Chapter 579 Celebration
The cheers in the stands resounded through the sky. Manchester United players temporarily left the stadium. They were going back to the home team locker room at Old Trafford. They were going to take a shower, change into the championship jerseys specially prepared by the club for winning the championship, and then return to the stadium to receive medals, hold up the trophy, and enjoy the cheers of the crowd.
When the players temporarily left the stadium, the crazy celebration of Manchester United fans in the stands continued. The excited Manchester United fans played human waves in the stands, red jerseys, red flags, surging waves, and enthusiastic cheers.
In a box, including Jasim, Giarretta, Sandezi, Bobby Charlton and other Manchester United club executives and some business and political celebrities were also toasting to celebrate. Vanessa was among them. She was in a particularly happy mood. Her relationship with Bruno was progressing well, and her career was also developing rapidly. It can be said that it was a double harvest. Vanessa felt very fulfilled and satisfied.
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Mourinho accepted an exclusive interview with the official website of the English Football Association in the mixed interview area, so he was the last to return to the locker room.
As soon as he opened the door, he was shot by several jets of water and couldn't open his eyes. He wiped his eyes in a hurry and barely saw what was going on. Bruno, Ibrahimovic, Harry Kane, Herrera and other guys, each holding a large bottle of champagne, were shooting at him.
"You guys." Mourinho shouted with a smile.
Bruno suddenly clapped his hands and everyone gathered.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?" Mourinho shouted. Who can stand these more than 20 big guys? Then he wanted to run, but was pushed back by Faria and Carrick.
"You two traitors." Mourinho shouted angrily, and then he saw everyone surrounding him.
Mourinho had no choice but to surrender: No shooting in the face.
Then, he saw Bruno snap his fingers, and everyone suddenly shouted together: "Coach, you are the best!"
"Coach, thank you for your hard work."
Mourinho felt that his ears were about to be deafened. He looked at the more than 20 big men, but he was suddenly inexplicably moved and got goose bumps. His eyes were a little sore, and he choked and said: "You...you guys."
Then, Mourinho also bowed slightly and said: "I also want to thank you. It is my honor to work with the best players."
Faria wiped his tears aside, so moved.
"Go!" Ibrahimovic shouted, and everyone suddenly exposed their hidden weapons. Many water jets shot over and instantly submerged Mourinho.
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Manchester United put on the championship commemorative jersey with the word "15" to commemorate the team's 15th Premier League championship in team history. They returned to the stadium again. Their appearance caused a tsunami of cheers from Manchester United fans.
The temporary podium has been built.
"Now, let's give the warmest applause to the champions Manchester United to come up to the stage to receive the award." The broadcast at Old Trafford sounded.
The moment that Manchester United fans were most looking forward to has arrived, and the atmosphere on the scene is almost out of control.
Manchester United players lined up according to their jersey numbers, starting with De Gea, No. 1, and walked on the red carpet one by one amid huge cheers. They high-fived and hugged the club staff along the way, enjoying the cheers, and finally stepped onto the podium.
Originally, Manchester United players invited Mourinho to be the first to step onto the podium, but he refused, saying that he would go on stage with his coaching staff to receive the award behind the players.
The person who presented the awards to the players was Greg Clark, chairman of the English Football Association. Clark has many years of experience in football management. He has been the chairman of the English Football League since 2010 and was also the chairman of Leicester City Club. It is said that he may become the vice president of FIFA.
When Bruno stepped onto the stage to receive the award, the applause and cheers on the scene reached the highest level.
Obviously, the captain and top star of the team is the well-deserved king of Old Trafford!
"Congratulations, Bruno." Clark said while shaking hands with Bruno.
"Thank you, and I wish you good health." Bruno said.
Clark hung the medal belonging to Bruno around his neck and congratulated him again.
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The Manchester United coaching staff took the stage to receive the award after the players. After Faria and Carrick and others took the stage to receive the award, Manchester United fans were excited. They were waiting for Mourinho to take the stage. They wanted to give the warmest applause.
This Manchester United now has Bruno, the hottest superstar in the world football today, as well as top superstars such as Ibrahimovic, Harry Kane, and N'Golo Kante, as well as talented young men such as Rashford, Mbappe, and Luke Shaw, and powerful stars such as Mata, Gundogan, Maguire, and Van Dijk, but this does not prevent fans from liking their head coach.
All Manchester United fans know what the Portuguese has brought to the team, and what a great and incredible miracle he has created.
There was a cry of surprise from the stands, followed by warm applause, the warmest applause.
Mourinho helped an old lady onto the podium, this was Sir Alex Ferguson's wife, Ms. Casey.
Just at the beginning of this month, on May 5 to be exact, Manchester United's legendary coach Ferguson suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and fell into a coma. Fortunately, he received timely treatment and underwent surgery afterwards, and is currently recovering. But it will take some time before he can be discharged from the hospital.
After Manchester United won the championship ahead of schedule because of Manchester City's draw that day, they took the initiative to contact the English Football Association. They made a request, hoping that the official could specially award a championship medal to Ferguson, the legendary coach.
Ferguson's influence on the Premier League was extraordinary, and this request was approved. However, because Sir Ferguson's own health did not allow him to appear at the awards ceremony, his wife received it on his behalf.
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"Madam, your husband is a great coach of a great team. I believe he will be able to recover soon and continue to contribute to the cause of football." Clark hugged the elderly woman and comforted her.
"Thank you, sir." Casey bowed slightly.
Casey put the medal on her neck, and Mourinho arranged for Carrick to escort her off the podium.
Now it was finally Mourinho's turn to receive the award.
Clark held Mourinho's hand and said to him: "You surprised me, Mr. Mourinho, you are excellent, you led this great team to create great history."
"Thank you, sir." Mourinho smiled, "I just tried my best to do my job."
Clark patted Mourinho on the shoulder and picked up the medal.
Mourinho lowered his head and let Clark hang the medal around his neck.
"I look forward to your better results." Clark smiled.
"I wish you good health." Mourinho also replied politely, and then the two shook hands.
Mourinho turned around and raised the medal, which won thunderous cheers and applause from the scene.
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After Mourinho received the medal, the last, most important and most glorious moment came.
Manchester United captain Bruno took the Premier League championship trophy from Clark's hands.
When he received the trophy, the live broadcast at Old Trafford shouted at the same time: "Now, the champion is——"
"Manchester United!!!" More than 70,000 Manchester United fans burst into a tsunami-like shout.
In this deafening shout, and as the players shouted "three, two, one" loudly, Bruno raised the Premier League championship trophy in his hand high.
At the same time, red ribbons poured down from the ceiling of Old Trafford, and red ribbons also bloomed behind the podium. The world-famous song "We Are the Champions" by the British Queen band sounded on the live broadcast.
"Congratulations to Manchester United, congratulations to them, the highest-scoring champion in the history of the Premier League was born, a beautiful, miraculous fairy tale has the most perfect ending." The on-site broadcast said affectionately, "Congratulations to them, the 2017-2018 English Premier League champion - Manchester United!"
Amidst the huge cheers and crazy shouts, Mourinho stood in the center of the podium holding the Premier League championship trophy high. He looked up at the night sky of Old Trafford, where red ribbons were fluttering and beautiful fireworks above the stadium decorated the night sky.
The feeling of being a champion is really good.
Bruno took a deep breath, and he was sure: he liked this feeling very much.
This feeling is wonderful, making people feel happy, making people's hearts surge, making people feel extremely happy, making every pore of people very stretched, making people's bones soft, wanting to indulge in it, but telling themselves not to stop...
More championships and glory are in the distance!
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After the award ceremony, Manchester United held a grand parade. Manchester United Club had already arranged a double-decker parade bus waiting outside the stadium.
Amid the cheers of the fans, the team captain Bruno and the head coach Mourinho walked out of the stadium together, carrying the Premier League championship trophy.
In the square outside Old Trafford, under the witness of the "Three Saints of Manchester United" and the attention of 100,000 Manchester United fans, the two raised the trophy high together, which further ignited the atmosphere on the scene.
Then, the grand parade began on the way from Old Trafford to Manchester City Hall. Manchester United fans from all over the world continued to gather, and everyone was excited.
According to subsequent media statistics, nearly 300,000 people participated in the championship parade celebration that day, which is a terrifying number, knowing that the entire Manchester only has 500,000 residents.
According to statistics from the Guardian, as many as 200,000 local Manchester citizens and nearly 100,000 Manchester United fans from all over the world participated in the championship parade.
The climax of the championship parade took place at Manchester City Hall, where the team received the Manchester Mayor, the Speaker of the City Council and other officials with the championship trophy at the City Hall.