From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 119 Death Race
When the draw results for the Europa League semi-finals came out, Udinese fans were dumbfounded.

Obviously, this is the worst result!

Compared with Sevilla, which is currently ranked fifth in La Liga, and Valencia, which is eighth, Juventus, which dominates the Serie A standings, is obviously much stronger!
What makes Udinese fans even more desperate is Udinese's next schedule.

At this point in the season, the entire schedule has basically been released.

Judging from the current situation, Udinese will play at least 9 games this season, and at most 10 games.

In these 9 or 10 games, Udinese will face Juventus 3 times and Naples 2 times.

On the evening of April 4, Udinese faced Juventus at the Friuli Stadium in the 14rd round of Serie A.

Five days later, at noon on April 5, Udinese continued to face a strong opponent at the Friuli Stadium. This time it was Naples. This was the 4th round of Serie A.

Then on the evening of April 4, still at the Friuli Stadium, Udinese's opponent changed to Juventus. This was the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals.

Udinese will then travel to Turin for back-to-back games.

At noon on April 4, Udinese challenged Turin at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, and then challenged Juventus at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on the evening of May 27.

These two games, the game with Turin is the 35th round of Serie A, and the game with Juventus is the second leg of the Europa League semi-finals.

Having just decided the winner in the Europa League semi-finals with Juventus, Udinese will rush to Rome non-stop to compete with Naples for this season's Coppa Italia championship at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on the evening of May 5.

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19 days, 6 games, each game is a heavyweight opponent, a life and death test for Udinese, and they can be called life and death battles.

This is the real death race!

Udinese's success or failure this season will be determined in just 19 days!

Even if Udinese successfully survived the death match from April to early May, it does not mean that they have escaped.

They will continue to suffer.

On the afternoon of May 5, Udinese will face Bruno’s old club Novara at the Friuli Stadium in the 6th round of Serie A.

Four days later, on the afternoon of May 4, Udinese ushered in the 5th round of Serie A and challenged Verona, the dark horse of Serie A this season, as a guest.

On the premise that Udinese defeated Juventus in the Europa League semi-finals, they will usher in the Europa League final on the evening of May 5, facing Valencia and Sevilla at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. winner.

Finally, on the evening of May 5th, we will face Sampdoria at the Friuli Stadium, ushering in the final game of the season.

At this time, Udinese's final results this season will be finalized.

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The 33rd round of Serie A with Juventus was a very tangled game for Udinese.

32轮联赛后，尤文图斯27胜3平2负已经拿下84个积分，而排名次席的罗马21胜8平3负，只有71分，落后尤文图斯13分。

If Roma loses to Atalanta at home in this round and Juventus wins Udinese at the Friuli Stadium, Juventus will lead Roma by 5 points with only 16 league rounds left. .

The result is that Juventus will win this season's Serie A championship at the Friuli Stadium!
This will be a heavy blow to Udinese!

Fortunately, Roma is still pretty good. In Saturday night's home game, they defeated Atlanta 3:1.

As a result, even if Udinese loses to Juventus on Monday night, Juventus will not be allowed to hold a championship celebration at the Friuli Stadium.

Therefore, Guidolin decisively chose to give up in this seemingly very crucial Serie A match.The two core players, including Bruno and Di Natale, were not unexpectedly exempt from the competition in this game.

Udinese, who lacked two core players, unexpectedly lost to Juventus with a score of 0:2.

And Juventus, who successfully defeated Udinese, a strong rival, is only one step away from winning three consecutive Serie A championships.

As long as they defeat Bologna at the Allianz Stadium in Turin in the next 34th round of Serie A, they will win the championship 4 rounds in advance!
At the same time, if Udinese wants to enter the Champions League next season, they will usher in the battle against Naples in the 34th round.

在赛完33轮的情况下，乌迪内斯20胜6平7负，积66分排名第三；而那不勒斯19胜7平7负，积64分排名第四。

If Udinese loses to Naples at home, not only will it suffer its first three-game losing streak in the league this season, but it will also be overtaken by Naples in the standings and fall out of the Champions League.

And if Udinese can defeat Naples at home, they can expand their lead to 5 points, which is very critical for competing for next season's Champions League qualification.

Therefore, Bruno, who wants to see the Champions League, will never allow the team to lose to Naples at home.Even five days after this game, they will face Juventus in the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals.

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Faced with Bruno's request for a fight, Guidolin only hesitated for a moment before agreeing to his request.

If possible, Guidolin also hopes that Udinese can play in the Champions League next season.

In the past two seasons, Udinese, who could have played in the Champions League, was eliminated in the play-offs due to lack of strength and had to play in the Europa League.

Now, Udinese's strength has improved because of Bruno, and Guidolin also wants to experience the atmosphere of the Champions League.

After the game started, Udinese's players seemed a little distracted.

In the first half hour, Udinese failed to score. In the 31st minute, Badu missed an excellent shooting opportunity that was close at hand.

Udinese wasted a chance and suffered a blow in the 38th minute.Zapata threw a throw-in, and Callejon volleyed in the penalty area to break the deadlock.

1:0, Naples took the lead in the away game and overtook Udinese in the real-time standings, rising to No. 3.

This conceded goal made the Udinese players wake up.

Udinese recovered and began to return to normal, but because there was not much time left in the first half, they failed to equalize the score before entering the halftime break.

After the start of the second half, Udinese's performance became much more normal.In the cheers of Udinese fans at the Friuli Stadium, they also firmly controlled the situation.

At this time, Udinese is actually short of a goal. As long as there is a goal, everyone's mentality can be restored to normal and the game can be on track.

But when will the goal come?
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In the 54th minute, Udinese controlled the ball outside Naples' penalty area and the football fell to Bruno's feet.

Bruno passed the football directly to Muriel, then he stepped forward and signaled Muriel to pass the football back.

With his back to the direction of the attack, Muriel leaned on the Naples player who was guarding him, and then pushed the football sideways.

Bruno received the ball on the line of the penalty area. He made a gesture to shoot, but he deceived Naples defender Fernandez. He gently flicked the football to the outside with the instep of his left foot, past the opponent, and entered the penalty area!

"Bruno!! Beautiful performance!" the commentator of the local TV station in Udine shouted excitedly.

The stands of Friuli Stadium also burst into loud cheers!
After dodging Fernandez, Bruno dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Facing a swarm of Naples players rushing up, he did not choose to pass the football to anyone, but shot it himself!

He turned his right foot sideways and kicked the football!
Looking at this action, Bruno wanted to kick the football to the far corner. He is very good at this way of scoring goals. So when Naples goalkeeper Reina saw Bruno falling backward, he expected that Bruno would definitely kick the ball far this time. corner, he shifted his center of gravity to the far end.

But when Bruno's foot hit the football, it was not a rub shot from the inside of the foot, but a volley from the instep!

The football was drawn to the near corner by him, and the speed was very fast!

At this time, it was too late for Reina to turn his center of gravity and attack the near corner.He could only freeze in place and watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding.

The goal that can bring everyone back on track finally appeared!
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"Bruno——!!" The DJ at Friuli Stadium shouted Bruno's name in a long voice, and the stands were filled with roars and tsunamis.

After scoring the goal, Bruno turned around and wanted to celebrate. As soon as he turned around, he was grabbed by Muriel. His jersey was almost torn. Then Bruno was thrown under him by Muriel. More players rushed up and pressed him. on them.

They celebrated the goal wildly in front of Naples' goal.

After Bruno scored, the Udinese team returned to normal.

Udinese then launched a fierce attack on Naples' goal. In the 603rd minute, Muriel received Bruno's pass and scored another victory for Udinese.

2:1 Udinese reversed the score!
In the 801st minute, it was Bruno again. Under a close pressure from his opponent, he sent a through ball in an awkward posture. After Muriel received Bruno's through ball on the line of the penalty area, Choosing to take a shot, the football went over the head of the attacking Naples goalkeeper Reina and fell into the goal!
"3:1! Udinese has completely sealed the victory! After sending out 2 assists today, Bruno's number of assists in the league has reached 21!"

"This data may still be far behind Bruno's 32 assists in Novara last season, but now he is playing in Serie A instead of Serie B!"

"Coupled with his 7 assists in the Europa League and 2 assists in the Italian Cup, Bruno has already had as many as 30 assists this season, which is unique across Europe! And by the end of the season At that time, his total number of assists is likely to exceed the 32 last season!"

"In addition to this, he has 17 league goals and 11 Europa League goals."

"From Serie B to Serie A, the difficulty of the game has increased by more than one level, but whether it is goals or assists, he has more goals and assists than last season and performed better. I have to say that Bruno is really a phenomenal player!"

(End of this chapter)