Chapter 588 Bruno VS Ronaldo
In Real Madrid's goal kick, Navas kicked the ball forward with his big foot. Casemiro controlled the high point in the middle circle. He used his head to swing the ball down and headed it back to the central defender Ramos.
Ramos handed the ball to Varane, who rushed up with the ball.
As the central defender of Real Madrid, Varane's back-up is also one of the ways to enrich their offensive means.
In a sense, Varane is somewhat similar to Barcelona's central defender Pique.
However, this time Varane did not continue to carry the ball deep, but passed the ball to Modric.
As soon as Modric got the ball, Real Madrid's offensive lineup began to operate.
Bruno noticed that Ronaldo and Modric and Kroos were very close, always keeping a very suitable distance.
He knew that this was one of the reasons why Ronaldo was able to perform well.
To defend Ronaldo, he needed to cut off the connection between him and Modric and Kroos, but Bruno could not do this alone. This required the help of the whole team. His task was to freeze Ronaldo in a one-on-one situation.
The person who was marking Modric was Kante. When he saw Modric receiving the ball, he rushed forward and tried to entangle Modric.
The core player of the Croatian national team did not wait for Kante to come up, and passed the ball to Ronaldo.
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"C Ronaldo received the ball!" The commentator and Real Madrid fans were all excited.
When the fans of Real Madrid saw Ronaldo get the ball, their originally uneasy hearts calmed down, and they were ready to cheer for a beautiful pass or a goal at any time.
As long as Ronaldo got the ball, all these would happen. They trusted Ronaldo so much, just like the trust that Manchester United fans had in Bruno.
Now, something was going to happen.
Ronaldo got the ball, he looked up and looked in front of him, where Bruno was standing.
"C Ronaldo met Bruno!"
At this moment, fans all over the world were excited, because the twin stars of the Portuguese national team, who are also the two best players in the world football today, faced each other for the first time in a top event like the Champions League final.
Can Ronaldo break through Bruno? Can Bruno successfully defend against Ronaldo?
When Ronaldo saw Bruno, he was not surprised, but a little happy - this saved him trouble.
He was both familiar and unfamiliar with Bruno. He was familiar because they were teammates in the national team, had the same agent, and had a good relationship in private; he was unfamiliar because they had few opportunities to be opponents on the court.
Although Bruno played against Real Madrid four times, because Bruno's position was not in line with Ronaldo, the two had few opportunities to play against each other directly.
But today was different, because Bruno took the initiative to take over the task of defending Ronaldo, which meant that the two would play one-on-one on the court again and again.
Ronaldo knew that Bruno was very good, whether from Bruno's personal performance in the past few years or the world's evaluation of him, this was unquestionable.
But how good Bruno was, Ronaldo rarely experienced it as an opponent.
Now, Ronaldo decided to test it himself.
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Ronaldo brought the ball forward, not very fast, but when he approached Bruno, he suddenly flicked the ball to the right and accelerated to overtake!
At this time, there was only one word in Bruno's mind - so fast!
Although Ronaldo was 33 years old, Bruno felt that Ronaldo's figure flashed before his eyes. After he reacted, Ronaldo had almost surpassed him.
Ronaldo was tall and strong, but he was very flexible and fast, and his speed was particularly fast.
Bruno had fallen behind because he had to turn around. When he turned around, Ronaldo had already left him behind.
Real Madrid fans and Spanish commentators cheered: "Clean and neat passing! It's worthy of Ronaldo!"
Those who supported Manchester United and Bruno sighed helplessly: It seems that Ronaldo is indeed unsolvable. Even Bruno can't defend him, so is there anyone in Manchester United who can defend him?
Bruno did not give up, but turned around and chased him. At the same time, Manchester United's defensive players were also moving closer to Ronaldo, trying to block him.
When Ronaldo saw that he was about to be surrounded, he passed the ball away.
Benzema on the wing received the ball and broke into the penalty area, then kicked the ball. Due to the small angle, the ball was easily blocked by De Gea.
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Neither the shot nor the defense was very exciting, nothing to say.
After this attack, the focus of everyone's discussion was on Ronaldo. The change of direction and acceleration to pass Bruno was clean and neat, without any delay, and it was done in one go. It can be said that it was a good counterattack to Bruno's previous pass over Benzema.
Benzema gave Ronaldo a thumbs up and thanked him for his wonderful pass, and Ronaldo turned and ran back.
Bruno looked at his back from behind, and suddenly grinned and laughed silently: Right, right, that's right, that's enough, this is a top master, such an opponent is interesting!
"... Of course, Bruno has to turn the ball around defensively, so he can't catch up with Ronaldo in terms of speed. After all, Ronaldo moves very fast, and his combination of man and ball is also very good... Players of his level are indeed difficult to deal with. It’s not a big deal if he doesn’t pass..."
While the commentator supporting Manchester United was still looking for reasons and excuses for Bruno, Bruno was already full of fighting spirit.
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Ronaldo ran away and turned to face the direction of the attack. He saw Bruno.
Recalling the breakthrough just now, he felt that the opponent in front of him was no different from the opponents he had encountered before. He was about the same height as himself and looked very strong. However, his turning speed was slower.
To be honest, Ronaldo was a little disappointed with this result.
He originally hoped that the only opponent in Manchester United who could interest him would be stronger so that the game would be fun, but he never expected that he would be so vulnerable...
If he is no different from the ordinary opponents he has encountered before, there will be only one goal left for Ronaldo in this game - to win the championship.
He will lead Real Madrid to win the European Champions Cup for the third consecutive time!
He is only thirty-three years old. Although for many professional players this is the age at which they are entering the end of their careers, Ronaldo is very satisfied with his condition. His career is still very long. In this long career He still has many chances to win the championship, but no one has too many championships, especially the Champions League.
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Seeing Bruno being shaken away by Ronaldo so easily, Mourinho frowned slightly on the sidelines.
Before the game, Bruno took the initiative to ask Ying to defend Ronaldo. He still expressed his hope to Bruno, but he didn't expect that the best player in the team would be ineffective in front of Ronaldo...
Is Ronaldo really invincible?
As a coach who has worked with Ronaldo for three years, Mourinho is very familiar with Ronaldo. He knew that if he couldn't guard Ronaldo, victory in this game would be just a hope, because Ronaldo alone could defeat the entire Manchester United team!
After this attack by Real Madrid, Manchester United organized an attack.
Bruno made a long pass to find Harry Kane in front. The English shooter was defeated when he competed with Varane. The football soon came to Modric's feet again.
Real Madrid strikes again.
Every time Real Madrid attacks, everyone will turn their attention to Ronaldo, hoping to see him perform wonderfully. The scene of beating Bruno cleanly just now was applauding, and they wanted to see more.
Modric's position was relatively deep, and Kanter did not attack rashly. He guarded the center.
Bruno's position next to him was more flexible, but he didn't go up. He was paying attention to Ronaldo not far away.
Real Madrid has many players who can solve problems, but Ronaldo is different. If he can successfully defend Ronaldo, it will definitely boost morale and make Real Madrid feel hesitant.
So even though he was very humiliated by Ronaldo for the first time, Bruno still had to guard against him.
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Modric looked left and right, Ronaldo came out of a gap, and he passed the football.
Bruno almost came to the front of Ronaldo with football.
Ronaldo was a little surprised that his national teammate was so fast. This was an experience the two of them had not had when playing for the national team.
He gently leaned the football to the left with the toes of his left foot, and the football stopped on the left side of his body. Then he stepped sideways to pass the ball, preparing to pass Bruno.
This time it was not so easy. When his right foot almost touched the football, Bruno bumped into him from the side. He staggered and almost failed to control the football. Fortunately, his reaction was quick, and his right foot He pushed the football back with his foot and turned around to separate Bruno.
But this time he couldn't move forward, Bruno had forced him to turn around.
Ronaldo didn't intend to pass the football, he wanted to force a break through Bruno.
He first made a fake move to the left, and then twisted his body to the right. At the same time, he hooked the football that was staying in place with his left foot behind him, and the football passed right between Bruno's legs.
Bruno turned around suddenly, he knew what Ronaldo was going to do.
He turned around and leaned towards Ronaldo, preventing Ronaldo from picking up his speed.
"Beautiful defense! Ronaldo didn't get rid of Bruno!" the commentator shouted.
Ronaldo didn't expect Bruno to turn around so fast. It would be difficult for him to speed up if he was a little slower. If you continue like this, even if the ball is not intercepted by the opponent, you will waste the opportunity to attack and put yourself in a tight siege.
So he made a prompt decision, changed his plan to break through, crossed his left foot, blocked the football with the outside of his instep, and made an emergency stop at the same time.
Bruno stopped suddenly with him, turned around and stuck up.