Chapter 505 An unexpected dilemma

Huddersfield is located in northwest England, only 40 kilometers away from Manchester.

As the newly promoted team this season, Huddersfield has been in the lower leagues of England for 45 consecutive years. It was even a matter of luck that they were promoted to the Premier League last season.

After all, they participated in the promotion play-offs as fifth in the English Championship. First, they eliminated Sheffield Wednesday on away goals, and then in the play-off final, they had a goalless draw with Reading in 120 minutes, and finally passed a penalty kick. The battle advances.

However, people who are familiar with the history of British football know that Huddersfield was once the strongest team in British football. They won the old League One championship for three consecutive years from the 1923-1924 season to the 1925-1926 season. The first team in the history of England's top flight to win three consecutive championships.

However, Huddersfield declined after the Second World War. Even after being relegated from the old League One in 1972, Huddersfield has never been promoted to England's top league until now.

After the start of the new season, Huazhen performed very well in the Premier League for a time, even ranking in the top three in the first three rounds. However, as the season progressed, Huddersfield's dark horse halo began to fade. After 8 league rounds, they only achieved 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, ranking 12th in the league.

Especially since the start of the season with two consecutive wins, Huddersfield has been without a win in six consecutive league games.

Under such circumstances, Huddersfield welcomed the Premier League hegemon Manchester United.

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With eight consecutive wins in the Premier League and fourteen consecutive wins in all competitions in the new season, Manchester United has gone all the way north from Manchester and has the momentum to sweep the town of Manchester with great momentum.

After all, one is Huddersfield, who have been promoted to the Premier League for the first time in history, the other is Manchester United, the dominant team that has won the Premier League championship 14 times; the other is a newly promoted team that has been winless in the past six rounds of the Premier League, and the other has won eight consecutive league games in the new season and won one. The Red Devils didn't concede a goal.

In everyone's eyes, this is a game without any suspense. The only uncertainty is how many goals Huddersfield will concede at home.

However, when the game started, the development trend was beyond everyone's expectations.

Because of the continuous hard-fought battles against Liverpool and Roma within a week, Mourinho made extensive rotations in Manchester United's lineup. Many main players, including Bruno, did not start the game. Only goalkeepers De Gea and Wa Rencia continues to start.

Manchester United suffered a blow in the 23rd minute. Center back Phil Jones was injured and could not continue the game. Mourinho was forced to replace the Philippine general with Lindelof.

This substitution adjustment disrupted Manchester United's rhythm, and the home team Huddersfield began to take the initiative on the field.

Huddersfield took the lead in the 28th minute. Mooy intercepted Mata in the middle and passed the ball. Ince's shot in front of the small penalty area was saved by De Gea. Mooy made a supplementary shot from 10 yards into the net.

Five minutes later, the home team scored another goal to expand the score. Rossell kicked the ball with a big kick. Lindelof took the header. De Poitre passed the attacking De Gea and scored with a low shot. The two Manchester United central defenders failed to score in front of the empty goal. The interception was successful and the score on the field became 2:2.

Conceding two goals in just five minutes completely stunned Manchester United, which was playing on the bench. He didn't come back to his senses for the next ten minutes.

It wasn't until injury time in the first half that Manchester United produced its first threatening shot of the game. Fellaini's shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Tommy Smith during a corner kick.

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During the halftime break, Mourinho cursed the Manchester United players bloody in the locker room, but the players were like frightened quails, with their heads hanging down one by one, not daring to reply at all.

After a fifteen-minute break, Mourinho cursed for five minutes, then spent another five minutes making tactical arrangements before leaving the locker room.

There was dead silence in the locker room, and the players were confused. Everyone had a feeling that without the man, they seemed to have lost their way.

However, what gives them some comfort is that when the second half of the game starts, the man will be back!

Yes, in the locker room just now, Mourinho has made arrangements. Manchester United will make substitutions at the beginning of the second half, and captain Bruno will come on as a substitute.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, the fourth official on the sidelines made a substitution sign. No. 13 Juan Mata comes off, No. 8 Bruno Fernandez comes on; No. 39 Scott McTominay comes off, and No. 9 Harry Kane comes on.

The second half of the game had just begun, and all three substitutions had been used up. Mourinho immediately made a mistake.

This also shows Mourinho's attitude. He needs the players to avenge their humiliation with a victory!

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Bruno, who came off the bench, did not appear in his most familiar attacking midfielder position. Instead, he formed a front trident with Harry Kane and Jesse Lingard, with Bruno playing as a left winger.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United really focused on attacking the left wing, and Bruno was very active on the left wing.

Tom Smith focuses on Bruno. Bruno has a good reputation. Tom Smith does not dare to be careless and give him any chance. He is always getting close to Bruno intentionally or unintentionally, hoping to take advantage of his physical confrontation.

As a defender who has worked hard in the British Championship for many years, Tom Smith thinks that he is not afraid of anyone in terms of physical confrontation. In the previous game against Tottenham, the equally famous Son Heung-min failed to get any advantage from him.

Bruno's body looks similar to that of a Korean winger. Although Bruno is much more famous and may have stronger abilities, Tom Smith thinks that he can compete with Bruno purely in terms of physical fitness.

After all, his body is his strong point.

But in the 49th minute, when the two sides were grabbing the ball, they had their first physical confrontation. Tom Smith discovered that something was wrong. He tried desperately to squeeze Bruno away, but found that things were not as good as him. As expected.

Bruno was a little staggered by the crowd, and his pace with the ball was indeed messed up, but he quickly adjusted and did not lose the ball. On the contrary, Tom Smith, who was crowded, lost his position and Bruno found the opportunity to cross.

It's a pity that Harry Kane failed to grab the first point.

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Tom Smith looked at Bruno, who was shaking his head and walking back in disappointment, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised: Is this Portuguese kid's physical fitness so good? What a monster!

Realizing this, the Huddersfield right back couldn't help but look carefully at Bruno's arms exposed outside the loose jersey, and indeed found the obvious deltoid muscles, which further confirmed his judgment.

But the game was changing so quickly that there was no time for Tom Smith. Bruno quickly received a pass from his teammate and made a comeback with the ball.

This time he received the ball on the counter-attack and worked his way into the Huddersfield penalty area.

One person, single-handedly, faced Tom Smith who retreated into the penalty area and the two defensive players behind him.

Just when Tom Smith thought that Bruno would slow down and wait for his teammates to catch up, he didn't expect that Bruno didn't slow down after entering the penalty area, and accelerated away from him.

Tom Smith only felt that the opponent was too fast, and the figure in front of him was blurred. As soon as he reacted, Bruno jumped past him, and before the central defender behind him could help defend, he suddenly shot with his right foot.

This shot was fast and urgent, and very powerful. However, the angle was slightly higher and there was no pressure. The football flew directly out of the baseline and into the bottom stand behind him.

The 20,000 Huddersfield fans at the John Smith's Stadium broke into a cold sweat.

Not only Tom Smith, but also David Wagner on the sidelines was shocked and had lingering fears.

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Bruno shook his head and walked back, his face full of depression. He didn't take the shot well just now, which was a pity.

The main reason is that when the opponent's central defender was assisting in defense, he was a little too anxious and ended up not taking the right position, resulting in the ball not being suppressed. Otherwise, this would have been a wonderful shot.

"Calm down! Calm down!! Calm down!!!" Bruno kept reminding himself in his heart.

Impatience is a big no-no for scorers.

It is not difficult to only score one goal, but to maintain stable goals for a long time, you must not only have excellent personal strength, but also have a strong enough psychological quality. The most important thing is your mentality.

Keep a normal mind so that your movements can be stretched to the right level and your judgments can be calm.

"Well done!" Lingard ran over and congratulated.

"It didn't go in, otherwise it would be more beautiful." Bruno chuckled.

Lingard said: "It seems that you are in good condition today."

Bruno nodded. His condition was indeed good, but not very good.

"Ashley, you should be more active, I can hold the ball, believe me." Bruno returned to the half court and said towards Ashley Young.

Because he conceded two goals in the first half, Professor Yang suffered a big blow and was a little conservative after the start of the second half.

"I go to the outside, and you go inside. I go inside, and you go to the edge. If necessary, I will fill in for you."

Ashley Young showed his thumb to Bruno, indicating that he remembered.

Although he is older than Bruno, in fact, he is inferior to Bruno in terms of his position in the team and his performance on the court. Coupled with Bruno's status in world football, he is also convinced by Bruno.

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Soon, Manchester United organized another wave of attacks, and it was still a quick counterattack after stealing the ball. After Harry Kane grabbed the ball, he handed it to Bruno on the left.

This time, Ashley Young did as Bruno expected. When he saw Bruno rushing into the penalty area with the ball, Professor Young no longer hesitated and quickly stepped in.

Bruno dribbled the ball straight towards Tom Smith. He faced two defenders at the same time, but still drove straight into the penalty area, forcing everyone in Huddersfield to focus on him, but he suddenly went to the bottom line.

Ashley Young stepped in from the side, quickly inserted into the penalty area after receiving the ball, and before the defensive player was in place, he passed the ball diagonally to the back point.

Harry Kane came in from behind and calmly pushed the ball into the Huddersfield goal.

1:2, Manchester United regained a victory!

At this time, the second half of the game had only lasted sixteen minutes!