From the man behind the football king to the football king

PS: The last update in 2023, as the title says, I wish all book friends a good start in 2024 and a prosperous journey to the end!

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Guidolin accepted Bruno's suggestion and planned to sign Immobile from Dortmund. In fact, he also planned for the future of Udinese.

The Italian striker will not turn 26 until February, so he is of prime playing age. Under normal circumstances, players can still maintain their peak form for four or five years.

Udinese's current forwards can be said to be old and young.

Di Natale is 38 years old. He has made it clear to the club that he will hang up his boots after this season and will not continue playing football.

Another forward of the team, Taylor, will also turn 33 in April and is also entering the twilight of his career.

The other three forwards, Duvan Zapata, is 24 years old and is about to enter the golden period of his career. However, the Colombian forward has never been known for his efficiency. He has played for Naples for two seasons and has never scored more than 10 goals in a single season.

"Bruno caught up with the ball on the left, Atlanta's defensive players were chasing back, and Bruno passed to the back point."

As for the three new players Vidic, Ashley Cole and Immobile, they all entered the squad, but Guidolin did not let them start.

"Udinese threatened immediately from the start."

In the home team's locker room, Bruno sat in his seat and tightened the laces of the red boots on his feet.

"This is also Udinese's first league goal in 2016, a good start!"

Now, with Atalanta paying attention, Udinese's offense is also in trouble.

"The home team's fans immediately gave a huge round of applause and they obviously want Udinese to get off to a good start in the new year."

Dortmund does want to raise the price, rather than really wanting to keep Immobile in the team. After all, it has been proven over the past more than one season that the Italian forward cannot adapt to the Bundesliga game, so what is the point of staying?

It's better to take advantage of Immobile's young age and sell him for a little more transfer fee.

Whether it was from pre-match intelligence or Bruno himself knowing the situation, Bruno understood Conte's characteristics. He has good defensive ability and has obvious advantages in preventing high balls, but he is often inattentive and likes to be distracted, which makes him easily thrown away the moment Bruno turns around.

In the stands of the Friuli Stadium, Udinese fans were not shy and gave out huge cheers, which even seemed to overturn the stadium.

"And we saw that many fans at the scene were also cheering for Bruno. In a week's time, the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or will be announced, and the Udinese fans are obviously cheering for Bruno."

After Immobile joined Udinese, he put on the team's No. 9 jersey. This number originally belonged to Muriel and has been vacant since his transfer.

"Follow Di Natale and hit the door directly!"

After all, it is the first game of the new year, and everyone in Udinese attaches great importance to it.

After several passes, Piris got the ball from the right and kicked it forward directly to the feet of Bruno in the frontcourt.

Bruno took the ball with his back, and behind him was the defender Andrea Conte. He did not dare to let the ball linger at his feet, and quickly knocked it back to Itura, but he suddenly turned around and sprinted behind him.

Facing Bruno's pass, Di Natale did not stop the ball, but hit it directly. As a result, he failed to suppress the ball and hit it high.

A good opportunity was wasted. The Udinese captain himself was a little depressed, but he still gave Bruno a thumbs up.

After Bruno scored, he quickly turned around and rushed out of the stadium, rushed all the way to the bottom of the stands, opened his arms high, and asked all Udinese fans for their applause and cheers.

But it is a pity that Di Natale failed to seize the opportunity, otherwise the game would have been much easier to play.

"No one should doubt now that Bruno is becoming an increasingly important key player for Udinese."

After an exclamation, all the 40,000 fans at the Friuli Stadium sighed in unison.

In the end, after bargaining, Dortmund agreed to Udinese's offer of 11 million euros for Immobile.

"The new year has begun, how will Bruno perform?"

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This is the 18th round of the 2015-2016 Serie A season.

Tello quickly kicked the ball to Di Natale, and the Udinese captain passed the ball back to the midfielder and then to the back line.

But Atlanta is not a fuel-saving lamp. Under Rhea's training this season, its defensive strength has been greatly improved.

"Perhaps seeing that his teammates were not very effective, Bruno simply went in on his own and scored Udinese's first goal in 2016. It was also Bruno's 20th league goal this season."

The one that went straight behind him just now is the best example.

With the referee's whistle, the game officially kicked off.

Udinese did not rush to attack at the beginning, but patiently passed the ball from the backcourt.

After losing the lead to Udinese, Atalanta no longer dared to blindly attack and began to consciously shrink their defense.

As for Aguirre and Perica, they basically didn't get any opportunities, and they couldn't count on them who were only in their early 20s.

Because they sold three main players last summer, Atlanta had always been considered a favorite for relegation before the start of the season. However, before the winter break, they were ranked tenth in the standings and could be called a dark horse in the first half.

If it really goes too far and Udinese doesn't want it, then Dortmund will have to smash it into their own hands.

"In the 31st minute of the first half, Udinese finally broke through Atalanta's goal!"

"Goal from Bruno Fernandez, 1:0!"

But this time, facing Udinese, we struggled for half an hour.

Guidolin also played with all his main players in this game. The goalkeeper is Kanizis, the defense is Cancelo, Danilo, Maguire and Cancelo, and the midfielder is Badu and Wade. Mon and Itura are on the two wings, Bruno still appears in the attacking midfielder position, and the double forwards are Di Natale and Taylor.

Bruno also began to feel that his opponents began to strengthen their defense against him, and they obviously paid more attention to him. This is all because he is likely to be the winner of the Ballon d'Or in 2015 and is the strongest in football at that time. Who dares to underestimate him?

"In the first thirty minutes, Udinese had the advantage, but was unable to score. The most threatening shot also came from a pass from Bruno, and Udinese captain Di Natale failed to press it. "Bruno tried hard to create opportunities, but failed to break the deadlock."

Itura understood the idea and kicked a half-high ball over Atlanta's defense and fell behind him.

"In 2015, Bruno's performance was fantastic. He scored 63 goals throughout the year. This number even exceeded Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi! At the same time, he also sent a total of 36 assists in 2015, also the player with the most assists. ”

A year and a half ago, Dortmund spent 18.5 million euros to introduce Immobile. After this year and a half of downturn, Immobile's value in the German transfer market has fallen below 10 million euros, only 8 million euros. Now that he can be sold for 11 million euros, Dortmund is quite satisfied.

Under this situation, Bruno was also very involved on the court, actively running through spaces and patiently waiting for opportunities.

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Bruno also knows very well that this is a stage that he must go through, and he must break through the opponent's attention and layers of defense, prove his strength, and prove that he is worthy of the Ballon d'Or.

Atalanta plans to take advantage of the opening momentum and take the initiative to put pressure on Udinese.

At noon on January 6, Udinese ushered in the first game of the New Year and faced Atalanta at the Friuli Stadium.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that Udinese has no competitors.

In fact, for a team like Dortmund, there is no such thing as not for sale. As long as the money is available, what players are non-negotiable?

“Let’s wait and see what happens in tonight’s game!”

Under such circumstances, even if Dortmund wants to raise the price, there is no room for speculation.

Atlanta goalkeeper Sportiello made a flying save, but was still unable to prevent the ball from entering the net.

"The players from both teams entered the court one after another under the leadership of the referee."

Udinese loaned him from Naples last summer, but he has not performed at a high level yet. In the first half of the season, he played a total of 13 times in Serie A and the Champions League, including 8 times as a substitute, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist.

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It wasn't until the 31st minute that Bruno found a gap in Atlanta's defense.

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Behind Bruno, the Udinese players also swarmed up and surrounded him.

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Although Immobile's old club Turin is interested in him, the Red Bulls only want to have sex for free and have no intention of paying for someone.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!"

Facing the incoming ball, Bruno dunked with his left foot, passing the Atalanta player who was returning to defend. After bringing the ball into the penalty area, he grabbed the ball before Conte came up to block it. He volleyed with his right foot and the ball flew straight. The ball goes away.

"Because of Bruno's outstanding performance, Udinese won the Serie A championship, the Champions League championship, the Italian Super Cup championship, the European Super Cup championship and the Club World Cup championship, becoming the five crown champions again!"

On January 5, 2016, Udinese Club officially announced that it had acquired 26-year-old Italian forward Ciro Immobile from Dortmund for a transfer fee of 11 million euros. The two parties signed a five-year contract.

This ball is really not Bruno's responsibility, it is mainly because he did not handle it well.

The only one who actually made an offer to Dortmund was Udinese.

This was a pass from Udinese's backcourt. Taylor in the penalty area grabbed the first shot and passed the header to Bruno at the front of the penalty area.

"I believe that now that the game has started, the worries about Bruno can come to an end."

"We can tell everyone with certainty that judging from the first thirty minutes, Bruno has basically continued his excellent form in the first half, and his outstanding performance is bound to drive Udinese forward."