Chapter 365 Cloth-Cutting Tactics

The intermission passed quickly and the second half was about to begin.

Players from both sides came out of the locker room one after another, and the fans in the stands cheered warmly.

As soon as Bruno came out, the TV cameras were focused on him. He was very active in the first half and contributed an assist to the team. The offense before the end of the first half is still talked about today.

What outstanding performance will he have in the second half? Well worth the wait.

De Bruyne naturally also received a lot of attention. Before the start of the second half, apart from Bruno, he was the one who gave the most close-up time.

The director of the live broadcast told everyone in this way that these two people are the leaders of their respective teams, and they will be the key to the outcome of this game!

"Friends, spectators! Welcome back to the Old Trafford Stadium. What is about to begin is a focus game in the fourth round of the 2016-2017 Premier League season. The two sides are Manchester City and Manchester United. The score in the first half is 1 :1, the two sides were temporarily tied. In the 20th minute, Rooney took the lead for Manchester United. The person who assisted him was Bruno! In the 41st minute, Manchester City equalized the score and it was De Bruyne who scored.”

"Now that players from both sides have entered the court, we have seen Bruno... He performed very well in this game. He had assists in offense and defended Sterling several times. You must know that he can play in a pair of There are not many people who can guard Sterling..."

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The second half of the game started at the referee's whistle, and neither side made any substitutions.

However, the TV broadcast also noticed that as soon as the second half started, several Manchester United players, including Lingard, Mata and Fellaini, put on their vests to warm up. Maybe Manchester United will be the first to make adjustments?

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City did not take advantage of their kick-off opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Manchester United's hinterland. They passed the football back to attract Manchester United to press out.

As long as the football is at their feet, there's no problem.

After possessing the ball for several minutes, they finally hit the penalty area.

Iheanacho made a cross, and Sterling grabbed the point in front of the goal. Unfortunately, under Bruno's personal interference, his shot failed to hit the target, and the weak shot allowed De Gea, who was well positioned, to get it easily.

Bruno had just completed his close defense of Sterling in front of the goal, and then rushed out of the penalty area. De Gea then threw the football to him.

Bruno glanced back at the football, came back to adjust his speed, and then let the football fall in front of him.

The football fell from behind him. Just as he stretched out his foot to tap the football down, he felt his supporting foot being kicked. But he did not fall, because this level of injury could not interfere with him.

He ran forward and continued to control the ball. At this time, the person next to him rushed up and reached out to grab his clothes. He tried to run forward again, but he couldn't run anymore.

The referee's whistle sounded, Manchester City fouled!

The person who committed the foul was Nolito. He ran away immediately after the foul. The referee only made a gesture to let Manchester United take a free kick in the backcourt. Manchester United's fast break opportunity was gone.

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Bruno glanced at Nolito's back thoughtfully.

I didn't receive such treatment in the first half. Manchester City's players played politely. There was not a single yellow card in the first half, which shows the problem.

In subsequent games, as long as Manchester United switches from defense to offense, when Bruno gets the ball in the backcourt, at least two Manchester City players will immediately come up to him and then foul him. They may even foul him either to steal the ball or to foul him. Come.

But their fouls were very minor, at most they were pulling the jersey, pushing with their hands, stumbling under their feet...

These fouls are not worthy of a card, but they can effectively prevent Manchester United's rapid attack. , allowing Manchester United players to run in vain again and again.

Under their foul, Bruno didn't even organize a fast break.

He finally understood. It seemed that the other party was planning to use this method to contain himself and Manchester United's speed.

Bruno knew that this would cause him some trouble, but it was just some trouble.

If you foul me, I will reduce the time the football stays at my feet, and then your foul will naturally be useless.

I don’t have the ball anymore, why are you still fouling me?

When the football came again, Bruno even knocked the football directly to Gundogan behind him with his heel. It was impossible for the other party to foul him again. If they rushed to foul him at this time, the yellow card would never escape. of.

Fouls against players without the ball must be strictly prohibited!

And this also has the advantage of making Manchester United's already fast attack faster, because the football does not have to stay at his feet, saving a lot of time.

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Gundogan passed the football to Bruno, but the force was a little weak. There was De Bruyne next to him, and the opponent rushed forward when he saw it.

In fact, Gundogan knew something was wrong when he passed the football. His passing force was too weak and he could easily be intercepted by the opponent and then counterattack. So after passing the ball, he quickly took a step back to prepare to defend Deb. Laune.

Bruno did not give up the ball. He and De Bruyne rushed forward to fight for possession of the ball.

Generally speaking, if a player were to be placed in Bruno's position, he would most likely choose to pass the ball with a big kick to get the ball out of this narrow space as soon as possible, or to dunk the ball back and pull it back with his feet to get rid of De Bruyne, who was pressing harder.

Bruno did not do this. He strode towards the ball. Although it looked like he was going to kick it away or dunk it behind him, he swung his foot very lightly. The ball was rubbed up by him and just passed De Bruyne's legs and returned to Gundogan's feet.

Gundogan took a step back and saw the ball flying towards him. He stopped immediately. Bruno pointed to the far end, and he understood and moved the ball directly out, breaking Manchester City's frontcourt pressing.

This performance won him applause from the stands, but it was not just Bruno's only wonderful performance.

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When Bruno moved to the front court, Luke Shaw passed the ball from the back court. He stopped the ball and Fernandinho was about to get behind him.

Bruno did not continue to control the ball, nor did he try to stop the ball. After the ball fell, he first lifted the ball with his left foot to slow down the fall, then he half-turned and used the outside of his right foot to push the ball to the side. Gundogan, who came from behind him, used his thigh to push the ball out.

No Manchester City player thought that Bruno would pass the ball like this, and Gundogan easily broke through with the ball!

"Oh!!" Manchester United fans in the stands exclaimed.

The commentators also cheered for Bruno's inadvertent display of skills and awareness.

"Wonderful!"

"What else can we say besides beautiful?"

"Fernandinho couldn't even touch Bruno's clothes, and the ball was already sent out by him!"

"Bruno taught Manchester City's art masters a lesson!"

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Various praises appeared in the commentary booth at the same time.

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Such scenes appeared many times in the following games, and even Mourinho couldn't help but applaud his wonderful performance again and again.

In Mourinho's view, Bruno in the game was a little unfamiliar to him.

Bruno's wonderful performance made Manchester City's players a little uncomfortable. In previous videos, Bruno had never shown such strength. They thought Bruno was at most an excellent midfield organizer, but now Bruno can't be simply defined by this.

When you thought he was going to stop the ball, he stopped and passed, shaking off Fernandinho who was defending him; when you thought he was trapped in the double defense of two Manchester City players and was bound to lose the ball, he passed the ball in the defense of two people pulling and shoveling; when you thought he stopped the high ball to give you time to defend him, he directly used his feet to pad the ball to his teammates...

When he has these performances, it's really hard to just regard him as an average excellent midfielder.

Such performances are not unfamiliar to Real Madrid fans, nor are they unfamiliar to the fans of the French national team. Even Juventus fans still vaguely remember that the retired world football midfield master Zidane once gave them such a wonderful performance.

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Bruno knew that Manchester City was a little flustered now because his fast play worked.

In this case, we must strike while the iron is hot and decide not to wait for Manchester City to react. When they react, their strong strength will begin to play a role. At that time, it will be very difficult for Manchester United to confront the opponent head-on.

Thinking of this, Bruno led his teammates to speed up the pace of attack.

In the 60th minute, Manchester City just completed an attack. Iheanacho's shot was directly hugged by De Gea.

As soon as they saw De Gea catch the ball, Manchester City's players quickly ran back. They already knew how fast Manchester United's fast attack was.

Seeing Manchester City retreat quickly, De Gea did not rush to throw the football out. He waited for everyone to return to their positions before kicking the football forward with a big foot.

Ibrahimovic and the opponent's central defender Otamendi competed for the header in the middle. The tall and strong Ibrahimovic had the upper hand and he headed the ball back.

Bruno had already moved forward to meet the ball. The ball fell in front of him, and Bruno raised his foot to stop the ball. Fernandinho quickly pressed forward and entangled him.

Bruno did not continue to run forward with the ball, nor did he get entangled with Fernandinho. He used his left foot to move the ball to the left behind the ball, causing Fernandinho's body to move there. But this was just a feint. He jumped up and did not move the ball. Instead, he used his right foot to move the ball to the right, which was exactly the opposite of Fernandinho!

It was too late for Fernandinho to adjust his center of gravity.

Bruno moved the ball and broke through from his left hand side!