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

Chapter 226 Rome

Udinese upset Barcelona and entered this season's Champions League final, which completely detonated the Italian media.

One day later, Juventus drew with Real Madrid 1:1 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, and eliminated the Galacticos with a score of 3:2 in the two-leg semi-finals to join Udinese in this season's Champions League final. This is even more It sent the Italian media into a complete climax.

Two Italian teams have won this year's Champions League finals. According to the Italian media, this is a signal of the re-emergence of Italian football.

Many Italian media have even begun to imagine that four Italian teams will take all the tickets for this year's two European competitions.

Although this possibility is very small, after all, in the first round of the Europa League, Fiorentina suffered a 0:3 away defeat at the feet of Sevilla.

But with Udinese's crazy reversal at home in the second round, who can guarantee that this situation will not happen?

However, the results of the two Europa League semi-final second legs on Thursday night were very disappointing for the Italians.

Not only did Viola fail to complete the reversal at home, they even lost to Sevilla with a score of 0:2, and were doubled by their opponents in two rounds. The total score was a humiliating 0:5!

Sevilla slapped the Italian media hard, which can be regarded as saving a little face for the La Liga team.

In another Europa League semi-final, Naples lost 0:1 away to Dnipro and was eliminated with a total score of 1:2.

Two Italian teams made it to the Europa League semi-finals, but were both eliminated!

But even so, the Italian media is still elated, because as Udinese and Juventus took the seats in this year's Champions League final, it also brought a happy result: Italy has overtaken the Bundesliga in the European War standings. , returned to the third league position!

This means that in terms of allocation of European seats next season, Serie A will get 4 Champions League seats!

Since being kicked out of the third place in the European competition by the Bundesliga in 2011, it took 4 years for Serie A to finally return to their original position.

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Bruno naturally doesn't care much about Serie A's position in the European War standings. At this moment, he is still immersed in the excitement of Udinese's upset victory over Barcelona.

As a traveler, Bruno knows very well how strong this Barcelona team is. That was the team that achieved the triple crown. Even because of the existence of MSN, many people think that this Barcelona is even better than the six-title team that Guardiola held!

It is precisely because of this that when Udinese lost 1:3 on the road in the first round, Bruno was pessimistic about the team's promotion.

At the end of the first half of the game, when Udinese fell behind 1:2, Bruno was a little desperate.

However, on the way back to the locker room, the words and deeds of the Barcelona people stung him deeply, which made him decide to try again in the second half.

However, without Salah's explosion in the second half, Bruno would not have the confidence to reverse the situation.

This Barcelona team was really very strong, and Udinese's disadvantage at that time was too great. In addition, it was difficult to beat four hands with two fists. No matter how confident Bruno was, he would not dare to say that he could defeat Barcelona by himself.

But even Bruno didn't expect that Salah would explode in the second half and help Udinese complete this stunning reversal.

Thinking about it now, this still feels like a dream.

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<divclass="contentadv">However, when Juventus drew with Real Madrid a day later and advanced to the Champions League final, Bruno finally calmed down in his excitement and began to think about the next game.

Udinese's next game will be a visit to Rome's Stadio Olimpico to challenge Giallorossi on Sunday night.

Because with only 3 rounds left in the league, Udinese is still 7 points ahead of second-placed Juventus, so as long as they can defeat Roma at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, they can win the first place in team history two rounds in advance. Serie A champion.

In addition, this game is five days apart from the second leg of Barcelona's Champions League semi-final, and most of the players' physical fitness has almost recovered, so Guidolin naturally hopes to win away from home and win the league championship early. So all the main players were taken to Rome.

However, captain Di Natale did not enter the team's starting lineup because during the pre-match physical examination, the Udinese captain had some muscle discomfort. For insurance reasons, Guidolin excluded Di Natale from the starting lineup.

After all, Udinese does not have to win this game. Even if they lose, they can still win the championship as long as they win one of the next two league games.

On the contrary, it would be a real regret if Di Natale played in this game and then suffered some injuries that prevented him from playing in subsequent games, especially the Champions League final.

Di Natale also expressed his understanding of this.

Therefore, in the 36th round of Serie A at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Bruno wore the captain's armband of Udinese.

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When the Udinese team arrived in Rome, the result of the first match of the 36th round had already been announced. Juventus defeated Inter Milan 2:1 at the Meazza Stadium, keeping the suspense of the Serie A championship alive.

If Juventus loses this game away from home, Udinese will have already won the championship before the game against Roma.

However, at the critical moment, Juventus still did not let go of the chain and took the initiative to send the league championship to Udinese.

Then, the eyes of the whole of Italy, and even the world, were focused on the Olympic Stadium in Rome to see whether Udinese could defeat Roma in the game and win the championship in advance.

With the world watching, Udinese performed well at Rome's Stadio Olimpico.At the beginning of the game, they turned away and launched a powerful offensive towards Roma's goal. In the 19th minute of the game, they broke through Roma's goal and took the lead.

Taylor, who replaced Di Natale as the starter in this game, looked very excited on the court. Udinese's first goal was achieved by his active pressing in the frontcourt.

In the 19th minute, Taylor intercepted the ball at the feet of Manolas and shot, De Sanctis blocked the near post, and Salah volleyed into the net 5 meters in front of the goal.

1:0, the Egyptian scored his 8th Serie A goal in half a season after moving to Udinese!

Including 3 goals in the Champions League, the Egyptian has scored a total of 5 goals in less than 11 months after joining Udinese!

This goal made the Udinese people very excited, because they had already seen that the Serie A championship was waving to them.

The excited Udinese people had huge mood swings, and their attention on the court was not as concentrated as before, which gave the Romans a chance.