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

"Every team has its own goals for building a team. Not all teams can use almost unlimited funds to buy and buy like Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea. Liverpool has never been such a team, and I have never been able to do so. Not that kind of coach."

"This Liverpool is a very young team. Our main lineup is basically composed of players born in the 90s. This brings endless potential to our team. What we need to do next is to This potential is fully exploited.”

Regarding the game, Mourinho praised Bruno and the players, especially Bruno's responsibility as the team captain, who was able to step forward at critical moments, which was very admirable.

The Manchester United coach also said that if it were not for the referee's misjudgment, Manchester United should have scored in the first half.

"It was a very obvious and unquestionable handball. It should have been a penalty kick. Our players also appealed, but the referee still upheld the original decision. I believe everyone should see that it was a wrong call. .”

Regarding the penalty kick mentioned by Mourinho, Liverpool coach Klopp said that he did not see it.

"I didn't pay attention to whether it was a handball at the time, but I think the referee made a decision that he thought was the wisest at the time. My player did not consciously open his arms. That should not be sentenced to death. .”

Liverpool lost 0:2 to Manchester United at home. This was not a big upset. After all, it was much better than Liverpool's 0:4 defeat at home last season.

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In this summer transfer window, both teams have made fruitful signings.

Manchester United spent a huge price to introduce Harry Kane and Mbappe, which made up for the team's biggest shortcomings. Making Manchester United stronger than last season.

Although Liverpool's investment in the transfer market is far less than Manchester United, they have successfully retained core player Coutinho and introduced striker Salah, which is also of great significance to Liverpool.

For now, Liverpool's biggest problem is the defense.

Since Carragher retired, Liverpool has lacked a truly top defender in the defense, and Liverpool's defense has conceded around 50 goals every season. This is not the defensive performance that a top team should have at all.

Of course, conceding too many goals is not just a problem for defenders, goalkeepers are also an important factor. Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet is not top-notch in ability.

With the Belgian's ability, he may be qualified to serve as the main goalkeeper in ordinary Premier League teams. But for a top club like Liverpool, especially in the stage of revival, Mignolet is somewhat unsatisfactory.

However, as Klopp said, Liverpool is not like the Manchester City duo and Chelsea, who can wave their checks and buy without any scruples. Although their boss John Henry has a small amount of assets, he does not have a big background, and he is not a super rich man like Jassim and Abramovich with a net worth of tens of billions.

Therefore, in terms of the current strength of the two teams, there is indeed a big gap between Liverpool and Manchester United.

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In mid-week, Manchester United ushered in the third round of the Champions League group stage and faced Roma at Old Trafford.

This is a game between the first and second place in Group C, and it is also a key battle for whether Manchester United can win the first place in the group.

For Manchester United, Roma is a familiar yet unfamiliar opponent.

I say familiarity because the two teams have played against each other a lot of times in history, a full six times. It's unfamiliar because the last time the two teams played against each other was already ten years ago.

In fact, all six meetings between Manchester United and Roma were concentrated ten years ago, when Manchester United last dominated Europe.

In the 2006-2007 season, Manchester United, which was about to rise from a short trough, faced Roma in the Champions League quarter-finals. Manchester United first lost to their opponents with a score of 1:2 in the away game. In the second round back at Old Trafford, Ronaldo scored the first goal of the Champions League, while Manchester United defeated their opponents with a score of 7:1 to advance to the fourth round. powerful.

A year later, in the 2007-2008 season, Manchester United and Roma met four times in the Champions League.

在小组赛中，曼联对阵罗马两回合一胜一平，比分是1:0和1:1。在同一赛季的欧冠四分之一决赛中两队再次相遇，这一次交锋以曼联两回合双杀对手告终，两场比分分别是2:0和1:0。

It can be said that Roma is the stepping stone for Manchester United to reach the top of Europe!

Now, ten years later, the two teams meet again in the Champions League. What kind of sparks will be generated is worth looking forward to.

For Bruno, Roma is not an easy opponent to deal with. He played for Udinese for three years and met Roma six times, with results of 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

Especially in Bruno's last year with Udinese, Roma completed a double kill against Udinese.

That kind of experience was really a bitter experience for Bruno at the time.

It can be said that in those three years, Roma was one of the few teams that could take advantage of Udinese led by Bruno.

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On match day, media from all over the world gathered in Manchester to pay attention to the match between Manchester United and Roma.

One day ago, this Champions League match day ended with four group matches. The two British teams that played had good records. Manchester City beat Naples 2:1 at home, while Tottenham drew 1:1 at the Bernabeu Stadium. real Madrid.

Under such circumstances, Manchester United was the Premier League champion last season and faced a powerful team like Roma, so the media around the world paid very high attention.

There was already a lot of news about the two teams before the game, such as Manchester United's historical record advantage over Roma, the bloody 7:1 massacre, and Roma's record advantage over Bruno...

The media are hyping up this game and making this game look full of suspense.

But as the game approaches, all irrelevant news disappears. Everyone still only focuses on whether the players on both sides are in good order and what tactics the head coaches of both sides will devise.

The game time finally arrived, and the Old Trafford Stadium was packed. There were even many loyal fans waiting outside the stadium five minutes before the game started, holding signs saying "I need tickets", hoping for better luck. Tickets can be refunded for those who are temporarily unavailable and unable to watch the live broadcast of the game.

But their wait was doomed to be in vain. Tickets for this game are very tight, and many people can't buy tickets a week in advance. And those tickets that were reserved for sale before the game were sold out as soon as they were released.

The people waiting for the tickets were still stubbornly waiting outside. Next to them was the noisy Old Trafford Stadium. All the stadium lights were turned on, and the sound came from inside and could be heard far away.

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Players from both sides have already entered the stadium. Accompanied by the Champions League theme song, they lined up for reporters to take photos and videos. Then the visiting team players took the initiative to walk towards the home team players and shake hands with them one by one.

As the captain of the team, Bruno stood at the front of the queue. Every Roma player would be the first to shake hands with him after coming up.

After Salah moved to Liverpool, he didn't have many close friends in Rome, so he didn't shake hands and exchange greetings. Everyone just shook hands and then let go.

The first Roma player to shake Bruno's hand was their captain Stroman.

The Dutch midfielder is not Roma's captain, or even first vice-captain. It's just that Roma's captain De Rossi did not start today, and neither did first vice-captain Florenzi, so the captain's armband was worn on the arm of Stroman, who has played for Roma for 4 years.

Bruno and Stroman are also old rivals. After all, he faced this guy many times while playing for Udinese.

Although Bruno was not at a disadvantage against Stroman in several encounters, and even had a clear advantage in many cases, Stroman's Roma team was always able to take advantage in the game against Udinese. The advantage really makes Bruno very depressed.

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After shaking hands, the captains of both sides met again. Bruno and Stroman traded flags and picked sides. Bruno deliberately lost the pick and got the kick-off.

Bruno pays more attention to kick-offs than picking sides. Whoever tees off first gets the advantage, just like Black has an advantage if he moves first.

Manchester United's football is fast and direct football, and they need to put pressure on the opponent from the beginning, so it is more beneficial for them to kick off first.

The pick-up was over, and the two captains returned to their respective teams. Bruno called his teammates together as usual for a brief pre-match pep talk.

"We must win against them. We have said this many times in the past half week, so I won't repeat it." Bruno said, "I just want to say one thing - let them see our football, brothers !”

Harry Kane stood in the center circle, stepping on the football, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle.

Rashford and Mbappe stood at both ends of the center line, next to the sideline, and Bruno stood in the middle of the center line. Manchester United would always pass the ball to him when kicking off.

Kanter stood behind Bruno as protection.

At kick-off, the formation is relatively compact. Once the football is kicked to Bruno's feet, Manchester United's formation will quickly spread out. The two full-backs advance forward, Kante runs to one side, and the back line retreats as a whole to prepare for Bruno. Open up space for the pass.

On the TV screen, the players from both sides were already standing in their respective formations, waiting for the game to start.

The referee and the fourth official off the field checked the time, and then blew the whistle!