Pudulia has more pressure, and at the same time can force Zaza here to participate more in defense and have no time to attack.

Seeing Gervinho's appearance, the Roma fans applauded warmly. They put all their hopes of breaking the deadlock on this "Little Drogba".

However, Gervinho has just appeared on the stage, and he has not had any chance to perform, and the deadlock of the game has been broken.

It's just that the one that broke the deadlock was not the home team Roma, but the visiting team Sampdoria!

Gao Zheng pulled to the wing to catch the ball, and when Zaza slipped from behind him, Roma left back Torosidis's attention was very briefly shifted to Zaza.

But at this moment, Gao Zheng suddenly kicked up on the spot, without any run-up, and suddenly passed the football to the goal with the outer instep of his right foot!

The football draws a beautiful arc, bypassing the Argentine central defender Burdisso's head, and is overtaken by Berardi who slanted in front of the goal. He jumps up and shakes his head to attack the goal!

With such a powerful header on the goal line, Roma's young goalkeeper Lukasz Skolopski had no time to make a save and could only watch the ball fly into his goal. goal.

"Berardi --!! wooooooooooooow!! Sampdoria took the lead away! 1:0! The home team is now behind!"

The moment the goal was scored in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, they fell into a brief silence. They never thought that the first goal was actually Sampdoria...

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"Gao's assist is really subtle, sudden, and extremely precise! This instep is really mesmerizing!" Caresa watched the replay of the goal and kept admiring.

Bergomi also nodded: "He seized the only chance, a very smart approach. Now the game in Rome is more difficult to play. Originally, Sampdoria mainly focused on defensive counterattacks. After they took the lead, they played defensively. I'm afraid it will be easier to fight back..."

On the Sampdoria coaching bench, coach Di Francesco rushed out with open arms after seeing the goal, and shouted from the sidelines.

The team supported his plan with practical actions.

And Rudy Garcia had to consider changing another person.

When there is a stalemate on the court, replacing Gervinho may be able to break the deadlock. But now the balance has been broken, and a Gervinho seems a bit unsafe.

He set his sights on the gritty face on the bench.

Although the owner of this face missed six games due to injury before, it didn't take long for him to return from injury. But at this time, only this person may be able to bring strength to the team.

After all, he is the "Wolf King", the symbol of this city and this team.

He walked up to the man and said, "Francisco, Rome needs you."

Without a word, Francisco Totti took off his winter jacket, put on a training vest, and ran to the warm-up area.

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