Chapter 161: "Iceberg" Albertazzi

"Albertazzi! Oh my goodness!"
When Matthew Cox yelled so, he held his head with his hands in the commentary booth.
Like Cox, all the Leeds City fans in the stands of the Flanders Stadium looked at Ferenc’s goal with their heads in their hands.
This is the seventy-seventh minute of the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final match between Leeds City and Ferenc.
The scoreboard on the big screen shows the score at this moment:
0:0
Proud of offense, Leeds, which is playing at home, can't even take Ferenc!
Just now, Pete Williams suddenly shot a cold arrow outside the penalty area.
The football flew to the bottom left corner of the goal against the turf.
This was a very high-quality shot, but it was thrown on the ground by Ferenc’s goalkeeper Mauro Albertazzi, and he was caught in his arms without even giving a corner kick to Leeds...
This offense and defense is a microcosm of the confrontation between the two teams in this game:
At the beginning of the game, Ferenc, who was fighting away, took a posture, shrank the line of defense, and built a wall in front of the goal.
They didn't think about counterattacks or sneak attacks at all, just guarding the 30-meter area.
Give up all the places outside the 30-meter area, Leeds can freely pass the ball outside there without worrying about being intercepted.
But this kind of game is not what Leeds City wants.
It's not that they haven't played against teams that value defense. With Leeds City's reputation for being good at attacking, it is only natural for those weak teams to choose defense when facing Leeds City.
It's just that Leeds has never encountered a team that attaches so much importance to defense as Ferenc.
Even the Italian team, which has always attached importance to defense, is really rare.
In fact, Ferenc is also a very different team in Italian football.
They seem to shrink to the 30-meter area to defend, but they don't simply cram people into this area.
The defense in the 30-meter area is also divided into different levels to ensure that there is a certain degree of depth, and will not give Leeds a chance to penetrate their defense in a through pass.
This kind of downright intensive defense is very ugly on the scene.
But Ferenc’s players don’t care about the illusory face problem. They are like a sophisticated machine. Everyone does their job in their place and meticulously implements the coach Federico Broli’s work. Tactics.
Because of tactical needs, Ferenc’s starting forwards are not those who are particularly good at scoring goals, but are "engineered forwards" with good physical strength, strong running ability, and willingness to devote their physical strength to contribute to the team-Hu Lai. People, in Ferenc, I can't play the game at all, because the defensive ability is too poor...
Ferenc's defense started from the forwards, and they were the first line of defense.
Then there is the midfielder, and then the defender.
Finally, goalkeeper Albertazzi.
Even if the Leeds offensive can break through the first three layers of defense and hit Albertazzi, it will be difficult to surpass this "iceberg."
Albertazzi, who threw Williams' long shot, got up from the ground, without the slightest expression of joy or excitement on his face.
Unlike some goalkeepers, every time they make a wonderful save, they will yell out, shake their fists or something, on the one hand to vent their emotions, on the other hand they are also to cheer up their teammates.
Albertazzi would not do this at all.
"Mauro Albertazzi has a nickname called "Bingshan"." Shen Lang, the commentator of Ascendas Video, introduced to the fans in China.
Europa League CCTV did not purchase the live broadcast rights, so Chinese fans want to see Hu Lai's brilliant performance in the Europa League only through the online platform. Fortunately, Tengfei Video won the qualification for broadcasting the Europa League in China.
But when they bought the broadcasting rights, it was two years ago. At that time, Hu Lai had just gone to Leeds. No one knew that he would represent Leeds in the Europa League two years later. This wave of takeoff videos is a surprise-if there were no Hu Lai, the Europa League would definitely not have received so many people's attention in China.
"From this nickname, everyone can guess his style. A very calm goalkeeper, with a maturity and calmness that is completely inconsistent with his age, he is like a 35-year-old veteran on the court...Although there are criticisms He lacks passion, most of the time he can't come out in the small restricted area, which is not in line with the current trend of "door guard". But Albertazzi, with his anti-sky technique and amazing physical fitness, prevents him from catching up with the trend. If you insist on being yourself, you will be among the top goalkeepers on the planet..."
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Laski sat on the bench, breathing heavily, and looked at Ferenc's door.
He was replaced by captain Lorenzo Esposito five minutes ago.
Leeds City intends to pay Lenz in a simpler and more direct way.
Also replaced was Charlie Porter, and at the same time Camara moved back from a winger to a full-back.
The Leeds City team constantly tried to pass the football from the wing to the goal, to Lorenzo's head, and he would complete the fight for the top, create chaos in front of Ferenc's goal, and create opportunities for Hulay.
But judging from the game in these few minutes, little effect has been achieved.
Is there anything unique about Ferenc's tactics?
No, it's just a bus. It is mainly through the players running at all costs to ensure that there are no loopholes.
However, manpower is sometimes exhausted. In the last ten minutes of the game, even after the substitution adjustment, Ferenc's physical strength has also dropped a lot.
Leeds City will always seize the opportunity to play some offense.
But these offenses are without exception, when they come to the final ring, they will face Mauro Albertazzi.
According to the latest statistics, up to the 80th minute of this game, Leeds City had a total of 38 shots, of which 17 shots were within the range of the goal frame.
In front of such amazing data, the score is indeed 0:0.
Alberta made great contributions here.
Of the 17 shots from Leeds City, except for two blocked shots by Ferenc's players, the remaining 15 shots were all saved by Albertazzi.
Whether it is forwards such as Hulai, Kamara, Laski, or midfielders such as Pete Williams and Jay Adams, their shots have not been able to pass Albertazzi's ten fingers!
Matthew Cox was helpless: "Calm like ice, insurmountable like a mountain... This is the'Iceberg' Albertazzi! The game is not over yet, but he has created a single game save in the history of the Europa League. The record of the number of times...Of course, this save record is also half the credit of Leeds, because it was their indiscriminate bombing that created the most perfect performance stage for Albertazzi..."
How to break the intensive defense is a worldwide problem. It can be said that Leeds City has done everything they can, whether it's long shots or set-pieces, or use the players' personal abilities to break through and create chaos...
Clark has done everything he can.
Hulay's game was completely trapped in the crowds of Ferenc's defense.
A total of five shots were completed, three of which were within the range of the goal frame, but they were all resolved by Albertazzi.
There were two shots left, and one was missed by the opponent's defender in the penalty area.
The other kick was a long shot outside the penalty area, and the result was higher than the crossbar.
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At the end of the game, Leeds was still besieging Ferenc-30 minutes ago, they besieged like this. At that time, Leeds City fans were also worried that Ferentz would seize the opportunity to attack one.
Now they don't worry at all, because Ferenc is stunned not to cross the thunder pond for half a step. In the whole game, Ferenc shot three times, and it was all sixty minutes before the game...
The Leeds City fans in the stands all died~EbookFREE.me~ looked at the stadium blankly with their heads in their hands.
The Flanders Stadium, which had been noisy for ninety-four minutes, quickly calmed down.
Leeds, which has always been known for its offensive firepower, crashed into a high mountain this time.
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One of the weapons that breaks dense defense is long-range shooting.
At the end of the game, Leeds’ shots soared to forty-two, and more than half of them were long shots.
At the last moment of the game, everyone didn't want to slowly organize to find the loopholes in Ferenc's defense line. The simplest and direct offensive method was long shots.
So Jay Adams took another long shot from outside the penalty area.
It's just that under the interference of Ferenc players, his shot was slightly off, and his power was not big. Flying into the penalty area hit the Ferenc central defender Nicolas Serafeni's body deflected and bounced to the other side!
"Hu Lai chance!!"
After seeing the football flying past, Shen Lang, the commentator of the takeoff video, cried out excitedly when there was Hu Lai there.
Although Ferenc’s midfielder Samuel Corrent is next to Hulay, it is also an opportunity anyway!
Hu Lai opened his arms, tried to keep Corrent behind, and shot!
He knew the opportunity was indispensable, because Albertazzi had already deflected to the other side with Adams's shot just now...
But after he kicked the football out, he found Albertazzi flying sideways and shot the football that he shot towards the goal with a single palm!
Am I fucking? !
Hu Lai stared at Albertazzi who was in the air with wide eyes.
How did he jump back? !
"Albertazzi--! The 18th successful save in the whole game!"
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PS, sorry, after I came back from playing outside, I caught a cold again, my mind was dizzy, I was confused about my life, and I forgot to set the automatic update...
(End of this chapter)