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

Chapter 552 Advance to the Champions League quarterfinals

After defeating Liverpool, Manchester United has 30 points in the first 86 league games, 8 points ahead of their city rivals Manchester City. With only 8 games left in the Premier League, it seems that it is only a matter of time before Manchester United wins the championship.

Under such circumstances, Manchester United ushered in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, playing against Shakhtar Donetsk at home.

Because in the first leg, Manchester United drew 2:2 with Shakhtar Donetsk away, which means they only need to achieve a 1:1 or 0:0 draw at home to advance to the quarterfinals with the advantage of away goals.

Despite this, Manchester United, playing at home, did not play it safe and launched a fierce attack from the first minute of the game.

In the tenth minute, Harry Kane's long shot was slightly off the target and was caught by the goalkeeper.

In the 23rd minute, Manchester United made a comeback. Bruno made a cross from the free kick and Maguire headed the ball wide.

The continuous attack finally paid off for Manchester United.

In the 34th minute, Rashford made a free kick cross from the left near the bottom line. The Shakhtar Donetsk defender cleared the ball out of the penalty area, and it fell right at Bruno's feet.

Bruno took the ball with his right foot, then shot it with his left foot from the center of the field, 31 meters away from the goal. The ball went straight into the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball.

The ball was going too fast. Even though it was thirty-one meters away, the Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper was still unable to reach it. 1:0!

Old Trafford erupted in huge cheers, and the commentator also jumped up from his seat excitedly: "World wave--!!"

This goal greatly boosted the players' morale and opened the door to victory for Manchester United.

Four minutes later, Kante intercepted the ball near the midline and sent a straight pass. Bruno used his heel to knock the ball into the empty space in Shakhtar Donetsk's penalty area while facing the attacking direction. Harry Kane cut into the penalty area, stopped the ball, and dribbled past the Shakhtar defender who had made a tackle. He brought the ball to the edge of the small penalty area. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he calmly pushed the ball, and the ball hit the far post and bounced into the net, 2:0!

"Nice combination! Bruno's heel pass is a joy to watch!"

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In the first half, Manchester United entered the second half with a score of 2:0.

As a result, just as the second half began, Harry Kane, the goal scorer, was forced to leave the field due to an ankle injury and was replaced by veteran Ibrahimovic.

Manchester United did not slow down its offensive pace because of this. Although Shakhtar Donetsk wanted to resist, Manchester United still firmly controlled the situation.

In the 3th minute, Rashford made a short pass with Bruno on the left rib and then passed the ball to the middle. Ibrahimovic received the ball in the middle and dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Then he made a low shot with his right foot and the ball hit the post and went into the net, 0:!

Three minutes later, Manchester United made a steal in the frontcourt. After Bruno intercepted the ball, he did not pass it on. Instead, he took it to the top of the penalty area and pretended to take a long shot. He tricked the opponent's defender into falling to the ground to block it, but he shook his ankle and passed the ball into the penalty area. Mbappe alertly inserted himself, received the ball behind the opponent, and then shot directly with his left foot. The ball flew into the goal from the top of the gap between the goalkeeper and the near post.

In less than seventy minutes, Manchester United led Shakhtar Donetsk 4:0, and the total score became 6:2.

With the game being played like this, Shakhtar Donetsk had completely lost their fighting spirit and the rest of the game entered garbage time.

Mourinho took into account the frequent multi-line operations in the recent period, which led to an increase in player injuries. In order to preserve strength and avoid more injuries, he began to replace the main players.

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As Bruno is the core of the team, he has been increasingly "specially cared for" by his opponents in the game, so the chance of injury is also rising sharply. Look at how his opponents treat him - kicking the ankle, hitting the thigh, sweeping the leg, pushing, pulling, squeezing, choking the neck, hidden elbow strikes, flying tackles... If Bruno was a little more cunning and was the kind of "actor" who would fall down if touched, and would cover his face with his hands and roll on the ground in pain for three and a half weeks when hit in the chest, I wonder how many of Manchester United's opponents would have been sent off in the game.

Mourinho once hoped that Bruno would protect himself during the game, but Bruno's character seemed to be unwilling to show weakness. If the opponent treated him with such a tough attitude, he would fight back with a tougher attitude. So after every game, the physiotherapist could find a lot of bruises on Bruno's body.

Therefore, in the 75th minute, Manchester United's core captain was replaced by Mata.

When the game was over, all the Manchester United fans at Old Trafford stood up from their seats, applauded and cheered for Bruno, thanking him for his outstanding performance in the game and helping the team win such a timely victory.

Bruno also raised his hands and applauded to the stands.

After replacing Bruno, Mourinho replaced Luke Shaw with Damian.

In the subsequent game, neither side had any intention to continue playing, and this score remained until the end of the game.

4:0, Manchester United won another resounding victory at their home ground, eliminating their opponent with a total score of 6:2 in two rounds and advancing to the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League.

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Although Manchester United advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the four Premier League teams that advanced to the knockout stage of the Champions League are no longer as strong as they were during the group stage.

热刺在首回合客场2:2逼平尤文图斯的情况下，次回合却是在主场1:2负于对手，从而以3:4的总比分被淘汰出局。

Chelsea also lost at home. After a 0-0 draw with Sevilla in the first leg away from home, the Blues lost the second leg at home with a score of 1-2, and were eliminated right after Tottenham.

However, Manchester City, another team from Manchester, advanced with a total score of 5:2. The Blue Moon won 4:0 away in the first leg, and in the second leg, despite losing 1:2 at home, they still advanced with a big score of 5:2.

In the remaining matches, Real Madrid, Porto and Bayern advanced.

真正让人有些意外的是罗马和巴塞罗那的对决。宇宙队在首回合主场4:1大胜的情况下，次回合却是在客场输了个0:3，在总比分战成4:4的情况下，以客场进球少的劣势被淘汰出局。

At noon on March 3, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the 16-2017 UEFA Champions League was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The two Manchester City teams representing the Premier League, Real Madrid and Sevilla in La Liga, Juventus and Roma in Serie A, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and Porto in the Portuguese Super League gathered in the top eight.

UEFA Secretary General Marchetti and draw guest Shevchenko completed the draw process and the final results were announced. Real Madrid faced last season's Champions League final opponent Juventus, Sevilla faced the Bundesliga southern king Bayern Munich, Manchester United faced group stage opponent Roma, and Manchester City drew the best lot and faced the weakest Porto.