Chapter 739 Defending the Triple Crown

Lingard, who scored the goal and a Manchester United youth player who spent most of his time sitting on the bench, ran on the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium field, shaking his head with a slightly ferocious expression due to excitement.

Because Manchester United has a wealth of talent on the front line, with excellent forwards such as Harry Kane, Rashford, Mbappe, Mahrez, Greenwood, McTominay, etc., this has led to Greenwood ranking very low in the same position and not having much playing time this season.

However, the 25-year-old striker who came from Manchester United's youth training system has never regretted his training and has been training diligently and quietly waiting for his chance to play.

Today, in this world-renowned Champions League final, he was summoned by Mourinho shortly before the end of the game. He took on the task and went into battle, and delivered a fatal blow to his arch-rivals Liverpool!

For him, this is definitely the most glorious moment of his career!

Manchester United players surrounded Lingard, they were so excited.

Greenwood wondered loudly: "Are we the champions of Europe?"

"Not yet, there are still a few minutes. Work harder and don't slack off." Bruno, the captain, said loudly.

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Including injury time, there were only three or four minutes at most. According to common sense, it was almost impossible for Liverpool to score two goals in a row. But the biggest unknown in a football game is that you never know what will happen before the final whistle blows.

Just like the night at Camp Nou 20 years ago, when the game entered injury time, Bayern Munich was still leading Manchester United, and even UEFA officials were ready to engrave Bayern Munich's name on the trophy. However, Manchester United scored two goals in injury time and snatched the Champions League trophy from Bayern Munich, creating the world-famous Camp Nou miracle.

The opponent Manchester United faces today is Liverpool, a team also known for its tenacity and even the world-famous Istanbul Miracle. They are not without the ability to reverse Manchester United.

So, Bruno quickly shouted loudly to remind his teammates not to relax, the game is not over yet, the championship has not been fully won, don't waste it!

This goal was a huge blow to Liverpool players. They knew very well what it meant for the score gap to be widened to two goals at this time.

On the sidelines, Klopp also had a blank expression. His team performed very well in this game, but unfortunately their opponent was Manchester United, a team that was too tenacious.

Yes, Liverpool, who fell behind three times and equalized three times, had done enough, but they met a more resilient Manchester United.

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There was three minutes of injury time for the entire match.

In the next three minutes of the game, Liverpool launched an almost crazy attack.

Manchester United had almost no attacking opportunities during this period and they retreated to defend across the board.

It only takes three minutes to park the bus!

The three minutes of injury time had expired. Because Liverpool now had the ball and the opportunity to attack, the referee Skomina did not immediately blow the whistle to end the game.

"Time's up! Hey! Time's up!" Mourinho shouted loudly on the sidelines, pointing at his watch.

Mane passed Cancelo on the wing and sent a long diagonal pass into the penalty area.

Origi and Maguire competed for the header and De Gea kicked the ball out in the chaos. Then Kante cleared the ball with a big kick.

At this moment, two short and one long whistle sounds came from Skomina's whistle.

As three whistles sounded, the huge Wanda Metropolitano Stadium erupted in huge and crazy cheers.

"The game is over!" commentator He Wei announced excitedly, "5:3, Manchester United won the final victory!"

"Gundogan, Bruno, Harry Kane, Greenwood, Lingard, five Manchester United players scored five goals together. In the end, they defeated Liverpool 5:3 at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium and won the 2018-2019 UEFA Champions League!"

"This is the fifth time Manchester United has won the Champions League in history. They have tied Liverpool and Bayern Munich to become the third team in the history of the Champions League, second only to Real Madrid, which has won 12 times, and AC Milan, which has won 7 times!"

"Congratulations to Manchester United, Mourinho, Bruno, Gundogan, Lingard, Mbappe, Harry Kane, Rashford, Greenwood, Kante, Luke Shaw... They are the European champions!"

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At this time, the stadium was already a sea of ​​crazy celebrations by Manchester United fans.

After the game entered the injury time, the players and coaches of Manchester United who had been waiting on the sidelines rushed into the field frantically to celebrate their victory the moment the whistle sounded at the end of the game.

Manchester United's players were expressing their joy to their heart's content. Some Liverpool players were squatting, some were half-kneeling on the field, and some were lying down looking at the night sky of the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium...

They did well enough today, but they still lost the game and failed to stand at the top of Europe. Just like this season in the Premier League, they only lost one game in the whole season and got 1 points, but in the end they missed the first Premier League championship in team history.

All the Liverpool players felt extremely lost and overwhelmed.

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Manchester United head coach Mourinho was surrounded by reporters at this time.

Having led Manchester United to the top of Europe for two consecutive years, Mourinho is undoubtedly the biggest focus of this night and at this moment.

"Mr Mourinho, tell me, what does it feel like to win the Champions League for two consecutive years?"

"Coach Mourinho, what do you want to say to Manchester United and your fans now?" "Mr. Mourinho..."

Mourinho did not answer these questions, he went to shake hands with Liverpool coach Klopp.

Although Manchester United won in the end, the score of 5:3 and the two goal difference seemed to indicate that Manchester United won by a large margin, but the process of this game was far more difficult than the score difference showed.

Klopp, the German has won the respect and admiration of Mourinho.

"Congratulations, Mr. Mourinho." Although he lost the European championship that he and his team had been dreaming of, Klopp still maintained his composure and congratulated Mourinho.

Mourinho shook the hand of the Liverpool coach and said sincerely: "This is a very, very exciting game. A great team led by a great coach caused us huge trouble."

The two did not communicate further. Klopp had to comfort his players, while Mourinho had to face interviews and questions from many reporters. In addition, he could not wait to stay with his players and enjoy the joy of the crucial moment.

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On the field, Bruno, the captain of Manchester United, was also being interviewed by reporters.

Regarding this game, Bruno said: "This is a wonderful game. Both teams have the strength to win the championship, but we had the last laugh. We played what we usually train and used practical actions to tell the world how good we are..."

A reporter asked maliciously: "Bruno, can you talk about the penalty kick in the first half of Manchester United's game..."

Bruno looked at the reporter coldly and said seriously: "Correct penalty."

After answering a few questions, Bruno left the reporters and took his teammates around the field to thank the fans who came to support Manchester United.

Afterwards, the entire Manchester United team temporarily returned to the locker room. They took a hot shower, changed into the championship T-shirts specially prepared by the club for the UEFA Champions League champions, and then returned to the stadium to receive the gold medal and the UEFA Champions League trophy: the Big Ear Cup!

Manchester United returned to the stadium from the locker room, and the first thing to be held was the award ceremony for runner-up Liverpool.

Liverpool's players and coaching staff took to the stage to receive silver medals symbolizing runner-up status.

Liverpool players looked depressed, and some had red eyes, obviously having cried.

Then it was Manchester United's turn to go on stage to receive the gold medal.

The trophy was presented to the champion by UEFA President Ceferin.

"Congratulations, Bruno." When it was Bruno's turn, Ceferin smiled and shook his hand.

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Bruno was the last Manchester United player to go on stage. After he received the medal, the championship trophy was presented.

Ceferin raised the trophy and handed it to Bruno.

"Congratulations, Bruno. You are the well-deserved European champions!"

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman." Bruno said politely, and then he almost couldn't wait to take the trophy.

The teammates were already yelling three, two, one.

Just after he shouted, Bruno shouted loudly: "We are——"

Everyone shouted together: "Champion!"

At the same time, Bruno raised the big-ear cup high.

Throughout the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium and in front of televisions in every corner of the world, countless Manchester United fans shouted loudly: We are the champions!

Countless red confetti flew out from behind the podium, and colorful ribbons poured down from the ceiling of the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

The song "We Are the Champions" resounded throughout the stadium.

Countless fireworks were ignited and bloomed in the sky above the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

"Congratulations to Manchester United, Mourinho, Bruno... Congratulations to them, they are the 2018-2019 Champions League champions!"

"Not only that, Manchester United is also the FA Cup champion and Premier League champion this season. They have even won the Premier League three times in a row!"

"This is also the third consecutive year that Manchester United has won the European championship. Two years ago they were the Europa League champions, last year they won the Champions League, and this year they defended the Champions League. They are the second team to defend the Champions League since the Champions League was reformed in 1992!"

"Last year, Manchester United won the Champions League, the Premier League and the FA Cup, becoming the treble-winning team for the second time in team history. This year they won the treble again, becoming the first team in history to defend the treble. Congratulations to them!" He Wei shouted excitedly.