Greenery on the back

Chapter 438 Untouchable

Faced with everyone's doubts about Yue Feng, Luca did not represent the players to report to the head coach this time, but stood up and suppressed everyone's thoughts.

"I believe in Yue's strength, and I ask you to believe in your own strength."

Luca said arrogantly: "Empoli is not the Empoli of previous years, we have the opportunity to create better results."

"I will retire in two years, and I want to take advantage of Empoli's most powerful time to win a famous championship."

"To be honest, I haven't touched the Coppa Italia trophy yet." Luca laughed and said, "Why can't they touch it but I can't?"

Seeing what the captain said, Simon and the others didn't say anything anymore, they could only secretly pray that these two league matches would not be lost.

But the truth hit them hard in the face.

Empoli won Venice and Pisa 1-0 and 2-0 respectively, using a semi-main lineup to take all six points.

Yue Feng, the only main player who participated in both games, completely controlled the audience.

Empoli almost always wins the game with the least cost, which not only ensures that the points are obtained, but also does not make the players spend too much effort.

Especially in the 1-0 win over Venice, Yue Feng played the core role of the midfielder, playing ball possession with the opponent, and playing Venice around.

Empoli's ball possession rate was as high as 75% in the whole game, and they did not give the opponent the slightest chance to counterattack.

It was finally time for the Coppa Italia quarter-finals. The Empoli team drove to Rome, the capital, to compete with Lazio for the semi-finals.

The distance of more than 200 kilometers is not far away, and Yue Feng and the others did not feel too tired after arriving at the Olympic Stadium.

But the Lazio fans who came to the scene were not as many as expected, and the occupancy rate of the Olympic Stadium, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time, was pitifully low.

It's no wonder that although Lazio attaches great importance to this game, their fans think that playing a Serie B team is nothing to watch, and not many people buy tickets to enter the stadium.

However, there are a lot of Empoli fans coming.

I saw a group of sea-blue teams swarming together, and played the flag of cheering for Empoli.

Yue Feng looked from a distance, and found the words "YUE" written on several banners, which were the letters of his surname printed on his jersey.

The eyes of the fans are sharp. After half a season, they are quite clear about who is the ace of the team and who has made the most contributions to the team, so they have also produced many exclusive fans of Yue Feng.

Since Lazio's home jersey is white and blue, which clashed with Empoli, Yue Feng and the others wore dark gray jerseys for the away game this time.

In fact, there is no such thing as a home jersey or an away jersey on the field. They are officially called the first team uniform, the second team uniform, the third team uniform and so on.

It's just that if the team is playing at home, they have the right to choose the jersey first, and often everyone will choose the first team jersey, and the saying of the home jersey has spread.

Like Yue Feng's dark gray jersey this time, it belongs to Empoli's third team uniform.

With the whistle of the referee, the game between Empoli and Lazio officially started.

On the court, the Lazio players first attacked.

Their leading striker, forward No. 17 Keane, kicked the ball back, while he himself sprinted forward.

It was No. 10 midfielder Curtis who received the pass from Keane.

After the cake feeder got the ball, he fell down with his teammates a few more times, and then distributed the ball to the side.

Lazio played unhurriedly. They knew that their opponents had beaten three Serie A teams in a row, so they didn't dare to underestimate them, so they sent their full main lineup to play.

Head coach Acerbi stood on the sidelines and glanced at Ranocchia. He was full of confidence at the moment and was sure of defeating his old friend.

Lazio not only pay attention to their opponents today, but also have sufficient physical reserves, and they also have the advantage of home ground. There is no reason to lose to Empoli.

At this time, Lazio aggressively attacked Empoli's right.

Uchida rushed forward quickly. In this game, he only had the task of defending, not attacking. He could fully cope with the opponent's attack.

Although Lazio's left-wing guard has a strong breakthrough ability, Uchida Maren gave full play to the characteristics of quickness and defended the opponent through fast speed and alert movements.

The left-wing guard had no choice but to pass the ball back to the center again and hand it over to Curtis.

As soon as Curtis got the ball, the defensive midfielder Siredy and the central midfielder Rich pressed on him at the same time.

But this No. 10 player is also quite capable of handling the ball, and he can still pass the ball steadily to the other side in the double-teaming of two opponents.

Lazio's right-wing back is No. 19 Anderson, who quickly attacked after getting the ball, trying to open the gap from Empoli's left.

Yue Feng watched Anderson's game video and knew that the Brazilian could pass as well as shoot, and he was one of the opponent's main attack points besides Keane.

Anderson often makes bottom passes for Keane to grab points in the game. If he prevents his bottom pass, Anderson also has a trick of cutting inside and shooting with an inverted foot, which can also threaten the opponent's goal.

Usually to deal with such a player, it is best for the defensive side to send two people forward at the same time, one is dedicated to defending the opponent's bottom, and the other is responsible for assisting in defending the inside cut.

Since Nokia boldly handed Anderson over to Yue Feng alone, it showed that he believed in Yue Feng's defensive ability very much, and he could use one person as a substitute for two.

The fact is also the same, just as Anderson was about to go forward and dip the ball to the bottom, Yue Feng flew over to block him, blocking his way.

As a Brazilian player, Anderson naturally has a lot of work at his feet.

Seeing Yue Feng approaching, he stepped on a few bicycles quickly, intending to knock the opponent down and continue to get off.

However, Yue Feng didn't follow his tactics at all, he controlled his center of gravity very steadily, and he was not deceived by his opponent at all.

Anderson was taken aback, and immediately changed to a bull's tail movement, but Yue Feng reacted faster than him, and stretched his legs to stop the opponent's feet.

This frightened Anderson a lot. Although he had heard about Yue Feng's strength before the game, he only felt that the opponents killed Griezmann, Dybala and other old gangsters with empty votes and no reputation.

I am in the prime of life and at the peak, how can I be easily defeated by this Serie B player?
But in the contest just now, he was almost robbed by the opponent, which made Anderson have to pay attention to Yue Feng immediately.

Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through the wing, Anderson rolled his eyes, twisted his ankle suddenly, turned around and quickly cut inward towards the middle.

This time Yue Feng didn't follow right away, it seemed that he was a second behind Anderson, half a body behind.

Anderson was delighted in his heart, and secretly said: "After all, this kid is still young. He only knew that I would pass from the bottom, but he didn't expect that I would have the ability to cut inside and shoot."

After rushing to the front of Empoli's penalty area, Anderson suddenly raised his left foot and kicked the ball towards the opponent's goal.

His kick was a curve ball, aiming at the upper left corner of the opponent's goal, very similar to the old man Robben's shot.

But as soon as the ball flew out of Anderson's feet, there was a "bang", the ball hit something heavily, and then flew towards the midfield.

(End of this chapter)