Chapter 739 Defending the Triple Crown

Lingard, who scored the goal, was a Manchester United youth trainee who only sat on the Manchester United bench most of the time. He ran on the field of the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium, shaking his head, and his expression was slightly ferocious due to excitement.

Because Manchester United is full of talents on the front line, including Harry Kane, Rashford, Mbappe, Mahrez, Greenwood, McTominay and other outstanding forwards, this has led to Greenwood ranking very low in the same position. After that, he didn't play much time during the season.

However, the 25-year-old forward who came from Manchester United's youth training has always had no regrets, training honestly and quietly waiting for the opportunity to play.

Today, in this world-famous Champions League final, he was called by Mourinho shortly before the end of the game. He was ordered to go into battle at the critical moment, but he completed a fatal blow to his mortal enemy Liverpool!

For him, this is definitely the most glorious moment of his career!

The Manchester United players surrounded Lingard, they were so excited.

Greenwood asked loudly: "Are we European champions?"

"Not yet, there are still a few minutes, work harder and don't relax." Bruno, as the captain, said loudly.

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Including injury time, it is only three or four minutes at most. According to common sense, it is almost impossible for Liverpool to score two goals in a row. But the biggest unknown in football is that you never know what will happen until the final whistle blows.

Just like the night at Camp Nou 20 years ago, when the game entered stoppage time, Bayern Munich was still leading Manchester United. Even UEFA officials were ready to engrave Bayern Munich's name on the trophy. , but Manchester United scored two goals in stoppage time and snatched the Champions League trophy from Bayern Munich, achieving the world-famous Camp Nou miracle.

The opponent Manchester United faces today is also a team known for their tenacity and even created the world-famous Istanbul Miracle. It is not that they have no ability to reverse Manchester United.

Therefore, Bruno quickly shouted loudly, reminding his teammates not to relax, the game is not over yet, the championship is not yet fully won, don't waste time!

This conceded goal was a huge blow to the Liverpool players. They knew very well what it meant for the score gap to be widened to two goals at this time.

On the sidelines, Klopp also had a dull expression. His team performed very well in this game, but the opponent was Manchester United. This team was too tenacious.

Yes, Liverpool, who fell behind three times and equalized the score three times, was enough, but they encountered a more tenacious Manchester United.

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There was three minutes of injury time for the entire match.

In the following three minutes of game time, Liverpool launched an almost crazy attack.

Manchester United had almost no offensive opportunities during this period, and they retreated to defend across the board.

In three minutes, the bus was ready!

The three minutes of stoppage time have expired. Because it is Liverpool's opportunity to attack with the ball, the referee Skomina did not immediately blow the whistle to end the game.

"Time's up! Hey! Time's up!" Mourinho shouted from the sidelines, pointing to his watch.

Mane passed Cancelo on the wing and sent a long diagonal pass into the penalty area.

Origi and Maguire competed for a header, but De Gea knocked the ball away during the chaos. Then the ball was cleared by Kanter with a big kick.

At this moment, two short and one long whistles came from the whistle in Skomina's mouth.

As the three whistles blew, the huge Wanda Metropolitan Stadium erupted into huge and crazy cheers.

"The game is over!!" the commentator He Wei announced in a long voice and with great excitement, "5:3, Manchester United won the final victory!"

"Gündogan, Bruno, Harry Kane, Greenwood, Lingard, five Manchester United players scored five goals together. In the end, they defeated Liverpool 5:3 at the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium and won the 2018- Champions of the 2019 UEFA Champions League!”

"This is the fifth time Manchester United has won the Champions League. They have tied with Liverpool and Bayern Munich and become the team with the third most titles in the history of the Champions League, second only to Real Madrid, which has won 12 times, and Real Madrid, who have won 7 times. AC Milan!”

"Congratulations to Manchester United, congratulations to Mourinho, congratulations to Bruno, congratulations to Gundogan, congratulations to Lingard, congratulations to Mbappe, congratulations to Harry Kane, congratulations to Rashford, congratulations to Greenwood, congratulations to Kante, congratulations to Lu K. Shaw...they are European champions!"

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At this time, the stadium was already filled with Manchester United people celebrating wildly.

After the game entered injury time, the players and coaches on the Manchester United bench, who had been waiting on the sidelines for a long time, rushed into the stadium frantically the moment the whistle sounded at the end of the game to celebrate what was theirs. victory.

The Manchester United players were venting their joy. Some of the Liverpool players were squatting there, some were half-kneeling on the field, and some were lying down and looking at the night sky at the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium...

They did well enough today, but in the end they lost the game and failed to stand on top of Europe. Just like in the Premier League this season, they only lost 1 game throughout the season and scored 97 points, but in the end they missed the first Premier League championship in team history.

All the Liverpool players felt extremely disappointed and felt panicked.

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Manchester United coach Mourinho was surrounded by reporters at this time.

Having led Manchester United to the top of Europe for two consecutive years, Mourinho is undoubtedly the biggest focus of this night and at this moment.

"Mr. Mourinho, tell me, what does it feel like to win the Champions League for two consecutive years?"

"Coach Mourinho, what do you want to say to Manchester United and your fans now?"    "Mr. Mourinho..."

Mourinho did not answer these questions, he was going to shake hands with Liverpool coach Klopp.

Although Manchester United won the game in the end, the score of 5:3 and the two goals seemed to indicate that Manchester United won a bigger victory, but the process of this game was far more difficult than the score difference showed.

Klopp, the German won the respect and admiration of Mourinho.

"Congratulations, Mr. Mourinho." Although he lost the European championship that he and the team had been thinking about, Klopp still maintained his demeanor and congratulated Mourinho.

Mourinho shook the hand of Liverpool coach and said sincerely: "This is a very, very exciting game. A great team led by a great coach has caused us great trouble."

The two did not communicate further. Klopp had to appease his players, while Mourinho had to face interviews and questions from many reporters, and he couldn't wait to stay with his players and enjoy the joy of the key.

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On the court, Bruno, the captain of Manchester United, was also interviewed by reporters.

Regarding this game, Bruno said: "This is a wonderful game. Both teams have the strength to win the championship, but we laughed to the end. We played what we usually train and used practical actions to tell the world how good we are..."

A reporter asked maliciously: "Bruno, can you talk about the penalty kick of Manchester United in the first half of the game..."

Bruno glanced at the reporter coldly and said seriously: "The correct penalty."

After answering a few questions, Bruno left the reporter and took his teammates to walk around the field to thank the fans who came to support Manchester United.

Afterwards, the entire Manchester United team temporarily returned to the locker room. They took a hot shower, put on the champion T-shirts specially prepared by the club for the Champions League champions, and then returned to the stadium to receive the gold medal and the Champions League trophy: the Big Ear Cup!

Manchester United returned to the stadium from the locker room, and the first thing to do was the award ceremony for the runner-up Liverpool.

Liverpool's players and coaching staff went on stage to receive the silver medals symbolizing the runner-up.

Liverpool's players looked depressed, and some players had red eyes, obviously crying.

Then Manchester United went on stage to receive the gold medal.

The person who presented the award to the champion was UEFA President Ceferin.

"Congratulations, Bruno." When it was Bruno's turn, Ceferin smiled and shook hands with him.

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Bruno was the last Manchester United player to go on stage. After he received the medal, the championship trophy was awarded.

Ceferin raised the trophy and handed it to Bruno.

"Congratulations, Bruno. You are the well-deserved European champions!"

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman." Bruno said politely, and then he almost couldn't wait to take the trophy.

His teammates were already shouting three, two, one.

Just after shouting one, Bruno shouted loudly: "We are--"

Everyone shouted together: "Champions!"

At the same time, Bruno raised the big-eared cup high.

Throughout the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium, in front of TVs in every corner of the world, countless Manchester United fans shouted loudly: We are the champions!

Countless red confetti sprayed from behind the podium, and colorful ribbons also poured down from the roof of the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium.

The song "We are the champions" resounded throughout the stadium.

Above the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium, countless fireworks were ignited and bloomed.

"Congratulations to Manchester United, Mourinho, Bruno... Congratulations to them, they are the UEFA Champions League champions of the 2018-2019 season!"

"Not only that, Manchester United is also the FA Cup champion and Premier League champion this season. They have even won the Premier League three times in a row!"

"This is also the third consecutive year that Manchester United has won the European championship. Two years ago they were the Europa League champions, last year they won the Champions League, and this year they defended the Champions League. They are the second team to defend the Champions League since the reform of the Champions League in 1992!"

"Last year, Manchester United won the Champions League, the Premier League and the FA Cup, becoming the triple crown team for the second time in team history. This year they won the triple crown again, and they are the first team in history to defend the triple crown. Congratulations to them!" He Wei shouted excitedly.