From the man behind the football king to the football king

On December 23, Novara ushered in the last game before Christmas, sitting at the Piola Stadium against Vercelli, the deputy squad leader of Serie B. As a result, they won the opponent with a score of 2:0 without any blood.

On Boxing Day, the 21st round of Serie B begins, with Novara visiting Lanciano.

Lanciano has been a weak presence in Serie B this season, almost always at the bottom of the standings. But when facing Novara, they played very well.

In just ten minutes of the opening, Novara's defense made a fatal mistake. Lanciano forward Manuel Turzi, a veteran striker, scored a goal alone, pushing Novara to a desperate situation.

After conceding a goal first, the team was a little irritable for a while, but soon, players such as Bruno and Gonzalez helped Novara stabilize its position and regain control of the field advantage.

However, until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Novara failed to equalize the score and could only enter the halftime break with a 0:1 disadvantage.

At the beginning of the second half, Novara turned against the visitors and took the initiative to launch frequent attacks on Lanciano's defense. Bruno sat in the middle, constantly mobilizing Novara's wings with precise passes, making full use of the space on the court to attack Lanciano's goal. However, it was the center who finally delivered the fatal blow.

In the 66th minute, Bruno and Perticone played a one-two, and Bruno finally scored to tie the score.

This allowed Bruno to break the 70-day scoring drought and score again after 10 league rounds.

The equalizer boosted Novara's morale, suppressing the initiative Lanciano in the half, and performing the reverse attack to the extreme.

In the 80th minute, Novara played a beautiful combination in the frontcourt attack. Finally, forward Mohammedi headed the ball and sent Bruno a wonderful assist. Bruno crossed into the penalty area and directly volleyed the goal to help. Novara took the lead.

In the end, Novara reversed Lanciano 2:1 in an away game and pushed the opponent into the relegation zone. At the same time, it reached the top ten in the standings for the first time this season.

After 21 rounds of the league, Novara, which has 8 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses, has increased its points to 27 points with 4 points deducted.

However, the midstream group's situation is extremely anxious. From Modena, which is fifth in the league, to Ascoli, which is 12th, the point difference is only 5 points!

Sassuolo and Livorno, the top two teams in the standings, have become unstoppable. Sassuolo has 15 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses and 48 points, Livorno has 14 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses and 46 points, while Verona, third in the league, only has 40 points, and Varese, fourth, only has 35 points.

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December 30, Serie B round 22.

This will be the last round of Serie B in 2012, and it will also be the last battle before the winter break in Italian football. After this round of games, Serie B will enter a four-week winter break, and the next round of the league will have to wait until January 26.

Novara plays at home against Vice-President Grosseto.

After 22 rounds, they only scored 11 points. Grosseto, who was deep in the relegation zone, adopted a defensive attitude during the game. This prevented Novara from finding effective offensive methods. Bruno was also unable to find effective offensive methods in the frontcourt. I often fall into a situation where I can't stand alone.

No matter how much the Novara fans cheered, the players on the court never found an effective way to break the opponent's goal.

Especially in the 52nd minute of the game, after Grosseto's Cameroon player Som was sent off with a red card, Grosseto huddled in the penalty area with ten people, with a mocking face of "Hit me!" .

However, it lasted until the 70th and 80th minutes, and Novara was still struggling to find a way to break the opponent's goal.

By the end of the game, Bruno was already very tired from playing, but he still gritted his teeth.

All Novara fans at the Piola Stadium, including all the viewers in front of the TV, and even the game commentator basically believed that Novara would be tied with Grosseto.

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At this critical moment, Bruno received a pass from substitute Simone Pese on the right and knocked back to the team's right back Gilingli who came in behind.

Gilingali passed the ball diagonally into the penalty area and found Mohammadi accurately.

The Albanian center used his body to block Grosseto's centre-back and gently pushed back Gilingoli's pass.

Bruno, who was still on the outside of the penalty area, suddenly crossed into the penalty area from the right rib. After receiving Mohammadi's pass, he suddenly accelerated and cut across, leaving Grosseto's defensive midfielder behind at the penalty spot. Another pendulum passed by another Grosseto central defender nearby and fired with his left foot.

"Bruno passed two opposing players...and hit the goal directly!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"GOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Bruno! Crucial moment! Bruno stepped forward again and saved Novara!"

"One to zero!"

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After Bruno scored, he rushed out of the stadium with excitement.

More than 10,000 Novara fans rushed out of their seats and shouted his name.

"Bruno! Bruno!! Bruno!!!"

Novara's players also rushed to the sidelines crazily and hugged Bruno.

This sudden goal represents a precious three points and also represents Novara's winning streak over the past period of time.

After experiencing that painful six-game losing streak, starting from the 18th round of Serie B, Novara ushered in a wave of five consecutive victories!

In the close-up of the live TV broadcast, Bruno laughed loudly and accepted the congratulations of the fans and teammates in the stands.

In the 85th minute, Bruno helped Novara break the deadlock.

In the 90th minute of the game, Bruno once again assisted Zalari to score, setting the score at 2:0!

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After the 22nd round of the league, Novara scored 30 points and secured the tenth position in the league.

At the critical moment, Bruno was the savior in stoppage time and was unanimously praised by the Italian domestic media and fans after the game.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" even stated in a high profile that in front of Grosseto's iron barrel formation, Novara seemed to be unable to score goals. But at the critical moment, Bruno proved his strength with one shot and one pass, and at the same time made everyone more confident that he has the ability to become Novara's new standard-bearer.

"You can only see who the real hero is at the critical moment!"

With one shot and one pass against Grosseto, Bruno set his half-time data at 8 goals and 9 assists.

With 8 goals, Bruno ranks seventh in Serie B's scorer list, and with 9 assists, he ranks first in Serie B's assists list.

Ranking at the same time in the assists list and the scorer list, Bruno is the only one in Serie B!

With 17 goals scored by one person and one penalty kick, he is definitely the most lethal frontcourt attacker in Serie B this season.

In the 22 rounds of the league before the winter break, Novara achieved a good record of 9 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. If the deduction factors are excluded, they scored 34 points and 10 goal differences, even We can overtake Modena and Empoli with our goal difference and rank fifth in the league!

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Bruno is definitely the number one contributor to Novara reaching this point. Novara scored 36 goals in 22 league rounds, half of which are directly related to Bruno!

For Novara, this half-season is definitely a magnificent half-season and a frightening half-season.

At the beginning of the season, Novara, which was undefeated in 11 league rounds, filled the fans with hope of returning to Serie A next season, but the subsequent six-game losing streak plunged Novara fans into an abyss of despair.

But just when the hearts of Novara fans were as cold as ice, Novara gave them hope again.

A wave of five consecutive victories has brought Novara from the edge of the relegation zone to the top half of the league standings. This gives Novara fans a feeling of returning to paradise.

From surprise to despair to surprise, Novara is like doing bungee jumping, which seriously tests the heart endurance of Novara fans.

Some fans even jokingly said on the Internet that the pharmacies selling Suxiao Jiuxin Pills in Novara must be doing booming business.