In Dino Zoff's formation, Albertini was an unquestionable leader of midfield and his role had been paramount while Italy progressed throughout the tournament to the final.
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In the quarter-final clash, Zidane-led France managed to overcome the masters of insurmountable defence only by penalties, during which Albertini's surprising failure did induce the tides to turn against Squadra Azzurra.
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Arrigo Sacchi's team selection for the second group game against Czech Republic was based on the presumption that after the victory over Russia and in the light of the upcoming German clash, Italy could afford playing without a series of key players including Albertini.
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Albertini's presence was not as central and explicit as it was in the previous big tournaments, but Cesare Maldini relied on him as one of the key central midfielders.
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Italy lost to Czechs 2-1 and then despite a top-class performance against Germany, during which Albertini's dominance in midfield allowed Azurri to dominate Germans- the future champions - over the entire game which, to misfortune of Italians, ended 0-0.
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Out of the games that Italy played in France, Albertini was not involved only when Azzurri faced Austria in group stage.
Albertini's later movie, Il Mondo dei sensi di Emy Wong (1977, starring Chai Lee) was released as "Yellow Emanuelle" in some markets.
Albertini, born in Besana in Brianza, province of Monza e Brianza, emerged as a product of AC Milan's youth system, and went on to spend 14 highly successful years with the club after debuting as a 17-year-old in 1989.
(London, 1842) s.v. "Albertini, Francesco degli" ) but The Cambridge Modern History (1902: vol. I:549) ascribes the work to Mazzocchi and his "collaborator" Francesco Albertini.
Born in Muggiò, Albertini started his career as stage actor at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, under the guidance of Giorgio Strehler.
In 2005 he used the method of Michio Jimbo, Tetsuji Miwa and Nakayashiki to verify Albertini, McCoy, Perk and Tang's conjecture for the order parameter of the chiral Potts model.