When Emmanuel Borata walked into the Mugnani training base in Sampdoria, he was a little confused – where would the reserve team be playing?

It was his first time watching the reserves and he didn't know much about them.

At this moment, he saw a big fat man in front of him, who was even fatter than him, walking tremblingly, and the Sampdoria scarf around his neck indicated his identity and made him look like he had no neck......

So he hurriedly hurried to catch up: "I'm sorry, where is the reserve team game playing?" ”

The big fat man looked back at Borata: "Is it the first time you've come to see a reserve team game?" ”

Borata was a little embarrassed: "Yes......"

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't ask much, but said, "Just follow me." ”

"Thank you, my name is Emmanuel Borata."

"Clarian Moretti."

With Moretti's heavy gasps, they soon arrived at the Stadio Ricardo Garrone.

When they arrived, players from both sides were warming up on the pitch.

Borata saw at a glance that one of the warm-up players on Sampdoria's side was a tall and thin man, the same Chinese boy who often came to his store to buy Focaccia!

It turned out to be really a reserve player......

Borata thought it was amazing.

"Don't you go to the stands?" Clarian Moretti next to him saw the other party standing on the sidelines in a daze, so he asked.

"Oh, oh...... Yes, thank you. Borata then withdrew his gaze and followed Moretti into the stands.

The angle of view is better here, and it is easier to see.

The Chinese boy in the warm-up was playing with the ball, he kicked the football high, when the football fell, he stretched out his foot very casually, did not lift it, just put it on the ground, when the football touched the surface of his foot, it actually stopped firmly on the turf, did not roll at all, like an iron nail attracted by a magnet.

"This ......," Borata whispered in surprise.

Moretti next to him laughed: "The first time you came to see the high competition? ”

"High?" Borata looked at Moretti with some strange looks.

"His name, Gao, Gao Zheng." Moretti pointed to the Chinese boy on the field.

Borata remembered that the name of the Chinese boy had been introduced in the newspaper. "Yes, first-time ......"

"I think so, you didn't even know where the reserve team was playing just now." Moretti laughed.

Borata laughed sheepishly.

"Did you read the newspaper to be interested in him?" Moretti asked.

"Uh, yes and no." Borata's answer was ambiguous.

"What does that mean?"

"I did read the newspaper and found out that the Chinese boy who often came to my store to buy Focaccia was actually a Sampdoria reserve player."

Borata's words surprised Moretti: "He's yours...... Regulars? ”

"I didn't expect that either." Borata laughed. "When I saw the newspaper report, I was shocked. That's why I decided to watch him fight and make sure. I didn't expect it to be really him......"

"It's unbelievable......" Moretti said, shaking his head.

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I don't know if Tosi really convinced the first team, in short, neither Gao Zheng nor Icardi were promoted to the first team to train. They remain in the reserve team to train and also participate in the reserve team games.

After beating Genoa Reserves at home, Sampdoria Reserves' away game against Bologna Reserves was postponed to 19 April last week, and today's home game against Cesena Reserves is the first after the Lighthouse derby.

But there were far fewer fans who came to watch the game than the last one.

It seems that in the reserves, apart from the Beacon derby and the key games of the playoffs, there are not many people watching the other games.

Gao Zheng still did not start in this game, and he continued to sit on the bench.

The starting strikers were Icardi and Testardi.

Although Gao Zheng had a very wonderful performance in the game against Genoa, Bruni still did not change his plan for Gao Zheng - not to help the seedlings, to lay a solid foundation, to play steadily, and try not to trigger the "thunder" of his left foot.

In the last game, Gao Zheng played almost half of the game, and Gao Zheng did work hard, but in the post-game training, Bruni's coaching staff found that Gao Zheng's physical fitness was not fully recovered, and he looked a little tired during the training, and the training effect was not as good as before.

This shows that Gao Zheng's physical fitness is still far from the requirement of playing the whole game.

Gao Zheng did not raise any objections to such an arrangement, of course he knew his current situation. He trusts Bruni in his own arrangement and does not think that the manager is deliberately suppressing him.

It's Marcy who doesn't understand it very well, and thinks that the head coach is not confused, and he doesn't need to let the big devil go and let him substitute for every game, isn't this a tyrannical thing?

Marcy was also put on the bench for this game.

He muttered to Gao Zheng, who was sitting next to him, "You really can see ......."

Gao Zheng smiled when he heard this: "I've experienced worse things, just playing as a substitute, what's not to see?" ”

"I can't argue with what you say......"

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"Substitute again?" Clarian Moretti was surprised to see that Gao Zheng was not among the starting eleven. He thought that with Gao Zheng's performance in the lighthouse derby, this game should definitely be able to start, right?

"Again? Does he substitute every game? Borata, who was next to him, asked curiously.

'He only came on in the 50th minute of the last Lighthouse derby. Moretti explained.

A hat-trick was scored in 40 minutes to help the team beat their local rivals 4-2. That performance wasn't enough to get him a starter?

Borata thought to himself, not understanding how the head coach of the reserve team had arranged.

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Ten minutes into the game, Sampdoria reserves conceded a goal.

In fact, Sampdoria reserves have been mediocre in the reserve league this season, and there were few bright spots in Sampdoria reserves before the emergence of Icardi and Gao Zheng.

Even when Icardi arrived, it didn't improve the team's results significantly. Icardi is, after all, a pure goalscorer who needs the support of his teammates, and if his teammates don't help, then his ability will be compromised.

However, when Gao Zheng started to play and scored four goals in two games, Icardi, who was deeply stimulated, was more desperate and more active than ever.

Eleven minutes later, he equalised for Sampdoria Reserves.

After the goal, Icardi swung his fist at the bench.

"I'm demonstrating to you again." Marcy said.

Gao Zheng smiled slightly and did not respond.

Then the game was deadlocked.

Both sides had some chances, but neither took them.

Towards the end of the first half, there was also bad news for Sampdoria's reserves when striker Nicola Muratore was injured and unable to continue the game, and was replaced by Nenad Kosticic.

After the start of the second half, Gao Zheng was not substituted like in the previous game.

In the 50th minute, Bruni used up his second substitution, bringing on Bruno Maltra for Luka Rizzo.

"There's only one substitution, why don't you let Gao play?" Borata was unhappy with the decision of the reserve manager. He came to watch Gao Zheng play, if Gao Zheng didn't play, wouldn't he run for nothing? To be honest, he wasn't interested in the reserve team at all......

Moretti didn't say anything, just stared at the pitch.

Compared to the last Lighthouse derby, this game is far from the intensity and excitement. That's the norm in reserve games, so how can there be good games so often?

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Gao Zheng and Marcy were once again called by assistant coach Casirio to warm up, which was just to avoid them from sitting on the bench all the time and getting cold, which did not mean that they could play after the warm-up.

"After two wins in a row, I thought we were going to make the playoffs this time, but now it looks like it's still hanging in the air. What the hell is the head coach thinking, don't ...... you with this big killer" During the warm-up, Marcy complained to Gao Zheng beside him.

"Maybe the coach is waiting for an opportunity, right?" Gao Zheng replied.

"Waiting for an opportunity? What chances? ”

Gao Zheng warmed up and looked at the court: "Waiting for the other party to want to win this game?" ”

As soon as the game was finished, the game was dead, and the away team Cesena made a substitution, replacing left wing-back Andre Marozi with central striker Alejandro Rodriguez, changing the original back five to a back four, and changing the formation from 541 to 442.

Massimo Agostini, the head coach of Cesena's reserves, has made a killer move, and he is about to attack!

When the substitutes of the Sampdoria reserve team returned from warm-up, Gao Zheng was directly stopped by assistant coach Casirio and did not let him return to the bench.

"Ready to play, high."

Marcy looked at Gao Zheng with wide eyes, but he didn't expect to be really said by the Great Demon King! When the opponent made a change, the manager also made a change......

He now wondered if the Great Demon King had gotten some hint from the head coach in advance, otherwise why was he so accurate?

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PS, well, I don't really blame me for Egypt's two-goal loss to Russia...... How could I have imagined that Russia, which was fighting at home, was like the Soviet Red Army that surrounded Moscow......

Today's eight o'clock Portugal vs Morocco, I am worried that Ronaldo is in too good shape in the first game, and this game will be dumb, after all, the earlier the form comes out, the easier it is to be weak in follow-up.

Morocco have already lost to Iran and there is no room for failure in this game...... I'm more interested in a draw between the two teams.

There is no suspense in the match between Uruguay and Saudi Arabia, and Uruguay will beat Saudi Arabia by three goals!

Spain played Iran in the middle of the night, judging from the performance of Spain in the first game, there is no problem for them to beat Iran in this game, the suspense is just to win a few goals, and I think Spain will also beat Iran by three goals.

Don't talk about my bright light, these two games will not be alive if they are bright again - could Spain lose to Iran by three goals? Could Uruguay lose to Saudi Arabia by three goals?

No way!