From the man behind the football king to the football king

Until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the opportunity Bruno was waiting for did not come.

In the entire first half, Udinese only got two poor shots. The first was in the 7th minute of the game, and the second was in the 30th minute of the game. The Udinese captain’s astute shot Stealing the return pass from Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci, he broke into the right side of the penalty area and lobbed a shot from a small angle 8 meters in front of the goal. Buffon held it up with one hand, and Chiellini made a clearance in front of the goal.

Bruno was surrounded by the Juventus midfielder in the midfield and basically failed to create any opportunities.

This is also directly related to Udinese’s very limited investment in the midfield and frontcourt. In the first half of the game, Udinese actually had only three offensive personnel, Bruno and two forwards Pereira and Dina. Talei.

In fact, even Pereira and Bruno spent most of the first half helping their own defense.

Throughout the first half, Juventus' ball possession rate exceeded 70%, reaching 73%. And Udinese controls the ball mostly in the backcourt, and only a handful of times it reaches the frontcourt.

However, Udinese, who concentrated their strength in the backcourt, did not concede a goal. Although Juventus took a total of 15 shots in the first half, only 2 were on target, and neither of them was a threat.

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At halftime, Guidolin made adjustments to the team's tactics in the second half. He planned to replace Pereira with Mahrez to appropriately increase the strength of the counterattack.

Compared with Pereira, Mahrez's body is not that strong and his confrontation is weaker. But Mahrez is better technically and has advantages in speed and explosive power.

It can be said that Mahrez is better than Bruno in terms of combining man and ball.

Guidolin told Mahrez: "You have to play more aggressively after coming on the field, take advantage of your speed and make more breakthroughs."

Mahrez nodded to show he heard clearly.

Later, Guidolin told Bruno that the whole team should take action, increase their running, and cover Mahrez.

"Antonio, you have to run more to confuse Juventus' defense." Guidolin said to Di Natale.

The captain of the team nodded. Although he was more looking forward to scoring goals in his heart and hoping that the team could serve him more and pass the ball for him, as a professional player, he must obey the coach's arrangements as much as possible.

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Before the start of the second half, Mahrez stood on the sidelines, preparing to play.

Guidolin was giving him his final instructions.

"Riyad, believe in your own abilities!"

"Remember, the football is at your feet, and you are the protagonist and the master!"

"Use your speed, your skills, and your breakthroughs to hit Decelli's back!"

"Go and tear apart Juventus' defense and score their goal!"

"In the second half of the game, the whole team will serve you. This is your stage!"

"Use goals and outstanding performances to tell everyone how outstanding you, Riyad Mahrez, are!"

Mahrez clenched his fists when Guidolin said these words.

Perhaps in the eyes of onlookers, Guidolin's wave of chicken blood was a bit exaggerated.

In other words, these words will not have any effect on some veterans, and may even feel childish. But for a young man like Mahrez, these words made his blood boil, and he felt that his whole body had endless strength.

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Guidolin made substitutions at the beginning of the second half, and it was impossible for Conte not to pay attention. Just by glancing at it, he felt that he had guessed Guidolin's plan.

Mahrez has played several games for Udinese, and his characteristics are gradually being understood by Serie A coaches. When Guidolin replaced this kid, he just wanted to find a way on the wing to deliver cannonballs to Di Natale on the front line.

Conte is not worried about this, he has already made a plan.

In fact, so far in today's game, Udinese's passing accuracy in the frontcourt is quite low. The center back combination of Barzagli, Bonucci, and Chiellini will keep Pereira and Di Natale in the eye. Bruno, Udinese's offensive engine, was surrounded by Pogba and Marchisio. In addition, Vidal also intentionally or unintentionally cut off the passing line between Bruno and his teammates, minimizing Bruno's threat.

In Conte's view, Guidolin has a purely defensive back three of Lazzari, Kanter and Alan.

Without midfielders with strong impact capabilities like Vidal and Pogba, this is Udinese's biggest offensive shortcoming.

Therefore, in the Udinese game, more reliance is placed on Bruno's strong personal ability, but as long as Bruno can be locked down, Udinese's offense will basically stop.

Other teams may not be able to lock Bruno down, but Juventus, which has the three great players Vidal, Pogba and Marchisio, can do it.

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Although Udinese made personnel adjustments at the beginning of the second half, the situation on the field did not improve much from the first half. The situation is still under Juventus' control, and Udinese can only use sporadic counterattacks to threaten Juventus' goal.

The game passed quickly for 60 minutes.

At this time, there is an offensive opportunity for Juventus on the court.

Padoin gets the ball in the frontcourt.

Alan and Silva immediately rushed to defend Padoin from two different directions, but Padoin passed the football before the circle could be closed.

Then, the football came to Kante's feet.

"Well done!" Bruno, who was not far from the scene, shouted in his heart.

This is a tactic that Udinese often practices in training. A defensive midfielder and a full-back surround each other, and Kante, who has a stronger stealing ability, stays behind, ready to make a second interception and steal at any time.

Juventus was pressing forward, and the ball was intercepted at this time. This was a great opportunity to counterattack.

Kante immediately passed the ball and he went straight to Mahrez.

Kante doesn't have Bruno's passing footwork, so his pass is sent directly to Mahrez's feet instead of sending it ahead of time so that Mahrez can take advantage of his speed.

Bruno couldn't help but sigh, it would be great if Kanter was the common apprentice of Makelele and Pirlo: with Makelele's defense and Pirlo's ability to organize and pass, it would be wonderful to think about it.

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Mahrez received the ball, moved the ball forward, and then started to accelerate.

At the same time, Di Natale intervened at high speed, and Bruno was also running forward desperately, intending to coordinate Mahrez.

"Be careful of their counterattack!" Conte stood up and walked to the sidelines and shouted.

Decelli was still very happy at this time. The reason why he was happy was that he had suppressed his inner desire to assist and did not pounce too hard. Otherwise, the right side of Udinese where he is now is already an open space.

Decelli went up to him. His wishful thinking was that if he could steal the ball from Mahrez's feet, he could take advantage of the situation and hit Udinese's first counterattack.

If this counterattack succeeds, Juventus can break Udinese's defense and take the lead.

Then the next moment Decelli was stunned. He didn't expect that just when he pounced on Mahrez, instead of slowing down, he speeded up.

Then, just before the two were about to end, Mahrez poked the football.

"Beautiful! The ball passed!" the commentator of the local TV station in Udine shouted happily.

Mahrez poked the football from Deceli's left side, and he twisted his waist and accelerated past from the other side.

"Deceli, he was passed so easily!" the Turin TV commentator screamed. Although Decelli has always been known for its strong offense and weak defense, he never expected that Decelli's defense could be so bad.

Decelli was stunned for a moment, but as a defender, his subconscious reaction was correct. He immediately stretched out his hand to hold Mahrez.

This is the right choice, a tactical foul to prevent the opponent from a threatening counterattack.

Decelli knew that there was an open space behind him, and it would be in danger if this kid passed by.

However, Decelli underestimated Mahrez's explosive power and just missed him, but the thin-looking kid on the opposite side ran so fast that when he reached out to grab him, he didn't even touch a hair on the other side. .

Then, by the time Decelli successfully turned around to look, Mahrez was already several meters ahead of him. If he tried to catch up at this time, it would be impossible for him to catch up.