Chapter 1931 The status is out

Before the Chinese team kicked off, Mauro Albertazzi, the main goalkeeper of the Italian national team, was standing a little in front of the penalty spot.

This is also a normal position - not all goalkeepers like to stand out of the box when kicking off.

Judging from this position, Albertazzi does not seem to have made any targeted arrangements for Hu Lai's possible mid-circle shot.

He is still some distance away from the goal behind him.

But when Zhou Zijing knocked the football towards the Italian half, Albertazzi immediately retreated towards the goal behind him!

And when you are about to retreat to the goal line, jump to the right!

The football has already flown to the goal at this time!

He was flying in the air, stretching his body as much as possible, stretching his arms, his whole body was like a bird flying in the air, full of unique beauty.

Then, after a little support under the flying football, the football jumped over the crossbar, landed on the top net, was caught by the net, bounced again, and finally fell outside the baseline.

"Let's look at Albertazzi's save after the start of the game again. I have to say that the quality of Hou Lai's shot is actually quite high. But Albertazzi's save is also really beautiful-he did not stay in front of the goal line. Then when the football flew in front of the goal, he jumped up and lifted the football over the crossbar..."

Accompanied by the commentator's voice, the TV broadcast is replaying Albertazzi's save ten seconds after the start of the game.

"I feel that this save has inspired Albertazzi's state."

In front of the projection screen, Mao Xiao commented.

Meng Xi, who was a goalkeeper in high school and is now the goalkeeper of the Jincheng branch of their Dongchuan Middle School football team, said:

"I actually suspect that Albertazzi is looking forward to Hu Lai's opening shot, and he is ready to save the ball."

"How to say?" Mao Xiao asked him.

"I think a normal goalkeeper, when facing Hu Lai, will choose to stand on the goal line in order to prevent him from kicking off and shooting directly. In this way, he doesn't have to pounce, so that Hu Lai can dispel the idea of ​​​​shooting directly. ?”

Meng Xi asked everyone this.

The people present also nodded.

After all, the biggest advantage of kicking off in the middle circle is actually "suddenness".

Once the suddenness is lost and the opponent's goalkeeper is prepared in advance, the kick-off shot from the middle circle will be useless.

This is why before the game they didn't think that Hu Lai would make a mid-circle shot.

Because they felt that Albertazzi should be on guard.

Unexpectedly, Albertazzi was completely undefended.

After watching his saving performance, everyone will have to admit that maybe Meng Xi guessed right when they come to taste Meng Xi's words.

Albertazzi deliberately lured Hou Lai to shoot directly from the center circle.

"Then why would he do that?" someone asked.

"Goalkeepers are more or less superstitious. For example, they pay special attention to their first save in this game. If they make a good save, they will be very confident and can play quickly." Meng Xi further explained.

"I guess Albertazzi wanted to save Hou Lai's shot in the middle circle to give himself a psychological hint, and doing so can also boost the morale of the team. After all, Hou Lai just scored the same goal against Spain, Now the whole world is discussing this ball, if he repeats his tricks and is saved by Albertazzi, it must be a boost to the morale of the Italian side... and the actual effect is indeed very good."

After listening to Meng Xi's analysis, everyone fell into silence watching the time and score of the live broadcast of the game.

In the 65th minute of the game, the score was 0:0.

So far, Albertazzi has made six effective saves, denying all shots from the Chinese team.

Among the six shots, Luo Kai twice, Hu Lai twice, Zhou Zijing once, Wang Guangwei once.

Six shots were within the range of the goal frame. With such a shooting percentage, it can be said that the quality of the Chinese team's offense is quite good.

In the end, he failed to break through Albertazzi's ten fingers.

Albertazzi is very active and in good condition. It can be said that he has completely shown the peak performance of his career.

He was able to save long-range shots, and he also blocked short-range shots. Even Luo Kai's one-handed ball, he rubbed it out with his feet...

In the beginning, Meng Xi and the others held their heads in their hands because Albertazzi saved the Chinese team's shot, looked up to the sky and sighed, and shouted "I **** this ball".

Later they were all numb.

"...At the beginning of the game, Italy also tried to attack. But they were counterattacked by the Chinese team a few times and almost conceded the ball-if it wasn't for Albertazi's good performance...Italian coach Caviglia made a quick decision Adjustment, from offense to defensive counterattack. They took the initiative to give up all the courts outside the 30-meter area and let the Chinese team besiege. Albertazzi's outstanding performance combined with Italian football's defensive talent, the Chinese team really did not take them. Method…"

During the live broadcast of the game, He Feng and Yan Kang were discussing the problems that the Chinese team encountered during the past 65 minutes.

Yan Kang followed He Feng's words: "I think that the last Chinese team's 3-0 victory over Spain may have given many people the illusion. That is, the Chinese team's offense is very strong. No matter what opponent they face, they can do everything they can. crushing the opponent...but it's not like this, a football game is not such a simple comparison of strengths..."

He Feng echoed: "That's right. It doesn't mean that Spain is stronger than the Italian team. If the Chinese team can beat Spain 3-0, they can at least win Italy by three goals. In the Spanish game, the reason why the Chinese team was able to win by three goals Come down, it has a lot to do with Hu Lai's opening goal. He completely disrupted Spain's pre-match deployment and players' mentality. It took a lot of effort, they didn't just rely on Alberta..."

Hearing what the two narrators said, Zhong Shihao on the sofa suddenly said: "Actually, a tie is fine... We get four points for a tie, and we won Nigeria in the last round. No matter what, we will qualify with seven points, and we will be the first in the group!"

Meng Xi asked: "Hey, if we enter one, will Caviglia replace Caesar?"

Everyone froze for a moment, then suddenly became excited again: "For Tang Yuan, Hu Lai, hurry up and score a goal!"

Tang Yuan was puzzled: "What does it have to do with me!"

"In order to let your idol play!"

Tang Yuan shook his head: "Even if Italy lags behind, Caviglia may not let Caesar play..."

While everyone was joking around and chatting, the Chinese team on the field was organizing an attack.

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Houlai dropped back, flanked by Italian centre-back Alessio Mattioli.

This opponent, Hu Lai, has also played against him this season.

Just in the Champions League group stage, he was restricted very hard by Mattioli and Danish international Emile Mortensen in that game, and once wanted to use Bergkamp's classic waltz to get rid of the defense.

In the end, of course, it failed...

Later, he tried his best and played a little smart, and finally created a chance that he didn't have to face Mortensen and Mattioli at the same time. He singled out Mortensen and successfully beat the football. goal.

It was his only goal of the game, and the only goal of that game for the Pirates of Madrid.

As for Mattioli, Hou Lai did not score under his defense.

This shows how difficult Mattioli is.

As a central defender, Mattioli is also a talented player among the central defenders.

Eight years ago, at the age of 24, he was the main player of the Italian national team in the World Cup and helped the team win the World Cup.

He and Pedro Nazari formed a solid defensive line, conceding two goals in the whole World Cup, one of which was a penalty...

Compared with Nazari, the "World First Guard" who was well-balanced in all aspects, the 24-year-old Mattioli is still immature, but he has already shown his talent.

With a height of 1.86 meters, he has a slightly thin body, but he is relatively flexible and has a good defense awareness. He can partner with central defenders of different styles and levels. He is the kind of person who makes his partners feel at ease.

Later, as he grew older, his experience became more and more abundant, and he gradually grew into a headache-inducing top central defender.

He and Nazari are also the main central defender partners of the Italian national team in the last eight years.

As long as the two of them are not injured, almost no one can shake their position.

Moreover, Nazari is only 34 years old, and Mattioli is 32 years old. With the current level of scientific training, the two have rich experience and are in the "mature years" of their respective careers.

This is also one of the important reasons why the Italian striker is weak, and this team was able to directly enter the World Cup finals as the first in the European qualifier group.

Hou Lai has seen the power of Mattioli, a central defender, in the club.

At that time, his teammates were stronger than the current national team, so he played very hard just like that.

Not to mention today's game.

Mattioli obviously took the task of the head coach to play, and followed him throughout the game, giving full play to his more flexible characteristics, making it almost impossible for Hu Lai to hold the ball well.

Under his defense, Hu Lai only had one shot and hit the goal frame.

His shot was saved directly by goalkeeper Albertazzi.

This shot was also the only time Hu Lai got rid of Mattioli. For the other shots, he kicked under Mattioli's interference, and he didn't hit the goal frame.

Zhang Qinghuan saw Hu Lai running out to meet him with Mattioli at his side, so instead of passing the football to him, he passed it to the space where Mattioli was pulled out.

That space is occupied by Zhou Zijing.

But Zhou Zijing also has an Italian central defender, Pedro Nazzari.

So Zhou Zijing didn't catch the ball, he passed the football to the right and gave it to Luo Kai who was pulling the side at the far end.

After receiving the ball, Roquet faced Italy's left-back Bruno Celli.

The opponent stepped forward to block him, and Luo Kai directly changed to cut in. He made a feint - stepped over the football with his right foot, and after a feint shot, the outside instep of his left foot pushed the football forward.

After pulling away horizontally, Luo Kai swung his left foot and made a gesture to shoot, tricking Cheli to stretch his leg to block. His left foot came down and knocked the ball back to the right, and he changed direction again, trying to cut directly into the penalty area.

But Cheli's reaction was also very fast, and it can even be said that he had been prepared for a long time. He stretched out his foot to block the shot, maybe he wanted to trick Luo Kai into smashing the ball to the right.

So when Luo Kai smashed the ball to the right, Cheli, who had raised his leg, quickly lowered his leg, turned around and ran back, just cutting on Luo Kai's advancing route.

Seeing that Luo Kai was about to lose control of the football, he could only use his left foot to support his body, his right leg stretched forward as far as possible, and his ankle was hooked, trying to hook the football back.

But instead of touching the football, he kicked Cheli who squeezed in.

So Cherry instantly turned into "Lin Daiyu in the restricted area", fell to the ground weakly and yelled.

Accompanied by his shout was the referee's whistle.

"Foul by the attacking side! The referee called Luo Kai's foul for kicking! Cheli's reaction to this ball was really fast..."

Cheli, who was kicked to the ground, lay on the ground holding his calf ~lightnovelpub.net~ seemed to be in pain.

Luo Kai, who kicked him down, sat on the ground and spread his hands, feeling very helpless at the referee's penalty.

Of course he didn't foul on purpose, and he also admitted that he kicked the opponent, but Cheli's performance is too exaggerated, right?

Could it be another person who fought me one-on-one outside the penalty area without losing the wind at all?

After Luo Kai got up, Cherry lay on the ground for a while longer. It wasn't until the referee repeatedly asked him whether he needed a team doctor or a stretcher that he stood up slowly from the ground.

Judging from the expression, there is still some pain, but judging from the action, there is nothing wrong with it.

Italian coach Caviglia, who saw this scene off the court, glanced at the time on his watch.

The game has progressed to the 71st minute.

It's time to make a change again.

So he turned and walked towards Caesar who was still sitting on the bench, and said to him, "Selius, go warm up!"

(end of this chapter)