Chapter 212 The footsteps of the Serie A champion

On the evening of April 4th, local time in Italy, in the 18st round of Serie A, Udinese challenged Chievo as a guest.

Since Udinese will travel to Germany to challenge Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in three days, Guidolin has made a comprehensive rotation of Udinese's lineup.

At the Bentegodi Stadium, in the 39th minute, Megiolini made a pass from the left, and Pelissier got rid of the defensive tackle and scored.

Udinese equalized the score in the 72nd minute. Udinese passed the ball and Chievo defender Cezar accidentally touched the ball into his own goal under pressure from Tello.

In stoppage time, Chievo almost scored a winner, but Zukanovic's shot was blocked by the crossbar.

In the end, Udinese, who played as a substitute, was lucky to get a draw at the Bentegodi Stadium.

In another game that started at the same time, Juventus defeated Lazio, third in the standings, 2:0 at home, ending the Blue Eagles' 7-game winning streak in Serie A and narrowing the point difference with Udinese to 8 points. .

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On Monday, the Udinese team traveled north to Germany. The second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between the two teams will be played at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night.

More than 3,000 Udinese fans accompanied the team on away games.

After losing to Udinese 1:3 in the away game six days ago, Bayern was once flooded with saliva. Many people believe that Guardiola's days at the helm will not last long.

Because in the history of the Champions League, after losing the game 1:3 in the first round, the possibility of the team reversing the game is really too low. Bayern's opponent is Udinese, who has performed very well throughout Europe this season.

The whistle blew for the ninety-minute match, and the Udinese fans in the visiting team stands at the Allianz Stadium burst into excited cheers.

At the end of the game, although Udinese lost the game with a score of 1:2, due to the 3:1 score in the first round, they still eliminated the powerful Bayern Munich with a total score of 4:3 and advanced to the Champions League four this season. powerful.

For Udinese, this is like a dream.

At the Allianz Arena, Udinese deployed a very conservative 4312 formation and firmly used defensive counterattacks to deal with Bayern Munich.

Facts have proved that Guidolin's approach was very correct.

Amid the crazy cheers of the 70,000 home team fans at the Allianz Arena, Bayern launched a crazy offensive towards Udinese's goal from the beginning of the game, overwhelming Udinese and unable to lift its head at all.

That is to say, Udinese's defensive strength is sufficient, otherwise they may not be able to withstand it for long and the defense will collapse.

During the game, Bayern's Polish forward Lewandowski showed off his power, scoring two goals with his head and kicks.

In fact, had it not been for the outstanding performance of Udinese's defense and the performance of Greek goalkeeper Kanizis as a top goalkeeper, Udinese might have suffered a disastrous defeat in this game.

Udinese's only goal was scored by captain Di Natale, but the credit for this goal was the credit of the offensive combination of Bruno, Salah and Di Natale.

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"Daily Udine" reported the game on its front page the day after the game, cheering for Udinese to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in its history.

The whole of Udine was full of laughter.

Not only the local media in Udine cheered for Udinese's promotion, but other media in Italy also cheered for it.

After all, for any team, advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League is a very rare thing.

In particular, Serie A has performed poorly in the European war in recent years. The Bundesliga has overtaken the Champions League points and dropped to fourth place, which has resulted in the Champions League seats being reduced to three.

Under such circumstances, any Italian team advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League is of extraordinary significance to the revival of Italian football.

More and more Italians are admiring Udinese, a small team from northeastern Italy.

In the past few years, this small team once acted as a point-delivering boy in the European competition. However, in the past two seasons, Udinese has undergone a complete change. First, it won the Europa League last season. They defeated Juventus and other giants to win the championship. This season, they defeated two Bundesliga teams, Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

This is very beneficial for Italy to surpass Germany in European war points and return to the top three.

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One day later, Juventus also drew with Monaco 0:0 in an away game, thus eliminating their opponent with a total score of 1:0 in two rounds. After Udinese, they also entered the semi-finals of the Champions League.

As a result, there are two Italian teams in the Champions League semi-finals.

For Italians, this is like a dream.

On Thursday night, the two Italian teams competing in the Europa League were also very competitive.

Fiorentina defeated Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 at home, eliminating their opponents with a total score of 3:1 and advancing to the semi-finals of the Europa League.

Naples also drew with German team Wolfsburg 2:2 at home, thus advancing to the semi-finals of the Europa League with a total score of 6:3.

<divclass="contentadv"> So far, this season's Champions League semi-finals and Europa League semi-finals have all been born. People were surprised to find that four of the remaining eight teams were Italian teams, truly occupying the Half of the country.

It is no exaggeration to say that Serie A is the biggest winner in the European war this season.

Especially when the draw results for the Champions League and Europa League semi-finals came out on Friday, the whole of Italy was boiling.

In the Champions League, Udinese faced Barcelona and Juventus faced Real Madrid.

In the Europa League, Fiorentina faced Sevilla and Naples faced Dnipro.

Countless Italians began to fantasize about the grand scene of four Italian teams appearing on the stage together in this year's Champions League and Europa League finals.

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On the afternoon of April 4, Udinese faced AC Milan at the Friuli Stadium. Antonelli's goal was disallowed in the first half. In the second half, Pingqi and Badu defeated two cities in a row. Substitute Cerci assisted Pazzini to regain a point. This was AC Milan's only shot on goal.

In the end, Udinese defeated AC Milan 2:1, achieving a double win against the Rossoneri this season.

Due to another game that blew the whistle at the same time, Juventus lost 1:2 to the Red Bulls in the Turin Derby.

After 32 rounds of Serie A, Udinese leads Juventus by 81 points in the Serie A standings with 11 points.

More and more people believe that Udinese is only a matter of time away from winning its first Serie A championship in team history.

Two days later, the 33rd round of Serie A continued, with Udinese sitting at the Friuli Stadium to face Inter Milan.

Perhaps because they are getting closer to the Serie A championship, Udinese players seemed very excited during the game. But Inter Milan is also in very good shape recently. The competition between the two sides is very fierce and there is a lot of gunpowder on the court.

In the 41st minute, Hernanes broke through the left rib at high speed. Domizzi, who played for Udinese for the 200th time, shoveled him away and received his second yellow card and was sent off!

40 seconds into the second half, Hernanes scored the ball. Kovacic's shot from the left side of the penalty area was tackled by Danilo. Referee Rocky whistled a penalty kick!

Kanizis received a yellow card for protesting. Icardi took the penalty and advanced to the lower left corner, giving Inter Milan the lead in the away game.

Udinese, with one less player, tied in the 1th minute. Bruno made a low pass from the left. Di Natale stopped the ball and got rid of Vidic, and advanced to the lower right corner 50 meters from the goal, rewriting the score to 12:1. .

This is his 226th goal in Serie A, surpassing Nordahl in the Serie A total scorer list, occupying the third position alone.

Udinese suffered another blow in the 58th minute. Badu made rude remarks after receiving a yellow card and was sent off. Udinese had to face the bad situation of playing with 9 men for more than half an hour.

8 minutes later, Inter Milan scored their second goal of the game. Hernanes took a corner kick from the right to the front of the penalty area. Podolski, who had just come on as a substitute, shot with his left foot and was blocked. He scored again. The ball went sideways to get out of the way of the defender, and the left-footed arc ball hit the upper left corner 20 meters in front of the goal.

In the final stage, Udinese, with two fewer players, launched a fierce attack under the leadership of Bruno, but in the end they were unable to change the situation and lost the game with a score of 2:1.

One day later, Juventus defeated Fiorentina 3:2 at home, once again narrowing the point difference with Udinese to 8 points.

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Entering the first Serie A match in May, Juventus defeated Sampdoria 5:1 in an away game and was only 0 points behind Udinese despite having one more game.

This sounded the alarm for Udinese.

Therefore, in the away game against Verona that started in the afternoon of the same day, even though he was going to Spain to challenge Barcelona three days later, Guidolin still sent out the strongest lineup in the game.

Guidolin knows very well that with Udinese’s strength, reaching this point in the Champions League is already a blessing from God.It is a dream to eliminate the Cosmos team Barcelona led by MSN in the next two rounds.

Not to mention, even if Udinese is full of character and is lucky enough to eliminate Barcelona, they will still have to face the winner of Real Madrid and Juventus in the final.

Therefore, the possibility of reaching the top of Europe again this season is slim.

In this case, it is better to take advantage of the huge advantage in Serie A and win the first Serie A championship in team history steadily.

As long as Udinese can defeat Verona in this round, they can restore their 8-point advantage.

With only 4 rounds left in the league, as long as Udinese doesn't commit suicide, the Serie A championship is basically gone!

At the Bentegodi Stadium, Udinese encountered stubborn resistance from Verona. It was not until the 62nd minute that Bruno assisted Di Natale to score a goal, breaking the deadlock on the field.

This was also the only goal of the game.

In the end, Udinese defeated Verona 1:0 in an away game, reaching 84 points for the season. It continues to lead the Serie A standings with an 8-point advantage. It is getting closer and closer to the first Italian football top league championship in team history. Getting closer!

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