Chapter 503 A Great Bargain of 200 Million Euros!
Strohman, who had pushed Bruno down, turned and ran away without coming up to pull Bruno up. But Bruno didn't care. He got up from the ground and patted the grass on his thigh.
His teammate Kante came up to care about him. He shrugged and looked at Strootman's back and said, "It's okay. He was still merciful."
Because of Strootman's foul, Manchester United got a chance for a free kick in the backcourt. Roma's players took this opportunity to run back to their own half.
Bruno stood in front of the ball and he was going to take the free kick.
He didn't kick it directly to the front, but passed it to the sideback Valencia next to him. Then Bruno changed his position and asked Valencia for the ball. The Ecuadorian sideback passed the ball to him and ran forward along the sideline.
Valencia's running pulled Roma's defensive players. Nainggolan followed Valencia to retreat, but did not come up to press Bruno.
At the same time, Roma also focused its defense on this side. Bruno did not continue to entangle with Roma here, but turned directly to the middle.
He took the ball to the middle, and Perotti pressed forward. Bruno passed the ball to Kante, and ran past Perotti.
Kante saw that he got rid of Perotti and passed the ball back.
Bruno received the ball and made a feint to break through the ribs in a straight line, which caused Gonalons to take a step back, but he pushed the ball to the middle with his right foot and continued to move horizontally to the middle.
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Strowman was waiting for him in the middle. Looking at his face full of flesh and beard, and the posture he put on, it seemed that he was going to keep Bruno here.
He did so. As soon as Bruno pushed the ball to the middle, Strowman rushed over, spread his legs, and made a flying tackle!
Bruno's reaction was also fast enough. If he was a little slower, he would really be knocked to the ground by Strowman.
He saw Strowman shoveling towards him, so he twisted his body and poked the ball to the right with his left foot. At the same time, he turned around and turned through Strowman's "scissor kick"!
After Bruno dodged Stroman, his steps were a little staggering, but he continued to run forward.
And the ball he just poked out was not blind. He saw Mbappe leaning towards the middle, so he poked the ball over.
Mbappe immediately passed the ball to Bruno after receiving the ball, and passed it to him again!
Bruno's steps were still a little staggering, but he still received the ball.
He kept adjusting the ball and rushed into the penalty area!
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"Bruno! Beautiful continuous and fast pass and cut cooperation!"
Huge cheers broke out in the stands again.
Bruno stumbled in with the ball, and Fazio rushed over.
Bruno saw Fazio, and before his body adjusted, he turned his body slightly and blocked Fazio's collision.
At this time, Bruno's physical fitness played a crucial role. Fazio's collision did not knock him down!
Seeing that Bruno did not fall to the ground, but continued to rush in, Jesus also rushed over. The two central defenders doubled Bruno, and he was bound to be unable to escape!
Fazio kicked the ball from behind, and Jesus got stuck in Bruno's shooting path.
The experienced Brazilian defender knew that Bruno was no longer able to break through because his center of gravity was unstable. If he continued to move forward, he would only lose possession of the ball.
In order to prevent him from shooting, Jesus got stuck in his shooting path.
Bruno leaned back and leaned on Fazio, who was making a small move behind him. He barely supported his body with his left foot and then raised his right foot.
Everyone thought he was shooting, but who would have thought that when he kicked the football, the football did not fly to the goal, but flew horizontally to the other side of Jesus!
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"Pass the ball!"
"Beautiful!!"
"Harry Kane!!"
Amid the exclamations of a group of commentators, Harry Kane, who had been lurking in the penalty area, received Bruno's pass, and then faced the huge empty goal and Alisson who was unable to block the angle, and he shot with his left foot!
The football drew an arc in the air, bypassed Alisson's hand, and flew into the goal by brushing the goal post in the eyes of everyone.
"Harry Kane - GOOOOOOOOOOAL!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Manchester United leads Roma 2:0 at home!!"
No one thought the game would turn out like this.
Before the game, everyone analyzed the game. Even the most optimistic Manchester United supporters thought that Manchester United had a greater chance of winning, but they did not expect them to win so easily. They were already leading 2:0 in the 17th minute of the first half.
Roma fans could not have imagined it. Whether they were at the scene or in front of the TV, they were all stunned by the score and dared not accept it.
But what can they do?
Manchester United's second goal was no problem. If they could still scold Cancelo for offside after losing the first goal, this second goal was clean and there was no problem at all.
"It's incredible, incredible..." The commentators also shook their heads and exclaimed, "It's only been 17 minutes since the game started, and Manchester United is already leading 2:0!"
"Harry Kane! He scored his third goal in the Champions League this season! It's amazing!"
"Bruno's breakthrough disrupted Roma's defense! What a beautiful attack! Neither Gonalons nor Stroman could stop him. He was carrying Fazio alone. Under the interference of Jesus, He still gave a wonderful assist! It can be said that he defeated Roma's entire defense by himself!"
"Manchester United's start was perfect. Their fast attack completely restrained Roma's football. Roma was overwhelmed by Manchester United!"
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After scoring, Harry Kane ran towards Bruno, hugged him and thanked him for the assist.
In fact, he was not sure at first whether Bruno would pass the football to him, because Bruno's scoring ability is also very strong now, and he has been comparable to the two super forwards, Cristiano Ronaldo and Yossi, for several consecutive years.
However, due to the habit of a forward, Harry Kane still appeared where he should appear. If Bruno wanted to pass the ball, he would not waste this opportunity.
Sure enough, Bruno divided the football and what he had to do was simple.
There is no Roma defensive player beside him. As a forward, if such a ball cannot be scored, the fans will really scold him to death.
Other Manchester United players also came up one after another, and everyone started celebrating in front of Roma's goal. The disappointed, frustrated and even confused Roma players became their best foil.
The Manchester United fans in the stands were singing the Manchester United team song heartily. Such a wonderful start made everyone forget about it.
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"Before the game, Di Francesco said that Bruno would be Manchester United's most threatening player, so he would arrange special people to mark Chu, but now it seems that his arrangement has not been effective at all. In the face of Bruno's outstanding performance, The double attack between Stroman and Gonalons didn’t work either!”
Faced with Roma's poor performance, the Italian commentator also criticized mercilessly.
In his opinion, there is indeed a big gap between Roma's strength and Manchester United's, but it's not like they were beaten 2:0 by a team like Manchester United in the first 17 minutes. The main reason is Di Francesco.
Di Francesco lacks experience in playing in the Champions League. He thinks that the Champions League is the same as the domestic league!
But they are actually very different. The Champions League is the Champions League, and the domestic league is the domestic league. There are many coaches who are successful in domestic leagues, but their performance in the Champions League is very mediocre, which is related to their lack of experience in the Champions League.
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The British commentator was full of praise for Bruno's performance.
"This is Bruno's strength! He can score goals himself and be the terminator of the offense. He can also create opportunities for his teammates, indirectly or directly assisting them to score. In short, he is a player that is difficult for you to freeze!"
"Last year, Manchester United signed Bruno for a sky-high price of 200 million euros. Many people had doubts about this. Some even thought that Bruno would become the largest parallel import in history. But Bruno's performance in the past year since joining Manchester United, I think Manchester United is really Got a huge bargain!”
"You must know that many well-known clubs in Europe were interested in Chu at that time! But Bruno chose Manchester United, a team that was at a low ebb."
"You know, Manchester United was not even able to qualify for the Champions League at that time. As the European Cup Golden Boot and the best player in the final, he is also the Serie A champion and the Serie A Golden Boot and the European Golden Boot. Bruno hopes to compete with Ronaldo in 2016. The European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year. And his joining Manchester United means that he gave up the competition for the European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year."
"And this is also true. In the subsequent European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer selections, Bruno was no match for Ronaldo."
"Not only that, because Manchester United could only participate in the Europa League last season, Bruno even bid farewell to the competition for the European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year in 2017. Although Bruno's performance in 2017 was very good, he faced The opponent is Cristiano Ronaldo, who successfully defended the Champions League and also won the La Liga championship.”
"Before the game, Corriere dello Sport said that Manchester United is Bruno's team alone. Although it is a bit exaggerated, the general meaning is correct. Manchester United without Bruno may still be able to slowly recover, but Bruno has accelerated Manchester United's development speed by several Order of magnitude, today’s Manchester United is soaring like a rocket from the sky!”
The TV broadcast did not give a close-up of Harry Kane who scored the goal, but gave a close-up of Bruno, which shows that the director of the broadcast also understands football very well.
Sometimes, it is not the person who scores the goal who is the most important, but the person who creates opportunities for his teammates before scoring is more powerful.
After the Manchester United fans sang the team anthem, they began to sing a song composed for Bruno.