From the man behind the football king to the football king

Chapter 130 The first championship in team history

Udinese did not expect Benitez to remove Jorginho in the midfield so decisively, but they were not affected by this change and still played according to their own plan.

After the game restarted, Udinese suddenly took the initiative to attack and frequently put pressure on Naples' goal. The momentum of this attack was sudden and violent, which made Naples very uncomfortable.

"Udinese suddenly accelerated the pace. They now took the initiative on the court, and Napoli was actually pressed in the half."

Seeing Udinese press out to attack, Benitez was not surprised but overjoyed.

The famous Spanish coach thought that when Udinese was leading the score, they did not defend and counterattack honestly, but instead pressed out to attack. This is simply a brain-washing behavior.

He didn't know why Udinese did this, but Benitez immediately realized that this was his and Napoli's opportunity.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Udinese made a substitution. Guidolin replaced Cancelo with Basta. This was to strengthen the defense and withdraw troops.

What made Benitez even more desperate was that in the 78th minute of the game, Naples defense general Inler received a yellow card on Bruno. This was his second yellow card in the game.

"The game is over!!" RAI TV commentator Gerardo Benigni shouted excitedly, "The game is over! Udinese won the 2013-2014 Italian Cup championship! They won 4 in the final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome :3 Defeated Naples! This was a crazy and exciting game, both sides contributed 7 wonderful goals to the audience around the world! ”

Five minutes later, Mahrez was brought down by Inler while dribbling the ball inside, and Udinese got a chance to take a free kick in the frontcourt.

The Udinese fans burst into loud cheers.

Udinese players hugged each other.

Finally, Hamsik took the ball. Faced with Kanter's entanglement, he struggled to get out of the way and shot. The ball was blocked by Danilo, who was filling in, and missed the baseline.

After all, Napoli's strength is there, and they also had a very threatening counterattack. Hamsik suddenly made a pass thirty meters away from the goal. The scalpel-like pass tore open Udinese's defense. , Higuain fell to the ground and shot a shovel, and the football missed the post, just a hair away from the goal.

A minute later, Udinese continued to make substitutions, and Muriel replaced captain Di Natale, whose energy was exhausted.

After Mahrez cut inside, he tried to pass it to Di Natale, but he sent it to the left wing. Brazilian defender Silva suddenly cut inside the penalty area and shot from a small angle. The football almost missed the baseline against the post.

Guidolin stood on the sidelines. Behind him were the members of the coaching staff and the players on the bench. Everyone couldn't wait.

Benitez shouted loudly from the sidelines and directed the team's game, but to no avail.

In the last minute of injury time, there were no Udinese fans in the stands who could sit safely in their seats.

Naples has used up three substitutions. They changed to 343. Benitez discharged the three forwards of Rossi, Pandev and Mertens, but with little effect.

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"The 37-year-old Udinese captain has scored 23 goals in Serie A this season, 2 goals in the Italian Cup, and 8 goals in the Europa League. He has played in all competitions. With 33 goals, he is Udinese’s top scorer and the best forward in Italy. He has reason to get a place in Brazil!”

"Phoenix Udinese, Di Natale's legend continues!"

Surprisingly, Napoli, who had one less player to play, actually scored a goal when the game was about to enter stoppage time, bringing the score to 3:3!

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Udinese took the initiative to attack after the start of the second half. It was Guidolin's arrangement in the midfield. With offense instead of defense, even if Udinese did not score a goal, just consuming the game time would be a waste for Udinese. is beneficial.

"The referee blew the whistle to end the game - the game is over! Udinese is the champion! The Rome Olympic Stadium is already a sea of ​​joy that belongs to Udinese. At this time, the Rome Olympic Stadium belongs to Udinese Damn it!”

As the game entered its final stages, everyone could see the fatigue on the Udinese players.

Mertens' goal gave the desperate Naples fans a glimmer of hope. The Naples fans, who had been silent for half the game, finally began to agitate.

Although Udinese has a numerical advantage, no one can say that Udinese will definitely become the final winner when facing Naples, who recharged their batteries in midweek and at the same time had high morale due to the equalizer at the buzzer.

Playing overtime under such circumstances, who knows if they can persevere?

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Benitez was pacing anxiously on the sidelines. He had already replaced Higuain with Pandev, and replaced defender Enrique with Rossi, who had returned from injury.

However, Benitez soon realized that he had thought wrong, because under Udinese's strong attack, Naples was actually suppressed and breathless.

Beautiful commentator Benedita Masola exclaimed.

In the 90th minute, Callejon, who performed poorly in this game, cut in from the right and passed through. Belgian winger Mertens, who came on the bench, shot from the left side of the penalty area into the far corner.

Victory for us,

The great heart of white and black...

Di Natale received huge cheers when he was substituted.

"This is a night that belongs to Udinese. This club, which has been established for 118 years, has won the most important trophy in the history of the club. They have written their names into the history of the Italian Cup! Congratulations to them!"

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Hamsik immediately ran to the sidelines and picked up the football, ready to take a corner kick.

Especially Napoli's midfielder Hamsik was targeted by Udinese on the court. Udinese's midfielder Alan's position was advanced. He and Bruno constantly surrounded the Slovak midfielder. , making it difficult for the Naples captain to find a good opportunity to play the ball forward.

Unconsciously, the game has reached seventy-six minutes, and the score is still 3:2, with Udinese leading Naples.

Victory for us,

Magical Udinese,

Guidolin looked at the time on the sidelines and showed a cunning and proud smile. His plan succeeded.

Udinese suddenly exerted force, the pace of the game suddenly accelerated, and time passed quickly.

Naples, which has offensive talents such as Hamsik, Insigne, Mertens, Callejon and Higuain, fell into a very passive situation. Their thinking was chaotic, their movements were impatient, and their play was chaotic.

Captain Di Natale took off his jersey, rushed to the stands, yelled, and threw the jersey to the fans.

This will be a day that goes down in history!

Thirty thousand excited and almost crazy Udinese fans shouted almost hysterically: Champion! champion! champion!

A century of history is on this night, half the stadium is waving flags, Udinese fans are singing loudly:

At this time, he heard the referee blow a whistle, followed by a second whistle. When the third whistle came out, he could no longer hear it, because the entire Olympic Stadium in Rome was filled with huge cheers from the Udinese people. Shrouded, they were shouting and cheering wildly: "We are the champions, Udinese! Udinese is the champions!"

As long as Naples seizes one of the spaces in Udinese's backcourt that presses heavily, they can equalize the score.

For the remaining fifteen minutes or so, Napoli had to contend with ten men.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, the Udinese players on the field began to celebrate wildly.

Udinese captain Di Natale came up to take the penalty, and the football he shot went out of the goal, once again shocking the Naples fans into a cold sweat.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Bruno and Alan teamed up to steal the ball from Hamsik's feet, and then formed a beautiful triangle passing attack with Ping Qi and Alan in the midfield, and finally suddenly distributed the ball to the right wing.

Everyone stood up, they were singing loudly, they couldn't wait to cheer for the championship and welcome the arrival of the first championship trophy in the club's history.

However, in the second minute of injury time, just when everyone was preparing for overtime, Udinese took advantage of the momentary relaxation in the Naples people's thinking. Bruno sent a precise overhead long pass in the midfield. Finding Mahrez on the right, Mahrez assisted Muriel and succeeded in shooting.

Naples goalkeeper Reina yelled anxiously. He was very dissatisfied with the chaos and passivity of the team's defense and was very nervous.

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4:3, Udinese took the lead for the fourth time in this game.

Now, Udinese is getting closer and closer to the championship.

But Udinese responded immediately.

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Without Muriel's goal, the game would have been dragged into overtime by the Naples people.

The songs of Udinese fans filled the night sky of Rome's Stadio Olimpico, inspiring the Udinese players on the field to fight until the last moment.

With the score ahead and one more player, Guidolin felt that the game was stable, so he began to make substitution adjustments. This can not only replace some players with physical problems, but also further consume time.

As Naples' offensive engine, Hamsik misfired, and the entire Naples offense was not smooth.

Then, the soon-to-be 37-year-old veteran covered his face and cried with joy.

The performance of other players was not much better than Di Natale. For most of them, this was the first time in their careers that they had won the championship in a major event.

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