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

Chapter 484 New Captain

Amid cheers throughout the stadium, Manchester United players pounced on Bruno, celebrating his goal.

This is Manchester United's first league goal of the new season, which is somewhat memorable.

Mata's whole body wrapped around Bruno's neck, and said sourly and without complaint: "I have obviously raised my hand, why don't you pass it to me?"

Bruno laughed loudly and said: "I saw it, you ran well. I originally wanted to pass it, but I felt more confident."

Anyway, we have entered, who knows how sure we are?
Zero angle... more confident?
Mata couldn't bear it anymore and had the urge to go crazy.

His chances are obviously better, right?
Bruno laughed and hugged Mata's shoulders, turned to look at the sad-looking Joe Hart in front of the West Ham United goal, and secretly held a second of silence for him.

Speaking of which, this meritorious goalkeeper who guarded the Blue Moon Legion's goal during the rise of Manchester City is also quite miserable. As the main goalkeeper of two Premier League championships, four-time Premier League Golden Glove Award winner, and a member of the Premier League club with 100 clean sheets, Joe Hart is definitely a successful goalkeeper, but what more people remember is the world-beating goals. , Rooney's barb, Ibrahimovic's barb, Gaspar's side hook, Crouch's volley...

Perhaps after today, Joe Hart’s background list will also include Bruno’s Zero Degree!

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After Bruno high-fived his teammates one by one to celebrate, he called his teammates back to the playing field and prepared to restart the game.

Naturally, a goal cannot satisfy Bruno, because Manchester United not only wants to win this game, but also wants to win beautifully and win a full house. Only in this way can Mourinho insist on using the current style of play.

Bruno knows very well that Mourinho is a very stubborn person, which also makes it difficult for him to stay in a team for too long, and then the world football world has the saying that Mourinho has three years.

In his first season with Mourinho, Bruno felt very good and the team also achieved outstanding results.

According to past rules, Mourinho's second year of coaching the team is when he really achieves results, so this season, Bruno's goal is to go to the Champions League.

Now it is rare that Mourinho intends to make changes, and he also hopes that this change can change Mourinho's destiny.

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When Bruno scored the first goal for Manchester United, the situation on the field was completely broken.

Just five minutes later, Bruno cooperated with Valencia on the right and once again created an opportunity. Valencia crossed to the front of the penalty area. Mata quickly stepped in and scored in one fell swoop, giving Manchester United another victory.

2: 0!

West Ham United lost two goals in a row and their morale was depleted. Although rock coach Bilic tried desperately to prevent the team from defeat, he still could not withstand Manchester United, which was like a wolf in the first round of the new season.

In the 19th minute, West Ham United passed the ball to the frontcourt and made a mistake. Kanter quickly found McTominay with a long pass.

Little Mike, who was a guest center, flew the header behind the defense. Bruno quickly made a diagonal pass, caught up with the ball and easily passed the goalkeeper. He pushed the ball into the empty goal and scored twice, extending the score to 3:0.

In the 29th minute, Manchester United launched another offensive. Mata cooperated with Rashford on the left, and Rashford shot and scored again.

4: 0!

After a devastating defeat, West Ham United has been completely stunned!

Although Manchester United slowed down the pace appropriately after taking a four-goal lead, before the end of the first half, Valencia passed from the right and McTominay scored with a header from close range.

5: 0!

Manchester United entered the halftime break with a five-goal victory, and everyone believed that the team was certain to win.

The situation in the second half developed almost according to the team's expectations. West Ham United, which had lost five goals in a row, could only barely hold on to its defense and had no ability to counterattack. Manchester United was not in a hurry to attack after taking a five-goal lead. Control the ball.

In the end, Manchester United defeated West Ham United 5-0 at home and won a hearty victory.

Manchester United defeated West Ham United 5-0 in the first round of the league and climbed to the top of the Premier League.

The second ranked team is newly promoted Huddersfield. Huddersfield defeated Crystal Palace 3:0 away from home in the first round of the league, beating Manchester City and Tottenham, which both won 2:0, with a goal difference advantage.

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There is a week between the first and second rounds.

United had a day off the day after the game and a half-day on Friday morning.

Bruno did not take a vacation, but continued to stay at the club and practice hard because he knew that his condition was recovering rapidly and he did not feel that he needed a rest.

On Friday afternoon, everyone in the team returned to the Carrington training base.

After the afternoon training, Mourinho did not immediately announce the disbandment, but announced something, that is, Carrick joined his coaching staff. This season, Carrick will play for Manchester United as a player and assistant coach.

Carrick also said that in order to better serve the team, he will resign as team captain.

This also means that Manchester United must re-elect their captain.

Re-electing the captain is definitely a big deal in the locker room.

Carrick is a qualified and dedicated captain, but as everyone can see, he has gradually lost his main position. Although he still has the identity of a player this season, it can be seen from his resignation as captain that his identity this season has actually changed to the team's assistant coach.

With Carrick no longer captaining the team, who is the better player?
The captains of many teams will choose direct descendants of the youth training. Such players with good roots are undoubtedly the best choice.

But what is embarrassing is that although the current Manchester United team has several youth training players such as Rashford, Lingard and McTominay, they are all newcomers without exception, regardless of their qualifications. Neither the prestige nor the prestige can afford the captaincy of a wealthy team like Manchester United.

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Since you can't choose a direct descendant of the youth training, you can only consider it in terms of qualifications and prestige.

If you look at the resume, the team's vice-captain Valencia is qualified because he is currently the longest-serving player in the team. The Ecuadorian joined the team in the summer of 2009 and has played for Manchester United for eight years, earlier than Smalling, De Gea and Ashley Young.

Valencia has a calm personality, and as a veteran who has made great contributions to the Ferguson incident, he is also very prestigious in the team's locker room. As a captain, he has good conditions in all aspects.

But one problem is that Valencia is 32 years old and has not been the absolute main force of the team in the past two seasons. With the addition of Cancelo this season, his playing time may be further compressed.

If he is elected captain, it will definitely be a transitional role. As for the rest of Smalling, Ashley Young and De Gea, they all have problems of one kind or another and are not good captain candidates.

Many people also think that Bruno is suitable. He is the number one star in the team, his performance on the field is convincing, his fighting spirit is very strong, and he can easily infect his teammates around him. But the problem is that he is too young, has only been in the team for one year, and has insufficient qualifications.

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The game is at noon on Saturday, and the training on Friday is mainly targeted tactical drills.

Manchester United's opponent in the second round, Swansea, is not strong. Last season, it was able to avoid relegation thanks to its explosion in the last few rounds. In fact, they were stuck in the relegation zone most of the time and even became deputy squad leader.

Therefore, Manchester United's away game against Swansea is not very stressful. Both training and the players' mentality are relatively relaxed.

As usual, the team still checked into the hotel the night before the game.

Bruno is no longer the inexperienced boy he was. He has already taken care of things and does not need to go home again.

He practiced until nightfall before going back to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes.

When he walked out of the locker room with his luggage bag, he saw Carrick, who had become the team's assistant coach, waiting outside. Seeing Bruno, Carrick smiled and said, "I knew you must still be there, so I'll see you off."

Bruno smiled, did not refuse, and accompanied Carrick to the parking lot to pick up the car.

The Laurie Hotel where Manchester United stayed is located in the center of Manchester, about four kilometers away from Old Trafford Stadium, which is very convenient.

Bruno vaguely guessed that Carrick must have something to say to him.

Sure enough, as soon as he got in the car and started the engine, Carrick said: "This afternoon, we had another hour-long meeting with the technical team, focusing on the selection of the team captain."

Bruno listened silently, knowing that he was also one of the parties involved.

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As early as in the afternoon when Carrick resigned as team captain, many people, including Kante, Maguire and Gundogan, secretly said that Bruno should work harder to win. After all, being able to become the captain of Manchester United is also a dream. honor.

With his status in the team, absolutely no one dares to say anything, but Bruno has his own plans.

"The technical department and the coaching staff are more inclined to let you serve." Carrick said.

Bruno shook his head and said: "I'm afraid my qualifications are not enough."

After all, he is only 23 years old and has only been in the team for a year. His performance is indeed very good. However, the captain is the leader of the team. He cannot be appointed just by performing well. He also needs qualifications, which is what Bruno lacks the most. The weakest.

The reason why Bruno has been unwilling to fight is because he knows very well that captain is just a false name to him. Getting it would certainly be a bonus, but not getting it would have no impact on him.

In his own plan, to perform in the Champions League this season, this requires the entire team to unite as one, but if now because of the false reputation of captain, it affects the unity within the team, and then affects Grades, are they necessary?
Bruno felt that if that were the case, the gains would outweigh the losses!

"All of us know that this is your only weak link, but to be honest, we all think that no one is more suitable than you at this stage, and I am aware of your concerns." Carrick smiled, "So we will hold a vote tonight and everyone will choose the captain."

Bruno nodded and let everyone choose the captain. This is the most appropriate choice at the moment. No matter who is responsible, there is no telling.

Carrick looked at Bruno and warned: "I just want to tell you, don't rush to express your position when the time comes, wait and see what happens."

Bruno nodded in agreement, it had no effect on him. If everyone decides that Valencia or someone else will be the captain, he will also vigorously promote it. After all, it doesn't matter to him whether he is the captain or not.

What he wants most is that the team can remain united and work together to achieve good results in the Champions League, and he will use this step to once again compete for the European Golden Ball and World Footballer next year.

That's what he really wants.

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After arriving at the hotel, Carrick dropped him off at the door and drove to the parking lot.

After Bruno entered the hotel, he came to his exclusive room with familiarity and found that Cancelo was already in the room.

After Cancelo reported to Manchester United, Bruno's roommate became Cancelo on the eve of the game. Mourinho meant to let Bruno take care of this fellow Portuguese.

Bruno has no problem with this. He and Cancelo are not only teammates in the national team, but also very good friends.

Not long after, Valencia, the former vice-captain and the current popular candidate for captaincy, came to inform Bruno and Cancelo to come to the conference room for a meeting. As for the topic, it goes without saying that it is to elect the new captain of the team.

It's also interesting to mention that this is the second time Manchester United has elected a captain this season.

At the beginning of training in the new season, due to Rooney's departure, Manchester United held a captain election, and Carrick was elected as expected.

However, the captain only worked for a month, and then he resigned voluntarily after joining the coaching staff. Manchester United had to conduct another captain election.

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This captain election meeting also went smoothly. After Mourinho announced that the players would vote for the captain, everyone was speculating on who would stand out between Bruno and Valencia, and who would become the next captain of Manchester United.

But at this moment, Valencia suddenly stood up. When everyone thought he was going to bravely recommend himself, he suddenly chose Bruno, saying that he recommended Bruno to be the team captain and would do his best to cooperate. Him, support him.

Valencia's decision surprised everyone. No one expected that he would choose to support Bruno.

With his biggest rivals announcing their defections, Bruno's election was no longer controversial.

The three veterans of Smalling, Ashley Young and De Gea have made it clear that they will not accept anyone who is elected, only Bruno.

With the veterans having made their position clear, Maguire, Kante, Cancelo and other players all recommended Bruno. The final result turned out to be that Bruno was unanimously approved without any suspense and became the new captain of Manchester United.

After the meeting, Valencia told Bruno that he never wanted to fight from the beginning.

Bruno also said that he also did not want to argue.

Valencia said sincerely: "But all of us think you are the most suitable. I am old and I don't know how long I can stay in the team. You are the future of the team. If Manchester United wants to return to the top, it needs A long-term plan, you are the right person.”

(End of this chapter)