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

Chapter 1017: Real Madrid Sees Hope
Lineker also became nervous.

Even if Real Madrid scored this goal, they would still be two goals behind. But for Real Madrid, this may be a turning point.

This goal will greatly inspire the fighting spirit of Real Madrid players and affect the psychological emotions of Manchester United players.

As one side gains strength while the other loses strength, the situation on the field will undergo a fundamental reversal. Real Madrid may no longer just besiege Manchester United's goal without scoring, and perhaps more goals will appear one after another.

It's like a balanced scale, and suddenly a weight is placed on one end, and of course a chain reaction will occur.

"We still have a two-goal lead, we must hold on to it!" Lineker shouted.

Just as Lineker feared, Benzema's goal aroused the fighting spirit and morale of the Real Madrid players. After the game restarted, they quickly intercepted the ball from Manchester United and continued to attack Manchester United's goal.

Faced with Real Madrid's aggressive attack, Manchester United could only retreat in front of their own goal and defend passively.

The Real Madrid fans in the stands were very excited, and the noise they made was vibrating everyone's eardrums and shaking everyone's hearts.

The game has entered the most critical moment and the most intense stage. Real Madrid will burst out 200% of its energy in the next game and put huge pressure on Manchester United.

Under this kind of pressure, can Manchester United withstand it? Will it collapse at the last moment?

Although the probability of such an event is not high, it has happened in football.

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In order to withstand Real Madrid's offensive, Manchester United had to come up with some "tricks". For example, Maguire was shown a yellow card by the referee Osato for delaying the game while fighting for the ball.

In the 85th minute, Real Madrid organized an attack. Mbappe made a cross from the left, Benzema jumped high in the penalty area and headed the ball!

The Real Madrid fans at the scene all cheered.

However, Benzema's header was too straight and was caught by De Gea.

Faced with this extremely unfavorable situation, Mourinho also made a substitution adjustment. He replaced Harry Kane with Fred.

By replacing a striker with a defensive midfielder, Mourinho is obviously trying to strengthen the defense.

In fact, Mourinho had no intention of attacking again in the final moments of the game.

After the substitution, the game continued and Real Madrid soon got another chance to shoot. Benzema's powerful shot in front of the penalty area was saved by De Gea over the crossbar.

De Gea has been through a lot of tests in this game, but so far he has only conceded one goal, which is good enough.

But he still gave the opponent a corner kick.

After Modric's corner kick, there was chaos in front of Manchester United's goal. In the melee, Benzema passed the ball back at the far point. At this time, Rodrigo rushed up and shot the ball!

Less than ten meters away from the goal, the football was hit firmly by his instep and shot into the upper corner of Manchester United's goal like a bullet!

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"The ball goes in! Real Madrid scores another goal!" He Wei was very excited when he saw Rodrigo score, completely forgetting that Bruno's team was already on the edge of the cliff.

At this time, he is a real Real Madrid fan!
He Wei, transformed into a poet, exclaimed in a voice full of literary grace, "It's like a closed door, and behind it lies a miraculous world filled with flowers! Now, under the relentless attack of the Real Madrid players, this door has finally been cracked open by Rodrigo, the 21-year-old Brazilian prodigy. The miraculous world behind the door can already be seen! And now, they are only one goal away from the birth of this miracle!"

"Rodrigo--!!!" the Spanish commentator roared in a drawn-out voice, "He did it! Beautiful goal! The total score is now 3:4! Real Madrid is only one goal away from the Stade de France!"

"Ah, be careful!" As soon as Lineker finished speaking, Rodrigo kicked the ball into the goal and he leaned back in the chair with his head tilted back.

What he had been worrying about finally happened. In the 88th minute of the game, Real Madrid was only one goal behind.

Although there is little time left now, Real Madrid only needs to score one more goal.

For them, who are now in high spirits, it doesn't seem difficult to score another goal.

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Amid the earth-shaking Bernabeu Stadium, Rodrigo, who scored the goal, rushed into the goal, fished out the ball, then turned and ran back.

He didn't want to waste a single second.

Around him, most of Manchester United's players were stunned. They had defended for over 80 minutes, but in these final minutes, they were on the verge of collapse...

Real Madrid players hoped their Manchester United players' stunned state would last as long as possible, ideally until the end of the match, allowing them to score a few more goals. However, not all Manchester United players were in a daze. When almost all the Manchester United players were somewhat shaken, Bruno Fernandes approached Rashford and Greenwood.

The two talented wingers from Manchester United's youth academy were still feeling distressed about conceding the goal, but Bruno pulled their arms and said, "Hey, wake up. If we keep defending like this, I think we'll concede another goal."

The two men, who were already in pain because of losing the ball, looked desperate when they heard Bruno say this.

Losing the ball again? Wouldn't that mean being eliminated?

"So we have to think of something, at least to stop Real Madrid from attacking so recklessly."

The two men finally came to their senses, and Greenwood asked Bruno: "Do you have any ideas, Bruno?"

"After kick-off, I'll pass the ball back in the backfield to draw their players over. You two will roam the wingers and be on standby, at the front. As soon as the time is right, I'll pass the ball to you. If you get the ball, you can directly counterattack. At that time, Real Madrid's backfield may only have their goalkeeper..."

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Bruno laid out his thoughts.

The plan was fine in theory, but both Rashford and Greenwood were concerned that Bruno would pass the ball back and forth in the backfield before passing it to them.

Facing Real Madrid’s crazy pressing in the frontcourt, will the ball be intercepted by the opponent before it is even passed?

Rashford and Greenwood looked at each other, and then Greenwood expressed his concern to Bruno.

Bruno waved his hand and said, "Of course there are certain risks, but these risks are borne by us, the ones passing the ball in the backcourt. Don't worry too much about it. Just run to a good position and be careful not to be offside. If you are offside, it's all over. We won't have many chances."

Seeing that Bruno was so confident, the two men naturally didn't say anything more. After all, Bruno could always be relied upon at critical moments.

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Real Madrid did not give Manchester United much breathing time. They quickly placed the ball in the center circle and waited for Manchester United players to kick off.

Because Harry Kane had been substituted, Greenwood was the one who kicked off.

Bruno stood outside the center circle, signaling Greenwood to take his time to kick off. Slow down, even slower. Even better, if he could crawl without getting a card...

Of course this is impossible, so even though Greenwood wanted to delay a little longer, he quickly came to the center circle to prepare for kick-off.

Even so, the Real Madrid fans in the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium still booed loudly.

After Greenwood took his position, Osato blew the kick-off whistle. It was the 89th minute of the game.

Greenwood passed the ball to Bruno outside the center circle, and the boos in the Bernabeu Stadium finally stopped, replaced by cheers for Real Madrid.

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As soon as Greenwood kicked off, Real Madrid players rushed out, crossed the center line and rushed into Manchester United's half.

Mbappé and Benzema rushed towards Bruno, intending to attack him from both sides.

Faced with such a situation, Bruno did not pass the ball immediately. Instead, he paused and waited for the opponent to get closer to him before passing the ball back with his heel.

Just as he passed the ball back, Benzema rushed to him. If it was a little later, Bruno might not be able to pass the ball.

After Bruno's pass, there was a cry of surprise from the Bernabéu stands. Because the pass and Benzema's rush were so close, many Real Madrid fans even thought that Benzema had poked the ball away.

But the end result was just a waste of their joy.

After passing the ball, Bruno did not run forward, but moved sideways and asked for the ball after finding an open space.

His teammate passed the ball to him again, and he quickly passed the ball away, then ran to the next location and continued to prepare to receive his teammates.

Bruno is not the only one who will face the pressure from Real Madrid players, other Manchester United players will also face it, so this not only requires high passing and receiving skills from Bruno, but also for other Manchester United players.

However, this group of Manchester United players have played together for many years and have a good understanding of each other.

They are also used to big games, and their passing and receiving abilities are very good in high-intensity, fast-paced confrontations. Facing the pressing of Real Madrid players, their passing and receiving were very stable.

(End of this chapter)