After defeating Parma away, Sampdoria's league points reached 32 points, with a record of 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

In the league standings, they followed Juventus closely and still ranked second. [bsp;   In the last round, Sampdoria failed to defeat Lazio, and Juventus also shook hands with Roma. In this round, Sampdoria defeated Parma, and Juventus also defeated Novara.

Therefore, the points gap between the two teams remains at 1 point.

Before the league begins, experts predict that Sampdoria's goal this season should be mid-to-upstream of the league.

If they can get 6th in the league and get a European spot next season, it will be a very good result.

In the early stages of the league, Sampdoria was so imposing that she rushed into the top three in the league.

At that time, experts believed that the league's start was not a big deal, and Sampdoria would soon fall from the top of the standings and return to where they should be.

Now, the league has been nearly halfway through this year. Sampdoria's ranking has not declined, but has always been in the top two in the league, as if she is competing for the championship.

Now, compared with Juventus, which ranks first, they are only 1 point away!

Facts are better than words, and Sampdoria's strength is stronger than people think!

"The dark horse is very good!"

"The biggest dark horse this season!"

"Will the sailors win the championship?"

Faced with Sampdoria's results this season, experts, media, and fans exclaimed!

Why did Sampdoria become so strong?

Many media have begun to patiently analyze Sampdoria's data this season, hoping that the secret of their strength will be strong.

So far this season's league has been held, Sampdoria has scored a total of 26 goals, ranking third among the 20 teams in the entire Serie A League after AC Milan (33 goals) and Juventus (27 goals).

It is worth mentioning that among Sampdoria's 26 goals, Chu Jiang, as the team's goalkeeper, took charge of 9, and was the number one scorer in Sampdoria's team.

In the early stages of the league, because his opponents did not pay much attention to him, Chu Jiang scored goals in a lot of goals, almost every game.

In the second half of this year's league, Chu Jiang's goal efficiency began to decline significantly.

It was not because Chu Jiang's free kick level dropped, but because the opponents shrank their eggs and they dared not foul. Especially at the edge of the penalty area, almost every opponent dared not easily foul in this area.

"Don't foul at the front of the penalty area, don't give Chu Jiang a chance to have a free kick directly!"

This has become a consensus among almost every head coach of Serie A team and even every defensive player of their team.

There is no way, Chu Jiang's free kick ability is too amazing. Giving him a free kick is basically equivalent to giving him a chance to score goals.

Faced with such a monster, even if they want to be braver, they lack the necessary confidence.

If you give up foul tactics at the front of the penalty area, the team's defense quality will definitely decline.

As the defense at the front of the penalty area declines, Sampdoria players have become more comfortable to get the ball in this area and are more likely to create opportunities to score shots.

Although Chu Jiang's number of goals began to decline, his teammates' number of goals in the same period gradually increased.

In the last four league rounds, Coutinho and Pozzi have scored their first goals of the season one after another, which is obvious evidence.

The team is the first in the number of goals, and he can indirectly "assist" his teammates to score goals without scoring. Although Chu Jiang is a goalkeeper on the field, no one can deny his help in the team's offensive. Or, more specifically, Chu Jiang alone can help Sampdoria's attack power increase by 2 levels!

Of course, as a goalkeeper, if you are just aggressive, you are not a qualified goalkeeper.

After all, as the team's last line of defense, the stability of defense is the most important indicator to test a goalkeeper's level.

How did Chu Jiang complete this indicator?

Whether the defense is stable enough is the simplest and most eye-catching technical indicator, which is the number of goals conceded by the team.

After 15 league games, how many goals did Sampdoria concede?

7!

Sampdoria conceded only one goal on average with 2.14 games.

This is definitely a breathtaking achievement!

Since the league has been going on, how can the team conced the least number of goals?

Or Sampdoria!

Which goalkeeper conceded the least number of goals?

Of course it is Chujiang from Sampdoria!

Lazio's Marchetti conceded 13 goals; Juventus's Buffon conceded 11 goals; Udinese's Handanovic conceded 9 goals.

And Chu Jiang only conceded 7 goals!

Can Sampdoria's defense be compared with Lazio, Juventus and Udinese?

joke!

Compared with those teams, Sampdoria's defense line is the most civilian, and she can't even find a big-name star. However, it is this dim star-stunning defense line that has created the record of the fewest goals conceded in the league.

Why?

Because of Chujiang!

Milan Sports News once counted that among the top eight teams in the Serie A, Chu Jiang had the highest number of saves in each game. This shows that the defense line in front of him did not provide him with very excellent protection. In every game, Chu Jiang needed to use his save to protect the goal's safety.

Moreover, Chu Jiang's save success rate is the highest among all teams' goalkeepers.

This data clearly shows that Chu Jiang is Sampdoria's stabilizing force and the creator of this civilian team's record of the least goals conceded in the league!

In 15 league games, Chu Jiang conceded goals in only 4 games, and all the other 11 games were clean sheets.

Moreover, he saved a total of 4 penalty kicks for the team, including the away game against Napoli, who saved two penalty kicks by himself.

With the defense line with the least number of goals conceded and the attacking firepower with the third most goals, Sampdoria was able to win the second place in the league, which was naturally a natural thing.

Among them, Chu Jiang is naturally the biggest contributor to the team.

During offense, improve the team's attack firepower; when defending, achieve the best defense line in the league; for Chu Jiang like you, do you still have to worry about the team's performance?

After some analysis, the media agreed that Chu Jiang is the core driving force for Sampdoria's sudden rise this season.

The winner of the European Golden Boy Award will definitely not be a false reputation!

After this hype by the media, Chu Jiang's attention in Italy and even European football has become even higher.

Since the end of Maradona's era, there have been fewer and fewer players who have led the entire team by one to two levels.

Modern football is increasingly regulating its body, and the personal role of stars is still very important, but it is no longer as obvious as before. In such an atmosphere, there are definitely very few players who can increase the strength of the entire team.

AC Milan's Ibrahimovic, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United's Rooney... are all the best stars in today's football world.

The shadows of these superstars have appeared on Chu Jiang.

On December 21, Sampdoria welcomed their last opponent in the winter break, Inter Milan.

This game was originally supposed to be the first round of the Serie A, but due to the player's incident, the first round of the league was forced to be postponed, so it could only be moved until now.

Sampdoria is obviously not lucky because the Nerazzurri is much harder to play than in the early stages of the league.

In the early stages of the league, under the leadership of "Sheep Head" Gasperini, Inter Milan lost 3:4 to Palermo, tied Roma 0:0, and lost 1:3 to the newly promoted Manovara. After three rounds, he only got one point and ranked at the end of the league.

It is worth mentioning that Cesena has won two games in the past six months of the league, one of which is to win Inter Milan.

It can be said that under Gasperini's tenure, Inter Milan can be regarded as the "score boy" in the Serie A. No matter what team he meets, he will give them points.

If the first round of the league is not postponed, Sampdoria will be able to catch up with Inter Milan's "scattered tide".

Unfortunately, they are not lucky.

Inter Milan is now in the honeymoon period of "Tubing the Tub". In the last 6 rounds of the league, they have won 5 and lost 1. The team's form can be said to have been "resurrected in full blood and blue".

When Inter Milan has fully recovered its strength, Sampdoria has to admit that she is unlucky.

In this first round of league make-up matches, "Prince" Milito scored a goal for Inter Milan, and finally helped the team to the end of their laughter.

0:1, Sampdoria suffered a defeat in Meazha.

After playing this game, the Serie A officially entered the winter break.

In Milan City, Sampdoria was disbanded on the spot and the players began their respective Christmas holidays.

After nearly half a year of three days and one game, Sampdoria's players finally ushered in their holiday. After a simple wave of goodbye, their teammates left Milan City and rushed to their respective vacation locations.

Christmas is the most grand festival in the West, and its status is similar to that in China's Lunar New Year. Therefore, most teammates go home and spend this traditional festival with their relatives.

Soon, Chu Jiang was the only player left in Sampdoria in Milan City.

Chu Jiang had already made arrangements for this Christmas holiday. However, before starting the holiday, Chu Jiang still had some things to do.

Shortly after the game, Chu Jiang received a call from an old acquaintance. During the call, he invited Chu Jiang to visit his home.

Of course, Chu Jiang would not refuse his invitation.

So, shortly after the game, Chu Jiang appeared alone on the shore of the famous Lake Como in the drizzle.

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Chapter completed!