From the man behind the football king to the football king

On the day after Bruno's eighteenth birthday, the entire Novara team headed south to Cesena. They will challenge Cesena away from home on the evening of September 9, local time in Italy.

This is the last game of the third round of Serie B.

Cesena is a beautiful seaside town. The quiet city exudes a rich historical and cultural atmosphere. In this small and tolerant city, football has become an important factor that unites the entire city. From here came two top coaches who are famous in world football, Sacchi and Lippi.

However, the record of Cesena Club is very average. Although it has played in Serie A for many seasons, it has no glorious history.

As the deputy squad leader last season, Cesena's performance in the first two rounds was very disappointing after being relegated to the second division. They lost miserably to Sassuolo and Vicenza with scores of 0:3 and 1:3 respectively. Excluding points deductions, they are the real deputy squad leaders of Serie B.

In this match between Serie A brothers who were relegated last season, Novara, playing away from home, unexpectedly played a high-level game in the first half. Their Albanian striker Agung Mohammadi scored a hat-trick in 21 minutes, directly crushing the home team.

To make matters worse, due to an unbalanced mentality, their midfielder Iori was given a red card for a flagrant foul in the 42nd minute of the game, which directly put the home team into a desperate situation.

Everyone knows that there is no suspense in this game. Cesena will face its third disastrous defeat of the new season, while Novara will get its first victory of the new season.

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At the end of the half, head coach Tessel asked his assistant to inform Bruno to warm up well and he would replace him at the appropriate time in the second half. This made Bruno very happy. One month after joining the team, he finally got the opportunity to make his first team debut.

This will also be the first official game of his career!

However, all good things come in a long way.

Just when Bruno thought he would get a chance to play soon in the second half, time was pushed back again and again, because the team conceded the goal just at the beginning of the second half.

Perhaps the three-goal lead established in the first half and the advantage of having one more player were too great, which made the Novara players too relaxed at the beginning of the second half. There were obvious problems with their performance at the beginning of the second half. Cesena seized this opportunity. Their forward Gefedi took advantage of Novara's defensive loophole and scored a goal in Cesena's first attack.

This lost ball made Texel very angry. He ran to the sidelines to scold the Novara players who were a little careless. Then he stood on the sidelines to supervise the game and even forgot about the substitutions.

It was not until the 60th minute of the game that after Novara withstood Cesena's counterattack and stabilized its position, Texel finally thought of letting Bruno come on as a substitute and quickly asked the assistant coach to notify Bruno to warm up.

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Although he was very eager to enter the game, Bruno, who knew that sharpening a knife and chopping firewood, still meticulously warmed up on the sidelines and returned to the bench five minutes later to accept the tactical arrangements of the assistant coach.

Texel's meaning is very clear. Bruno will become Novara's midfield commander after his appearance and sort out the team's offensive system. The head coach gave him almost half an hour, hoping that he could produce a convincing performance.

Of course, the latter sentence is Bruno’s own understanding. He knows very well that if he performs poorly after his debut, his playing time will be greatly limited in subsequent games.

When Bruno changed his jersey and stood on the sidelines waiting to play, there was no dead ball on the court. He waited until the 72nd minute of the game before he finally came on as a substitute.

Seeing that Novara replaced the midfielder Francesco Palavicini and replaced him with an 18-year-old youngster, almost everyone thought that Texel was planning to quit at the expense of money.

This is also a normal situation. After 70 minutes of the game, when the team leads by two goals and has one more player to play, they will basically choose a more conservative style of play. If they hold on to the victory, everything will be fine.

After all, most players will encounter a physical crisis at this point in time and will not work too hard.

The league is a long process, a super long run of 42 games, which requires a reasonable allocation of physical fitness.

However, Bruno didn't think so. In his opinion, the next twenty minutes were the performance time given to him by the head coach. In order to leave a deep impression on the head coach, he needs to show off his skills and abilities to impress Tessel in just twenty minutes.

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During the substitution, Paravicini, who was replaced, patted Bruno on the shoulder and showed some sympathy on his face: What a poor young man. His first show will most likely be spent in garbage time. It's over.

When the players from both sides were determined in their respective positions, the camera focused on Bruno.

The handsome young man stood in the queue with his head held high.

"Viewers! This is the Portuguese youngster Bruno Fernandez, whom Novara signed in the summer! He is about to play for Novara. He will make his debut after joining Novara, and it will also be the first game of his career. First show!"

The voice of the commentator from Novara's local television station rang out.

When Bruno ran onto the field and stood in the midfield position, he received a red card in the first round. Buzigoli, who had just come back in this round, came over and said nonstop: "I'll pass the ball more and ask for the ball more." , run more, be patient, we are leading now, no need to make risky choices. When we attack later, I will come to you as soon as possible. If not, keep the ball and I will come up to support. of……"

Buzigoli is also kind-hearted. As a defensive midfielder, he works hard on the court and often takes the blame for offensive players. The second yellow card he received in the first round was to make up for Paravicini's mistake.

"Okay, okay, Daniel!" Bruno said absentmindedly, but his eyes were always fixed on Cesena's goal.

After nearly a month of learning Italian, although Bruno can communicate with his teammates simply, he still doesn't understand many of what Buzigori said.

Of course, even if he could fully understand, he wouldn't do that.

He is an offensive player!

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As the referee blew his whistle, the game resumed.

Before the dead ball, Novara had the ball, so it was Novara who served the ball from the sideline.

Gilingoli, who was born in Milanello, threw the ball to Bruno, who passed it back to Buzigoli and then ran forward with his head covered.

At the same time, Cesena's players also quickly pressed forward. They were ready to use high pressure in the midfield and frontcourt to regain the ball, and then fight Novara's counterattack.

Although they were two goals behind and even though ten men were fighting, Cesena had no intention of surrendering. Their counterattack at the beginning of the second half has achieved results, and now Novara has replaced a rookie. In the eyes of the Cesena players, this is an opportunity to equalize the score or even reverse the victory.

Including injury time, there are still about twenty minutes left, they still have a chance!

As the ball returned to the feet of defender Gilingli, Cesena forward Gefedi had already reached the front.

Not only that, Cesena's other two offensive players also pounced on them like tigers descending from the mountain.

"Cesena is pressing hard! Novara has just made a substitution. This is our chance!" the commentator of Cesena's local TV station said loudly.

Gilingli looked up and looked ahead, roughly seeing Bruno's direction before kicking the ball out. The football drew a parabola in the air and fell in front of Bruno's running position.

At the same time, Cesena's midfielder and left back have also quickly approached Bruno.