From the man behind the football king to the football king

On Saturday, December 8, 2012, in Novara, Italy, the weather turned from light rain to sunny, with a temperature of 3℃-11℃.

The rainy weather for many days has finally passed. At noon, the long-lost sunshine shines on the earth, dispelling the haze that shrouded this small town in northwest Italy.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, fans began to gather at the Piola Stadium. Two hours later, Novara will face Serie B powerhouse Padua at home.

The team's recent record has been disastrous, causing the attendance rate at the Piola Stadium to fall again and again. The attendance rate at the small stadium of more than 11,000 is even less than 70%.

But for a die-hard Novara fan like Richie, as long as there is a home game, he will take his wife and children to watch the game and cheer for the team.

As a senior intellectual, Mr. Rich knows very well that the more difficult the team is, the more support it needs from the fans.

Moreover, Mr. Rich believes that the difficulties will eventually pass and the team will rebound sooner or later.

This was also due to his confidence in that child. Having spent time with Bruno, he knew better than anyone else how hard that child worked and how much he had improved.

However, for today's game between Novara and Padua, Mr. Ricci is still not optimistic about his home team, because their opponent is a very powerful Padua. They have 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the past 10 league games. They are currently ranked fourth in the league and are one of the popular teams for promotion after the end of the season.

However, Novara can no longer lose!

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At four o'clock in the afternoon, the game officially started, and Bruno started again.

Although the media has been very critical of Bruno recently, Novara coach Texel has not lost his trust in Bruno.

As the head coach, Tessel knows very well that although the team's recent downturn has something to do with Bruno, the main reason is the overall downturn of the team. Apart from Bruno, there is no player who can be absolutely trusted. . When Bruno is surrounded by opponents, he is a player who can stand up and carry the offensive banner.

Of course, the biggest reason is that he, the head coach, failed to come up with effective responses when the team was in trouble.

With Bruno's true performance, he does not deserve that blame.

Of course, the real focus of the Italian media's recent criticism of Novara is him, the head coach of Novara. Fortunately, the management of Novara did not make the mistake of firing him at a critical moment like last season, otherwise he might have lost his coaching position.

The Novara management chose to trust him, and he chose to trust Bruno. Therefore, even if his coaching position is in turmoil, and even if the outside world continues to criticize Bruno, he still firmly believes that Bruno is the team's indispensable midfield offensive core, and this game is no exception.

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In the game against Padua, Tessel deployed a 442 formation, and among the four midfielders in the diamond position, Bruno was in the forward No. 10 position.

Padua's defense was very good and they also adopted a focused marking strategy against Bruno, but Bruno was still very active and created several opportunities for his teammates, but unfortunately he failed to seize them.

Due to the outstanding performance in the middle, the sneak attack from the two wings yielded miraculous results.

In the 23rd minute, Palavicini sent a cross from the right and found Gonzalez. The Argentine striker scored in one fell swoop, breaking the eight-game goal drought and helping Novara take the lead. .

In the 35th minute, Novara scored again, this time after Farago broke through from the left and assisted French forward Lepil to score.

Although Padua pulled one back two minutes later, Novara extended their lead to two goals again towards the end of the first half.

This time it was still on the wing, with Italian forward Gonzalez scoring twice.

In the end, Novara defeated Padua 3:1 at home. Although Bruno failed to achieve anything, his performance was still unanimously recognized.

This victory not only ended Novara's humiliating six-game losing streak, but also allowed them to climb to 15th place in the standings, away from the relegation zone.

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A week later, the 19th round of Serie B started, and Novara challenged Bari away from home.

Bari's record in the first 18 rounds was 7 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, but due to 7 points being deducted, it currently only has 19 points, ranking 14th in the league, just ahead of Novara.

Last time, Novara suffered six consecutive defeats because he failed to get past Vares in front of him. Many people were worried that Novara would repeat the same mistakes and become decadent again.

In the first half, the two sides fought hard and ended at 0-0, but at the beginning of the second half, Bruno assisted Buzigoli to score in just 3 minutes, opening the scoring for Novara.

After that, Bruno's center kept restraining Barry's defensive strength. In the 58th minute, Novara's right back stepped in and assisted Vemuhammeti to score.

Although Bari got a goal back from Fedato in the 65th minute, Bruno's breakthrough in the 75th minute created a penalty kick for Novara, and Gonzalez made the penalty kick.

In the end, Novara defeated Bari with a score of 3:1 in the away game.

After two consecutive victories, Novara's ranking further rose to 12th!

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On the evening of December 21, local time in Italy, the famous Italian media "Torino Sport" announced the final selection results of the 2012 European Golden Boy Award. The talented forward Isco of Malaga in La Liga defeated the talented forward Shaarawy of AC Milan. and Atletico Madrid’s talented goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who ultimately won the award.

As soon as the result came out, everyone in Milan felt sorry for Shalawi, because Shalawi’s recent performance was so good. He broke out this season and has scored 16 goals, including leading the scorer list in Serie A with 14 goals.

Of course, only the media that favors AC Milan say so. In the eyes of most media, Isco definitely deserves this year's European Golden Boy Award.

The Spanish genius scored 5 goals and provided 3 assists in 20 appearances for Malaga, helping the team occupy fourth place in La Liga despite the terrible financial crisis.

Coincidentally, in this season's Champions League, Shaarawi's Milan and Isco's Málaga happened to be in the same group. In the end, Málaga defeated their opponents with one win and one draw in direct confrontation with Milan. The group qualified first, and Isco also had an assist in the away game at San Siro.

Originally, when Tuttosport announced the 40-man roster for the European Golden Boy Award at the end of October, the Italian media complained that Bruno failed to make the roster, believing that Bruno failed to make the roster just because he was not among the top players. League effectiveness.

At that time, many Italian media applauded Bruno for his outstanding performance of 5 goals and 7 assists in 8 Serie B games.

However, as Bruno and Novara sank in Serie B, the media trend changed. No one mentioned Bruno's failure to make the European Golden Boy Award list again.

Regarding the release of the European Golden Boy Award, Bruno only paid a little attention to it, and then didn't take it to heart, because the next day, Novara was about to usher in a new round of Serie B.