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

Chapter 744 Continuous Battles and Successful Victories
The summer transfer window is closed, and international football has entered the first international match day of the new season. Portugal will have two European Cup group matches, away to Serbia on the evening of September 9 and away to Lithuania on the evening of September 7.

Due to the national team matches in June, Portugal is participating in the semi-finals and finals of the UEFA Nations League, while the other four teams in the same group are participating in the European Cup group stage. Therefore, Portugal has two fewer games than Ukraine and Luxembourg, who have the fastest schedule.

In the group standings, Ukraine has already earned 3 points with 1 wins and 9 loss, thus surpassing Portugal and rising to the top of Group B.

This is the second consecutive time that Portugal and Serbia have met in the European Cup qualifiers. In the last tournament, Portugal defeated Serbia both at home and away, which also rewrote the record of the two sides in the previous 10 encounters to 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, and Portugal began to have the upper hand.

At the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade, the home stadium of the Serbian national team, Portugal handed its opponents a crushing defeat in front of more than 50,000 Serbian fans.

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After the start of the game, Serbia relied on its home advantage to launch a fierce attack on Portugal's goal, but failed to break Portugal's goal.

After gaining a foothold, Portugal began to take the advantage on the field, but it was not until the end of the first half that it took the lead.

In the 42nd minute of the game, Portugal launched an offensive. Bruno pulled to the right, broke through and made a cross. William Carvalho, who came in from behind, scored a long shot from the top of the penalty area and Portugal changed the score to 1:0.

Portugal extended the lead in the 58th minute. Bruno passed the ball, Guedes dribbled past Maksimovic and broke into the penalty area from 12 yards on the left side, helping Portugal to change the score to 2:0.

Serbia equalized in the 68th minute when Tadic took a corner kick and Milenkovic headed in from the edge of the small penalty area.

Portugal widened the gap again in the 80th minute. Bruno made a penetrating pass in the middle, and Ronaldo shot the ball into the net from 12 yards. Portugal once again took a two-goal advantage, and Bruno performed an assist hat trick.

Serbia scored another goal in the 85th minute. Tadic broke through and passed the ball, and Mitrovic shot into the upper right corner from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty area, and the score was rewritten to 2:3.

Portugal sealed the victory in the 86th minute, Bruno drove the ball straight into the middle and passed it to Guerrero. Guerrero made a cross pass and Bernardo shot low from 14 yards into the bottom right corner of the net, and the score was fixed at 4:2.

In the end, Portugal defeated Serbia 4:2 away from home.

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Due to another match earlier in the group, Ukraine won 3-0 away against Lithuania, so Portugal can only continue to rank second in the group.

However, since Ukraine will have a bye in the sixth round of the group match three days later, Portugal has the opportunity to overtake in the standings.

Ukraine has 5 wins and 4 loss in the first 1 rounds, scoring 6 goals and conceding 4 goals, with a goal difference of only 2. Portugal's current record is 3 consecutive wins, scoring 9 goals and conceding 3 goals, with a goal difference of 6. Therefore, Portugal only needs to beat Lithuania in the next round away game, and they will surpass Ukraine and rise to the top of Group B.

Obviously, Portugal is not satisfied with a small victory away from home. After all, their opponent, Lithuania, is just a weak team ranked 136th in the world, while Portugal is currently the world's number one team.

Portugal won a hearty victory at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius. Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals in the game, Bruno also scored two goals and assisted twice, and William Carvalho added the icing on the cake during injury time. Portugal defeated Lithuania 7-1 away from home and took the top spot in Group B.

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After returning to the club, Bruno immediately faced the fifth round of the Premier League, where Manchester United played against Leicester City at home.

Due to the influence of the FIFA virus, Manchester United was very depressed in the game. On the contrary, the visiting team Leicester City quickly got into the game after the start. Maddison volleyed in the penalty area in the 4th minute of the game and almost knocked on the goal guarded by De Gea.

Leicester City's shot made Manchester United sweat and woke up the players. They immediately launched a counterattack and quickly scored a goal.

In the 6th minute, Manchester United quickly counterattacked, Rashford was knocked down by Seringu in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty. Bruno took the penalty, easily fooled Schmeichel, and scored in one fell swoop, helping Manchester United lead 1:0.

Leicester City continuously threatened Manchester United's goal, but De Gea showed his strength as the world's best goalkeeper, blocking the ball high and resolving Leicester City's threats time and time again.

Until the 80th minute of the game, Manchester United was still leading the visiting team 1:0.

In the 82nd minute, Manchester United extended their lead. They got a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt. Bruno took the penalty and the ball drew a perfect arc and flew into the goal guarded by Schmeichel again.

2:0, Manchester United easily defeated Leicester City, who has been in good form since the start of this season.

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Immediately afterwards, the entire Manchester United team flew to the Netherlands to challenge Manchester United as a guest. This was the first round of the Champions League group stage.

Manchester United has suffered heavy losses this summer. The departure of captain De Ligt and midfield brain De Jong has made them feel like a drain of funds.

Manchester United almost treated the Cruyff Stadium as their home ground, suppressing their opponents throughout the game, resulting in only one shot on target in the entire home game. Manchester United attacked recklessly, with a shot ratio of 1:18, so a one-sided game appeared. Mahrez, Gundogan and Bruno successively scored, helping Manchester United win 6:3 away.

However, Manchester United, who won a big victory, was not able to take the top spot in Group C, because in another match in the group, Dinamo Zagreb slaughtered Champions League newcomer Atalanta 4:0 at home. In the first round of the Champions League group stage, the biggest upset occurred between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid. The Galacticos, who spent a lot of money to recruit players in the summer, unexpectedly lost 0:3 away from home, which shocked everyone.

Another upset happened to Liverpool, who lost 0-2 away to Napoli.

If not for another opponent in the same group, Genk, who suffered a 2:6 defeat away from home to Salzburg, the Reds would probably have finished at the bottom of the group.

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Back in England, Manchester United will immediately face West Ham United in London in the sixth round of the Premier League.

In the tenth minute of the game, Noble made a cross pass from the right frontcourt, Fornals made a right-footed pass in front of the penalty area, Yarmolenko stopped the ball with his right foot in the penalty area and shot with his left foot to break the deadlock, West Ham United 1:0 Manchester United.

After conceding the first goal, the team behaved a little bit rashly for a while, but soon, players such as Bruno and Harry Kane helped Manchester United stabilize their position and regain control of the advantage on the field.

In the 36th minute, Bruno and Gundogan made a two-pass combination, and Gundogan assisted Mbappe to score and equalize the score.

Seven minutes later, Bruno broke through on the right and assisted Harry Kane to score a header from close range to reverse the score.

After the change of sides in the second half, Harry Kane returned the favor by heading the ball to provide a wonderful assist for Bruno, who cut into the penalty area and shot directly into the goal, securing the victory for Manchester United.

But just when everything seemed to be going well, in the 60th minute of the game, Rashford fell to the ground injured while running without the ball in the frontcourt, suspected of straining his left thigh. Rashford was substituted and walked directly back to the locker room.

This is the second Manchester United player to suffer an injury since the start of the new season. Luke Shaw was injured in the match against Crystal Palace and has not yet returned from injury.

However, Mourinho quickly replaced Rashford with Greenwood. It seemed that Manchester United was not affected and the game was proceeding in an orderly manner.

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When the game reached the 84th minute, West Ham United won a free kick in the frontcourt. Cresswell shot directly with his left foot. The ball passed the wall and went straight into the dead corner of the goal. De Gea was out of reach and West Ham United narrowed the score to 2:3.

With almost 10 minutes of injury time left, West Ham United was only one goal behind, which gave them hope of equalizing the score or even overturning Manchester United.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, West Ham United mustered up their remaining strength and launched a frantic counterattack, at one point suppressing Manchester United so much that they couldn't even get past the half.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Manchester United defense led by Van Dijk and Maguire withstood the test, and Manchester United maintained the score of 3:2 until the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

In the end, Manchester United defeated West Ham United 3:2 away from home.

In this round of matches, Manchester City slaughtered Watford 8:0 at home, while Liverpool defeated the Blues Chelsea 2:1 at Stamford Bridge.

After 6 rounds, Manchester United and Liverpool continued to win six games in a row and tied for the top of the Premier League standings.

As Manchester City lost unexpectedly to Norwich away in the last round, the Blue Moon is already 5 points behind Manchester United and Liverpool in the standings and seems to be falling behind.

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After leading the team to six consecutive wins in the Premier League, Bruno took Liu Yimei on a private jet to Milan, Italy, to attend the upcoming 2018-2019 FIFA Awards Ceremony.

This is the second consecutive year that Bruno has brought Liu Yimei to attend the FIFA Awards Ceremony.

北京时间9月24日凌晨2时30分，2019年国际足联年度颁奖典礼在意大利米兰的斯卡拉歌剧院进行。

The award ceremony was hosted by Dutch football legend Gullit and famous Italian host Ilaria D'Amico.

When Bruno and Liu Yimei appeared at the award ceremony, they once again attracted the attention of the audience.

Unlike last year's white long dress, Liu Yimei wore a pink dress this year.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the pair of diamond rings worn on their ring fingers.

It was also at this time that the outside world knew that the two had officially gotten married.

(End of this chapter)