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

Chapter 887 Farewell to Mu Sannian's Magic Bird

Bruno's position in the team is very flexible. He roams all over the field, making full use of his good physical fitness, strong running ability, outstanding awareness and accurate positioning. He rushes to wherever he is needed, makes many rescues and ensures the safety of the team's back line.

Jorginho was quite active at the beginning, but his good days were over since Bruno set his sights on him.

Bruno did not follow Jorginho closely, otherwise the Chelsea players would not pass the ball to him, and the opponents were not fools.

He just watched Jorginho from a distance, and when Jorginho raised his hand for the ball and the opponent passed the ball to him, he rushed forward to defend.

Unless Jorginho reacts quickly and is able to poke the ball out first and put himself in a state of motion, once he stops, he will fall into the quagmire created by Bruno.

Bruno is very strong in one-on-one defense, which Jorginho has known when playing against Manchester United in the past few years, so he must do everything he can to prevent the ball from stopping.

Because of this, he felt really tired, extremely tired.

When his teammates passed the ball to him, he could usually wait for the ball on the spot. However, facing Bruno's defense, he had to step forward to receive the ball, because if he waited for the ball on the spot, the ball would only be destroyed or intercepted by Bruno.

Although Bruno's defense couldn't intercept the ball every time, it forced Jorginho to keep sprinting with all his strength without being able to relax for a moment, which made him more tired.

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Jorginho accelerated towards the ball, and Bruno's goal was the same as his. Jorginho took advantage of his position and took the lead. He used the outside of his left foot to gently knock the ball forward, and then bypassed Bruno to chase the ball.

This series of sudden stops, changes of direction and restarts put a heavy strain on his body, but in order to win, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

Jorginho's dribbling earned him applause and cheers from Chelsea fans in the stands, and also made the commentator cheer loudly.

But he knew it wasn't that simple. If he could get rid of Bruno so easily, that kid wouldn't let him use his full strength to deal with him.

After Jorginho bypassed Bruno, he accelerated hard, trying to get rid of the pursuers behind him.

His idea was correct. Bruno turned around almost at the same time as him and chased after the football. He was now only half a body length behind Jorginho, and Jorginho was not very fast in dribbling the ball. He was running without the ball, and he had a clear advantage in absolute speed, so he caught up quickly.

Bruno seized the opportunity, stretched out his hand to grab Jorginho's shoulder, then exerted a little force and let go. It seemed useless, but Jorginho knew that the speed he was about to speed up was broken by Bruno. He pulled himself back at the most critical point, just like an emergency brake, and it would take more power to accelerate again, which was impossible for Jorginho.

At the same time, this slight slowdown was enough for Bruno to catch up.

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Seeing that he was about to be entangled by Bruno and it was impossible to break into the penalty area, Jorginho planned to pass the ball. He supported himself with his left foot and swung his right foot up, making the movements before passing the ball.

At the same time, Bruno also decisively tackled the ball. When Jorginho was about to pass the ball, he lacked protection for the ball.

Bruno tackled the ball before Jorginho and kicked it out of the sideline.

Then he swept Jorginho's supporting foot. At the same time, Jorginho's right foot also pulled down and kicked the front bone of Bruno's right leg when he made the tackle.

Jorginho felt like he was walking on a piece of iron plate, and then he was tripped and fell to the ground by Bruno.

The referee blew the whistle. He did not give Chelsea a throw-in. From his gestures, he called a foul on Bruno!
Bruno was very surprised. He jumped up from the ground, shaking his hands and complaining to the referee in English: "How can this be a foul? I tackled the ball first! I tackled the ball first!"

No matter how he explained, the referee just wouldn't listen.

In his opinion, although Bruno tackled the ball, his action was dangerous and caused damage to the opposing player.

Otherwise, why was Jorginho rolling on the ground in pain, holding his foot?
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Seeing that the appeal was ineffective, Bruno turned back to see Jorginho, who was lying on the ground with his foot covered.

Bruno walked up, tapped Jorginho on the shoulder and said, "Hey, Jorge, stop pretending, I didn't kick you."

Jorginho grimaced in pain. When he heard Bruno's words, he shouted: "Hit! You didn't kick me, otherwise I would have been sent off directly! Are your shin guards made of steel plates?!"

Bruno knew where he had kicked the ball, so he laughed, held out his hand to Jorginho and said: “Come on, mate. You kicked it on me, don’t blame me.”

"I don't care! The referee gave us a free kick, so you committed a foul!" Jorginho said, taking Bruno's hand and being pulled up. Jorginho moved his toes and didn't feel anything unusual. Although it hurt when he kicked it, it was just a hard injury and no broken bones, which made him feel much more relieved.

Most people only have a thin layer of skin on the front bone of their shin, which can easily cause bruises or even fractures. But Bruno's body is full of muscles, and the front of his shin bone is tightly wrapped by a layer of strong muscles, which plays a role in protecting the bone.

For Bruno, the impact didn't cause him any feeling. But for the unlucky guy like Jorginho, it was too hard.

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After pulling Jorginho up, Bruno shrugged helplessly at the referee, then retreated to the front of the goal to defend this free kick that was almost a corner kick.

Thiago Silva, Rudiger and other tall players of Chelsea squeezed into Manchester United's penalty area, but in the end Bruno headed the ball out.

He is not tall, only 1.83 meters, but he can jump higher than anyone else and judge the landing point of the football more accurately than anyone else. It would be unfair if he was not allowed to head the ball.

"Bruno is so good at both offense and defense!"

The entire first half was just like the previous one. Chelsea tried desperately to equalize the score, but they had to guard against Manchester United's quick attacks first.

The game was in a stalemate and remained so until the end of the first half, with Manchester United entering the halftime break with a 1:0 lead.

"The first half of the game is over! Manchester United is leading in the score, and they are not inferior to Chelsea at all! Chelsea can't do anything to Manchester United!"

"In this first half, Bruno was a shining star! He alone gave the entire Chelsea team a headache!"

"Chelsea will definitely fight back in the second half, but what countermeasures will Manchester United have? It's worth looking forward to!"

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In the locker room, Tuchel was scolding his men.

"Look at your performance in the first half! Always remember, you are the team that reached the Champions League final! You can't be bullied like this!"

Since the first day he came to the Premier League, Tuchel was unhappy with this top club that has been in the limelight. Because Manchester United has been so outstanding in the past few years, almost stealing everyone's limelight. Although he has never played against Manchester United directly during his coaching of Dortmund or Paris Saint-Germain, this does not affect his dislike for Manchester United.

He hates Manchester United and Bruno, the core of the team.

Although he once admired this superstar very much, and even wanted the team management to spend huge sums of money to bring the world's number one football player to Paris Saint-Germain more than once during his coaching tenure, he is now the head coach of Chelsea, an opponent of Manchester United and Bruno. As the saying goes, the butt determines the head, so naturally he doesn't like Bruno anymore.

Tuchel scolded his players at halftime, and he didn't have to worry about any players rebelling against him. After the successful coaching of the past five months, he brought Chelsea from a chaotic and poorly performing team to fourth in the standings, and reached the finals of the FA Cup and the Champions League. He has established his prestige in the team. All the players admire and trust him, and there is no problem with what he says, even if it is scolding them.

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Unlike Tuchel, in Manchester United's locker room, Mourinho was praising the team's performance.

"The facts prove that our football works!" Mourinho said excitedly.

What made him happy in the first half was not just the one-goal lead over Chelsea. Leading was largely accidental, but the scene explained everything. Manchester United also had an advantage on the field, which was what Mourinho valued most.

There has always been a legend of "Mourinho's Three Years" in world football, which has even become a curse that Mourinho, the famous coach at the time, has always wanted to break.

But whether at Chelsea, Inter Milan or Real Madrid, this so-called curse has never been broken, but has instead become more and more serious.

But at Manchester United, Mourinho finally broke this curse, and there is no longer any saying of "Mourinho's three years" in world football.

For five whole seasons, his Manchester United has won countless victories, set countless records, and won almost every championship that can be won!

It is no exaggeration to say that Manchester United is the most successful team in the past five years and has always stood at the top of world football!

This also directly proves that his cooperation with Bruno is successful.

When Bruno transferred to Manchester United for a record 200 million euros, the deal was questioned by many people. After all, Manchester United was in a trough after Sir Alex Ferguson retired and missed the Champions League twice in three years. This made many people think that Manchester United would enter a long period of chaos.

But five years later, he and Bruno changed everything together!
(End of this chapter)