Fox in the Penalty Area

Maxi Carey got the ball at the front of the penalty area. Facing Arce's defense, his fake move was of no use.

The thirty-six-year-old Arce is extremely experienced. Although his physical functions have declined compared to his peak period, as a defensive player and relying on a mature defensive system, he does not need to rely too much on his physical fitness to complete the defense.

Just like now.

As long as he stands in a good position and is not easily deceived by Kaili, he can make Kaili return without success.

Of course, Kyrie can use his personal skills to force a breakthrough, but when the Turin Bulls contracted particularly hard, there was not much space in the penalty area for Kyrie to display his skills. It's possible that he barely got past Arce, only for Nazari to kick the football away.

Since the opportunity was not very good, Kyrie did not force a breakthrough. He chose to pass the football back and reorganize the offense.

The person he passed on was Vukovich.

The last game against Sevilla Navigator allowed the whole team to gradually accept and adapt to the current way of playing.

He also gradually accepted that Vukovic can control the team's offensive and defensive rhythm in the midfield.

A proud person like Kaili has no objection.

Now receiving Kyrie's pass, Vukovich did not stop the ball but directly moved the football to the right.

The ball was passed to Kamara's feet.

The Turin Bulls deployed heavy troops in the middle and blocked them at all levels. In comparison, the wings will have more space and opportunities.

Although in the first round of the Champions League group stage, the Madrid Pirates were tied away by the weak Piraeus, and the Turin Bulls 1: defeated Ribesburg, in the group rankings, the Turin Bulls were first .

But the Turin Bulls, who came to the home court of Madrid Pirates, put themselves in a relatively weak position.

Their tactics are also very pragmatic, defensive and counterattack.

Relying on strong defensive capabilities, they have thwarted Madrid Pirates' attacks time and time again. Then when the Pirates are unable to attack at home for a long time and become impatient, they can then use a counterattack to take them away.

Kamara used his speed from the wing to force a breakthrough and then passed the ball.

Kyrie, Vukovic and Hu Lai fired three arrows in the penalty area.

Fight for the top at the same time!

Hulay is the shortest among them, but Nazari is following him. Obviously in Nazari's eyes, Hulay is the most threatening player.

Sure enough, Hu Lai ran to the landing point.

But Nazari kept following him and he couldn't header the ball.

The two jumped up to fight for the top, and the ball was finally cleared by Nazari's header.

The football that was pushed out fell outside the penalty area, and the second landing point was controlled by the Madrid Pirates.

Tonini, who moved from the wing to the center, faced the flying football and volleyed without stopping the ball!

He hit a very high-quality shot, and the football went straight to the far post!

In front of the goal, Albertazzi jumped into the air and rushed to his left hand side almost as soon as he shot.

The ball has arrived!

Arrived!

Albertazzi threw the football away with one palm!

"Oh one by one! Beautiful! Tonini shot beautifully! Albertazzi also saved beautifully! After the start of this season, Albertazzi's condition is indeed very good. He has only conceded one goal so far!"

After Albertazzi stood up from the ground after completing the save, he did not cheer for his wonderful save. Instead, he shouted to his teammates: "Don't let them easily kick their feet outside the penalty area!"

As a goalkeeper, he is indeed much more mature than he was when he was obsessed with the "Iceberg" character.

"The game has been going on for fifty-five minutes, and the score is still:. In the game, the Madrid Pirates playing at home have the advantage, and they attack more. But in terms of results, the Turin Bulls are evenly matched with them. In this game, Alberta Qi has made six saves so far and is an important contributor to the team's ability to maintain the tie..."

Commentator He Feng was introducing the situation to the fans and viewers in front of the TV.

Just after completing this save, the subtitles of the broadcast showed the number of saves Albertazzi had made in this game.

The six-save performance was outstanding.

Some goalkeepers may not be able to make six saves in a game...

Of course, Albertazzi's ability to complete so many saves also shows that the Turin Bulls are at a disadvantage as a whole, otherwise the Pirates would not have been able to get so many shooting opportunities.

The Turin Bulls are currently ranked first in Serie A and seem to be the giant in Serie A, but this giant is a bit "empty".

They relied on defense, not offense.

Defense is always passive. If the offense is unfavorable and you only rely on defense, you may be able to survive in Serie A, but it will be difficult to switch to the Champions League where strong enemies are around.

In the first round of the Champions League group stage, facing Ribesburg, the weakest team in the group, at home, the Serie A hegemon could only win by one goal.

This shows how weak their offense is.

In the past few years, the Turin Bulls have relied too much on Caesar in their offense, causing them to be "lazy" for a long time in terms of tactics and player psychology.

Once Caesar's condition declines, their offense will have big problems.

This problem actually existed last season. The Turin Bulls were eventually eliminated from the Champions League because Caesar was injured and played injured in the semi-finals and was in poor condition. In the end, Stan Park Rangers dragged the game into a penalty shootout and lost the game.

The same is true in the league. Due to the impact of Caesar's injury, they lost the first place in the league after sitting for most of the season in the final stage of the league. They lost the championship battle with Insubre and let the giants from Milan The team regained the league championship.

Otherwise, they would not be in the same group as La Liga champion Madrid Pirates in the Champions League group stage this season.

In the past two years, the Turin Bulls and Madrid teams have been at odds. In last season's Champions League group stage, as the Serie A champions, they were placed in a group with the Spanish runner-up Madrid Kings. This season they became runners-up, but were placed in the same group as La Liga champions Madrid Pirates. What a fate...

※※The Madrid Pirates' corner kick came out, Danny Drew grabbed the point and pushed the football towards the goal.

Albertazzi made another save, blocking Drew's header.

However, because Drew's top of the ball is very tricky, Albertazzi's saving action is somewhat limited. He can block the football very well, but he has no ability to save the football from the bottom line or the dangerous area...

So the football is still in front of the goal!

Chaos in front of the Turin Bulls!

Hu Lai grabbed the point and stretched out his foot to poke the football towards the goal!

The stands at Pirates Park erupted in eager cheers!

But the football was kicked out by Nazari on the goal line!

"Oops! Did this goal go in?!"

He Feng felt regretful and a little confused.

The TV broadcast quickly answered his questions:

The goal line technology clearly told everyone that Nazari's clearance was very timely, and the football was not even allowed to be on the goal line, but was kicked out before the goal line.

no????goal!

No goal!

Albertazzi patted Nazari on the shoulder with some fear and thanked him for the rescue.

Nazari in turn thanked Albertazzi for the save just now. If it hadn't been for him, Drew might have scored directly, and Hu Lai wouldn't have had the chance to make a follow-up shot...

※※※Due to the fierce offensive of the Madrid Pirates during this period, the Turin Bulls simply gave up their counterattack temporarily, and the number of troops invested in the attack was seriously insufficient. They focused more on defense, fearing that if they counterattacked, the Madrid Pirates would seize the opportunity to counterattack.

After all, both wings of this Madrid Pirates are capable of counterattack.

Especially Kamara, who joined the team on the right this season, is fast, has good skills, and has very strong individual combat capabilities.

Turin Bulls head coach Zaccaroni does not dare to take it lightly.

Because the Turin Bulls were heavily guarded near the penalty area and they had far fewer people in the midfield, Maxi Carey retreated from outside the penalty area to near the midfield to meet Vukovich.

Vukovic passed him the football.

With his back to the direction of the attack, Kyrie directly knocked the football behind him with his heel. At the same time, he turned around and left the Turin Bulls midfielder Thomas Cremonini behind!

Cremonini originally wanted to steal the ball, but ended up stretching out his feet, but couldn't kick anything. He only had time to slightly block Kyrie with his body.

However, the Turin Bulls definitely did not expect to intercept Maxi Carey's ball with just one Clemenini's steal.

So just when Kyrie turned around to chase the ball, the second Turin Bulls player, their other midfielder Christian Mosqueira, had already rushed forward and was about to steal the ball.

But just as he stretched his foot up, the outside instep of Carey's right foot gently pushed the football aside, and the football passed between Mosquera's legs.

Carey then flashed behind Mosquera, who overran his head, and caught up with the football that was pushed away by him.

He raised his right leg, trying to shoot.

As a result, center back Arce had to step up to block his long shot.

Carey did not shoot. After tricking Arce into pressing him, he gently lowered his raised right leg and pushed the football diagonally to Hulay.

At the same time that the football was passed to Hulay, Kamara, who was on the wing, cut in diagonally and penetrated behind the Turin Bulls' defense.

This made the central defender Nazari, who originally wanted to press forward, hesitate for a moment - Kamara was obviously coming towards the space behind him. If he pressed forward, Kamara would receive the ball without going offside. Pass to Hulay.

Hulay caught the moment of Nazari's hesitation and got the chance to shoot. He didn't stop the ball and shot directly from a long distance!

The football roars towards the Turin Bulls goal!

Albertazzi jumped into the air, made a save, and rushed towards the football...but he didn't touch it!

When he saw the football flying past his hands, his heart seemed to really stop - what the hell! I'm going to be scored by Hu Lai!

But then he saw the football hit the goal post hard!

"Hu Lai's long shot - oh! The post! The football hit the post! What a bad luck!"

The cheers at Pirates Park turned to sighs of regret.

With a huge sigh, Hu Lai put his head in his hands, looking very sorry.

Albertazzi fell to the ground, rolled around and quickly got up again.

Although his face was relatively calm, his heart was beating uncontrollably!

He was really frightened by Hu Lai's kick just now.

Volleying without stopping the ball, such a sudden shot with such power and accuracy...

Almost... almost scored by that kid!

After the initial sigh, the Madrid Pirates fans gave the team a warm applause in the stands for this attack.

Amid thunderous applause, Hu Lai turned around and gave a thumbs up to Carey who passed the ball to him.

※※※Before this game, some people thought it was a contest between Hulay and Albertazzi.

After the game started, they thought it was a contest between Hulay and the Turin Bulls defensive system of Nazari and Albertazzi.

But they were all wrong. This was a battle between the offensive lineup of the Madrid Pirates represented by Hulay and the defensive system of the Turin Bulls represented by Nazari and Albertazzi.