Chapter 800 There Can Only Be One Winner

Once the midfield and backcourt stabilized, the players in the frontcourt began to get opportunities.

First, Bruno made a cross from the right, allowing Rashford to head the ball in front of the goal, but it was saved by Lopez.

Then Bruno made a straight pass from the left rib, allowing Mbappe to break into the penalty area and shoot wide.

In the 28th minute, Bruno had an opportunity to face Bonucci alone with the ball and tried to break through one on one. However, when he was passing the opponent, he was tripped to the ground by the experienced Bonucci.

Marcelo ran up quickly and showed Bonucci a yellow card.

The Juventus captain did not argue, but took the initiative to reach out to Bruno who was lying on the ground, pulled him up, patted his shoulder, and quickly stepped back.

Manchester United then had a free kick from Bruno, and Van Dijk headed the ball, but it missed the target and was too high.

Time quickly entered the thirty-minute mark, and Manchester United was still behind Juventus.

After about ten minutes of rest, Juventus launched another fierce attack.

C Ronaldo is still the most threatening Juventus player on the field, and his performance is also quite outstanding, but he always seems to be a little short of scoring a goal. He almost never actually enters the penalty area, and most of his shots are long shots from the outside, and they are long shots from more than 20 meters away.

It is not difficult to see how solid Manchester United's defense is.

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Juventus's offensive surged, but Bruno also felt that Juventus' defense was gradually pressing forward, which gave Bruno an opportunity.

Ronaldo tried to pass the ball with his heel, but was tripped by Fred.

The referee ran over and gave Fred a yellow card warning, and at the same time gave Juventus another free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.

Ronaldo took the penalty kick himself, and Bruno went back to set up a human wall. He was once again face to face with Ronaldo, and he could feel the burning fighting spirit in the eyes of the old captain of the Portuguese national team when he looked at him.

He looked full of fighting spirit and extremely excited, as if he was saying: Today, here, there can only be one winner, and that is me!

And this is exactly what Bruno wanted to say to him.

Ronaldo had his hands hanging by his sides, his fists clenched, his legs apart, and he stood in front of the human wall like a god.

As the referee blew the whistle, Ronaldo jumped out quickly and kicked the ball quickly.

There was only a bang heard at the scene, and the ball flew out quickly from under Ronaldo's feet, drew an arc, bypassed the human wall, and quickly fell towards the goal behind him.

But Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea was well prepared. After all, Ronaldo is famous for his elevator ball. Although the 35-year-old Ronaldo has passed the peak of his career and has not scored many free kicks in recent years, no goalkeeper dares to slack off or be careless when facing Ronaldo.

When setting up the human wall just now, De Gea had already taken into account all the possible angles that Ronaldo could shoot from, so he reacted quickly and flew to lift the ball over the crossbar. Although it gave Juventus a corner kick, the free kick did not go in.

In an instant, all Manchester United players breathed a sigh of relief.

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Manchester United quickly reorganized their defense, this time defending the corner kick.

Because they lost the ball from a corner kick just now, Manchester United took this opportunity very seriously.

Juventus also invested troops, with Bonucci and De Ligt both coming on.

Bruno was still left in the frontcourt waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, but he did not dare to be careless at all, because he did not know when his teammates would pass the ball in his direction, and all he could do was concentrate and be prepared.

Manchester United had the ball, but Juventus still maintained their pressing pressure on the center line, making it difficult for Manchester United to get the ball to the front court.

As soon as Cancelo got the ball, he was immediately disturbed by Bernardeschi. Just when he was thinking about passing it back to his teammates on the back line, he suddenly saw Bruno running back from the front, raising his right hand to ask for the ball. Moreover, his running route just happened to miss Bernardeschi's pressing, so he could pass the ball.

Of course Cancelo would not hesitate any longer and immediately passed the ball directly to Bruno's feet.

Bruno stopped the ball and turned around, as if he had already expected that there was no defensive player behind him.

As soon as he turned around, Bruno immediately rushed forward with the ball.

Bentancur, who was closest to him, ran over first, followed by left-back Sandro.

Bruno didn't wait for Bentancur to get close, but quickly passed the ball horizontally to Fred's feet, and immediately sprinted forward at the fastest speed.

As soon as Fred stopped the ball, he saw Bruno sprinting quickly. Feeling Bentancur approaching quickly, he immediately made an over-the-top pass and sent the ball directly to the front for Bruno to chase.

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"Manchester United launched another attack from the right."

"Bruno is competing with Sandro in speed."

"Bruno was very fast and caught up with Sandro, and they both chased the ball at the same time."

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Although Bruno had the advantage in speed and more physical strength, there was still some distance between the two of them. Sandro was obviously a very determined player. He chased him desperately and made secret pulling movements with his hands.

But Bruno couldn't care about these anymore. His only thought now was to catch up with the ball.

With his excellent predictive ability, he can judge the trajectory and landing point of the ball, and he has enough understanding of his opponent Sandro. If it was Sandro who had just joined Juventus five years ago, he might not be able to compete with the opponent in speed, but Bruno feels that he can definitely catch up with Sandro, who is already 30 years old.

But Sandro is right next to him, how can he stop the ball after catching up with him?

Sandro was right next to him. If Bruno stopped, he would be directly entangled by Sandro.

Therefore, he decided to stop the ball behind himself. At least there was no defensive player behind him at this time, giving him more room for error.

The whole thought took a long time to say, but actually it only took a moment for Bruno to react. He judged the trajectory and landing point of the ball, kicked out his right foot first, and faced the falling football, subconsciously controlling the angle of his foot and calf.

Soon, Bruno felt the weight of the ball from the sole of his foot. It hit Bruno's foot as it fell, changed direction, passed over the left side of Bruno's shoulder, and fell between him and Sandro.

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This sudden change made Sandro, who was the first to be affected, completely confused.

Bruno did not give him enough time to react. After stopping the ball, Bruno quickly stopped and changed direction.

Sandro also reacted quickly, changing his original sprint to an emergency stop. While turning and changing direction, he also reached out to pull Bruno, not letting him catch up with the ball at all costs.

But unexpectedly, as soon as he stretched out his hand, Bruno suddenly swung out his right hand with force, and slapped his hand with a loud bang, knocking his entire left hand away.

At this moment, Sandro's feet suddenly slipped, and he lost his balance and fell on the grass. He watched Bruno catch up with the ball, kick it with his right foot, and rush into the penalty area with the ball.

"Nice stop!"

"On Manchester United's right side, Bruno made a very beautiful stop and got rid of Sandro!"

"See how he handles this time..."

"Facing Bonucci, Bruno tried to dribble past him again, but he failed and passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area..."

"Harry Kane followed and shot directly... The angle was too straight, and goalkeeper Lopez blocked the ball..."

"The ball didn't fly far, it's still in the penalty area..."

"Bruno..."

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When the ball blocked by Lopez flew towards him, Bruno was suddenly stunned.

too suddenly!

He originally thought that Harry Kane could score, but he didn't expect Lopez to save the ball, and the football actually flew towards him.

At that moment, Bruno's mind went blank and he subconsciously kicked the ball to stop it.

The football did not fly very hard and stopped in front of Bruno. He felt as if the air around him was frozen and everyone's movements became very slow.

Bruno could see Bonucci turning around. He had just pounced on Harry Kane, and now he had reacted and turned around to pounce on him, but he was really slow.

Lopez, who was lying on the ground, was shouting something and slowly retracting his hands. He must be trying to get up.

And there is De Ligt, who has been staying in the middle, and he is about to make a sliding tackle.

As for Sandro behind him, he had just gotten up from the ground. He slipped and fell, and the injury must have been serious.

In front of the Juventus coaching bench, Sarri roared with a ferocious face, as if saying, stop him!

Mourinho on the sidelines had his eyes wide open, obviously quite surprised, but his mouth should have been shouting: Shoot!

All of this rushed into Bruno's mind frantically at that moment, and then he suddenly woke up and quickly kicked out his right foot at the ball in front of him.

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Bonucci turned around quickly, De Ligt slid in, and Lopez struggled to stand up...

But with a "bang", Bruno's right foot kicked the football in front of him. The ball flew out from the ground like a flash of lightning and directly hit the goal which was almost unguarded.

When he kicked the ball, Bruno was 100% sure that the ball went in.

He had no idea how many times he had kicked a ball like this in the past few years. He practiced it over and over again almost every day. When he kicked it, he could already judge the moment the ball entered the net.

The shot ball seemed to be an extension of his entire body. The feeling was so strong that he didn't even need to hear the referee's whistle. He just let out a loud roar and ran out with all his might.

Behind him, the referee finally blew the whistle to signal that the goal was valid!

When seeing Bruno score a goal, Ronaldo covered his face with his hands with a painful expression.