From the man behind the football king to the football king

From late October to early November, Udinese's schedule was indeed somewhat difficult. Not only are there double matches throughout the week, the opponents are not weak. In Serie A, they are competing against AC Milan, Roma and Inter Milan. In the Europa League, they also have to compete with Sevilla, who is in great form, for first place in the group. Sassuolo is the only opponent that is slightly easier to deal with.

With the thickness of Udinese's lineup, it is already a very good performance to be able to achieve 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in 5 games to cope with this kind of schedule.

Moreover, even if they lost to Inter Milan, Udinese's league ranking still remained at fourth. However, the point difference with Juventus and Napoli in front of them has widened to 4 points, and the scores of Inter Milan, Verona and Fiorentina behind them have also caught up.

Currently, Udinese has 24 points, Inter Milan and Verona both have 22 points, and Fiorentina has 21 points. As long as Udinese makes another mistake in the next round of the league, it may fall out of the top four.

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After the league match with Inter Milan ended, Udinese had no time to lick their wounds and quickly got into preparations for the next game.

Just on Thursday, they challenged Sevilla, the current group leader, at the Pizjuan Stadium in Seville, Spain.

Due to Di Natale's injury, Guidolin decided to start Muriel in the away game against Sevilla, and Udinese also adopted a 4231 formation, with Bruno appearing in the attacking midfielder position.

At the Pizjuan Stadium, Udinese conceded a goal first in the first half. In the 73rd minute of the second half, Bruno assisted Muriel and scored a goal to equalize the score.

This was also the last goal for both sides in this game. In the end, the game was tied at 1:1 again. If you want to determine the first place in the group, you have to look at the results of the two sides and the other two opponents.

In this game, Udinese's new aid Kante performed well. His defense in the backcourt was watertight, causing Sevilla a lot of trouble.

However, another thing that happened during the game had some bad effects. That was the conflict between the team's midfielder Alan Marquez Loureiro and the head coach Guidolin. The Brazilian was dissatisfied with Guidolin for taking him off in the second half and went straight back to the locker room after leaving the field.

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Returning to Italy from Spain, Udinese went south to Sicily on November 10th.

On Sunday evening they will take on Catania at the Massimino Stadium.

Judging from the roster announced before the game, Alan, who violated team discipline in the middle of the week, was abandoned by Guidolin and was not even included in the roster. In addition, the team captain Di Natale also did not enter the squad. His injury will not recover in a short time.

Fortunately, after this round of the league ends, it will enter the half-month international match day. According to feedback from Udinese team doctors, Di Natale should be able to return from injury when the league resumes.

Guidolin arranged a starting lineup of 4,231 in the game, with Basta, Erto, Danilo and Domic in the back line, Kanter and Silva in the midfield, and Mahrez in the forward line. , Bruno and Ping Qi partnered, and Muriel's single arrow shot forward on the striker.

Catania also formed a four-two-three-one formation.

The first thirty minutes of the game went well, but lackluster. The competition between the two sides on the court was fierce, but it was not exciting.

For such a situation, Udinese head coach Guidolin had already anticipated it, so he was always sitting on the coaching bench.

Just when the game reached the thirty-minute mark, something unexpected happened on the court.

"F**K!" Guidolin jumped up violently, yelled and rushed out of the coaching bench.

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This is Catania's chance for a corner kick. Catania's corner kick was taken by Udinese goalkeeper Brkic. Just when Udinese was about to throw the ball to launch a counterattack, referee De Marco After blowing the whistle, he gestured to Udinese defender Domic for a foul and pointed to the penalty spot.

"Penalty kick! Penalty kick! Udinese defender Domic brought down Lello Taglie during the corner kick defense! The referee clearly understood and awarded a penalty kick!" the commentator of the local TV station in Catania shouted excitedly.

This season, Catania has struggled very much. In the first 11 rounds, they only achieved 1 win, 3 draws and 7 losses, falling deep into the relegation zone.

With the season approaching one-third of the way through, every point is very important to the Catanians.

It would be very morale-boosting to win against a strong opponent like Udinese.

And when the team couldn't attack for a long time, this penalty kick came at the perfect time.

Guidolin roared on the sidelines: "Where was the foul? It was a normal physical confrontation! That boy from Catania was diving!"

"Please calm down! Coach Guidolin!" The fourth official had to come over to warn the angry visiting team coach.

In the stadium, the Udinese players were explaining and protesting to the referee. Domic looked aggrieved and angry. He slapped his body, indicating that he was just jumping for the top normally, and physical confrontation was also normal. There was no such thing. foul.

On the sidelines, the Catania players cheered and celebrated. After being unable to score for a long time, the Catania players began to become impatient. This penalty kick was simply timely.

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The referee De Marco ignored the Udinese people's protests. He sternly warned the Udinese people not to cause trouble, otherwise he would not be polite.

Afterwards, he received a report from the fourth official, ran to the sidelines, and sternly warned the Udinese coach to stay calm and not to be rude again, otherwise he would be fined to stand in the stands.

"Very good, very good, you are the boss, you are right." Guidolin said angrily, and then he was pulled away by his assistant.

"Penalty kick, Catania got a penalty kick opportunity. This is a good opportunity to take the lead." The commentator of Sky TV Italy said.

At this time, the slow-motion replay of the penalty area came.

The Sky Italia commentator continued: "The Udinese people were protesting angrily. Now it seems that their anger was justified. After Domic took off, he had physical contact with Lerottaglio in the air. But this is just a normal physical confrontation. If this requires a foul, then the defensive players will not dare to engage in physical confrontation with the attacking players.”

He shook his head and said helplessly: "However, the referee insisted on awarding a penalty kick, and the penalty cannot be changed."

"Uh... there seems to be doubt about the penalty kick." The commentator of the local TV station in Catania said, "However, the referee couldn't see clearly in the blink of an eye. This can't be said to be a misjudgment, it can only be said to be a mistake. The people of Dines are unlucky.”

When the Udinese fans in front of the TV heard the commentator's words, they wanted to slap him in the face.

How can a human being be so indifferent to black and white! So shameless!

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To be honest, apart from the fact that Udinese people are angry, neutral viewers don't feel much at this moment.

Strictly speaking, this penalty cannot be called a black whistle, it can only be said to be a misjudgment. After all, there are so many people in the penalty area, and it is impossible for the referee to clearly see every player's movements. When you see a home team player fall to the ground, it is normal to think of a penalty kick immediately.

Moreover, when the referee can make a decision or not, he favors the home team and takes care of the home team. This is human nature.

Catania's penalty kick, their recently divorced striker Maxi Lopez stood at the penalty spot.

Referee DeMarco blew the whistle, Lopez took a run and shot.

Udinese goalkeeper Brkic misjudged the direction and Lopez converted the penalty kick.

"GOOOOOOLLLLL!!!!!!!!" the commentator of the local TV station in Catania shouted loudly, "Maxi Lopez! He has a big heart and calmly scored the penalty kick! 1:0! Card Tania is ahead!”

The Catanians celebrated wildly and were able to lead Udinese, who is fourth in the standings. This is a very good situation.

On the court, the Catanians looked like they were celebrating a festival. Bruno said bitterly: "The villain is successful! He is so happy to score a goal through a disgraceful penalty kick. No wonder he is a relegation team!"

"Forget it, don't be angry. It's 0:1 now. It's still early. We can equalize or even reverse." Kanter comforted Bruno beside him and said, "This is Sicily, we must be mentally prepared."

"Haha." Bruno sneered.