Chapter 185 Reaching the top of the Serie A standings

Chapter 185: Reaching the top of the Serie A standings

Inter Milan's players were stunned, they could not accept this goal.

In the stands of the Meazza Stadium, Inter Milan fans booed loudly.

For Inter Milan, losing at home is unacceptable, because it means that they will be winless in five league games. The last time they won in Serie A was a 9:1 home victory over Sampdoria in the 0th round. It was still October.

After five rounds without a win, Inter Milan's ranking dropped from 8th to 12th.

This goal was a huge blow to Inter Milan. After the game restarted, although they launched a fierce counterattack towards Udinese's goal, the effect was not satisfactory.

The impetuous Inter Milan players had no intention of seriously organizing the offense. Many attacks ended with random shots from Inter Milan's frontcourt players.

Such a shot hardly poses any threat to Udinese. Sometimes it looks more like helping Udinese to save the ball.

Udinese, on the other hand, seemed very united. The four defensive midfielders headed by Kante built a second great wall in front of the back line. Only Bruno and Taylor, who came on the bench, were left in the frontcourt as a counterattack. strength.

However, although the offensive manpower is small, the threat to Inter Milan is not small. Bruno's super personal ability, coupled with the tall and tall Taylor as the fulcrum of counterattacks, often made Inter Milan confused in their counterattacks.

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The offense was unfavorable and the defense was frequently in trouble, which caused Inter Milan players to become very anxious and even broke out in internal strife.

In the 82nd minute, Osvaldo, who came on as a substitute, was dissatisfied with Yuto Nagatomo's pass and rushed over to yell at Xiao Zhi, which almost caused a fistfight between Inter Milan players.

Seeing this scene, the fans of the home team at Meazza Stadium were furious and yelled. The team was lagging behind and there was not much game time left. Why the hell are you engaging in internal strife?

Bruno, who was not far from the scene of the incident, was also dumbfounded by Osvaldo's actions. He is truly a well-known expert in internal strife in football!

After reacting, Bruno wanted to go over and say to Xiaozhi: How the hell can you bear this? Plate him!

However, considering the risk of being beaten, Bruno still resisted the idea of ​​going to the fire.

Looking at the young guard with low eyebrows and a look like a little daughter-in-law, Bruno secretly curled his lips: He is really not a man!

There was a wave of internal strife in Inter Milan, and the players were in no mood to attack on the court.

Finally, at the end of the three-minute injury time, when the referee blew the three whistles to end the game, the score was still 1:2.

Udinese defeated the Nerazzurri in an away game and ushered in its fourth consecutive league victory. At the same time, it also surpassed Juventus in the Serie A standings with 35 points and 33 points, rising to the top of the Serie A standings.

意甲联赛14轮战罢，乌迪内斯11胜2平1负，以35分高居榜首。

Juventus has 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, ranking second with 33 points.

Roma has 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, ranking third with 32 points.

The Red Wolves also dropped points in this round. They were tied 2:2 by Barcelona at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

In fact, Roma was lucky to get 1 point at home, because at the end of the first half, they were 0:2 behind.

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After the game, "Gazzetta dello Sport" reported that Udinese's go-ahead goal should be canceled because Vidmon fouled when he stole Medel, and the referee should blow the whistle to stop the game.

In this regard, the Turin media "Torino Sport" sarcastically said that Milan people cannot afford to lose. If such steals are fouls, then countless goals in Serie A will be disallowed. Can the game still be played?

"Gazzetta dello Sport" immediately hit back, saying that the Turin people were kicked off the top spot by Udinese, and they still spoke for Udinese. It was simply ungrateful.

"Turin Sports" immediately stated that Juventus is a team that respects referees and has nothing to do with where the team is ranked. Even though Juventus is no longer at the top of the list, they are still in the championship group with Udinese and Roma, and AC Milan and Inter Milan are about to join the relegation group.

In this round of competition, the Milan duo lost together again. Inter Milan lost 1:2 at home to Udinese, and before their loss, AC Milan had just lost 0:1 away to Genoa.

After 14 rounds of Serie A, AC Milan only scored 21 points and ranked eighth in Serie A, while Inter Milan was even worse, scoring only 17 points and ranking 12th in Serie A.

Between the two teams, AC Milan is 10 points above the relegation zone, while Inter Milan is only 6 points above the relegation zone.

Juventus was previously tied with Udinese at home, and Milan was ridiculing them vigorously. The Juventus people will not forget this, and it would be strange not to add insult to injury at this time.

This annoyed the Milan people, and "Gazzetta dello Sport" immediately started a war of words with Juventus. The arguments between the two sides continued, and the smell of gunpowder gradually became stronger, and Udinese was actually left aside.

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On this day, after Udinese's training, Guidolin talked about this matter with members of the coaching staff and the team's captain and deputy captain when he held a pre-war discussion for the next game.

"What does this mean?" Guidolin asked.

"They left us alone and just quarreled among themselves," assistant coach Diego Portolucci said.

Guidolin nodded and turned his attention to the others.

Bruno thought for a while and said: "Although we are now the league leader, and Milan and Juventus are also hostile to us, but fundamentally speaking, Juventus still only has the eyes of the Milan duo, and they may not be able to continue." They all look down on Roma, let alone us. And in the eyes of the Milan duo, their biggest enemy will always be Juventus, so these three teams don’t regard us as real opponents yet.”

To be honest, Udinese's ranking in Serie A has been very good since Guidolin became the head coach. In the past four seasons, they have ranked fourth, third, fifth and second in the Serie A standings.

It can be said that in the past five seasons, Udinese is definitely one of the teams with the most stable record in Serie A. It is also one of the only teams in Serie A that has not fallen out of the top five in the standings since the 2010s. The other one is Napoli.

Except for Udinese and Napoli, the other teams have records of not being in the top five of Serie A.

If in the first three seasons of the Guidolin period, Udinese was only competing for a European spot and did not pose much of a threat to the Serie A championship, since last season, Udinese has truly become a contender for the Serie A championship. .

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Last season, although Juventus finally won the championship with a huge advantage, Udinese's performance in the first half of the league was not inferior to Juventus at all.

However, in the second half of the season, Udinese focused on the Europa League and the Italian Cup. Coupled with the thin team lineup, they were eventually left behind by Juventus.

But this strategic abandonment also brought unprecedented success to Udinese. It won a major championship for the first time in team history, and won two in one go.

This summer, Udinese sold many of its main players in the transfer market and earned a lot of money, but it still maintains good competitiveness in the Champions League and league.

In the Champions League group stage, Udinese defeated the super giant Real Madrid to rank first in the group, and is about to secure the first place in the group and advance to the knockout rounds; in Serie A, Udinese also had a strong performance by defeating the Milan duo in succession. In one fell swoop, they surpassed Juventus and topped the Serie A standings.

But despite this, the top three in Serie A still do not regard Udinese as a real opponent.

This is the result of Udinese's business philosophy.

Even though Udinese has performed well in recent seasons, Udinese still plays the role of a wealthy supermarket in Serie A despite adhering to a small business philosophy.

The top three in Serie A all know that even if Udinese achieves temporary success, these outstanding players will eventually be poached by wealthy teams like them, and it is impossible to pose a threat to the status of their three teams.

It can be said bluntly that in Serie A, only the top three of Serie A can pose a threat to each other's status, and the rest are just clouds!

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What would Juventus and Milan do now if they truly saw Udinese as a threat?

They will put aside their past grudges at this time, speak out unanimously, and hype this matter up like crazy, spreading rumors that Udinese is being taken care of by the referee. Although this does not exist in fact, the three major Serie A giants are putting pressure on Udinese in the future. During the game, they will definitely be treated more harshly by the referee.

"This is our chance." Bruno said again, "Before Milan and Juventus start to really look at us, win the games we should win and get as many points as possible."

Looking at the confident Bruno, Guidolin and Di Natale were also amazed. Although they had already learned about Bruno's crazy idea of ​​​​taking advantage of the league, they were still extremely shocked every time they thought about it.

Udinese is just a small team. Although they unexpectedly won the Italian Cup and Europa League last season, they never thought about winning the Serie A championship.

As coaches and players who have been in Italian football for many years, Guidolin and Di Natale know only too well how difficult it is for teams other than the top three in Serie A to win the league championship.

上一支拿到意甲联赛冠军的非三强球队是罗马，红狼在2000-2001赛季的34轮比赛中，以22胜9平3负的战绩拿到75分夺冠。

But Roma is also a traditional strong team in Serie A, and that era was also the final stage of the Serie A Mini World Cup.

After entering the new century, the dominance of the top three in Serie A has become more and more stable. It is a wishful thinking for other teams to seize the opportunity from the tiger's mouth.

Now Bruno actually said that he will help Udinese win the Serie A championship. It is true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!