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

After three consecutive tough battles, Bruno finally had a chance to breathe. Because world football has ushered in the third international match day of this season, and it is also the last international match day in 2017.

Since the Portuguese team has already obtained tickets for next year's World Cup in Russia in advance, the Portuguese team's games on this international match day are two warm-up games, with the purpose of training and inspecting more newcomers. Therefore, after communicating with Bruno, Santos did not recruit Bruno to the Portuguese national team in this period.

Not only Bruno, Santos also did not recruit Ronaldo.

For Bruno, this international match day is a rare opportunity to rest.

Since the start of the new season, he has hardly had any rest. Although Mourinho is trying his best to rotate Manchester United's lineup, Bruno is not the target of Mourinho's rotation.

Since the Community Shield in early August, Bruno has rested two League Cup games, and has not missed a single game in the remaining 17 games.

In addition, he participated in the Russian Confederations Cup with the Portuguese national team in the summer, and it can even be said that he did not get a good rest in 2017.

Although the 23-year-old Bruno is full of energy, long-term competition still makes him feel a little tired.

The international match day that comes at this time is simply a rain of relief for Bruno.

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During the two-week vacation, Bruno had no other plans. Apart from going to the Armani headquarters in Milan and attending an Armani dinner, Bruno had been vacationing on the island of Mallorca with Vanessa.

Apart from vacation, Bruno is also paying attention to the situation of the Portuguese national team.

缺了两大超级巨星的葡萄牙队，在两场热身赛取得了1胜1平的成绩，他们3:0战胜了沙特，和美国队踢成1:1。

At the same time, the results of the play-offs for the European qualifiers for the World Cup in Russia were also decided.

在两回合的附加赛里，克罗地亚4:1淘汰希腊，瑞士1:0淘汰北爱尔兰，瑞典则爆冷1:0淘汰意大利，丹麦5:1淘汰爱尔兰。

Italian fans are the most disappointed. After being eliminated from the group stage in 2014, the team they support has now failed to even advance to the finals of the World Cup in Russia.

As Peru defeated New Zealand 2-0 at home and returned to the World Cup finals stage after 36 years, all the top 32 players in the Russian World Cup finals were announced. The top 32 include 14 European teams, 5 each from South America, Asia and Africa, and 3 from Central and North America.

With the top 32 in place, the classification of each team has also been finalized. The host country, Russia, plus the top seven teams in the world, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland and France, are seeded teams; the second tier teams include Spain, Peru, Switzerland, England, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Croatia. ; The eight teams in the third pot are Denmark, Iceland, Costa Rica, Sweden, Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal, and Iran; the teams in the fourth pot are the remaining fourth pot: Serbia, Nigeria, Australia, Japan, Morocco, and Panama , South Korea, Saudi Arabia.

Among the 32 teams that advanced, the lowest ranking was Saudi Arabia, ranked 10rd in the world in October, followed by South Korea, ranked 63nd in the world in October. The world rankings of these two teams at that time were not as good as the Chinese team, which was ranked 10th in the world. .

However, Panama further ahead is ranked within the top 50 in the world.

The group stage draw for next year's World Cup will be held on December 12. The draw rules are to draw a team from each bracket and divide them into a group, and there are certain avoidance principles. For example, apart from European teams, there cannot be teams from the same continent in the same group, and there cannot be more than two European teams in the same group.

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Two weeks of international matches have passed and the league has restarted.

Manchester United's game is on Saturday evening, when they face newly promoted Newcastle at home.

The three newly promoted teams last season all performed very well in the league. After 11 rounds, Brighton ranked eighth, Newcastle ranked 10th, and Huddersfield, who lost to Manchester United, is currently ranked 14th in the standings, more than relegated. The district is 3 points higher.

Newcastle can be ranked in the top half of the standings because their performance is relatively stable. They have won all the games they should win, and basically failed to win the games they should not win.

In the first 11 rounds, they scored 10 goals and conceded 10 goals. The defense is good and the team has conceded the fifth fewest goals, only more than Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, and Burnley; but the offense is weak, and the number of goals scored is only lower than Crystal Palace, Swansea, Bournemouth, and Harders Field, West Brom and Southampton are more, ranking 20th among 14 teams.

However, almost everyone is not optimistic that Newcastle can score points at Old Trafford, because the team they are about to face is really terrifying.

Before this game, and even during the international break, the most discussed topic in the British media was how many goals Newcastle would lose at Old Trafford.

And Manchester United is also very confident about winning against Newcastle.

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLL!!!!!" Andy Gray stood up and shouted loudly, "The game only started thirteen minutes, and the goal appeared! The visiting team Newcastle surprisingly achieved a dream at Old Trafford. Start!"

"Yedlin scored for Newcastle! 1:0! Ha, let's look at the visiting team's dugout. Benitez jumped for joy, like a two-hundred-pound fat man who stole candy!"

Looking at the Newcastle players celebrating excitedly on the field, and glancing at Benitez who jumped up and cheered, Mourinho was not angry because the team conceded the ball prematurely, but curled his lips in displeasure and said: " Country bumpkin!"

Isn't it just about scoring a goal? Are you so excited?

He obviously forgot about his wild state when the team scored.

Mourinho stood up from the coaching bench, patted his butt, and then walked to the sidelines. While the visiting team players were still excitedly celebrating the goal, he shouted the names of several players and called them to the sidelines.

"After the game restarts, the visiting team may focus on struggling with us in the midfield." Mourinho said, "We must give them a hard response in the midfield! Tell them that this is our territory!"

Kant nodded, knowing this was meant for him.

"At the same time, we can try to play directly behind them. Their right back assists very deep, and the space behind him may be our chance to score!"

Mourinho quickly wrote and drew on the tactical board. Under Gundogan's name, he directly drew an arrow symbolizing the passing route, and then clicked on a few points in the frontcourt, brushing, brushing, and brushing. The arrows all tilted to the left.

"We'll hit them on the right!"

Gundogan and Bruno both nodded.

But Gundogan raised a question: "Coach, what if they retreat to the defensive line instead of fighting us in the midfield?"

Mourinho said: "Then try to draw fouls!"

Gundogan nodded and said: "I understand!"

Three players ran back onto the field, and Faria said next to Mourinho: "Gündogan is a young man with ideas."

"It's indeed good. I dare to ask questions and have ideas." Mourinho nodded.

No coach would dislike such a young man.

Of course, Mourinho knew that Bruno would not raise this issue, because Bruno is experienced and knows what to do in that situation. This is the role of a star like Bruno. Sometimes the head coach does not need to give special instructions. , they are also able to quickly make judgments and adjustments based on their own experience.

After the game restarted, just as Mourinho's first judgment was, Newcastle did not retreat across the board, but advanced the defense line, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle in the midfield.

"Jose, why are you so sure that they will compete in midfield?" Carrick asked.

"The game has just begun. If Benitez is not stupid, he will know that it is impossible to defend 1:0 if the defense is retreated now. So their best choice is to fight in the midfield and advance the team's defense. Form a chain protection for the penalty area!" Mourinho wrote on the tactical board and explained to his assistant.

Carrick looked at Mourinho talking eloquently, surprised and admired. He is worthy of being a world-class coach, and his prediction of opponents is really awesome.

"What if..." Carrick was about to ask a question, but he heard cheers from the stands. Mourinho and Carrick hurriedly looked up at the court.

This is when Kante, with the help of Van Dijk, teamed up to intercept the football, and then he quickly passed the football to Gundogan who came to meet him. The German pulled the ball and turned around, looking forward, Bruno, Rashford, Harry ·Kane and Mbappe are both sprinting.

Where?

Gundogan made a decision almost instantly and passed to the left!

This is what the coach just reminded him, and Gundogan also quickly captured the space behind the opponent's right back Yedlin!

Newcastle's goal was achieved by their right back Yedlin who assisted. At that time, Yedlin passed an inverted triangle from the right into the penalty area. Lindelof accidentally slipped while retreating, and Gayle followed up with a push. Shot, the ball hit the left post and bounced into the net!

This pressing attack helped the team score a goal, which allowed the American right back to taste the sweetness and press frequently in subsequent games.

Gundogan swung his foot and passed the football to Rashford who was running wildly on the left wing.

Fast speed, delicate skills with his feet, and the ability to pass and shoot are the characteristics of this outstanding figure from Manchester United's youth training!

Gundogan hands the football to Rashford, giving Manchester United more options in attack!

The most important thing is that Rashford runs fast and is already the closest offensive player to the opponent's goal.

If you have time when you get an opportunity, you still have the speed to seize it. Who else can you look for if you don't look for him!