At 21:00 Beijing time on April 3, the 31st round of the 21-22 Serie A season ushered in a contest, with Udinese sitting at the home of the Friuli Stadium to meet Cagliari.
The team's 24-year-old Portuguese high school striker Beto ushered in a strong outburst, scoring 3 goals in a single game and scoring a hat-trick to play an MVP-level performance, helping Udinese stage a 0-1 to 5-1 comeback! However, this was only his first Serie A season.
Head coach Gabriele Jofi gave the home-playing Udinese a 352 formation, with goalkeeper Silvestri, Becone, Nuitimk and Zehlar forming the backline, with Molina, Roberto Pereira, Wallace Sousa, Macango and Udoki lined up, with Beto and Suxes lined up.
It is worth mentioning that Udinese was founded in 1896 and is the second oldest club in today's Serie A team, only in Genoa, founded in 1893, and can be called the oldest team in Italian football.
After the start of the game, Udinese was slightly slower and hotter, but Cagliari got into the form faster and went to the next city first.
In the 31st minute, the visiting team launched an attack, and Dalbert, who received in the box, sent a return pass, followed by João Pedro with a light hanging shot straight into the upper corner of the goal, the score was 0-1, and Udinese was 1 goal behind at home!
However, just six minutes later, in the 37th minute Udinese defender Becon scored a goal to equalize to 1-1. This was followed by the brilliant performance of the team's No. 9 striker Beto.
In the 44th minute of the match, Udinese launched a quick counter-attack, Roberto Pereira dribbled the ball and sent a cross from the left, and the forward Beto calmly pushed the goal against the goalkeeper on the edge of the penalty area, 2-1, to help the team complete the reversal in the first half.
In the second half, the two sides fought again, and in the 48th minute, it was still Udinese who seized a counter-attack opportunity, Suxis rushed to kick a cross before the ball went out of bounds, and Beto stepped forward to shovel the goal, successfully scoring twice, 3-1!
In the 58th minute, Sudice scored an assist and Scored twice, Molina's long-range shot from outside the penalty area gave Udinese a 4-1 lead.
In the 72nd minute, Udinese continued the team's counter-attacking tactics, Proseto broke through with the ball on the left side and kicked out a cross, and Beto in front of the goal seized the opportunity to shovel another goal to score, score a hat-trick, and the score was locked at 5-1!
At the end of the game, with the 24-year-old Portuguese striker Beto scored a hat-trick MVP performance, Udinese staged a major reversal at home from 0-1 to 5-1, breaking the recent two rounds of the league without a win, and temporarily ranked 12th in Serie A with 33 points.
In August 2021, Beto joined Udinese on loan from Portuguese Premier League side Portimão, and in the first Serie A season of his career, he became a main striker as soon as he arrived at the team, scoring 11 goals in 27 matches so far. He is the third Portuguese player to score in double figures in a single season since the Serie A three-point system, and the last one is Cristiano Ronaldo.
In 1998, Beto wore the Udinese no. 9 shirt, and as a striker, he reached a height of 1.94 meters, which is not a rare high school striker among current Portuguese players, and he has not yet been selected for the national team.
Beto's value soared to €10 million for his outstanding individual performance, becoming the current top scorer and the first person to be valued in Udinese, and his first performance in Serie A is promising.