Chapter 77 The devil’s schedule begins
Chapter 77 The devil’s schedule begins
When Portugal defeated Sweden in the away game and won a ticket to the World Cup in Brazil, Bruno took his mind back because the league would resume soon.
Moreover, Udinese is about to usher in a devilish schedule: starting from November 11th to the last game before the winter break on December 24st, in just four weeks, Udinese will compete in Serie A and Europe. There are 12 games in the League Cup, and most of them are strong dialogues.
On November 11, Udinese will sit at the Friuli Stadium to face Fiorentina, the current sixth-ranked rival in the league.
Then four days after this game, on November 11, in the fifth round of the Europa League group stage, Udinese faced Freiburg from the Bundesliga at home.
Next, is the most severe schedule.
On December 12, in the fourteenth round of the league, they visited the Allianz Stadium in Turin to face Serie A class leader Juventus, which is currently the strongest team in Serie A.
On December 12, back at home, in the fifteenth round of the league, the opponent was Napoli, which is currently the third team in the Serie A standings.
Then five days later, on December 2013, 12, Udinese will travel to Portugal to challenge Estoril in the sixth round of the Europa League group stage.
December 12th, the sixteenth round of the league, against Turin at home.
After this game, Udinese has ended its consecutive double matches and can take a week off.
Then comes the last game of 2013, heading to Novara on December 12. Bruno will return to the Piola Stadium to face his old club.
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Such a high intensity of competition really makes the players physically and mentally exhausted!
Even for a giant with a strong bench, such an intense schedule is a huge challenge.
The most painful thing is that a team like Udinese that has begun to pursue some pursuits has to play in the league and it is difficult to give up the Europa League directly, otherwise it will not be able to explain to the fans.
For Bruno, this is the first truly devilish schedule in his career.
Since joining Udinese, Bruno has had the experience of playing double matches in a row for a week, but the quality of his previous opponents was obviously much worse than those during this devilish schedule.
So far this season, among Udinese's opponents, the only ones that can truly be called strong rivals are Roma and Inter Milan. Most of the rest are teams in the middle and lower reaches of Serie A.
In the match against two strong teams, Udinese won one and lost one, taking Roma, but in the match against Inter Milan, it was a complete defeat.
It is precisely because of this that many people have doubts about Udinese's current record and ranking. They believe that as the season progresses, Udinese will eventually reveal its prototype, that is, it will at most compete for a European spot. To compete for the league title, Udinese is still a little bit behind.
And the next devilish schedule is the real test for Udinese!
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On November 11, in the thirteenth round of the league, Udinese sat at the Friuli Stadium and faced Fiorentina, which has performed well in recent seasons.
In this game, Udinese received good news. Captain Di Natale finally returned from injury, and Alan, who had a conflict with coach Guidolin, also admitted his mistake to Guidolin and returned to the squad.
In the game, Guidolin arranged a 4231 formation, with goalkeeper Brkic, Basta, Erto, Danilo and Domic forming the defense line. Pingqi and Kanter partnered with double midfielders, Bruno, Mahrez and Robert Pereira formed the forward line, and forward captain Di Natale shot forward with a single arrow.
Fiorentina used a four-three-three formation, with goalkeeper Neto, defenders Tomovic, Rodriguez, Savic and Pascual, and midfielders Aquilani, Pizarro and Bol. Ha, the front three is Joaquin, Rossi and Cuadrado.
After the game started, Udinese chose to attack, but Florence's defense was very solid. Until the 30th minute of the game, Udinese still failed to score.
Fiorentina's young coach Vincenzo Montella was sitting in the coach's seat. Although his team was being besieged by Udinese, he was not panicking.
Similar scenes have occurred many times in the first thirty minutes.
Udinese is not good at attacking tough battles. Facing a dense defense, this team does not have many options.
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<divclass="contentadv">Bruno gets the ball in the middle.
Udinese moved back and forth in front of Fiorentina's penalty area, but was unable to find a suitable offensive path.
Di Natale came out to receive the ball and Bruno passed the football to him.
"Di Natale controlled the ball outside the penalty area. As a center forward, he did not stay in front of the goal, but pulled it out." The commentator of Sky TV Italy said.
In today's game, Guidolin made appropriate rotations for the team, and he is already preparing for the next Devils schedule.
Because it was expected that Florence would adopt a relatively conservative strategy, even if Di Natale had just returned from injury, Guidolin still chose to start the Udinese captain who has a better ability to grasp opportunities.
In order to open up Florence's defense, Guidolin asked the offensive players in the frontcourt to keep running, looking for opportunities, and crossing back and forth.
This time, Di Natale once again pulled outside the penalty area.
Fiorentina's center back Stefan Savic then rushed out and built a defense line in the penalty area.
Savage, who joined Manchester City at the age of 20, is considered to be extremely confident and even arrogant. However, Savage has the ability to support his confidence because he has excellent heading skills, good positioning and anticipation. ability. He likes to push forward, and sometimes he will suddenly rush into the opponent's penalty area, looking for opportunities to change the score.
Although he failed to secure a position in Manchester City, after moving to Florence in the summer of 2012, Savic quickly showed his strength and became the backbone of Florence's defense.
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Di Natale controlled the ball, and he tried to pass the ball. Savage stretched out his foot to intercept, but Di Natale faked the move.
Di Natale suddenly tried to break through, and Savage came up to entangle the opponent. He thought he could use his excellent physical fitness to squeeze out Di Natale and steal the ball, but he soon realized how difficult his opponent was: This old guy is really good at protecting the ball!
Di Natale held Savage, who tried to steal the ball twice to no avail.
Suddenly, Di Natale tried to force a turn, and Savage quickly moved his body to intercept.
However, Di Natale pulled his body back and twisted his butt to the other side. Savage was squeezed away by the twisting of his butt.
Fiorentina full-back Rodriguez quickly came over to cover the defense.
The 29-year-old Argentinian defender has performed very well during his eight years at Villarreal. After moving to Fiorentina last summer, he also quickly secured his main position and became Fiorentina's first choice. The defensive general not only showed strong strength on the defensive end, but was also excellent on the offensive end. He was the best player in the Fiorentina team last season.
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This is the moment Di Natale has been waiting for.
Di Natale passed the ball before Rodriguez and Savic could complete the formation, and he pushed the football through the gap between the two defensive lines.
"Beautiful through ball!"
"Bruno!"
Bruno received the ball on the right. He did not choose to dribble the ball to continue to break through or shoot. Instead, he directly pushed the football to the left side of the penalty area.
"Robert Pereira!"
The attention of Florence's defense was attracted by Di Natale's penetrating pass and Bruno who got the ball. Everyone thought that Bruno would choose to directly dribble the ball into the penalty area, or choose to shoot. No one thought that he would pass from the right to the left.
The football passed by the goal.
Pereira suddenly burst forward, passing through the entire Fiorentina defense and appearing behind them.
"Pereira! Not offside!!" the commentator of Italian Sky TV shouted at the top of his lungs.
