Chapter 511 Single Blade
Chelsea began to attack, and Manchester United did not shrink its defense. Instead, they bravely went up to attack Chelsea.
With thirteen minutes left in the game, the game really came to a head. The two sides were going back and forth, and the attack was very lively.
Lukaku just shot a ball that forced De Gea to fly to save, and Mbappe got a chance to shoot.
When attacking, Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Matic rushed forward desperately and looked more like an attacking midfielder. When attacking, Bruno also seems to be a shadow striker...
Conte stood on the sidelines, staring at the court with a stern expression. Mourinho also left the coaching bench and kept pacing in the coach's command area, feeling a little nervous.
Fans from both sides in the stands cheered for their teams desperately.
There were few Manchester United fans, but they still sang "Glory Glory Man United!"
Chelsea fans chanted: "Blue Is The Color!"
The TV broadcast tried to show some wonderful shots in slow motion several times, but it always switched back to the real-time broadcast just after the beginning.
Later, they simply stopped slowing down and never wasted time on those shots or tackles unless it was particularly necessary.
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The commentators didn't even have time to lament this kind of scene. As long as they changed the topic slightly, a wonderful scene would appear on the field, forcing them to talk non-stop like machine guns with full firepower.
"This is Mbappe's breakthrough... He passed Alonso! But the tenacious Spaniard destroyed the football on the sideline again!... Manchester United quickly threw the ball out and they continued to attack... Bruno! Football again At his feet. At this time we will start a direct pass! What a pity that Harry Kane didn’t receive it!
"Chelsea's quick counterattack, Hazard broke through with the ball from the wing. With his strong body and amazing speed, he easily shook off Valencia and passed in! It was from behind! Matic - the shot missed! "
"Oh - so beautiful! Bruno's free kick hit the crossbar! Manchester United almost beat Chelsea!"
"This is Chelsea's seventh corner kick of the whole game. Christensen and Rudiger both arrived in front of Manchester United's goal. De Gea seemed a little nervous... Tactical kick? Fabregas made another pass! The football was It hit the baseline and it was another corner kick...a goal kick? The referee gave it a goal kick!"
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Even Manchester United fans in other parts of the world, while looking up to watch the TV broadcast, nervously put their fingers in their mouths and bit them tightly, but they did not feel any pain after doing so.
The game time and score suddenly appeared on the TV screen. Only then did everyone realize that the game had entered the 80th minute.
Judging from the performance of both teams, it is hard to say what will happen in the last ten minutes.
The two sides opened up the attack, and there were more openings on the court. There are many opportunities for everyone, it just depends on who can seize them.
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In the 84th minute, Chelsea forced a corner kick with two consecutive shots.
Fabregas ran to take the penalty, while De Gea nervously directed everyone to return to defense.
During this last period, not a single fan could sit in his seat and watch the game. More than 40,000 people in the audience stood up and cheered for their respective teams.
Seeing Chelsea shoot two consecutive shots and get a corner kick, Chelsea fans became excited, and the whole stadium was filled with shouts of "Blue Is The Color!"
The tall Christensen and Rudiger both rushed to the Manchester United goal and prepared to fight for the top, which added to the tense atmosphere in front of the Manchester United goal.
Harry Kane and Rashford are both short in height. Harry Kane is 1.88 meters and Rashford is 1.85 meters. The two of them can be used as center defenders in corner kick defense.
Everyone's attention was focused on the penalty area, and no one noticed that Bruno was not defending in front of the goal, but outside the penalty area.
For this corner kick, players from both sides also had some physical conflicts in front of the goal. Under the referee's whistle warning, both sides seemed to be honest, but in fact there were still many small movements of pulling the jerseys and blocking the opponent with their bodies.
The referee also knows that he cannot keep fussing over this kind of thing, otherwise all his time will be spent on it. So when he saw that the situation had improved slightly, he decisively blew the kick-off whistle.
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Fabregas kicked the football out, and players on both sides of the penalty area immediately became confused.
During the melee, De Gea jumped up with difficulty and then knocked the football away with his fists!
The football fell at Rashford's feet. As soon as the football landed in front of him, Chelsea's Alonso and Matic ran towards him. It seemed that they were not going to give him a chance to stop the ball and adjust.
They want to steal the ball in the frontcourt and then launch a second offense.
Rashford didn't know where to kick the football for a moment. At this time, he saw a red figure flickering in the gap behind Matic and Alonso.
Not caring who was there, he headbutted the football in the air.
The ball slipped between two Chelsea players and flew in front.
When everyone saw clearly who was catching the ball, they were surprised: it was Bruno!
You should know that the whole process before this was very fast. It only took a few seconds from De Gea hitting the ball to Rashford heading it to Bruno, so that Mbappe, Harry Kane and others who were defending in front of the goal had not run out of the penalty area at this time, but Bruno had already appeared near the center circle, and was the person who rushed to the front of the team.
This shows that he did not defend in the penalty area at the beginning, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack from the beginning!
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"Return to defense!"
Courtois, who was originally watching the show near the center circle, saw Bruno receive the ball, shouted and turned around and ran back, fearing that Bruno would hang on his goal.
From Bruno's accurate long pass ability, this is not impossible!
Bruno did not hang on the goal, because he was not completely unguarded. Azpilicueta did not go in to compete for the header, he stayed in the center circle, and he would be the first enemy Bruno encountered.
The other Chelsea players hoped that he would delay time as much as possible so that they could return to defense in time.
Azpilicueta lowered his center of gravity, did not rush up, but slowly retreated. He was waiting for Bruno to hit him, and at the same time tried to delay a little time.
"Come on, kid! Watch me stop you!" he said in his heart.
But Bruno had no intention of fighting Azpilicueta one-on-one. He suddenly passed the ball to the left while running!
Because Chelsea's players were still returning to defense, there were large areas of space on the court. Bruno passed the ball to a place where it seemed that there was no one at all. Everyone thought it was a mistake. Who would have thought that the ball drew an arc, slowed down, and then let Cancelo, who was inserted at high speed near the sideline, receive it!
Just when De Gea kicked the ball out, Cancelo, out of the intuition of an offensive full-back, felt that this might be a counterattack opportunity for Manchester United. He decided to take a bold gamble, so he ran forward regardless of anything.
And Bruno really passed the ball to him, and he bet right!
When Azpilicueta and Chelsea's players saw that the ball was transferred to Cancelo's feet, they didn't care about chasing Bruno anymore, and turned to rush towards Cancelo.
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Cancelo increased his speed to the maximum and dribbled the ball towards Chelsea's goal.
When Moses and Azpilicueta were approaching him, he suddenly braked, pushed the ball back with the outside of his right foot, and then passed it horizontally!
The one who received his ball in the middle was not Harry Kane, Mbappe, or Rashford, but Bruno.
It took Bruno eleven seconds to rush from the front of his own penalty area to the front of the opponent's penalty area. There was also time for receiving, dribbling and passing the ball.
Manchester United's quick counterattack was very fast!
It's just that Bruno felt a little alone, because it was too fast. At this time, except for Cancelo, his teammates were still far behind and didn't catch up.
While receiving the ball, Bruno rushed into the penalty area. Courtois had retreated to the front of the goal. At this time, he had to run out to block Bruno's shooting angle.
"Single knife!" The commentator shouted.
The shouts at Stamford Bridge were enough to overturn the roof.
When Bruno faced the Chelsea goalkeeper alone, everyone screamed desperately. Manchester United fans were cheering for Bruno, while Chelsea fans were interfering with Bruno.
"Come on, Bruno! Get past him! You can do it!"
"Can't shoot it in! Can't shoot it in! You bastard, don't even think about shooting it in!!"
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The flashes of the photographers on the sidelines began to flash frequently, and everyone aimed their cameras at Bruno and Courtois.
On the sidelines, Conte widened his eyes, and a hint of ominous thoughts flashed through his mind. But he didn't have time to think about what it was, because everything happened in a flash.
Bruno in the penalty area received Cancelo's ball, and he waded into the penalty area, and then Courtois attacked.
The two met near the penalty spot. Courtois fell to the ground and pounced on the football at Bruno's feet, and Bruno swung his left leg.
"Too slow!" After seeing this scene, the experienced Courtois was secretly happy.
When facing the attacking goalkeeper, he even swung his whole leg to shoot. It seems that Bruno is a midfielder after all, and he doesn't know the difference between a striker and a midfielder.
In the penalty area, the space is small and the time is tight, which often does not give the striker a chance to swing his legs to shoot, while the midfielder often swings his thigh to shoot when shooting from a distance, because they have enough space and time.
Using this midfield long-range shooting method in front of the attacking goalkeeper will only lead to one outcome, that is...