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

Chapter 965: Shining Greenwood

Klopp, who saw this scene off the court, had confidence in his players. He believed that as long as Bruno stopped the ball, Manchester United's attack would come to an end.

In fact, Klopp's estimation was correct. As long as Bruno stopped the ball, whether it was stuck at his feet or stopped in front of his feet, the encirclement would shrink instantly and become a shackle around his neck, making it difficult for him to breathe.

But Bruno didn't plan to stop the ball. He swung his right foot and tackled the ball that Harry Kane passed horizontally. Then the ball flew up and drew an outward arc in the air, bypassing the Liverpool players in front of him and turning to the right side of the penalty area.

Liverpool's central defender Koulibaly jumped up and tried to head the ball out. At first he missed the header. He misjudged the height of the ball and the flying arc was higher than he thought!

The football that was missed fell down and was caught by Greenwood who entered the penalty area!
"Greenwood--!!!" Gary Lineker shouted excitedly in a long voice.

Greenwood entered the penalty area, swung his right leg while running, bent the bow and drew the arrow, aimed at the far upper corner of the goal and kicked out!
With a "bang", the falling football was hit firmly in the middle by his instep, and then the football drew a parabola and flew towards the back corner of the goal.

Faced with Greenwood's powerful shot, which was also a bit like a falling leaf, although Alisson jumped up to make a save, he couldn't touch the ball.

The apex of the parabola drawn by the football just passed over his fingertips!

Alisson, who failed to touch the football, looked up and stared at the football, but he did not see the football fly out of the goal. Instead, he saw the football hit the junction of the goal post and the crossbar and fell into the net.

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“Ahhhhhhh——!” Gary Lineker screamed excitedly, “Mason Greenwood! Mason Greenwood!!! An amazing world wave, he equalized the score for Manchester United!!!”

The entire new Wembley Stadium was ignited by this goal. Fifty thousand Manchester United fans jumped up, and when they landed, the stadium was shaking as if there was an earthquake.

Amid the deafening cheers of Manchester United fans, Greenwood ran towards the corner flag area, then turned around and opened his arms to greet his teammates who were rushing towards him.

Everyone rushed over, except goalkeeper De Gea, everyone rushed to Greenwood, hugged him and picked him up.

This ball is crucial for Manchester United.

If Manchester United fails to equalize the score in a short time, the tempo of the game may fall into Liverpool's hands.

In fact, despite some twists and turns, Manchester United equalized the score quickly. Now it has only been six minutes since they lost the ball.

Greenwood's kick was very beautiful. Although Bruno's assist was equally beautiful, the fact that he shot directly without stopping the ball, such a difficult shot, and was able to bypass the goalkeeper Alisson who was assisted by God in the previous round, was enough to show the level of Greenwood's kick.

No matter how beautiful Bruno's pass is, it will be useless if his teammates cannot convert it into a goal.

So at this time, Greenwood is the well-deserved protagonist. Even He Wei couldn't ignore Greenwood's brilliance at this time, and rarely introduced Bruno as the protagonist.

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Bruno was next to Greenwood, cheering and celebrating the goal with others.

In fact, Bruno is very relieved at the moment. According to the original development of the matter, Greenwood has become a pariah in the UK because of the incident with his girlfriend, and was also banned by Manchester United, and his career came to an abrupt end.

However, Greenwood has been changed a lot by Bruno today. The scandal has not broken out, and his career is at its peak.

After Greenwood joined Manchester United's first team, Bruno, in addition to helping this future star with great potential in daily training, also often invited Greenwood to his home to play and taught him some things that should be paid attention to in life.

Greenwood also admires Bruno, the strongest king in the world, very much. He regards his words as a guiding principle. Not only does he regard Bruno as an idol on the court, but he also consciously or unconsciously learns Bruno's way of dealing with people in life.

Of course, Greenwood didn't know that Bruno did all this for him, because he was not a time traveler after all and didn't know what happened in another time and space.

But no matter what, Greenwood's life has changed dramatically.

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While Manchester United players were celebrating the goal wildly, Alisson had already fished the ball out of the goal, then kicked it forward with a big foot, swearing while kicking.

Only dirty words can vent his inner emotions.

What was he thinking before the game? Even though he couldn't score a goal to help Liverpool win, he still had to ensure that Manchester United didn't score a single goal, that is, to keep zero goals conceded.

As a result, the game had only started for less than 20 minutes, and he had already failed to achieve the goal he had set for himself! But this ball... he tried his best, but still failed to save it. What could he say?

He couldn't complain that his teammates surrounded Bruno and ignored Greenwood. In fact, in the previous ball, although his teammates reacted a little too much when Bruno got the ball, it was also a normal overreaction. After all, Bruno's threat was too great.

If Bruno had the opportunity to shoot in a place like that, there was a high chance that he would have scored!
But who would have thought that Bruno could pass the ball with a very subtle movement when he was surrounded by enemies? And he passed it so accurately?
He could only vent all his anger on that kick.

Alisson was very upset about the goal, but in fact, for Liverpool, this goal was not the end of the world. Because Liverpool had already scored a goal, and the total score was 1:1. If this score remained until the end of the game, the two sides would enter overtime or even a penalty shootout. Both sides still had equal chances, so Liverpool had nothing to panic about.

Their head coach Klopp also realized this at the first time. After feeling a little annoyed about losing the ball, he immediately calmed down, then shouted to the field, desperately making a pressing gesture with both hands, signaling the whole team to calm down and not to be anxious.

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Greenwood's goal was being replayed on TV, but unlike the initial replay which only showed Greenwood's volley, this time the whole process was replayed, from the first time Maguire passed the ball to Bruno, until Greenwood scored. The whole process was clearly shown on the TV screen.

He Wei didn't need anyone to praise Greenwood at this time. He reminded everyone to focus on Bruno.

"...From this ball, we can clearly see Bruno's core position in Manchester United's attack. After touching the ball, other Manchester United players almost always pass the ball to Bruno. If they don't give the ball to Bruno, it will be blocked..."

"Greenwood's volley was beautiful, but we also need to see that it was Bruno's continuous movement and passing that created such an opportunity for him. Liverpool's defense against Bruno in this game can be said to be very tight, but they still failed to defend against Bruno... When Bruno passed the ball with his heel, it was as if he had eyes on the back of his head and he could see clearly what was happening behind him..."

The Internet was also full of praise for Bruno's series of passes.

"Sexy! Really cool! Bruno's pass was so cool!"

"Like a scalpel..."

“Haha! Even if Liverpool asks everyone to defend Bruno, I believe he can still pass the ball! My Big Brother B is so awesome!”

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After this goal, Gary Lineker also mentioned Bruno's irreplaceable importance when analyzing why the goal was scored.

If he hadn't made consecutive heel passes in the midfield to pick up the ball, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to face the direction of attack head-on, and it would have been difficult for him to pass the ball like this.

So although Greenwood's volley at the end was cool, Bruno's series of performances before that were the main point that made the professionals fascinated.

However, as an assist provider, in the eyes of most people, Bruno is naturally not as glorious as Greenwood who scored the goal.

Bruno himself doesn't care about this. It doesn't matter who is in the limelight, what matters is scoring goals.

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After the Manchester United players returned to their own half, the game continued.

Thanks to Klopp's timely intervention, Liverpool players were in a good mood after losing the ball and did not panic because of the loss.

Facing Manchester United, who had just scored a goal and were in high spirits, they defended firmly and waited for an opportunity to counterattack Manchester United. In the 39th minute, they almost broke through Manchester United's goal during a counterattack, which scared Manchester United fans and players into a cold sweat.

At that time, Liverpool defender Robertson sent the ball directly into the penalty area when taking the free kick. Salah successfully made an offside and headed the ball into the goal ten meters in front of the goal.

Fortunately, De Gea was in a good position and jumped high to take the ball off.

If Manchester United loses the ball again, the game will be very unfavorable for Manchester United.

Manchester United also had several chances, but Alisson was not affected by the loss of the ball. He continued to perform steadily and well, blocking shots from Harry Kane and Rashford.

In this way, neither team changed the score, and the first half ended with a score of 1:1 and entered the halftime break.

The bet between Bruno and Salah has not yet been decided. The performances of the two in the first half were equally matched. Bruno was certainly the key player for Manchester United to equalize the score, while Salah was also the most threatening sharp knife on Liverpool's front line.

Although it was not Salah who scored for Liverpool, the Liverpool player who posed the greatest threat to Manchester United's goal was none other than Salah.

(End of this chapter)