Chapter 214 The Feeling of Scoring a Goal at Camp Nou
After more than ten minutes of confrontation, Bruno had to admit that whether it was his personal ability or his playing intelligence, he was still far behind MSN, which was at its peak.
Neymar's sharp breakthrough, Suarez's suppression of Udinese's defense, and Messi's fatal blow when he was invisible, are all difficult for Bruno to do now.
But he wants to win this game!
This desire to win becomes more urgent with Messi's header!
Because Barcelona suppressed Udinese very strongly, Udinese did not have many opportunities to attack, which also made Bruno's performance on the court not so good.
However, Messi, who basically disappeared in the first ten minutes, scored a goal, so he can't be any worse!
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With Guidolin's successive adjustments, Udinese stabilized their position.
Kanter takes on more of the responsibility of keeping an eye on Suarez, and Danilo is free to help defend Neymar.
As a result, Udinese's entire right half defense has been stabilized.
By restricting Barcelona's left wing, Udinese has completed most of its defensive tasks. In addition, Cancelo restricted Messi on the right wing, and Barcelona's wings can no longer run as they wish.
After the defense was stabilized, Guidolin immediately made adjustments, and the team's entire defense slowly pressed forward.
Barcelona's defense pressed past half-time, and Udinese's defense struggled to press out of the penalty area, which flattened both sides' formations, leaving a huge space behind Barcelona.
This is what Guidolin mentioned when he focused on attacking before the game, and the area where Udinese's counterattack focuses on attacking.
Di Natale and Salah are two sharp knives, and Bruno is the hand holding the knife!
It's easy to say it in theory, but it's very difficult to practice it on the court.
Barcelona's ability to pass and control the ball is excellent, the players' personal abilities are superior, and they occupy the Devil's home court advantage. This itself leaves Udinese with few counterattack opportunities, especially in the first half.
And in the few opportunities, it is not easy to quickly threaten and cooperate.
Udinese has targeted tactics, and Barcelona also has targeted tactics. If they can't grab the high point, they try to control the second point.
Udinese counterattacked several times and hit near the front line. Although they grabbed the first point, the second point was never passed well.
Busquets followed Bruno throughout.
It's obvious that Enrique's strategy is exactly the same as Guidolin's strategy against Messi. He would rather sacrifice Busquets' organizational ability to freeze Bruno.
Of course, all this was not unexpected by Guidolin.
As early as before the game, he had repeatedly told the players that Barcelona would definitely dominate the first half. Their physical fitness is still there, and they are playing at home, so their offensive firepower must be very fierce.
Facing Barcelona in the first half, if Udinese can stabilize its defense, it will be considered a success. Counterattacks can only depend on luck. What the team really wants to do is in the second half.
The game went as Guidolin expected before the game.
The only mistake was Maguire's one in the fourteenth minute, which resulted in a conceding goal. After that, Udinese stabilized its defense. Barcelona launched several offensives, but failed to break through Udinese's goal.
Although Barcelona was given four or five chances to shoot, they were either long shots or barely started. There were no truly threatening shots, but Udinese also paid the price of two yellow cards.
Once, Kante pushed Suarez from behind, and once, Salah tackled Alba from the front.
In the 38th minute of the game, Bruno got a chance in the frontcourt. When he was about to attack with the ball, Busquets made a decisive foul and was shown a yellow card by the referee.
As a result, the main midfielders of both sides received yellow cards early.
"Udinese takes a quick free kick in the frontcourt."
"Bruno passed the ball to the front post, and Di Natale headed the goal! It was a little too high!"
"This was Udinese's most threatening shot in the first half. It came from a free kick opportunity created by Bruno, but Di Natale did not seize the opportunity."
"Goal kick for Barcelona."
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As Barcelona took the goal kick, Udinese retreated back to their own half.
Barcelona still controlled the ball, but although Udinese was one goal behind, the situation was not chaotic at all. The players still seemed calm and full of fighting spirit on the court, especially after the team created a threat.
At this moment, Udinese is like a shark that smells blood, ready to catch up and bite at any time.
The game quickly entered forty minutes. While Udinese was solidly defending, it was also actively and patiently looking for opportunities to counterattack.
Everyone knows that even if we lose 0:1, this is not a problem because there is still a second round.
But Bruno doesn't see it that way. He doesn't want to lose at Camp Nou again.
Udinese also quickly created an opportunity.
After Kanter got the ball, Barcelona players double-teamed him, but the Frenchman took the lead and passed back to Danilo. The Brazilian central defender kicked the ball low and sent it directly to the frontcourt.
Di Natale retreated, took the ball with his back, stopped the ball and pushed to the left.
Bruno took a step ahead of Busquets and stopped the ball with his foot, but he had no chance and could only choose to pass it back.
Guillerme got the ball nearby and Barcelona players quickly pressed forward.
The Brazilian midfielder passed the ball to Vidmon, who retreated to receive the ball, and then to Kante.
The whole process was a pass, and when Kanter got the ball again, he faced directly in the direction of the attack and saw Bruno.
Almost at the moment when Kante passed the ball, Bruno suddenly started, shook off Busquets as quickly as possible, and went straight behind Barcelona's defense.
Kanter's pass was also very low, the ball was very fast and was sent directly to Bruno.
Lifting his left foot, Bruno stopped the ball steadily. But at this time, Barcelona's central defender Mascherano also quickly returned to defense and blocked Bruno.
The ball landed on the grass and bounced back up.
Bruno saw Mascherano. The Argentinian obviously wanted to steal the ball, so he took a decisive step and picked the ball against the rebound. It went directly over Mascherano's head and landed on him. Behind him, he suddenly started again, passing by Mascherano's side and driving straight into the penalty area.
Mascherano reacted quickly and turned around quickly.
But he is fast, and Bruno is even faster. Almost in the blink of an eye, Bruno shook off Mascherano and chased the ball.
Ter Stegen decisively abandoned the goal and attacked with a loud roar.
But Bruno caught up with the ball at the front of the penalty area.
On the left rear is Mascherano chasing back, on the right rear is Pique, and in front is Ter Stegen.
After Bruno caught up with the ball, he didn't have time to think too much. He just shook it almost instinctively.
"Beautiful pass!"
"Bruno picked the ball past Mascherano, resulting in a one-on-one shot!"
"Goalkeeper Ter Stegen abandons the goal and attacks!"
"Bruno...beautiful!"
"Bruno passed Ter Stegen and succeeded in the empty goal!"
"The ball went in!!!!!!"
"GOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!"
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After Bruno sent the ball into the empty goal, his speed did not slow down and he rushed out of the stadium.
He opened his arms as if he were a glider.
He once flew at the Bernabeu Stadium, and now, he starts to fly at the Nou Camp Stadium!
All Udinese players were full of surprises, and everyone rushed towards him.
Bruno rushed to the corner and slid to his knees!
But soon, he was thrown to the ground by a flying Udinese player.
They are all so excited!
“Excellent cooperation!”
"It can be said that this goal for Udinese is very crucial!"
"It is now the 44th minute of the game. Bruno's goal not only equalized the score for Udinese, but also greatly boosted the team's morale. It also dealt a blow to Barcelona."
"It's really an amazing goal!"
"We can see that Bruno has a strong ability to read the situation. When he received the pass from Di Natale, he chose to knock back."
"Busquets must have been a little careless at this time, but Bruno suddenly and quickly crossed behind him."
"I have to say that Kante's pass was just right. He just passed it to Bruno's step, so Bruno stopped the ball with his left foot, and then took another shot without waiting for Mascherano to get closer. . The two movements are connected very well, just like flowing water, very exciting! ”
"Ter Stegen's attack was also a little anxious, but there is no way. Facing Bruno, any goalkeeper is under pressure."
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Guidolin was also so excited on the sidelines that he jumped up.
This was definitely an unexpected surprise, because he was mentally prepared to be one goal behind in the first half, but he didn't expect Bruno to bring him such a surprise and surprise.
"This kid played so smart!" Guidolin praised with a smile.
He has always felt that Bruno is not only fast and has solid and comprehensive skills, but also thinks that Bruno's running without the ball is very good, and his thinking about playing football is really smart, which is completely different from what others think.
"Kante's kick was also very good." Portolucci smiled.
Throughout the entire first half, except for Maguire's mistake, Udinese almost made no major mistakes on the defensive end. This made Barcelona's offense unable to find its direction, which made Guidolin feel very sad. satisfy.
Udinese suppressed Barcelona on a tactical level!
Bruno hugged his teammates excitedly and celebrated his goal amid the boos of 95,000 fans at Camp Nou. To him, the boos all over the sky are a kind of enjoyment, a special treatment that cannot be found in other places.