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

Chapter 728 Fierce Battle

Fifty thousand Manchester United fans at the scene were cheering his name, and the huge noise was enough to make anyone's blood boil.

Bruno finally broke free from the fans, and was immediately hugged by his teammates who were chasing him.

"There's still a second half! There's a second half!" Bruno gasped and shouted loudly.

Manchester City is a strong opponent. A one-goal advantage is far from enough to seal the victory, not to mention that there are still forty-five minutes left in the game. Manchester City has enough strength and time to change the current situation. Manchester United must remain vigilant and go all out to have hope of winning the championship trophy.

The first half of the game ended quickly, time entered halftime, and then the second half began.

Manchester City, which was trailing 0:1, did not show too much impatience.

"This is an experienced team." Andy Gray praised Manchester City's performance.

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Five minutes later, Maguire had the ball in the backcourt, but his pass to Kante was a mistake: the power was not enough.

Aguero made a steal and successfully intercepted the ball.

"Chance!"

Aguero broke into the penalty area after stealing the ball, and although Van Dijk tried his best to make up for the gap and shoveled the ball away, David Silva, who followed up, kicked the ball first and hit it directly into the upper left corner of the goal.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"David Silva! Manchester City equalized the score!"

"Manchester City showed a lot of experience. They didn't panic and quickly took advantage of Manchester United's mistakes to equalize the score."

"F**K!!!!" Mourinho cursed.

It was still a mentality issue. Manchester City's players were experienced and relaxed, and they did not get impatient even when they were behind. On the contrary, Manchester United played a little nervously after taking the lead, and eventually made a mistake, which gave Manchester City a great opportunity to equalize the score.

Compared to Manchester City's relaxed mentality, Manchester United's players were obviously anxious and nervous. The whole team was eager to win the championship, and this desire affected the players' performance emotionally.

Guardiola returned to the coaching booth and was very satisfied with his players' performance. He was even happier when he saw Mourinho's frustrated look not far away.

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Manchester City quickly equalized the score at the start of the second half, which made Manchester United's plan of a steady counterattack fail.

Afterwards, the game entered a stalemate.

The midfield composed of Pogba, David Silva and De Bruyne did not seem to be in a hurry to attack. They controlled the ball with active passing.

In the 58th minute, Kante tackled Zinchenko and was given a yellow card.

Mourinho was very dissatisfied with this penalty. He believed that Kante's action was small and a verbal warning was enough.

Kyle Walker then fouled Harry Kane and Rashford twice within 30 seconds, but the referee only gave him a verbal warning, which caused Mourinho's strong dissatisfaction.

The Manchester United fans at the scene booed harshly.

"Rashford! Over the crossbar!"

"Aguero! It's off!"

"Bruno! Oh, oh, it's just a little bit short!"

With the midfield deadlocked, neither side had good scoring opportunities and both sides began to try long shots, but their shots were not very threatening.

Mbappe dribbled the ball in the frontcourt. He was very fast and Laporte almost used his hands and feet to knock him to the ground.

The referee hesitated for a moment and gestured that there was no foul and the game should continue.

Mourinho had a gloomy expression and looked at the court silently. He had been verbally warned by the referee and did not dare to make any more radical remarks.

"Anthony Taylor's standards are inconsistent," Martin Taylor commented. "If Kante's knockdown of Zinchenko just now was a yellow card, Laporte should at least be given a foul this time."

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Manchester United players all raised their hands to indicate that Laporte had committed a foul, and Manchester City tried to take advantage of the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack. Luke Shaw cleanly shoveled the ball away from David Silva's feet while running at high speed, preventing Manchester City's counterattack.

Mourinho applauded on the sidelines, cheering Luke Shaw for his tireless defense and clean interception.

Three minutes later, Luke Shaw made a flying tackle and knocked De Bruyne to the ground. This time the referee only gave Luke Shaw a verbal warning, which also caused strong dissatisfaction from Guardiola.

Throughout the game, apart from the two goals scored by both sides, the referee became the most eye-catching person on the field. Both Mourinho and Guardiola were very dissatisfied with Anthony Taylor.

The game was going on for 72 minutes when something unexpected happened.

After Pogba intercepted the ball in the midfield, he launched a long pass to counterattack. Aguero ran to chase the ball, but he slipped and fell to the ground.

This is not the first time that players from both sides have slipped and fallen to the ground today. The grass of the new Wembley Stadium has long been criticized. The grass of this stadium, which cost as much as 800 million pounds, has been criticized for being too hard, which can easily cause players to slip and get injured.

Aguero slipped and fell to the ground, and Cancelo, who was returning to defense, walked over to ask. Then, the Manchester United players made a gesture to request the Manchester City team doctor to enter the field.

"F**K!"

Guardiola cursed and quickly asked Jesus to get up and warm up.

Before the game, Guardiola complained about the grass at the new Wembley Stadium.

"The Wembley turf looked like it had been used for a rock concert the night before. It was terrible for a national stadium. It cost £800 million to build it, but it had a problem with the turf, which was the best thing to do. I don't know what caused it, but it was outrageous."

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Manchester City's team doctor came in to treat Aguero, and the players from both teams took the opportunity to drink water on the sidelines. Manchester City's team doctor made a gesture: Substitution.

"There was an unexpected situation on the field. Aguero slipped and was injured. He looked unable to continue the game. Manchester City had to prepare for substitutions."

"I hope it's not a big problem." Martin Taylor said worriedly.

Aguero, who was carried out on a stretcher, looked painful, covering his face and seemed to be crying.

Manchester United fans and Manchester City fans at the scene were applauding and paying tribute to the veteran.

Manchester City requested a substitution. Aguero left the field and Jesus came on as a substitute.

Manchester City had just made a substitution, and Manchester United also requested a substitution. Mahrez came on as a substitute and Rashford was replaced.

Even Mourinho himself did not expect that this forced substitution change would quickly achieve miraculous results.

Kante received a pass from the defender at the top of the penalty area, then he turned and passed the ball to Mbappe on the wing.

Mbappe took two steps forward and passed the ball to Bruno, who then passed it to Mahrez.

Mahrez tried to pass the ball over the top, but Pogba headed the ball back.

Kante passed the ball to Gundogan, who passed it to Mahrez on the wing.

This time, Mahrez did not choose to break through with the ball himself, but instead made a long diagonal pass and sent the ball to the other side!
"Precise diagonal pass!" Andy Gray shouted.

The football crossed the half court diagonally and flew straight to the left side.

On the left, Mbappe, who had just changed position, made a high-speed run and stretched out his left foot to beautifully take the ball from the air.

Mahrez's diagonal pass from the right to the left was very imaginative, with a wide field of vision, which caught Manchester City off guard.

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On Manchester City's right, Kyle Walker had just assisted and had no time to return to defense. At this time, seeing Mbappe get the ball, Kyle Walker got anxious and desperately chased back.

But, in terms of speed, how can Kyle Walker catch up with Mbappe?

Manchester City's attack just now was very strong, which directly led to Mahrez's simple diagonal pass, which directly tore through Manchester City's defense.

Mbappe was running very fast with the ball, while Manchester City players were frantically retreating to chase him.

Manchester United's ability to counterattack was clearly demonstrated in this counterattack. In front of Mbappe was a large open space, which was a sprint space tailor-made for him.

Pogba tried his best to block the ball. He stretched out his long legs and rushed diagonally towards his national team teammate.

Mbappe slows down slightly.

"Boy, you are finally tired of running!"

Seeing this, Pogba immediately moved closer, intending to take the opportunity to get close.

Mbappe immediately made a move to cut into the penalty area, and Pogba quickly moved his body and changed his center of gravity to intercept.

At this moment, Mbappe deftly used the outside of his left foot to push the ball to the outside, and then immediately accelerated to dribble the ball.

breakthrough!

"Pretty!"

"Breakthrough!"

"Mbappe! He's so fast! Beautiful! Into the penalty area!"

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson moves, ready to attack or make a save at any time.

Mbappe pretended to take a long shot, tricking Ederson into making a move, but then he realized he had been tricked and quickly and awkwardly regained his balance.

At this moment, Mbappe passed the ball and swept the ball towards the goal with his left foot.

The ball is very fast.

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"Harry Kane--!!!" the commentator shouted.

Harry Kane fell to the ground and slid, but Kompany, who was following him, didn't dare to make any move because he was afraid of an own goal.

Harry Kane missed the ball and it passed in front of his studs.

Before the Manchester City fans in the stands could breathe a sigh of relief, a figure wearing a red Manchester United jersey appeared at the back post.

“Bruno——!!!”

A figure wearing the No. 8 Manchester United jersey appeared at the back point. Beside him was Laporte, who was chasing back breathlessly. He tried his best but was unable to catch up with Bruno. He could only watch Bruno shoot directly at the flying football.

Bang!
It's like a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of Manchester City fans!

The football suddenly jumped up, flew towards the goal, and went into the net from Ederson's left hand side.

"Bruno - GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLL!!!" In the commentary booth, the commentators jumped up and cheered.

In the stands of the new Wembley Stadium, in Manchester bars, in front of the TVs watching this game around the world, countless Manchester United fans, Bruno's fans jumped up, and everyone raised their arms and shouted: "GOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

(End of this chapter)