Sampdoria's performance as a team is really not good.

Finally, before the end of the first half, they conceded a goal.

Varese's left-back Achraf Lazar opened the scoring to break the deadlock.

After the goal, Varese was very excited.

The substitutes almost rushed up to celebrate Lazar.

Sampdoria, for their part, was very upset.

All they could think about before the game was to reach the final, win the championship, and beat Genoa's reserve team in the competition.

As a result, it now seems that they are going to follow in the footsteps of the Genoese reserves?

"It's not normal for the team......" Casirio said with a frown in the dugout.

"Of course not, Alfredo. They are clearly not on their minds in this game...... Let's go to warm up, it's time to make a substitution at halftime. Bruni said.

Gao Zheng was called up from the bench, and he ran to warm up alone.

It's clear that it's time to replace him.

However, there are still five minutes to go before the end of the first half.

Even if Gao Zheng finishes warming up, I'm afraid he can only play in the second half.

So why not let him warm up at halftime?

Because he had to follow the team back to the dressing room at half-time and accept the manager's tactical arrangements.

Usually the substitutes stay on the pitch at halftime and are led by the assistant coach to warm up. The players on the pitch returned to the dressing room to listen to the manager's adjustments.

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Gao Zheng, who warmed up alone, looked very eye-catching, and the head coach of Varese's reserve team, Deves Manja, also noticed the tall figure.

Gao Zheng is no longer a nobody in the reserve team, and many teams have begun to pay attention to him as he has performed well in the reserve team games.

In particular, he scored a hat-trick against AC Milan.

Soon the news began to circulate in the development squad world – Sampdoria had a talent better than Icardi, who came off the bench every game but was always able to help the team win!

When Manja saw Gao Zheng start to warm up, he knew what Sampdoria was going to do.

So he walked to the sidelines, waved his hand and shouted for his team to continue to strengthen the attack, not to let up because of a one-goal lead and little time left in the first half.

You have to score one more goal before half-time to be safe!

So when Gao Zheng was warming up on the sidelines, the Varese players on the field launched a fierce attack on the Sampdoria goal.

At this time, the Sampdoria defenders, who were woken up by Varese's goal, remembered that they had been ravaged by Gao Zheng and Icardi in training, and they couldn't be ravaged in vain......

The Sampdoria backline, which was starting to take the game seriously, withstood Varese's late onslaught.

At the end of the first half, the score was 0-1 and they conceded just one goal.

Varese reserve coach Manja was not very happy with the result...... But he can't help it, who says the team didn't score early? Five minutes is not enough.

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Sampdoria reserves did not play well in the first half, but it doesn't matter, they still have super talent.

At the start of the second half, the fourth official on the sidelines signaled for Sampdoria reserves to make a substitution.

Then Gao Zheng ran slowly onto the field.

After Gao Zheng came on the field, Varese immediately shifted the focus of his defense to him - Manja also made corresponding arrangements at halftime.

But since he is a super genius, he can always do something that others can't.

In the 57th minute of the game, Gao Zheng shot a cold arrow from outside the penalty area, and Sampdoria equalized.

In fact, it was not a good chance before Gao Zheng shot, Varese's defense was very tight, and Sampdoria never found a chance to penetrate the opponent's defense.

Gao Zheng then slowly pulled out of the box at a pace similar to a walk, and his gesture did not attract enough attention from Varese's defenders - all the attention was on the players with the ball.

He pulled to about 30 meters from the goal, received a pass from his teammate, and then he didn't give any warning or run, and just kicked it on the spot, which looked like it was X**T.

If there is a commentator present, he will definitely criticize Gao Zheng's kick for being too casual, easily wasting an offensive opportunity, and giving up the ball......

And so the ball flew into the goal.

"That's talent!" Casirio applauded the goal as he said to Bruni next to him.

Bruni said with a straight face: "We didn't have to play so hard. ”

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After the equaliser, Sampdoria was in high spirits.

And after Gao Zheng came on the field, it also greatly reduced the defensive pressure faced by Icardi.

Especially after Gao Zheng attracted the Varese defenders, he still has the ability to pass the football to Icardi, which is fatal......

In the 81st minute, Gao Zheng passed the football to Icardi at the edge of the penalty area, and Icardi did not live up to his pass.

Turning in the box, he brushed off the defenders and volleyed straight into the far corner, and the ball flew into the Varese reserve goal!

"Good shot!!"

Sampdoria's reserve squad substitutes and members of the coaching staff leapt from their seats with their arms raised.

They're finally ahead!

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In the end, with two goals from Gao Zheng and Icardi, Sampdoria Reserves defeated Varese 2-1 away from home, eliminated their opponents with some difficulty, and reached the final of the reserve competition.

The final will be played four days later on the evening of 12 June, and Sampdoria reserves will face Roma reserves.

The final will be held at the Sanquan Stadium, home of the Roma reserve team.

Since entering the playoffs, Sampdoria has not had a home game. Considering the busy playoff schedule and the time spent on the road to the road, this is not good news for Sampdoria's reserves.

However, the Sampdoria reserve team players on the pitch at this moment are not so much to care about.

They didn't play very well in the preseason and didn't expect to make the playoffs in the end.

Even if you make the playoffs, you have even reached the finals!

Sampdoria have had a terrible first team this season, but the lads in the development squad have felt like a dream.

They surrounded Gao Zheng and Icardi, cheering.

Bruni, who saw this scene on the sidelines, couldn't help but smile.

No matter what happened to the club, in his own acre of land, he was happy for these kids.

Hopefully, their performance this season will set them up for their career path next season.

There are a lot of people in this squad who will be overage next season and will not be able to stay in the reserve team, whether they will go to the first team, go out on loan or terminate their contracts, and it will be decided in the summer.

However, Gao Zheng and Icardi should be the most stable.

He turned down a first-team call-up to two men at crucial moments in the club's relegation this season, and that's all he can do.

Icardi could still play in the development squad for another season at his age, but not really, depending on how the first team plays next season.

As for Gao Zheng.

He's in his twenties and won't be able to stay in the reserve squad next season.

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PS, the match between France and Argentina was really exciting, with seven goals scored by both sides.

Although Argentina scored three goals, the overall attack was actually nothing, the first two goals had a lot of luck, and the third goal was near the end of the game, and France completely relaxed.

In this game, Argentina was suppressed by the French team most of the time, and the loss was not unjust. In fact, this Argentina team can reach the round of 16 is already very lucky, this game is earned, and their good luck against France will end, and it is too difficult to break through France.

And the strength of France has also been seen by everyone.

So now I think more and more that the French team has the possibility of winning the championship!