Chapter 584 Bruno, Say Something!

On May 26, the Ukrainian capital of Kiev officially entered the Champions League final mode.

Manchester United players were waiting in the hotel lobby. Some were chatting, some were listening to music with headphones, and some were serious and silent.

Only Bruno, Kante, Cancelo, Maguire and Mata from the Manchester United team had played in the Champions League final, and they had only played in the Champions League final once, but compared with others, they also had experience in the Champions League final.

Young people including Rashford and Mbappe gathered around Bruno to listen to him talk about and introduce his experience in the final.

"Don't be nervous, just treat it as an ordinary final."

"Psychological tension will affect your movements."

"Also, the most important point is, don't be anxious if you fall behind, and don't be proud if you are ahead." Bruno said seriously.

A group of little brothers nodded vigorously.

At this time, Mourinho came out of the elevator with the coaching staff. He looked around, raised his hand with great momentum, and said loudly: "Let's go!"

Then, Mourinho led the players out of the hotel, and the flash lights were on immediately.

Under the escort of the Kiev Mounted Police, Manchester United's bus arrived at the Kiev Olympic Stadium.

There were already crowds of people outside the stadium.

Manchester United's arrival caused a wave of enthusiasm, and Manchester United fans cheered and applauded the bus.

Bruno retracted his gaze from the window and looked inside the car. All the players, including veterans such as Kante and Mata who had experience in the Champions League final, had excitement in their eyes.

Bruno took a special look at Ibrahimovic. The 36-year-old Swedish veteran looked at the outside of the court eagerly, just looking and looking...

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Arriving at the exclusive parking lot, no one from the Manchester United team accepted media interviews. Mourinho took all the trouble alone. He was surrounded by reporters and signaled his players to pass quickly and reach the locker room.

After the players from both sides arrived at the stadium, they rested for a while and were driven out to warm up.

Mourinho was observing the players. He found that although these players deliberately made an expression of indifference, they were actually a little nervous.

After all, many of them were participating in a game like the Champions League final for the first time.

Although they had won the domestic league championship and the Europa League championship before, they were still incomparable to the Champions League.

He felt that instead of letting everyone stay here and fantasize about creating a more tense atmosphere, it would be better to let them all warm up and use physical exhaustion to make them forget the tension.

After watching the players run out of the locker room one after another, and there was no one else in it except himself, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It was not just the players who were nervous? Wasn't he also very nervous?

Although he did enough homework before the game, watched videos, analyzed opponents, wrote records, and prepared countermeasures for various possible situations. But this did not make him confident.

If he played this game with the mentality of losing less and winning, maybe he would not have pressure. But who can still have such a mentality at this point?

Who came to the final to compete for the runner-up?

Who doesn't want to hold the championship trophy and stand on the highest podium?

So it is destined that he cannot deal with this game with a peaceful mentality. He believes that Zidane's heart will not be calm either.

In fact, everyone was nervous, but the degree of nervousness was different.

He thought a lot about this game. What if we lost the ball a few minutes after the start? What if we were ahead a few minutes after the start? What if the game ended in a draw? What if we were behind in the last few minutes of the game? What if we were ahead in the last few minutes of the game? What if we played overtime? What if we played a penalty shootout...

All kinds of thoughts were circling in his head, and he shook his head hard, as if this would make his mind clearer.

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The two sides warmed up for 30 minutes. Because Real Madrid started warming up earlier, they left the field first, and Manchester United left the field later.

The noise caused by the warm-up of the players on both sides gradually became smaller. The fans also need to rest. They must rest their throats now, because they will have to shout continuously for 90 minutes, or even 120 minutes, or even longer.

In addition, they have to hurry to go to the toilet. Everyone drank a lot of beer before watching the game. If they have to pee urgently during the game later, it will be inconvenient.

A major match like the Champions League final is bound to be very intense, and exciting scenes may appear at any time. If you miss an exciting goal because of going to the toilet, it will be a big loss.

Everyone went to rest, and the Kyiv Olympic Stadium became a little quieter.

But this silence will not last too long.

Everyone entered the locker room, and Mourinho was the last one to come in. After he came in, the assistant coach Faria at the door closed the door.

Everyone changed their clothes and looked at the head coach.

They all knew that the head coach had something to say.

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Mourinho looked at the players, took a deep breath, and then said solemnly: "In the past two years, including today, this has been like a dream. We have won two Premier League championships. We have won all the championships in England, won the Europa League, and now we have entered the Champions League final. Outsiders think we are unlucky, but only we know how much hard work we have put in for today!”

Having said this, Mourinho paused. He looked at his players. From their faces, he saw firm belief and strong self-confidence. The nervous and overly excited expressions were gone.

"Whether it is the main player or the substitute player, everyone played their role. We are a whole, and without any one of us, we would not be where we are today. I am very happy to work with you. This is my honor. ”

"Jose, it's an honor for us to play under you!" Ibrahimovic shouted.

His affection for Mourinho is very deep, which was established when the two worked together at Inter Milan. The only regret is that when Mourinho led Inter Milan to win the Triple Crown, Ibrahimovic chose to go to Barcelona.

If it were not for Mourinho, he would not have chosen to come to Manchester United and would not have the experience of participating in the Champions League final today.

This can be regarded as making up for the regrets when he was at Inter Milan.

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Mourinho smiled and nodded to Ibrahimovic, then continued: "Real Madrid is a strong opponent. They have won the Champions League for two consecutive years and participated in the Champions League finals four times in the past five years. If we talk about the experience of participating in the Champions League finals, , There is no team on this planet that can compare with them, and it will be a huge challenge for us to beat them.”

"But who enters the final just to finish second? Even if our opponent is the powerful Real Madrid, there is no reason for us to give up early."

"And no matter how powerful they are, they are only eleven people. We are twelve."

After speaking, he pointed at Bruno.

Everyone laughed.

You have heard this joke many times, but it is particularly effective when you say it today. Mourinho said in an interview before that as long as Bruno is on the court, his team will always have one more player than others. So some media said that Manchester United played with twelve people on the field.

When it comes to Bruno, everyone feels at ease.

With him there, there are endless possibilities. Who has made the greatest contribution to making it all the way to the finals? No one would choose anyone other than Bruno.

Without Bruno, it's hard to say whether they can win the Premier League title or participate in the Champions League.

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In the eyes of most Manchester United players, Bruno's arrival has a great impact on improving the team's strength, but football is a sport of eleven people after all. Even if Bruno can beat two by one, there are still nine people missing, so the strength The improvement is not that dramatic.

The biggest improvement that Bruno's arrival has given the team comes from the spirit and temperament. It is he who gave this down-and-out wealthy team a "championship heart". He told everyone that no matter how powerful the enemy they face, they can win. Don't surrender and admit defeat.

In the first season of the Premier League, when everyone was still satisfied with the half-way league championship, he had already issued a declaration to win the championship this season.

And when they had only played in the Champions League for one season, he had already set his sights on the final.

When everyone felt that reaching the Champions League final had accomplished the task, he said why not try to defeat Real Madrid to win the championship?

It is such a captain who leads them to move forward non-stop, so that they can reach the top.

When Mourinho saw that everyone was turning their attention to Bruno, he said smoothly: "Bruno, please say a few words."

Bruno did not refuse, stood up and said loudly: "Everyone knows the significance of this game. If we win, we will be the European champions. If we lose...it will prove that we are vulnerable to Real Madrid. We deserve to be praised by everyone around the world." Look at you. I feel angry when I think about the treatment we have to endure if we lose!”

He clenched his fists.

"When I was a fan, if the team I liked won, I would go around the world the next day to find news reports about the game, just to enjoy the joy. But if the team I support wins, If the team loses, I will avoid watching news about this for several days, because I can guess that the media will always lift the winners to heaven and trample the losers into the mud!”

"I can accept failure, but I can't accept a failure that is laughed at by the whole world. Before this game, the whole world thought Real Madrid would win, and the suspense was just to win a few goals. If we lose, you can imagine them by then What will they say about us? I just don’t want to think about it!”