Chapter 451: Entering the Europa League finals

After passing the ball, Bruno did not stay where he was, but accelerated and ran forward.

Manchester United's counterattack continues!

When Lingard received the ball, there were no Manchester United players around him. He took two steps forward, and Celta Vigo players immediately rushed toward him.

Lingard passed the football to Rooney who dropped back to meet him.

When Rooney received the ball, Bruno was already running up. So Rooney, who had his back to the attacking direction, did not turn around and force a breakthrough, but passed the football back to Bruno.

Manchester United's counterattack was very fast, and it had already passed the center circle between three passes and two downs. At this time, Celta Vigo's players were still rushing back to defend and organize the defense line.

Ladoya pounced on Bruno, hoping to end Manchester United's counterattack here. But could Bruno get his wish?

He had already spotted the space before catching the ball. Now all he has to do is simple, just pass the football in that direction!

So he raised his right leg and sent a through ball forward!

As soon as the football was passed out, he jumped up and took advantage of the opportunity to avoid Ladoya's tackle!

Many people watching this scene were sweating for Bruno in front of the TV.

If Bruno had passed the football one second later, Ladoya would have tackled him!

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Bruno escaped Ladoya's tackle. This is not the focus of this offense. The focus is where did the football passed by Bruno go?

Everyone's eyes turned to the front as the TV camera shot, and then they saw Rashford receiving the football in a huge space!

At this time, he was less than five meters away from the penalty area. In front of him, there was only Celta Vigo goalkeeper Alvarez, and to his side was Celta Vigo center back Cabra, who was closest to him. You are also ten meters away!

This is a perfect opportunity!

"Rashford!!"

As Gary Lineker shouted excitedly, the Manchester United striker waded the football into the penalty area!

"In the 67th minute, Rashford now has another chance to end the suspense of the game!"

Celta de Vigo goalkeeper Álvarez abandoned the goal and charged towards Rashford. Cabral also turned and pounced on Rashford, and the three seemed to be converging at a certain point in the penalty area.

But Rashford didn't want to do this. As soon as he entered the penalty area, he suddenly took a shot!

Not a powerful volley, but a lob!

The football passed over the head of the attacking goalkeeper Alvarez, and fell into the goal of Celta Vigo under the watchful eyes of Cabral!

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"1:0!! Rashford! Rashford!!"

Huge cheers erupted over Old Trafford.

The live radio was shouting: "The ball has been scored! We are leading Celta Vigo at home, with a total score of 2:0! The person who scored the goal is Marcus——"

"Rashford!!" The 74,000 Manchester United fans at the scene chanted in unison, shouting Rashford's name with great momentum.

After scoring, Rashford waved his arms excitedly to meet the cheers of the fans.

Then Bruno, Lingard, Rooney and other teammates ran up to celebrate the goal with him.

Behind the running United players were the battered Celta Vigo players.

Their most important task in this game is to score goals, and the second most important task is not to concede goals. As a result, both tasks have not been completed...

They still have time to complete the first mission, but the second mission is a complete failure.

The situation is now very unfavorable for Celta Vigo. Not only must they ensure not to concede any more goals in the next game, but they must also score two more goals. As long as they can equalize the total score, they can eliminate Manchester United with the advantage of away goals.

But can they really score two goals in the last twenty minutes to equalize the total score?

Guidetti, who made bold remarks before the game, still did not perform convincingly in this game.

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After the goal, Manchester United's fighting spirit was high. Even though they were still beaten by Celta Vigo, everyone knew how to play and did not panic.

The difference in mental outlook directly leads to the difference in the players' performance in the game.

In the last twenty minutes or so, Celta Vigo players became more and more impatient, and they were getting closer and closer to being eliminated.

Manchester United, on the other hand, can safely shrink its defense and fight back. Even if the counterattack cannot threaten Celta Vigo's goal, it can still consume some time.

In the singing of Manchester United fans, the game time passed by one minute and one second.

Even though Bellizzo used up all the substitutions, he was still unable to reverse the situation and change the result.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the score of the game was fixed at 1:0.

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"The game is over! 1:0! Manchester United eliminated Celta Vigo with a total score of 2:0 and entered the Europa League final!"

"This is Manchester United's second appearance in the European Cup final after six years, and it is also the first time in Manchester United's history that it has reached the Europa League final!"

"At the same time, the result of another semi-final has also been decided. Although Lyon learned their shame and bravely defeated Ajax 3:1 at home, they had no choice but to dig too deep a hole for themselves in the away game in the first leg. They were still eliminated with a total score of 4:5. Therefore, the two giant teams, Manchester United and Ajax, will compete for the Europa League championship at the Friendship Stadium in Stockholm this year!”

"Mourinho seemed very excited. He celebrated wildly on the sidelines, waved his Manchester United scarf wildly, and roared loudly. Mourinho's performance is understandable, because he even strategically gave up for the Europa League. The league match with Arsenal frustrated Manchester United’s dream of lifting the 14th Premier League trophy in team history at the Emirates Stadium ahead of schedule, and also caused Mourinho to suffer a lot of criticism..."

Although the score was calm, Rashford also helped the team take the lead, but the statistics showed that Celta had the advantage to surround the "Red Devils". Celta had at least one chance to break Manchester United's goal in the game. , but it is a pity that Celta's attacking group headed by Guidetti and Aspas did not seize the opportunity. The former Manchester City academy and ex-Liverpool striker failed to stop Manchester United from advancing to the Europa League final.

However, Mourinho's overly conservative tactics almost ruined the "Red Devils", which also put the Madman under tremendous pressure.

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The Manchester United players who eliminated Celta Vigo were extremely excited and hugged and celebrated on the court. Bruno was hugged the most because he was the main contributor to the victory of this game.

When the team was in a passive situation in the first half, it was his passing that stabilized the situation for Manchester United, making it less easy for the opponent to steal the ball and counterattack.

In the second half, he instigated another quick counterattack, and finally assisted Rashford to score the only goal of the game.

Rooney hugged Bruno and shouted happily in his ear: "Final! Final! We have entered the Europa League final!"

Bruno patted him hard on the back and said with a smile: "Look at how proud you are of just making it to the finals!"

"Hehe! This is the third final of the event we have reached this season!" Rooney giggled.

Bruno said: "I told you, you always have to have dreams. What if they come true?"

"Yes, yes!" Rooney nodded repeatedly.

"What dream?" Seeing the two of them chatting happily, Lingard came up and asked curiously.

"It's about the dream of winning four crowns, Jesse." Rooney said with a happy smile.

This season, Rooney has received very few opportunities under Mourinho. Although he is only 31 years old, he also knows that with his own condition, it will be difficult to get more opportunities if he continues to stay at Manchester United. He is determined to end the season. Later left Manchester United.

Originally, Rooney's biggest hope was to win another league championship before leaving. In this way, he won 6 Premier League championships, tying Beckham and becoming the player with the fifth most Premier League championships in history.

This idea is because Manchester United has been at the top of the Premier League points this season, and no team has ever shaken the team's status. This gives Rooney the confidence to win the league championship.

Previously, Manchester United won the League Cup, which was an unexpected surprise to Rooney.

Subsequently, Manchester United reached the FA Cup final, giving Rooney another hope.

Now, Manchester United has reached the Europa League final again, which makes Rooney so excited that he can't help himself.

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Manchester United have advanced twice against La Liga teams in the past three European semi-finals and eventually won the championship. This will more or less enhance the confidence of the "Red Devils", and Mourinho admitted that he had to give up the Premier League to maintain the Europa League.

He said: "The most important thing is the championship, and reaching the Europa League final means we have a chance to win a trophy and end the season in a perfect way."

"Of course, this is thanks to the outstanding performance of the players in the early stage, which gave me the confidence to make such a choice. If the team did not have a sufficient lead, I think my choice would be completely different."

This season, Manchester United has indeed performed well and made progress on all fronts, thanks to the team's excellent signings last summer.

However, as the season progresses, even with the thickness of Manchester United's lineup, multiple battles and constant injuries, Mourinho has to win almost every game with difficulty. If he wins four games including the Europa League, The championship is not only the biggest gift to Rooney who is about to leave, but also the biggest gift to Mourinho and Manchester United.

Maybe knocking Celta Vigo out of the competition and reaching the Europa League final got the players too excited, thinking that they were going to win the Europa League and how many trophies they could eventually win this season. There was a problem with the trophy, so in the weekend league, when Manchester United challenged Tottenham away from home, the players seemed a little absent-minded. In the last game at White Hart Lane, Tottenham's fighting spirit was extremely high. In addition, this Mourinho also made a certain degree of rotation in the last game, so in the end Manchester United lost to Tottenham 1:2 away from home.