Chapter 740 Marriage
Manchester United defeated their arch-rival Liverpool 5:3 at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, becoming the king of Europe and the first team in the history of European football to defend the treble. The noise has slowly faded away. Manchester United fans will occasionally talk about the grand occasion of the team returning to Manchester after winning the championship in Madrid.
That day, the whole of Manchester was empty, and the club held the most spectacular and grand championship parade in the club's more than 100 years of history.
That day, the headlines of major sports media around the world were almost all occupied by the news that Manchester United won the fifth Champions League in team history and won the treble for the third time.
In the world of football, the treble can be regarded as a football club. A team that wins any three official football competitions in a single season can be called a treble.
However, the truly recognized treble must be the honorary title of a team that wins the domestic top football league championship, the domestic FA Cup championship, and the highest level of continental football cup championship in a single season.
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In the history of European football, there are not many true treble champions. The Scottish team Celtic in the 1966-1967 season was the first team to win the treble.
Five years later, in the 1971-1972 season, Ajax of the Netherlands, which had Johan Cruyff, became the second team to win the treble.
In the 1987-1988 season, another Dutch team, PSV Eindhoven, won the season treble.
Manchester United is the fourth true treble champion team and the first treble champion team in the five major leagues.
Immediately afterwards, Barcelona won the treble in the 2008-2009 season, Inter Milan won the 2009-2010 season, and Bayern Munich won the treble in the 2012-2013 season.
These are all the 7 treble champion teams in European football so far.
It is very difficult to become a treble champion team, which can be seen from the fact that only 7 teams have won the treble since the birth of the Champions League. Many top clubs, including Real Madrid, AC Milan and Liverpool, have failed to accomplish such a feat.
However, Manchester United has completed the treble three times. Last season, they also won the English League Cup, becoming a season grand slam. This season, they defended the treble for the second consecutive year, becoming the first team in history to defend the treble.
Such an achievement is difficult to describe in other words except great!
And Mourinho became the first team in football history to lead two teams to achieve the feat of the treble, and he led the team to the treble three times, which is unprecedented!
This also made his status as the world's number one coach unprecedentedly stable.
Even some fans who support Mourinho believe that Mourinho is already the greatest head coach in football history.
Of course, this is not generally recognized.
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With Manchester United winning the Champions League, their game tasks this season have all ended.
On the evening of June 3, Manchester United held a summary meeting for this season, at which various awards within the Manchester United team were selected. After winning the three best players in the Premier League, Bruno was once again named the best player in Manchester United.
This is the third consecutive year that he has won the three best players in the Premier League and the best player in Manchester United.
Then, Bruno left Manchester and returned to Portugal.
Although the Manchester United club competition has ended, he still has two games for the Portuguese national team before the holiday begins.
This is the semi-final and final of the first European Nations League.
If the Portuguese national team can beat Switzerland in the semi-finals, they will compete with the winner between the Netherlands and England for the championship trophy of the first European Nations League.
If they lose, they will compete with the loser between the Netherlands and England for the third place in the first European Nations League.
In the semi-final of the European Nations League held on the evening of June 5, Portugal played against Switzerland at the Dragon Stadium. Ronaldo became the focus of the game. He performed a hat trick to help Portugal beat Switzerland 3:1.
Bruno started the game and played the whole game, and sent 1 assist.
Four days later, on the evening of June 9, the first European Nations League final was held at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto, with Portugal facing the Netherlands.
This time, Bruno became the most dazzling star. He first received a pass from Bernardo Silva in the 12th minute of the game, helping Portugal score the first goal, and then in the 30th minute of the game, he shot with his right foot from the right side of the penalty area and broke through the goal guarded by Cillessen.
Guedes added the icing on the cake in the 60th minute of the game, helping Portugal lock the score at 3:0!
This is the fourth consecutive year that Portugal has won the championship.
In the summer of 2016, they won the European Cup.
A year later, in 2017, they won the Russian Confederations Cup.
Last summer, they won the World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium, becoming the third triple crown team in world football after Brazil and France.
Now, they have won the first European Nations League again. Bruno won the best player and the best player of the final of the first European Nations League. In addition, he scored 4 goals and won the top scorer award, beating his national team teammate Cristiano Ronaldo.
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After finishing the Portuguese national team competition, Bruno officially started his vacation.
This summer, he still has one big thing to do, which is to get married.
More than a year ago, he and Vanessa confirmed that they would get married this summer. Although some changes happened later, the wedding was not cancelled.
However, Bruno's wedding has changed. The bride is not Vanessa alone, but two.
Yes, Bruno will win two brides at the same time. In addition to Vanessa, Liu Yimei will also marry him.
The wedding will be held in Qatar, because Bruno is now a Qatari citizen in addition to Portuguese nationality.
The wedding of the three was not open to the public, but was held secretly in the royal palace of Qatar, and only the closest relatives and friends of the three participated.
All relatives and friends who attended the wedding were told not to disclose the wedding situation to the outside world.
According to the agreement of the three, Liu Yimei will appear in the public eye as Bruno's wife, and Vanessa will appear as Bruno's personal assistant.
This is mainly because after having a baby in the future, Liu Yimei will definitely give birth to a mixed-race child, and the characteristics are too obvious to explain. But Vanessa does not have such a problem.
After the wedding, the three flew to Cabbage Island, a private island in the Caribbean, for vacation. Bruno spent $25 million to buy this island. It has 24 hills, three beaches, and a protected anchorage area. Large areas of vegetation and a large number of rare wild animals make this the most natural private island.
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When Bruno, Vanessa and Liu Yimei were on their honeymoon on a small island in the Caribbean, time had unknowingly entered July.
At this time, the new season has not yet started, and the team's new season training has not started. This is the most boring time for fans who are used to the noisy season.
In a bar in Manchester, sports news is being broadcast on TV. This is a report that Atletico Madrid's Spanish star Rodri is close to joining Manchester City.
On the TV screen, a famous transfer expert vowed that Rodri will be able to come to Manchester City for a physical examination as early as tomorrow afternoon.
Afterwards, the reporter also randomly interviewed some Manchester City fans. The fans of the Blue Moon were very excited. They have planned to pick up Rodri at the airport tomorrow.
When the transfer window just opened this summer, major media outlets broke the news that Manchester City would spend 70 million to buy Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodri.
The 23-year-old star made his debut in the Atletico Madrid youth team. In July 2013, Rodri joined the Villarreal youth team. Last summer, he returned to the Colchoneros for 25 million euros and quickly occupied the main defensive midfielder position. He played 47 times in various competitions for Atletico Madrid throughout the season, helping Atletico Madrid win the La Liga runner-up and also the best defensive team in La Liga.
Manchester City signed Rodri to replace the 34-year-old Fernandinho. Although the Brazilian defensive midfielder has been performing well in recent seasons, it is an indisputable fact that he is too old.
Rodri is highly appreciated by Guardiola, and the media almost insists that Rodri will not marry Manchester City. Take the transfer expert Patterson for example. He frequently broke the news that Rodri is getting closer and closer to Manchester City, and neither Rodri, Guardiola, nor Manchester City denied it. So now Patterson broke the news that Rodri is coming to Manchester City for a physical examination, and this news also made Manchester City fans very happy.
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Looking at the excited Manchester City fans on the TV screen, Manchester United fans in front of the TV are a little depressed and unhappy.
The transfer window has been open for more than a month, but Manchester United has almost no movement in the transfer market.
In terms of player sales, Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera clearly refused to renew his contract with Manchester United.
Due to the abundance of talents in Manchester United's midfield, Herrera has received less and less playing time. Although he has won numerous championships with the team in the past few seasons, Herrera hopes to get more playing time.
However, Mourinho could not give him any guarantee in this regard, and had no choice but to agree to Herrera's transfer. In the end, Paris Saint-Germain spent 40 million euros to take away the Spanish midfielder who was about to turn 30.
This ending has changed a lot from the situation in another time and space when Herrera left Manchester United as a free agent this summer, which is directly related to the team's contract renewal with Herrera in the summer of 2017.
Then the loan period of young goalkeeper Dean Henderson at Sheffield United was extended, and the young England U21 national goalkeeper will continue to stay at Sheffield United for one year in the new season.
In terms of signings, Manchester United has not made any moves so far.
Or the only move is to recover striker James Wilson, who has expired his loan at Aberdeen, and temporarily put him on the first team's roster.