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

Chapter 917 Challenge
Before Manchester United faced the test in the Premier League, they first encountered a severe test in the Champions League.

On the evening of September 9th, Central European Time, in the second round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester United visited the Parc des Princes in Paris to challenge Paris Saint-Germain.

For Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain, each is the biggest competitor in the Champions League group stage. This game will also be a crucial battle for both sides to compete for the first place in the group.

With two superstars, Yosi and Neymar, and top players in other positions, Paris Saint-Germain is definitely one of the strongest teams in the world football today. But the actual situation is not so. In the first round of the group stage, against the bottom-ranked Club Brugge, the NMM trident of Yosi, Neymar and Martial failed to score a goal and only got a 1:1 draw.

Manchester United, as the most valuable team in the world today, not only has Bruno, the No. 1 player in football at the time, but also many top stars such as Harry Kane, Kante, Rashford, Gundogan, Maguire, Van Dijk, etc. This is a team that not only has a top lineup, but also has the best record in the history of the Champions League, winning four consecutive Champions League titles. This is the real king team that no team wants to face.

Since the Community Shield in early August, Manchester United has won ten consecutive games in all competitions. This shows that as long as they don't torture themselves, no one can stop their progress.

The last time the two teams met in the Champions League was last season's quarter-finals. Paris Saint-Germain won the first leg 4-1 at home, but was overturned 3-0 by Manchester United away in the second leg.

Therefore, today's game is a battle of revenge for both teams. Manchester United wants to avenge the disastrous defeat at the Parc des Princes last season, while Paris Saint-Germain wants to avenge the elimination last season.

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In this game, Paris Saint-Germain, who played at home, played in a 433 formation. The much-anticipated NMM offensive trident, Neymar, Martial and Yosi all started, the three midfielders were Verratti, Gueye and former Manchester United player Herrera, the four defenders were Nuno Mendes, Kimpembe, Marquinhos and Ashraf, and the goalkeeper was former AC Milan player and Paris Saint-Germain's summer window new signing Donnarumma.

Manchester United also started with a 433 formation, with Rashford, Harry Kane and Greenwood forming a forward trident, three midfielders Bruno, Gundogan and Kante, four defenders Cancelo, Maguire, Van Dijk and Dalot, and goalkeeper De Gea.

As soon as the game started, Manchester United, who were playing away, took the initiative and launched the first attack.

However, when the game reached the 1st minute, the score between the two sides was still 1:.

In the 7th minute, Paris Saint-Germain broke the deadlock. Former Manchester United player Martial made a cross from the bottom, Neymar followed up and passed the ball to the left. After receiving the ball, Gueye shot successfully.

This quick attack caught Manchester United off guard in the penalty area.

Paris Saint-Germain leads Manchester United 1:0!

But Manchester United equalized the score in the 25th minute. Bruno's pass that looked like a pass or a shot strangely passed Donnarumma's fingers and went into the blind spot in the upper right corner of the goal.

In the first half, Manchester United had the upper hand, scoring one goal out of six shots, three on target, and hitting the goal frame twice, which was very efficient. Paris Saint-Germain only conceded one goal, mainly due to the heroic performance of goalkeeper Donnarumma.

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This time, Paris Saint-Germain attacked into Manchester United's half. When trying to pass the ball into the penalty area, Maguire made a beautiful defense and intercepted the ball.

Cancelo took the ball on the left, quickly moved forward, and made a long pass, sending the ball quickly behind the Paris Saint-Germain defense.

Bruno quickly jumped out from between Paris Saint-Germain's left-back and left center-back, chasing the ball at a very fast speed.

"The Paris Saint-Germain defender raised his hand to signal offside, but the referee did not blow the whistle!"

"It was a quick counter attack from United."

Bruno diagonally inserted into the left side of the top area of ​​the arc, caught up with the ball, and entered the penalty area.

At this time, Paris Saint-Germain's central defender Marquinhos chased all the way back into the penalty area and blocked Bruno's shooting line in the left corner of the small penalty area.

"It's now a one-on-two situation in the penalty area! Bruno is facing two central defenders of Paris Saint-Germain alone."

Bruno was very clear about his situation at the moment. Paris Saint-Germain's other central defender Kimpembe was a little behind Marquinhos, but as long as he stopped suddenly and cut inside, he would be able to get close to assist and block all his shooting angles.

The two players coordinated well defensively, and with the goalkeeper's position behind them, Bruno's options were actually very limited.

But with Bruno's current level, even if there is no angle, he has to rely on his personal ability to create a channel.

In a one-on-one situation at the left corner of the small penalty area, Bruno suddenly stopped, pretending to dribble the ball and cut inside, and shot with his right foot. This made Marquinhos stop quickly, adjust his center of gravity, and rush over to block.

Even his teammate Kimpembe behind him rushed up to assist in defense.

Everything was as Bruno expected, and the two of them cooperated very well.

But at this moment, Bruno suddenly kicked the ball with his right foot.

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Marquinhos felt a figure flash in front of his eyes, and found that Bruno quickly cut in and dribbled the ball to the bottom line. In the extremely narrow range of the penalty area, in a very short moment, he used his own feints and dribbling to create a tiny loophole on the right side of Marquinhos.

If Bruno could only use his right foot, he would have no use for this loophole, but Bruno's left foot was just as good as his right foot. After dribbling past Marquinhos, he spotted the gap between the goalkeeper and the left post of the goal and quickly shot with his left foot!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"In the 51st minute, Manchester United took the lead again!"

"Bruno relied on his personal ability to fool two central defenders and the goalkeeper in the Paris Saint-Germain penalty area. This was a very high-level goal that fully demonstrated Bruno's outstanding personal ability."

"Whether it was receiving a long pass from Cancelo or dribbling the ball afterwards, Bruno's entire movement was seamless."

"Bruno is so strong! In the first half, he helped Manchester United equalize the score with a long shot from outside the penalty area. Now, Bruno stepped up again and scored his fourth Champions League goal of the season!"

"At this moment, the huge Parc des Princes stadium in Paris was silent!"

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When Bruno turned the score around, it was a heavy blow to Paris Saint-Germain.

In fact, from the beginning, Manchester United firmly locked the initiative of the game. Their high-pressure tactics caused a lot of trouble for Paris Saint-Germain, which made them very uncomfortable.

Especially the midfield composed of Bruno, Gundogan and Kante made it difficult for Paris Saint-Germain to send the ball to the frontcourt, let alone create threats.

But no one expected that former Manchester United player Martial would make a sharp breakthrough from the wing, breaking through Manchester United's defense and helping the home team score the first goal.

Now that Manchester United has reversed the score and taken the lead, the blow to Paris Saint-Germain can be imagined.

After the restart, Manchester United continued to chase after the victory and continued to catch Paris Saint-Germain. The home team was a little confused, and just two minutes later, Manchester United seized the opportunity again.

Rashford cooperated with Cancelo on the left and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area, where Gundogan followed up and scored.

3: 1!

This is the second consecutive game that the German midfielder has scored!

Crazy!

too crazy!

After Gundogan scored the goal, he was so excited that he shouted loudly.

However, Paris Saint-Germain is not a weak team. After Manchester United scored three goals in a row to overtake them, they quickly regained their fighting spirit after a period of confusion.

In the 73rd minute, Yosi scored a goal, assisted by Martial. Paris Saint-Germain changed the score to 2:3.

This was also Yosi's first goal since joining Paris Saint-Germain, and Martial's assist to Yosi also broke the rumors of discord between the two.

However, until the end of the game, Paris Saint-Germain failed to score the third goal of the day. In the end, this focus game ended with Manchester United defeating Paris Saint-Germain 3:2 with Bruno's double goal, and continued to lead the Champions League Group A standings with two consecutive wins.

Paris Saint-Germain, which was once considered to be able to compete with Manchester United for the first place in the group, did not even hold the second place in the group. Due to the 2:1 away game against Leipzig in this round, Brugge unexpectedly ranked second in the group with 1 win and 1 draw.

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After the game, Yosi was the first to approach Bruno. The two exchanged pleasantries and exchanged jerseys.

Yosi is very impressed with Bruno's form this season, and said that even though he is three goals behind, he will not give up.

"You'd better be careful out there." Yosi smiled provocatively.

Bruno laughed and nodded, "Okay, then you have to chase me faster. I'm full of energy now."

Seeing Bruno so excited, Yosi was full of envy and even jealousy. But he would never give in verbally.

Bruno then chatted with two former teammates, Herrera and Martial. Both of them performed well in Paris Saint-Germain. Herrera is an important rotation player in the midfield, while Martial is the sharp knife of Paris Saint-Germain.

However, after Paris Saint-Germain continued to recruit players this summer, both of them are facing more severe challenges. So, when the three chatted, they all expressed their concerns about the future.

In this regard, Bruno could only kindly comfort them, but he was powerless to do more.

(End of this chapter)