Chapter 246: I Come, I See, I Conquer
With ten minutes left in the game, Juventus were behind.
This is absolutely unacceptable for the Juventus players.
So when the game started, they desperately launched an attack on the Sampdoria goal.
Sampdoria tightened their defense and counter-attacked, no different from their previous tactics.
However, with Juventus focused on attacking, Sampdoria's counter-attack was more threatening.
Not only Gao Zheng, but even Icardi can threaten Buffon.
And because Juventus is now fully committed to attacking, the defense against Gao Zheng and Icardi is not so strict.
Gao Zheng passed the ball to Icardi, who almost broke Buffon's goal again with a shot.
If it weren't for Buffon, Juventus would have conceded again.
But in this way, Juventus will definitely be distracted when attacking, so they will not be able to attack with all their strength.
In this way, when the game came to the last minute, the score was still 1:2, and Juventus, who was playing at home, was one goal behind.
"There's not much time left for Juventus, ha!" Liu Hong joked. 'They got a corner and it should have been the last chance to attack...... If you don't score, the game will be over. ”
'It was a surprise that Sampdoria were able to lead Juventus by one goal away from home and have a good chance of beating them. You must know that Sampdoria played with ten men most of the time! Caresa also felt incredible.
But now that the last corner didn't come out and the game wasn't over yet, it wasn't Sampdoria that they won. What if Juventus equalize at the last minute?
Sampdoria was also nervous here, and all the players returned to the penalty area to defend, and even Gao Zheng was pulled to the top of the penalty arc - his body was not strong enough, and he was basically not pleasing to the opponent in the penalty area, but letting him be in this position was convenient for him to use excellent awareness to master the second landing point.
Many times, whether offensive or defensive, the second landing point is actually more important than the first landing point.
After Juventus' corner, Alberto Massi, the young centre-back who had been favored by Juventus and wanted to buy him in the summer, jumped up first and got the ball out before everyone else.
He knew where Gao Zheng was, so he roughly pushed the football towards that place.
Gao Zheng really didn't disappoint him, he appeared near the landing point of the football and stretched out his foot to unload the football.
At this moment, the Juventus players who were unwilling to fail pounced and grabbed Gao Zheng from all sides, thinking that as long as they could grab the ball at Gao Zheng's feet, they would be able to launch an attack again, and Sampdoria would be caught off guard, so maybe they would score?
But after Gao Zheng unloaded the football, he behaved very calmly in the face of the siege of many Juventus players. He showed everyone his excellent footwork, the ball seemed to stick to his bevel, and he was able to keep the ball from losing no matter how many legs he faced.
In the end, the Juventus players were really out of luck, and they pushed Gao Zheng to the ground in impatience.
And when Gao Zheng fell to the ground and lost his balance, his two legs also hooked the football under him, firmly protecting it, and did not let the Juventus players break the ball.
Referee Valery also blew the whistle for a Juventus foul.
"Pogba fouled! Oops, he's so reckless! It's ...... foul at this time," Careza said.
Now that the ball is back at Sampdoria's feet, they can pull the remaining twenty seconds back to their feet.
The foul was committed by Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, who was very dissatisfied with Gao Zheng's behavior of being pushed down by him, and he complained to referee Valery: "He faked a fall!" Fake fall! ”
Marcy rushed up to defend his teammates: "What nonsense! Do you blame us for faking a fall when you push people so hard? ”
Pirlo hurriedly pulled Pogba away: "Don't fight, they want you to be angry!" ”
Gao Zheng was pulled up by Obiang: "It's okay, right?" ”
He shook his head: "It's okay. ”
Seeing Gao Zheng stand up so quickly, there was a huge boo in the stands of the Juventus Arena - this boo was all for Gao Zheng, and obviously Juventus fans thought Gao Zheng was faking a fall. Their logic is simple: if you weren't faking a fall, why would you get up from the ground without incident?
This made the Chinese students and Sampdoria fans in front of the TV very unhappy.
Whether a foul is committed or not has nothing to do with whether the player is injured or not, otherwise, it is difficult to break a leg on the court to be considered a foul?
"So now more and more players are faking falls - if they don't fake falls, I'm afraid that their legs will be kicked and broken!" Some people were indignant.
However, the expression on Gao Zheng's face in the close-up shot is quite peaceful, and he doesn't seem to be angry because of the boos of Juventus fans.
Instead of arguing with the Sampdoria players, the Juventus players stepped back and gave in to a free-kick.
Of course, they didn't completely recycle into their own half, but just went up front, ready to start a counter-attack in the front.
The reason why they did this is that Sampdoria did not dare to press to the front, even if Sampdoria chose to kick out the free kick in the backfield, there was a good chance that it would fall to the feet of the Juventus players, and then Juventus could organize another attack.
Of course, Sampdoria can also choose to pass the football directly to the feet of Gao Zheng in the front court, use Gao Zheng's excellent foot skills to protect the football, and then kill time, or take the opportunity to play behind Juventus......
Juventus's side naturally took this possibility into account, so they were ready to keep a close eye on Gao Zheng in the backfield.
But to their surprise, their people didn't find Gao Zheng in the backfield......
At the same time, the captain Gastadro, who was about to take a free kick in the backfield, found that Gao Zheng did not run forward, but ran not far in front of him and made a passing gesture to him.
Although Gastadero didn't understand what Gao Zheng was going to do, he still passed the football over.
As soon as Gao Zheng got the ball, he was surrounded by Juventus players again.
So the scene you had at the edge of the Sampdoria penalty area was repeated – until Marchisio topped Gao Zheng again......
There was a lot of boos in the stands, almost drowning out the referee's whistle - Juventus had committed another foul!
Juventus fans are almost 100% sure that Gao Zheng faked a fall, because Marchisio's movements were not big, and Gao Zheng almost fell down after touching it.
However, such protests are useless, the referee Valery is by his side, and he can see it clearly, since he has blown the whistle to judge Juventus for a foul, it must be a foul...... After all, you must know that this is Juventus' home stadium, and the referee will generally take care of Juventus accordingly in the decision.
Gao Zheng sat on the ground and spread his hands, looking innocent, which made people itch to see.
If he hadn't been pulled back, Marchisio would definitely have to go up and teach Gao Zheng a lesson - he never thought that Gao Zheng would use this way to delay the game!
Amid boos, Valery blew the full-time whistle.
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"The game is finally over...... "Caresa wiped her sweat, "the last half minute really made the Juventus fans hate Gao." And Gao's two performances in this half minute will probably become the focus of everyone's discussion after the game......"
"Gao is a smart kicker, but I'm sure the media in Turin won't let him go." Bergomi nodded.
Caressa really couldn't figure it out, with Gao Zheng's performance in the game, he could have enjoyed everyone's praise after the game, but the performance in the last half minute made him full of controversy again...... Regardless of whether it was a foul or not, Gao Zheng's fall did have an element of performance, and anyone with a discerning eye could see why he did it.
This kid is like a mixture of angel and devil, sometimes he behaves like a dead love, and sometimes he is a controversial figure......
Liu Hong didn't care about this, he cheered after the whistle blew: "The game is over!" Sampdoria beat Juventus 2-1 away to hand the defending champions their third defeat of the season! And my country's player Gao Zheng scored two goals in the game, scored twice, and continued to lead the league scorer list! He's scored eighteen goals, amazing stats and super terrifying efficiency! ”
Liu Hong now has to praise Gao Zheng once after every game, and Chinese fans like to watch CCTV commentators praise Gao Zheng so undisciplinedly.
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As soon as the game ended, Buffon took the initiative to walk towards Gao Zheng.
"The last two times you fell to the ground didn't have to be, with your ability, you could have taken the football out." Buffon said to Gao Zheng with a frown.
Gao Zheng smiled: "Juventus is a very strong opponent, of course you have to go all out in order to defeat you." I don't think there's anything wrong with that, as the rules allow. ”
Buffon shook his head: "I wanted to swap jerseys with you, because you kid does have two brushes, but I've changed my mind now. Your strength is indeed very strong, but I don't like some of your methods. I'm sorry. ”
Gao Zheng shrugged: "It doesn't matter, everyone has the freedom to like or dislike." ”
He really didn't care about exchanging shirts with Buffon.
Perhaps for some, it is a great honour to be able to exchange jerseys with well-known players. Some players will even chase after their opponents to exchange jerseys at halftime, just for fear of waiting until the end of the game to be preempted by others.
But Gao Zheng is not such a person, in fact, he has never taken the initiative to exchange jerseys with others in the game......
Buffon stared at Gao Zheng, as if he wanted to see the bluff on Gao Zheng's face, but unfortunately, he didn't see it.
At last he had no choice but to say, "Good luck, lad, goodbye." ”
"Goodbye, Mr. Buffon." Gao Zheng replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.
He then looked around the Juventus Arena, where the Juventus fans in black and white jerseys had quickly exited, and the stands were much empty. And the few Sampdoria fans are celebrating the remarkable victory.
Alberto Marcy put his arm around his neck from behind and asked, "How does it feel?" ”
"I come, I see, I conquer." Gao Zheng raised his head and said.
Marcy was stunned for a moment, and then said to Gao Zheng: "By the way, you know what Juventus was interested in me last summer, right?" ”
Gao Zheng nodded.
"I only found out about it after the club rejected them and I'm glad the club rejected Juventus in the first place...... I don't want to be a rival to the Great Demon King anymore! ”
Gao Zheng glanced at him: "The brave are welcome." ”
"No, no, no!" Marcy waved his hand repeatedly. "I'm determined to be the minion of the Great Demon King!"
Gao Zheng smiled and slapped him: "Get out!" ”