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

Chapter 610: Reaching the Top of Europe Again

When the last member of Real Madrid walked down the podium, Manchester United players appeared on the field, wearing specially customized T-shirts of the Manchester United club and lined up at the entrance under the stands.

Those fans who are close to Manchester United gathered in this stand and applauded and cheered for the Manchester United players.

Manchester United players high-fived them and even hugged them over the stands railings.

Bruno was of course the most popular, and he even worried about how much hair he would have on his head at the end of the day.

The Real Madrid players walked down from the high podium.

At this time, the live broadcast began to shout: "Next - let us welcome the - champion -"

Manchester United fans shouted in unison: "Manchester United--!!!"

"Yes! Welcome Manchester United!!! They are the UEFA Champions League champions in the 2017-2018 season!"

Amidst huge cheers, Manchester United players walked up the stairs one by one, going up one level at a time, until they reached the podium.

The first person to receive the gold medal from Ceferin was Ibrahimovic. After shaking hands with Ceferin, he turned around and showed his gold medal to the audience, winning the first wave of cheers.

After each player wins the gold medal, there will be corresponding applause and cheers.

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"This is an exciting moment!" British commentator Andy Gray's voice trembled a little. "Ten years later, Manchester United has once again reached the top of Europe! This is the fourth Champions League trophy in the history of Manchester United Club. It has created a miracle that belongs to them!"

When Mourinho walked up, Ceferin patted his face and touched his head. He looked very happy and it was not at all obvious that he supported Real Madrid more.

"You have created a miracle at Manchester United, Mr. Mourinho," Ceferin praised.

"Thank you, Mr. Ceferin." Manchester United's head coach said modestly, "This is the credit of the players. The club's owner, Mr. Al-Thani, has made the greatest contribution. I just did what I should do..."

He still had an indelible smile on his face. Leading Manchester United to win the Champions League was the third time in his career that he won the club's highest honor, which also made him tie with Liverpool's legendary coach Bob Paisley to become the coach with the most Champions League titles in history.

Unlike Paisley, who won all three Champions League trophies with Liverpool, Mourinho won his three Champions League titles with three different teams.

If the two Europa League titles he won with Manchester United and Porto are included, Mourinho has won five European titles in his career, making him the undisputed king of European competitions!

It can be said without exaggeration that Jose Mourinho is the best head coach in the world football today!

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Finally Bruno walked up to Ceferin.

"Congratulations, Bruno!" Ceferin extended his hand to Bruno.

Bruno shook Ceferin's hand: "Thank you, Mr. Ceferin."

"Your performance is impressive and I'm sure tomorrow your name will be in every influential media outlet around the world."

After saying that, he hung the gold medal around Bruno's slightly lowered neck.

Bruno felt his neck become heavy. He took a glance and saw the gold medal dangling in front of his chest. The heavy gold medal, something that so many people dreamed of, was now worn around his neck again.

Bruno is definitely one of the most successful players in the history of the Champions League, having won the Champions League twice before he was even 24 years old, and being the undisputed core player both times.

It can even be said that even Cristiano Ronaldo and Yosi, when they were the same age as him, did not perform as well as he did.

After receiving the gold medal, Bruno did not leave but continued to wait there. Ceferin turned around and picked up the Champions League trophy from the trophy stand.

Everyone's attention was attracted.

When he lifted the trophy, many people couldn't wait to cheer. But this was only sporadic, and more people were holding their breath, waiting for the trophy to be handed over to Bruno and then lifted high by him to burst out.

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"Everyone knows why Manchester United can reach the final, even beat Real Madrid and win the Champions League trophy. It's because they have Bruno! There is an omnipotent Bruno! Yes, omnipotent! In this final, Bruno showed us what 'omnipotent' means. In the midfield, as an organizational core, he instigated the team's offensive, and successfully defended Ronaldo's breakthroughs many times. In the frontcourt, as a player with outstanding scoring ability, he used a beautiful shot to help the team equalize the score at the last moment and drag the game into overtime! Finally, in overtime, he made a fatal pass, assisted Ibrahimovic to score, and also helped Manchester United to kill Real Madrid!"

Andy Gray gave Bruno all the compliments he could think of.

He Wei, a Real Madrid fan, also said sincerely: "Bruno is the captain of Manchester United, the absolute core and spiritual leader of Manchester United. At the most critical moment of the team, he stood up. He is the hope of all Manchester United fans. As long as they see him on the court, Manchester United fans will feel at ease. I think... the word 'flag' appeared for him..."

On the podium, Ceferin picked up the trophy, turned around, smiled at Bruno and said: "Congratulations, Bruno. You and your teammates are now the best in Europe!"

After that, he handed the trophy to Bruno.

When Bruno's fingers touched the cold handle of the trophy, a throbbing sensation spread from his fingertips to his heart.

This is real, this is not a dream, this trophy really belongs to them!

He took the trophy from Ceferin and the live broadcast played Queen's classic song "We Are the Champions".

Red confetti sprayed out from the ceiling and flew all over the sky.

Bruno turned around and held the trophy high, announcing to the world: From today on, Manchester United is the real king of Europe!

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Manchester United's exclusive plane is landing at Manchester International Airport.

Outside the airport hall, you can see a huge crowd of people and vehicles. These are fans who have come to welcome the entire Manchester United team.

"I'm coming!"

There is a banner that reads: "Ten years of waiting - the European Championship belongs to Manchester United!"

In Manchester United's private plane, Manchester United players were drowsy and some were even snoring.

After winning the championship last night, the whole team celebrated all night in the hotel where they were staying. Everyone was a little exhausted. Only a few people were barely awake at this time, but they were not in high spirits.

Bruno was one of the few who remained sober. It wasn't because he was not tired, nor was it just because his brain was too excited, but because he had something on his mind.

Just yesterday, Manchester United won the Champions League. After the award ceremony ended and they returned to the team hotel, Ibrahimovic found Bruno and the Swedish veteran told Bruno about his decision, which was that he was going to retire.

Bruno tried to persuade Ibrahimovic to stay, but Ibrahimovic's decision was too sudden and Bruno was unprepared. However, after listening to Ibrahimovic's reasons, Bruno remained silent.

Ibrahimovic said frankly that he was a little tired. By winning the Champions League this time, he had fulfilled his personal dream as a professional player. He wanted to retire, enjoy life and spend more time with his family.

After careful consideration for a long time, Bruno himself had to admit that Ibrahimovic chose to retire now. Perhaps it was indeed a well-thought-out decision by Ibrahimovic himself, and it was more appropriate for the player personally.

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When Ibrahimovic was in Serie A, he won the Serie A championship with Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan; in Spain, he won the La Liga championship with Barcelona, ​​and led Paris Saint-Germain to win the Ligue 1 championship. With Manchester United, he won two Premier League titles, two English League Cup titles and FA Cup titles, as well as one Europa League title, and now he has won the UEFA Champions League title.

In terms of personal honors, Ibrahimovic has no regrets at the club level.

Moreover, Ibrahimovic will turn 10 in October, which is a very old age for any professional player. Many professional players may have already enjoyed a few years of retirement life.

Although in another time and space, Ibrahimovic did not retire this season and went to play in the Major League Soccer, the situation at that time was completely different from now. At least Ibrahimovic failed to win the Champions League and Premier League trophies with Manchester United.

Now that he has no regrets in his career, it is normal for him to choose to retire directly.

What's more, he had no right to decide whether Ibrahimovic retired or not. He told himself that it was only because he was grateful to him.

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Ibrahimovic hugged Bruno and expressed his gratitude to him.

To be precise, it was to express his gratitude to Bruno for helping him win the Champions League.

Bruno accepted Ibrahimovic's thanks and felt that he deserved it.

If it weren't for him, Ibrahimovic would have only won 1 Europa League and 1 League Cup in his two years at Manchester United, but would not have won 2 Premier League titles, 2 FA Cup titles, 2 Community Shield titles, 1 League Cup, 1 European Super Cup, and most importantly, he would not have won the Champions League.

If Ibrahimovic announced his joining of Manchester United two years ago with the intention of retiring there, then his retirement announcement now can be seen as a successful retirement.

At the celebration banquet last night, Ibrahimovic also announced that he would retire. This was also a formal farewell to his teammates before the team went on holiday and disbanded.

When the whole team heard Ibrahimovic's decision to retire, they were all shocked and no one was willing to see him retire.

However, since Ibrahimovic has made the decision, everyone can only choose to accept it.

We are all professional players, and we are used to breakups and reunions, so we have a stronger ability to accept it.


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