Chapter 801 The New King Ascends the Throne

Bruno's wonderful goal greatly boosted Manchester United's morale and passion. After a crazy celebration, everyone started to play more actively and launched a counterattack against Juventus.

First, Bruno forced a breakthrough in the middle and spotted an opportunity. Suddenly, he shot directly from the outside of the penalty area.

Lopez reacted quickly and saved the ball, thus defusing the crisis.

But soon, Manchester United took a corner kick, and Maguire headed the ball from ten meters in front of the goal, but it was a little high.

Two consecutive attacks created threats and Manchester United continued to launch the offensive.

Bruno also became more and more active. Harry Kane pulled the defensive players away for Bruno. Cancelo quickly sent an over-the-top pass from the right side of the center. Bruno quickly cut diagonally from the center to the right side of the penalty spot and shot directly with his right foot before the Juventus players arrived.

Lopez flew to save the ball again, once again defusing Bruno's sure-shot shot and saving Juventus' goal.

Corner kick!

Bruno climbed up from the grass in the penalty area, panting and brushing off the grass clippings on his body.

At this time, several tall players of Manchester United came up.

Van Dijk, Maguire, Harry Kane, Rashford...

Mbappe was lurking outside the penalty area, ready to rush in and score the winning goal at any time.

Luke Shaw ran to the corner area, placed the football, stepped on the grass behind the football, and then slowly backed away.

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Bruno came to the outside of the penalty area, stood side by side with Mbappe, and looked at Luke Shaw in the corner area. The other party made a gesture to shoot from the back point.

"Give me this chance." Bruno said eagerly.

He knew that according to the tactical design, Mbappe should have rushed in to grab the header, but he really wanted to give it a try.

Mbappe was a little surprised, but still nodded without hesitation: "Okay, if you score a goal, remember to treat me to a meal."

"It's just a meal. You have the final say on when to start." Bruno said with a smile.

As the referee Markle blew the whistle, all the players inside and outside the penalty area immediately moved.

Mbappe quickly shook off the player defending him and rushed towards the front of the goal.

High players such as Harry Kane, Maguire and Van Dijk all put pressure on the middle and front points. Cancelo, Rashford and others also moved quickly, interfering with the defense of Juventus players. The entire penalty area was suddenly in chaos.

Luke Shaw quickly took a corner kick, but it did not appear at the front point as everyone expected, nor did it fall in the middle, but to the back point.

"Danger!" Ronaldo was the first to react and shouted.

But when he turned around, he suddenly found that Bruno, who was originally blocked behind him, was gone. In an instant, he had a very ominous premonition.

In this kind of corner kick offensive and defensive battle, missing someone is the most likely to result in conceding a goal.

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The penalty area was in chaos and Ronaldo had no way of finding where Bruno had gone.

Only Bruno knew it very well. He deliberately retreated to the left side of the front edge of the penalty area, and then suddenly quickly penetrated into the penalty area.

Sandro was stationed at the back post of Juventus. When he saw the ball flying towards him, he wanted to clear it immediately.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the thought came to his mind, he felt a figure flash in front of him. A Manchester United player suddenly rushed in front of him and jumped high before him.

Sandro is 1.8 meters tall, only three centimeters shorter than Bruno, but at this moment, Bruno rushed up from behind, and after a run-up, he jumped as high as he could, completely crushing his opponent.

Sandro even forgot to jump. He just looked up and looked at Bruno, who looked like a god descending from heaven.

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After Bruno accurately predicted the landing point and trajectory of the football, combined with his own jumping ability, he was confident enough to grab the landing point.

With the help of a dozen meters of running start, he jumped with all his strength, controlling his body, leaning his legs and head back as far as possible, and his whole body seemed to turn into a bow.

At this moment, Bruno was extremely clear-headed. He had clearly seen the trajectory of the football in the air, which was exactly at the point he predicted.

When the ball came in front of him, Bruno controlled his core abdominal muscles again, stretched his head and legs forward as far as possible, and with the force of pushing upward, all the strength of his body was transmitted to his head through his core muscles, and then through his forehead, hitting the flying ball.

It was more like a smash than a header, as he smashed the ball right into Juventus' goal!

Facing this close header, Lopez didn't even have time to react. He just instinctively stretched out his right hand to block it, but the ball still hit the left post and hit the Juventus goal!

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLL!!!!!"

"Header! Bruno actually took advantage of a corner kick and headed the ball from close range, scoring a reversal goal for Manchester United!"

"This header reminds me of the amazing header Ronaldo scored against Evra in the second leg of the 2012-2013 Champions League quarter-final when Real Madrid challenged Manchester United away in the second leg!"

"Today, in front of Ronaldo, in the same corner attack, facing the left back of Juventus, Bruno scored a stunning header in the same way as Ronaldo!"

"Bruno's header should be a response to Ronaldo's header just now. The competition between these two Portuguese players will be the biggest highlight of this game."

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After Bruno landed, he clenched his hands into fists and raised them high above his head. He roared to the sky again, venting his inner excitement.

When he noticed Sandro's stunned eyes, and saw that the Juventus players around him were almost jaw-dropping in shock, he really had the urge to cheer wildly.

But before he could shout, he was surrounded by his Manchester United teammates.

Ronaldo was also very shocked because he did not expect that Bruno would respond to him in this way.

Although he has a good relationship with Bruno in private, Ronaldo still feels offended at this moment.

However, this feeling only stayed in his mind for a second or two. He then shook his head helplessly and muttered, "This brat..."

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The referee Markle finally blew the whistle!

Manchester United players collapsed exhausted on the grass of Lisbon's Stadium of Light.

The big red scoreboard showed the final score of the game: 1:2.

International practice is that the home team goes first and the visiting team goes last.

In today's match held at a neutral venue, Juventus drew the home team and Manchester United drew the away team.

Manchester United defeated Juventus 2-1 at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon thanks to Bruno's two goals.

Throughout the second half, Juventus almost dominated the game and launched an almost crazy attack on Manchester United's defense.

The defensive formation that Mourinho had trained for four years almost collapsed several times, but in the end Manchester United still held on to the final score and reversed the Zebras Juventus 2:1.

After being eliminated in the quarterfinals last year, the Zebras once again failed to reach the semi-finals.

If the previous 2017-2018 season is included, Juventus has missed the semi-finals for three consecutive years.

The last time Juventus reached the Champions League semi-finals was four years ago in the 2016-2017 season, when they reached the final but were defeated 1:4 by Real Madrid in the final.

In that game, Ronaldo was in great form, scoring twice and was the biggest victim of Juventus' defeat.

A year later, Juventus met Real Madrid again in the Champions League, but this time in the quarter-finals. As a result, Juventus lost 0:3 at home. Although they won 3:1 in the second leg at the Bernabeu Stadium, they were still eliminated with a total score of 3:4.

At the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Ronaldo directed Juventus's tragic defeat, scoring all three goals with two shots and one assist. In the second leg, although Real Madrid lost 2:1 at home, Ronaldo scored another goal and became the number one contributor to Real Madrid's elimination of Juventus.

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It was also because of these three games that Ronaldo completely conquered Juventus. In the summer of 2018, when Ronaldo fell out with Florentino and left the Bernabeu, Juventus offered Ronaldo a sky-high transfer fee of 1 million euros and brought the 33-year-old veteran to Italy.

The reason why Juventus gambled on Ronaldo is naturally that they hope that the king of the Champions League can help Juventus win the third Champions League trophy in team history.

Unfortunately, when Ronaldo came to Juventus, the Old Lady had passed its golden age. Although they still maintained their dominance in Serie A, they suffered consecutive defeats in the Champions League, where they had been longing to make a breakthrough.

Last season, Juventus achieved good results in away games, but unexpectedly failed at home in the second leg and was blocked from the semi-finals by the dark horse Ajax.

This season, they faced Manchester United, who were aiming for a third consecutive Champions League title, in the quarter-finals. In the duel between Bruno and Ronaldo, the two new and old kings, Manchester United led by Bruno had the last laugh, while the aging Juventus were eliminated in the quarter-finals for three consecutive seasons.

In these two seasons, Ronaldo's performance in the Champions League is actually not bad. Last season, he scored 9 goals and 6 assists in 2 games. This season, he also scored 9 goals in 5 games. This is absolutely commendable for a 35-year-old veteran.

However, Juventus' strength was indeed a level lower than that of Manchester United, which was at its peak, so it was reasonable that they were defeated in the end.

In the near future, this match will be more regarded as a battle for the handover of power between the two kings of world football.