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Chapter 371: Van Dijk's Shadow

In the "Children's Swimming Pool", after scoring, Gao Zheng put his hands on his hips and stood in the Celtics' penalty area to celebrate the goal.

His teammates flocked to him, imitating him, standing side by side with his hands on his hips, facing the Celtic fans in the stands behind.

It was as if a group of sailors who had overcome the strong winds and waves were proudly staring at the ocean tamed by them!

Then they laughed and hugged each other.

"gao!gao!gao!gao!gaooooooooooooooooooooool!!!" Caresa screamed repeatedly. "This is Gao's goal! He used his skills and imagination to play Van Dijk! A wonderful goal! I thought Gao's goal against Barcelona at home would be the best goal of the Champions League this season without any suspense, but now I have doubts about this judgment, and Gao has once again refreshed his representative work!"

"In an incredible way of handling, Van Dijk never expected Gao Zheng to get rid of it like this. To be honest, when Gao Zheng scored the man and threw it away, this scene reminded me of Redondo's wonderful moves of Borg at Old Trafford. However, Redondo used his heel, while Gao Zheng lightly used his toes, lifting the weight easily... It was simply a pure enjoyment!" He Ping was happy and couldn't help but use the slogan of World Football.

Of course, it is not an exaggeration to face Gao Zheng's goal.

In fact, Chinese fans on the Internet have no moral integrity or bottom line than TV commentators.

After all, they don’t have to be responsible for what they have said, so they naturally do whatever they exaggerate.

Weibo, Hupu Forum, and Post Bar are full of exciting fans.

It was hard to express everyone's mood by words, so in the end, I simply put on the emoticon package.

A few years later, when Virgil van Dijk transferred from Southampton to Liverpool for 85 million euros, he set a record for world football defenders at that time.

For Van Dijk, this value is simply the pinnacle of his career. Media around the world have introduced to fans who are confused about why a central defender is almost at the top-notch forward.

The way Chinese media introduced Van Dijk here is probably what made Van Dijk most heart-wrenching.

"The most expensive central defender in the world and Gao Zheng's grudges and hatred!"

"The dark history of being the most valuable central defender was also repeatedly played by Gao Zheng back then!"

"Liverpool's new player, Gao Zheng's defeated player!"

"There was a mess in front of Gao Zheng back then, but now his net worth has set a world record, and the growth history of Liverpool's new player!"

...

Van Dijk's goal in the game against Sampdoria at the Celtics' home court was repeatedly mentioned by Chinese media and broadcast. Many Chinese fans suddenly realized that the central defender Liverpool bought for a lot of money was the background board that had wounded his thigh muscles behind Gao Zheng!

In fact, it is not only the Chinese media, but also some other national media, especially the Italian media, who also mentioned the scene that happened at the Celtic Park.

Van Dijk, who was still slightly immature at the time, completely defeated in front of Gao Zheng's genius attack.

That is also a history that Van Dijk has never been willing to review.

Not only did he fail in defending Gao Zheng, but he also strained his muscles... he lost his wife and his soldiers.

While Sampdoria players stood in front of their goal to celebrate the goal, Van Dijk lay flat on the ground with his thigh muscles, his other hand covering his eyes, in pain and despair.

He knew very well what this strain meant.

He will no longer be able to hold on to this game, and it is hard to say how many games he will miss this season.

This is not the first time he suffered a hard time against Gao Zheng. When the two teams met last time, he was responsible for defending Gao Zheng, but Gao Zheng scored the winning goal.

In the confrontation with Gao Zheng, he was a complete loser.

Failure and injury make him feel particularly bitter inside.

Even if he sets a world record in the future and transfers to Liverpool, today's scene will be a shadow in his heart. Perhaps only by defeating Gao Zheng with an impeccable performance can he get rid of this shadow.

While Sampdoria was celebrating the goal, Van Dijk was taken away by the unit price. Seeing this scene, the Celtic fans were much silent.

The score was behind, and the main central defender left the field due to injury, which was a huge blow to everyone's morale.

Di Francesco smiled happily. Why did he dare to fight against the defensive counterattack like this, allowing Gao Zheng to fight the opponent's entire defense line alone in the frontcourt? Just because he believed in Gao Zheng, this kid's personal ability is really too strong. As long as he is given a little chance, he can catch it.

Strictly speaking, this ball is not a particularly good opportunity. After all, Van Dijk had posted it at that time, but Gao Zheng was able to turn decay into magic and turn Van Dijk's defensive move into opportunity.

Sampdoria, who was leading with one goal, could play defensive counterattack more calmly.

After Gao Zheng scored the goal, the Celtics, who were hit hard, were a little excited for a moment.

In addition, there is not much time left before the end of the first half.

In the end, the score did not change, and Sampdoria entered the intermission with a score of 1:0.

During the halftime break, Sampdoria coach Di Francesco heard the news coming from another stadium at home, Ajax was playing at home and led Barcelona two goals at home!

This made Di Francesco secretly applaud.

If Gao Zheng didn't score this goal, the game was still in a stalemate, and then Sampdoria would be very dangerous.

If Ajax really beat Barcelona at home and Sampdoria failed to win the Celtics, then in the final points ranking, Ajax will surpass Sampdoria with seven points and become the second in the group.

Although the two teams had a chance to confront each other directly in the end, why force themselves to that position?

In response to this situation, Di Francisco felt that it was not safe enough to lead the Celtics with one goal now, so he made adjustments to the tactical arrangements in the second half, requiring the team to strive to score another goal on the basis of steady stability.

If they can lead the Celtics two goals, their chances of winning three points will be high.

Sampdoria now has to defeat the Celtics on the one hand, and on the other hand, she also has to look forward to Barcelona being able to turn the game away and defeat Ajax in reverse.

Only in this way can it be most in line with Sampdoria's interests.

However, what disappointed Di Francesco was that Barcelona did not complete the reversal in the second half. Although Xavi scored a goal for Barcelona just at the beginning of the second half, Ajax then set up a bus, and Barcelona was unable to score again.

When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, the score was frozen at 2:1. Ajax, who played at home, unexpectedly defeated the powerful Barcelona 2:1.

What made Di Francesco happy at the same time was that Sampdoria also won.

Sampdoria did not score another goal in the second half, but the Celtics did not score either.

In the end, with Gao Zheng's wonderful goal, Sampdoria defeated the Celtics 1:0 away.

In this way, Sampdoria, who has eight points, continues to rank second in the league, leading Ajax, one point ahead of third-place Ajax, and there is also a theoretical possibility of competing for the first place in the group. As long as Barcelona loses to the Celtics in the last round at home, Sampdoria defeats Ajax at home, he can overtake Barcelona and qualify as the first in the group.

But this possibility really exists in theory and is difficult to achieve. After all, in the last round of group stage, Barcelona was at home, not away games like this time.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't get the first place in the group. Sampdoria fans don't care whether it's first or second at all, as long as you can qualify.

As for the second-place draw result, it is not as good as the first-place qualifier, this is not within their consideration at all. This is something that only the wealthy teams will consider. After all, for a person who is still not full, you tell him that eating 70% full per meal will be longer, eating less meat and more vegetables will be healthier, and eating less fine grain and more coarse grain will be good for the body. These things are meaningless...

Now Sampdoria only needs to tie the opponent when she faces Ajax at home in the last round to qualify.
Chapter completed!
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