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

Chapter 909: New Home, New Beginning

On August 15th, at 5:30 pm local time, at Old Trafford in Manchester, in the first round of the Premier League, Manchester United faced Leeds United at home.

This is Manchester United's first home game of the new season, and also Manchester United's first game in this new stadium after the new home was built.

The new Old Trafford stadium, which cost a huge amount of 21 billion pounds and took more than four years to build, will be unveiled in front of fans all over the world today!

Although this game was Manchester United's debut at the new stadium and the first game of the new season, Mourinho was not able to send all the main players at home.

Striker Rashford had shoulder surgery after the World Cup and has not yet fully recovered. According to the judgment given by Manchester United's medical team, Rashford will not be able to return to the team until mid-September.

In addition, the Dutch central defender felt discomfort in his leg muscles during pre-match training, and Mourinho did not include him in today's roster.

In this game, Manchester United's starting lineup was goalkeeper De Gea, the defense was Luke Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof and Cancelo, the midfield was Kante and Gundogan as double defensive midfielders, Bruno played as attacking midfielder, and the forward trident was a combination of Mbappe, Harry Kane and Greenwood.

Although there have been more and more rumors about Mbappe and Real Madrid during this period, and in fact Mbappe is very close to leaving Manchester United and joining the Spanish giants, Mourinho still included Mbappe in the starting lineup in the first league game of this season.

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Manchester United launched an all-out attack from the start of the game, vowing to win all three points in the first game at their new home stadium.

This was also Bruno's first home game of the new season and his debut at Old Trafford. When he followed the team out of the player tunnel, all the Manchester United fans in the stadium were shouting his name and cheering for him.

"Everyone is looking forward to whether Bruno can lead Manchester United to continue to challenge for the league title and Champions League title in the new season, and whether he can reproduce the outstanding form and momentum of last season."

Bruno raised his hands and clapped, responding to the love shown by Manchester United fans.

He looked very relaxed and jumped a few times on the court, without any of the nervousness that he had before the game.

But Leeds United coach Bielsa was very nervous after watching it, because he knew that the more this situation happened, the more cautious they should be, because at Bruno's level, a sudden flash of inspiration could change the course of the game.

Therefore, Bielsa carefully reminded the players and asked them to be cautious.

Leeds United's defensive players such as Cooper and Struijk had all experienced Bruno's sharpness before, so they did not dare to be careless at all. They were extremely cautious from the beginning of the game, fearing any mistakes.

But even so, Bruno quickly created a threat.

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Just two minutes into the game, Bruno forced a breakthrough with the ball in the midfield, passed two Leeds United players in succession, and passed the ball to the right. Greenwood shot from the back post, but was saved by Leeds United goalkeeper Meslier.

Manchester United then launched a massive attack.

First, Greenwood got the ball on the right and made a cross. Bruno quickly inserted into the penalty area and headed the ball but it went wide.

But after Leeds United sent a goal kick, it was quickly intercepted by Manchester United. Kante made a diagonal pass to the left, Mbappe did not stop the ball, and volleyed it with his left foot, sending the ball into the top area in front of the penalty area. Harry Kane followed up with a shot, but it was slightly off target.

A minute later, Bruno shot a long shot thirty meters away from the goal, but it was obviously higher than the goal.

Manchester United continued to strengthen its attack, especially in the frontcourt. Mbappe, who is rumored to leave the team in the near future, created a lot of threats on the left.

This is actually Mbappe showing his abilities to Real Madrid, which means that Real Madrid should speed up the action and complete the transfer as soon as possible.

This is also what Manchester United would like to see: Real Madrid brothers, look how good our players are, and the price is not expensive!
Mbappe's activeness on the left forced Leeds United to deploy heavy defense on their right side. However, this gave the center and Manchester United's right side many opportunities.

Bruno played more restrainedly in this game. He did not blindly want to launch a direct attack. He used himself as bait to attract the opponent's defensive attention and let his teammates participate in the attack.

Such a change made Leeds United's defenders miserable, because they dared not relax their vigilance against Bruno.

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When the game reached the seventh minute, it was Bruno who instigated the attack in the frontcourt. Luke Shaw cut diagonally in front of the penalty area and passed the ball to Gundogan who was coming from behind, causing Leeds United to foul Gundogan and giving Manchester United a free kick opportunity in front of the penalty area.

Bruno naturally stood at the penalty spot, and this time it was Gundogan who covered him.

The German midfielder's free kick skills are also good, but compared with Bruno, they are still slightly inferior.

As Bruno has scored free kicks frequently over the years, his free kick reputation has become more and more famous. This made Leeds United dare not be careless at all. They carefully arranged the human wall. Goalkeeper Meslier kept communicating with his teammates, directing the movement of the human wall, trying to create a defensive formation that was most advantageous to them.

But as the referee blew the whistle, Bruno quickly sent the ball off, and this time he didn't even try to get away from Gundogan.

With a bang, Bruno quickly took the free kick. The ball drew a beautiful arc and flew over the heads of the Leeds United wall. The speed did not decrease, but the ball fell rapidly.

In the area near the goal, there was a sudden obvious arc change, which caused Leeds United goalkeeper Meslier to make a wrong judgment and the ball flew directly into the goal.

1:0！………………

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"A fantastic free kick straight into the goal from Bruno!"

"Just seven minutes into the game, Bruno scored a wonderful free kick against Leeds United."

"This is definitely a painful blow for Leeds United."

"Bruno scored in the first league game of the new season. It seems that he is in good shape."

"And scoring in seven minutes was a pretty good start for Manchester United."

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Bruno's goal completely ignited Manchester United's passion.

After the game resumed, Leeds United served the ball, Manchester United quickly pressed forward and quickly snatched the ball.

Bruno passed the ball back to Kante, the French midfielder made a diagonal pass to the left, Mbappe stopped the ball, faced Dallas, made a beautiful forced breakthrough, and made a cross from the left side of the penalty area.

In the penalty area, Harry Kane headed the ball from close range in front of the goal, 2:0!

The Manchester United fans in the stands were completely excited.

Eight minutes in, two goals ahead, what a fantastic start!

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Subsequently, Manchester United continued to intensify its pressing pressure on Leeds United, while also increasing its offensive intensity in the frontcourt.

Before the end of the first half, Bruno created another opportunity in the frontcourt. Luke Shaw passed the ball to the middle, and Bruno quickly passed the ball behind the defense line. Greenwood came up and calmly shot the ball into the goal, 3:0!

In the end, Manchester United ended the first half with a three-goal lead.

In the second half, Bielsa made the first substitution, with Firpo coming on as a substitute, replacing Rodrigo.

Bielsa is worthy of being called a madman. When the team was three goals behind at halftime, the first thing he thought of was not to strengthen the defense, but to work on the offense.

And this did play a certain role. In the 48th minute, it was Firpo who came on as a substitute who made a wonderful pass, and Luke Ayling fired a powerful shot from outside the penalty area straight into the dead corner of the goal, and De Gea was unable to reach it!
3:1! Leeds United quickly pulled one back in the second half!
Leeds United, who had pulled one back, continued to intensify their attack, forcing Manchester United to strengthen their defense.

But after 70 minutes, Manchester United gradually gained the advantage again.

In the 74th minute, Gundogan broke through on the right, Bruno faked a move to dribble past Firpo and also knocked down Meslier. His left-foot shot was cleared by Luke Ayling from inside the goal. The referee indicated that the ball had crossed the goal line and the goal was valid!

4:1! Manchester United secures the victory!

In the 5th minute, Lindelof made a long pass, Bruno got the ball after offside and shot without any adjustment to knock on Leeds United's goal again, changing the score to 1:!

Bruno completes a hat trick!
The entire Old Trafford stadium was in a frenzy.

Everyone knew that Manchester United would have no problem defeating Leeds United at home to get off to a good start in the new league season, but no one expected such a resounding victory, with team captain Bruno even scoring a hat trick.

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"Being able to beat Leeds United 5-0 at home is more important than anything else."

After the game against Leeds United, Bruno accepted an interview with media reporters after the game according to the club's arrangement.

"I don't think this is my own achievement. In my opinion, one person can't accomplish anything in a football match. This is the result of the joint efforts of our entire team."

Bruno is full of expectations and confidence for the new season.

"Yes, we have played very well in the past five seasons and we have won several important titles every year, which is not easy, but I think for a team like Manchester United, we should not be satisfied with this."

"As I've always said, this is a very unique club. From the day I stepped foot on the ground at Carrington Training Ground, people kept telling me that this club has something very special, which other clubs don't have, and as Manchester United players, we need to maintain this well.

"We are undoubtedly one of the strongest teams in European football and we have the ability to fight for more and more important things."

(End of this chapter)