The Champions League group match between Madrid Pirates and Insubre lasted for more than ten minutes. Neither side scored, and the score was still 0:0.
Judging from the scene, Insoubre was slightly behind in the away game, but this was their intention.
It was originally an away game, and an important main player was missing. From the beginning of this game, Soubre set his attitude very low.
Even though they are a wealthy team, it is not a loss of face to shrink their defense in front of the defending champion.
Moreover, Insubre itself is an Italian team.
It is normal for Italians to value defense and not be ashamed of running a bus.
As long as we can achieve good results, what's the point of being ugly?
No, didn't you just guard the ball?
Emil Mortensen, who has outstanding frontal defense ability, defended Hulay's first strike, while Alessio Mattioli, who was more flexible, guarded the second strike from the side.
If Mattioli was also shaken away by Hu Lai, there would be a third person.
But based on Piandi's research and understanding of Hulay, he felt that it would be difficult for Hulay to pass two defensive players in a row in the penalty area, so the cooperation of Mortensen and Mattioli was enough.
Emil Mortensen, who is 1.90 meters tall, is a Danish international. His frontal defensive ability is very good, and his excellent physical fitness is very suitable for dealing with Hu Lai, who is not outstanding in strength.
But if Hulay relies on flexibility to get rid of Mortensen, then there is Mattioli.
As the main center back of the Italian national team, the latter is very flexible among center backs and has a very good sense of assisting defense. This allows him to often appear in key positions to complete defense.
It's perfect to use with Mortensen.
In fact, they often cooperate like this in other competitions, and they are not specifically targeting Hu Lai.
Therefore, there is no problem of cooperation and tacit understanding between the two people - they have been partners at Insoubre for four seasons.
They know what they are good at, what they can do, what their shortcomings are, and how the other party can help them.
When Mortensen went up to attack Hu Lai, didn't he know that he might be passed by Hu Lai?
Of course he knew, but he still went up, because if he didn't go up, Hu Lai might shoot immediately, and he had to delay Hu Lai's shot.
As for the fact that he might have been passed over by Hu Lai, he believed that Mattioli would make up for it quickly and he wouldn't have to worry about it.
Sure enough, after he was shaken away, he turned around and saw Mattioli making a big save.
After finishing the defense, he gave Mattioli a thumbs up and said in accented Italian: "Great, Alessio!"
Hulay, who was holding his head in his hands and regretting that he missed this opportunity, heard this and turned to Mattioli and said: "He is right, it is indeed great, Alessio."
He also spoke Italian, and even his tone was somewhat similar to Mortensen's, with a bit of a Nordic accent.
Mortensen and Mattioli looked at each other, feeling like someone was eavesdropping on their conversation.
To be honest, this feeling is very bad.
Not to mention that Hu Lai's words and tone will naturally be understood as a "provocation"...
So they all frowned in unison.
The two of us are communicating, what's the matter with you? You just join us?
But they did not choose to fight back. Instead, they looked at each other and remained silent, while giving Hu Lai a cold look.
Hu Lai didn't care about their attitude, he still had a smile on his face.
Mortensen and Mattioli looked at each other again. This was their first time playing against Hulay.
They all knew what kind of player Hu Lai was from the news and game videos.
But "what you see on paper is ultimately shallow, but you definitely know that you have to do it in detail."
Without actually meeting Hu Lai in the game, it would be difficult for them to imagine how annoying a person can be on the court just by talking.
Nor can I understand what the so-called "special temperament" of Hu Lai is.
Now they understand it more or less.
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Mortensen was still the one sticking to Hu Lai, using his strength advantage to oppress Hu Lai and force Hu Lai to fight him hand to hand, without having time to care about anything else.
Then Mattioli waited for an opportunity to steal the ball successfully or block Hulay's shot.
From a tactical perspective, this is nothing surprising.
The Lyon Lions also asked two defensive players to guard Hulay alone.
But the results achieved by excellent players are completely different.
Mortensen and Mattioli are two excellent central defenders. One is the main player of the Italian national team and the other is the main player of the Danish national team. The two of them have a better effect on Hulay than the Lyon Lions.
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Most of the time they were able to prevent Hu Lai from turning his back to the goal and unable to turn around.
When Hulay turned his back to Mortensen again, he suddenly wanted to try that turn.
So even though he was being pushed by Mortensen, he still raised his arm decisively to signal his teammates to pass the ball to him.
For Hu Lai, his teammates always trust him. Since he wants the ball, no matter where he is or what state he is in, his teammates will pass the ball to him.
This time Tonini passed the ball diagonally towards him from the left.
Hulay used his hand to dig back to feel Mortensen's position, then he raised his left foot, preparing to rub the football behind him with the inside of his foot.
The moment his left foot touched the football, he turned to the left, intending to pass the ball with the football.
But he failed.
The football did not draw an arc and fly behind him and Mortensen, but stopped directly in place.
But since the Hulays had turned around, the ball was directly passed to Danish center back Mortensen...
The latter was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect the football to stop directly in front of him.
However, Mortensen reacted quickly and immediately passed the football forward to his teammates.
"Ah! Hu Lai made a mistake in stopping the ball! This scene happened to Hu Lai, but it is very rare..." He Feng exclaimed.
It's not that Hu Lai didn't make mistakes, but it's really rare for such low-level mistakes to happen to him...
Hu Lai, who turned around, looked back and sighed when he saw this scene.
What you see on paper is ultimately shallow...
It is not easy to replicate this goal just relying on the impression of the video I have watched before.
I can't remember some details at all. I just know that I rubbed the ball with my left foot and then turned to the left.
And most importantly, even if you master all the technical details, it is difficult to reproduce this ball.
Because the time, place, and people are favorable, both are indispensable.
Because of that, it was a great goal.
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"Is Hu trying to stop the ball? But if he wanted to stop the ball, why did he turn around at the same time?"
Spanish commentator Sanchez was very confused.
Li Qingqing, who was in front of the TV, heard his question and grinned.
She knew why Hu Lai did this - he must be trying to do the moves he said in the competition.
But obviously, just like himself before, Hu Lai also failed.
It has been more than half a month since that day, and Hu Lai never mentioned this matter in front of her again. Li Qingqing thought that Hu Lai had realized how unreliable his idea was... at least she herself
I forgot about this.
It was only now that he saw Hu Lai's attempt in the game that Li Qingqing remembered it again and realized that her boyfriend had never given up.
Gee, why are you so unbelieving?
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"What is he doing?"
On the sidelines of the home team's coaching bench, the Madrid Pirates coaches also noticed Hulay's behavior.
But their first reaction was not that Hu Lai made a mistake in stopping the ball, but that they didn't understand why Hu Lai did what he did.
If you want to stop the ball, just stop it honestly.
What does this turn around mean?
Everyone looked at each other, confused.
It's not that I don't want to believe that Hu Lai will make a mistake, it's just that this mistake is too low-level...
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"Ha! Under Mortensen's close defense, Hu actually made such a low-level mistake!"
The Italian commentator couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.
"It seems that Mortensen and Mattioli caused a lot of trouble for Hu in today's game, so much so that he lost his head and stopped the ball directly to Mortensen! Very good, let's keep playing!
Hu has ended his scoring streak in the league, now it's time for him to go two consecutive games without scoring!"
Subre's attack advanced on the field and did not threaten the Madrid Pirates' goal.
The TV broadcast also seized this opportunity to replay the clip of Hu Lai's mistake just now.
Obviously the director also knows that this is very rare, and there must be people who didn't watch it carefully, and now he will give them a chance to watch it again.
In the slow-motion replay, Hu Lai raised his left foot and made a standard stopping gesture. However, the other player turned around and ran to the left, contradicting his preparatory action for stopping the ball.
The end result is that the football stops in place and others run out.
Even if there is a slow-motion replay, it is still difficult for everyone to understand why Hu Lai did what he did.
When he stops the ball, he should stop it well. With his ability, he will not be unable to stop such a simple ball.
If you want to turn around and get rid of it, don't stop the ball...
"Hu may have not thought about what he was going to do. He wanted to stop the ball, but he changed his mind temporarily and wanted to stop the ball consecutively, but he failed... He scored in the previous game against Catalonia United
He scored a very beautiful goal. After the game, some media said it was a 'Kyrie-style goal.' Maybe he was consciously imitating Kyrie's playing style. The same was true for this goal, but it was just self-defeating..."
The Italian commentator explained Hulay's mistake according to his own understanding.
