Chapter 154 The Tiger Shows Its Ferocity

The camera then showed the Udinese players on the field, focusing on Bruno.

"Bruno seems a little tired. Obviously, the battle with Juventus last weekend took a lot of energy from Bruno! And three days of rest is not enough to restore him to his best condition."

In the tactical guidance area on the side of the court, Ludogorets head coach George Delmenchiev glanced at Bruno. With this ball in his hand, he was not afraid even if Bruno was in the Udinese team.

He didn't believe that Bruno, who had just fought against Serie A hegemon Juventus for 90 minutes three days ago and was exhausted, could do anything to Ludogorets.

George Delmenchiev shook his fist vigorously, with a smile on his face. It felt so good to have everything under control.

Soon, the referee on duty blew the whistle at the end of the first half. Udinese was temporarily trailing Ludogorets 0:1 at their home stadium, Friuli Stadium.

Just after the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Guidolin walked to the players' tunnel without looking back. The camera captured the Udinese head coach's face looking very bad.

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In the far east, Xinlang Sports also broadcast the game, with the famous commentator Zhan Jun partnering Zhang Lu to explain.

"Hey, Guidolin is angry." Zhang Lu said.

"If I were Guidolin, I would also be angry." Zhan Jun said, "Udinese played really badly in the first half. The offense seemed very fierce, but the real threat to Ludogorets' goal was There weren’t many opportunities, but Ludogorets succeeded in a sneak attack!”

"If the players who passed Udinese were rated on their performance in the first half, who would be the one with the lowest score?" Zhang Lu asked his partner.

"Di Natale!" Zhan Jun said without hesitation.

In fact, the Oriental famous mouthpiece has been complaining about Di Natale throughout the first half of the game.

It's not that Di Natale was inactive on the court. In fact, the 37-year-old veteran's running distance in the first half was at the average level of the Udinese team and did not hold him back.

However, what Zhan Jun was dissatisfied with was that Di Natale fell down at the first touch during the game!

As the captain of Udinese, Di Natale is also the only player in the team with experience in the Champions League. As the main forward of Udinese, he participated in all ten Champions League games of Udinese in the 2005-2006 season. , and scored 4 goals, which was a good performance.

Under such circumstances, Guidolin did not hesitate to arrange for Di Natale to start, and arranged for Guillerme and Vidmon, two young players with strong impact, to assist Di Natale on the left and right.

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As the only fulcrum of Udinese's offensive line, Guidolin hopes that Di Natale can stand in the frontcourt and serve as the bridgehead of the team's offense.

However, Di Natale almost fell down at the first touch during the physical confrontation with the opponent's players, so you can often see Di Natale falling to the ground after confrontation with the opponent, sitting on the ground with hands spread out and complaining, but the referee ignored him at all. scene.

Maybe Di Natale's original intention was good, and he wanted to win a free kick opportunity for the team, but obviously the referee's standards today were relatively broad, and such a physical confrontation would not blow the whistle at all.

Under such circumstances, Di Natale remained the same, continuing to fall down at the first touch. This should not be the performance of an experienced veteran.

At first, Di Natale fell to the ground and complained to the referee, who also gave a few explanations. Later, the referee directly raised his hand to let Di Natale get up, then turned and left without even looking at the Udinese captain. .

As the fulcrum of Udinese's offensive line, Di Natale's game state will cause Udinese's offense to come to a standstill as soon as it reaches Di Natale.

This was also one of the reasons why Udinese's offense was not smooth in the first half. Guillerme, Vidmont and Bruno saw this situation and finally came on their own, hoping to achieve offensive effects with their personal abilities.

This is really difficult to achieve in the face of the Ludogorets defense line that is fully back on defense and ready to defend.

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The home team's dressing room at the Stadio Friuli.

"Hey, let me ask, why didn't you pass the ball to me later?" Di Natale was yelling at Vidmont, Guillerme, Bruno and others.

Bruno's face darkened. He felt that something was wrong with Di Natale's state today, but out of respect for him, he did not reprimand him.

Widmund spread his hands, meaning: Captain, don't you know what's going on with you?

Guilherme, on the other hand, is more upright, "If you pass it to me, you won't be able to hold the ball!"

Di Natale didn't like hearing this. He was about to refute, but was interrupted by Bruno: "Stop talking, the coach is here!"

Guidolin first commented on the team's performance in the first half and pointed out some of the team's problems, and then directly made substitution arrangements.

"Antonio, you rest for the second half of the game." Guidolin said.

Then he ignored the shocked expression on Di Natale's face and said to French forward Terro, who was on loan from Chievo during the summer transfer window: "Stelian, you will warm up in advance and come on at the beginning of the second half."

The French forward actually has experience in the Champions League. In the 2006-2007 season, he played for Steaua Bucharest and played in the Champions League group stage with the team. However, he was a substitute at the time and played very little time.

Compared to Di Natale, who is only 1.77 meters tall, Taylor, who is 1.89 meters tall, is stronger. In the four seasons he played for Chievo, although his scoring rate was not high, his role as a fulcrum on the front line was very obvious.

Udinese has loaned the 31-year-old French forward to prepare for the Champions League this season. However, he is still positioned as Di Natale's substitute.

Guidolin also knows very well that Di Natale, who turns 37 next month, can no longer withstand Udinese's two-front battle in Serie A and the Champions League.

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"Okay, coach!" The tall and tall Taylor nodded.

After Ludogorets scored, Taylor had the consciousness to play in the second half of the game, but he didn't expect Guidolin to be so resolute and win the team captain Di Natale in the first half of the game.

Although the Udinese players were a little surprised by Guidolin's adjustment, they all expressed understanding after reacting.

The captain's performance today was really bad. I don't know if he was too exhausted in the game against Juventus three days ago, or if he had other ideas.

However, based on his performance in the first half, the team will be more dangerous if he continues to play.

Di Natale was obviously a little unprepared for being replaced in midfield, but he opened his mouth several times but still did not speak.

Guidolin then deployed and explained the tactics and some details of the second half, and then he left a few minutes for the players to make arrangements freely.

During this period, Di Natale handed the captain's armband to Bruno, and then said, "It's up to you in the second half" and stopped.

Bruno patted Di Natale on the shoulder. He didn't know how to comfort the captain.

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At the beginning of the second half, Ludogorets head coach George Delmenchiev was very surprised to see Guidolin making substitutions at the beginning of the second half and replacing captain Di Natale.

Then the head coach of Ludogorets is also very proud. His team made Udinese miserable and replaced the captain so early.

However, what if I replace him with a stupid big guy?

George Delmenchiev made a gesture to remind his players to pay attention to the double-teaming of high center Taylor, who was replaced by Udinese, and not to give the Frenchman a chance to get the ball comfortably.

As long as this high point on the front line is strangled, a tired Bruno is left, like a toothless tiger, there is nothing to worry about!

The second half of the game started quickly.

Udinese, who was lagging behind, accelerated their offensive pace and soon caused a foul on Ludogorets.

A Ludogorets player fouled in midfield and they pulled Bruno down, who got up and quickly took a free kick.

Blue distributed the ball to the left, Guilherme dribbled the ball at high speed, attracted the opponent's attention, and suddenly made a cross pass. Alan received the ball in the middle, and then passed the football to the right!

Widmund got the ball, he dribbled the ball forward, suddenly stopped on the left side of the penalty area, dunked the ball back, and then passed the football with a half-high ball!

Bruno got the ball from the outside of the arc in the penalty area. While stopping the ball, he held Ludogorets defender Minev and successfully completed the turn.

Minev was shocked when he saw this and came to press. At the same time, another Ludogorets player Ivanov also came to press, forming a trap around Bruno.

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Bruno dialed the ball with his right foot, trying to pass the ball, but he buckled the football back.

In front of him were two Ludogorets defenders who knew they were surrounded very tightly and had done a good job in defense this time.

Bruno controlled the football very well and maintained a confrontational posture under the double-team between the two.

Vidmont and Guilherme were approaching from both wings, and Taylor in front also quickly moved to prepare for the response.

Suddenly, Bruno flicked the football with his right foot, and then made a move to pass the football to Widmund, causing Ivanov to move quickly. Unexpectedly, Bruno immediately buckled the football back and at the same time withstood Minev's attempt to steal the ball, blocking his opponent to the side.

As Ivanov and Minev made defensive moves, Bruno found an opening in the encirclement.

Without any hesitation, he drew a beautiful arc on the spot, and the ball passed between Minev and Ivanov and went straight into the far upper corner.

Ludogorets goalkeeper Borjan seemed to have been restrained and made no save movements. His neck twisted stiffly and he watched the football go into the net!

1:1!

Less than two minutes into the second half, Bruno equalized the score for Udinese.