Chapter 299 The 34th Goal of the Season

"Beautiful! Bruno! He pushed the football through the gap in the Napoli defense."

At the same time, Immobile suddenly moved forward and passed through the Naples defense.

"Ciro Immobile! He appears behind the defense and receives the ball!"

"Immobile! Not offside!!"

"Single sword!"

The Naples fans in the visiting team stands at the Friuli Stadium were all heartbroken. If Udinese had scored twice in the first half, Naples would have been in danger.

Guidolin took a deep breath and looked at the Naples goal. He had confidence in Immobile. Immobile, who successfully countered offside, would never be weak when faced with such a good opportunity to face the goalkeeper.

Just when Immobile was about to take a shot, a man flew in and tackled Immobile directly in the penalty area.

It's Napoli center back Koulibaly!

The football flew up and missed the uprights.

"Penalty kick!" Guidolin raised his hands on the sidelines and shouted.

The stands of Friuli Stadium also erupted with huge roars: Penalty kick! Red card!

Everyone looked at the referee on duty.

The referee first shook his finger to indicate that there was no penalty kick, and at the same time hooked his finger to indicate that Immobile got up.

Just as the Naples people cheered and the Udinese people cursed, the referee seemed to have been reminded by the linesman. After a moment of hesitation, he blew the whistle in his mouth, pointed to the penalty spot, and then Koulibaly was also shown a yellow card.

"The referee was reminded by the linesman and changed the decision. He awarded a penalty kick and showed Coulibaly a yellow card."

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This penalty undoubtedly caused dissatisfaction between Udinese and Naples.

Guidolin believes that Coulibaly is Naples' last defensive player except the goalkeeper, and this should be the top package of "penalty kick + red card".

Sarri was also furious on the sidelines. The Naples coach obviously did not think that Coulibaly committed a foul, but a very successful defense.

It goes without saying that Coulibaly is important to Naples' defense. Just over 20 minutes into the game, Coulibaly received a yellow card, which may cause major hidden dangers.

The slow motion explained the details on the field: when Coulibaly came with a flying tackle, Immobile's foot hit the ball first, and the flying ball bounced on Coulibaly's foot, and then Koulibaly's feet brought Immobile down again.

There is no problem with the penalty kick being awarded, but Guidolin's red dot package requirements are not accurate because Isagi on the other side of the Naples defense is positioned further back than Coulibaly. Not the last person in the Napoli defense besides the goalkeeper.

However, Isaji had no effect on this defense.

Moreover, it is reasonable for the referee not to give Coulibaly a red card out of balance considerations.

No matter what, the "yellow card + penalty kick" penalty given by the referee was finally settled.

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Free kick for Udinese.

Bruno took the penalty shot from a poor angle, but it still hit the net from under Gabriel, giving Udinese a 2:0 lead.

However, the penalty kick still aroused the anger in the hearts of the Naples players. After the game restarted, they seemed to be stimulated, and a wave of microcosms broke out, and they got back a victory in the 31st minute.

At that time, Naples played an effective offensive. Callejon inserted himself behind the defense to receive the overhead ball. His volley shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was blocked. Higuain volleyed the ball from the front of the penalty area and hit the upper right corner, rewriting the score on the field. is 2:1.

This is the 65th goal scored by Little Smoking Gun in 100 Serie A games. Higuain has also become the third shooter since 1956 to reach 30 goals in a single Serie A season.

However, before Naples' offensive could start, they suffered another heavy blow.

After Udinese kicked off the ball in the center circle, the attack struck again.

This time Bruno pulled to the right and had a wall-to-wall cooperation with Immobile.

After Bruno dribbled the ball near the baseline, he suddenly stopped, shook off Jorginho who was guarding him, and used the arch of his foot to push the football to Immobile, who came to meet him.

Immobile lobbed the football to the center outside the penalty area.

After receiving the ball, Widmont entered the penalty area and was tripped to the ground by Naples left back Gulam.

The referee's whistle sounded, he whistled for the Ghulam rule, and then awarded Udinese a penalty kick.

The Napoli left-back was very angry and felt that he had been wronged. He felt that this was just normal defense and that the opponent's No. 27 was diving.

He protested to the referee

The referee looked grim, ignored Ghulam, and pointed firmly at the penalty spot.

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Two penalty kicks were awarded in less than ten minutes, which made Naples very angry.

Naples players on the court surrounded the referee to protest. Although it was basically impossible for the referee to change the penalty, it could at least put some pressure on the referee and tilt the subsequent penalty in favor of Naples.

Sarri on the sidelines was also furious. He was stubborn and believed that Naples had received a black whistle, so he swore at the referee.

This happened to be heard by the fourth official on the sidelines and reported to the referee.

Upon hearing this, the referee rushed out of the circle of Naples players and ran to the sidelines. "Pia" threw a red card in Sarri's face and pointed to the stands.

The Naples head coach was sent directly to the stands!

This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Naples. Not only did they concede three goals early, the referee was also sent to the stands.

Sure enough, Bruno, who took the penalty kick, easily sent the ball into the Naples goal.

Because there was a problem with his footwork last time he took a penalty kick, Bruno paid special attention this time and took a very tricky penalty kick. Although Naples goalkeeper Gabriel judged the direction correctly, he still could not stop it. The ball hits the net.

3:1!

In the 35th minute of the game, Udinese once again expanded its lead to 2 goals.

This is also Bruno's third goal in today's game, and also his third hat trick in Serie A this season!

His personal number of league goals has increased to 34 goals, and his advantage over Higuain has increased to 4 goals. He is only one goal away from Nordahl's 66-year-old Serie A single-season scoring record!

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After Udinese took a 3:1 lead, they relaxed their offensive slightly.

The two teams did not score again in the remaining ten minutes of the first half, and the score of 3:1 was taken to the halftime break.

But after the start of the second half, Udinese stepped up its offensive again.

Obviously, in Bruno's view, a 2-goal advantage is not enough to guarantee victory in the game.

Bruno controlled the ball at his feet. He pulled the ball with his left foot and tried to move to the center, but he suddenly buckled the football back and knocked it down.

The football rolled past the right side of Gulam's body, and Bruno twisted his waist and accelerated past from the other side.

"The ball passed!"

"pretty!"

Naturally, Gulam couldn't let Bruno pass by like this. In desperation, he reached out and pulled Bruno down.

"beep!"

The referee's whistle sounded and he called Gulam for a foul and showed a yellow card to the Naples left back.

Udinese got a free kick opportunity. Bruno took a free kick close to the wing and flew into the penalty area. The tall and tall Albiol pushed the football out.

Alan used a hook movement to clear the football outward.

Badu squeezed away Hamsik. After his brother stopped the ball, he passed the football to Kuzmanovic.

Kuzmanovic made a direct pass and Widmon picked up the ball outside the penalty area.

Alan immediately came up to defend him, and Jorginho also double-teamed him.

Widmont, who was trapped in a tight siege, tried his best to protect the football and was looking for a passing route.

Now, both Napoli midfielders are tied down by him, which means there are definitely openings in other positions.

At this moment, Koulibaly came up from his side, made a tackle, and knocked him down with the ball.

This kick hit Widmund's ankle. The Swiss midfielder immediately screamed and fell to the ground. He clutched his ankle and looked very painful.

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The stands of the Friuli Stadium suddenly erupted into earth-shattering roars.

Udinese fans shouted: Red card!

Of course, they did not mean that Coulibaly's action was a red card, but that Coulibaly should receive a yellow card for this foul.

Considering that Coulibaly already has a yellow card, if he gets another card this time, Coulibaly will have two yellows and one red, and will be sent off with a red card.

When Coulibaly came up, he might have been emotional, but after finishing the kick, Coulibaly's reaction was also very fast. He immediately bent down, comforted Vidmon, and asked about his situation.

Vidmont naturally ignored Terry's overtures. He ignored Coulibaly's extended hand and continued to touch his ankle and scream.

Coulibaly smiled helplessly at the referee and shrugged, meaning, I did a good job, this guy just doesn't appreciate it.

"Coulibaly's behavior this time was very irrational. He already had a yellow card. This foul was completely unnecessary." The commentator of Sky TV Italy criticized, "After the foul, Coulibaly obviously also realized that Not good, he’s trying to remedy that.”

"Coulibaly's foul was enough to earn him a yellow card!" the commentator of Udine's local TV station said unceremoniously, "He was too impulsive."

The referee may have considered that the visiting team's main center back was sent off at the beginning of the second half, which may affect the excitement of this first-place battle; or considering that the home team's head coach was already sent off in the first half, this may Secondly, it was out of the psychology of finding balance; or it was simply that he did not think that Coulibaly's move was worthy of a card, so the referee did not give Terry a yellow card. He only verbally warned the Naples central defender.