Chapter 813 Champions League King VS Europa League King

Manchester United lost to Crystal Palace at home, suffering their first home defeat in five years, which also caused Manchester United to drop to 12th place in the standings after the second round of games. This is also the first time since Mourinho took over Manchester United that Manchester United ranked in the bottom half of the standings after a round of league games.

After the game, Mourinho criticized the video referee team at a press conference. He believed that the video referee team made two major misjudgments in this game. The first was missing Bruno's penalty kick, and the second was preventing De Gea from saving the opponent's penalty kick. These two misjudgments dominated the trend of the game and prevented Manchester United from getting a good start at home in the new season.

Mourinho's criticism of the referee will naturally not be supported by the English Football Association. They expressed their full support for the video referee's decision and issued fines to Mourinho and Manchester United. Mourinho was fined 1 pounds, while Manchester United was fined 5 pounds.

Surprisingly, Mourinho was not suspended, which makes the punishment seem like more thunder than rain.

After all, whether it is Mourinho or Manchester United, such a small fine is not worth mentioning at all.

The Guardian even said in a comment that the two fines issued by the FA actually showed their guilty conscience. They knew that there were major misjudgments in the video referee team's decisions, but in order to maintain the authority of the video referee team, they issued such fines that seemed to have no deterrent effect.

The Times said that Lindelof's performance in this game was disastrous, which also means that he will completely lose Mourinho's trust and is very likely to be sidelined this season.

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Three days later, on the evening of September 9, Manchester United faced Luton as an away team in their first League Cup match of the season.

As Manchester United will compete with last season's Europa League champion Sevilla for the European Super Cup on the evening of September 9, Mourinho made a comprehensive rotation of Manchester United's starting lineup.

At the end of the first half, Williams made a penalty and Mata scored; in the second half, Manchester United made a last-ditch effort, Rashford, who came on as a substitute, scored a goal in the 88th minute, and Greenwood sealed the victory in injury time.

At the end of the game, Manchester United defeated their opponent 3:0 away from home and advanced to the fourth round of the League Cup.

Then, the entire Manchester United team took a special plane to Budapest, the capital of Hungary, to participate in the European Super Cup on the evening of September 9.

For this European Super Cup, UEFA has officially announced in advance that some fans will be allowed to enter the stadium to watch the game.

On August 2020, 8, UEFA announced that the European Super Cup to be held in Budapest, Hungary in September will allow some spectators to enter as a trial run for fans to return to the stadium.

UEFA's executive committee issued a statement confirming that they have decided to allow a small number of fans to attend the game, not exceeding 30% of the total capacity of the stadium.

The statement stressed that other UEFA competitions will continue to be played behind closed doors until further notice.

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This European Super Cup is between last season's Champions League champion Manchester United and the Europa League champion Sevilla. Both teams can be said to be the champions of their respective competitions.

As the Champions League champion last season, the Red Devils Manchester United has now won three consecutive Champions League titles and is the first team to achieve this feat since the Champions League was reformed in 1992.

In the team's history, they have won the Champions League three times, second only to Real Madrid, which has won 12 times, and AC Milan, which has won 7 times. They are the third team with the most titles in the history of the Champions League.

Sevilla is also a very magical team in the history of the Europa League. They have won the championship of this event five times, the team with the most Europa League titles.

而且，他们的这5次夺冠，都是在进入21世纪之后，其中有两次都是卫冕。分别是2005-2006赛季和2006-2007赛季，以及2014-2015赛季和2015-2016赛季。

The fact is that if it weren't for Bruno, Sevilla would have even won the Europa League three times in a row. Because in the 2013-2014 season, Bruno led Udinese to defeat Sevilla in the Europa League final, causing them to miss the championship.

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Budapest, Hungary, evening of September 9.

Since Mourinho made a full rotation of Manchester United's lineup in the League Cup in the middle of the week, Manchester United can go all out in this game. Mbappe, Harry Kane and Rashford form a trident on the front line, Bruno is paired with Gundogan and Kante in the midfield, and Cancelo, Maguire, Van Dijk and Luke Shaw are combined in the back line, with De Gea guarding the goal.

Sevilla also defended Bruno tightly, with midfielder Jordan following him closely. With the help of former Manchester City player Fernando, it was difficult for Bruno to find any chances on the court.

Fernando is also a very smart player. After leaving Manchester City in 2017, he played for Galatasaray in the Turkish Super League for two years, and then joined Sevilla last summer. He performed well in Sevilla last season, played 41 games in La Liga and the Europa League, and was one of the contributors to Sevilla's fifth Europa League title.

Faced with tight defense from the opponent, Bruno broke free from the defense by running over a long area, playing a transitional role for the team, organizing and planning the attack.

But the obvious difference from facing Premier League teams is that Sevilla is a La Liga team after all, and their overall technical and tactical skills are more rigorous. Unlike most Premier League teams, they do not leave him space, and the overall strength of Sevilla players is also stronger.

Almost at the beginning of the first half, Sevilla pressed Manchester United in the 30-meter area, and the situation was one-sided. This not only made the Manchester United fans who came to watch the game tremble with fear, but also made the fans watching the live broadcast on TV nervous.

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Manchester United's first threatening attack came in the ninth minute. After receiving a pass from Cancelo on the right, Bruno quickly launched a counterattack, drove straight into the opponent's penalty area with the ball, and then passed the ball to Mbappe, but Mbappe stopped too far and missed a good scoring opportunity.

Sevilla then continued to increase its offensive strength, especially Rakitic, who had just returned to Sevilla from Barcelona. He was extremely active in the frontcourt and had very strong personal abilities, making Manchester United's backcourt very embarrassed.

In the 13th minute, Manchester United lost a penalty! Luke Shaw knocked down Rakitic in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty and showed Luke Shaw a yellow card!

Ocampos scored a penalty kick, Manchester United 0:1 Sevilla.

Fortunately, Manchester United was strong enough to equalize the score in the first half. In the 34th minute, Bruno made a pass from the right to the penalty area, Harry Kane headed the ball back, and Gundogan followed up and scored!

The first half ended with a score of 1:1, with each team scoring a goal, but Manchester United was at a clear disadvantage on the field.

Neither team made any substitutions in the midfield and continued to use the lineup at the start of the game, but the stalemate on the field remained the same. Sevilla pressed Manchester United and repeatedly created dangerous situations, but Manchester United defended very tenaciously, and goalkeeper De Gea performed very well, preventing the opponent from scoring.

After the 21th minute, Sevilla was eager to win, but also felt that Holden was too physically exhausted and could not keep up with Bruno. So they finally chose to make a substitution, replacing Holden with No. Oliver Torres to strengthen the attack in the frontcourt.

Bruno also realized that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come.

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After the game resumed, Bruno immediately expanded his range of activities.

After Sevilla replaced Holden, they strengthened the attack in the frontcourt, which brought huge pressure to Manchester United's midfield and backcourt defense, but the defensive problems caused by the single midfielder were also exposed.

In the 88th minute, Bruno received the ball on the right and knocked it across the penalty area, and Harry Kane scored with a push, helping Manchester United to overtake the score.

"Manchester United scored!!!"

"In the 88th minute, Manchester United scored a goal!!!"

"It comes from the cooperation between Bruno and striker Harry Kane. Bruno passes the ball and Harry Kane scores a goal!"

"2:1! Manchester United overtook Sevilla."

"Sevilla's morale was a bit low, and this goal planned by Bruno was a huge blow to them."

"At the last moment of the game, if the opponent scores a goal in this way, anyone else will be severely shocked."

"The Manchester United players were very excited and all rushed to the sidelines and hugged Bruno tightly."

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Shortly after the game was restarted, it entered injury time and the referee gave four minutes of extra time.

Sevilla began to increase the intensity of its attack, launching an offensive almost recklessly, while Manchester United tightened its defense, with almost everyone retreating back to their own 30-meter zone, trying their best to defend the hard-earned goal advantage.

Mourinho's team has always been very solid in defense. Now that Manchester United has taken the lead, morale is high and everyone is trying their best to defend, so Sevilla has even less chance.

After the four minutes of extra time, the referee did not blow the whistle until nearly five minutes into the game. This seemed to be biased towards Sevilla, which made Manchester United coach Mourinho on the sidelines a little dissatisfied.

But no matter what, when the referee blew the whistle, the Manchester United players and coaching staff on the sidelines rushed into the field.

2:1, Manchester United narrowly defeated the Europa League champion Sevilla thanks to Bruno's key pass before the end of the game and won the 2020 European Super Cup.

This is also the fourth consecutive year that Manchester United has won the European Super Cup since defeating Real Madrid in 2017!

In the history of the European Super Cup, very few have been able to defend the title, and winning four consecutive championships is even more unprecedented!

At the same time, this is also Manchester United's fifth European Super Cup, and they have tied with AC Milan and become the team with the most championships in this tournament!