Before the game, Pazini had made an appointment with old friends such as Chujiang and Palonbo to have a small gathering after the game.

However, due to this depressing defeat, Pazzo lost interest in the party.

After the game, he just chatted with Chu Jiang, Palonbo and others for a brief chat, and then returned to Appiano with other Inter teammates.

January 31st, this is the last day of the winter transfer period of the mainstream European leagues.

During this day, many transfer transactions occurred at the same time, which was dazzling.

Roma's midfield commander Pizarro went to Manchester City, Inter Milan's Thiago Mota signed with Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona announced the termination of the contract with former Belarusian genius Heleb, and the "European black store" Porto's midfielder Guarin went to Inter Milan...

Various transfer news came out on different platforms, telling the final madness of the winter transfer period.

On this day, countless Sampdoria fans were waiting by the computer, constantly refreshing the Italian Football Association, Sampdoria's official website, Milan Sports Daily official website and other websites, closely watching the every move of the transfer market.

On Sampdoria's major fan forums, Facebook and Twitter, the release of each transfer information will activate the nerves of Sampdoria fans.

This situation lasted until the early morning of February 1, Italian time.

It was not until the transfer window was completely closed and when Chu Jiang's name did not appear in all confirmed transfer transactions, all Sampdoria fans felt relieved.

Chu Jiang is indeed still in Sampdoria, just as he promised the fans.

This winter, there is no heavyweight or earthquake-magnitude transfer as the media said.

Chu Jiang did not leave, Sneijder did not transfer, and Van Persie did not leave... All the heavyweight transfers promised by the media did not happen in the end.

Sampdoria's fans were in a false alarm.

The transfer soap opera that lasted for a month finally came to an end for the time being.

Now, they can finally calm down a little, continue to cheer for themselves, and continue to enjoy Chu Jiang's stunning performance in Sampdoria.

Currently, Sampdoria ranks second in the league and qualifies as the first in the group in the Europa League. Without Chu Jiang leaving, fans have reason to look forward to more of the team's performance in the second half of the season.

For a team that is determined to hang out in the middle of the league, Sampdoria's record in the first half of the season is undoubtedly brilliant.

So, what about next season?

Is it a decline after glory, or a feast for a glutton that goes further?

The fans were looking forward curiously.

On January 31, Chu Jiang did not pay attention to any transfer news.

At the Boliasco training base, Chu Jiang and his Sampdoria were still preparing for the next day's game as usual.

However, the training this day did not go very smoothly.

Because a sudden heavy snow disrupted their preparation plan.

The turf is covered with thick snow, and daily training cannot be carried out smoothly.

As a result, the targeted tactical drills originally planned to be conducted turned into watching opponents’ game videos in the conference room and low-intensity aerobic training in the gym.

On this day, a heavy snow almost swept across Italy, and many places encountered such bad weather.

Due to the long duration and high intensity of heavy snow, many football match venues are affected to varying degrees.

Therefore, in the 21st round of Serie A, several games were postponed due to heavy snow. Among them, there were matches between Sampdoria's championship rival Juventus and Parma.

In this round of the game, Sampdoria's opponent is Udinese.

Udinese currently has 38 points, ranking fourth in the league, only 4 points less than Sampdoria, and his strength cannot be underestimated.

At the beginning of the season, when they sold the popular young actor Sanchez to Barcelona, ​​many people predicted that their results this season would be greatly affected. As a result, under the leadership of the immortal demon sword Dinatale and Chilean star Isla, their performance not only did not decline, but continued to show an upward momentum.

Last season, after 20 rounds of the league, Udinese scored 30 points, ranking 8th in Serie A. This season, in 20 rounds of the league, they scored 38 points, ranking fourth in the league.

Among the top seven teams, Udinese scored only 29 goals, the team with the least number of goals. Their results they achieved today are mainly due to the team's stable defense.

Handanovic leads Udinese defense, with only 16 attempts to break the goal by his opponent.

In the league, their goals conceded second only to Juventus of Buffon and Sampdoria of Chujiang.

This season, if it weren't for Chu Jiang's emergence, Handanovic would have had a very good chance of winning the Oscar for Best Goalkeeper.

However, with Chu Jiang, Handanovic could not realize his wish. After all, compared with Chu Jiang, his performance was still a little inferior.

On February 1, Sampdoria rushed to Udinese's home court, Friuli Stadium.

Due to the heavy snow, the grassy conditions at Friuli Stadium are not ideal.

Although the workers basically cleared the snow from the court, a lot of the accumulated water condensed into ice and covered directly on the turf, making the site very slippery and stiff.

Players are very susceptible to injury when playing in such a venue.

Therefore, Sampdoria Club applied to the Italian Football Association, hoping to postpone the game, just like Juventus and Parma's match.

Unfortunately, their application was not approved.

With the insistence of the Football Association and the referee, Sampdoria had no choice but to play an "ice hockey" game with Udinese.

On the stiff field, Sampdoria's technical players were greatly restricted, and the tactical styles they were used to cannot be played smoothly.

As a result, at Friuli Stadium, Sampdoria unfortunately lost with a score of 1:2.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Dimikele scored the top spot for Sampdoria. However, in the 76th and 84th minutes of the second half, Pazienza and Dinatale scored two goals for Udinese, helping the team achieve a reversal.

At Friuli Stadium, Sampdoria temporarily stopped moving forward.

After three consecutive victories, Sampdoria suffered its first defeat in the last five league rounds.

Losses are always bitter, but what is more bitter than this is the injury of the player.

In this game, Sampdoria's main striker Klose ended up in the field due to injury, which caused the team's offense to suffer a great setback.

However, what makes Samp fans most worry is not Klose, but Chu Jiang.

This patron saint of Sampdoria, who started almost every game and played all the games, also ended up due to injury for the first time in this game.

It was after he left the field that the Udinese seized two opportunities, tied the score and overtook it, and finally won the game.

Chu Jiang's departure made Sampdoria's defense suddenly become fragile.

Sampdoria's defense line with Chujiang is the best defense line with the least goals conceded in the Serie A. However, once Chujiang is missing, they will be scored two goals by their opponents in more than 10 minutes.

After the game, the focus of media questions was also on the injuries of Klose and Chu Jiang.

In the media's opinion, the two players in the first and second basically represent the strength of most of Sampdoria's teams. How their injuries and when they can return to the field will likely directly determine the outcome of Sampdoria's next few games.

Kavacin cannot give an answer to the media’s questions, and he must wait for the team doctor’s examination results.

The next day, Sampdoria's official website gave a preliminary diagnosis report from the team doctor.

According to this report, Klose will miss three weeks, while Chu Jiang will miss four weeks of the game.

Such news is obviously a heavy blow for Sampdoria. Without the help of the two generals, Klose and Chu Jiang, their next game will undoubtedly become very difficult.

Sampdoria fans are very worried.

Although the team's opponents were not strong in the next game, they were still very unconfident without Chu Jiang. The facts later proved that the fans' concerns were justified.

Apart from Udinese, Sampdoria had no strong opponents throughout February.

Bologna, Atlanta, Braga, Siena, Cagliari, these are the opponents Sampdoria will face.

It can be said that none of these opponents is considered a strong team, and they are basically obscene teams in the league.

Even if it is the Europa League rival Braga, its strength is still a certain distance from Sampdoria.

However, it was these opponents that actually caused great difficulties to Sampdoria.

On February 6, Sampdoria played against Bologna at home, with the score being 0:0.

On February 11, Sampdoria challenged Atlanta away, with the score still 0:0.

Without Chu Jiang and Klose, Sampdoria would not even score a goal.

On February 14, Sampdoria welcomed its European rival, Braga.

At the Braga Municipal Stadium in Portugal, Sampdoria was humiliated by Braga twice as a dark horse in the Serie A.

0:2, as a strong team in the Serie A, Sampdoria actually lost even her underwear in Portugal...

After this game, the media had to sigh that the lack of Chujiang's Sampdoria's strength decline was really obvious.

However, after this game, Sampdoria fans were looking forward to good news.

Chu Jiang, come back!
Chapter completed!