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Chapter 101 Passing the ball without looking at people (first update, please subscribe)

Bruno didn't care how Mahrez waved over there, indicating that there was no one to mark him here for the time being, he just turned his back towards Mahrez.

Alkmaar's players thought that Bruno would pass the ball there, so they consciously shifted the focus of defense.

At this moment, Bruno suddenly half-turned and made an overhead pass. The target was Mahrez, who had been facing away from him before!
The football went over the head of Alkmaar's left-back Virgo Ver. Although the Alkmaar captain jumped up, he could not touch the football unless he stretched out his hand.

After completing this difficult and sudden half-turn pass, Bruno failed to stand still and sat down.

Then he sat on the ground and watched the football pass over Vergovir's head and fall into the huge space in front of Alkmaar's left wing.

At the same time, Mahrez stepped forward as if he had received the signal in advance, stretched his legs to stop the football in the air.

Mahrez's stop was great because he didn't stop the ball, but unloaded the ball to his inside, so that he could just take the ball into the penalty area.

And once he is allowed into the penalty area, this offense is likely to have a good result.

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Mahrez did as Bruno guessed, using his left foot to move the football into the penalty area, and got into the penalty area like a bolt of lightning!

When Mahrez broke into the penalty area, there was no Alkmaar player around him. Because Bruno's pass was so unexpected, Alkmaar's defense was still a little unresponsive.

The unmarked Mahrez took the ball and went straight into the penalty area, and the next thing was much simpler for him.

After breaking into the penalty area, Mahrez had only one thought - to shoot!
Facing goalkeeper Alvarado, who had a look of despair flashing across his face even though the angle was blocked, Mahrez decisively took a shot even though the angle was not big!
Mahrez straightened his toes and fired a ground ball.

The football rolled rapidly against the turf and flew towards Alkmaar's goal like lightning.

Alvarado originally thought that even if Mahrez shot, it would be a high ball.

Many players will choose to shoot high balls from tight angles because the goalkeeper is below and the space above their heads can be exploited.

When Alvarado discovered that the ball shot by Mahrez was a ground ball, he quickly lowered his center of gravity and tried to block the football with his body or legs.

He almost made it.

The football passed between his legs, then hit the heel of his right leg, bounced up, and flew into the goal!

“Udinese 2:1! They scored again within 5 minutes! At the AFAS Stadium, Alkmaar’s home stadium, the Italian team scored two goals to reverse the score after conceding one goal first!! "

Bruno, who was sitting on the ground, straightened his back and raised his arms with a happy smile on his face.

As the commentator said before, he was in really good shape in this game, and the captain's armband gave him huge motivation.

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Bruno's two wonderful passes gave Udinese the lead in the away game, ending the first half with a score of 2:1.

When he returned to change clothes, he was praised by head coach Guidolin, and his teammates also praised him.

According to the current score, Udinese has a total score of 4:2 in the two rounds of knockout matches.

It can be said that they have already half-stepped into the threshold of the Europa League top [-].

Even if Alkmaar scores two goals in the second half to reverse the score, these two away goals can help Udinese advance.

Because the total score was two goals ahead and they also had the advantage of two away goals, the atmosphere at Udinese's halftime was much more relaxed.

Guidolin did not make any adjustments. He just asked the team to continue to adhere to the tactics of the first half and resolutely counterattack on the basis of solid defense.

After the start of the second half, Udinese still played according to the rhythm of the first half, while Alkmaar significantly strengthened their offense and accelerated the rhythm.

However, Udinese was well prepared for this and responded with defensive counterattack tactics.

The game time passed minute by minute, and the score on the field was still 1:2.

International practice, the home team first.

The Alkmaar players, who have been unable to change the score on the field, are becoming more and more anxious and their actions in the game are getting bigger and bigger.

Especially Ortiz's pressing in the midfield made it difficult for Bruno. The Paraguayan midfielder defended tough and did not hesitate to use multiple fouls to prevent Bruno from passing and dribbling.

Although he received a yellow card for a foul on Bruno's back in the 408th minute, he did not restrain himself because of the yellow card and continued to violate Bruno in defense.

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No. 60 In the second minute, Ortiz shoveled Bruno from the side when Bruno was dribbling the ball forward. Bruno landed on the ground and rolled several times before stopping in order to avoid injury.This action seemed very harmful, although Bruno himself was not actually injured, except for some pain from falling to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle to indicate that Ortiz had committed a foul, but he had no intention of taking out the card, which caused dissatisfaction among the Udinese players.

Mahrez protested to the referee: "This is a foul! This is an obvious foul! He had a yellow card before!"

Muriel also came up and gestured to the referee to take out his cards.

The referee shook his head and still did not take out the card.

Udinese players are disappointed.

The Dutch commentator said worriedly: "Ortiz should be careful, he already has a yellow card! His defense is very fierce, but it is not reassuring to always get cards."

Mahrez went up to pull Bruno up and asked with concern: "How are you? Are you injured?"

Bruno shook his head: "Not really."

"F**K! This should obviously be a serious foul, even if it is given a red card, it will be no problem!" Mahrez started to complain again after seeing that Bruno was fine.

Bruno shook his head and said: "Perhaps the referee took into account that he already had a card on him and would be kicked off if he was given another card, so he was lenient, right?"

"That can't be like this! You won't be given a card for such a tackle, so what kind of foul will give you a card? Kick your legs off?" Cancelo said next to him.

Bruno glared at Cancelo and said angrily: "You kid, stop talking nonsense!"

Cancelo smiled and said: "Just kidding, just kidding..."

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In the following games, the home team made more and more moves, which caused the Udinese players to gradually become more angry and increase their moves in a tit-for-tat manner.

The referee had no choice but to use yellow cards to cool down the game.From the 603rd minute to the 607th minute of the game, the referee gave each of the two teams a yellow card consecutively.

In addition, he called the captains of the two teams over and asked them to control the anger of their respective players.

Regarding the referee's words, Bruno kept complaining in his heart. Isn't this situation all caused by you yourself?If Alkmaar had committed the first serious foul, how could the current situation be gradually getting out of control?
Just because of that ridiculous balance, you tolerated the home team's egregious fouls. Isn't this an indirect insult?

However, Bruno still tried hard to control his temper and agreed, and then called the Udinese players together to ask everyone to stop and not let the game get out of control.

At the same time, for Alkmaar, their captain Vergovil also greeted his teammates.

The head coach of Alkmaar also discovered that Bruno was deliberately attacking Ortiz, causing the Paraguayan midfielder to be called for two fouls by the referee in just a few minutes.

Under such circumstances, if Ortiz commits another foul, and the referee favors the home team, he may give the Paraguayan a yellow card when Ortiz commits the next foul.

In the 70th minute, Alkmaar made personnel adjustments and replaced Ortiz with forward Fernando Lewis.

Replacing a defensive midfielder with a forward, it is obvious that Alkmaar is planning to give it a try.

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Alkmaar, who stepped up their attack, scored a goal in the 73rd minute of the game.This goal helped Alkmaar equalize the score and they saw hope of winning the game at home.

However, the possibility of Alkmaar advancing is still very slim.Because even if they score another goal and draw the total score to 4:4, they will still be eliminated due to few away goals.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Alkmaar needs to score two more goals to rewrite the score to 4:2 in order to eliminate Udinese.

Guidolin made substitution adjustments 3 minutes after losing the ball. He strengthened the defense and replaced Pereira with Brazilian defender Silva. Udinese changed to 541.

Obviously, Guidolin intends to maintain the current situation.

After all, the current situation has great advantages for Udinese and there is no need to take risks.

Guidolin's plan finally came true. In the last 10 minutes of the game, although Alkmaar launched a fierce attack on Udinese's goal amid the cheers of the home audience, they faced Udinese. Ness' iron barrel formation, they failed to score in the end.

Even in the 87th minute of the game, they were beaten by Udinese with a quick counterattack.If it weren't for the poor quality of Muriel's final shot, their goal might have been lost for the third time today.

In the end, Udinese drew 2:2 with Alkmaar in an away game. They eliminated their opponent with a total score of 4:3 in the two rounds and advanced to the Europa League round of [-].

In the draw a day later, Udinese drew the Russian team Anzhi.The schedule is still not favorable to Udinese, so they still play at home first.

The two rounds of competition will be held on March 3 and March 13 respectively.

(End of this chapter)