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

Chapter 253 Bruno Dependence

Marco Antonio Bentegodi Stadium is located in Verona, Veneto region, Italy, and can accommodate 1963 people. The stadium was completed on December 12, 15 and rebuilt in 1990. The stadium is owned by the Municipality of Verona. The stadium is now the home stadium of Hellas Verona Football Club and Chievo Verona Football Club.

The Bentegoti Stadium was one of the venues for the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

Since being promoted to Serie A in the 2013-2014 season, Verona was once the dark horse in Serie A in the 2013-2014 season. Although their lack of stamina caused them to only rank tenth in Serie A at the end of the season, this Verona still left fans with a lasting impression. Made a deep impression.

However, in the subsequent 2014-2015 season, Verona performed mediocrely and ended the season in 13th place.

So far this season, Verona has played seven league rounds, with four draws and three losses without a win, ranking 18th in the Serie A standings.

In the first round, when they tied with Roma 1:1 at home, Verona once made people shine, but then Verona's performance became more and more disappointing.

第二轮他们在客场0:2负于热那亚，第三轮则是主场2:2战平都灵，第四轮去了客场又跟亚特兰大战成1:1。

In the fifth round, they lost 0:1 to Inter Milan at San Siro, and in the sixth round, they lost again to Lazio 1:2 at home.

The most recent match was a 1:1 draw with Chievo in Verona.

However, Verona's current bad situation is excusable. Their opponents are not weak. Except for Genoa, the other six teams are all teams in the top half of the standings.

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Judging from the first seven rounds of the season, Verona's strength is still good. After all, they drew with powerful Roma, Torino and Lazio.

Before the team came to Verona, Guidolin and the coaching staff had a comprehensive understanding of Verona's overall tactical play, and repeatedly reminded the players to pay attention, especially under the opponent's fierce pressing, to try their best. Mistakes were avoided, but Verona's pressing was too fierce.

Facing Udinese, Verona obviously pushed harder and harder than other teams.

On the whole, Udinese's defensive position is no problem.

The key factor in conceding goals is the players' on-the-spot performance errors. This is unavoidable for any head coach and any tactics, because everyone makes mistakes.

Udinese lost the ball in the 19th minute. Verona made a pass from the right. Taleb got the ball in the penalty area. Ed Nelson decisively scooped the ball out, but the ball was still on the right side of the penalty area. Sara crosses again. But this time, Felipe made a mistake when clearing the ball and did not clear the ball directly. As a result, the ball was grabbed by a Verona player and he hit the goal directly.

There was a personal element to Felipe's mistake, but there was also the pressure caused by Verona's full-court press, which made Udinese feel uncomfortable.

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Returning from the court to the locker room, Udinese players looked a little depressed.

This season, Udinese has not fallen behind in games. In the game against AC Milan, they fell behind 1:3 at halftime.

But that is AC Milan, once a top powerhouse, and now it is not weak.

But today Udinese's opponent was Verona, a relegation team, but they fell behind in the game and failed to come back after nearly half an hour.

Especially in today's game, Bruno has not played yet, which makes many players feel uncomfortable and even slightly panicked.

Many people raised their heads and looked around the locker room, sighing in their hearts: Bruno is not here!

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I don’t know since when, Bruno’s role in the current Udinese team has become more and more obvious, and everyone’s reliance on him has become more and more important, so that when the team cannot open up the situation, or is in a difficult situation, Disadvantage, will think of him.

There were thousands of people in the locker room. Before this game, the team was playing smoothly. There must be many people who didn't say anything on the surface, but secretly complained in their hearts, thinking that the coaching staff and the locker room gave Bruno too much. Too much power. For example, his right to fire freely, for example, he does not need to put pressure on his opponent.

As a player on the same team, who wouldn’t want such a privilege? But why is it Bruno?

But now, they are all beginning to realize that Bruno's role has been so great for the team to play so smoothly in the past period of time.

In this game, Udinese still ranked 4231. The goalkeeper is Kanizis, the defense is Cancelo, Danilo, Erto and Felipe, and the midfielder is Itura and Ed Nelson. The double defensive midfielder, the forward trio is Marquinho, Di Luo and Adnan, and Di Natale's single arrow forward.

But without Bruno, Udinese is like a giant wheel that has lost its motor and suddenly stopped running.

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Just when the locker room fell into a dead silence, the door of the locker room was pushed open from the outside.

The players looked up and saw head coach Guidolin and assistant coach Portolucci walking in one after another.

The door opened and closed, but the players kept an eye on that door.

Finally, it didn't open again.

Bruno still hasn't come!

With that, it became clear that the team would not be making substitutions at the start of the second half.

<divclass="contentadv">But this also means that they have to face the situation without Bruno in more game time.

Guidolin and Yesterdam summarized the team's performance in the first half. He was satisfied with the team's overall defense. He also expressed understanding of the players' mistakes and hoped that everyone could cheer up and try again in the second half. Keep up the good work.

The team's tactics in the second half mainly focused on two points, one was the wing attack.

Guidolin believes that the team’s wing attack in the first half did not have its characteristics, especially the left wing with its traditional offensive advantage.

"Verona suppressed our full-backs on this side, which will indeed put more pressure on our attack on the left, but I believe we should play more actively and aggressively."

Guidolin also mentioned Verona's physical fitness, believing that Verona fought very fiercely in the first half, which will inevitably lead to physical problems in the second half, so Udinese must make a fuss about this.

"We should play more actively and aggressively. Verona's physical fitness will definitely have problems, and this is our opportunity to take the initiative to attack. This is true on the left, the same is true on the right, and we can even play in the center. Make a little fuss.”

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Subsequently, the coaching staff rearranged tasks for everyone.

After completing this, it's almost time to return to the court.

Amid the roar of more than 40,000 fans, Bruno still sat on the visiting team's bench, watching the game silently.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Udinese was indeed more proactive and the team played more threateningly, but Verona was obviously mentally prepared for the situations they might encounter in the second half, so they dealt with it Not difficult.

Verona's defense is still good, but Bruno believes that as their physical fitness continues to decline, they will definitely have problems sooner or later.

After the opening, Udinese tried several times on the left, hoping that Adnan could create a threat, but Verona completely froze the Iraqis, which prevented Adnan from getting a good chance. Even the speed, which he was most proud of, failed to show its effect.

After trying several times and seeing that it had no effect, Itura decisively chose to change the target and try to launch an offensive from the right.

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Bruno sat on the bench and was always paying attention to every move on the court. He clearly saw the problem Adnan was facing now.

The Iraqi Flying Wing is a player with great potential. He can stand out from Iraq not just because he is fast enough. There are many fast players, which in itself does not have much competitiveness.

In addition to being fast, Adnan also has solid basic skills and a very explosive shot. As a left-footed player, he is very good at dribbling the ball on the left. His footwork is very good when crossing from the left, and he also has free kick skills. .

These are his advantages.

When playing in Iraq, Adnan was more of a threat on the left, and he was born as a left back, so he was used to rushing to the baseline as soon as he got the ball, hoping to use his speed advantage to create Chance.

This is a very normal thinking, because the most important thing for players is to play to their strengths.

But this is wrong, because your opponent will also be very aware of your advantages and may even restrict them.

Just like in this game, the head coach of Verona obviously defended against this characteristic of Adnan and froze the Iraqis for almost the whole game. Especially later, the more Adnan played, the more anxious he became. The more chaotic it becomes.

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Bruno knew all too well the situation Adnan was facing at this moment.

Generally speaking, wingers only have two ways to create a threat, either by going under or cutting inside.

For Adnan, who can only use his left foot, cutting in from the left is not his strength, and his kicking is not smooth, but he can easily be restricted by his opponent if he just goes down.

This is the problem he faces now.

In fact, after understanding Adnan's characteristics, it is really easy to guard him.

If Adnan wants to avoid this situation, he must change his playing style, or be like Bruno and make himself more comprehensive, especially his right foot, which must be mastered as soon as possible so that he can Either create a threat, or he will learn from Robben.

The Dutch winger is very fast, but at the same time he has a very good rhythm. This means that although he only knows his left foot, although the opponent has figured out his usual tricks, they have never been able to completely restrict him because his rhythm is really very fast. Great.

However, Adnan is obviously not able to achieve Robben's skills. He just rushes with the ball again and again, trying to take advantage of his speed, but he hits the wall again and again.