Chapter 673 Personal Honor Grand Slam

While Mourinho went to UEFA headquarters to attend the draw ceremony for the Champions League knockout stage, Bruno, who was still in Manchester, also won another big prize in 2018.

At noon on December 12th, local time in the UK, Bruno received the European Golden Boot Award for the 17-2017 season at his home in Manchester.

This is the second consecutive season that he has won the European Golden Boot. In the previous 2016-2017 season, Bruno scored 36 goals in 38 Premier League games, beating Yosi who scored 37 goals, and won the European Golden Boot for the first time in history.

In the just-concluded 2017-2018 season, Bruno scored 38 goals in 41 Premier League rounds, defending the European Golden Boot Award with a huge advantage of 7 goals over the second place Yosi.

布鲁诺也由此成为欧洲金靴奖进入积分制时代后，第四位卫冕欧洲金靴奖的球员。在他之前，阿森纳名宿亨利在2003-2004赛季和2004-2005赛季连续两年获得欧洲金靴奖，随后，哟西在2011-2012赛季，以及2012-2013赛季连续获得欧洲金靴奖，C罗则是在2013-2014赛季以及2014-2015赛季连续两个赛季获得欧洲金靴奖。

不过，夺得积分制时代欧洲金靴奖次数最多的，还是布鲁诺的国家队队友克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多。C罗在2007-2008赛季、2010-2011赛季、2013-2014赛季，以及2014-2015赛季，四度捧起欧洲金靴奖。

In the 2015-2016 season, Bruno almost won the first European Golden Boot Award of his career. That season, he scored 38 goals in 39 Serie A games for Udinese, losing to Suarez who played for Barcelona by 1 goal.

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After receiving the European Golden Boot, Bruno achieved a true Grand Slam in his personal honors in 2018. Premier League top scorer, Premier League assist leader, PFA Player of the Season, PFA Young Player of the Season, PFA Team of the Season, FWA Player of the Season, Premier League Official Player of the Season, Premier League Official Young Player of the Season, Premier League Official Team of the Season, Premier League Official Player of the Month (3 times), Champions League Best Midfielder, Champions League Best Player, Champions League Assist Leader, Champions League Final MVP, UEFA Team of the Year, UEFA Best Player, UEFA Best Midfielder, World Cup Top Scorer, World Cup Assist Leader, World Cup Ballon d'Or, World Cup Final MVP, IFFHS World Best Men's International Scorer, IFFHS World Best Men's Player, FIFA Team of the Year, FIFA Midfielder of the Year, FIFA Player of the Year (World Footballer of the Year), European Ballon d'Or.

Not only that, Bruno was also shortlisted for the 2018 Laureus World Sports Award for Best Male Athlete, along with Cristiano Ronaldo, but both lost to Swiss tennis king Roger Federer. This is the fifth time Federer has won this award in his career.

However, the actual selection period for the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards was 2017, but the selection and awards were only held in early 2018.

The real 2018 Sportsman of the Year Award will be presented at the 2019 Laureus World Sports Awards. According to the selection procedure, the candidate list will be announced in mid-January next year and then awarded in mid-February.

According to the odds offered by major bookmakers, Bruno is the favorite candidate and also the favorite to win the award. His biggest competitors will be his national team teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Serbian tennis star Djokovic.

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On the night of receiving the European Golden Boot Award, Bruno led the Manchester United team on the team's exclusive plane to the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East.

The 2018 Club World Cup has begun in the United Arab Emirates on December 12.

This year's Club World Cup has a total of seven teams participating, including the champions from the six continental football federations and the champion team of the Arabian Gulf League of the host country, the United Arab Emirates.

As Champions League champions, Manchester United will start from the semi-finals.

In the matches that have already taken place, host Al Ain and AFC Champions League champions Kashima Antlers have reached the semi-finals and will compete with Copa Libertadores champions River Plate and UEFA Champions League champions Manchester United for a ticket to the final.

According to the draw, Manchester United's opponent in the semi-finals is the Japanese team Kashima Antlers, while the host Al Ain will face River Plate.

The semi-final between Manchester United and Kashima Antlers will be held on the evening of December 12th, local time in the UAE. If they can enter the final, they will compete with the winner of the other semi-final on the evening of December 19nd for the final championship.

This is Bruno's second time participating in the Club World Cup. As early as 2015, he had participated in a Club World Cup with Udinese. At that time, he helped Udinese defeat the AFC Champions League champions Evergrande and the Libertadores Cup champions River Plate, and finally won the Club World Cup.

Bruno, who scored a hat trick in both games, once became the top scorer in the history of the Club World Cup.

However, with Real Madrid participating in the Club World Cup twice in the past two years, Ronaldo has surpassed Bruno with 7 goals and become the historical top scorer of the Club World Cup.

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On the evening of December 12, Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

In the second match of the 2018 Club World Cup semi-finals, Manchester United faced Kashima Antlers.

AFC Champions League champions Kashima Antlers kicked off first.

Manchester United continued to line up in a 4-3-3 formation in this game. The goalkeeper was Romero, the back line was Ashley Young, Lindelof, Smalling and Cancelo, the midfield was Mata, Fred and Bruno, and Jesse Lingard, Harry Kane and Mahrez were the front trident.

Obviously, Mourinho made a large rotation of Manchester United's lineup. On the one hand, it was because the opponent's strength was limited and Manchester United did not need to play with all its main players; on the other hand, Mourinho did not want Manchester United to be involved in the Club World Cup and consume too much energy.

Many Manchester United fans at the scene held up flags and banners to welcome Bruno, which showed the expectations and attention that Middle Eastern fans have for him.

At the beginning of the game, Kashima Antlers took the initiative to adopt a defensive counterattack posture. Manchester United easily controlled the situation on the field, and Bruno also frequently ran around, constantly looking for opportunities.

In the fourth minute, Bruno finally ran into a gap, and Mata understood what he meant and sent the ball through the gap between the opponent's central defender and full-back and into the penalty area behind the defense line.

Bruno cut into the gap at the fastest speed, stopped the ball with his foot first, faced the opponent's goalkeeper directly, and shot the ball calmly. The ball hit the opponent's goalkeeper's crotch and went into the goal behind him.

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“GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!”

"Manchester United scored the first goal just four minutes into the game!"

"Bruno, Bruno who just received the European Golden Boot Award, once again demonstrated his strength as a European Golden Boot winner!"

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More than 40,000 fans at the scene jumped up from their seats, roaring wildly.

At this moment, even the few fans of Kashima Antlers turned into Bruno's fans and cheered for his outstanding performance.

1:0, Manchester United scored the first goal just four minutes into the game.

"Bruno's goal should be attributed to Mata's assist. Mata's pass accurately tore through Kashima Antlers' defense, and Bruno's exquisite movement just reached the most threatening area."

"This is a tacit cooperation between two Manchester United attacking players, from Bruno and Mata!"

After Bruno slid on his knees to celebrate on the sidelines, he stood up and took the initiative to hug Mata who rushed over to him.

Teammates around him also came forward to celebrate.

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Kashima Antlers is indeed not as strong as Manchester United, but no one expected that the game would start so smoothly. It definitely could have been a big victory.

After scoring the first goal, Manchester United played more patiently and the players were more motivated.

Fifteen minutes later, the team created another chance.

Bruno got the ball on the right, suddenly cut inside, took away the opponent's defensive player, and then passed it to the right side to Cancelo who was running on the side. When the latter made a cross from the bottom, the opponent's central defender cleared it with a header.

Bruno felt good and offered to take the corner kick.

The corner kick landed accurately in the penalty area. Lindelof headed the ball to the front of the penalty area. Harry Kane made a powerful shot and scored another goal for Manchester United, 2:0.

After scoring two goals in a row, Manchester United was full of confidence, and their advantage in passing and controlling the ball in the game became more obvious.

In the 3rd minute, Bruno's attack on the right failed, Mata moved to the left, Ashley Young passed the ball to Lingard, Manchester United's happy boy passed the ball into the penalty area, Mata followed up and shot into the goal, 0:!

The momentum is overwhelming!

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Manchester United launched a very fierce and threatening attack in the first half, completely suppressing Kashima Antlers in the half and giving them a severe beating.

During the half-time break, Mourinho praised the team's performance, especially Bruno's opening goal, for which he gave a high evaluation and encouraged the team to keep up the good work.

"We want to score more goals, not only win, but win beautifully!"

Kashima Antlers also realized that Manchester United had found their form and rhythm, and replaced two players at once during the half-time break, hoping to block Manchester United's attack and stabilize the team's rhythm.

But their defense only lasted ten minutes.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Mata passed the ball to Cancelo who was on the right, and the latter passed it to Bruno in the open space on the right rib.

Bruno got the ball and turned inside, passing it diagonally with his left foot. Lingard quickly rushed into the penalty area and volleyed the ball directly into the net, 4:0!

The team launched a continuous offensive, and Mourinho and the coaching staff were very excited, but they still replaced Bruno with Herrera in the 60th minute.

After Bruno left the field, Manchester United's offensive continued unabated.

In the 5th minute, Harry Kane was fouled by his opponent while competing for the ball in the penalty area and was pushed down by the opponent. The referee awarded a penalty without hesitation. The Manchester United center took the penalty himself and scored, changing the score to 0:.

Manchester United won a resounding victory with a five-goal victory.