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After the football passed under his crotch, Obonna reflexively wanted to fold his legs, but he forgot the posture of clamping his arms with his hands behind his back, so he couldn't maintain his balance and fell to the ground again... …

Falling on the ground, he looked back and saw the goalkeeper Storari, who was also on the ground, and the football in the goal behind him.

Sampdoria finally made a breakthrough in him...

After scoring the goal, Gao Zheng turned around and ran towards his teammates with open arms, and hugged them to celebrate the goal without even looking at Obonna.

Aubonna now remembered Gao Zheng's smile back then, and he wondered why the opponent could still smile when he missed an excellent scoring opportunity.

Now he understands why the opponent can still laugh, because he has the confidence to score again!

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The cheers at the Marassi Stadium were deafening. Although there were many doubts and concerns about Sampdoria's insistence on playing the Coppa Italia before the game, when it came to the game and saw that their team took the lead, everyone could not help but say Cheers, happy for the team.

After all, Juventus double-killed Sampdoria in the league, and it is still very happy to be able to make up for it in the Italian Cup.

As for what to do next, this kind of thing should be considered after the game.

If he fails to advance to the next round, wouldn't it be funny to think too much now?

Di Francesco and the fans have completely different ideas. He knows what he will face if Juventus is eliminated, but he is ready.

Before reaching the final, he will never give up this event easily.

So after Gao Zheng scored, he looked very excited.

Conte next door had a sullen face with an ugly expression.

The last thing he wants to encounter when playing Sampdoria is to be advanced by Sampdoria. Next, Sampdoria will definitely give full play to their defensive counterattack.

His previous foreboding became reality.

When Sampdoria played against Juventus in the last game, there was absolutely no such performance. Whether it was the mentality or tactics of the players, thinking about it now, Sampdoria in the last game seemed to have not taken that game to heart at all...they I've been planning this game since then!

Those outsiders say that Sampdoria wants to give up the Coppa Italia decently,

None of them are right!

However, Conte has no time to think about these. The most urgent question before him now is-Sampdoria has clearly seen that the biggest weakness of Juventus' defense is Obonna, so should they make up for it? , Replace Obonna in advance?

But if Obonna is replaced now, will it have a negative impact on the player's future development?

After much deliberation, Conte made up his mind. Not now.

Even if you want to change, you have to wait until the intermission.

Now that the first half has only been played for more than 20 minutes and the substitution is made, the blow is too great. The halftime substitution adjustment is still within the normal range.

As for the possible risks of keeping Obonna, Conte also made corresponding adjustments-he let Isla retreat to the right back position to assist Obonna in defense.

Originally, Isla played as a full-back, but under Juventus' three-back system, he could only be pushed up to play a full-back.

Now he is back to his original position.

Put the first half forward first, and wait until the intermission to implement specific adjustments.

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Soon the commentators saw Conte's adjustment.

Isla was withdrawn, and when Gao Zheng faced Obonna again, Isla would come over to help Aubonna defend.

Although this kind of arrangement let Obonna know that the head coach is worried about him, but he can't do anything about it. Who made him just scored a goal by Gao Zheng?

He no longer thinks about opportunities and challenges.

There are huge risks in this kind of thing, and failure is a matter of course.

He now only hopes that his side will stop making mistakes in the first half and be more cautious when defending Gao Zheng.

It's not up to him to think about the next things, such as when Juventus can get the score back, and when can they complete the reversal...

And to be honest, since Juventus lost the ball, the offensive has become more fierce, putting more pressure on Sampdoria, and the opponent's counterattack is not as sharp as before.

In many cases, Aubonna didn't even see Gao Zheng.

During this period of time, Juventus's offensive was indeed very fierce. In order to withstand Juventus's offensive, Sampdoria had to retreat across the board, and there was no decent and threatening counterattack at all.

They sacrificed offense, but the result was not bad, until the end of the first half, the score was not rewritten.

"At the end of the half-time, Sampdoria temporarily led Juventus by one goal at home. After the high goal, the game entered the defensive counterattack stage that Sampdoria is used to and good at...but there are still 45 minutes in the game , it is still very dangerous to defend so blindly. Let me tell you, if Gao’s goal happened more than 20 minutes after the start of the second half, it would be better. Now... Conte will definitely make a move at halftime. Adjusted, let us wait and see the second half!"

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The spikes clicked on the marble floor, and then sat down in his locker room, untied the shoelaces, crossed his feet, and pushed the sneakers off. The shoes made a sound when they collided with the ground.

Then there was only the sound of heavy breathing.

Until someone sat next to him and comforted him: "Don't take it to heart, it's not your fault, Angelo."

Obonna raised his head with a sad face, looked at his teammate Pirlo who came up to comfort him, and said in a crying voice: "I'm sorry..."

Pirlo put him in his arms: "Don't say that, Angelo. I said, that's not your problem, you've done a good job. No one will blame you, after all, you are facing high."

In the two league matches last season, Gao Zheng faced the main defense line of the Italian national team composed of Chiellini, Barzagli, Bonucci and Buffon, and he still scored five goals...

Five goals in two games, what is that concept?

Juventus only conceded a total of 24 goals that season. On Gao Zheng alone, he conceded more than one-fifth of the goals in the whole season.

Why would a young man like Obonna be required to do something that even a world-class line of defense couldn't do?

So no one will blame him for complaining about him. It's just that in front of everyone now, it's hard for Pirlo to say so directly—do you want to save the face of Barzagli and Bonucci?

So he could only say euphemistically: "After all, you are facing Gao."

The league's top scorer last season broke the single-season scoring record since the establishment of Serie A and even before its establishment. What's so sad about being scored by him? Isn't it normal...

Although Pirlo comforted Obonna, saying that conceding the ball was not his responsibility.

However, as a head coach, he should obviously not be merciful at this time. Even though Obonna looks pitiful, but for the overall benefit of the team, Conte still made adjustments to the defender during the halftime break.

He replaced Obonna with Chiellini.

Regarding this result, Obonna could only bow his head and accept it, not daring to have any opinions.

He even had a sense of relief—finally he didn't have to face that terrible guy in the game again.

He and Gao Zheng had fought against each other in the second division, but every time they fought again, he would feel that this person was more terrifying than last time.

Everyone is improving. He has progressed from Turin to Juventus. Although Gao Zheng is still in Sampdoria, his progress is obviously greater.

After Chiellini played, except for the goalkeeper position, Juventus's defense is basically the strongest combination.

Conte hopes to prevent Sampdoria's counterattack and solve the worries for Juventus' counterattack in the second half.

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