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

Chapter 17 Target Serie A
In the 606th minute, Bruno again threw away a defensive player on the right and quickly passed to the penalty area. Gonzalez grabbed the first shot, but the opponent's defender used his body to block the goal. .

Novara won a corner kick, but just when the captain Rudy wanted to go to the corner kick, Bruno suddenly pulled him.

"Let me try this kick." Bruno said enthusiastically.

Novara took several corner kicks in this game, but the effect was not particularly obvious. After all, both Gonzalez and Mohammadi in the frontcourt are only about 1.8 meters tall. When taking corner kicks, In the penalty area where there are many people, it is difficult for them to head the ball.Although the height of the two center backs is not bad, which makes them effective in preventing corner kicks, it is a bit difficult for them to push the ball into the goal.

Such a lineup configuration is easy to be contained by the opponent when attacking from a corner kick, and has little effect.

However, Gonzalez and Mohammadi's ability to grab points is not bad. If the quality of the corner kicks is high enough and their positions can be found, the possibility of scoring is much higher.

As for passing the ball, Bruno still has confidence.

"You want to be punished?" Rudy asked in surprise.

"I want to give it a try." Bruno smiled.

When he was at Boavista, he was the team's important taker of set kicks.After joining Novara, although he has never taken a set kick, he has practiced a lot in the training master system, and he has passed the test of the system father, so his level should be good.

Rudy had a very good impression of Bruno. After thinking about it for a while, he finally nodded in agreement.

Now Novara has a three-goal lead. This corner kick was also earned by Bruno's cross, so he can try it.

………………

After getting Rudy's agreement, he quickly ran to the corner area.

This was a corner kick on the left. Bruno placed the ball on the inside of the corner flagpole in the corner kick area, but he slowly stepped back, balanced with the baseline, and carefully watched the position of the ball and the goal.

Soon, with the referee's whistle, Bruno took a deep breath, followed a familiar rhythm, and quickly rushed to the ball with familiar steps. He stood with his left foot at a 45-degree angle to the ball, and his right foot. Swing it out quickly.

The only sound heard at the scene was a bang, and the ball was seen flying from the instep of Bruno's right foot. After quickly crossing a parabola, it fell rapidly and landed at the back point of the goal.

There was chaos in the penalty area, and the defensive players could not guess where the kick was going to be. When they judged the situation of the ball, they saw a Novara player quickly coming out from behind and hitting the right post. He jumped up high in front and shook his head towards the falling ball.

It was team forward Gonzalez who rushed towards the back. The ball hit his forehead firmly, then turned in a direction and crashed into Cesena's goal.

………………

"what!!!!!"

The audience burst into cheers.

After Gonzalez landed, he raised his hands in the air, cheered loudly, rushed out of the penalty area excitedly, rushed towards Bruno in one breath, and slid to his knees in front of Bruno in the corner kick area, worshiping him.

He is so excited!

After scoring this goal, he not only scored twice in this game, but also scored 15 goals in the league this season, becoming the top scorer in Serie B!

As a forward, it is exciting to be the top scorer, even if it is just the top scorer in Serie B!

The effective whistle of the referee's goal caused all the fans in the audience to cheer and cheer.

Bruno was also extremely excited, and he also knelt down in front of Gonzalez and hugged him hard.

The Argentine forward's prediction of the ball path and his excellent ability to grab points were all clearly demonstrated in this goal.

Novara's teammates gathered around one after another, especially Rudy, who punched Bruno lightly and complained bitterly: "You are trying to steal my right to take the corner kick!"

Saying this, the defender hugged Bruno and Gonzalez with one hand.

As the de facto captain of Novara, in Rudy's view, the most important thing is to win. ………………

The final score of the game was 4:1. After scoring the fourth goal, Bruno, as the core of the team's midfield, led Novara to slow down the pace and use the ball to consume time and save energy.

After all, the players are quite tired now that the season has progressed.It’s also good to save some physical energy for the upcoming matches.

Cesena, who was three goals behind, was basically defeated and had no intention of taking the initiative to attack.

Therefore, the last 10 minutes of the game were almost consumed by the tacit understanding between the two sides.

Novara, which has won seven games in a row, has taken another step forward in the standings, rising to No. 5.

The next 25th round of the league will be a strong dialogue with the teams in the promotion zone.

On the afternoon of February 2, Novara visited Romeo Mondi Stadium to challenge Stabia.

Before the start of the game, Novara ranked fifth in the league with 36 points, and Stabia ranked sixth in the league with 34 points.

After a goal battle, Novara, which has been in a string of recent games, once again defeated its opponent 4:2 in the away game, extending its winning streak to 8 games.

This is also the longest winning streak in Serie B this season!

Bruno, who once again contributed 1 shot and 1 pass in this game, raised his number of goals to double digits and his number of assists to 14, making him the best in the assist list.

Looking at the entire Serie B 22 teams, Bruno is the only one who can contribute double-doubles.

………………

Eight consecutive victories instilled strong confidence in Novara players, and they seemed to become invincible.

In the 26th round of Serie B, Novara encountered another strong dialogue, facing Verona, who was third in the league, at the Piola Stadium.

The two sides fought 0:0 in the first half, and soon after the start of the second half, Bruno made a breakthrough in the frontcourt, allowing Verona's Slovenian midfielder Bacinovic to receive a red card.

Verona, with one less player to fight, would no longer be able to compete with Novara.In the 53rd minute, Bruno assisted veteran Simone Pese to score, breaking the deadlock on the field.

This was the only goal of the game.

In the 27th round of Serie B, Novara, which was red-hot, slaughtered Spezia 6:0 in the away game. Bruno once again scored a goal in the game and sent two assists.

After achieving ten consecutive victories that shocked Italian football, Novara's record has been rewritten to 14 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses, and the league ranking has also risen to 4th!

In front of them, only Sassuolo, Livorno and Verona are left who have performed very well this season!

At this time, Novara finally shouted that the team's goal this season is to upgrade!
………………

Ten consecutive victories, whether it is Cesena, Vercelli, Grosseto and Lanciano in the middle and lower reaches of the standings, or Padua, Bari, Citadella and Spezia in the middle and lower reaches of the standings, it is also Or Empoli and Verona, who are at the top of the standings, were all defeated by Novara.

Novara is in a hot state and has a tendency to be invincible!
In this state, the entire Novara team, and even all Novara fans, no longer doubt whether the team can compete for a seat in Serie A next season. What everyone is considering now is whether the team has It is possible to bypass the promotion play-offs and win a seat directly promoted to Serie A.

Judging from the current Serie B standings, Sassuolo still tops the list. Their record is 19 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, with 61 points.Even if no points are deducted, it is still 12 points higher than Novara.With Sassuolo's strength in Serie B this season, it is unlikely that Novara will surpass them.

Ranked second is Livorno, whose record is 16 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, with 54 points, 9 points higher than Novara.Although there is little hope of catching up, it is always possible.

Verona is ranked third. Their recent record has dropped. With 14 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, they have scored 50 points.If Novara is not deducted points, it will only be 1 point behind them.

Generally speaking, it is almost impossible for Novara to win the Serie B championship; but it still has great hope to compete for a promotion spot.

(End of this chapter)