Chapter 414: Temporary leader
After the total score became 2:2, the two teams returned to the same starting line again.
After returning to the same starting line, Braga lost no advantage at all.
They had thought of scoring Sampdoria with a counterattack. In this way, they could at least have one away goal, which would make Sampdoria, who had no away goals, very passive.
But, it turns out, that's just one of their ideas.
To be precise, it is an unrealistic fantasy.
Sampdoria's defense line is still the same, exactly the same as the defense line of the two teams in the first round.
However, the goalkeeper is different.
Dacosta was replaced by Chujiang, and Sampdoria's defense line changed from tofu to the Great Wall of Steel!
In front of Chu Jiang, Braga wanted to score a goal, which was completely a daydream.
In the second half, Braga tried several quick counterattacks, trying to hit behind Sampdoria's defense.
It should be said that their tactical ideas are not wrong. However, they overestimated their passing accuracy and underestimated Chu Jiang's defense range.
In the 56th minute, Chu Jiang directly cut off the opponent's straight pass outside the penalty area, and then made a precise long pass directly and launched Sampdoria's "counterattack" on the spot.
Cudinho received a long pass from Chu Jiang, passed a Braga defender, and then sent a slash pass.
Poly ran 40 meters and shot hard in the penalty area. The football passed through Braga's goalkeeper's ten fingers again.
3:0!
The Braga team is digging its own grave!
Then, the game completely entered Sampdoria time.
In the 75th minute, Semioli, who was on the bench, made a cross from the side, and Bozi jumped high in the penalty area and grabbed the front point and shook the head of the Lions.
The football changed direction according to the sound, flew out an arc, rubbed the crossbar and flew into the far corner of the goal!
4:0!
Sampdoria laid the victory!
In the 85th minute, German striker Kloze, who returned from injury, took the lead.
With not much time left in the game and almost locked in the result, the coach of Sampdoria replaced Klose to help the Germans find the feeling of the game.
As soon as Chu Jiang came back, Kavacin couldn't wait to let him play. That was because the team's performance was not good, and Chu Jiang was too important to the sailors.
Now that Klose has returned, there is no need for Cavacin to take risks like this.
Chu Jiang's comeback immediately stabilized the team's situation. With him, Sampdoria was enough to get out of the current predicament. Therefore, Cavacin can be more conservative and let Klose come back slowly from the bench, giving him a process of adapting to the rhythm of the game.
After having Chujiang, Sampdoria can be so calm. Even when facing the life-and-death battle in the Europa League, they can still leave their spare energy and be at ease.
In the end, at the Marasi Stadium, under the escort of the "captain", the sailors defeated the Portuguese powerhouse with 4 goals with great pleasure, and entered the next stage of the UEFA Cup with their heads held high.
In the next knockout match, Sampdoria will usher in a truly strong team, Atletico Madrid.
Atletico Madrid's opponent in this round is also a Serie A team, "Blue Eagles" Lazio.
In the first leg, they defeated Lazio 3:1 at the Olympic Stadium. In the second leg, at the Calderon Stadium in Madrid, the Bedding Legion defeated the Blue Eagles with a score of 1:0.
In two rounds of the game, Atletico played 4:1!
They beat Lazio, which was easier than Sampdoria's victory over Malaga.
Such an opponent will undoubtedly be a roadblock on Sampdoria's path forward.
The Mariners want to cross the bedsheets and enter the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup, which will be a very difficult challenge. The chances of winning are not very big for them.
In the eyes of the Spanish media, that is impossible.
After the double defeat of Lazio, the Spanish media was full of confidence in Atletico Madrid.
Marca believes that Sampdoria is not strong except for two big-name stars Chu Jiang and Klose. They believe that Sampdoria is not a match for Lazio, nor is it a match for the powerful Bedding Legion.
Not only them, but even the Italian media are not very optimistic that Sampdoria can only advance.
Although Sampdoria is not weak, Atletico Madrid, which has Ladamel Falcao, is not something that sailors can stop.
In this season's La Liga, Falcao scored 14 goals in 24 games, ranking third in the La Liga scorer list, second only to world-class top strikers Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.
In the game of eliminating Serie A team Lazio, Falcao scored two goals alone, which was the biggest contributor to Atletico Madrid's successful advancement.
It is conceivable how difficult it will be when Sampdoria's defense encounters such a top shooter.
What's more, Sampdoria still needs to fight on both sides.
With the team's weak substitute strength, the two-line battle will affect Sampdoria's competitive strength on both lines.
Therefore, after Sampdoria eliminated Braga, many media were persuading Sampdoria to give up the Europa League and concentrate on competing for the domestic league.
In their opinion, if Sampdoria gives up the two-line battle and focuses on the league games, they should be able to win a European spot next season. If a miracle happens, they can even qualify for the Champions League next season.
Instead of fighting against the powerful Atletico Madrid, it is more practical to concentrate on playing in the league.
This is what the media thinks.
However, Chu Jiang ignored them. In Chu Jiang's eyes, he never thought of giving up any competition.
Atletico Madrid is very strong? Hahaha...
Chu Jiang sneered at the media's surrender comments and added a middle finger.
On the green field, there are no cowards who survive, only heroes who die in battle!
Before the match against Atletico Madrid, Sampdoria still has two league wins to fight for, one of which is the same city derby in Genoa.
On the 4th day after the derby, Sampdoria will usher in Atletico Madrid, and it will be away.
Such a schedule will definitely not be easy, but Chu Jiang doesn't care.
Football is about facing difficulties, right?
The battle between men, the passionate battlefield, the game of brave people, is Chu Jiang's definition of football matches. He never fears the strong, nor will he ever fear them.
I will be stronger when I meet strong, this is the creed that Chu Jiang abides!
After the winter break, Chu Jiang participated in a total of 7 games, with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and won the best in the game twice.
These 7 games provided Chu Jiang with a total of 10,500 points of experience.
After leading the team to defeat Inter Milan on January 29, Chu Jiang has successfully upgraded "Schomechelle's experience" to "Schomechelle's true story". At the same time, his flexibility and prediction have improved a little, reaching 16 and 17 respectively; bravery has increased by 2 points, from 12 to 14.
After that, Chu Jiang exchanged another mirror of a world-class gate god. This time, he chose the former Brazilian gate god Dida.
After spending 6,000 points of experience, Chu Jiang's total experience value is 15,500 points.
At present, due to the many competitions and good performance, Chu Jiang earns experience faster than he spends experience. However, in order to prepare sufficient experience reserves for physical training this summer, Chu Jiang still needs to continue working hard.
There is no harm in reserveing more experience values.
Although there are not many places to use experience now, when Chu Jiang increases the attribute value to 18, if you want to continue to improve your technical attributes, you need a lot of experience values. Moreover, if you want to continue to train your physical fitness, you must prepare a lot of experience values.
On February 26, Sampdoria challenged Cagliari away.
Cagliari is not strong, so the confrontation between Sampdoria and Cagliari did not attract much attention. In this round, the most eye-catching thing was undoubtedly the game between AC Milan and Juventus.
Currently, in the league standings, these two teams occupy the first and second positions respectively.
The confrontation between these two teams will undoubtedly have a great impact on the Serie A championship this season.
In this game alone, which team can win, which team can top the league standings. Therefore, in this confrontation, both teams put in full force and prepared to do a big game.
For Chujiang's Sampdoria, their current points are only 3 points away from AC Milan, which is the top spot. If AC Milan loses or is tied by Juventus, it will be the most favorable result for Sampdoria.
Of course, the premise is that they must defeat Cagliari.
Only in this way can they sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and watch the fight between Milan and Juventus comfortably.
Sampdoria did not disappoint his fans.
Chu Jiang's return alone is enough to restore Sampdoria's style to the former strong team, transforming from a sick cat to a tiger roaring in the mountains.
Now, Klose has also made a comeback. For Sampdoria, this is like a bonus.
Sampdoria, who is more powerful than a tiger, meets Cagliari, who is ranked in the middle, and the result is self-evident, and of course it is a victory!
With the goals of Klose and Semioli, Sampdoria beat Cagliari 2:0 away and successfully increased the points to 50 points.
Before the focus match between Juventus and AC Milan, Sampdoria led AC Milan with the advantage of goal difference and temporarily ranked first in the league standings!
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