Chapter 365: The Eternal City

No matter how difficult the schedule is, it still needs to be faced one by one.

Chu Jiang can allow failure, but he will not allow himself not to work hard.

In order to help the team through this difficult schedule, Chu Jiang doubled his efforts in training.

Every day, Chu Jiang drove his own red cayenne and was the first to arrive at the Boliasco training base.

Every day, he is always the last one to leave.

Among all Sampdoria players, although Chu Jiang is not the most famous one, he is currently the hottest one in European football. However, after becoming famous, Chu Jiang still has not changed his previous habits and is still the hardest one in the entire club.

During this period of the league, Chu Jiang traveled to and from the United States and Europe, participated in many commercial activities, and was exposed by entertainment gossip media.

With too much news like this, some people will suspect that Chu Jiang is not professional enough and is only focused on making money.

For a time, in some media, some reporters began to question Chu Jiang, claiming that Chu Jiang would lose himself after becoming famous, indulge in the bright lights and wine, and be obsessed with the gentle country, just like those stars in history who quickly became famous and then quickly fell.

After hearing such rumors, Sampdoria's fans were once very worried, worried that Chu Jiang would squander his talent.

However, reality tells them that they are overthinking.

Chu Jiang is still the same Chu Jiang, the same Chu Jiang who works diligently, persists in dreams, and knows the direction he is moving forward.

He hasn't changed!

Commercial activities are just the arrangements of sponsors and will not affect his enthusiasm for football.

Among all Sampdoria players, he is always the one who trains the hardest and most dedicated.

The glitz does not cover its eyes, and the noise cannot touch its heart.

This is also why Emma fell in love with him, because Chu Jiang is very independent and very pure, just like her.

At the Boliasco training base, after witnessing Chu Jiang's training, Sampdoria fans all put their hearts in their stomachs.

Chujiang has not changed.

Whether it is the focused expression during training or the sincere smile when signing autographs for fans, Chu Jiang's appearance is the same as before.

In Sampdoria, Chu Jiang is still the one that fans are familiar with, dedicated and friendly.

How could Chu Jiang not win the favor of the fans like this?

Nowadays, in the hearts of Sampdoria fans, Chu Jiang can be said to be the most popular player.

Every time during training, there are always the most fans cheering for Chujiang.

Every time I sign, the fans gather around Chujiang are the most numerous.

Chu Jiang’s popularity is unmatched!

During every training, Chu Jiang will patiently experience, understand the movements of those masters, and understand the principles behind the movements.

After the training, Chu Jiang will also practice free kicks to continue to deepen his understanding of various techniques.

Chu Jiang felt that after Juninho's guidance, he was on the verge of breaking through his abilities again.

Perhaps it only takes one opportunity. Chu Jiang's level, whether it is goalkeeping or free kick level, will go to another level and truly become the world's top.

Unlike those superstars, due to the existence of the gate god system, Chu Jiang's technical foundation is extremely reliable and his movements are the most standardized.

As long as you can understand the experience and realm of superstars, Chu Jiang can perfectly present all his skills, keeping the goalless goal, and making a magical free kick, just like a textbook.

By then, Chu Jiang will surpass any superstar in history and reach a level that everyone can only look up to.

On November 19, Chu Jiang came to Rome, the "City of Eternity" with his teammates to prepare for the next league.

Although Chu Jiang is not familiar with the city of Rome, he is not unfamiliar with it.

The last time he came to Rome, he defeated Inter Milan here, and won the Italian Cup championship for Sampdoria with one less player in the team.

Last time, when he played here, his opponent was the opponent he was about to meet, Roma. In that league game, his Sampdoria lost helplessly to Roma. That was the last round of last season, and the score was 1:2.

This time, Sampdoria met Rome again, what would the result be?

The match between Roma and Sampdoria was scheduled to be played on the evening of November 20, Italian time, and was the last game in the 12th round of the league.

In the previous game, Juventus defeated Palermo in the new Alpine player with goals from Pepe, Mattri and Marchisio, and his points rose to 23 points.

If Sampdoria cannot defeat Roma, the gap between them and Juventus will widen to 4 points.

In addition to Juventus, AC Milan, which has recovered in form, Lazio and Udinese, have currently scored very close to Sampdoria.

Now, the winner of a game will make the rankings on the standings greatly change.

Although the game is difficult, it is not too much pressure for Sampdoria's players.

The current league rankings and points are enough to satisfy most players. So, despite learning that Juventus won Palermo, Sampdoria's players did not feel too much pressure.

For them, this game against Rome is just an ordinary league, and it has no special significance. Therefore, their mentality is relatively relaxed.

In a sense, this may be a good news.

In addition, there is another good news for Sampdoria, that is, Rome has not been in a particularly good state recently.

In their previous games, they had a total of 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, with 17 points, two points behind Sampdoria. In their last five league games, they have won two games and lost three games, respectively, losing 1:2 to Lazio in the same city derby, lost 1:2 to Genoa away, and defeated by AC Milan 2:3 at home.

Roma's new coach Enrique has suffered a lot of criticism in the new season's game, and the team's performance has always been ups and downs.

Facing such a Roma team, for Sampdoria, they may not have no chance to take away a victory.

On the evening of November 20, the match between Sampdoria and Rome officially started at the Olympic Stadium.

In this game, Enrique arranged a 4312 formation for Rome.

The goalkeeper is Dutch national goalkeeper Stekrenberg, the four defenders are left defender Tadei, left central defender Heinze, right central defender Kear, and right defender Alessandro Rossi.

The midfielder was behind the Argentinian, the former Real Madrid player Gago, known as "Redondo II". In front of Gago, they were Pjanic and Rome's "Crown Prince" De Rossi.

On their attack line, Lamela dragged back and supported her, playing in the midfielder position; Osvaldo and Boyan broke in front, responsible for the team's offense.

The formation used by Sampdoria is still the 433 they are used to.

Goalkeeper Chu Jiang, four defenders are Ziegler, Gastaldello, Lucini and Zauri, Palonbo, Poly and Nocerino in the midfield, while Dimikele, Semioli and Klose are on the front line.

In recent games, due to the balanced offense and defense capabilities, Semioli has slowly squeezed out Biabiani's main position and became Cavacin's first choice.

Biabiani is faster and has a certain tactical role in counterattacks. Semioli is experienced and has a better defensive awareness, and also has a beautiful cross, which can provide greater help to Klose, who is good at grabbing points in the middle.

In addition, Coutinho is now performing better and better in training.

This Brazilian young player has good spirituality, skills and creativity. In the team, he is already a trusted rotation player. Due to Dimikele's physical fitness decline and the team is fighting on both sides, Coutinho also gets a lot of opportunities to play.

In this game, Coutinho and Viabiyani were both sitting on the bench and ready to replace the game at any time.

Compared with the lineup last season, Sampdoria's strength has increased significantly, and its offense and defense have become more balanced.

In contrast, the Roma team lacked the "Prince" Toti and left the midfield metronome Pizarro. Some veterans of the team have faded out of the first-line lineup and their strength has been greatly affected.

Although the team has replenished fresh blood and replaced a new coach, it is obvious that the team in front of Roma will take a long time to adapt to new players, new coaches, and new tactical play.

One is rising and the other is falling. Although Sampdoria is away this time, she may not be afraid of Rome.

Let’s fight!

With the whistle of referee Brickie, the two teams launched an attack at the same time.

Roma coach Enrique's idea is very simple. We are strong and have a home advantage, so why don't we attack?

Sampdoria head coach Cavacin wanted to take advantage of the lack of tacit understanding of the opponent's lineup and take the lead in the away game, trying to get a goal first and then slowly draw it.

The two teams just met with each other.

Only one minute after the kickoff, Gago made a long pass behind Sampdoria.

Gastaldello jumped high and destroyed the ball with his head. However, the header he was heading just fell at the feet of Roman player Pjanic.

Pjanic did not stop the ball, swept the ball in the air with his right foot and stuffed the ball directly behind Gastaldello.

Boyan instantly started, crossed Gastaldello, and headed straight for the ball landing point.

If this ball is obtained by Boyan, it will be a single shot!

"call!"

Roman fans stood up one after another, looking very excited.

At this moment, a strong figure rushed out of the Sampdoria penalty area, like lightning.

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Chapter completed!