Conceding the ball in the first three minutes brought a huge impact on Sampdoria, making Sampdoria's players a little out of their minds.

After the game started again, facing Atletico Madrid, which was pursuing the victory, Sampdoria played passively and made repeated mistakes. The players were really unacceptable to the fact that they lost the ball at the beginning.

During the game, many people may still recall the lost goal just now and cannot focus on the ongoing game.

"Dangerous! Oh! Diego Costa's shot almost scored another goal! Sampdoria has been playing passively during this period!" He Ping exclaimed, and then said fearfully. He supports Sampdoria, so he is very nervous now.

Logically speaking, he should be objective and neutral, but it is difficult for him to do this when there is Gao Zheng. So the TV audience can clearly hear his emotional tendencies.

But no fans complained about him being partial to one side on the Internet, and everyone was just as partial to one side as him.

The Chinese fans who lost the ball sighed and were in a bad mood. The "miracle" in their hearts had not happened yet, and the cruel reality poured them a basin of cold water first.

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After Atletico Madrid scored a goal, the home team has been besieging Sampdoria's goal. Atletico Madrid fans seem to have gradually become accustomed to this scene. Their team has the advantage and can do whatever they want, while their opponents can only run away in Atletico Madrid's fierce offensive and are highly nervous. They don't know when the ball will be lost again. The fans of Atletico Madrid firmly believe this.

So they were also very excited and kept cheering for the team in the stands, hoping to speed up the process. If the team can score again in a short time, the outcome of the game will be without any suspense.

The shouting of Atletico Madrid fans has indeed put a lot of pressure on Sampdoria's players. Ordinary people may think that it's just a shouting? What's the big deal?

But it is really hard to understand how terrifying it is if you don’t get involved in this noise. Every time you touch the ball, every move will attract ruthless booing from opponents fans, and every mistake will be ridiculed by tens of thousands of people in the stands. People with poor psychological quality may not be able to perform stably.

This is also the reason why there is a saying that "the devil's home court advantage".

In Atletico Madrid's continuous offense, Sampdoria can only defend with all its might, and there are only a handful of opportunities to counterattack, and occasionally it is difficult to pose a threat.

Gao Zheng has not received the ball from his teammates for a while, because they are all tired of defending in the back. Even if they touch the ball, they basically kick forward with one big foot, no matter whether they hit the frontcourt or kick out of the sideline, they will not consciously pass the football to Gao Zheng.

When his teammates passed the football forward, Gao Zheng chased after him, but later he found that he really couldn't catch up, so forget it.

This time, the teammates kicked the football forward again, and Gao Zheng didn't chase him at all.

He turned around and shouted to Obiang who passed the ball to him: "Pedro! Stay calm! Stay calm! Don't panic!!"

At the same time, he kept pressing down with his hands, which was a gesture that everyone could see clearly. Although he was doing this to Pedro Obiang, he was actually doing it for all his teammates to see.

After doing it, he patted his chest and shouted to Obiang: "If you have the ball, pass it to me!"

He saw the problem the team is facing now. If they were allowed to escape so randomly, they would collapse sooner or later under Atletico Madrid's continuous offensive.

If he doesn't stand up at this time, it will be a waste of time.

"Gao Zheng made a gesture to his teammates to relax and calm. I am very happy to see Gao Zheng being able to take the initiative to make such moves in the game, which shows that he is not only the core of the team in tactical terms, but to be a truly all-round core. Gao Zheng is indeed growing rapidly! To be honest, when the team encounters difficulties, the core can take the initiative to stand up and express his opinion, comfort his teammates, and give his teammates confidence. This is indeed a very morale boosting thing!" He Ping praised Gao Zheng's performance.

After all, Gao Zheng is now subject to few opportunities, so there is nothing to praise in the competition itself, so he naturally has to find highlights from these places.

I don’t know what the effect of Gao Zheng doing this will be, so I praise you first.

At the same time, the Spanish commentator naturally noticed Gao Zheng's actions, but he did not think that Gao Zheng's purpose was of any significance.

"... Gao asked his teammates to pass the ball to him? Not to mention whether the Sampdoria players have the ability to pass the ball over under Atletico Madrid's press. What if he got the ball? He is alone, with two people around him defending at any time. Even if he can stop the ball, he will immediately fall into the encirclement. He asked his teammates to pass the ball to him? That was nothing more than making Atletico Madrid's defense easier... In fact, from this game, we can see that Atletico Madrid players have fully learned the lessons learned from both sides in the first round of the game, stared at Gao very tightly, cut off his contact with other Sampdoria players and did not give him any chance. So so far, Sampdoria has not been able to create even a threatening offensive opportunity..."

This Spanish commentator is right,

Atletico Madrid did cut off the connection between Gao Zheng and other teammates very well. He had at least two people around him when he got the ball, and sometimes three people. They surrounded Gao Zheng, making it impossible for Gao Zheng to threaten Atletico Madrid's goal.

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After receiving Gao Zheng's instructions, Sampdoria's players did everything possible to pass the football to Gao Zheng.

Although there are not many opportunities like this, there are always times when football passes accurately.

When the football was stopped by Gao Zheng, two Atletico Madrid defensive players, Godin and Miranda, had already been attached to Gao Zheng's side, making him unable to turn around.

Moreover, they had a clear division of labor. One person pressed Gao Zheng, pushed him with his hands and kicked him with his feet, constantly interfering with Gao Zheng, attracting Gao Zheng's attention. The other person took advantage of Gao Zheng's entanglement with his teammates and waited for an opportunity to grab it, which made Gao Zheng lose his mind and was good enough to pass the football back to his teammates.

But this time, Gao Zheng's feet seemed to be glued, sticking the ball firmly under his feet, and plucking it around made him flash out of space!

Just as the defensive players turned their attention to Gao Zheng's turn, he suddenly changed the rhythm, turned the football behind him and was about to break through!

But he didn't succeed because just as he turned around and was about to finish, the center back Godin, who was responsible for defending him in close combat, reached out and pulled him down.

Uruguay's central defender is experienced and very decisive in the attack. He does not hesitate at all because he wants to foul.

If you make a foul here, even if you give Sampdoria a free kick, it will be difficult to threaten Atletico Madrid's goal, because it is still more than 40 meters away. If Sampdoria passes the ball directly to Atletico Madrid's goal, Godin believes that with his and Miranda's air defense capabilities, it will be no problem to grab the first landing point. Moreover, if the opponent's central defender comes up to compete for the top, Atletico Madrid can take advantage of the situation to fight back, and maybe it will be an opportunity for Atletico Madrid to score a goal.

So it is very cost-effective to make a foul here, and it is much less risky than hesitation to let Gao Zheng dribble through.

Gao Zheng was not angry or upset because his breakthrough was stopped. He quickly got up from the ground and held the football in his hand, regardless of Godin beside him quibbling with the referee. After his teammates came up, he handed the football to Kostici.

"Send it quickly," he said to Kostici.

"Okay." Kostici's expression did not change, and he nodded and agreed.

Then Kostici took the football in his hand and threw it, while Gao Zheng turned around and walked forward, as if he was trying to go ahead and wait for the landing point.

Kostici took the football directly to the ground, stepped on it with his feet, and looked back at his teammates who were coming one after another.

When he turned his head again, he suddenly kicked the football in front of Gao Zheng!

Gao Zheng, who was walking forward slowly, also accelerated and rushed out and rushed towards the football!

"Free kick is quickly sent!"

Fortunately, Godin was experienced at this time. After the foul, he did not get entangled with the referee on the spot, but retreated. Now he happened to be next to Gao Zheng, so he rushed forward and wanted to stop Gao Zheng.

Facing him, Gao Zheng stretched his long legs forward and stabbed the ball away first. Godin lost his way and knocked Gao Zheng down.

The referee's whistle sounded again, but it was not asking Sampdoria to take the football back and send the free kick again, but made a gesture of Godin's foul, and he gave Sampdoria another free kick in the frontcourt!
Chapter completed!