Chapter 370: Scotland


After Gao Zheng returned to Italy, he did not start in Sampdoria's home game against Lazio.
This is due to Di Francisco's consideration of Gao Zheng's return to China to play two games, of which the second game is still full of ninety minutes, the physical energy consumption is relatively large, so this arrangement.
And after playing Lazio, the next step is the most important game against Sampdoria-the Celtics in the Champions League group stage away.
The outcome of this game is related to whether Sampdoria can qualify from this group.
To prepare for this game, it is normal to give up the league against Lazio.
Gao Zheng came off the bench in the last ten minutes of the game, and Sampdoria scored a 1:1 draw with Lazio at home.
Although he did not win, Sampdoria's ranking in the league went up instead. They have improved one place than before, and are now ninth.
Relying on the advantage in the goal difference, the three teams with the same points of Atlanta, Udinese and Parma will be pressed against them.
After the Chinese team won the Asian Cup qualifying rights, the Sampdoria club immediately had a negotiation with the Chinese Football Association. They hoped that the last Asian Cup qualifier could go back without asking Gao Zheng.
Because this game has lost its meaning, it's a burden for Gao Zheng and Sampdoria to let Gao Zheng run back to play a meaningless game.
Because the next Asian Cup qualifier is March 5 next year, if Sampdoria can qualify from the Champions League group, it will happen that during the Champions League quarter-finals, Gao Zheng will return to China to compete against the Chinese team. The results are not very helpful, it has a huge impact on Sampdoria.
So Sampdoria hopes that Gao Zheng will stay in the club.
They are also very happy that the Chinese team can qualify for the Asian Cup in advance. Otherwise, the basis of this negotiation does not exist. At that time, no matter whether they are willing or not, according to FIFA rules, they must put Gao Zheng back to participate in the game.
The Chinese Football Association has agreed to Sampdoria’s proposal in principle, promising that Gao Zheng will not be recruited by then, so that Gao Zheng can stay in the club, play with confidence in the Champions League, and continue to win glory for the country on another field.
Next, Sampdoria does not have to worry about Gao Zheng's return to the country, resulting in a disordered physical rhythm or risk of injury.
Until the end of the season, the Chinese team did not play.
This is really good news for Sampdoria.
After playing the game with Lazio, Sampdoria went to Glasgow, Scotland two days in advance to prepare for the game with the Celtics.
The place they trained in Glasgow was solved by the Glasgow Rangers. As Celtic rivals in the same city, the Glasgow Rangers are very happy to help the Celtics Champions League opponents and look forward to the Celtics’ ability to Out in the group stage.
Similarly, if Sampdoria's opponent this time is the Glasgow Rangers, then the Celtics are also happy to provide this kind of help.
Going to Glasgow two days in advance is to allow the team to adapt to the local climate as much as possible.
Winter in Glasgow can be completely different from winter in Genoa.
Although the temperature is not very low, but the wind is blowing every day, the somatosensory temperature will be lower than the actual temperature.
Compared with the warm and dry winter in Genoa, the winter in Glasgow is "abominable".
As soon as he got off the plane, Massey muttered: "I hate the winter in Britain." In front of him was the airport that had just rained. There was water on the ground. The water reflected the airport's aircraft and terminal building. A gust of wind blew, He couldn't help shrinking his neck.
"Be careful, Alberto." Teammate Michael Funasier reminded him next to him, "Don't let the Scot hear you."
"What's the matter, wouldn't they say this bad weather?" Massey frowned.
"No, no. If you just complained to them about the weather, they would be very happy, and they were even worse than you. But you can't say that this is the weather in the UK. I don't know if the Scots think they belong to the UK." Fornasier Explained.
As a captain at Manchester United U23, who won the Youth FA Cup with the team at U18 for many years, although he has not played for the Manchester United first team, he is obviously this Sampdoria The person in the team who knows English customs best.
The Scots have always complained about their being merged into the United Kingdom. This is a resentment from history. In the past, Scotland was always an independent country. Later, it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Great Britain by England. The Scots were very dissatisfied with this.
The famous movie "Brave Heart" tells the story of the Scots rebelling against the English.
Today, Scotland is actively promoting a referendum on leaving the UK. If the referendum is passed and the Scots vote to leave the UK, it will become the most sensational event in the world...
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Sampdoria has been training in Glasgow for two days. During these two days, the sky has always been gloomy. Is it still raining? This makes Sampdoria players from Genoa, Italy, uncomfortable.
After training every day, the coaches will also urge the players to take a bath quickly, change the muddy wet training clothes, keep the body temperature, and avoid a cold.
De Francesco was very fortunate that he let the team come two days in advance. If he rushed to Glasgow the day before the game, the humid weather alone is enough to give Sampdoria a dismount.
On the day of the game, the weather did not improve at all.
The game will be kicked off at 7:45 in the evening. At that time, the temperature will be lower than during the day and it will feel worse.
When the team arrived at the Celtic Park stadium and went out to warm up, the team’s assistant coach reminded each player loudly: "Warm up fully! Don’t be lazy! I’m injured but unfortunately you, not me! After the warm-up Give me back to the dressing room right away! Don’t stay outside!"
The players wore long-sleeved jerseys and gloves, and some players who were afraid of the cold pulled the socks above their knees, a neck brace around their necks, and a hat on their heads.
Every breath came out, there was a white mist in front of my face.
The shirtless Celtic fans are cheering for their team. They move in unison and have a great momentum. They seem to have no idea what the cold is all about.
This is the away road that Sampdoria wants to conquer.
Because Ajax is even at home, but losing to Barcelona should be no suspense, so after this round of group stage Ajax's points should be fixed at four points, as long as Sampdoria can beat Kay on the road The Celtics will be second in the group with eight points. With only one round left in the group stage, Ajax can no longer threaten Sampdoria's position, and Sampdoria will get the group qualifying rights one round ahead.
But if Sampdoria loses to the Celtics away, then the bottom-ranked Celtics can use these three points to accumulate points to six points, thus surpassing Sampdoria and Ajax , Becoming the second in the group.
Sampdoria had to die in the last round Ajax, that game was not easy to play-the Celtics lost to Barcelona in the last round away should be no suspense, then Sampdoria and Argentina The confrontation between Jax becomes a life-and-death battle for who wins and who qualify.
Ajax beat Sampdoria with seven points, Sampdoria over five points and Celtics six points to qualify.
Sampdoria defeated Ajax, scoring eight points, surpassing four-point Ajax and six-point Celtics qualifying.
In fact, before participating in the Champions League group stage this season, everyone did not have such high requirements for Sampdoria. At that time, Sampdoria had not even played in the Champions League qualifiers. Considering that they last played in the Champions League qualifiers, they were eliminated. The record, the ability to participate in the group stage has already made Sampdoria fans happy.
However, Sampdoria's performance in the Champions League gave everyone a surprise, and also allowed Sampdoria fans to increase their expectations for the team and the requirements for results.
Now that you have played so well, why can't you look forward to reaching the Champions League playoffs?
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