Chapter 1009: Single Match Determines the Victory

Although the fear of being dominated by Bruno made the Real Madrid players a little dazed and shaken after losing two goals in a row, they are a top team after all, and top teams are not so easy to be defeated.

After the initial daze, many Real Madrid players gradually recovered. They realized that they were only two goals behind, and if they were destined not to win the away game, then they should lower their expectations and think a draw was completely acceptable.

Even if a draw is impossible, it would be no problem to score another goal and change the score to 2:3. Two away goals at home would be a huge advantage.

Therefore, Real Madrid had no intention of shrinking their defense. Since they were already two goals behind, it would not make much sense to defend the score until the end of the game. It would be better to press forward and attack.

Just two minutes after Rashford's shot was saved by Courtois and hit the crossbar, Real Madrid won a free kick in the frontcourt. Toni Kroos took the free kick and kicked the ball directly into the penalty area. Carvajal jumped high to score, but the ball was hugged by De Gea.

Two minutes later, Real Madrid got consecutive corner kick opportunities, but Benzema's header in front of the goal was too high.

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The continuous offensive in these four minutes also gave many Real Madrid fans in front of the TV hope of making a comeback.

In fact, the most frightening thing is not losing the ball, but being unable to operate after losing the ball, falling into depravity and giving up on oneself. Even God cannot save you.

Seeing Real Madrid's series of attacks, the commentator of Spanish TV was also very excited, and kept cheering Real Madrid on: "...For Real Madrid now, although they are still two goals behind, as long as they can score one more goal, the situation will be fundamentally reversed! At that time, Real Madrid will have two away goals in hand. Even if they lose to Manchester United 2-3 in the end, it will be a completely acceptable result!"

This plan sounds good, but in reality plans are always subject to change.

Just one minute after Benzema headed the ball high, Bruno made a long pass from the backcourt to Rashford in front.

Rashford dribbled the ball towards Real Madrid's penalty area.

Amidst huge cheers from the fans, Rashford dribbled into the penalty area before being knocked to the ground from behind by Toni Kroos.

As Rashford fell to the ground with his arms outstretched, the referee's whistle sounded.

Penalty kick!

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"Rashford dribbled past two players! Beautiful! He entered the penalty area... Hey! Hey! He fell to the ground! Penalty! Okay, it's a penalty!!" Lineker shouted excitedly.

When Manchester United was already leading Real Madrid 3:1, they now got another penalty. Everyone knew what would happen next.

Rashford fell to the ground, while Toni Kroos, who pushed him from behind, raised his arms with an innocent look on his face.

He turned his head and looked at the referee who was running over. He pointed to the penalty spot while blowing the whistle. This action meant that he did not blow the whistle to give Rashford a yellow card for diving, but to award a penalty!

He quickly ran to the referee and explained to him: "I just touched him lightly, his fall was too exaggerated, it was a dive!"

However, this explanation was not accepted by the referee. He insisted on his decision, ran to the penalty spot, stood still and raised his arms.

This is simply a finishing blow to Real Madrid!

Real Madrid was very dissatisfied with the referee's decision. Toni Kroos naturally insisted that his action did not reach the level of a foul. Other Real Madrid players also gathered around. Captain Carvajal negotiated with the referee on behalf of the team. They all thought that Rashford's fall was too exaggerated and there was suspicion of diving.

Ancelotti was also very angry on the sidelines. He kept waving his arms and shouting, and finally even attracted the fourth official to come over and ask him to calm down.

But it is not easy to calm down. After suffering a series of blows, Real Madrid is still very tenacious and the offense has finally improved. As a result, at this critical moment, a penalty kick was awarded. It is difficult for anyone to stay calm.

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On the other side, there was jubilation in front of Manchester United's coaching and substitute benches, and the Manchester United fans in the stands were already singing happily.

In the Champions League, especially in the semi-finals, any victory is extremely rare, let alone a big win. Encountering such a situation is like Christmas for any team.

If the opponent is a top club like Real Madrid, everyone will undoubtedly be ecstatic.

For Manchester United, beating Real Madrid is nothing new.

In fact, starting from the 2017 European Super Cup, Manchester United has achieved four consecutive victories against Real Madrid.

However, Manchester United won these four games with great difficulty and the scores were very close.

In the 2017 European Super Cup, Manchester United won 4:2, which was relatively easy; then in the Champions League final of that season, the two sides played a thrilling 4:3 game at the Olympic National Stadium in Kyiv, which is worthy of being called the most exciting game in the history of the Champions League final.

In the subsequent 2019-2020 Champions League round of 2, the scores of both rounds were 1:, and Manchester United won narrowly.

Manchester United has never achieved such a big victory against Real Madrid as today.

Now, at their home ground, Manchester United is about to achieve a 3-0 victory, almost securing their qualification for this season's Champions League final.

Even, Manchester United may win the Champions League this season because of this Champions League semi-final. This will be Manchester United's fifth consecutive Champions League title, tying the record of consecutive championships set by Real Madrid at the beginning of the event.

What could be more gratifying than stepping on the corpse of your opponent to tie or even surpass his record?

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Rashford was pulled up from the ground by Bruno and held in his arms.

Eighty percent of the credit for this goal should be attributed to him. This penalty was earned entirely for the team by his personal ability.

Commentator Lineker observed this scene and exclaimed, "This young talent displayed his talent to the fullest in the attack just now! His two consecutive dribbles were truly spectacular. He single-handedly manipulated Real Madrid's entire defense..."

"This season, apart from a period of outstanding performance at the beginning of the season, Rashford's performance was very sluggish. Some people said that Mbappé's departure made Rashford lose his competition and began to become lazy, even decadent... However, as the season entered its final stage, this talented graduate of Manchester United's youth academy gradually regained his magic. This is undoubtedly extremely good news for Manchester United, who are aiming for a sixth consecutive Premier League title and a fifth consecutive Champions League title!"

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Rashford won a penalty for Manchester United with his outstanding performance.

No matter how Real Madrid players protested, they could not change the result.

Finally, Bruno stood in front of the penalty spot and he was going to take the penalty.

"Bruno..." Lineker lowered his voice as he spoke, as if afraid of disturbing Bruno. "Bruno once set a record of 63 consecutive penalty kicks, making him the best penalty kick taker in football history. However, last week, Alisson ended his record in the match against Liverpool. Today he has the opportunity to take the penalty kick again. I wonder if he can score..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the referee's whistle sounded.

Bruno glanced at the goal in front of him, then began to run. After a few steps, he kicked the ball!

As soon as he kicked the ball, Courtois rushed to the left.

But he misjudged the direction. The ball didn't fly in his direction at all, but instead flew along the grass towards the middle of the goal. Courtois, who had already jumped out, could only look back and watch the ball roll into the goal he was guarding for the fourth time...

"Ahhhh! Bruno!!" Lineker roared at the top of his lungs, "He did it! After missing the penalty a week ago, in today's match against Real Madrid, Bruno withstood the pressure and scored the goal steadily!"

After the football flew into the goal, the cheers that rang out from the new Old Trafford Stadium were so loud that it felt as if they could blow the roof off.

4: 1!

This is the third time that the Red Devils have scored four goals in a single game against Real Madrid!

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"This ball goes in! Bruno scored his 9th Champions League goal against Real Madrid! He became the player with the most goals against Real Madrid in the Champions League! Manchester United has gained a three-goal advantage over Real Madrid and has basically secured qualification for this year's Champions League final! This is something that no one could have imagined before the game. You know, before the game, the outside world was generally optimistic about Real Madrid. It really makes people feel a little unreal..." He Wei said.

Online, most Real Madrid fans were silent.

Real Madrid did not play as well as Manchester United in this game, so it is normal for them to lose.

Only a handful of die-hard Real Madrid fans are still arguing about whether the penalty should have been awarded, believing that Manchester United was a thief who profited unfairly from the referee. If it weren't for the home advantage and the referee's help, they would never have been able to beat Real Madrid.

These people completely forgot that even without this penalty, Manchester United was already leading Real Madrid 3:1...

However, there are very few such people. Their complaints on the Internet are not even seen by others and disappear in the big data of the Internet.