Fox in the Penalty Area

"Albertazzi! Oh my God!"

When Matthew Cox yelled that, he put his head in his hands in the commentary booth.

All the Leeds City fans in the stands of the Flanders Stadium, like Cox, looked at Ferenc's goal with their heads in their hands.

It was the 77th minute of Leeds City's Europa League quarter-final first-leg tie at home to Ferenc.

The scoreboard on the big screen shows the score at this moment:

0:0

Proud of offense, Leeds City, who are playing at home, can't do anything about Ferencz!

Just now, Pete Williams made a cold arrow outside the penalty area.

The football flew against the turf towards the bottom left corner of the goal.

It was a very high-quality shot, but Ferenc's goalkeeper Mauro Albertazzi threw himself on the side, directly into his arms, and didn't even give Leeds a corner kick...

This offense and defense is a microcosm of the confrontation between the two teams in this game:

At the beginning of the game, Ferencz, who was playing away, put on a posture, shrinking the line of defense, and wanted to build a wall in front of the goal.

They don't think about counterattacks or sneak attacks at all, they just stick to the 30-meter area.

Give up all the places outside the 30-meter area, and Leeds City can control the ball and pass down there at will 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. As Leeds City's reputation for being good at offense has been spread, it is only natural for those teams with poor strength to choose defense when facing Leeds City.

It's just that Leeds City has never encountered a team that attaches so much importance to defense as Ferencz.

Even the Italian team, which always pays attention to defense, is really rare.

In fact, Ferenc is also a team with a very different style in Italian football.

They seem to shrink into the 30-meter area for defense, but it's not simply stuffing people into this area and it's over.

The defense within the 30-meter area is also divided into different levels to ensure a certain degree of depth, so that Leeds City will not be given a chance to penetrate their defense line with a single pass.

This kind of outright intensive defense is very ugly on the scene.

However, Ferenc's players don't care about the illusory face problem at all. They are like a sophisticated machine. tactics.

Because of tactical needs, Ferencz's starting forwards are not the kind who are particularly good at scoring goals, but "engineering forwards" with good physical strength, strong running ability, and willing to contribute to the team with physical strength-such as Hu Lai Man, he couldn't play at all in Ferenc because of his poor defensive ability...

Ferencz's defense starts from the forwards, they are the first line of defense.

Then the midfielders, then the defenders.

Finally, goalkeeper Albertazzi.

Even if Leeds City's offensive can break through the first three layers of defense and reach Albertazzi, it will be difficult to surpass this "iceberg".

Albertazzi, who caught Williams' long-range shot, got up from the ground without any expression of joy or excitement on his face.

It's not at all like some goalkeepers who shout and shake their fists every time they make a wonderful save. On the one hand, they vent their emotions, and on the other hand, they cheer up their teammates.

Albertazzi did not do that at all.

"Mauro Albertazzi has a nickname called 'Bingshan'." Shen Lang, the commentator of the Tengfei video, introduced to domestic fans.

CCTV did not purchase the live broadcast rights for the Europa League, so Chinese fans who want to see Hu Lai's wonderful performance in the Europa League can only use the online platform. Fortunately, Tengfei Video won the qualification to broadcast the UEFA Europa League in China.

But when they bought the broadcast rights, it was two years ago. At that time, Hu Lai had just gone to Leeds City. No one knew that he would represent Leeds City in the Europa League two years later. This wave of Tengfei video is a surprise - if there is no Hu Lai,

The UEFA Europa League will definitely not attract so many people's attention in China.

"From this nickname, everyone can guess his style. A very calm goalkeeper, with a maturity and composure that is completely out of line with his age, he is like a 35-year-old veteran on the court...Although some people criticize him He lacks passion and stays out of the small penalty area most of the time, which is not in line with the current trend of 'keeper'. But Albertazzi, with his incredible goal line skills and amazing physical fitness, saves him from catching up with the trend. Just be yourself and you'll be one of the best goalkeepers on the planet..."

※※※

Lasky sat on the bench, panting heavily, looking towards Ferenc's door.

He had been brought off five minutes earlier by captain Lorenzo Esposito.

Leeds City intends to deal with Ferenc in a simpler and more direct way.

Also replaced was Charlie Potter, while Kamara moved back from winger to winger.

The Leeds City team kept trying to pass the football from the wing to the goal, to Lorenzo's head, and it was up to him to complete the challenge, create chaos in front of Ferencz's goal, and create opportunities for Hou Lai.

But judging from the few minutes of the game, it has had little effect.

What is unique about Ferencz's tactics?

No, just take the bus. It is mainly through the running of the players that they spare no effort to ensure that there are no loopholes.

However, manpower is sometimes exhausted. In the last ten minutes of the game, Ferencz's physical strength has dropped a lot even after substitutions and adjustments.

Leeds City will always seize the opportunity to play some offense.

But these attacks are without exception, and when they come to the last ring, they will face Mauro Albertazzi.

According to the latest statistics, Leeds City have had a total of 38 shots so far in the 80th minute of the game, 17 of which were within the frame.

In front of such amazing data, it is indeed a 0:0 score.

Alberta played a major role in this.

Of Leeds City's 17 shots on goal, except for two being blocked by Ferenc's players, the remaining 15 shots were all saved by Albertazzi.

Whether it is a striker like Hou Lai, Kamara, Lasky, or a midfielder like Pete Williams or Jay Adams, none of their shots can pass through Albertazzi's ten fingers!

Matthew Cox is very helpless: "Calm as ice, insurmountable as a mountain... This is the 'Iceberg' Albertazzi! The game is not over yet, but he has created the 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 of the credit of Leeds City, because it is their indiscriminate bombing that created the most perfect performance stage for Albertazi..."

How to break through dense defense is a worldwide problem. It can be said that Leeds City has done everything they can, whether it is a long shot or a set kick, or using the player's personal ability to break through and create chaos...

All the tricks Clark could use were exhausted.

In this game, Hu Lai completely fell into the crowd trap of Ferencz's defense.

A total of five shots were completed, three of which were within the frame of the goal, but were all resolved by Albertazzi.

Of the remaining two shots, one was missed by the opponent's defender in the penalty area.

The other kick was a long-range shot from outside the penalty area and it went over the crossbar.

※※※

At the last moment of the game, Leeds City was still besieging Ferencz-thirty minutes ago, they besieged like this. At that time, Leeds City fans were still worried that Ferencz would seize the opportunity to attack one.

Now they are not worried at all, because Ferenc didn't go too far. Ferencz took three shots in the whole game, and it was all 60 minutes before the game...

The Leeds City fans in the stands all died down, and they looked at the stadium blankly with their heads in their hands.

The Flender Stadium, which had been noisy for 94 minutes, quickly calmed down.

Leeds City, which has always been known for its strong offensive firepower, crashed into a high mountain this time.

※※※

One of the weapons to break the dense defense is long-range shooting.

At the end of the game, the number of shots taken by Leeds City soared to forty-two shots, more than half of which were long-range shots.

At the last moment of the game, everyone didn't have the time to slowly organize and find loopholes in Ferencz's defense. The simplest and most direct way to attack is to shoot from a distance.

So Jay Adams took another long shot from outside the penalty area.

It's just that under the interference of Ferenc's players, his shot was slightly off, and the power was not strong. Flying into the penalty area, he hit Ferenc's central defender Nicolo Serafini's body, deflected, and bounced to the other side!

"Holly Chance!!"

Tengfei video commentator Shen Lang cried out excitedly when he saw the football flying past and there was Hu Lai there.

Although Hou Lai is surrounded by Ferenc's midfielder Samuel Corente, it is still an opportunity!

Hu Lai opened his arms, tried to block Corente behind him, and shot with his feet up!

He knew that this opportunity must not be missed, because Albertazzi had already deflected to the other side when Adams shot just now...

But after he kicked the football out, he found that Alberta Qi flew across and shot the football that he shot towards the goal with one palm!

Fuck me? !

Hu Lai stared wide-eyed at Albertazzi who was lying in the air.

How did he pounce back? !

"Albertazzi—! The eighteenth successful save in the whole game!"

※※※

PS, sorry, after I came back from playing outside, I caught a cold again, my mind was dizzy, I was confused, and I forgot to set the automatic update...