Chapter 257 Wolfsburg’s Counterattack

Bruno looked ahead and passed the ball directly.

"Watch Tero!" Naldo shouted at his Brazilian compatriot and defense partner Dante, who was preparing to head the ball to clear the ball.

Then, Naldo realized something was wrong, because he found that Bruno's pass had an external spin, and he made a mistake in judging the placement of the football!

People saw that Naldo jumped up to head the ball, but failed to hit the football. The football slipped over his head.

"Nice pass!"

"Nardo's gone!"

"Bad mistake! This is Udinese's chance!"

As long as Taylor keeps the ball, Dante is the only one left in front of him.

Dante was a little panicked, and he went up to Taylor.

This tall forward of Udinese is an alternative. Although he is 1.9 meters tall, he has very good skills with his feet, and he especially likes dribbling.

Dante stepped on his bicycle several times in front of Taylor, completely confused.

Two big men, both about 1.9 meters tall, faced each other. Taylor flicked the ball with his right foot and accelerated past Dante. Then he faced Wolfsburg goalkeeper Benaglio who was attacking. He made a fake shot and made a real dunk. After deceiving Benaglio to fall to the ground to save, he succeeded in pushing the shot with his left foot into the empty goal!

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"The ball is in!!!!!!"

"Taylor! 2:0!"

"Amazing goal!"

"Udinese leads Wolfsburg by two goals!"

After scoring the goal, Taylor waggled his fingers, showed a happy smile, and ran towards Bruno. He wanted to thank Bruno for his precise long pass.

The two hugged each other, and more Udinese players gathered around to celebrate the goal excitedly.

"That's it! Beautiful!" Guidolin clapped with a smile on his face.

In fact, when Tyro was playing, Guidolin was a little panicked. This guy just couldn't change his habit of shooting past the goalkeeper.

Don't think that the goalkeeper has it easy. This is just an illusion. Why don't most forwards choose to go past the goalkeeper and shoot? This is because it is really difficult. The goal is so big. The goalkeeper is standing there with a huge height and directly occupies a small half of the goal. , it is really not as easy as imagined to get past the goalkeeper.

The ball went in, and Guidolin became proud.

This is the dual effect of smoke bombs and tactical deception, which is undoubtedly reflected in the process of scoring this goal.

Bruno was injured and unavailable for this game - a smokescreen that led to Dieter Hecking. Then there is the tactical role of Bruno in his new position.

From the position of the defensive midfielder, he suddenly used his speed and technical breakthrough to pull Wolfsburg's defense. Instead of passing through the wings, he directly passed the ball accurately to find Taylor on the striker.

This tactic has been practiced many times in training. It was tailor-made by Guidolin for this game and for Dieter Heijing.

The tactics were successful and the goal was scored. Guidolin felt a great sense of accomplishment.

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Dieter Heijing waved his arm angrily.

When Bruno suddenly broke through the middle, he knew he had been fooled.

To be precise, he was confused by his own psychological suggestions.

Bruno's position retreated, and Dieter Heijing focused his attention on Di Natale, Taylor and others in front. These players attracted all his attention and sight.

Coupled with the first goal lost, this caused Dieter Heijing to form a misunderstanding and ignore the key role played by Bruno who retreated.

Dieter Heijing was unhappy.

Not only because he fell behind 0:2, but also because he was fooled, which the proud Wolfsburg coach couldn't accept.

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Trailing 0:2, Wolfsburg launched a counterattack towards Udinese's goal.

"For Wolfsburg, the most practical goal now is to score a goal and reduce the score gap to one goal."

The commentator expressed Wolfsburg's thoughts: being behind at half-time is not unacceptable, but 0:2 is too dangerous, and we must find ways to get one back.

Guidolin's team has always been known for being good at defensive counterattacks. If Udinese enters the second half with a 2:0 lead, it will be really difficult for Wolfsburg.

Adnan dribbled the ball and fell to the ground after contact with Kuelavoji.

The Udinese players raised their hands to indicate a foul by Guillavoggi, but the referee did not say anything.

Wolfsburg took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack. Their offensive speed was extremely fast, especially the speed of Ricardo Rodriguez on the left. He dribbled the ball along the left and met Max Cruz who came over to meet him. Made a pass-cut coordination.

Then Rodriguez ran forward on his own.

Cruz was not worried about Rodriguez's pass, so he took the ball himself and signaled Rodriguez to give him the wing.

Cruz attracted Piris to defend, pretending to pass the ball to Gustavo, but instead pulled the football back and kicked it into the penalty area.

Dost's judgment of the placement was accurate. He stopped the ball with his beautiful chest and then shot with his feet.

A figure rushed up.

The football bounced up and missed the baseline, and Dost fell to the ground with a scream.

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The referee's whistle sounded.

Maguire got up from the ground and quickly explained that he was making a tackle and did not touch anyone. He did not commit a foul.

Bruno and Di Natale also ran back to help Maguire defend.

Especially Badu, he put one hand behind his back and pointed at his eyes with the other, as if to say: Referee, I can see clearly, there is no foul!

In fact, he just turned his back to the penalty area and saw nothing at all.

Cancelo was more direct. He complained about Dost's fall.

"Who are you saying flopped?" Dost was angry. You could say he was lazy in playing football, he admitted, but he couldn't accept the accusation of flopping.

"That's a penalty," Cruz shouted.

"You said it was a penalty kick? Are you the referee?"

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The scene was in chaos for a while. The referee blew his whistle repeatedly and signaled everyone to shut up, otherwise he would be rude.

In the end, the referee made a penalty. Maguire committed a foul and a penalty kick!

However, he did not play cards to Maguire, but only gave Maguire a verbal warning.

This aroused the dissatisfaction of Dieter Heijing. The Wolfsburg coach complained loudly on the sidelines. He believed that Maguire should at least receive a yellow card.

Guidolin was furious. He insisted that this was a normal tackle and that the penalty did not exist.

In addition, Guidolin also complained that Adnan was brought to the ground by Guillavoji earlier, which was a foul. From the source, this counterattack by Wolfsburg should not exist!

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At this time, the TV was also playing the scene repeatedly. Dost was about to shoot and Maguire made a tackle. His tackles were so ferocious that he brought down the man with the ball.

The key to the question now is whether Maguire touched the ball first or tackled the person first.

It's a pity that after replaying it in slow motion several times, I couldn't finally clearly determine it.

At this time, it depends on the referee. He said that he shoveled the football out first and there was no foul, which is OK. He said that he knocked down the player first and shoveled the football out at the same time, which is also correct.

Even the slow-motion replay cannot clearly give the correct answer. It is too difficult to expect the referee to see clearly in the blink of an eye.

Of course, Guidolin didn't care so much, he was furious. He thought the referee's decision was wrong. This kind of penalty kick can be awarded or not. If you award a penalty kick, doesn't this favor the home team Wolfsburg? Otherwise, why don't you face me?

A penalty that is not beneficial to one's side is a wrong penalty. Every coach thinks so.

Penalty kick for Wolfsburg.

Dost personally took the penalty.

The referee's whistle blows, Dost takes a run-up and shoots!

He kicked to the left.

Udinese goalkeeper Kanizis judged the correct direction, but Dost's shot was very fast and the angle was tricky. Kanizis was unable to prevent the football from entering the net.

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"TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!!!!!!"

"Calm Dost, he scored the penalty kick steadily, 1:2!"

"A tricky shot, Kanizis judged the right direction, but still couldn't prevent the goal."

Dost fished the football out of the net, ran toward the center circle with the football in his arms, and raised his arms vigorously.

His teammates gestured toward the stands, encouraging fans to build momentum.

The stands at the Volkswagen Arena erupted in cheers.

Thirty-nine minutes into the game, Dost fell to the ground in the Udinese penalty area. Wolfsburg won a penalty kick and Dost made the penalty kick.

At 1:2, the home team Wolfsburg pulled a goal back and are now only one goal behind. They seem to have seen hope.

"F**K OFF!" Guidolin cursed.

Without this non-existent penalty kick, Udinese would have more capital to slowly deal with Wolfsburg with a 2:0 lead.

Now after Wolfsburg pulled a goal back, their morale was boosted, and their offensive was overwhelming, leaving Udinese somewhat overwhelmed for a while.

Guidolin was forced to make adjustments. The team's goal was to defend and hold on to a one-goal lead in the first half.

This is not conservative, but pragmatic.

There are still seven or eight minutes left in the first half including injury time, and holding on to a one-goal lead is the most important thing.

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In the end, when the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score did not change again.

Udinese temporarily leads Wolfsburg 2:1 away at the Volkswagen Arena.

Guidolin was extremely wary of Dieter Heijing.

This German, who took over the head coach of Wolfsburg as a firefighting coach, has been very successful in coaching in the past two seasons. He even defeated Guardiola last season and became the best coach in the Bundesliga. As expected, he has two skills. .

In the first half, Guidolin caught Dieter Heijing and Wolfsburg off guard. I believe that after the halftime break, Dieter Heijing will make targeted adjustments, and the game will become very difficult in the second half.

Guidolin rubbed his face and opened the door.

Then, what his players saw was a confident old man with a smile on his face and a confident walk.