From the man behind the football king to the football king

On the evening of September 1, local time in Italy, Udinese faced Parma at home. Goals from Badu, Erto and Muriel helped Udinese beat their opponents 3:1.

The end of the second round of the league against Parma is the first international match day of the season. As a strong team in Serie A, Udinese has many international players from various national teams in the team, so it has also been called to fly to various parts of the world to play for the king.

As expected, Bruno also received a call-up from the Portuguese national team and traveled with the team to Northern Ireland.

This is the eighth round of Group F of the Brazilian World Cup European Qualifiers.

One day ago, Russia in the same group defeated Luxembourg 4:1 at home, surpassing Portugal with 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss with a record of 5 wins and 2 losses, and climbed to the top of the Group F standings.

In order to regain the top spot and ensure that the team goes straight to the World Cup in Brazil as the first in the group, Paulo Bento played his best.

At Wenders Park, Alves scored the first goal for Portugal, Macaulay and Ward led Northern Ireland to the lead, and then Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to complete Portugal's reversal.

This was a chaotic game full of red and yellow cards. Portugal's Postiga and Northern Ireland's Brent and Rafferty were sent off with red cards. In addition, the referee also showed 6 yellow cards during the game.

Bruno sat on the bench for ninety minutes and did not get one minute of playing time. This made Bruno a little unhappy. However, considering that the team is currently competing with Russia for first place in the group, he also understands the coach's approach.

But what happened next made Bruno very unhappy.

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After defeating Northern Ireland and regaining the top spot in Group F, the Portuguese team flew to the other side of the ocean to play a warm-up match with Brazil at Gillette Stadium in Boston, USA.

In this game, Bruno once again sat on the bench for the entire game. In the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo, who was absent due to injury, Portugal was pinned to the ground by Brazil throughout the game, and eventually lost miserably with a score of 1:3.

During the game, the Portuguese midfielder composed of Veloso, Meireles and Moutinho was completely unable to compete with their opponents. With the midfield lost, Portugal played no threat on the court.

Meireles, the Portuguese midfield commander, said in an interview after the game: "This result is too heavy for us."

However, Portugal coach Paulo Bento seemed relatively calm. He told reporters: "On the positive side, we created a threat to our opponents at the beginning of the game and took the lead; on the negative side, we played Lack of aggression, this aggression is not limited to defense, it is also needed in attack.”

Before the start of the match between Portugal and Brazil, in a match in Group F, Russia defeated Israel 3:1 at home, shattering their opponents' hopes of competing for first place in the group. At the same time, they also surpassed Portugal and returned to F. Leader of the group standings.

He followed the team around the world, but it was Bruno who sat on the bench for 180 minutes. Especially in the warm-up match against Brazil, head coach Paulo Bento did not give him any playing time, clearly showing his distrust of him.

If you don't trust him, why recruit him?

Bruno left the team in Boston, flew to Milan alone, and then returned to Udine.

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On September 15th, Udinese ushered in the third round of the league at home, and their opponent was Bologna.

Guidolin was sitting on the coaching bench, observing the situation on the field. It was already eighty minutes into the game, and the score on the field was still 0:1, with Udinese trailing at home.

Affected by the FIFA match day, many Udinese players were obviously out of shape in this game. On the contrary, Bologna, because there were fewer Chinese players in the team, performed better than Udinese on the court.

Udinese's loss of the ball occurred in the 71st minute of the game. At that time, Udinese player Nardo fouled in front of his own penalty area and gave his opponent a very well-positioned free kick.

Bologna player Diamanti shot with his left foot and the ball flew into the Udinese goal from the upper right corner.

After being scored by the opponent, Udinese immediately launched a counterattack.

However, Bologna's defense was very tenacious and Udinese has been unable to break through the opponent's city.

In the 84th minute of the game, Udinese got a corner kick opportunity.

Bruno Fernandez stood at the corner kick and raised his arm to signal that he was about to kick off.

Bologna's goal was crowded, and when they were unable to open up the situation during the movement, they needed to be extra prepared for Udinese to score from set-piece opportunities.

Udinese captain Di Natale also ran into Bologna's penalty area. Two players immediately defended him. The Italian veteran who is not tall is not good at headers, but his ability to grab points is very good. He has repeatedly contributed to the team in corner kick attacks.

Udinese's several high points were also competing with the opponent's defenders for position. The two sides were tugging at each other and it was chaotic.

The referee's whistle sounded and Bruno Fernandez drove the football into the penalty area.

No. 37 Pereira took off at the front point, and the two players guarding him also took off. None of the three people hit the football, and the football flew through the airspace.

Udinese's No. 9 striker Muriel, who came on as a substitute, headed the ball in the middle. He slightly touched the ball and changed the flight path of the ball. Bologna goalkeeper Curchi subconsciously pounced, but the ball was not hit. After leaving the danger zone, the restricted area immediately became chaotic.

You can only see offensive players and defensive players entangled together, both wanting to kick the ball.

After taking the corner kick, Bruno was about to run back to the court. After running a few steps, his eyes widened. Then he saw the shaking of the net. He raised his arms and saw Dee running out with his arms also raised. Natale.

The Udinese captain roared and rushed towards the corner flag. Behind him were other Udinese players who were also running excitedly.

"goooooooooooooool!!!!!" the voice of Sky Sports Italy commentator and former AC Milan star Costacurta rang out, "Antonio Di Natale! Udinese's captain scored again, this The soon-to-be 36-year-old veteran scored in front of the goal! Udinese equalized the score!

Bruno waved his fist vigorously and smashed it into the air.

He finally waited until he scored. In this difficult game and at this time point, this was a goal of great value.

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The morale of Udinese, who equalized the score, was greatly improved and they continued to besiege Bologna's goal.

When the game reached the 89th minute, Bruno helped Udinese score the second goal of the game.

2:1, Udinese scored two goals in 5 minutes and reversed the score!

After three minutes of injury time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

With the goals of old captain Di Natale and new aid Bruno Fernandez, Udinese reversed Bologna 2:1 at home and won its third consecutive victory in Serie A.

Udinese, with 9 points, has climbed to second place in the Serie A standings. In front of them is only Napoli, who also has three consecutive victories.

Among the teams that have not yet played in this round, only Roma, which has won two consecutive games, is likely to overtake Udinese after the end of this round.

In other words, at the end of this round, Udinese will be at least in the top three of the Serie A standings.

Behind Udinese are Inter Milan, Fiorentina and Juventus, all with 2 wins and 1 draw.

There were huge cheers in the sky above the Friuli Stadium.

Young Bruno Fernandez raised his arms high. Next to him were Udinese players running excitedly, and in the stands were countless pairs of excited waving arms!

After a disappointing first trip to the national team, Bruno returned to Serie A with high spirits and once again helped the team achieve success.

With 2 goals and 3 assists in 3 games, Bruno is the brightest player in Serie A this season!