Chapter 501: Murderous Intentions Again and Again
"CCTV! CCTV! Good morning, viewers! Welcome to watch the second round of the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League Group G, against Manchester United and Roma!" The CCTV commentator's voice rang, "The one wearing the red home jersey attacking from left to right of the screen is Manchester United, while the one wearing the white away jersey attacking from right to left is the away team Roma!"
After the kick-off, Harry Kane passed the football to Bruno.
Bruno did not directly follow the football forward, but passed the football, turned around and passed the football backwards.
After passing the ball, Bruno did not stand still, but ran back and asked for the ball from central defender Van Dijk.
When Van Dijk passed the ball to him, he was already almost in line with the centre-backs.
He does this because the current team is marking him more and more tightly. If he is still catching the ball in the midfield, he will probably be intercepted by the opponent player coming from behind, so now he runs backwards This is a way to avoid those opposing players who have just kicked off the ball aggressively.
On the back line, Bruno calmly caught the ball and turned around. The closest person to him was Perotti, but he was still more than ten meters away.
This is a safe position.
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Bruno raised his head and glanced in front of him, and made a posture like Big Foot passing the ball - football in front, people behind, spreading his arms and raising his legs. This is Big Foot's posture.
He saw that Roma's defense immediately reacted to his action. The defenders paid attention to Harry Kane beside them, as well as Rashford and Mbappe who had already entered the opponent's half.
Bruno's foot came down but he just made a low pass. He passed the football to Kanter not far ahead, and then he ran forward.
Kanter passed the football directly to him, hitting the wall.
Perotti was now five or six meters in front of Bruno. Bruno dribbled the ball over. Perotti made a defensive move, but it was very amateurish. Bruno only changed his direction slightly, and Perotti gave up and continued to defend.
He is a forward, but he does not actively defend.
Another forward Dzeko is not the kind of forward who actively fights and defends in the frontcourt, so Bruno is basically safe in his own backcourt.
After taking the football past Perotti, Bruno motioned for everyone to come closer and not be too far away. It's enough to have Harry Kane in front of him.
Rashford and Mbappe began to move towards the ribs.
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When Bruno crossed the center line, he felt the pressure from Roma captain Stroman!
“Strowman comes up and he’s targeting Bruno!
This is the first direct conversation between the two captains in this game! cried the narrator.
Fans watching the game in China shouted: "Pass him! B fee!"
Everyone is looking forward to a duel between these two people like Mars hitting the earth. But they were disappointed. Bruno had no chance to collide with Stroman head-on. He took advantage of Stroman not getting around him and quickly passed the football, targeting Mbappe.
Mbappe did not carry the ball from the wing, but towards the ribs. He attracted another defensive midfielder of Roma, Gonalons.
Gonalons moved up to defend Mbappe while keeping an eye on Bruno out of the corner of his eye. The reason for defending Mbappe is because the football is now at his feet and he is the most threatening player. However, his main purpose in this game is to cooperate with Stroman and completely freeze Bruno.
He noticed that Bruno was penetrating from behind, so he was cautious and did not attack too hard. Anyway, there were Fazio and Jesus behind him.
Sure enough, when Mbappe saw Bruno coming from behind, he passed the football sideways!
"Hey!" Gonalons was proud of his foresight. He quickly turned around and followed the football towards Bruno. He was a little close to the football. Even if Bruno caught the ball, he couldn't avoid his steal. While he was I just caught the ball and before I could control it firmly, I made a steal with my foot. The success rate is very high!
In addition, there is Stroman following Bruno. Gonalons does not believe that Bruno can run away with the cooperation of himself and Stroman!
The person can pass, but the ball stays!
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Gonalons watched the football roll towards Bruno. Bruno also made a move to slow down to catch the ball, so he tackled it with his feet!
Stroman noticed Gonalons' movement. He did not follow the tackle, which would only cause himself and Gonalons to collide. He just leaned to the left and bumped into Bruno, hoping to knock him aside. , preventing him from catching the ball and helping Gonalons steal the ball.
The cooperation between the two people can be said to be perfect, but the prerequisite for their success is that Bruno wants to catch the ball.
Bruno's foot was raised now, but he just stepped over the football. He missed the ball!
"Nice miss!" the commentator shouted.
The reason why he thought the missed ball was a good one, rather than Bruno's mistake, was because he saw the whole situation from above. He knew that Rashford had already rushed up behind Bruno. Leaked to Rashford!
Gonalons made a shovel, Stroman hit someone in vain, and both Roma's midfielders were attracted to Bruno and were firmly pinned to his side.
There was not even a defensive player around Rashford. He received a pass from Mbappe on the 30-meter zone line, and Bruno leaked the football to him.
He calmly even had time to adjust the football from his right foot, which he was not good at, to his left foot, and then started to shoot!
During the whole process, no Roma player rushed to defend.
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"Rashford! Shot -!"
The football was shot out by him, flying very low and heading straight to the near corner of the goal!
Fazio stretched out his foot reflexively, and the football flew past the side of his calf. Fortunately, Alisson reacted quickly, jumped out and knocked the football out of the baseline.
"Corner kick! The game only started for one minute, and Manchester United had a very threatening shot and got a corner kick!"
The fans in the stands of Old Trafford shouted the name of Manchester United loudly and cheered for their team. The game became very intense and exciting from the beginning.
The moment Rashford shot the football straight into the near corner, the slow hearts of the Roma players began to beat violently.
They were really frightened. They didn't expect that the opponent would have such a threatening shot at the beginning of the game!
The corner kick came out and Rashford hit the front line, but it was a little low and the ball was pushed out by Gonalons who was guarding the front line.
Bruno's leak just now made him a clown, so this time he defended the corner kick with extra vigor. He shook his head fiercely and pushed the football far away, falling outside the penalty area.
Bruno was originally in the penalty area preparing to fight for the top, but as soon as he saw the football flying out, he turned around and ran out.
The football was caught by Cancelo who was guarding outside. He stopped the football and looked up to see Bruno in the middle not far from him.
Without Bruno waving, the tacit understanding between the two made Cancelo already know what to do in this situation, and he directly passed the football to Bruno.
After the pass, he immediately started at high speed and pushed forward.
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At this time, Roma's defense saw the football being cleared. In order to prevent the Manchester United players outside from hoisting the football into the penalty area, they were pressing outside to cause offside, so there was a large space behind them.
Their idea was correct, but they failed to notice Cancelo's presence and determined forward thrust, as well as Bruno's determined overhead pass!
The ball flew over the heads of a group of Roma and Manchester United players and fell straight to the wing. Cancelo came in from behind and received the ball.
A Roma player raised his hand to indicate that Cancelo was offside, but the linesman at the far end saw clearly that Cancelo was still very far behind when Bruno started to pass the ball, until the football passed over everyone's heads and fell to the wing. At that time, he appeared behind the defense and was not offside!
Cancelo did not go offside after receiving the ball, and the stands at Old Trafford erupted in huge cheers.
"This is Manchester United's opportunity! In just three minutes, they got another very threatening offensive opportunity! It came from the exquisite cooperation between Bruno and Cancelo!"
The commentators also became excited, as if the goal could happen at any time.
Cancelo received the ball and looked up at the penalty area. He did not look for a direct pass, but brought the football into the penalty area!
After realizing that there was no offside, the Roma defenders swarmed back. Some went to guard the goal, while others went to grab the ball from Cancelo's feet.
Seeing the chaos in Roma's penalty area, Cancelo passed a low ball. The football was not passed to the goal, but behind the defenders, near the penalty spot!
Right back Valencia appeared here and kicked the football!
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"Valencia...shoot!!"
The football passed between Fazio and Jesus, passed Alisson's fingertips, and then hit the net!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"
Perhaps the Roma players were still a little confused and surprised, thinking that the ball was offside. But the fans in the stands and the TV audience could see it very clearly.
They watched as Cancelo passed the football across to Bruno and then made a one-two with Bruno to hit the wall without being offside. Then he broke into the penalty area and swept the football to the center of the penalty area.
Roma's players all made the first pounce and retreated to the goal. The area near the penalty spot in the center of the penalty area was quite weak.
Although it was not Bruno, Mbappe or Kante who appeared there, but Valencia, the right back, which was a bit surprising, there was no problem at all with this powerful and heavy volley. The football shot too fast, which made Roma's players couldn't react.
Old Trafford erupted, with more than 73,000 Manchester United fans letting out huge cheers and roars.
