From the man behind the football king to the football king

Although Udinese and Juventus both slowed down their progress in this round because they were preparing for the next Champions League knockout rounds, the two teams' advantages in the Serie A standings are still very obvious.

After 30 league rounds, Udinese has 25 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, scoring 77 points, ranking first in the Serie A standings.

Juventus followed closely with 20 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, ranking second with 67 points.

Lazio ranks third. The Blue Eagles' current record is 17 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, with only 55 points.

Roma, which has performed poorly recently, fell to fourth place. The Red Wolves have achieved 14 wins, 12 draws and 4 losses in 30 league rounds, with 54 points.

For Juventus, although the possibility of winning four consecutive Serie A championships this season seems slim, they have basically locked in the second place in the league in advance and can directly advance to next season's Champions League. Main race.

Serie A's third Champions League qualification next season will be fought between the Roma duo.

The three forwards are Muller, Lewandowski and Gotze.

This game is the first time Guardiola and Guidolin have played against each other. Although Guardiola also watched Udinese's away game against Schalke 04, and also watched videos of many other Udinese games, he thinks he has a better understanding of this Udinese team and Guidolin's tactical system. I understand, but this is like seeing flowers in the fog. Without clearing the clouds, you will never know if you are facing a soft girl or a flower.

Bruno pulled the ball, made a slight adjustment, and then looked ahead.

It can be seen from Bayern Munich's starting lineup that the configuration of the three forwards is needless to say. In the midfield, they chose the configuration of Lahm, Alonso, and Thiago. Alonso is a single defensive midfielder, which is weakened by the single defensive midfielder. Defensive strength and enhanced offensive firepower.

The Estadio Friuli is not a small stadium, with a total capacity of more than 41,600 people, but it also appropriately illustrates the popularity of the Udinese football market.

This is Guardiola's second season coaching Bayern Munich and he has already established his authority in the team. This prestige is built through continuous victory.

Yes, in Guidolin's view, Salah's shooting level is still relatively average, but his recent shooting feeling and luck are both good.

Feeling and luck are really important to forwards. When luck and feeling are good, you can shoot as many times as you like. For players like Salah who have relatively average shooting skills, luck and feeling are even more important.

Next, Sampdoria scored 48 points, Naples with 47 points and Fiorentina with 46 points. It is basically impossible to enter the top three in the league.

"Stealing the ball!"

Therefore, Guardiola was surprised at first when he saw Udinese take the initiative to attack and compete with Bayern Munich after the game started. He thought that Udinese would be more conservative when facing the powerful Bayern Munich. , I didn’t expect Udinese to insist on attacking.

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On the evening of April 15, the Friuli Stadium, which can accommodate more than 41,000 people, was packed with seats.

Before the start of the game, Guidolin and Guardiola shook hands, and the two did not exchange much words.

For Bayern Munich, the goalkeeper is Neuer, the right back is Brazilian defender Rafinha, the center back is the partner of Boateng and Dante, and the left back is Bernard, the genius Bayern Munich only introduced from Valencia last summer. special.

The three midfielders are captain Lahm, Alonso and Thiago.

Guidolin watched from the audience. His fists were clenched, loosened, and clenched again. He was also nervous.

According to the latest regulations, as long as they can win the Europa League, they can qualify for the Champions League next season.

Di Natale has been in good form recently, and Salah's condition has also improved. What makes Guidolin most satisfied is that Salah's shot came in with good luck.

What Guardiola didn't expect was that his Bayern Munich seemed to be unable to withstand the constant impact of Udinese.

Bayern Munich seems to be unprepared for this. On the one hand, they did not expect that Udinese would play so proactively and aggressively against Bayern Munich. On the other hand, Udinese concentrated the entire team's offensive firepower on Alonso. There was a lack of necessary preparations, so that Alonso was a little embarrassed by the impact, and Lahm and Thiago had to come over to help. The most direct reaction was that Bayern Munich's midfielder became passive, tired of defense, and unable to support the forward line. .

Now, the only thing that can relieve his tension is scoring goals.

In this psychological state, even when Bayern Munich was a little passive when seeing Udinese besieging Alonso, Guardiola did not pay too much attention.

However, Brkic has no plans to transfer and leave. He has played for Udinese for many years and is already a 32-year-old veteran. His career is approaching the twilight of his career and he does not plan to travel anymore.

The latter nodded.

Faced with Guilherme's pressing, Alonso chose to pass the football to Alonso, but Vidmont was already prepared for this. He suddenly stepped forward and stabbed him first, and then Kanter grabbed the ball first. Lahm controlled the football before counterattacking and quickly released the ball. The football was passed to Bruno.

Portolucci glanced at Guidolin in surprise. The game had just begun, and the opponent was the powerful Bayern Munich. You are so confident, aren't you a little too confident?

"Eric." Guardiola smiled confidently in the visiting team's coaching bench and said to his assistant Eric Ten Hag, "Very good, everything is under my control."

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"Guardiola wants to eat us in one bite," Guidolin said to Portolucci.

When the players on the field saw Alonso starting and Bayern Munich playing as a defensive midfielder, they knew what they should do.

The game has been going on for more than ten minutes, and so far, Guidolin's strategy is quite successful.

In this game, Guidolin put together the strongest lineup he could. Up front is the combination of Di Natale and Salah.

On the defense line, Danilo and Maguire are the central defender partners, the left back is Joao Cancelo, and the right back is Piris. It can be said that Udinese's defense configuration is the most stable. .

In the midfield, Bruno, Kanter, Vidmont and Guillerme form a midfield four.

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He has confidence in his team. As long as they withstand this wave of offensive, Bayern Munich, which has recovered, will teach Udinese a good lesson.

In fact, since Udinese won the Europa League and Italian Cup last season and ranked among the top three in Serie A, since the beginning of the new season, the Friuli Stadium has been almost full every game, 100% consecutively. The attendance also set a Serie A record.

Well done!

These victories have greatly improved the confidence of the Bayern Munich team, especially Bayern Munich head coach Guardiola. Guardiola has a kind of confidence: The team that dares to attack Bayern Munich has great courage, but it will die. Very miserable!

Udinese's starting goalkeeper Kanizis, the Greek goalkeeper has basically secured his position as the main goalkeeper, and the original main goalkeeper Brkic has become a substitute.

According to Guidolin's arrangement, Udinese's response in this case was very direct: concentrate all offensive power and attack Alonso.

Although Di Natale played for half an hour in last weekend's game, it had little impact on him.

"Bruno's through ball! Salah! Speed! Speed! Speed! Very fast speed! Split the side, Cancelo crosses! Boateng! He makes a clearance! The kick is flawed... Di Natale - GOOOOOOOOOL !”

Then, Guardiola was happy. Since Udinese did not overestimate their own capabilities and did not know whether to live or die, he did not mind sending Guidolin and Udinese away.

Alonso is Bayern Munich's single defensive midfielder. He is besieged here and will be very dangerous once he is broken through, so this forces Lahm and Thiago to come over to help. Faced with Udinese's high-intensity grabbing Force tactics, Bayern Munich's midfielder is very passive.

In response to Bayern Munich's possible starting configuration, Udinese conducted targeted tactical drills.

"Diego," Guidolin said to his assistant Portolucci, "we have a greater chance of winning this game."

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Guidolin made a large rotation in Serie A a few days ago, just to accumulate strength for this game with Bayern Munich.

"GOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Antonio Di Natale! He scored! 1:0! Udinese leads Bayern Munich 1:0, it was Di Natale who scored the goal!"

Guidolin applauded from the sidelines, and several players cooperated very well with each other.

However, Guardiola ignored one point, a very important point: he lacked the most direct knowledge of this Udinese team.

From the beginning of the game, Udinese, playing at home, launched an offensive against Bayern Munich, surrounding Alonso in the midfield and frequently applying pressure.

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On the other hand, Naples and Fiorentina, who are still in the Europa League, may have the possibility of saving the country.

Guidolin immediately keenly captured Guardiola's mentality: This bald man wants to devour Udinese's dish in one bite.

This is not to say that Alonso is not strong. On the contrary, he is a very powerful player. However, in this Bayern Munich, in this starting lineup, the Spaniard as the single midfielder is Bayern selected by Guidolin. Munich's breaking point.

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"The Udinese captain, who just tied the legendary Nordahl on the Serie A historical scorer list, still performed very well today and opened the scoring for Udinese in the game!"

As the commentators roared, the Friuli stadium erupted in huge cheers.

Di Natale, who scored, opened his arms and ran towards the corner flag area, followed by the excited Udinese players behind him!