From the man behind the football king to the football king

In the fifth round of the Europa League group stage on Thursday night, Guidolin made extensive rotations in Udinese's lineup, because they will go to the Allianz Stadium in Turin to challenge the class leader Juventus at the weekend.

Basically all the players who played in the league match with Fiorentina took turns in the Europa League group match with Freiburg, with only Bruno starting.

In the Europa League, although Udinese is only ranked second, their qualifying situation is very good. They share 8 points with Sevilla, who are first in the group. Behind them, Freiburg and Estoril both have 2 draws and 2 losses, and both have only 2 points.

Under such circumstances, Udinese only needs to score 1 more point in the last two rounds to ensure promotion. Even if it is a six-game losing streak, as long as it is a small loss of 1 goal, it is possible to advance.

This is why Guidolin had the confidence to send a substitute lineup in the game against Freiburg.

Moreover, the Europa League quarter-finals are not divided into seeded and unseeded teams, but the top two of the twelve groups, plus the third place of the eight Champions League group stages, 32 teams Teams compete against each other, as long as the four teams under the same Football Association do not meet in the first round, each group does not meet in the first round, each group does not meet in the second first round, and the first and second teams in the same group do not meet in the first round. Just the rules.

Therefore, Guidolin has no intention of competing with Sevilla for first place in the group.

Udinese, who came on as a substitute, lost to Freiburg 1:2 at home as expected. Bruno scored Udinese's only goal in the game.

The Udinese people who lost didn't care about the result at all, and they quickly got into preparations for the next game.

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On the evening of December 1, 2013, local time in Italy, a focus match of the 14th round of Serie A was held at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. Juventus, the top player in the standings, faced off against third-place Udinese at home.

This is a truly powerful conversation!

Before the game, the Italian media's focus on this game was focused on two young people, namely Udinese's offensive core Bruno Fernandez, and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba!

Just next Wednesday morning, the 2013 European Golden Boy Awards will be announced!

According to the current winning odds offered by major European betting companies, Bruno is the first favorite, while Pogba is the second favorite.

Although judging from his performance in the past 11 months, Bruno is undoubtedly better, but it cannot be said that the competition for the European Golden Boy Award has been settled.

After all, Pogba, as the popular star of the wealthy Juventus, undoubtedly has greater influence in the media.

This head-on confrontation between the two will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the selection results three days later.

However, according to the starting list announced by Juventus before the game, Pogba failed to start and was on standby on the bench.

This result undoubtedly disappointed Juventus fans, especially Pogba fans, who believed that Conte missed Pogba. If Pogba ultimately fails in the race for the European Golden Boy award, Conte will be the guilty party.

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Although Pogba did not start the game, he got the opportunity to come on as a substitute not long after the game started.

After the game started, the confrontation between the two sides was quite fierce, especially the battle in the midfield, which caused both sides to fall off their feet.

In the 5th minute of the game, Pirlo fell to the ground during a confrontation with Lazzari. Pogba began to warm up, but Pirlo returned to the court after receiving treatment.

However, Pirlo only lasted less than ten minutes. When the game reached the 14th minute, he took the initiative to request to be replaced, and Pogba came on as a substitute.

Pogba came off the bench and appeared in the defensive midfielder position of Juventus, and he happened to be opposite Bruno, who was the attacking midfielder of Udinese.

In the eyes of many fans, this kid is really a match for his opponent, and he has a lot to show for himself.

After all, Juventus is the class leader in Serie A and is definitely stronger than Udinese in terms of strength. Coupled with playing at home, the advantage on the field was even greater. Udinese was gradually suppressed in the backcourt by Juventus and continued to attack Udinese's goal.

Pogba was especially excited. Although he appeared as Juventus' midfielder after his appearance, he frequently stepped in from behind and threatened Udinese's city with long shots.

Not long after his debut, Pogba took the ball in the left rib and faced three Udinese defenders. He still chose to go it alone and relied on his personal ability to dribble the ball and get a chance to shoot. From a distance A low shot from 26 meters wide of the goal missed the far post.

Not long after, Vidal pulled to the right, hit the space behind Silva, and passed the inverted triangle to the top of Udinese's penalty area. Pogba took a long shot again, but this time he was shot by Brkic. Confiscated, failed to create a threat.

Just two minutes later, another dribbling from the center forced a breakthrough from the French. His shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked from the baseline. Vidal took a corner kick from the right, but Udinese was prepared this time. Nile made a header to clear the ball.

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Juventus had the ball firmly at their feet.

In this game, Conte deployed heavy troops in the midfield, just to defeat Udinese in the midfield and completely control the situation on the field.

Although Pirlo came off the field due to injury, Juventus' formation remained unchanged. Barzagli, Bonucci and Chiellini form a back three. In front of them are Pogba and Marchisio, and further ahead are Padoin, Vidal and Decelli. The striker is Tevi The high-speed combination of Si and Llorente.

After reorganizing, Vidal made a pass from the right, and Tevez volleyed 12 meters in front of the goal in the penalty area, sliding past again.

Juventus, who play like crazy, can do almost anything at their home court.

Even Udinese, ranked third in the league, had to choose to avoid the edge temporarily and retreat to their own half to defend tenaciously.

The defense that Guidolin trained for three years also showed its effect at this critical moment. Although Juventus took the initiative on the scene, it was actually difficult to take advantage of Udinese. .

In this game, Guidolin deployed a very pragmatic 4312 formation in the away game. Brkic guarded the goal, Basta, Erto, Danilo and Domic partnered as defenders, and Alan, Kanter and Lazzari formed a three-man lineup. In front of them is Bruno in the defensive midfielder, and Roberto Pereira and Di Natale are partnered up front.

There are seven people in the defense, which shows that Guidolin's investment in defense is crazy.

The three strong backs of Lazzari, Kante and Alan are like building a reinforced concrete wall in front of Udinese's defense, causing Juventus's attacks to come back without success again and again.

The midfield and backfield defended tightly, while the frontcourt actively looked for opportunities. On the one hand, it served as the team's first line of defense, and at the same time, it also put pressure on Juventus' midfield and backfield.

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Bruno was running as frequently as ever. Although he only played a Europa League game three days ago, he was already extremely talented in terms of physical fitness, but he did not feel tired at all.

In another time and space, Bruno was a famous non-human being who could not die and had good physical fitness. Now that there is a system that allows him to get the best rest, his physical fitness is even more abnormal.

Bruno is not worried about the passivity at all, because the current situation is completely within Udinese's pre-match plan.

In fact, in today's Serie A, it is difficult for other teams to gain an advantage when facing Juventus.

Even in the eighth round of the league, when Fiorentina beat Juventus 4:2, Viola were very passive for most of the game, and even fell behind 0:2 at one point.

Fiorentina was able to achieve a great reversal because they took advantage of the opportunity to relax mentally after Juventus took the lead. They scored four goals in just fifteen minutes, defeating Juventus in one fell swoop and creating the Old Lady's success this season. The worst defeat ever.

But this game also completely awakened the Bianconeri. In the following five league rounds, Juventus won five consecutive games and never conceded a goal again.

Facing such a Juventus team that is getting better and better, Udinese has already prepared for the worst.

Of course, if a satisfactory result can be achieved at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, the Udinese people will make every effort for it.

Bruno knew very well that what he needed to do next was to wait patiently. As long as Udinese can hold on, Juventus will reveal its flaws sooner or later.