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

Manchester United's first game in December is the fifth round of the Champions League group stage against Ajax at home.

This is a very crucial game for Manchester United.

If they beat Ajax at home, Manchester United will advance to the next round regardless of the results of the games against Atalanta and Midtjylland.

If they are tied by Ajax at home and Atalanta beats Midtjylland at home at the same time, Manchester United's top position in the group will be threatened and they will have to fight hard against Midtjylland away in the final round to ensure promotion.

Of course, in extreme cases, if Manchester United loses at home again, they may even drop to third in the standings after this round of games, and their prospects of qualifying for the group stage will become uncertain.

So, in order to control their own destiny, Manchester United must beat Ajax at home.

However, when the game started, people were surprised to see that players such as Bruno, Harry Kane, Gundogan and Mbappe all sat on the bench. Rashford was not even on the roster. Players such as Greenwood, Mata and Mahrez got the chance to start.

The game started off badly. Ajax, who were determined to beat Manchester United away from home and qualify for the knockout stage, took the initiative at the Millennium Stadium and controlled the situation. Their possession rate in the first 20 minutes was as high as 65%, but Manchester United's defense was good.

Although Mourinho rotated almost the entire midfield and frontcourt, the defense line remained stable. The defense line composed of Cancelo, Maguire, Van Dijk and Luke Shaw performed very solidly and did not give Ajax too many good opportunities. Young player Bellingham was also excellent in the midfield.

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The stronger the defense, the more opportunities the team will have to counterattack.

Therefore, the game scene was very interesting. Ajax had the advantage, but Manchester United had the advantage in shooting and scoring opportunities. The Eredivisie team did not even have many threatening attacks.

Bruno sat on the bench and watched the game on the court with his own eyes. He felt very sad.

This is the gap in overall strength!

Facing the so-called Dutch giants, Manchester United even deployed half of their substitutes, but they did not lose out on the field. The ball possession rate was inferior, but there were more threatening attacks.

This is the huge gap between the giants of the four major leagues and the Dutch giants. The offensive combination of Ajax that swept the Dutch league could not pose any threat to Manchester United.

The Dutch Eredivisie genius Anthony Santos was completely silent, doing nothing except drawing circles on the spot.

"Our current offensive problem still lies in counterattacks. If McTominay was at the level of Harry Kane, we would directly look for his high point and surround his teammates to fight for the second point. We would have scored long ago." Gundogan said confidently.

Judging from the game, Ajax is indeed not as strong as Manchester United.

However, after the second half, Ajax suddenly exerted their strength and launched a wave of strong attacks, and in the 59th and 61st minutes, they launched two consecutive threatening attacks.

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"It's almost my turn." Gundogan said with a smile after coming back from warming up outside.

This was planned before the game, Gundogan would replace Fred.

Through this rotation, we can save energy for the upcoming Christmas devil schedule.

"The Eredivisie has always attached great importance to man-to-man marking, especially in mobile warfare. Now Ajax is willing to press forward, which is a good thing for us." Bruno came over and said to Gundogan, "So, we need to let our teammates run more, intersperse and run, stretch their defensive formation, and then cut into the gaps, then opportunities will appear. This is the disadvantage of man-to-man marking."

After many matches against Ajax in recent years, Bruno has gained a lot of experience in playing against Ajax.

Gundogan nodded heavily.

Soon, Faria came over and asked Gundogan to prepare to play.

The German walked to the sidelines and listened to Mourinho's instructions. It was unknown what he said. Mourinho even turned his head and looked at Bruno deeply, then nodded to Gundogan.

After Gundogan came on, Manchester United began to control the situation on the field, which made Bruno on the sidelines look very strange.

This is a completely incomprehensible phenomenon.

Except for Gundogan replacing Fred, all other players on the field remained unchanged. However, this substitution made Manchester United's midfield more organized and not panic at all. Instead, they organized and planned several attacks.

Just five minutes later, Greenwood got a great chance by running through the middle and shot hard, almost going into Ajax's goal.

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Ten minutes after Gundogan came on, Mbappe replaced Mahrez.

Just three minutes later, Cancelo made a cross from the right, and Greenwood got another chance, but his shot went wide.

Then there was a shot from Mata from the left.

Time passed by little by little, and both Ajax and Manchester United used two substitutions.

With the coming on of Gundogan and Mbappe, the Red Devils' attack became more and more fierce, but they were always far from scoring.

Mourinho finally used his third substitution in the 82nd minute, with Bruno replacing Mata.

When Bruno came on as a substitute, he could vaguely hear boos coming from the Ajax bench. The Ajax players obviously had not forgotten the painful memories that Bruno had brought them.

They are scared!

In fear!

And Bruno did not disappoint them.

Mourinho only had one arrangement for him, which was to run in and out, stretch the defense and strive for goals.

After Bruno came on the pitch, his first touch of the ball led to a strong breakthrough on the left, but when he passed the ball into the penalty area, it was cleared by Ajax center back Schulz.

But just three minutes later, after receiving a pass from Gundogan on the left, Bruno suddenly started and cut inside with the ball.

Mbappe understood the hint and retreated from the front, seemingly to support Bruno, but in fact he pulled out Schuurs.

Bruno passed the ball diagonally with his right foot, Bellingham quickly cut into the penalty area, stopped the ball, and shot, all in one go!

The ball hit the net!

1: 0!

In the 86th minute, Manchester United scored the winning goal with Bruno assisting Bellingham!

At 17 years and 124 days old, Bellingham became the youngest player to score in the history of the Champions League!

Bellingham has also become the fifth superstar to emerge at Manchester United in the past five years after Martial, Rashford, Mbappe and Greenwood!

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This was also the only goal of the game, and Manchester United finally defeated Ajax 1:0.

In another match that was taking place at the same time, Midtjylland, which had already been eliminated early, unexpectedly drew 1:1 with Atalanta away from home.

As a result, after 5 rounds of group matches, the standings of Group D are as follows:

曼联4胜1负，拿到了12个积分排名第一；亚特兰大2胜2平1负拿到8分排名第二，阿贾克斯2胜1平2负，拿到7个积分排名第三，中日德兰1平4负只拿到1个积分。

With only one round left in the group stage, Manchester United not only advanced to the knockout stage in advance, but also secured first place in the group.

This was a situation that no one had expected before the game. Not only did the team defeat its rival Ajax in the game, but another competitor, Atalanta, also suffered a defeat at home, allowing Manchester United to achieve their goal in one fell swoop.

This is simply the most perfect result!

What made Bruno even happier was that after the game, when he was about to drive home after attending the post-match press conference with head coach Mourinho, he suddenly received a call that one of his legal wives, Liu Yimei, had reached her due date.

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His wife was about to give birth, so Bruno had to put aside even the most important things. He immediately asked for leave from the club and asked Vanessa to arrange a flight to Beijing.

However, Vanessa is more than seven months pregnant and is not suitable to travel with him, so she will not go to China with him.

Giarretta didn't know why Bruno wanted to leave so suddenly, so he accompanied him personally. On the way to the airport, Giarretta asked, "Bruno, you left in such a hurry, is everything okay?"

Bruno smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that I'm going to be a father soon, hehe..."

"Ah..." Sangiareta was very happy for Bruno when he heard that. "Then I want to congratulate you, Bruno!"

"Haha..." Bruno couldn't suppress his joy. After arriving at the airport, he said goodbye to Giarretta and flew back to Beijing as soon as possible.

Liu Lili didn't come, but she sent her assistant to pick up Bruno.

"You... Yimei is about to give birth, and you didn't even come earlier. What could be more important than giving birth to a baby?" Liu Lili complained as soon as they met. Now that Liu Yimei is about to give birth to a baby, she is more nervous than anyone else.

"How is Yimei?" Bruno asked impatiently. It was already past eleven o'clock in the evening when he returned by plane.

"The surgery is about to begin, and she's still waiting for you!" Liu Lili said.

Bruno walked into the ward, came to Liu Yimei, and said affectionately: "Yimei..."

"Bruno..." Liu Yimei had already changed into a patient's attire, and she said with tears in her eyes, "You're finally back!"

"Yes, I'm back!" Bruno held her hand tightly, "Don't be afraid, I'm right beside you."

"It's good that Bruno is back. Yimei, don't be too nervous. The doctors said it's okay. Caesarean section is the safest. Haha... Now that Bruno is with you, what do you have to worry about?" Liu Lili on the side comforted.

At this time, a nurse came in and asked, "How is it, the mother is ready and has been waiting for a long time, do you want to do the cesarean section?"

"Yes, of course we have to do it. Nurse, it will be there soon! Please tell the doctor to wait a moment, thank you for your help." Liu Lili hurried forward to explain.

The nurse nodded and turned to leave the ward.