Chapter 580 Bruno's Wish
After being received by the mayor of Manchester, the Manchester United players boarded the City Hall building. All the players came out one by one, holding the championship trophy high and accepting the cheers of the fans.
As the captain, Bruno made his final appearance. He was in high spirits and held the microphone to make a championship declaration to all the fans: This is the second championship trophy won by Manchester United this year, but I can say responsibly that this will never be the last championship trophy won by Manchester United this year!
And his only wish is to ask Manchester United fans all over the world not to get tired of Manchester United winning too many championships!
The whole audience cheered.
Countless people shouted Bruno's name, like a volcanic eruption.
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The local British media reported the grand occasion of Manchester United winning the Premier League championship on the front page, or directly on the entire front page, and even on the second and third pages.
The Manchester Guardian, which is known as the closest media partner of Manchester United Club, even reported Manchester United's victory in the early morning of the next day in a special edition.
Jacob Steinberg, a popular journalist of The Guardian among Manchester United fans, published a passionate article, quoting Bruno's words: "...Yes, as Bruno said, this Premier League title is the second championship trophy won by Manchester United in 2018, but it is definitely not the last one, because Manchester United also reached the FA Cup final and the Champions League final this season. They also have the hope of competing for the Community Shield, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup. They have the hope of becoming the first true "seven-time champion" team in football history! As for Bruno's wish, it will definitely come true, because no matter how many championships Manchester United wins, the fans will never get tired of it!"
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In addition to The Guardian, other British media have also reported on the grand occasion after Manchester United won the championship on the front page.
For Manchester United, who has won 15 championships in the 26-year history of the Premier League and is the undisputed overlord in the history of the Premier League, winning the Premier League championship is not news, but the long list of records created by Manchester United this season is even more incredible than a dream, which makes everyone excited.
Unbeaten in the season!
33 wins in a single season!
104 points in a single season!
24 consecutive wins at the start of the season!
121 goals in a single season!
100 goals in a single season!
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Any team that achieves any of these can be said to have experienced a great season, but now all of this is together, what other words can describe it except perfect?
Not only the British local media, Manchester United won the Premier League championship with an unbeaten season and a record of 104 points in the history of the five major leagues. This unimaginable championship story is enough to trigger everyone's attention and interest, so many media around the world reported it on important pages and even on the front page.
German Bild: Champion! The highest number of points in the history of the Premier League to win the championship, a shocking reality!
French L'Equipe: Manchester United staged a fairy-tale-like beautiful and incredible ending.
Italian Gazzetta dello Sport: Manchester United with Bruno Fernandes made history!
Spanish Marca: Manchester United tied Real Madrid with 121 goals in the season and won the Premier League championship!
Argentina's "Clarin": Bruno, Yosi's biggest rival in the future, led Manchester United to win the Premier League championship!
Xinhua News Agency: Perfect champion, Manchester United miracle!
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Bruno's solemn promise to Manchester United fans was soon fulfilled.
Just six days after they celebrated winning the 15th Premier League championship in team history, he led Manchester United to win another championship again - the 2017-2018 FA Cup!
At 5:15 pm on May 19, 2018, local time in the UK, the 137th FA Cup final was held at Wembley Stadium, with the defending champion Red Devils Manchester United facing another Premier League giant Chelsea.
This game has different meanings for both teams. For Manchester United, if they can win the championship, they will have won three major domestic championships for two consecutive years; and for Chelsea, if they cannot win the championship today, they will be empty-handed for two consecutive seasons, which is obviously unacceptable to the entire Chelsea team, including their boss, Russian billionaire Abramovich.
At the new Wembley Stadium, before the game started, Mourinho shook hands with Chelsea coach Antonio Conte and said, "I look forward to this being a great game."
"Humph, I hope so too." Conte had a bad expression and shook hands perfunctorily before parting ways. He didn't like this Portuguese colleague.
In this game, the boss Abramovich had clearly ordered Chelsea to win, otherwise his days at Stamford Bridge would be over.
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The old hatred was deep, and the team was in urgent need of a championship, so Conte was gritting his teeth to get back at the game.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLL!!!!!!!"
"Hazard, he scored in front of the goal, 1:0, Chelsea scored first." Commentator Andy Gray shouted, "Fabregas sent a beautiful cross from the wing, and Manchester United's starting central defender Lindelof missed a man, and Hazard easily shot and scored, 1:0, Chelsea led."
Chelsea coach Conte excitedly raised his arms and punched, and even jumped three times. Mourinho was worried that he would be shocked by excitement.
Seeing that Conte looked at him and smiled brightly before returning to the coaching seat, Mourinho shook his head and said nothing.
Mourinho was not impatient because of the loss of the ball. He was still quite confident that his team could win the game.
Besides, even if they lost, what could they do? Manchester United could afford to lose!
He rotated the team to a certain extent today. After all, Manchester United will compete with Real Madrid for the Champions League title in a week, which is the real key battle.
In today's game, Manchester United can be said to have a semi-main lineup, and it is not shameful to lose.
Moreover, giving substitute players playing time is also a compliment to these players who are honestly waiting on the bench.
The team's victory and honor are not only due to the main players, but also the players on the bench.
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Despite the rotation, Mourinho's starting lineup includes Bruno, Harry Kane, Mahrez, Lingard and other players, and the attacking power is not weak.
Mourinho thought that Harry Kane or Bruno would equalize the score for Manchester United, but he did not expect that the goal for Manchester United would be scored by a veteran who surprised him.
Manchester United's first goal came in the 26th minute of the game.
Ashley Young dribbled the ball on the left, and he pretended to pass the ball to the front of the goal, attracting the defensive players to make a move, but suddenly cut into the penalty area diagonally.
"Breakthrough! Beautiful!"
After seeing Ashley Young break in, there was chaos in front of Chelsea's goal.
Harry Kane was fighting for position with Chelsea's defender, and both of them were pulling each other's hands and refused to give in.
Bruno and Mahrez, who replaced Mbappe today, were also trying hard to grab points.
Chelsea's defense was in chaos, and two defenders rushed to Ashley Young, intending to stop him before he passed or shot, and use their bodies to block the ball out of the baseline.
Ashley Young certainly knew the opponent's intention. He swept the ball to the front of the goal with his left foot before the opponent's encirclement was formed.
"Low pass!"
Harry Kane was entangled with the defender. Just as he was about to grab the ball, he was pulled hard and let go. This made Harry Kane slip and his right foot did not touch the ball.
Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois, who was startled by Harry Kane's shooting, attacked but did not touch the ball. The ball rolled to the back point.
Harry Kane, who fell in the penalty area, raised his hand to indicate that he was violated. Then he turned his head and saw a red figure rushing up at the back point and kicked the ball!
The ball flew into Chelsea's empty goal without suspense. Their goalkeeper Courtois was still lying on the ground at this moment and had not gotten up.
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“GOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLL!!!!!! Manchester United equalized the score! Six minutes after Chelsea scored! Manchester United equalized the score, Valencia scored for them! The Ecuadorian defender scored what may be the last goal of his Manchester United career!” Lineker shouted.
Valencia was very excited after scoring the goal. He raised his arms vigorously, then turned and ran to Ashley Young, the left back who passed the ball to him. The two Manchester United veterans celebrated by clapping their hands.
“Left back veteran Ashley Young passed the ball, right back veteran Antonio Valencia scored the goal, and the cooperation between Manchester United’s two full-backs completed the goal. 1:1, Manchester United quickly equalized the score.”
This was the score in the first half. Although both sides were actively attacking afterwards, neither scored a goal.
After the change of sides, Manchester United finally scored the second goal of the game today.
This was Mahrez's cross from the bottom, but the Chelsea defender headed the ball but didn't clear it far enough. Harry Kane stopped the ball with his chest, turned half way and shot. After the ball bounced on the ground, it just passed the hands of Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois and fell into the net behind the goalkeeper.
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Mourinho applauded on the sidelines. 2:1, this goal came very timely. This was the first time Manchester United took the lead today. It would be a subtle psychological blow to Chelsea players.
This can be seen from the performance of the opponent's head coach Conte. The Chelsea head coach first yelled on the sidelines, then returned to the coaching seat with a frustrated face, sat down, unscrewed a bottle of water, drank a few sips, but choked and coughed repeatedly.
After taking the lead, in the next game, Manchester United almost completely controlled the initiative in the midfield and began to continuously put pressure on Chelsea's goal.
Although Conte walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly, made offensive gestures, and directed the team to counterattack, Chelsea on the field could not attack at all. They were suppressed by Manchester United's offensive in the half.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, cheers rang out from the away stands of the new Wembley Stadium.
At the end of the game, Manchester United reversed the score to win 2:1 and won the 137th FA Cup.
This is the 14th time in the history of Manchester United that they have won the championship of this oldest event in football history!