Chapter 801 The New King Ascends the Throne
Bruno's wonderful goal greatly boosted Manchester United's morale and passion. After a crazy celebration, everyone started to play more actively and launched a counterattack against Juventus.
First, Bruno broke through the middle and saw an opportunity. Suddenly, he shot directly from the outside of the penalty area.
Lopez reacted quickly and quickly saved the ball, which barely resolved the crisis.
But soon, Manchester United took a corner kick, and Maguire headed the ball ten meters in front of the goal, which was a little higher.
Two consecutive attacks created threats, and Manchester United continued to launch an offensive.
Bruno also became more and more active. Harry Kane pulled away the defender for Bruno. Cancelo quickly sent an overhead pass on the right side of the middle. Bruno quickly cut in from the middle to the right side of the penalty spot and shot directly with his right foot before the Juventus players arrived.
Lopez flew to save the ball again, once again defusing Bruno's shot that was sure to win, saving Juventus' goal.
Corner kick!
Bruno climbed up from the grass in the penalty area, panting and shaking off the grass on his body.
At this time, several high-point players of Manchester United came up.
Van Dijk, Maguire, Harry Kane, Rashford...
Mbappe was lying in ambush outside the penalty area, ready to rush in at any time and perform a lore.
Luke Shaw ran to the corner area, set up the football, stepped on the grass behind the football, and then slowly retreated.
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Bruno came to the outside of the penalty area, stood side by side with Mbappe, looked at Luke Shaw in the corner area, and the other party made a gesture to hit the back point.
"Give me this opportunity." Bruno said eagerly.
He knew that according to the tactical design, Mbappe should have rushed in to grab a header, but he really wanted to give it a try.
Mbappe was a little surprised, but still nodded without hesitation: "Okay, if you score, remember to treat me to a meal."
"It's just a meal, you have the final say." Bruno smiled.
With the whistle of the referee Markel, all the players in and outside the penalty area moved immediately.
Mbappe quickly shook off the players defending him and rushed to the front point of the goal.
Harry Kane, Maguire and Van Dijk and other high-point players all pressed the middle and front points together. Cancelo and Rashford and others also moved quickly, interfering with the defense of Juventus players. The entire penalty area was immediately in chaos.
Luke Shaw quickly took a corner kick, but did not appear at the front point as everyone expected, nor did he fall in the middle, but went to the back point.
"Danger!" Ronaldo was the first to react and shouted.
But when he turned around, he suddenly found that Bruno, who was originally blocked behind him, was gone. In an instant, he had a very ominous premonition.
In this kind of corner attack and defense, missing a player is the easiest way to lose a goal.
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The penalty area was in chaos, and Ronaldo had no way to find where Bruno had gone.
Only Bruno knew it clearly. He deliberately retreated to the left side of the front of the penalty area, and then suddenly rushed into the penalty area.
Sandro was stationed at the back point of Juventus. When he saw the ball flying towards him, he wanted to clear it immediately.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the thought came up, he felt a sudden flash of people in front of him. A Manchester United player suddenly rushed in front of him and jumped high before him.
Sandro was 1.8 meters tall, only three centimeters shorter than Bruno, but at this moment, Bruno rushed up quickly from the back, and after a run-up, he jumped up with all his strength, but completely crushed the opponent.
Sandro even forgot to jump, but just looked up and looked at Bruno who was like a god descending from heaven.
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Bruno accurately predicted the landing point and trajectory of the football, combined with his own jumping ability, he was confident enough to grab the landing point.
With the help of a run-up of more than ten meters, he jumped with all his strength, controlling his body, and leaning his legs and head as far back as possible, as if he had turned into a bow shape.
At this moment, Bruno was extremely clear-headed. He had seen the trajectory of the football flying in the air, which was exactly at the point he predicted.
When the ball came in front of him, Bruno controlled his core abdominal muscles again, stretched his head and legs as far forward as possible, and with the force of pushing upward, all the strength of his body was transmitted to his head through the core muscles, and then through his forehead, he hit the flying ball.
Rather than saying it was a head, it was better to say it was a smash. The football was smashed into the goal of Juventus by him!
Lopez didn't even have time to react to the close header. He just instinctively stretched out his right hand to stop it, but the ball still hit the left post and hit the Juventus goal!
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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Header! Bruno actually took advantage of a corner kick and headed the ball from close range to score a reversal goal for Manchester United!"
"This header reminds me of the amazing header that Ronaldo scored against Evra in the second leg of the 2012-2013 Champions League quarter-finals, when Real Madrid challenged Manchester United away in the second leg!"
"Today, in front of Ronaldo, in the same corner attack, and facing Juventus' left back, Bruno scored an equally stunning header in the same way as Ronaldo!"
"Bruno's header should be a response to Ronaldo's header just now. The competition between these two Portuguese players will be the biggest highlight of this game."
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After Bruno landed, he clenched his fists and raised them high above his head, roaring to the sky again, venting his inner excitement.
When he noticed Sandro's stunned eyes, and then saw the shock of the Juventus players around him who almost dropped their jaws, he really had the urge to cheer wildly.
But before he could shout, he was surrounded by his Manchester United teammates.
Ronaldo was also very shocked, because he didn't expect Bruno to respond to him in this way.
Although he had a good relationship with Bruno in private, at this moment, Ronaldo still felt offended.
However, this feeling only stayed in his mind for a short one or two seconds. He then shook his head helplessly and laughed, muttering: "This stinky boy..."
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The referee Markel finally blew the whistle!
Manchester United's players all sat down on the grass of Lisbon's Stadium of Light.
The big red scoreboard showed the final score of the game: 1:2.
According to international practice, the home team is in front and the away team is in the back.
In today's game held at a neutral venue, Juventus drew the home team and Manchester United drew the away team.
With Bruno's double goal, Manchester United reversed the Zebras Juventus 2:1 at Lisbon's Stadium of Light.
Throughout the second half, Juventus almost dominated the game and launched an almost crazy offensive against Manchester United's defense.
Mourinho's defensive formation, which he had trained for four years, almost collapsed several times, but in the end Manchester United still held the final score and reversed the Zebras Juventus 2:1.
After being eliminated in the quarterfinals last year, the Zebras fell at the door of the semifinals again.
If the previous 2017-2018 season is included, Juventus has missed the semifinals for three consecutive years.
The last time Juventus broke into the Champions League semifinals was in the 2016-2017 season four years ago. At that time, they reached the final, but lost 1:4 to Real Madrid in the final.
In that game, Ronaldo was the biggest victim of Juventus's defeat, scoring twice.
A year later, Juventus met Real Madrid again in the Champions League, but this time in the quarterfinals. As a result, Juventus lost 0:3 at home. Although they went to the Bernabeu Stadium to win 3:1 in the second round, they were still eliminated with a total score of 3:4.
At the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Ronaldo directed Juventus's defeat, creating all three goals with 2 shots and 1 assist. In the second round, although Real Madrid lost 1:3 at home, Ronaldo scored another goal and became the number one contributor to Real Madrid's elimination of Juventus.
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It was precisely because of these three games that Ronaldo completely conquered Juventus. In the summer of 2018, when Ronaldo fell out with Florentino and left the Bernabeu, Juventus offered Ronaldo a sky-high transfer fee of 100 million euros and brought the 33-year-old veteran to Italy.
The reason why Juventus gambled on Ronaldo was naturally to hope that the Champions League king could help Juventus win the third Champions League trophy in team history.
Unfortunately, when Ronaldo came to Juventus, the old lady had passed her golden age. Although she still maintained her dominance in the Serie A arena, they were defeated in the Champions League arena where they wanted to make a breakthrough.
Last season, Juventus had a good result away from home, but unexpectedly overturned at home in the second round and was blocked by the dark horse Ajax from the semi-finals.
This season, they faced Manchester United, who were aiming to win the Champions League for the third consecutive time, in the quarter-finals. In the duel between Bruno and Ronaldo, the two new and old kings, Manchester United led by Bruno had the last laugh, while the aging Juventus was eliminated in the quarter-finals for three consecutive seasons.
In these two seasons, Ronaldo's performance in the Champions League was not bad. Last season, he scored 6 goals and 2 assists in 9 games, and this season he also scored 5 goals in 9 games, which is absolutely precious for a 35-year-old veteran.
However, Juventus' strength is indeed a level lower than that of Manchester United, which is in its heyday, and it is reasonable that they finally lost.
In the near future, this game will be more regarded as a battle for the handover of power between the two kings of world football.