Chapter 488 Mahrez
Chapter 488 Mahrez
Rushing back to Manchester from Monaco, Bruno immediately threw himself into preparations for the next game.
On this Saturday night, Manchester United will usher in the third round of the Premier League. They will face the blue fox Leicester City at home.
In this game, Bruno continued to play as a winger. Compared with the away game at Swansea's Liberty Stadium, Mourinho only made one adjustment to Manchester United's starting lineup, which was to use Lingard to rotate Rashford.
When the game reached the 0rd minute, the score was still 0:.
Facing the powerful Manchester United, the Blue Fox seemed very pragmatic in the away game and resolutely responded with defensive counterattack tactics.
They don't want to become the dead souls of the Red Devils like West Ham United and Swansea.
Leicester City attacked into Manchester United's half. When Mahrez tried to pass the ball into the penalty area, Maguire completed a beautiful defense and intercepted the ball.
Blind took the ball on the left, quickly moved forward, and made a long pass, quickly sending the ball behind the Leicester City defense.
Bruno quickly jumped out from between Leicester City's left back Fuchs and left center back Huth, chasing the ball at great speed.
"The Leicester City defender raised his hand to indicate offside, but the referee did not blow the whistle. This was a quick counterattack from Manchester United!"
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Bruno diagonally inserted into the left side of the top area of the arc, caught up with the ball, and entered the penalty area.
At this time, Leicester City's center back Huth chased all the way into the penalty area and blocked Bruno's shooting line in the left corner of the small penalty area.
"Now there is a one-on-two situation in the penalty area, with Bruno facing Leicester City's two central defenders Morgan and Huth alone."
Bruno is very aware of his situation at this moment. Leicester City's other central defender Huth is a little behind Morgan, but as long as he stops and cuts inside, he can immediately help defend and block all his shots. angle.
The two players cooperated well defensively, and coupled with the positioning of the goalkeeper behind him, Bruno's options were actually very small. But at Bruno's current level, even if there is no angle, he still has to rely on his personal ability to forcefully create a passage.
When they were one-on-one in the left corner of the small penalty area, Bruno suddenly stopped suddenly, trying to smash the ball inward and hit the goal with his right foot. This caused Morgan to make an emergency stop, adjust his center of gravity, and rush to block the ball. Even his teammates behind him rushed forward to help defend.
Everything was as Bruno expected, and the two of them cooperated very well.
But at this moment, Bruno suddenly dunked the ball with his right foot. Morgan felt the figure in front of him flash and Bruno had passed him.
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Bruno quickly cut the ball from inside to the baseline. In an extremely narrow area of the penalty area, in a very short moment, he used his fake moves and spikes to force a slight loophole on Morgan's right side.
If Bruno could only use his right foot, then he would have no use for this loophole, but Bruno's left foot was not inferior to his right foot at all.
After passing Morgan, he spotted the gap between Leicester City goalkeeper Schmeichel and the left post of the goal, and quickly volleyed with his left foot!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLL!!!!!!!!!"
"The ball went in!!!"
"In the 53rd minute, Manchester United finally broke the deadlock! Bruno relied on his personal ability to play with two central defenders and the goalkeeper in Leicester City's penalty area, breaking the Blue Fox's wall!"
"This is a very high-level goal, which fully reflects Bruno's outstanding personal ability. Whether it is catching Blind's long pass, or subsequently shaking and smashing the ball, Bruno's entire movement is smoothly connected."
"Leicester City's defense was very tight today. Although Manchester United created many scoring opportunities in the first half, they failed to break through the opponent's goal. But now Bruno stepped forward again and scored his first goal of the season. Six league goals!”
"More than 70,000 Manchester United fans in the audience were chanting Bruno's name. He is the new king of Dream Theater!"
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When Bruno helped Manchester United go beyond the score, Leicester City was hit really hard.
In fact, from the beginning, Manchester United firmly locked the initiative in the game. The home team's high-pressing tactics created a lot of trouble for Leicester City, which made them very uncomfortable.
Especially the midfield composed of Gundogan, Mata and Kante makes it difficult for Leicester City to send the ball to the frontcourt, let alone create a threat.
However, Leicester City had never thought of defeating Manchester United at Old Trafford. Their tactics today were defensive counterattacks, aiming to take away a point at Old Trafford.
Of course, if they can win, they won't be polite.
Therefore, the Blue Fox played very conservatively at Old Trafford today and stayed in their own half most of the time.
<divclass="contentadv">But now, Manchester United is using their offense to penetrate their defense. The blow to Leicester City can be imagined.
After the restart, Manchester United pursued the victory and continued to beat Leicester City hard. The visiting team was in some confusion, and just two minutes later, Manchester United seized another opportunity.
After Lingard cooperated with Blind on the left, he passed the ball to the front of the penalty area, and Mata followed up and finished in one fell swoop.
2: 0!
This is the first three consecutive rounds of goals scored by Manchester United's warm man at the beginning of this season!
After Mata scored, he was so excited that he shouted with excitement.
Just like Bruno knows about Mata, he looks very low-key and reserved on the surface, but in fact, he is very strong in his bones, hiding a dull and restless heart!
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In the end, this focus game ended with Manchester United defeating the visiting Leicester City 2-0 with goals from Bruno and Mata. The Red Devils continued to lead the Premier League standings with three consecutive victories.
Mahrez was the first to go to Bruno after the game. The two exchanged polite greetings and exchanged jerseys.
The two were once teammates at Udinese, but they only played together for one year before Mahrez moved to Leicester City and quickly became the core of the Blue Fox's midfield. It was Leicester City who created a miracle and won the championship. The number one contributor to the Premier League title.
That season, Mahrez achieved a double-double of 17 goals and 11 assists. He was the only player in the Premier League to deliver a double-double of goals and assists that season. In addition, Mahrez averaged 3.5 dribbles per game, ranking second among all players in the Premier League.
With his outstanding performance, Mahrez was elected as the PFA Premier League Player of the Year.
Last season, the Blue Fox's record suffered a major decline due to the loss of Kante, the core of the defense, but Mahrez's performance was still outstanding. Represented Leicester City in 48 games in various competitions, 43 of which were starts. He scored 10 goals and provided 6 assists, including 36 games in the Premier League with 6 goals and 3 assists, and 9 games in the Champions League with 4 goals and 2 assists. .
After three consecutive seasons of outstanding performance, Mahrez has become a hot midfielder in the Premier League. Many powerful players, including the Manchester City duo, are eyeing Mahrez and want to recruit him.
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However, Leicester City has no intention of selling several core players including Mahrez and Vardy. It sold Kante last summer because the French midfielder had a strong intention to leave. In addition, Kante In the eyes of Leicester City's management, he was not an indispensable core player, so he let Kante transfer to Manchester United.
However, as Kante helped Manchester United win the championship last season, Leicester City's performance plummeted. Leicester City's management regretted letting Kante transfer and leave.
And this summer, even though Manchester United, Manchester City and other Premier League giants made high offers to Leicester City, they still refused to let Mahrez leave.
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When Mahrez was about to leave, Bruno suddenly said: "Riyad, are you interested in coming to Manchester United?"
Mahrez was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Is this what you mean? Or is it what your team means?"
Bruno chuckled and said: "I am the captain of Manchester United, what do you think?"
Mahrez hesitated for a moment and then said: "I am very happy in Leicester City and have no plans to leave for the time being."
Bruno said: "Think about it carefully. With the strength of Leicester City, even if their management is ambitious, it will be difficult to go further despite their strength. Manchester United is different. Our goal is not just the Premier League. , our goal is the sea of stars!”
A trace of sadness flashed in Mahrez's eyes.
Although he led the team to achieve good results after joining Leicester City, he actually regretted it because if he stayed in Udinese, he would win more championships and honors.
Take Kante, who left a year later than him. The French midfielder joined Udinese with him and won an extra Serie A championship and a Europa League championship in Udinese.
Kante, who left Leicester City to join Manchester United last summer, won several more championships than him last season.
Even Kanter, who has played for three teams in the past three seasons, has set a record, that is, winning three top league championships with three different teams in three seasons!
Mahrez knows that with Manchester United's current strength, their goal is not only to compete for the Premier League championship, but they are also strong contenders for the Champions League championship.
The person who gives Mahrez the most confidence is Bruno. This guy is simply the guarantee for the team to win the championship. Wherever he goes, no team will be short of championships.
This was true for Novara first, then Udinese, and now Manchester United is still the same, and even the Portuguese national team is the same.
As long as the team has Bruno, it will never be the champion!
"Should I really leave Leicester City?" Mahrez couldn't help but ask this question in his mind.
