Chapter 568 Enter Again!
Sure enough, Dembele did not come up, Ben Davies followed Bruno closely, not giving him any chance to turn around.
At the same time, Tottenham striker Son Heung-min followed Valencia, and they did not intend to give Bruno any direction to pass the ball.
The opponent pressed step by step, getting closer and closer to the right sideline. Tottenham's defensive strategy was to force Bruno to take the ball out of bounds by himself. This is also a very common, but at the same time very practical defensive strategy.
"The closer the defense, the easier it is to be fooled by fake moves, as long as you move fast enough!"
This is what Ronaldo once told him.
At this moment, Bruno had no choice. Due to the power confrontation that lasted for half a year, Ben Davies' body squeeze behind him did not make Bruno lose his balance, but his steps were a little staggering, but he still carried the ball steadily.
He was paying attention to his opponent, and his opponent was also paying attention to him.
When Bruno suddenly accelerated forward, Ben Davies was shocked, thinking that Bruno was going to use speed to get rid of his defense, and immediately followed from Bruno's right side.
The left side was the sideline, and his defensive instinct told him that as long as he blocked the right side, Bruno would not be able to fly.
But Bruno was waiting for this. As soon as Ben Davies moved, Bruno skillfully hooked the ball behind him with his left foot, and suddenly stopped and turned from the left.
Suddenly, the ball was in front of Bruno, and Bruno turned around smoothly.
"Cruyff turned around!!"
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The whole new Wembley Stadium exclaimed.
After Bruno turned around, he was facing the direction of attack, while Ben Davies had his back to him, and the situation was completely reversed.
Bruno quickly rushed forward with the ball, and before Dembele approached, he passed it to Gundogan in the middle.
Gundogan understood and dribbled diagonally to the middle.
Dembele was worried about the middle and quickly approached Dale.
But suddenly, Gundogan, who was originally facing the top of the penalty area, passed the ball behind Dembele.
Bruno cut in behind Dembele at the fastest speed, and after receiving the pass from Gundogan, he was already at the front of the penalty area.
At this time, the only person standing in front of him was central defender Vertonghen.
"A quick attack launched by Manchester United on the right. Bruno got the ball at the front of the penalty area, very fast."
Vertonghen became the last defensive player in the team. He knew very well that if he failed to stop Bruno, he would have a single-handed attack as soon as he entered the penalty area. So he was very focused and kept his eyes on Bruno. He didn't dare to slack off at all. Even if sweat slid down his eyebrows and the corners of his eyes, he didn't care. He just focused on Bruno who was getting closer and closer.
But just when Bruno was about to enter his defense zone, he didn't expect the opponent to speed up and pretend to cut to the top of the arc.
Almost in an instant, Vertonghen realized that something was wrong.
Before the game, Tottenham also made sufficient preparations for Bruno. The report given to him by the scout clearly showed that Bruno's left and right foot abilities were very good.
If Bruno cuts horizontally to the top of the arc, his left foot can shoot directly.
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"Damn it!" Vertonghen didn't have time to think about it. He knew very well that if he was a few tenths of a second slower, Bruno might shoot directly and create a killing opportunity.
But just when Vertonghen moved his center of gravity to the right and wanted to block Bruno, he suddenly felt a figure in front of him shaking. Bruno didn't cut inside and slid past him on the left.
"Beautiful pass!"
But just when Bruno quickly passed Vertonghen, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and it was getting closer and closer.
What happened?
Bruno didn't have time to see who it was. His instinctive reaction was that the opponent's goalkeeper attacked.
But this is the front of the penalty area. Did the goalkeeper attack too far?
There was no time for Bruno to think.
He was extremely grateful to the training master system at this time. It was the system that kept telling him in the past six years that he must do his best to control the ball in his control no matter what. So even when he dribbled past Vertonghen just now, the ball was not beyond his control. So when the opponent's goalkeeper decisively attacked and rushed over with open arms, Bruno took the opportunity to poke forward.
Tottenham's French goalkeeper Lori was also determined to win this attack. He had long seen through Bruno's move to the middle as a fake move, so he abandoned the goal and rushed to Vertonghen's left side.
His calculation was very clear. When Bruno dribbled past Vertonghen, he pounced on his ball.
The person can pass, but the ball must stay!
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Unexpectedly, Lori's determined attack this time suddenly changed.
When Bruno passed Vertonghen, he reacted very quickly, and the ball was not out of his control, which allowed him to poke the ball and it slipped past Lori.
Lori quickly turned sideways to intercept the ball, but he was still a step slower.
His passive reaction was not as fast as the ball.
Bruno accelerated and chased after it, and finally swept the ball sideways before it went out of the baseline. The ball almost brushed the right post and hit the Tottenham goal. Bruno rushed out of the court and hit the opposite billboard.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 38th minute, Manchester United tenaciously equalized the score!"
"Oh my God, what a wonderful individual performance, Bruno!"
The whole new Wembley Stadium was filled with exclamations, and Tottenham fans were shocked by the sudden goal.
The whole goal-scoring process seemed very long and complicated, but in fact, on the field, it was just a blink of an eye, so fast that most fans might not have time to see it clearly, and the ball went in.
Only Bruno who hit the billboard behind the goal and the football inside the goal line reminded everyone: Manchester United scored!
Bruno climbed up from the billboard, raised his hands and clenched his fists, and yelled, but he was soon hugged by his teammates who were running over.
"This is definitely a surprising goal, which fully demonstrates Bruno's outstanding personal ability."
"From the initial Cruyff turn, to the subsequent pendulum pass, and then to the final stab past the goalkeeper, all reflect Bruno's outstanding strength. This can be said to be a wonderful goal."
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The first half ended in a 1:1 tie.
In the 38th minute, Manchester United used Bruno's personal performance to equalize the score, which greatly inspired Manchester United's fighting spirit and also dealt a heavy blow to Tottenham's morale.
This is the FA Cup semi-final, and one game will decide the outcome.
Pochettino obviously did not expect that in the face of his heavy defense, Bruno could still fight his way out, forcibly bring the ball into the penalty area, and score.
This is indeed a wonderful goal, but it also brought disaster to Tottenham.
During the halftime break, Mourinho praised the players' performance in the first half.
"As long as we hold on and freeze Eriksen, we can take a victory from the new Wembley Stadium!"
Both sides returned to the game.
In the second half, Tottenham really began to adopt a more proactive tactic. This was a choice without choice.
Although the opposing Manchester United was young, they were extremely motivated, and many players in the team had experienced the baptism of the previous season. Although they were young, they were not bad in experience.
Tottenham pressed forward, and Manchester United actively tightened their defense and counterattacked.
In the 48th minute, Ali and Eriksen played a match, and Eriksen was tripped to the ground by Valencia.
The referee gave Valencia a yellow card and gave Tottenham a direct free kick opportunity in a good position.
Eriksen personally took the free kick. He hoped to kick it directly into the dead corner, but Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea judged the correct direction and directly saved the ball, failing to create a threat.
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Afterwards, Tottenham frequently launched offensives, but Manchester United played steadily and defended in their own half.
In the first ten minutes of the second half, Manchester United didn't even shoot a single shot. They just defended blindly and withstood Tottenham's attack.
Bruno, the front midfielder, also actively retreated to his own 30-meter area to participate in the defense, which shows how powerful Tottenham's attack was. Manchester United's goal was in danger.
But if they couldn't attack for a long time, they would inevitably expose problems.
In the 74th minute, Bruno entangled Dembele with the defense, and Kante suddenly made a shovel and poked the ball away from Dembele's feet.
Valencia quickly inserted on the right, caught up with the ball, faced Ben Davies, and passed it to Bruno, but he continued to rush forward along the right side.
Bruno understood and knocked the ball back, sending the ball in front of Valencia.
"Manchester United's quick counterattack on the right."
"Bruno and Valencia's two-on-one combination!"
After receiving the ball, Valencia quickly rushed along the right. Bruno was also very fast, but deliberately lagged behind Valencia a little and moved closer to the center.
Ben Davies chased Valencia all the way, but the speed of the spoof right back was indeed very fast. The two of them chased closely, making the fans of the entire new Wembley Stadium nervous.
Finally, Valencia failed to get rid of Ben Davies and failed to get a chance to cut inside, but rushed to the right side of the penalty area and passed the ball directly.
This kick was just like when he and Bruno practiced on the training ground in Carrington every day after the training session. However, the defensive player in front of Bruno was not Maguire, but Vertonghen.
Valencia's ball reached the right side of the penalty spot, and Bruno quickly passed Vertonghen's defense, just like in normal training, without stopping the ball, and directly shot the ball into the left side of the goal.
The ball went in again!