From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 385 Stop Decline

The players of Manchester United would not know that because one of their games failed, one of their young fans was laughed at by his peers and shed tears. After all, it happened only a day later.

On the afternoon of Manchester United's humiliating defeat at the hands of Chelsea, in the visiting dressing room at Stamford Bridge, they all knew that manager Mourinho was unhappy.

Mourinho did not use a lot of swear words to express his dissatisfaction, nor did he let people have a drowsy tirade to tell the players what they did wrong. He only said: "Tomorrow's vacation is cancelled." , practice three times a day." It was enough for everyone to understand that the head coach was unhappy now.

Generally speaking, practicing twice a day can make professional players frown, while practicing three times a day is completely punishing training.

Although Bruno received the highest score in the team from the media after the game, he was not happy.

For him, personal honors are nothing, what matters is the team's results. If the team loses every game and he scores the highest points on the team every game, what's the point?

After all, football is a team sport. The team has honor, and individual talents have honor. Personal honors are based on the overall performance of the team. It is absolutely impossible for a relegation team to have a top scorer or a World Footballer or Ballon d'Or winner. If you want to get the above honors, you have to let your team win the championship.

The reason why Bruno moved to Manchester United was because he hoped to help the team achieve revival and regain glory. He has always regarded leading this team as his responsibility.

But this game poured cold water on him and made him realize that the rebuilt Manchester United still had many problems. This will take more time, and more hard work, to work out step by step.

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On the second day after returning to Manchester from London, Manchester United started training three times a day. Bruno even took the initiative to stay for additional training after the training.

The defeat against Chelsea was a wake-up call and made him feel that time was running out.

He didn’t come to the big city of Manchester for a holiday, he came here to start a business. If Chelsea can't get past this level, what more ambitious goals can they talk about? "Let's create a big scene together" is nothing more than a joke.

It seems that Manchester United's strength is not as strong as imagined and needs to continue to strengthen. And so does he himself.

It is not his turn to take care of things like improving the team's strength, but he can enhance his own strength. When one day encounters such a game again, when the team can no longer operate normally, and a hero is needed to single-handedly save the team from danger, he cannot always put the hope of "becoming a hero" on others. Bar?

As the core of the team, that's the idea of ​​passing the buck.

He must have this awareness: when the team encounters difficulties, he should be the first to stand up.

He wants to lead the team, why should he lead it? Why should these people believe that they are qualified and capable? Isn't it at times like this?

Just like he did in Udinese, when the team faced Juventus and needed a victory to advance to the Europa League final, he sent two key assists; when the team also faced When Juventus needed a Champions League title, he fulfilled the team's dream with a brace...

There were many, many such critical moments, and the Italian media gave him many nicknames, one of which was called "Mr. Key".

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This is why he can gain absolute trust in Udinese and lead the team. Although there was Guidolin's strong support in it, he stepped forward to save the team at critical moments every time, which made his teammates willing to place all their hopes on him and give him all their dreams. Only when he completes it can he be willing to believe in him unconditionally.

Otherwise, if he himself cannot give a convincing performance, no matter how much Guidolin supports him, he will only be an "Adou who cannot be helped."

To become the core of a team, you only need to have stable and outstanding performance. But if you want to be the leader of this team, you must have the courage and ability to stand up in difficult situations.

Bruno thought so while doing extra shooting practice on the training field as the sun set.

I'm afraid I still have a long way to go before I can truly become the leader of Manchester United!

But that's okay, he is never afraid of challenges. Otherwise, he would not have come from Udinese to Manchester United, which is at a historical low, and accepted the challenge of becoming a Manchester United legend.

With his strength and reputation, he can definitely go to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, which are at their peak, and play a very relaxed main position. With a good salary and good luck, he can also follow the team. A league championship, or even a European championship or something.

But is this kind of life what he wants?

He prefers turning the tide and adding icing on the cake.

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After practicing three times a day for two consecutive days, the team finally returned to normal training intensity. These two days have been a struggle for everyone, and only Bruno and a few others behave normally.

Bruno is a monster among monsters. After practicing three times a day, he has to practice shooting for an additional fifteen minutes. Many teammates can't help but admire his physical strength, which is beyond the understanding of ordinary people. category.

Mourinho decided to resume normal training because Manchester United will face Manchester City at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. The players must be given a certain amount of recovery time, otherwise Manchester United will be exhausted before taking the field.

This game against Manchester City is the fourth round of the League Cup, which is the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Although they had a fierce battle with Chelsea three days ago, and although Manchester United went through another two days of high-intensity training, in this game against Manchester City, Mourinho still used all his main players and only played in a few positions. Rotate.

The game had just begun. Perhaps it was really affected by public opinion, or perhaps the impact of the previous disastrous defeat to Chelsea had not yet been eliminated. Manchester United seemed a little nervous.

In the third minute, Manchester United's main left back Luke Shaw made a mistake in passing the ball from the backcourt, and Manchester City counterattacked on the spot. Navas made a low pass from the right, and Iheanacho shot high with his right foot near the penalty spot.

The ball missed, but more than 70,000 Manchester United fans at home were shocked into a cold sweat.

"We need to attack! We need to attack! Show your courage!" The Manchester United fans who came back to their senses began to shout slogans loudly in the stands, cheering for the team and reminding the players what they should do.

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Bruno ran back to defend and failed to catch up, only to see his opponent push and shoot high. He made a hand-down gesture to everyone, and then shouted loudly: "Calm down! Calm down! This is our home court! Now it's our turn to attack!"

Bruno then received the ball kicked by goalkeeper De Gea and organized the attack.

In the 14th minute, after Ibrahimovic attracted the attention of two opposing defenders, he gave the ball to Bruno who stepped in from behind. Bruno fired a low shot with his right foot in the arc of the penalty area. Manchester City goalkeeper Caballero barely managed to pass the ball. Block out the bottom line.