Chapter 758: Another Strive for Six Crowns

In Manchester United's subsequent attack, Bruno got the ball at the top of the penalty area, passed it to Harry Kane, and went down the bottom.

Harry Kane seemed to pass it to Bruno, and played a wall-to-wall match, but he knocked the ball to Gundogan with his heel, and the latter kicked a curved ball directly to the left.

"Beautiful! Mbappe!"

"Breakthrough!"

Manchester United had previously pretended to put pressure on the right, so Flamengo's defense line leaned heavily to this side. At this time, Mbappe rushed out from behind Flamengo defender Rodrigo Caio, then cut inside directly, and then attracted Flamengo's former Bayern Munich defender Rafinha to steal the ball, and then passed it diagonally to the top of the penalty area.

"Harry Kane! He shot--"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!"

The defensive players had been pulled away by Manchester United's series of pulls. When Harry Kane received the ball, there was only one Flamengo defender, Pablo Mari, beside him. After the Manchester United center stopped and passed, he shot directly.

This was a low shot that was close to the grass. The shot was not powerful, but the angle was very tricky. Moreover, Flamengo goalkeeper Diego Alves was blocked by the people in the penalty area. When he found that the ball was coming close to the grass, it was too late to make a save. He could only watch the ball roll into the net.

"1:0! Harry Kane's goal!"

"Mbappe assisted Harry Kane to score. Manchester United led Flamengo 1:0 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha."

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Mourinho stood up and clapped his hands, and waved his arms vigorously. He looked very happy, and then sat down.

It is difficult to arouse his enthusiasm for the goal against a team like Flamengo. If he was not afraid of being accused by the Brazilians of disrespecting the Brazilian team, Mourinho would not even bother to stand up and applaud.

On the other side, Flamengo head coach Jorge Jesus wiped the sweat from his forehead impatiently. Although he also knew that there was a huge gap between his team and Manchester United, Jorge Jesus also treated this game with an upset mind.

Yes, Jorge Jesus thought about upset Manchester United and won the Club World Cup.

In the semi-finals, Jorge Jesus defeated the Asian Champions League champion and Saudi Professional League overlord Riyadh Crescent 3:1, which made Jorge Jesus' ambition spread like crazy.

For a coach like him, the opportunity to lead the team to play in the Club World Cup final and perform in front of so many audiences around the world is too rare, and it may even be the only chance in his life.

Jorge Jesus sees this opportunity as his stepping stone to return to coaching in Europe, or even to coaching in the top five leagues.

If he can lead Flamengo to beat Manchester United and stand on top of the world, Jorge Jesus believes that this will win the favor of mainstream European league teams and even some quasi-giant teams. This is an opportunity to reach the peak of life!

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For today's game, the Flamengo head coach can be said to have exhausted all his energy. He is sober and rational. The gap between the team's strength and Manchester United is too big. There is only one way to make an upset, that is, to play Manchester United's counterattack, and strive to sneak attack while doing a good job of defense and not losing the ball. As long as you steal a ball and then defend it without losing the ball, you can make a super upset of the year in football!

The idea is good, but the reality is cruel. Flamengo's retreat defense failed in the 16th minute of the game and lost the ball.

However, Jorge Jesus was not discouraged. The upset win was an upset. But if Flamengo can only lose one goal to Manchester United, and only lose to the powerful Manchester United with a score of 0:1 in a final, it is also a victory for Flamengo and Jorge Jesus!

So, after the game started, Flamengo, who was 0:1 behind, was not in a hurry, nor did they mean to attack. They continued to shrink and defend, wanting to fight Manchester United's counterattack.

Mourinho was surprised.

He thought that Flamengo would not be able to resist and attack after losing a goal. After all, for Flamengo, it is basically impossible to turn the tables after falling behind 0:1, and their shrinking defense tactics are not very meaningful. In this case, it is better to play more openly with Manchester United and make the game more interesting.

In Mourinho's view, Flamengo should be satisfied with being able to enter the Club World Cup final. Both the players and the head coach have no pressure, and this game should be played happily.

He naturally didn't expect Jorge Jesus to have such thoughts and expectations for this game.

So after the restart, Flamengo still played very conservatively... To be precise, they were calm and rational, not panicking because of the loss of the ball. This surprised Mourinho and made him admire Flamengo head coach Jorge Jesus a little more.

This is a very rational coach with a clear and firm tactical concept.

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Fifteen minutes later, in the 33rd minute of the game, Flamengo midfielder William Arau was forced to commit a tactical foul and knocked down Bruno, and Manchester United got a chance for a set piece in the frontcourt.

Bruno's free kick drew a beautiful arc and flew straight to the goal. Flamengo goalkeeper Diego Alves made a beautiful save and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand.

Manchester United got a corner kick opportunity.

Bruno's corner kick from the right side accurately found Van Dijk near the penalty spot, and the Dutch central defender headed the ball to Maguire who was ambushing behind the goal.

Maguire headed the ball back to the middle, where Mahrez scored with a powerful shot from close range without any defense.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Mahrez! Mahrez!! Mahrez!!! Manchester United took advantage of the corner kick opportunity to score another goal, 2:0, they are two goals ahead of Flamengo."

"Two goals ahead, Manchester United led Flamengo by two goals in the first half of the game. Although there is still an hour left in the game, we can almost say in advance that the Club World Cup champion is very likely to be Manchester United."

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Mourinho stood up from the coaching seat and came to the sidelines to applaud.

This time he was not pretending, he was really quite satisfied with this goal.

This is also the result of Manchester United's corner kick tactical drill. Two defenders with good header ability passed the ball to Mahrez, who was good at seizing opportunities in front of the goal, and Mahrez completed the fatal blow. This corner kick tactical result is good.

Seeing the team lose another goal and fall behind 0:2 in the total score, Flamengo coach Jorge Jesus sighed for a long time. The cruel reality made him realize how ridiculous it was for him to want to lead the team in Manchester United and brush the copy on Mourinho.

This is not a reputation copy, this is completely hell mode!

No matter what, after falling behind 0:2 and all his ideas were torn to pieces, Jorge Jesus let go. He made a gesture towards the field, pressing the gesture of attacking:

It's already 0:2 behind, what's the point of defending!

Just do it as you like.

Mourinho sat on the coaching bench and crossed his legs. Since Flamengo wanted to take the initiative, he would fulfill their wish.

He stood up and went to the sidelines, shouting the captain Bruno's name. When the latter looked over, Mourinho made a gesture.

"Manchester United took the initiative to slow down the attack."

"Not only slowing down the attack, Manchester United is appropriately shrinking the formation to let Flamengo attack."

"Mourinho is too bad." He Wei said with a smile, "The whole world knows how sharp Manchester United's quick counterattack is. He is using Flamengo to demonstrate the team's sharp counterattack tactics."

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This is another attack by Flamengo. More than half of the Brazilian giants rushed up to participate in the attack.

However, you must know that Manchester United's defense is very solid. Manchester United is recognized in European football as a team with no obvious shortcomings. The offense is sharp and the defense is also excellent. Kante is in the midfield, and the central defenders are Maguire and Van Dijk, the best central defenders in Europe. Such a defense can be said to be the best in the whole of Europe.

Flamengo was able to beat Al-Hilal 3:1 because the Asian champions were just that strong, nothing to brag about.

Now facing the defense of the best team in Europe, Flamengo was at a loss, and had no idea where to start.

Flamengo had a chance to control the ball and attack, and their fast attacking player Ribeiro tried to force Cancelo. Although he used his speed to pass Cancelo in the first shot, Cancelo immediately chased back and got entangled with Ribeiro.

Other Flamengo players also leaned to this side, pressing out to support Ribeiro in the attack.

At this time, Van Dijk came out of the penalty area, and he cleverly intercepted Ribeiro's ball, and then quickly passed the ball to Kante.

Kante used his body to block the position, preventing Flamengo players from grabbing the ball, and then quickly passed the ball to Bruno.

"Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it comes! Manchester United's counterattack opportunity!"

Fans familiar with Manchester United's style of play immediately knew that this was a good opportunity for a quick counterattack, which Manchester United is best at.

Manchester United fans in the stands of Khalifa International Stadium burst into cheers.

Bruno received the ball, pulled the ball and turned around in one go, avoiding the scramble of Flamengo player Arau, raised his head to observe the situation in front, and sent a long-distance pass with a flick of his ankle.

In front, Mbappe ran with his feet spread out, and he caught up with the football.

"Mbappe! Beautiful, into the penalty area, cross, Harry Kane, missed the ball, Mahrez!"

"GOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!"

"Beautiful cooperation! Wonderful counterattack! The ball is in! In the 39th minute of the game, Manchester United scored again!!! Flamengo, who was two goals behind, pressed out to attack, and then Manchester United gave the South American little brother a good lesson, telling them what a real quick counterattack is..."