From the man behind the football king to the football king

Chapter 137 Champions League Qualification

After Bruno received the medal, it was the turn of the last recipient, Udinese captain Antonio Di Natale to take the stage to receive the award.

When Di Natale took the stage, the Allianz Stadium in Turin erupted with cheers and whistles, and in front of the TV, Udinese fans couldn't help but cheer.

Platini put the gold medal on Di Natale's hand, shook hands, and the two exchanged pleasantries. But noticing that Di Natale had been staring at the trophy, Platini laughed, then picked up the trophy with both hands and handed it to Di Natale.

"Congratulations, Antonio, you are European champions!"

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."

Di Natale took the trophy, and then he looked at his teammates around him. They immediately started shouting: "Three, two, one, we are-"

"champion!"

With less and less time left in the game, Udinese's hopes of winning are getting smaller and smaller.

The goal caused huge madness in the Stadio Friuli.

In the 32nd minute, Bruno passed the ball in the midfield, and Maxuel made a pass from the bottom. Di Natale scored with an outside instep shot, and the Black Chicken took the lead 2:1.

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In the 53rd minute, Okaka made a direct pass, and Edel scored with an offside shot. The score became 2:2.

These two substitutions are to strengthen the offensive power. Obviously, in order to win at home, Guidolin decided to fight to the death.

Guidolin's last stand soon bore fruit.

2 minutes later, Okaka assisted again, Soriano scored from a small angle, and the visiting team took the lead again.

At the same time, team captain Di Natale held the trophy high.

Turning around to look, he saw the excited and joyful faces of his teammates. Cancelo "snatched" the trophy from Di Natale's hand, Muriel was screaming, and Mahrez was smiling happily. Kanter looked at it with envy...

However, their record in the league still set many records in team history.

Juventus topped the Serie A standings with 102 points, a record in the five major leagues, with a record of 33 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

Further back, Napoli ranks fourth, Fiorentina ranks fifth, and Inter Milan ranks sixth.

"We are the champions! We are the champions! We are the kings of Europe!"

According to the distribution principle of European qualifications, the top three in the standings will participate in the Champions League next season, and the fourth, fifth and Italian Cup champions will participate in the Europa League. However, since the Italian Cup champion Udinese has already obtained a Champions League seat, this qualification It was postponed to Inter Milan, sixth in the league.

It's a night of carnival.

Although Roma got off to a fantastic start at the beginning of the season, the Red Wolves, who were unable to succeed, could only regretfully rank second, with a record of 24 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, and 80 points.

In addition, 23 wins in a single season also created a record for wins in a single season in Udinese team history.

Guidolin gave a speech at the airport. On his left was team captain Di Natale and on his right was Bruno, both of whom were still holding a trophy each.

"GOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!"

As the final whistle of these six games sounded, the 2013-2014 Serie A season came to an end.

In this regard, all six Serie A teams participating in the European War have been released.

74 goals in a single season is the most goals scored in a single season in the history of Udinese.

The double-decker parade float went from the airport to the city hall, accepted congratulations from senior municipal officials and celebrities, and then set off from the square of the city hall to the Friuli Stadium. This is where the real carnival begins.

Five minutes later, Udinese tore open Sampdoria's defense on the right. After Cancelo intercepted Sampdoria's pass, he dribbled the ball all the way down and then passed it back to the top of the penalty area. Mahrez passed the ball. Di Natale missed the chance to score a hat-trick with a shovel shot from the front, but at the back, Bruno made a beautiful pass and his shot flew into Sampdoria's goal without any suspense.

This is also the Udinese captain's 6th goal in the past 3 rounds of Serie A. The total number of Serie A goals this season has risen to 29, far ahead in the Serie A scorer list.

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"Bruno Fernandez scored. This is the Portuguese's 18th league goal this season! This allowed him to surpass Palacio and Higuain in the Serie A scorer list and rise to fifth, second only to Di Natale, Immobile, Toni and Tevez!”

With Di Natale's hat-trick and Bruno's goal, Udinese defeated Sampdoria 4:3 at home, which also ensured their third position in the standings.

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For the Udinese players, there is another task in this last game, which is to win and then qualify for the Champions League next season!

At the same time, countless black and white fireworks sprayed out from behind the podium, and black and white ribbons poured down from the ceiling of the Allianz Stadium in Turin. Queen's song "We Are the Champions" began to play passionately. All over the stadium.

Just when Udinese fans were ready to accept a draw and continue to participate in the Europa League next season, Udinese finally scored!

In the 88th minute, Versovek made a mistake in returning the ball, and Di Natale stole the ball and scored with a single goal, completing a hat trick.

There are two games that have attracted much attention, one is Juventus vs. Cagliari at home, and the other is Udinese vs. Sampdoria at home.

On May 18, Serie A ushered in the final game of the 2013-2014 season.

There was a sea of ​​flowers on the tarmac, where hundreds of fan representatives and dozens of reporters were waiting.

Of course, at that time there were only 18 teams in Serie A and there were only 34 rounds in the league.

Eleven days ago, after Udinese won the Italian Cup, the team did not celebrate. On the one hand, there was a Serie A match less than 48 hours later, and on the other hand, they were waiting for the Europa League final. Come celebrate later.

Udinese once firmly held Juventus in second place before the winter break, but with a thin lineup, they were unable to succeed after starting multi-front operations in the second half of the season, and they withdrew from the competition for the league title early. Their final record was 23 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, and they scored 76 points.

"3:3! Udinese equalized the score, which gave them hope of participating in the Champions League next season!"

Juventus took the lead. In the game at 3 pm local time in Italy, after 90 minutes of fierce battle, Juventus relied on Pirlo, Llorente and Marchisio's three goals in the first half to win 3 at home: 0 victory over Cagliari, the season points reached 102 points, thus surpassing Barcelona and Real Madrid, creating a new single-season points record in the five major European leagues.

This is the last goal of the game.

Reporters who had been waiting for a long time gathered around them, shooting hard at them and flashing their lights.

Bruno and team captain Di Natale carried the championship trophy and followed coach Guidolin down the gangway.

Amidst the exciting music, Bruno raised his head. He looked at the flying fireworks, the ribbons falling from the top of the stadium, and the fireworks blooming above the stadium.

However, the score on the field failed to change again.

Everyone roared together.

Although Naples swept super dark horse Verona 5:1 at home, it didn't help.

You can't expect Naples to make mistakes at home!

In the 10th minute, Gabbiadini passed the ball and Okaka scored with a header. Sampdoria took the lead in the away game.

The morale of Udinese, who equalized the score, soared and they frantically besieged Sampdoria's goal.

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Bruno carries the Coppa Italia trophy, while Di Natale carries the Europa League trophy he just received.

Although there is still one round of the league, Udinese fans have already begun crazy celebrations. The following game is completely their carnival performance.

In the 26th minute, Di Natale took a free kick and hit the near corner to help the team equalize the score. Udinese coach Guidolin gave Di Natale a shoe shine to celebrate.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Guidolin immediately made substitution adjustments, replacing defender Bubonidjic with forward Nico Lopez, and replacing Alan with Badu.

The Udinese match starts at 8:45pm.

As they are 2 points ahead of Napoli in the standings and 16 goals behind Napoli in terms of goal difference, Udinese wants to qualify for the Champions League next season and there is nothing else but winning in the game. way.

Behind him, Immobile, who ranks second, has only 22 goals, Toni, who ranks third, has 20 goals, and Carlos Tevez, who ranks fourth, has scored 19 goals.

Looking at the five major leagues, Di Natale's 29 goals are also outstanding, second only to Cristiano Ronaldo and Suarez who scored 31 goals.

Chievo also relied on its consecutive victories over Cagliari and Inter Milan in the last two rounds to allow itself to remain in Serie A.

In the Serie A historical scorer list, Di Natale has tied Baggio and risen to sixth place!

As the season comes to an end, the three relegated teams are also revealed.

76 points is the highest score in their history, even surpassing the 1954-1955 season when they won the league runner-up.

Subsequently, the Udinese team held a grand championship parade along the main road in Udine.

Catania, Bologna and Bruno's former club Novara became the unlucky ones. Sassuolo successfully landed by defeating Fiorentina and Genoa in the last three rounds.

These three teams have also qualified for the Champions League next season. Among them, Juventus and Roma directly advance to the group stage, while Udinese has to participate in the play-offs.

At noon the next day, the charter flight taken by Udinese players landed at Udine Airport.

Bruno's old club is the deputy squad leader of Serie A this season. They have only won 6 games this season and drawn 7 games, but they have lost 25 games. They are the team with the most losses and the team that lost the most last season. Of the three promoted teams, Mali was the only relegated team.

Both Sassuolo and Verona stayed in Serie A, especially Verona, which was once ranked in the top seven and eventually ranked tenth, making it a dark horse.

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