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

Chapter 150 Teamed with Real Madrid

Since mid-August, major European media have been hyping the news that Bruno will transfer to Real Madrid, but the official announcement that fans have been waiting for has never happened.

On the contrary, Bruno has been fighting with Udinese.

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This is the second time in the history of Udinese that they have entered the Champions League. The last time was nine years ago in the 9-2005 season, when they were fourth in Serie A and advanced through the play-offs.

However, in the Champions League group stage, although they had the same points as Werder Bremen, who was second in the group, they still ranked third in the group due to goal difference and failed to advance to the knockout stage.

Udinese have been eliminated in the play-off stages twice in the past three years and have failed to advance again.

It was not until this year that they were finally able to participate in the Champions League for the second time in team history.

At this point, the top 32 of this season's Champions League are all ready, waiting for the upcoming Champions League group draw.

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At present, the Champions League group draw still determines the team's grade in the group stage based on the team's UEFA points. The eight teams with the highest points are the first pot teams, and the teams ranked 9-16 are the second pot. level teams, and so on.

Since the three traditional strong teams of Manchester United, AC Milan and Inter Milan failed to qualify for the Champions League this season, this also caused Porto to become the first-tier team, and Manchester City and Zenit to become the second-tier team.

The eight first-tier teams are Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal and Porto.

The eight second-tier teams are Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Shakhtar Donetsk, Basel, Zenit and Manchester City.

Although Udinese won the Europa League last season, due to its poor historical record, it was ultimately recognized as a third-tier team. Teams in the same category include Bayer Leverkusen, Olympiacos, and Central Moscow. Army, Ajax, Liverpool, Sporting Lisbon and Galatasaray.

The remaining eight teams - Anderlecht, Roma, APOEL, BATE Borisov, Ludogorets, Maribor, Monaco and Malmo - automatically enter the fourth pot.

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UEFA's group draw ceremony will be held at noon on August 8. After the draw ceremony, the UEFA best male and female athletes of last season will also be awarded.

In accordance with the principle of avoiding the same league in the group stage, as well as the principle of avoidance of Ukraine and Russia due to political reasons, Udinese was eventually eliminated together with Real Madrid, Basel and Bulgarian team Ludogorets. Assigned to Group B.

For Udinese, this is a pretty good draw.

Because in addition to Real Madrid, the other two opponents Basel and Ludogorets are relatively weak, Udinese is still very confident to compete for second place in the group.

What interests the media is that Bruno will challenge Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium, and the two Portuguese stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno will meet in the Champions League.

Of course, if Bruno moves to Real Madrid within the deadline of the summer transfer window, it will be Bruno returning to the Stadio Friuli to face the savior.

Judging from the current situation, this seems to be the more likely thing to happen.

Because Real Madrid sold Di Maria to the Premier League giant Manchester United for 7500 million euros just one day ago, and discussions with Bayern about the transfer of Xavi Alonso are also in full swing.

This is considered to be Real Madrid preparing to sign Bruno at the buzzer. On the one hand, it is preparing funds, and on the other hand, it is making room for Bruno to join.

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After the UEFA Champions League group draw, the 2013-2014 UEFA best female athlete and best male athlete were selected on the spot.

The three candidates for the best female athlete were all from the Bundesliga Wolfsburg. In the end, Nadine Kessler beat two teammates Muller and Fischer to win the award.

The winner of UEFA's Best Male Athlete was Cristiano Ronaldo, who defeated Neuer and Robben from Bayern.

Last season, Ronaldo led Real Madrid to make great progress and finally won the Champions League and Copa del Rey double.Real Madrid achieved ten Champions League titles, and Ronaldo himself also won the Champions League Golden Boot and set a new record with 17 Champions League goals in a single season.

In the past, if you can score 10 goals in a season in the Champions League, you are likely to win the Golden Boot. The record of 14 goals in a single season set by AC Milan star Altafini has been dusty for 51 years.

But after entering the Melo era, first Messi tied this record in 2012, and now Cristiano Ronaldo has improved the original record by 3 goals.

Moreover, the record set by Cristiano Ronaldo was not accumulated by the number of appearances, but was achieved in 11 Champions League games, averaging 1.55 goals per game!
This achievement also makes Ronaldo the biggest favorite for the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or, even if 2014 is a World Cup year.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that the German team that eventually won the World Cup did not have a real superstar.

The biggest star of the championship-winning German team is actually goalkeeper Neuer! ………………

On the last weekend of August 2014, Serie A officially started.

In the opening game on the afternoon of the 30th, defending champion Juventus defeated Chievo 1:0 away from home and won a good start.

Roma, who played next, also defeated Fiorentina in a strong match at home.

On the afternoon of the 31st, AC Milan also beat Lazio 3:1 at home, while Verona, last season's dark horse, had a goalless draw with Atlanta away from home.

The remaining six games all started at 31:8 pm on the 45st. Udinese's opponent was newly promoted Empoli.

It's a good arrangement for Udinese.

However, last season's Serie B No. 2 played very tenaciously at the Friuli Stadium. Udinese failed to score the opponent's goal in the first half and did not break the deadlock until the 57th minute.

At that time, Udinese launched a quick counterattack. Bruno distributed the ball in the midfield. Muriel broke through and passed the ball to Di Natale. The Udinese captain easily hit the empty goal.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. After the deadlock was broken, Udinese's second goal came just 5 minutes later.Bruno passed the ball to Di Natale, who hit the ball into the lower right corner with a long shot. He scored twice and helped Udinese lead by two goals.

This is also the final score of the game.

Udinese, who won by 2 goals, is ranked third in the standings, behind AC Milan and Roma. The goal difference between these two teams is also 2 goals, but AC Milan has three goals and Roma. It relies on the advantage of alphabetical sorting being earlier.

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During the match between Udinese and Empoli, Portugal's new coach Fernando Santos appeared in the stands of the Friuli Stadium.

Obviously, he came here to inspect Bruno.

In August, the Portuguese Football Association announced the new head coach of the Portuguese national team, former Greek national team coach Fernando Santos.

Santos led the Greek team to the knockout stages of the World Cup in Brazil, but lost to Costa Rica, the super dark horse of this World Cup, in the quarter-finals.

Not long after leading the team back to Greece, Santos announced his resignation and took over the position of coach of the Portuguese national team.

In fact, Santos attended Udinese's past three games, including the European Super Cup with Real Madrid and the two Champions League play-offs with Athletic Bilbao.

Santos is very satisfied with Bruno's performance in these four games.

Of course, this is also directly related to Bruno's outstanding performance.

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In the European Super Cup with Real Madrid, Bruno scored a hat trick and assisted another goal. He almost single-handedly led the team to defeat the Galacticos 4:2. His popularity even exceeded that of Portugal's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo.

In the Champions League playoffs, Udinese defeated Athletic Bilbao 4:1 at home, Bruno once again dominated the game. He shot 2 and passed 1, almost making the two-round game lose suspense in the first round.

In the second round, with Di Natale taking a rest, Bruno, who led the team as vice-captain, once again scored a key goal, helping Udinese finally eliminate its opponent.

This season, after the original vice-captain Dusan Basta moved to Lazio, Udinese once again returned to a one-on-one state.

However, Guidolin has no plans to set up a third captain.After all, with Bruno almost never absent from work, and coupled with the ever-strong Di Natale, it is almost impossible for the two of them to be absent.

In the first round of Serie A, although Bruno only sent one assist, his performance was not reflected in the goals and assists data. This is because the best player of this game was finally awarded to him instead of scoring a goal. You can see it in the second time Di Natale.

He showed strong dominance in the midfield. With the assistance of Kante and Alan, the two defensive midfielders, they completely suppressed Empoli. The newly promoted team did not threaten Udinese's goal in the entire game!
As the first round of Serie A comes to an end, it also announces the arrival of the first international match day in the new season.

In the new national team roster announced on the afternoon of September 9, local time in Portugal, Bruno was impressively included.

Not only that, another Portuguese player in Udinese's squad, Cancelo, was also selected.

Obviously, when Santos inspected Bruno, he also watched Cancelo's performance.

(End of this chapter)