From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 128 Turn-based competition

The Udinese people were celebrating excitedly, while the Naples people were surrounding the referee Osato in protest.

Jorginho was very angry after being intercepted. He protested to the referee: "That was a foul! That guy hit me!"

The referee Osato looked serious. He pointed to his eyes and said that he saw clearly that it was just a reasonable collision. At the same time, he kept waving his hands to signal the Naples players to disperse.

Naples players naturally have reason to be angry. If the ball is called for a foul first, then the goal will be canceled and the score will still be 1:1.

However, if Udinese takes the lead, it will be more troublesome, which will bring great psychological pressure to the whole team.

Unfortunately, the referee Osato insisted on his decision, and he also showed the emotional Jorginho a yellow card.

Although this made Jorginho shut up and stop making trouble, he seemed extremely aggrieved and angry. He felt that Kanter had committed a foul. The opponent used a foul to grab the ball to gain a counterattack opportunity and score a goal.

The referee not only failed to blow off the inappropriate goal, but also issued a yellow card to the victim. Jorginho felt aggrieved and even felt that the referee Osato was targeting him.

Naples coach Benitez also angrily protested on the sidelines, and he also received a verbal warning from the referee.

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A slow-motion replay of the scoring process started from the time Kante stole Jorginho. The live footage interpreted the details of the two people's fight from multiple angles.

Gerardo Benigni said: "I think it was a foul. Kante collided with Jorginho, so the goal should be disallowed."

His commentary partner, the 36-year-old beautiful female guest Benedita Masola, had a different view: "No, I think it was a reasonable collision. First of all, the first collision between two people was physical. A collision, which is within the reasonable scope of the fight. In addition, Kanter stole the ball first, and there was no direct sign of fouling. Then when the two people's bodies separated, there seemed to be a pull, but there was a pull on both sides."

Both commentators insisted on their own opinions, and neither could convince the other.

No matter what, the referee Osato maintained the original judgment. He did not think that Udinese's goal was suspected of fouling first. The goal was valid and Udinese led Naples 2:1.

"This goal, Alan's score and Mahrez's assist are all wonderful, but I want to praise Kante." Benedita Masola said, "Scoring the team's first goal, He also completed a key steal in the midfield and launched a successful counterattack. This Udinese midfielder shined throughout the first half."

"N'Golo Kante, a French midfielder who was not well-known before, was the most outstanding and dazzling performance in the first half of the game."

Even Gerardo Benigni, who thought Kanter was guilty of a foul when he stole the ball, did not hide his admiration for the French midfielder.

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Guidolin sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, and now the team has taken the lead again. Everything is going according to his plan.

Playing against a strong team like Naples, Guidolin never thought that Udinese's defense would not concede a goal, like the second leg of the Europa League semi-finals against Juventus, where they relied on Gou Dao to hold a 0: 0 things can happen once and never again.

However, as long as Udinese can guarantee to score more goals than its opponents, then Udinese will be the winner, just like the two previous meetings between the two teams in the league.

He decided to recycle the formation after leading the score to give the players a chance to breathe. After all, they only played Udinese in the second round of the Europa League two days ago. The physical condition of many players was worrying and it was impossible to keep playing with Udinese. Ness carried it hard.

However, he soon couldn't sit still.

Perhaps it was the referee Osato's penalty that made Naples think that the referee was favoring Udinese, but instead they burst out with fighting spirit. After the game restarted, Naples suddenly broke out without warning.

In the 37th minute of the game, Naples scored another victory, and it was Insigne who scored the goal.Hamsik dribbled the ball from his right rib into the penalty area and sent a low cross. Higuain, who was outflanking him from the front, failed to grab the point. Insigne, who followed up from the back, shot hard with his right foot, and the ball rubbed Danilo's leg. Flee into the net.

After scoring the goal, the Napoli genius performed a wonderful somersault celebration.

2:2, Naples equalized the score again, and the Naples fans in the stands burst into deafening cheers.

"Insigne! Insigne! Naples scored again, falling behind twice and equalizing twice! The powerful Naples will be the final winner!" the local Naples TV commentator shouted excitedly.

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Looking at the Neapolitans celebrating crazily, Guidolin looked a little unhappy.

He fully estimated the threats of Hamsik and Higuain, but did not pay enough attention to Insigne. As a result, the only Italian player in the Naples team broke out and scored twice to help Naples. equalize the score.

As the game continued, Guidolin took out his notebook, lowered his head and recorded something. He began to think about the tactics for the second half of the game.

At this moment, huge cheers suddenly erupted on the court.

Guidolin looked up and saw Di Natale running excitedly. The Udinese captain was so excited that he was jumping up and down.

He asked in disbelief: "What happened? We scored again?" Guidolin turned to look at the court. The scoreboard showed: Udinese 3:2 Napoli!

Udinese really scored again!

Later, the assistant coach told Guidolin about the scoring process.

Udinese's goal was a gap opened by Jorginho.

Faced with Kante's pressing, Jorginho made a mistake in hastily passing the ball. The passing force was too small, and the ball was grabbed by Cancelo.

Subsequently, Udinese launched a quick counterattack.

Cancelo and Mahrez played a continuous passing game on the right, using the width of the field to attract the opponent's defense to the right, and then suddenly sent a horizontal pass.

While Bruno pulled the ball and turned around, he passed the ball beautifully into the penalty area. Di Natale moved forward smartly and beat Naples' former Real Madrid center back Albiol to header the ball.

3: 2!

Udinese took the lead for the third time in the first half.

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Gerardo Benigni, who supported Napoli, exclaimed with wide eyes: "It's unbelievable. Napoli just pulled a goal back, and Udinese expanded the score again."

Benedita began to praise the Udinese captain who scored the goal: "Di Natale, yes, the Udinese captain scored again. This is the 37-year-old veteran's second goal this season. He scored for the first time in the Italian Cup, but it was his 33rd goal this season. The veteran is in hot form! Facing Di Natale, who is 8 years older than him, the 27-year-old Albiol He looked old and slow, Di Natale's header was very powerful."

After scoring the goal, Di Natale was so excited that he jumped up and down, ran to the sidelines and waved his arms to celebrate, and finally gave Bruno a warm hug when he came to the sidelines to celebrate with him.

He felt that he had to thank Bruno, because this was already the 12th assist Bruno had given him this season, accounting for almost one-third of all his goals.

Originally, Di Natale had already felt the impact of age on him.

Since last season, he has felt more and more difficult to run and his body has become heavier and heavier. He even had plans to retire after the end of last season, but in the end the team's sincerity moved him. He eventually renewed his contract with Udinese.

Despite this, Di Natale is mentally prepared for a major decline in his data in the new season because he is one year older than last season.

But when the new season started, Di Natale found that not only did his statistics not decline, but they even improved greatly compared to the previous two seasons.

Before the season is over, he has already scored 33 goals in the game. Not only has he become the first player in the history of Serie A to score more than 5 goals in five consecutive seasons, he is even expected to score his first goal in two years. Won the Serie A Golden Boot three times.

Not only that, the championship he has always dreamed of is no longer as out of reach as before. He even hopes to win two championship trophies this season, including the Europa League, which he could not even imagine before!

Therefore, Di Natale dedicated this goal to Bruno and thanked him for helping him: "Thank you, Bruno!"

"Well done! Antonio!" Bruno was slapping Di Natale on the back and growling in his ear.

Other teammates also came over to celebrate with Di Natale, saying excited words, all of them were in a happy mood and excited.

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Guidolin watched this scene from the sidelines. He was very happy and relieved. The atmosphere in the team's locker room was quite good. This was a united team.

Sure enough, for any team, the championship is the best catalyst, it can make everything better.

The assistant coach looked at Guidolin with admiration and said: "That's amazing. You are right. Jorginho is Naples' biggest weakness."

This is the third time in this game that Udinese has opened a gap in Jorginho, and it has also brought three goals to Udinese.

The Udinese people were celebrating, but Naples was silent.

Benitez was furious because of this conceding goal. He felt that it was too difficult for him. The team had just equalized the score, but turned around and conceded the ball again. This script had appeared for the second time in the first half, which made Benitez Si's pressure increased greatly, and he became more anxious at the same time.

"Calm down! Calm down!"

Benitez took a deep breath. He was angry, but he knew he had to force himself to calm down. At the same time, his brain was running rapidly, thinking of coping strategies.

(End of this chapter)