Chapter 144 European Super Cup

Chapter 144 European Super Cup

On July 2014, 7, all Udinese players returned to Udine to start summer training.

In order to save money, Udinese did not choose to go to other places for training, but stayed at its own training base.

Udine is located at the southern foot of the Alps. The climate here is generally good, and the club has no money, so they basically stay at the team's training base for their annual summer training.

With the start of summer training and the conclusion of the World Cup, summer transfers in international football have also entered a climax.

As a transfer supermarket, Udinese also constantly has players coming in and out.

In general, Udinese follows the principle of buying low and selling high, and the price of exporting players is significantly higher than entering. In fact, the players who enter are mainly free transfers and loans.

Because of Udinese's outstanding performance last season, almost all of Udinese's main players have been coveted by other teams.

After Mahrez moved to the Premier League Leicester City for 1230 million euros, the team's Italian midfielder Roberto Pereira soon moved to Juventus for 1500 million euros. The team's vice-captain Basta transferred to Lazio for 1200 million euros.

Although the 23-year-old Argentine midfielder was not Udinese's main force last season, he still had many opportunities to play. He played 36 games in all competitions and scored 9 goals and 8 assists. His overall performance was not inferior to Mach. Reis is even more stable than Mahrez in terms of stability.

The 30-year-old team vice-captain Basta, although he lost his original position as the main attacking midfielder due to the arrival of Bruno, as a versatile player who can play multiple positions, he also played a total of 30 games last season. Opportunity, he produced 4 goals and 5 assists.

Although the team coach Guidolin tried his best to retain the vice-captain, the Serbian did not want to continue to stay in the team.

Because he knows very well that with Bruno's performance, he will still be a substitute if he stays in the team. Even with the growth of Cancelo, Kanter, and Alan, his playing opportunities will inevitably be further compressed this season.

In addition, Mike Suel, who performed well in the team last season, also transferred and left. His departure also brought an income of 1200 million euros to Udinese.

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After selling four of the team's main players from last season in a row, Guidolin finally couldn't help but get angry, which forced Udinese to close the door to the supermarket.

In terms of signings, Udinese was originally interested in two Premier League veterans Evra and Ashley Cole, but in the end they were unable to meet the opponent's minimum annual salary requirement of 350 million euros. One went to Juventus and one went to Roma.

In the end, Giarretta gave Guidolin a bunch of visa-free veterans, as well as little demons introduced at a low price.

As a result, the only signing Udinese made this summer that exceeded 100 million euros was the buyout of Alan for 300 million euros.

Although the Brazilian defensive midfielder has played for Udinese in the past two seasons, he belongs to Udinese's satellite club Granada.

This summer, after selling him for 5100 million euros, Udinese finally paid 300 million euros to officially transfer him.

For a player who was Udinese's main force last season and played more than 40 games in all competitions, this is truly a bargain.

But there is nothing Granada can do. Who calls them a satellite club of Udinese? There is absolutely no room for bargaining with the parent team's plundering.

In the end, Udinese announced the closing of the transfer window early after spending almost 600 million euros on signings.

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Bruno didn't pay much attention to the transfer matter, because he had no decision-making power on this matter and didn't want to get involved anymore.

However, among the bunch of little monsters dug up by Udinese, there is one person who is related to Bruno.

At his suggestion, Giaretta rented youngster Harry Maguire from Sheffield United in League One. The loan contract included a buyout clause of 500 million euros.

With this clause, Udinese also defeated Hull City, the Premier League team that was originally interested in Maguire, and obtained the ownership of the English central defender.

The addition of this tall English central defender can make up for the height of Udinese's back line. Because with Nardo leaving the team at the end of last season, Udinese's defenders didn't even have a player taller than 1.9 meters tall. The 1.88 meter Bubonijic is the highest point of Udinese's defense.

After the three-week training camp, Udinese found two low-level teams in Friuli Venezia Giulia to play two warm-up matches, and then ushered in the first real game of the summer. ’s warm-up match, and it is a very important warm-up match - the European Super Cup against Real Madrid!

The game time is 8:12 GMT on August 19th.

Two days before the game, Udinese also took a family photo of the new season team.

Goalkeepers: No. 1 Brkic, No. 22 Skuffet, No. 31 Kanizis;

Defenders: No. 2 Cancelo, No. 3 Maguire, No. 5 Danilo, No. 11 Domic, No. 15 Bochniewicz, No. 16 Bubonijic, No. 26 Spaquale, No. 34 Silva, No. 75 Erto, No. 89 Piris;

Midfielder: No. 4 Kante, No. 6 Alan, No. 7 Badu, No. 8 Bruno, No. 19 Guillerme, No. 21 Halberg, No. 23 Judson, No. 27 Widmont, No. 66 Pingqi;

Forwards: No. 9 Muriel, No. 10 Di Natale, No. 77 Taylor, No. 82 Jacho, No. 94 Aguirre.

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On the evening of August 2014, 8, Cardiff City Stadium, Wales.

<divclass="contentadv">The 2014 European Super Cup is about to begin. The two sides are last season's Champions League champion Real Madrid and the Europa League champion Udinese.

Real Madrid is definitely the hottest team in world football at the moment. Every one of their players is a famous star. In comparison, Udinese's star power is dim.

In Real Madrid, the most famous is obviously Bruno's Portuguese compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo.

Bruno has been admiring Ronaldo for a long time, but the contact between the two parties was the two national team trips last year.

Portugal's number one star may have a lot of controversy, but he is definitely one of the most outstanding superstars in the world, at least in Bruno's mind.

In an interview with the media before the game, when the reporter mentioned Ronaldo to Bruno, Bruno's first reaction was: "I grew up watching Ronaldo's games."

For Ronaldo, Bruno also expressed his respect. He believes that Ronaldo is a great player and said that he is proud to compete with such a player.

"When I see Cristiano Ronaldo at Cardiff City Stadium, all I can say to him is that Udinese are champions!"

Perhaps because of Bruno's remarks before the game, with a junior's respect for his senior, Ronaldo also said in an interview with the media: "Bruno is already an excellent professional player. I hope he will not play too well. Because we look forward to beating them in the competition!”

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Compared to the friendship between Bruno and Ronaldo, the top stars of the two teams, the atmosphere between the two Italian coaches Guidolin and Ancelotti is full of gunpowder.

The Udinese coach said in an interview with the media: "Bruno is the best player in the world, even though he is only twenty years old."

Ancelotti said: "I don't know Bruno very well. On the contrary, I think Ronaldo is better than anyone else!"

But soon, the Udinese coach said: "Cristiano Ronaldo? He is indeed very strong, but I am more worried about Bale and Modric. These two players are Real Madrid's most threatening players."

Ancelotti also said that he would not specifically develop targeted defensive tactics for Bruno.

"Maybe some teams will do this, but we prefer overall defense. We will not change our game strategy because of a certain opponent's player, even if that person is Bruno!"

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When the referee rang the bell for the second time, Di Natale slowly led the Udinese players out of the home team's locker room.

Bruno walked at the back of the line.

When Bruno and his teammates arrived at the players' tunnel, Real Madrid players had already stood in a team here.

Players from both teams come from all over the world. Although they are not familiar with each other, they all greet each other politely.

In European football, especially the four major leagues, whether it is big or small, God knows when, each other will become teammates, so they are more polite to each other off the court.

Real Madrid's Portuguese central defender Pepe also met Bruno when Bruno went to sit on the bench for the national team last year. Although they were not familiar with each other, the two had some common friends and topics, and they started talking to each other.

Later, Bruno met Ronaldo again.

"You have to be careful tonight, kid!" Ronaldo said with a smile.

At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid launched a massive attack on Udinese, but Udinese mostly retreated.

In this game, Ancelotti used a double midfielder combination of Modric and Kroos, and James Rodriguez, the World Cup golden boot who had just joined Real Madrid, came forward.

Modric and Kroos did not disappoint Ancelotti, firmly blocking Real Madrid's attack from the start of the game.

Real Madrid could not break through Udinese's defense and could only frequently shoot long shots from the outside.

In the first ten minutes, Real Madrid got a total of three or four long-range shot opportunities, starting from Cristiano Ronaldo, Chris and Ronaldo, but they failed to create a threat. All three shots missed the goal.

Especially Ronaldo's kick in the eighth minute flew directly into the stands.

After surviving Real Madrid's opening attack, Udinese gradually stabilized its position and began to plot a counterattack.

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