"In short, we will carefully prepare for these two games. The teams that can make it to the knockout are not underdogs. To despise opponents is to insult ourselves."

Simone’s footage from the interview was played on the TV, and then he went back to the studio. The host smiled and said: “Simony looked serious and sincere when he said that. When I thought it was not It’s just a scene—he certainly can’t say in front of the media that he didn’t take Sampdoria into his eyes. But the reality is that, teams like Sampdoria don’t care if they are in the group stage No matter how he behaves, he can’t make Atletico Madrid so nervous... I have to say, don’t watch Simoni’s usual performance on the coaching staff, but when facing the media, he knows what to say and what to say, and he does As a player, this cunning'fox'..."

"Dad, is that true?" a young man in front of the TV shouted back.

"Your father is not a fox." The voice of a middle-aged man rang.

"I asked you what you said in front of the camera is completely different from what you think?"

The middle-aged man came out of the shadows, it is the Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simone.

He handed the tablet in his hand to his son. Instead of answering this question directly, he said, "Look at it."

After his son took it over, he found it to be a highlight video of a player wearing a Sampdoria jersey.

He looked up curiously at his father.

"This is Sampdoria's core striker's highlights in the Champions League and the league this season."

Hearing his father's explanation, he looked down.

Soon he exclaimed: "Oh! This ball..."

"This technology is really beautiful!"

"Unbelievable, can I still do this?"

"He clearly has been knocked out, why can he..."

Simone was standing next to him, silently listening to the exclamation of his son while watching.

After his son finished watching the highlight video, he asked: "Do you still think I am speaking in front of the media?"

The son frowned and thought for a while, then said: "I admit that he is very strong, Dad. But football is not a one-person sport. If Sampdoria depends on him alone, I think it can't be compared with your Atletico Madrid."

"You are a normal person's idea, and the Celtics and Ajax thought the same way. But the result..." Simone pouted. "Football is indeed a collective sport, but Giovanni, you remember, football is also a stage for individual heroes. Some people can change the outcome of the game on their own."

Giovanni Simone was a little surprised: "Dad do you rate him so high? Don't worry, I won't divulge the conversation between us..."

He thought his father was guarding against the pervasive paparazzi.

However, Simone shook his head: "Giovanni, you are also playing the forward position. If you still can't see the terrible place of this person, then I'm too disappointed."

Giovanni Simone looked back at the tall man with an oriental face in the video.

He frowned slightly and disagreed with his father's words. If Dad is telling the truth, then he is also very disappointed with Dad...

How can such a person be scared?

He admits that this man's goals are beautiful and his personal ability is outstanding, but his weakness is also outstanding. As long as he looks at his figure, he should guess that he is not good at physical confrontation. Highlights will only put the strengths of the players, but his weaknesses will not be revealed...

As long as he stares at him in the game, how can Sampdoria's overall strength make his father so dreaded?

He does not believe in the defensive stiffness of Atletico Madrid, and he cannot restrain the person in front of him.

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After the draw result came out, Sampdoria coach Di Francisco was also asked by the media to ask him what he thought of the result.

But Di Francisco said: "I don't think about next February's game. The problem before us is the league. So I will not comment on it."

Perhaps the media will interpret his remarks as "confessions", he doesn't care, and he just wants everyone to think so.

But he is telling the truth.

Being able to score in the Champions League knockout, for him, has actually completed the task. In the first half of the season, he chose a very risky strategy, that is to give up the league and attack the Champions League. This strategy is bold, but there are also great risks. Fortunately, he finally achieved the desired result.

Then the next step should be to shift the focus back to the league.

Although Sampdoria's performance in the league was okay in the first half of the season, at least did not fall into the relegation zone, but Di Francisco still hopes to make the team's league rankings to mention the premise. If you can still participate in the European War next season-not the Champions League-as long as you can participate in the UEFA Cup.

He didn’t know when Gao Zheng would stay on this team. Gao Zheng’s stay was not something he could decide. All he could do was seize the opportunity that Gao Zheng was still in Sampdoria. Gao Zheng's role is maximized.

After playing this Champions League game with Ajax, Sampdoria went away to challenge the opponent Chievo in the league. In this game, Di Francisco did not make a large rotation. After all, there is no need to fight on multiple lines-the UEFA Champions League group stage is all played, and the Italian Cup will not be reignited in January next year. Before the Christmas holiday, Sampdoria has only two games left. There is no need to save any energy. After playing these two games, the team will have a holiday and will not re-assemble until New Year's Day next year.

Sampdoria defeated Chievo 1:0 away.

A week later, they defeated Palma 2:1 at home and Gao Zheng scored a goal for the team.

After this game, Serie A entered a very short winter break.

After seventeen rounds, the league schedule is not over half. Sampdoria has eight wins, four draws and five losses, with 28 points, ranking seventh in the league. The team has won four games in a row and the momentum is good.

However, the winter break will definitely interrupt this state of the team. When the short holiday ends, whether the team can still produce such a performance at the time of assembly is not easy to say.

Therefore, the reporter of the team of the "Nineteenth Century", Freccello, expressed his regrets on the social network for the winter break.

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In the locker room after the game, Alberto Massi sent Gao Zheng an invitation: "We plan to go to Mallorca, shall we go with us?"

Gao Zheng nodded: "Okay, let me go."

Anyway, he was fine in Genoa during the Christmas holidays. There were Feng Shiyao and Xiao Yingying before. They were called out for a meal at Christmas, and this year there will be no such treatment.

So after the Christmas dinner at the club, they left Genoa together and flew to the Spanish resort of Mallorca.

There, they will spend four days completely relaxed before flying back to Genoa to prepare for the eighteenth round of the league.

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