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

Since Bruno was right in the middle of the defensive zone of Lisandro, Schuurse and Blind, Schuurse, who was closest, chose to steal Luke Shaw, leaving Bruno to Blind and Lisandro.

As expected, as soon as Schulse went for the ball, Luke Shaw quickly passed the ball to Bruno.

Bruno stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area and faced Lisandro and Blind directly. It seemed that he would continue to attack directly in a one-on-two situation, but this time both of them were obviously prepared and faced a formidable enemy.

Suddenly, Bruno started and dribbled into the penalty area from the left, obviously trying to use his speed to force past Lisandro.

But Lisandro was not slow, and he turned around quickly to catch up. But unexpectedly, Bruno suddenly stopped and pretended to dunk to the inside.

Lisandro was shocked and stopped quickly, fearing that he would be thrown away by Bruno by accident like just now.

As soon as he stopped, Bruno suddenly stole the ball again, kicked forward with his left foot, and accelerated towards the baseline.

Although the Ajax center back is not tall, only 1.75 meters, which is considered short among defenders, he is very flexible, fast and focused. At this time, he was concentrating on defense. Bruno changed speed and direction continuously, and he also followed the continuous speed and direction changes, and was not left behind by Bruno at all.

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Ajax signed the Argentine last summer to replace De Ligt, who was poached by Juventus. However, the Argentine central defender is not the same type of central defender as De Ligt. He is short, has poor defense ability, and likes to dribble in the penalty area, which often puts Ajax's defense in trouble. This led to Ten Hag putting Lisandro in the midfield when he first used him. It was only later that Lisandro gradually adapted to the Dutch game style that Ten Hag put him in the central defender position.

Bruno originally wanted to use his speed to force a gap. Even if he didn't have the chance to shoot directly, he could still pass the ball to the middle and the back point because he saw Rashford, Harry Kane and Mbappe had already come up.

Unexpectedly, Lisandro's defense was so sticky. In the end, there was really no other way, Bruno could only hastily kick a cross, but the ball hit Lisandro's outstretched leg and bounced out of the baseline, turning it into a corner kick opportunity for Manchester United.

Bruno also rushed out of the court and almost hit the billboard on the sidelines.

Bruno walked back with a wry smile, feeling that he was really in trouble today.

The condition itself was not very good, but the most important thing was Lisandro's defense, which was really sticky, which was fatal.

Playing in the Premier League, he is used to encountering tall and slow-turning central defenders, but he has rarely encountered a central defender who is not tall but has such great speed and explosiveness.

Especially after changing speed and direction twice in a row, I still couldn't shake him off. It was really frustrating.

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But just when Bruno turned around and walked back angrily, he found that Ajax's central defender Lisandro was still lying in front of the penalty area, looking very painful.

"Danger!"

"Lisandro tried his best to make the final blocking move. He really tried his best to block Bruno's attack, but it seemed that he himself was also affected and fell to the ground."

"The referee signaled Ajax's team doctor to enter the field immediately."

"Lisandro has performed quite well so far in this game, but when he was defending Bruno just now, he kept a tight control despite the continuous changes of speed and direction, but the last block seemed to have injured his leg."

"Very likely." Davis was obviously worried. "Lisandro is only 22 years old after all. He is too young to be compared with top stars like Bruno. Although he managed to keep up with Bruno's pace with his young body, the price he paid might be injury..."

"Bruno's personal ability is indeed quite outstanding." Van Persie said, "The continuous changes of speed and direction just now reminded me of Ronaldo in his prime. If I remember correctly, it seems that this is not the first time that Bruno has injured a defensive player."

"Yes." Van der Vaart agreed. "In my impression, he has had several experiences of shaking off defenders. It is really troublesome to defend against players like him. Bruno, Robben, Yosi and Cristiano Ronaldo, players of their type are difficult to defend."

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Bruno walked back to the field with an apologetic look on his face, standing outside the Ajax players and looking at Lisandro Martinez lying on the ground. He still felt a little uneasy in his heart.

This had nothing to do with him, because he and Lisandro had no physical contact at all. But in the end, Lisandro was injured while defending him.

Of course, Bruno had such an idea mainly because he remembered that Lisandro transferred to Manchester United two years later and became teammates with the original Lisandro. He performed well in Manchester United, which made Bruno, who was still a Manchester United fan at the time, like him very much and felt close to him.

Ajax's team doctor quickly carried Lisandro off the field. It was obvious that the injury was serious.

Blind came over and patted Bruno on the shoulder with a wry smile.

He knew Bruno very well, and seeing his worried look, he knew that Bruno was concerned about Lisandro. But that was how professional players were, injuries were common, and Lisandro had always been a very aggressive player.

Ajax quickly replaced Lisandro with Lasnar Traore.

Obviously, the Ajax center back is seriously injured, but the football game must go on.

Although Bruno felt somewhat guilty, he felt that there was nothing wrong with him.

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After Lasnar Traore came on, Ajax also changed their formation. Blind returned to the back line and partnered with Schuurs as a central defender. At the same time, Tadic also retreated to form a three-man midfield with Klaassen and Gravenberch. The Burkina Faso native Traore, who came on as a substitute, played as a center forward.

As a result, Ajax's formation changed to 4-3-3, with Bruno and Tadic positioned closer.

As Bruno was looking at Tadic, the Serbian was also looking at him.

Bruno really didn't have any special feelings for Lisandro, after all, the two didn't have much interaction. Although the two had played against each other in the match between Manchester United and Southampton, they rarely had the opportunity to meet face to face because of their respective positions.

In the summer of 2018, Tadic left Southampton and joined Ajax, which gave the Serbian veteran a second spring.

In the 2018-2019 season, the reason why Ajax was able to shine in the Eredivisie and the Champions League was inseparable from Tadic's outbreak.

That season, Tadic played in all the Eredivisie games, contributing a luxurious statistic of 28 goals and 13 assists; in the Champions League, Tadic also played in all the games, scoring 12 goals and 6 assists in 4 games.

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Such outstanding performance also made Tadic shortlisted for the European Golden Ball Award and the FIFA World Footballer of the Year that year, and he became famous in the world football and was considered a representative of late bloomers.

In the Ajax team, Tadic also took over the captain's armband left by De Ligt after he left the team.

Last season, Tadic continued his outstanding performance. In the Dutch Eredivisie, which was cut short, he scored 25 goals and assisted 11 times in 14 games, maintaining an efficiency of 1 goal per game. However, he did not make much achievement in European competitions. In 6 Champions League group matches and 2 Europa League knockout matches, he only contributed 3 assists.

But even so, considering his age of 31, his performance is very good.

However, the two did not have any private interactions, and Bruno didn't quite understand why he seemed so hostile to him.

Is it because he is now the captain of Ajax, and Ajax has been repeatedly defeated by Manchester United in recent seasons?

Or is it a purely psychological tactic, trying to provoke Manchester United's offensive core?

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While Bruno was thinking about it, Mourinho immediately made arrangements after seeing Ajax's adjustments, signaling Rashford and Mbappe to use more speed to attack Ajax's defense, while also letting the two full-backs Luke Shaw and Cancelo move forward more.

Mourinho is naturally very familiar with Blind. Although the Dutchman can play as a central defender, he is not a regular central defender after all, and his height is insufficient, so he has great defects in playing as a central defender.

In addition, Ajax's other central defender Schuurs is a traditional central defender who is tall and strong but slow in turning. This will undoubtedly give Rashford and Mbappe more opportunities.

After the adjustment, Manchester United's overall advantage quickly took effect and Bruno began to get frequent opportunities in the frontcourt.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, Harry Kane headed the ball to the left. Bruno and Tadic competed for the second point at the same time, but Bruno was faster and pushed the ball forward first.

But when Bruno was about to rush forward, his jersey was suddenly pulled hard from behind, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle quickly and raised the sign, yellow card.

Tadic kept complaining to the referee, apparently saying that he did not pull the opponent and that Bruno slipped by himself, but the referee did not accept his explanation.

"Tadic is the captain, so he should restrain his actions a little bit."

"Manchester United is now very clear that they want to attack Bruno, and Ten Hag should make some adjustments."

"Bruno will become more and more threatening in the frontcourt."

"Including the extra time in the first half, there should be five or six minutes left, so Ajax still needs to be steady."

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Several guest commentators spoke up.