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

Chapter 567 Erickson

On the evening of April 4, the first match of the 18th round of the Premier League was played, with Manchester United away to challenge Bournemouth.

The team led by Eddie Howe, the best manager in the English Football League in the past decade, only lasted an hour on their home field.

In the 63rd minute, Harry Kane received a cross from Bruno in front of the goal and scored the first goal for Manchester United.

This was definitely a selfless pass, as Bruno himself was in a pretty good position to shoot, but he chose Harry Kane who was in a better position, helping the England star score his 30th Premier League goal of the season.

This is also a new high in Harry Kane's career, breaking his personal single-season goal record of 29 goals last season, so after scoring the goal, Harry Kane rushed towards Bruno first.

Ten minutes later, Herrera made a tactical corner pass, Lingard made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Smalling easily shot into the goal from close range.

As the game entered the final stage, Mbappe scored another goal for Manchester United.

In the end, Manchester United won 3-0 against Bournemouth away.

Bruno was closely marked by Bournemouth throughout the game, and Eddie Howe tailored a marking tactic for him.

Although Bruno failed to score, his selfless assist to Harry Kane was unanimously recognized by the media, fans and teammates, especially those in the locker room.

With one more game to play, Manchester United has temporarily extended its lead in the standings to 9 points.

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At the weekend, while other Premier League teams were playing in the 35th round of games, Manchester United was challenging Tottenham at the new Wembley Stadium, which was the semi-final of this season's FA Cup.

Under Pochettino's coaching, the White Lily has achieved excellent results in the past few seasons. Last season, it ranked third, only behind Manchester United and Chelsea. This season, after 34 rounds of the league, with one round less, it ranks fourth in the standings, only behind the two Manchester City clubs and Liverpool.

So far this season, Tottenham has performed well on multiple fronts in Europe and England. At the new Wembley Stadium, they have only lost two games, a 1:2 loss to Chelsea in the first league home game and a 1:3 loss to the powerful Manchester City last week.

Even Manchester United only got a draw here with a score of 2:2.

Big6另外两支球队，利物浦在这里1:4惨败，阿森纳则是0:1输球。

In the European arena, Real Madrid, a star-studded team, and Borussia Dortmund, a German giant, both lost 1:3 here, while APOEL was defeated 0:3. The only loss was a 1:2 loss to Juventus, which also prevented them from reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Overall, Tottenham's performance at the new Wembley Stadium this season has been quite impressive.

In addition, Manchester United almost lost when they visited the new Wembley Stadium before, which made Manchester United particularly cautious when building the new Wembley Stadium.

Mourinho deployed a 4-3-3 formation, with Herrera and Kante forming a double defensive midfielder again, ready to go.

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Although Manchester United seemed relatively conservative away from home, in the 11th minute of the game, Danish midfielder Eriksen broke through Kante when he got the ball in the midfield, made a two-pass cooperation with his teammates, and then sent a cross from the right. Ali received the ball and shot into the goal.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLL!!!"

The entire new Wembley Stadium was cheering like crazy, and countless fans sang Eriksen's name.

In the first season of renting the new Wembley Stadium as their home ground, coupled with Tottenham's excellent performance, when they played against the big6 teams at home, at least fans came to watch the game.

In today's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United, the new Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate 90,000 spectators, was almost full, with only a few seats without fans.

According to official data released by Tottenham, the attendance at the new Wembley Stadium for this game reached 87532, including about 5000 Manchester United fans.

As he walked towards the center circle, Bruno looked up at the stands. The entire stands were covered in white, and with the ups and downs of the fans, it looked like a white ocean.

Looking at Eriksen who was surrounded by Tottenham players celebrating his goal, Bruno praised: "What a good opponent!"

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Bruno is no stranger to Eriksen. The Danish midfielder is affectionately called "Love God" by Chinese Tottenham fans. "Love" means "love" because Eriksen was born on Valentine's Day and it is similar to the English pronunciation of Eriksen; "God" means a person with super powers because Eriksen often saves the team in times of crisis and leads the team to victory.

Since joining Tottenham in the summer five years ago, Eriksen has quickly established himself at Tottenham, taking over the mantle of his predecessor Modric and becoming Tottenham's midfield commander.

Especially the arrival of Pochettino has fully unleashed Eriksen's offensive talent. He can get a double-double of goals and assists almost every season, making him one of the hottest top midfielders in the Premier League.

Many media even call him one of the four major midfielders in the Premier League along with Bruno, Manchester City's De Bruyne, and Arsenal's Evil Beggar.

With his outstanding performance in several consecutive seasons, the 26-year-old Danish midfielder has also attracted the attention of many top clubs in the Premier League and even Europe, who want to recruit him. However, Tottenham and Pochettino have always refused to poach him. When big stars such as Harry Kane and Kyle Walker have been poached, Eriksen is still insisted on staying in the team, which shows how much Pochettino values ​​him.

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In addition to Eriksen, Tottenham's forward line is composed of former Real Madrid genius Alvaro Morata, British genius Dele Alli, and Korean star Son Heung-min.

Tottenham's style of play is not conservative, and their players are very capable. In addition, Pochettino has been coaching Tottenham for four years. This team can be said to be built by him, which just brings out the players' abilities.

Pochettino is good at the formation of 4231, or 433. The most important part of this is the connection between Eriksen and the three forwards in front.

This is what the head coach repeatedly reminded before the game, but Manchester United's double defensive midfielders did not do well just now, and Eriksen immediately seized the opportunity, making an assist to help Tottenham take the lead.

This somewhat embarrassed Herrera, who was responsible for marking Eriksen. Bruno also noticed something and walked back, clapping his hands vigorously and shouting, "It's okay. It's only eleven minutes. Let's take our time. We must have a chance by defending well and keeping our footing."

Bruno is now not only the captain of Manchester United, but also the team's undisputed number one star and soul figure. His weight in the locker room is getting more and more important, and everyone listens to what he says.

Herrera nodded towards Bruno to express his gratitude.

After seeing the players return to their positions, the Manchester United coach immediately walked to the sidelines and called Herrera and Kante, signaling them to pay attention to restricting Eriksen, not giving him too many opportunities, and cutting off his connection with the three players in the frontcourt.

This season, the connection between Eriksen and Son Heung-min is also a very important offensive link for Tottenham.

The Danish midfielder is the soul of Tottenham's ability to regulate the tempo of the game and connect the transitions between offense and defense. As long as Eriksen is strangled, Tottenham's offensive threat will be much smaller.

By that time, Manchester United will be able to make an effort.

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Sometimes, football is as simple as that. As long as the targeted tactics work, the situation will change.

After the game resumed, Tottenham's morale was still high, but they slowed down their offensive. On the one hand, Manchester United's two defensive midfielders began to strengthen their defense against Eriksen. On the other hand, they were very afraid of Manchester United's counterattack.

Bruno's outstanding personal ability and overall view have been well known in Europe in the past few seasons. This season, he has taken on the responsibility of Manchester United and become the backbone of the team.

Pochettino was obviously very clear that if he rushed forward rashly, leaving gaps behind and giving Bruno too much space to counterattack, it would be absolutely fatal. So after grabbing a goal at the beginning, the Argentine coach cleverly arranged for the team to slow down the attack and play steadily.

At the same time, Pochettino also made special arrangements for Bruno's defense. This is just like Manchester United's arrangements for Eriksen. Bruno is the soul of Manchester United.

Almost every time Bruno gets the ball, except for Eriksen, the nearest Tottenham players will rush to grab it first, mostly Dembele or Dier, which also affects Bruno's performance.

But Bruno quickly expanded his running range and actively used interspersed running to pull the opponent's defensive players and create opportunities for his teammates, but the effect was not very obvious.

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Bruno was not in a hurry. He continued to run patiently and actively, looking for opportunities.

Fortunately, after Mourinho's adjustments, and Tottenham's deliberate slowing down of the attack, neither side was able to create good scoring opportunities in the following 20 minutes, and Eriksen was temporarily silent.

Manchester United intercepted the ball in the backcourt and made a long pass to the right side of the frontcourt.

Ibrahimovic reached the first landing point, but was pressed closely by Tottenham center back Vertonghen from behind, so he had to go back and pass the ball to Bruno who was catching up from behind.

As soon as Bruno received the ball, Dembele and left-back Ben Davies immediately gave up Ibrahimovic and rushed towards Bruno.

The two Tottenham players were like a wall, blocking Bruno.

Bruno turned around immediately and protected the ball, but the two men still stood in a fan shape behind him, pressing forward step by step.

Through the wide field of vision, Bruno can see that Gundogan is in the middle and Ibrahimovic is behind him, but he can't pass the ball and can only dribble back.

This was a game strategy, he expected that these two players would not be able to follow him back at the same time.

Eriksen basically does not participate in defense. As long as both of them come out, Gundogan will have a chance.