From the man behind the football king to the football king

At 12 noon on April 29, the first match of the 35th round of the Premier League will be the Red Devils Manchester United facing Swansea at the Old Trafford Stadium.

This is a difficult game for Manchester United, not because the opponent is too strong, but because the interval between this game and the previous game is too short and the players have too little rest time.

The Manchester Derby between Manchester United and Manchester City took place at 8pm local time on April 26th in the UK. The game ended at about 10pm. Only 62 hours had passed since the whistle started.

Under normal circumstances, Manchester United's games in this round are scheduled to be played in the evening, that is, Sunday night or even Monday night. However, because Manchester United has too many games next, there are at least 6 Premier League games and 2 Europa League and a half games. The final and an FA Cup final are to be played, and it is impossible to arrange them according to the normal rhythm of the game, so we can only arrange one game at noon on Saturday, and then arrange another game in the 34th round of the Premier League next Monday night. Makeup match.

There is also good news for Manchester United, that is, the three injured players Rooney, Luke Shaw and Mata have finally recovered from injury.

Because Manchester United is currently extremely short of forwards and defenders, Mourinho arranged for Rooney and Luke Shaw to start, while the midfielder was relatively wealthy, and Mata was on standby on the bench.

For Manchester United, Swansea is the easier one to deal with among the six remaining Premier League opponents. Swansea currently only has 31 points and is in the relegation zone.

But this also made him realize that even if he didn't lose the ball, he couldn't spend too long with the opponent.

"Header!"

Because only in this way can the opponent be horrified to discover that their foul tactics actually don't work at all!

If you go back for a foul, you will only get cards for yourself. If you fall to the ground, although the opponent will be punished, your attack will not be completed.

There were boos directed at Ji Chengyong in the stands, but Bruno was not satisfied with the referee's decision. This undoubtedly made the opponent's wishful thinking come true: no matter you fall to the ground or not, as long as the referee blows the whistle, the game will be over. Even if it's interrupted, it's complete if you brake hard.

This is what Swansea does, making Manchester United's high-speed train constantly start to accelerate and then brake suddenly. If it happens a few more times, this team will no longer be able to find its original rhythm.

Manchester United's rhythm is very fast, just like a train running at high speed on the track. Once it starts driving, it is very fast, but if it suddenly brakes at this time, you can imagine what the consequences will be.

"Players like Bruno who want to control the football at their feet to launch offense really hate being constantly fouled. The referee in this game also seemed to be quite strict. Just now Bruno was still in control of the ball, but he had already blown the whistle to signal a foul. For Bruno, this is a good thing and avoids the possibility of injury..."

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At the beginning of the game, Manchester United, aiming for three points, launched a fierce offensive towards Swansea's goal. Seeing that Manchester United was very energetic in this game, Swansea resorted to their killer move: foul tactics.

But Bruno did not perform according to the script designed by Ji Chengyong.

"Fifteenth minute! Manchester United takes a one-goal lead! What a great start!"

Bruno is not afraid of injuries, and it can even be said that his physical fitness allows him to rarely get injured. Over the years of his career, he has almost never suffered an injury that sidelined him for more than one game.

In the 15th minute, Bruno once again passed the ball at the edge of the penalty area, and Ji Chengyong came up. This time he wanted to force Bruno to pass the football back.

At this time, there was only one defensive player in front of Bruno, Swansea's center back Federico Fernandez!

Always complaining to the referee after falling to the ground may be the style of Bruno before, but it is definitely not his style today.

So here, Ki Sung-yong is marking Bruno and does not dare to foul. He is just stuck in the position so that he cannot turn around easily. As long as the football is passed to the midfield, Swansea can use foul tactics as much as possible.

But if the ball is not conceded, at least half of the opponent's wishful thinking will fail.

Bruno suddenly jumped up when he was close to the penalty spot. Ki Chengyong failed to catch Bruno's rhythm and watched Manchester United's No. 8 jumping in the air. He tried to jump up to defend, but it was too late.

Bruno leaned back and leaned against Ki Sung-yong. He stepped on the football under his feet, forming a right-angled triangle. Ki Sung-yong couldn't reach his football and directly kicked the supporting foot, which would give Manchester United a direct free kick at the edge of the penalty area. .

When he felt that Ji Chengyong behind him was also moving, he turned around suddenly and used a very difficult movement to pass the football in the direction where his back was turned before!

"Pass! Nice back-up pass! How did he see that spot?"

And if a train frequently accelerates, brakes suddenly, starts to accelerate again, and then brakes suddenly, it is not a good thing for the passengers on the train and the train itself.

This was clearly a foul, but Bruno persisted and did not fall to the ground, and the football was still under his feet.

Before the game, the Swansea head coach reminded all players that although they have to use foul tactics, they do not do so regardless of occasion or location. In dangerous areas, foul tactics must be used as little as possible to avoid giving Manchester United free kicks.

But the narrator didn't know that Bruno didn't appreciate it...

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Bruno, who was jumping in the air, saw the person with the same surname lying in front of him. The other person had also jumped up, but he was obviously half a beat too slow.

But the referee Swarbrick still blew the whistle and sentenced Swansea to a foul.

The game restarted, and Ji Chengyong was a little proud. He raised his head and looked at Bruno in the distance with condescending eyes.

Now he could only stand on the ground, raise his head, and watch Bruno gliding in the air with his arms spread out, as if he was flying!

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Rooney jumped up at the front point, but he didn't hit the ball. The Swansea center back Alfie Mawson who was guarding him jumped up and didn't hit the ball either.

When Bruno got the ball again, their midfielder Korean Ki Sung-yong rushed up from the side, and then pushed directly on Bruno's shoulder with his upper hand. His hands pushed forward, but his feet pushed back hard.

Although the relegation teams in the Premier League are difficult to deal with, in general, they are relatively weak, so these 3 points are within Manchester United's plan and must be won.

Bruno doesn't like the kind of kicking method where the opponent falls to the ground at the first touch. Although this can avoid injuries, it is too weak in the game and will only make the opponent feel that he is easy to bully.

If the opponent fouls you, the best way to retaliate is definitely not to kick it back, or to simply fall to the ground and make a pained gesture and let the referee take out the opponent's card. Instead, despite his interference, you still pass the pass, complete an attack, and threaten the opponent. The opponent's goal, or even simply score a goal.

At this time, Bruno didn't care whether there was one person or ten people defending in front of him. He was already jumping in the air. Even if he wanted to collide with the people in front, he couldn't care less.

Ashley Young didn't have much hope of receiving the pass on the wing at first, but when the football was actually passed, he still made a beautiful stop motion. This was completely a conditioned reflex. , is the result of years of training.

This time he was victorious.

It looked like he had the upper hand, because Bruno turned around to protect the ball. Now his back was facing the direction of the attack and he could only pass the ball back.

It was like a wronged child who only knew how to sue his parents and teachers, hoping to play football under the protection of the referee.

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"Bruno's header... the ball went in!!"

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Ji Chengyong felt that the target he was marking had become dishonest. He seemed to want to forcefully turn around from the left, so he quickly pushed his body up and against Bruno's path. At the same time, in order to prevent him from escaping from the other side, His hand was still holding Bruno's jersey.

At the same time, Ashley Young's cross also arrived. Swansea's central defenders were all marking the three Manchester United forwards Rooney, Rashford and Lingard, and the only one defending Bruno was following him. Ki Sung-yong from behind.

The football flew to the center of the penalty area, directly opposite the goal, and Bruno was there.

He knows what the opponent is planning and uses frequent fouls to force him to concede the ball. Although they cannot gain possession of the ball, it can disrupt Manchester United's offensive rhythm.

Bruno complained to the referee: "I haven't conceded the ball yet..."

But everything on the football field can never go as planned. You may encounter a referee who enforces the law strictly, or you may encounter a referee who blows the whistle softly. Putting your hope on the referee is putting the cart before the horse.

That moment was so fast that no one saw who touched the ball first. Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski only saw the football suddenly flying towards him. He jumped into the air like a reflex and waved to hit it, but he was a step too late.

Ki Chengyong was still surprised by Bruno's pass when he saw Bruno turning around and running behind him. He reacted and quickly followed.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"

"Ashley Young's cross, Bruno!"

You must know that Bruno is a world-class free kick expert, and his direct free kicks are quite threatening. In the Manchester City Derby three days ago, Bruno had just scored a shocking long-range free kick.

Bruno's intention to turn to the left was indeed a fake move, but he didn't want to escape from the other side, he just gave himself room to move.

Of course Federico also saw Bruno, and he would not think that Bruno would get out of the way out of courtesy. No one can let this ball go!

Soon the two met in the air, Bruno shook his head toward the goal, and Federico shook his head outside the penalty area.

"Nice header! So beautiful!"

"Bruno scored his thirty-fifth goal of the season (re-evaluating the previous games and found that the two goals in the first leg with Swansea were undercounted, corrected here)! He broke Alan Shearer and Andy Cole’s single-season Premier League record of 34 goals!”