Chapter 170: Goal at the Bernabeu
On the evening of November 2014, 11, the Udinese team arrived in Madrid. In the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid's home game against Udinese was about to begin.

On the morning of November 11, Real Madrid head coach Ancelotti and Udinese head coach Guidolin attended the pre-match press conference.

"Udinese is a respectable team, but for Real Madrid, victory is the only goal." Ancelotti said directly.

"Real Madrid is one of the greatest teams in Spain and Europe. It is a wonderful experience to visit the Bernabeu. Real Madrid has many great players and Mr. Ancelotti is also a very successful championship coach..."

Hearing what Guidolin said, the Madrid reporters at the scene all smiled and nodded. This was in line with their expectations. This kind of statement is a customary statement by the coach of the visiting team visiting Real Madrid, especially for such a small team, visiting the Bernabeu. It was simply a pilgrimage.

However, they did not expect that Guidolin paused and suddenly changed his voice: "I like Real Madrid. Three months ago, we defeated Real Madrid and won the European Super Cup; two weeks ago, we also played at home. The draw with Real Madrid. This gives me confidence. We are not here on pilgrimage. We hope to have a wonderful experience at the Bernabeu."

"Are you referring to winning against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu?" a reporter immediately asked.

"No one will reject victory, and no one will surrender." Guidolin smiled and nodded, "I like victory."

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Madrid local time on November 11 at 4:8 pm.

The stands at the Bernabeu were filled with noise as players from both sides entered the stadium.

At this moment, the starting lineups of both sides were also displayed on the big screen in the stadium.

Home team Real Madrid:
Goalkeeper: Casillas No. 1;

Defense line: No. 17 Aveiroa, No. 2 Varane, No. 4 Ramos, No. 12 Marcelo;;
Midfielder: No. 8 Kroos, No. 19 Modric; No. 10 James Rodriguez;
Forwards: No. 23 Isco, No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo, No. 9 Benzema.

Away team Udinese:

Goalkeeper: No. 31 Kanizis;
Defense line: No. 89 Piris, No. 5 Danilo, No. 11 Domic, No. 2 Cancelo;

Midfielder: No. 6 Kante, No. 8 Alan, No. 19 Bruno Fernandez, No. 27 Guillerme, No. [-] Vidmont;

Forward: No. 10 Di Natale.

Udinese captain Di Natale beat Casillas in the coin guessing game, Udinese won the right to pick the side, and Real Madrid kicked off first.

Players from both sides took their positions according to the formation. After the referee and the two linesmen on duty confirmed the time, they blew the whistle to start the game.

In the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2014-2015 season, Real Madrid's home game against Udinese officially began.

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Guidolin carefully studied Real Madrid's recent games and made his own judgment with reference to Real Madrid's current player situation. Portuguese center back Pepe is injured, so Real Madrid's center back partner today is likely to be Ramos and French teenager Varane, and among the choices of full-backs, the right back is most likely to be veteran Arbeloa, and the left back may be Brazilian Marcelo.

Real Madrid's defense has never been very good. With this kind of defense configuration, whether it is Real Madrid's right or left, Aveiroa is old, Marcelo focuses on offense and neglects defense. Dinez has Guillerme on the left and Vidmon on the right. No matter which side he focuses on, he has good hitting ability.

Or, to put it more bluntly, Guidolin’s consideration for this game is that it is difficult to prevent Real Madrid from scoring, and he is more confident in the team’s offensive ability, so he simply and Real Madrid Madrid gives it a try.

The media is almost unanimous in seeing Real Madrid, but only Guidolin himself knows best how worthy of expectations and how huge the potential of the team he has built.

In addition, in Guidolin's view, this is only the Champions League group stage after all, and Udinese's biggest goal is to qualify from the group.As for first place in the group, Guidolin wants it, but it doesn't matter if he can't get it.

With Udinese's strength, it is a good result to enter the knockout round. As for whether they will encounter a strong team in the first round of the knockout round and be eliminated, that is not something Udinese should consider.

The one who can afford to lose the most is Real Madrid, not Udinese and Guidolin, because Udinese is the weak one.

Didn’t I see what the AS News was saying before the game that this is an absolutely different showdown between mountain bikes and Audi A[-].

The tactical considerations of the two head coaches and the design of the goals and means of the game determined the trend of the game from the very beginning: the game was very fast-paced, and it was very lively.

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"Guilherme! Guilherme! Beautiful! It's over, Aveiroa has been breached!"

"Cancelo! Change position! Pass the ball!"

"Antonio Di Natale!"

"Wonderful save! Casillas made a world-class save!"

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Casillas was very angry after completing the save. He shouted at his own defense general Varane. Varane's movement was obviously slow just now, and he could not keep up with Di Natale's sprint.

Guidolin applauded on the sidelines and cheered for the team's attack. Guillerme and Cancelo, two young and powerful young people, made continuous and repeated attacks on the left. This was not the case for Arbeloa, an old man. Guys can take it.

This is also the reason why Guidolin once again moved Cancelo to the left in this game, that is, to concentrate his superior forces and attack Real Madrid's weak points.Yes, in Guidolin's view, former Liverpool veteran Arbeloa is the weakness of this Real Madrid team.

Corner kick for Udinese.

Guilherme took a corner kick and drove into the penalty area. Di Natale was unable to withstand the pressure of Varane with his header, and the football was picked up by Casillas in the air.

The Real Madrid captain immediately ran to the edge of the penalty area and launched a counterattack by throwing the ball vigorously.

James Rodriguez received the ball and passed the football to Kroos. The latter pulled the ball with his left foot, avoided Bruno's pressing, and then knocked the football to Ronaldo.

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Ronaldo was very excited and started his performance.

"Beautiful, Cristiano Ronaldo!"

Ronaldo passed Guillerme beautifully on his bicycle. Although Isco kept raising his hands, Ronaldo did not pass the ball. He continued to dribble the ball along the wing.

Alan went to defend Ronaldo.

At the same time, Udinese's left center back Domic was also forced to move to this side to fill the gap after Cancelo's assist.

"Pass the ball! Bastard! Pass the ball!" Ancelotti yelled, waving his arms on the sidelines.

At this time, Udinese's defense is tilted heavily to the left, and there is some space on the other side. As long as Ronaldo passes the football, this is an offensive opportunity.

Finally, after Isco's arms were sore that he felt sore, and Ronaldo spiked and flicked the ball continuously, and found that he couldn't continue to break through, he passed the football.

Isco was already ready to catch the ball, and then he saw a blue figure rushing up and stealing the football midway.

It's Kanter!
It was such a beautiful tackle that even the commentators were exclaiming "Kante! When did he show up there?! Beautiful tackle!"

After Kanter intercepted the ball, he dribbled forward while observing the surrounding situation. After Modric rushed up, he immediately passed the football to Bruno and retreated without hesitation.

This is Kanter, he is very unremarkable, doing dirty work, but the most important job.

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Bruno dribbled the ball forward at high speed. He directly squeezed away James Rodriguez who came up to counterattack, and then passed the through ball to Di Natale.

Di Natale moved forward beautifully with the ball, trying to dribble past Kroos, and then at the same time attracted a Real Madrid center back to come out, creating an opportunity for the approaching Videmon to follow up on the right.

The beautiful left foot pulled the ball to his right foot, smashed the ball, and changed direction, but Kroos was not completely fooled. His trailing right foot touched the football with all his strength, which made the football bounce.

But Udinese's offense didn't end there.

Di Natale, who celebrated his 37th birthday last month, reacted quickly. He took a small step forward, raised his right foot and flicked the football, which was a very freehand movement.

Then Di Natale half-turned, blocked Kroos who came up to counterattack, and passed the football to Wiedmon who came to meet him.

Widmond, who received the ball, broke through with the ball on the right, and Varane pressed out. The French defender tried to follow up and leaned on Widmond, but Widmond just made a simple change of speed and got rid of Varane.

"Breakthrough!"

"Varane, he got passed easily, oh my God!"

Amid the exclamations of the commentator, the ensuing process became simple, and Wiedmon passed the ball easily on the right.

"Bruno Fernandez!!!!!!"

Wearing the blue No. 8 shirt, Bruno rushed up like a tiger descending a mountain, squeezing away the full-back Arbeloa who was trying to fill the position in a hurry, and caught up with Real Madrid right center back Ramos before he could intercept. Just shoot with a football:

The football flew straight towards the goal like a cannonball. Casillas faced the kick with great force and tried his best to save it. However, when his body flew out, the football had suddenly come over and hit the net directly.

"GOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!"

"Bruno Fernandez - what a goal! What a powerful shot!!!"

The football lifted the net hard and the net was shaking.

Bruno stood in front of the door, clenched his fists, and screamed to the sky.

At his feet lay Casillas, one of the best goalkeepers recognized in the world who he defeated.

(End of this chapter)

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