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As Gao Zheng said, when the head coach Di Francesco told the new goal to the whole team during training, no one showed fear and retreat, but was very excited.

A team needs a clear goal, whether it is relegation or championship.

Before that, Sampdoria was in a very embarrassing position-whether it was the league or the Champions League, it was impossible to compete for the championship, but without the worry of relegation, the team could easily get along.

At this time, the goal of the Coppa Italia championship is very important.

This Sampdoria team is mostly young players, and the advantage of young players is that they are easy to be inspired, full of fighting spirit and energy. There is always a vigor in them, unlike those veterans who have lost interest in anything and feel that nothing matters.

Seeing that everyone supported his plan, Di Francesco was very happy and began to arrange tactics against Rome.

"I guess Roma will definitely think that we will give up this game. After all, we have always had this attitude before. So they don't need to waste the energy and energy of the main players on a team that has no desire to fight. This is our opportunity. Catch them off guard!"

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The Coppa Italia match between Sampdoria and Rome is not a major event. Everyone now knows that the Coppa Italia is a competition dedicated to training young players and substitutes. I am afraid that everyone will go all out in the semi-finals.

The previous games were nothing to watch.

So although the Olympic Stadium in Rome can accommodate 73,000 people, only 20,000 people came to the game, and the entire stadium looked sparse.

In fact, 20,000 people is not a lot. For example, some home games of Sampdoria are the number of spectators. But the Marathi Stadium can only accommodate more than 30,000 people in total, and it is still very spectacular for 20,000 people to sit in and watch.

The Olympic Stadium is too big, 20,000 people can sit in it, it can't fill the stadium, and there are more empty seats than people, so it looks very empty and deserted.

Before the match, the media analysts believed that Sampdoria would give up this game. In the previous Coppa Italia, Sampdoria showed clearly that the starting lineup consisted of all substitutes and youth team members. Any fool can guess what this means. come out.

But perhaps the previous opponents were not strong enough, so Sampdoria used such a lineup to reach the top sixteen.

In fact, Sampdoria is also very embarrassed-they want to give up the Coppa Italia,

I never want to add another front when the Champions League and the league are going on at the same time...

As their opponents, although Rome also played in the Coppa Italia with the abacus of training, it does not mean that they definitely want to give up the Coppa Italia. Now is the time for them to come and end Sampdoria's misery and help ease their burden.

The media in Rome felt that this was a result that both parties were satisfied with.

So when Sampdoria announced the starting lineup two hours before the game, no one expected it and was taken aback.

Sampdoria turned out to be the main force to play!

Didn't you agree to use the substitute lineup and youth team players?

Didn't he say he was going to give up this tasteless competition?

Now that Gao Zheng has started the game, does this mean to give up? !

What a joke!

In the Roma dressing room, Roma coach Rudi Garcia was also surprised to see the starting list.

Then came deep doubts. He couldn't figure out why Di Francesco had done this.

Does he still think his team doesn't play enough games?

With a team like Sampdoria that basically relies on one lineup to win the world, there is no need to expect any multi-line combat at all, and go hand in hand.

The league is the foundation of the team's livelihood, and it is useless to play well in the league.

The Champions League is related to the team's financial income. The better the performance in the Champions League, the more bonuses, which is a huge sum of money for many clubs.

But what is the appeal of the Coppa Italia?

Is it possible that Sampdoria wants to pursue the Coppa Italia championship?

This idea flashed through Rudy Garcia's mind, and then he denied it-impossible, impossible, Sampdoria does not have such ability, nor should they have such ambitions, they still Very pragmatic.

Garcia realized that now is not the time to delve into why Sampdoria did this. The most important thing is how to deal with Sampdoria, who is playing with all the main players.

When Rudy Garcia coached Rome this season, he only played one game with Sampdoria-in the fifth round of the league, Sampdoria played against Rome at home.

But in that game, Di Francesco did not let the main players start, but adopted a strategy where most of the substitute players started.

In the final game, Sampdoria lost 0:2 to Roma without any suspense at home.

Became the fifth victim of Roma's ten-game winning streak at the start of the season.

This is Rudy Garcia's most intuitive impression of this Sampdoria team, the only contact.

Sadly, this is the only time Roma faced Sampdoria, which was not the strongest lineup, so Garcia didn't know what the level of Sampdoria with the main force was.

In this game, Rudy Garcia rotated the team's starting lineup with the idea of ​​training troops, and many main players were not in the starting lineup.

At this time, it is impossible to make temporary adjustments-he can't take those substitute players who could have played the game from the starting lineup, can he? Then his coaching foundation in this team will be greatly shaken.

So no matter what happens to Sampdoria, he can only use this lineup to fight.

Now he can only hope that Sampdoria, which is playing with all the main players, is not too good.

Think about the last league game, didn't they also lose 0:2 away to Naples?

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After the start of the game, although the lineup was rotated, and Sampdoria's starting lineup was caught off guard. But Roma still used their home court advantage to play their best offense in full swing.

In the sixth minute, Roma had an excellent chance. If Romero hadn't performed well, their right back Torosidis might have given the team the lead.

The regretful sighs of the Roma fans sounded in the Olympic Stadium.

It was a pity that Rudy Garcia was on the sidelines, but he quickly conveyed his encouragement and appreciation to the team with applause.

Judging from the few minutes of the game, Sampdoria, who played with all the main players, seems to be no different from when they met in the league.

This reassured Garcia a lot.

Rome, which is playing at home, still takes the initiative.

As long as he can focus on me and stick to his own rhythm and style, Garcia feels that with Roma's strength, even with a rotation lineup, it should not be a problem to beat Sampdoria.

From the beginning of the game, he didn't sit down, pacing up and down a little anxiously on the sidelines.

Now he can finally go back to the bench, sit down, drink some water, and take a good rest.

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