Chapter 245: Relegation in advance is equivalent to having no desires or demands?

In the 35th round of Serie A, Sampdoria will be at the Marasi Stadium and welcomes Brescia, currently ranked second from the bottom in the standings.

When it comes to Brescia, those who are familiar with Serie A may immediately recall a person's name, Roberto Baggio.

After a transfer to Brescia in 2000, the melancholy Italian prince immediately became Brescia's idol and became synonymous with the team.

Benefiting from Baggio's super popularity, this team that was not well-known has gradually entered the public's vision and became a very popular team.

In addition, some people may vaguely remember that former Spanish superstar Joseph Guardiola, two famous Italian strikers Dario Hubner and Luca Tony, as well as Andrea Pirlo, who debuted at the beginning, both played for Brescia.

Although they have had brilliant stars in history, this team from northern Italian city has never been a Serie A giant. This season, they have been at the end of the league standings and are struggling in the relegation zone.

After 34 rounds, this small ball will have 7 wins, 9 draws and 18 losses, with only a pitiful 30 points, which is 7 points behind Catania, which ranks fourth from the bottom.

For them, if they want to successfully relegate this season, they may only have a chance of looking forward to the arrival of miracles, such as Hygres (Note 1) coming to this city again.

In this round, if Brescia loses to Sampdoria, they need to pray that Parma, Cesena and Catania, who are ranked 15th to 17th, will not all win.

If Parma, Cesena and Catania all win in this round and Brescia loses to Sampdoria, they will follow in the footsteps of Bari and become the second team to be relegated to Class B from Serie A three-rounder.

In order to avoid early relegation and to strive for as much as possible to relegate, they must give up in this round of the game and strive to win a home game at Sampdoria.

Yes, win!

For Brescia, who only has 30 points, the draw doesn't even make much sense. To successfully relegate, they must do their best to defeat Sampdoria.

Even if the opponents are above them, even if they are away games, they must fight to the death and use their own blood to defend the team's last little hope!

This is the cruelty of the relegation war.

Faced with Chu Jiang's fascination of military morale before the game, the Brescians ignored it.

All their thoughts and strength were accumulated bit by bit, just for the upcoming decisive battle.

That was a decisive battle that concerns their team’s life and death!

However, Sampdoria will not let their opponents go because of their difficulties.

Whether it is for the sports spirit of fair competition or for the team to succeed in relegation in advance, and for the team's honor, Sampdoria will definitely do her best in this game.

This is both respect for your opponent and respect for yourself!

On May 1, 2011, at the Marasi Stadium, Sampdoria welcomed the united Brescia team.

In the first half, Chu Jiangli protected Sampdoria's goal, and Sampdoria's forwards had no way to defend their opponents.

As a result, after the half, the score was still a 0:0 draw.

In the second half, the situation suddenly changed, and the Brescians, who were forced to go to a dead end, began to launch a large-scale counterattack.

They began to invest a lot of troops in the offensive and strive to achieve a valuable victory.

In the 50th minute of the second half, Brescia made a big push, Caraciolo assisted Edel, who shot with his left foot in the center of the penalty area.

Chu Jiang reacted very quickly and immediately rushed to the side, jumping hard to save the ball.

Relying on his agile reaction, Chu Jiang's fingertips touched the football.

After changing direction, the football finally slipped out from the right side of the goal post.

If it weren't for Chu Jiang's brave performance, the Brescians would have been the first to break the deadlock on the field.

In the 55th minute, when Bijabiyani was about to squeeze out the baseline by the opponent's defender, he suddenly fell to the ground and made a cross, hanging the ball back to the middle of the penalty area.

Brescia's goalkeeper Akari was not prepared enough and was headed into the empty goal by Pozi, who was surrounded by the middle, and Sampdoria led the score first.

But just 3 minutes later, the situation on the field changed a lot.

Akari, who was eager to make contributions, kicked the ball directly into Sampdoria's penalty area.

Gastaldello and Lucini, the centre-back partner, suddenly made a mistake at the same time, and missed the ball to Brescia's high center forward Caraciolo behind him.

In the middle of the penalty area, Caraciolo shot first and helped Brescia tie the score, and the score on the field became 1:1.

Due to interference from the two defenders of our side and the shooting distance is too close, although Chu Jiang had already made a save action at the first time, it was useless.

Chu Jiang was quite helpless about this goal conceding.

An unexpected incident ruined the defense of the entire team, which was a coincidence factor on the football field.

However, the balance on the field did not last long.

In the 63rd minute, taking advantage of the opponent's big push, Zawuli assisted, and his teammate Tisone dribbled the ball from the middle.

He shot with a powerful long shot, and scored an S-shaped world wave, breaking through Brescia's city again, and the score on the field became 2:1.

In the 84th minute, Caraciolo scored a header, and Chu Jiang tried his best to save the ball to ensure that the goal was not lost.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 2:1!

The Brescians were hard-working, but they could not break the last line of defense of Sampdoria, guarded by Chu Jiang, and could only swallow the bitter fruit of defeat helplessly.

In other matches played in this round of the league, in the match between Brescia's three relegation opponents, Catania defeated Cagliari 2-0, Parma also defeated Palermo 3-1, and Pacini's goal at the last minute helped Inter Milan defeat Cesena away.

Due to Cesena's defeat, Brescia still maintains the last bit of theoretical relegation hope. However, to be honest, the possibility of their relegation this season is too small.

With the fifth victory in the last six league rounds, Sampdoria, who won this game, has soared from 31 points to 46 points, and her ranking has also risen from 15th to 10th now.

With three rounds of games left, Sampdoria has already led Lecce, the third-last, by 11 points, and in theory there is no risk of relegation at all.

It is worth mentioning that Sampdoria's five wins were all obtained after establishing Chu Jiang's main position. On the Mariners' relegation path this season, this young Chinese boy is definitely the biggest contributor to the team's relegation and is the person that this team should thank the most!

On the Sampdoria fan forum, almost all Mariner fans regarded Chu Jiang as the team's biggest discovery this season and as Sampdoria's future hope. For this talented boy, everyone was praised by everyone.

Although he has not been in Genoa for a long time and has not participated in many games on behalf of Sampdoria, Chu Jiang has fully proved his strength with his excellent performance and steady performance and completely conquered all Sampdoria fans.

In the minds of Sampdoria fans, Chu Jiang is their "Little Buffon"!

No matter how the media commented, they already thought Chu Jiang was as outstanding as Buffon back then.

Although there is no problem with relegation, Sampdoria is still 10 points away from Juventus, which ranks 7 in the league.

It was too late to catch up with the Zebra Legion.

Even if Chu Jiang has the ability to reach the sky, it is impossible to help Sampdoria complete this task.

In the middle of the standings, there is no up or down, no desire or demand. This is how Sampdoria is in the league after 35 rounds.

In the next schedule, Sampdoria has the last four games.

On May 8, they will usher in the second leg of the season, facing their city rival Genoa away.

On May 11, Sampdoria will head to Rezzo Barbera Stadium in Sicily to usher in the second leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals, against the Pink Legion Palermo.

Then on May 15, the sailors will return to their stadium of Malasi, and the opponent they face is still the old enemy in the Italian Cup, Palermo.

On May 22, in the final match of this season's Serie A, Sampdoria will visit Rome's Olympic Stadium and face Kurchi's old club, Red Wolf Rome.

Among these four games, perhaps the most valuable thing is the Lighthouse Derby 7 days later.

Facing an opponent in the same city, whether to avenge the first round of defeat or to comfort his fans, Sampdoria must strive to win.

In the Italian Cup, if it weren't for losing 0:3 at home in the first leg, Sampdoria, who is now out of his mind, would definitely attack with all his might, striving to catch the last train of the European Cup and qualify for next season's UEFA Cup.

In the semi-finals of the Italian Cup, is Sampdoria really hopeless?

Will they choose to give up on this event?

After the team successfully relegated, Kavacin has been thinking about this issue.

Derby, or Italian Cup?

Which event is more important?

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Chapter completed!