Prominence in Football Community

Chapter 216 Lighthouse Derby

With Icardi's goal, Sampdoria finally drew with Parma 1:1 in the away game. Although they failed to achieve two consecutive victories, considering the game itself, it is already very good to be able to take away a point .

At least Parma's coach Roberto Donadoni was very dissatisfied with this result. He said in the post-match press conference that Parma deserved to win.

Indeed, if you played more than 60 minutes with one more player than your opponent, but failed to win at home in the end, no one would be satisfied.

Di Francesco is also very dissatisfied. He thinks that Romero should not be given a red card. The red card penalty is too harsh for Sampdoria. If Romero is not a red card, Sampdoria may be able to do so in this game. Win the opponent away.

After the game, Maxi Lopez invited the two to his house to enjoy a barbecue dinner on the grounds of celebrating Icardi's first league goal and comforting Romero who was sent off by a red card.

This time Icardi agreed without any hesitation.

He spent another night at Maxi Lopez's house with four fellow Argentines.

Team-mates could see the smile on Icardi's face the next day.

Gao Zheng glanced at Marcy and said, "Look, Mauro's mood has improved a lot. As expected, scoring a goal is a cure-all for all diseases!"

Ma Xi also admitted that Gao Zheng was right.

Everyone believes that Icardi's good mood has something to do with his goal against Parma.

Icardi, who scored the goal, also came off the bench in the next round against Cagliari, but this time he failed to score again. Sampdoria defeated Cagliari 1:0 at home, and the goal had nothing to do with Icardi.

Next, Sampdoria is a guest at San Siro to challenge Inter Milan.

Meazza and San Siro are actually a stadium, but because the supporters of the two teams insist on different footwork, they have two names, but in fact the official name of this stadium is the Meazza Stadium, Meazza Stadium. It is a famous legend of Inter Milan, but AC Milan fans are not happy to use this name, they still insist on using San Siro.

Gao Zheng set foot on the stadium again, but this time he failed to help Sampdoria beat Inter Milan.

He had a goal and an assist in the game, and in the post-match media ratings, he was the highest scorer in the Sampdoria team.

But Sampdoria still lost to Inter Milan 2:3 away.

This kind of performance made the fans of AC Milan quite critical--beating us, you are like beating chicken blood, how can you beat Inter Milan, you don't show your power?

In fact, if you watch the whole process of this game, you will find that the Sampdoria team has worked very hard.

The competition was fierce, and people were thrown off their feet. Sampdoria left-back Andre Costa was sent off after receiving a yellow card in the 51st minute, and Sampdoria basically played ten against eleven in the second half.

Because he was worried that Gao Zheng would be injured, Di Francesco had to replace Gao Zheng in advance at the 78th minute, and it was Icardi who replaced Gao Zheng.

In fact, at the beginning of the game, Sampdoria played well. Gao Zheng helped Sampdoria take the lead in the 20th minute. This was also his tenth league goal of the season.

Far ahead of everyone else on the scorer list.

But then Inter Milan chased three goals in a row. It wasn't until the 71st minute that Samp got a goal back with the assist of Gao Zheng from Maxi Lopez.

Then the game became more and more intense, because there was only one goal gap, the lead was not safe, and the trailing side saw hope.

Some penalties on the field also caused dissatisfaction among players on both sides.

In the 83rd minute, the referee even stopped the game, rushed to the Sampdoria bench, and sent off the substitute goalkeeper Bernie with a red card, because he had been blaming the referee for his bad decisions. just.

In the end, Icardi failed to save the team, and Sampdoria lost 2:3 to Inter Milan in the away game.

After losing to Inter Milan, two people were sent off, and Sampdoria seemed to be seriously hurt.

Sampdoria's next two games against Atalanta and Palermo

Leah lost. And they also lost Maxi Lopez during this period. The Argentine striker was seriously injured in training and was initially expected to miss two months of competition...

For Sampdoria, it was really a leaky house and rainy night.

After 12 league rounds, Sampdoria has accumulated 17 points, and the ranking has dropped to eighth.

However, judging from the club's goals at the beginning of the season, this result can still be considered good. After all, for a team whose goal is relegation and which has not made heavy signings during the summer transfer period, being able to rank in the middle is already considered a very good performance.

But the goal is always changing. After seeing the three-game winning streak at the beginning of the Sampdoria League, everyone naturally has higher requirements for this team, hoping that their goal can not only be relegation.

In this context, the three-game losing streak looks a bit ugly.

It is understandable to lose away to Inter Milan with one less player, but the subsequent consecutive losses to Atlanta and Palermo have caused many people to criticize the team.

During this period of time, Di Francesco was under a lot of pressure, and there were even rumors that the club was looking for a successor for Di Francesco.

Although it was quickly denied by the club, since there are such rumors, it shows that there is soil and foundation for spreading such rumors.

After all, it is not once or twice that the top management of the Sampdoria club is unreliable.

There are also rumors that the next round of the lighthouse derby against Genoa will be a hurdle. If Sampdoria loses again, Di Francesco's coaching position may really be lost...

Of course, such rumors were quickly denied by both the Sampdoria club and Di Francesco himself.

There is no such thing.

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These seemingly false rumors seem to be warming up the Lighthouse Derby.

After Sampdoria was relegated to the second division, Genoa has not had a derby for a whole year.

This season, with Sampdoria returning to the First Division, Italy's famous "Lighthouse Derby" can finally continue again.

Since statistics are available, this year's game is the eighty-seventh "Lighthouse Derby"-this is the number that counts all official competitions, including Serie A, Serie B, and Italian Cup. In the 86 derbies that have ended, Sampdoria is more dominant. They have won 31 games, lost 22 games, and tied 33 games.

If only Serie A is counted, the Lighthouse Derby has played a total of 58 games, and Sampdoria still has the upper hand, winning the second market, losing 14 games, and drawing 24 times.

Just looking at this result, it seems that in the city of Genoa, Sampdoria is stronger. But in fact, the glorious history of the Genoa team was before the birth of Sampdoria. When Genoa won nine league titles, Sampdoria had not yet been born.

So when Genoa was strong, there was no "Lighthouse Derby". And when Sampdoria was born, Genoa's golden age has passed, so reflected in the Derby results, Sampdoria is more dominant.

In fact, during the period with Mancini and Gullit, Sampdoria had an absolute advantage in the "Lighthouse Derby". From 1982 to 1994, fifteen Serie A "Lighthouse Derby" , Sampdoria only lost one game.

That period was also the most glorious time for Sampdoria. Together with Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Parma, Naples, Sampdoria and Fiorentina, they were called the "Seven Sisters of Serie A". . At the same time, it was also the most glorious time of Serie A. Because of the gathering of superstars, fierce competition and exciting games, it was called the "Little World Cup".

When the time entered the new century, Sampdoria fell into decline, and the number of times the two teams could appear in Serie A at the same time was not much. The "Lighthouse Derby" in the first Serie A game of the new century did not arrive until September 23, 2007.

Since then, Sampdoria and Genoa have played against each other eight times in Serie A. Sampdoria has only won twice, tied once, and lost all the other five games.

Especially the two matches in the 2010-2011 season

In the game, Sampdoria was double-killed by Genoa. Among them, in the second "Lighthouse Derby", Sampdoria lost 1:2 away to Genoa, and their relegation to the second division became a foregone conclusion. Genoa personally sent the rivals in the same city to hell, which made Genoa fans happy for a summer.

Now with the upgrade of Sampdoria, the grievances and hatred between the two teams in this city will continue.

But this time, Sampdoria obviously treated this "Lighthouse Derby" with a mentality of revenge. They still remember who pushed them into the abyss a season ago.

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