Chapter 205 Advance to the Champions League quarterfinals

At the moment Bruno fell to the ground, the referee's whistle also sounded at the right time.

Fuchs's foul was still very obvious. The referee showed him a yellow card and awarded Udinese a frontcourt free kick.

Udinese's current number one taker of set kicks is naturally Bruno. After the referee awarded Udinese a free kick, he held the ball and stood at the penalty spot designated by the referee.

When sports battles fail to open up the situation, set kicks are undoubtedly a good opportunity to break the deadlock.

However, the position of this free kick is relatively biased and is not suitable for direct attack. In most cases, the player taking the penalty will choose to pass the ball into the penalty area, allowing his own players to attack the opponent's defense and goal.

If our players can grab the spot, whether it is a header or a shot, it will be a good scoring opportunity.

However, Bruno tried another possibility, especially when he saw that Schalke 04 only sent Fuchs to form a wall.

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After the referee blew the whistle, Bruno started to run.

Three consecutive years of basic training, how to run, how hard to use, the distance of each step, how to play more comfortably... everything has already become his body's instinct.

He knew what he was going to do next as soon as his body moved.

Everything seemed to be instinctive. When he ran in front of the football, he used his left foot as a support, raised his right foot, tilted his body at an angle with the ball, and pulled out his right foot vigorously.

Only a muffled sound of "bang" was heard at the scene, and the ball flew out from Bruno's right foot like a cannonball. It almost passed over the heads of everyone in the penalty area, then fell quickly, and after going around an arc, Almost grazing the angle between the goal crossbar and the right post, it crashed into the goal!

This sudden shot was fast, urgent, and full of power. Bruno's ball was low and no one had time to react. Even Schalke 04 goalkeeper Willen Reuter didn't notice. The ball has already been scored!

Everyone looked at this scene on the court in stunned silence, looking at Bruno after shooting, looking at the beating ball in the goal...

They were all shocked!

No one thought that Udinese would score a goal in this way!

Di Matteo on the sidelines was so surprised that he covered his mouth, obviously in disbelief.

Guidolin was so excited that he jumped up.

In the penalty area, after Bruno scored, he thought of celebrating, but as soon as he rushed up, he was stopped by Salah and fell to the court.

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"The ball went in!!!"

"It's definitely a world-wide kick!"

"From Bruno Fernandez!"

"In the 89th minute, Bruno scored a world wave!"

"Oh my god, this is going to be a classic goal!"

"Close to the left sideline, Bruno took a direct free kick and knocked on the Schalke 04 goal!"

"It's so exciting! It's such a ground-breaking and world-shattering finale!"

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Bruno was pressed on by his teammates one after another. But the most painful thing was obviously not him, but Salah who held him down. The Egyptian was afraid of accidentally crushing Bruno, so he held himself up.

All the Udinese players fell on the court and celebrated.

In the stands, Udinese fans were also cheering wildly.

Although the score on the field only became 3:4, Udinese was still one goal behind. However, in the two rounds of the knockout round, Udinese relied on a 2:0 away victory in the first round, which made their current two rounds The total score became 5:4!

If the game ends with the current score, Udinese will reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in history!

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"Two goals!"

“While Huntelaar scored twice to prove his strength, Bruno also scored twice again, which brought his number of goals in the Champions League this season to 12 goals, with 3 goals. Leading the Champions League scorer list by advantage."

<divclass="contentadv">"What a wonderful game tonight! Udinese and Schalke 04 gave us the most exciting game in the Champions League this season. Both sides played very well. Schalke 04 Erke had the advantage, but Udinese showed great tenacity."

"Especially Bruno's final kick at the last minute made the world's biggest wave worth it for all of us."

In the visiting team's tactical guidance area on the side of the court, after seeing Bruno score this world wave, Di Matteo squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, looking at the court in disbelief.

If the score on the scoreboard hadn't read 3:4, he would have thought he was dazzled.

Everything happened so fast.

Finale world wave!

This is destined to become the headlines of major media outlets tomorrow!

Even as an opponent, Huntelaar had to be convinced and had to admit that Bruno was in really good shape tonight.

For someone like Bruno to drag a team to the quarterfinals of the Champions League by himself, it is really admirable.

On the court, after celebrating wildly, the Udinese players returned to the playing field one after another at the urging of the referee. Each of their faces was filled with expectant smiles.

Yes, although they lost 3:4 at home, they were the final winners.

This also allowed them to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in team history!

We just won the Europa League last season and reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season. This is just like a dream!

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In the end, when the referee blew the full-time whistle, the score was fixed at 3:4. Schalke 04 defeated Udinese, who had the best performance in Europe this season, on the road.

However, the Schalke 04 players and coach Di Matteo who won the game were not happy at all.

Di Matteo said in an interview with reporters: "My team did everything they could do. A young team played at a high level and scoring four goals at the Stadio Friuli is unimaginable. No We were very disappointed to advance.”

Former Real Madrid player Huntelaar scored twice in the 57th minute to help Schalke lead 4:2, standing on the edge of promotion. In the next half hour, the Bundesliga team was not without opportunities. Kanizis saved the team with two saves.

Di Matteo said: "It was a great game for the crowd, we played very well. It's a strange feeling to win a great game but not qualify. Huntelaar scored in the first half Crossed the beam, luck was not on our side today.”

Schalke 04 is currently ranked fifth in the Bundesliga. After being eliminated from the Champions League, their first priority is to reach the top four and continue to compete in the Champions League next season.

The Udinese players who lost were very happy because they reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in history and once again refreshed the team's record in the Champions League.

However, this defeat also announced that Udinese's unbeaten run in the Champions League has stayed at 9. They had previously maintained this record in 2 play-offs, 6 group matches and the first leg of the top 9 knockout rounds in a total of games. Undefeated.

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Udinese head coach Guidolin seemed a little unhappy about the team's loss. He said at the post-match press conference: "If we continue to perform like this tonight, it is obvious that we will not go very far. "

A reporter asked, does this mean that Udinese is at a low point?

Guidolin said: "I'm sorry, as everyone can see, we played poorly and this is a bad side of the team. We accept all the criticism, accept the boos, which only motivates us more. I I still have faith in the team because I know what they are capable of. We need to continue to train hard and focus on the job in front of us. There is a lot for all of us to do."

Guidolin continued: "I know we played poorly and we can do better. I have talked about this with the players. We did not play well in the game, we played poorly. Regarding this game we Can't say too much. We have to improve and if we don't do that, we won't be able to go further."

Another reporter asked Guidolin if he had talked about anything with the players during halftime.Like running the hair dryer on full blast like Coach Ferguson?

Guidolin said: "We need to think about our defense, which is where all our mistakes lie. No team has scored 4 goals at our home court in the past, except Genoa, which was an accident. We lacked organization."

Some reporters asked if Guidolin's constant statement that Udinese was only competing for a Champions League spot in Serie A made Udinese lack confidence?

Guidolin said: "Yes, we lack confidence. We also lack a little bit of the physical element of the game. We have problems in many aspects - goals, defense, motivation, ambition, concentration..."

A reporter also asked Guidolin if he would be surprised if he was dismissed from get out of class at Udinese?

Guidolin said: "I don't think about it now. I will continue my job and try my best to do the best for the team. I need to do better because everything that happened on the court tonight It’s the coach’s responsibility.”

Although Guidolin was not happy with the result of the game, it did not affect Udinese's ability to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in team history. The significance of this is no less than winning the Europa League last season. .

Of course, Udinese is not the first team to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals this season.

Two minutes before the end of the match between Udinese and Schalke 04, the result of the duel between Real Madrid and Porto had already been determined. Real Madrid relied on Ronaldo's brace to beat Porto 2:1 at the Bernabeu Stadium. The total score was 5:5. Real Madrid eliminated Porto with its away goal advantage and became the first team to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season.

However, the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals will take place a week later. At that time, the eight teams that have advanced will decide their opponents through a random draw.