From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 1015 Losing control
When the game reached the 76th minute, Bruno took the initiative to retreat and receive the ball.

Without waiting for Valverde to pounce, he quickly passed the ball to the left, in front of Rashford.

Rashford received the ball while running, passed Modric who was following him, and then dribbled the ball all the way. After reaching the edge of the penalty area, he suddenly kicked back a reverse triangle pass.

Following up was Harry Kane, who swung his right foot towards the ball as he just rushed into the penalty area.

Militao rushed forward to block Harry Kane's shot. However, Harry Kane just bluffed and kicked the air, letting the ball slip away from him and roll behind him.

There, Greenwood appeared at the back post and then pushed the ball!
Seeing Greenwood's kick, many Real Madrid fans' hearts almost jumped out of their mouths, and they could only cover their mouths with their hands.

At this critical moment, Carvajal, who was wearing the captain's armband of Real Madrid in this game, appeared between Greenwood and the goal in time. He had no time to make any other moves and could only throw his body out.

The football shot by Greenwood hit Carvajal's chest!
"Nice block!" cheered the Spanish commentator.

"This is simply sacrificing one's life to block the attack..." He Wei said with emotion.

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In order to reverse Manchester United at home, Real Madrid really made a great effort.

It is rare to see Real Madrid in such a mess. Manchester United really pushed them into a desperate situation, but Real Madrid also got a good opportunity to counterattack.

The ball, blocked by Carvajal's chest, fell to the feet of Modric who was returning to defend. Real Madrid immediately launched their most famous counterattack and fought all the way to the front of Manchester United's penalty area.

After getting the ball, Benzema faced Van Dijk's defense and chose to separate the ball. He kicked the ball to the right and went around from the left.

Van Dijk made a tackle but missed, but the hand that supported his body touched the ball and changed the direction of the ball, so that Benzema could not touch the ball after bypassing him, and the ball was kicked out by Maguire with a big foot.

"Handball!!" the Spanish commentator shouted excitedly.

Just one step away from the penalty area, a Manchester United player handballed the ball, which would give Real Madrid a very good free kick. Real Madrid has many free kick experts, so this could be a good scoring opportunity.

Moreover, for Real Madrid, Van Dijk's handball could earn him a yellow card or even a red card!

Benzema instantly raised his arm to indicate that Van Dijk had committed a handball foul.

All Real Madrid players were convinced that it was a handball, but the referee Osato did not make any comment on it.

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"What's going on?" The Spanish commentator was stunned.

When Benzema saw that Osato did not call a handball foul on Van Dijk, he raised his arms in anger and roared at the famous Italian referee.

Ancelotti on the sidelines was also very angry. He made a gesture of giving a card, indicating that Van Dijk should be given a card.

The same was true for other Real Madrid players. Those on the bench even rushed out of the bench excitedly, rushed to the sidelines, clapping their hands and shouting.

But on the field, the Italian referee's whistle did not sound as they hoped.

There was a round of boos from the stands at the Bernabéu Stadium.

"This is undoubtedly a handball!" The Spanish commentator reacted angrily, "Why didn't Osato react at all?! If this is not a foul, then what else is a foul? Van Dijk should have been sent off in this game, but he is still on the court now, without even a yellow card. This is a shame!"

"It seemed like... Van Dijk's hand touched the ball just now?" BBC commentator Lineker said hesitantly. "It wasn't intentional handball, but if Osato had been more strict, he could have called a foul..."

In fact, Bruno also saw that Van Dijk did commit handball, but this was not the time to show his sportsmanship. He certainly could not take the initiative to tell the referee Osato that Van Dijk had undoubtedly committed handball.

Since the referee hasn't blown the whistle, we have to listen to the referee.

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Bruno breathed a sigh of relief. It was really close just now... I guess Van Dijk's heart was beating wildly at this time, right?
Anyway, after Van Dijk got up, he did not defend himself by saying that it was not a handball, or that it was the ball hitting his hand, not his hand hitting the ball.

He quickly immersed himself in the game and was unwilling to dwell on this topic too much. This was a sign of guilt, as he was afraid that the referee Osato would change his mind.

Although he didn't know why Osato didn't call the call for handball, it was enough that he escaped.

There were constant boos from the stands, and Benzema waved his fists angrily, still dissatisfied with Osato's previous penalty.

The ball rolled out of bounds, and Modric immediately found the nearby referee, Orsato, and complained about Van Dijk's handball. However, Orsato simply shook his head and remained silent. It was unclear whether he meant he hadn't seen it, or if he believed Van Dijk's handball was just the ball hitting his hand and not a foul… "Calm down, calm down!" The Spanish commentator gradually calmed down as well. "The most important thing now isn't to argue with the referee, but to focus on the game. We still have time; Manchester United is almost at their breaking point! Van Dijk's handball is proof! They've been caught off guard by our attack and made a mistake!"

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However, the Real Madrid players on the field could not hear what the commentator said.

This is not the first controversial decision made by Osato in this game, nor is it the first time that Van Dijk has escaped the referee's eyes in this game.

In the first half, when he and Vinicius were competing for the ball in the penalty area, Vinicius fell to the ground, which made Real Madrid players feel upset for a long time.

If that foul had counted, Real Madrid would have been awarded a penalty.

Now, Osato has once again made a decision that is unfavorable to Real Madrid, which is like adding fuel to the fire and igniting the anger in the hearts of Real Madrid players.

So in the following games, the Real Madrid players' movements became more and more exaggerated.

Nacho pushed and kicked Harry Kane twice from behind while he was in control of the ball. Harry Kane fell to the ground in pain. Osato stopped the game and showed Ramos a yellow card.

Nacho was very dissatisfied with the yellow card he received. He kept protesting and complaining to Osato: "They didn't even call for the handball just now, nor did they give me a card. Why did they give me a card?"

There were also boos from the Bernabeu stands, mocking Osato's decision.

Osato didn't explain too much, just told Nacho: "I'm the referee, just listen to me."

Nacho wanted to continue arguing with Osato, but was pulled away by Carvajal. He had to persuade Nacho, otherwise, with Nacho's violent temper, he might get a second yellow card and then be sent off with a red card.

If this happens, Real Madrid will be doomed.

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After the game continued, Manchester United took a free kick in the frontcourt.

At this time, when Manchester United got this kind of set piece in the frontcourt, they no longer pressed forward to compete for headers. They had to be wary of Real Madrid's counterattack, so all the defenders stayed back, and there was only Harry Kane in front of the goal.

In this situation, it would be meaningless to simply kick the ball in front of the goal and let Harry Kane compete for the header.

The probability of Harry Kane heading the ball into the goal is very small. The greater probability is that the opponent will get the ball and launch a counterattack.

Although this counterattack may not necessarily result in a goal, it is obviously not wise to give up possession of the ball so easily and put oneself in a passive position.

Bruno decided to change his approach, which was not to kick the ball to the opponent's goal, but to let the ball stay on Manchester United's side for as long as possible, to consume the game time and delay it as long as possible.

After deciding on the strategy, Bruno turned around and passed the ball to Kante behind him, then he moved diagonally to meet him.

Kante naturally understood what Bruno meant, so after seeing Bruno move away, he passed the ball to Bruno again.

Bruno did not stop the ball, but passed it back directly, this time to another midfielder Gundogan.

After passing the ball, he continued to run sideways, keeping a large enough angle between him and Gundogan, so that when Gundogan wanted to pass the ball, he could find him immediately and pass the ball to him easily.

Sure enough, Gundogan saw Bruno and passed the ball.

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How could Real Madrid not know what Manchester United was trying to do? Seeing that there was not much time left in the game, they would of course start to delay!

We must not let Manchester United continue to delay like this!
When the ball was passed to Bruno by Gundogan, Valverde also rushed towards Bruno with great momentum.

Although Bruno did not look back, when he could feel the danger coming from behind, he did not stop the ball, ran towards the ball, and then passed the ball back directly.

This time, he had just passed the ball when Valverde's foot swept from behind, like cutting down a tree, and kicked Bruno to the ground.

Bruno fell down holding his ankle!

"Hey! Foul! Valverde's action was terrible... completely unnecessary!" He Wei shouted. "Even after Bruno had already passed the ball, he didn't retract his foot and directly knocked Bruno down. This is a very bad foul, even a retaliatory foul. Because of Osato's previous controversial penalty, the Real Madrid players were a little annoyed. But every wrong has its perpetrators. Bruno didn't provoke you, Valverde. This action is really... immoral!"

(End of this chapter)