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

Chapter 267 The Proud One of Heaven

It’s 20:45 on the evening of December 13th.

The 23-year-old Argentine forward Icardi stood in the Friuli Stadium, waiting for the referee's kick-off whistle, but his eyes fell on the arc of the center circle in Udinese's half.

Bruno!

In the past two or three years, Icardi has often heard people talk about Bruno. He is the hottest young player in Europe and is even the most promising star to win this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or.

Everyone believes that he will be the strongest star in world football after Messi.

Although he is Argentinian, Icardi does not feel sorry for Messi because his relationship with Messi is not good at all.

As a newly rising star in Argentina and a graduate of the La Masia youth training camp, Icardi naturally hopes to have a good relationship with Messi, the big brother of the national team. However, due to a public case, Messi does not like it. His little brother even disliked him a little.

Sampdoria is where Icardi’s dream started. In 2011, in the 40th round of Serie B, Sampdoria defeated Juvestabia Football Club 2:1, and Icardi replaced Bruno Fornaro. Leigh made his career debut and scored his first career goal in the 84th minute of the game to help the team beat the opponent.

In Sampdoria, Icardi gained a lot, including goals, recognition, applause, and women. Through his tireless and unremitting pursuit, he won teammate and big brother Maxi Lopez His wife became his wife, and that woman was Wanda. Wanda is now not only Icardi’s wife, but also his agent.

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The so-called success or failure is Xiao He, and it is precisely because of this woman that Icardi has annoyed many Argentinians. Among them are veteran football champions Maradona, Messi, Di Maria and others.

Lao Ma once publicly called Icardi a traitor and believed that what Icardi did to Maxi Lopez would take him a lifetime to repay.

Although Messi did not embarrass Icardi in public, the media frequently reported that Messi hated and despised Icardi.

This is normal, after all, Messi and Lopez are good friends, and coupled with the attributes of the old king next door to Icardi, everyone is a little afraid.

Currently, Udinese is first in the standings and Inter Milan is second, but Inter Milan is 9 points less than Udinese.

With the schedule about to reach the halfway point, the Nerazzurri must defeat Udinese in this matchup if they want to keep their hopes of winning the championship. Otherwise, Inter Milan wants to reverse Udinese when they are 12 points behind Udinese. Dines is nothing more than a dream.

Moreover, I am afraid that the whole of Italy is paying attention to this game at this moment, hoping that Inter Milan can kill Udinese.

Otherwise, Udinese would lead the team behind it by double digits just after half-way, which basically declared that the league championship this season would lose suspense.

Therefore, whether it is for Inter Milan or for justice, he must kill Bruno and Udinese in this game!

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In Inter Milan's tactical system, Icardi is a single arrow and is naturally the core of Inter Milan's offense.

After the game started, Icardi was very active and frequently created threats.

In less than two minutes, he quickly made a quick insertion on the right, got rid of Udinese's left back Cancelo, and passed from the right to the back point.

Maguire made a clearance, but the ball didn't fly far. Inter Milan's midfielder Jovetic quickly stepped in and fired a volley, the first shot of the game!

The entire offensive process was very fast and at the same time very structured, which made Udinese's defense a little chaotic. But fortunately, Jovetic's volley did not hit the goal, but went slightly wide.

Taking the lead is also the strategy Inter Milan formulated before the game.

Since Danilo was absent due to injury, Udinese used a combination of Maguire and veteran Domic for this game.

After losing the lead to the opponent, Udinese did not panic and organized its defense steadily.

Inter Milan, on the other hand, attempted to overwhelm its opponents in one go, and began to frequently create threats in the frontcourt, especially the one-shot Icardi, who frequently stepped in and constantly threatened Udinese's goal.

The Argentine forward is also determined to prove himself.

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Although they were given a head start at the start, Udinese quickly stabilized their position and quickly launched a counterattack.

Only five minutes into the game, Maguire took the ball in the backcourt and directly passed the ball from a long distance to the left of Udinese.

Bruno quickly ran out of the gap, stopped the ball with his chest, and then dribbled the ball toward the center.

Only then did Inter Milan realize the danger. Montoya desperately chased back in the frontcourt, and his midfield teammates also quickly returned to defend, but Udinese's counterattack was obviously faster, especially Bruno.

With a steady pace and reasonable stride length, Bruno's dribbling speed has always been one of his strong advantages. Therefore, although Inter Milan returns to defense quickly, Bruno's dribbling speed is faster.

After cutting inside, Bruno shook off an Inter Milan defender and passed the ball to Taylor in the center.

Facing the ball from the left, the French forward stopped with his left foot, avoided interference from the defensive player, and then passed the ball behind the defense.

After passing the ball, Bruno immediately changed the direction of his inward cut and penetrated behind the defense as quickly as possible.

In this way, two Udinese players toyed with the applause of four or five Inter Milan defensive players.

By the time Bruno rushed into the penalty area and caught up with the ball, it was impossible for Inter Milan to stop him. Handanovic decisively abandoned the goal, but as soon as he left the penalty area, Bruno started to hit. The whole process was clean and neat, without any sloppiness, and the football went directly into Inter Milan's goal.

1:0, Udinese takes the lead at home!

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!"

"A quick counterattack from Udinese and Bruno opened the scoring for Udinese just five minutes into the game."

"This is a very wonderful offensive cooperation, very simple, but very fatal."

"Bruno and Taylor showed perfect understanding."

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After the goal, Bruno was so excited that he rushed out of the stadium, slid and knelt directly to the corner area below the Udinese fans' stand, and accepted the cheers and cheers from the fans in the audience.

He was selected into this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or finalist list two weeks ago, but he is not satisfied because he knows that his goal is not here.

He wants to get the supreme award in a month, so he needs to perform better than anyone else!

After Guidolin saw Bruno score on the sidelines, he was also excited.

But he is used to it. Bruno's state this season is indeed too strong, which obviously comes from the deepest desire in his heart.

"We can achieve great things this season." Guidolin said lightly, but his tone was extremely confident.

Portolucci nodded after hearing this and said: "Indeed, but the central defender position still needs to be strengthened."

Guidolin said: "I have already asked the scout team to investigate, but it is too late now. I guess it will be during the winter break."

"The most important thing is to maintain Bruno's form." Portolucci said.

Guidolin suddenly smiled lightly and said: "At least until January next year, we don't need to worry at all."

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Portorucci also laughed and nodded, that was indeed the case.

Before January next year, before the biggest award is announced, Bruno's status will definitely not stop.

And as long as he can maintain his current form, and as long as other Udinese players don't hold him back, Udinese will be invincible and unstoppable.

Some people say that football is a team sport. This is true, but it does not mean that football cannot give birth to heroes, and there will not be those kind of proud people.

How many legendary superstars have stood out throughout the ages? They have a way to do things that others cannot do; they can always bring hope to things that others feel hopeless; they not only dare to think about things that others dare not even think about, but they also dare to do them; not only do they dare to do them, but they can also do them Success.

This is what separates superstars from everyone else!

Since last season, Bruno has shown the strength of a superstar, and this season is the beginning of his complete transformation. Especially from the beginning of the season to now, everyone is increasingly recognizing the fact that Bruno is already a superstar. A superstar.

Just like the first goal just now, Bruno's choice is the key to scoring.

Tyro is important, but he is just a pawn in the execution of Bruno's ideas. Without Taylor, there would be Di Natale, there would be others.

But without Bruno, there would be no offense.

He is the superstar of Udinese!

Even Guidolin, who has always regarded players as robots, now has to admit that if he and Udinese want to achieve better results, such as defending the league championship or defending the Champions League, then they need to continue , and even rely more on Bruno, because he is the core competitiveness of this Udinese team.

Without Bruno, Udinese's competitiveness will drop a level whether in the Premier League or the Champions League.

A few years before Bruno arrived, one of the important reasons why Udinese had never been able to make a breakthrough in performance was that even though they finally qualified for the Champions League, they were eliminated in the play-offs. The team lacks a superstar.

Di Natale was good, but he wasn't enough.

From 2013 to now, in two and a half years, Bruno has used rapid growth and outstanding progress to convince everyone inside and outside the team that he is the key factor that Udinese has been looking for.

Guidolin described him as the key to victory, but at the same time, he was also the key to the team's championship.

(End of this chapter)