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

With the end of the Champions League, the 2017-2018 season has truly come to an end. Manchester United, who remained unbeaten in all competitions and won six titles including the Community Shield, European Super Cup, English League Cup, FA Cup, Premier League and Champions League, are undoubtedly the biggest winners.

For the players, Bruno is the most dazzling one. With 41 league goals, Bruno not only defended the title of Premier League top scorer, but also defeated Yosi and defended the European Golden Boot. In addition, he contributed 38 assists in 23 Premier League games, which also made him beat De Bruyne, Thomas Muller, Alberto, Neymar, Yosi and other assist players to become the assist king of the top five European leagues.

In the Champions League, Bruno scored 14 goals, although he failed to surpass Ronaldo to become the Champions League Golden Boot, but he was still outstanding enough. He also contributed 12 assists in 11 Champions League games, making him the assist king in the Champions League this season.

Throughout the 2017-2018 season, Bruno played 61 games for Manchester United in all official competitions, making him the player with the most games played in the top five European leagues this season. His 5368 minutes of playing time was also the most in the top five European leagues.

In these 61 games, Bruno scored a total of 67 goals and provided 36 assists, both of which were the highest in the top five leagues.

在这两项数据上，C罗是43场44球8助攻，哟西则是54场45球18助攻，跟布鲁诺都有不小的差距。

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Bruno's various games at Manchester United have ended, but he cannot start his vacation yet because the World Cup in Russia will start this summer.

In fact, long before the start of the Champions League final, the Portuguese national team had already assembled and began preparing for the upcoming World Cup.

Just two days after the Champions League final, on the evening of May 5th local time in Europe, Portugal will have its first warm-up match before the Russia World Cup, facing the European powerhouse Tunisia.

In this game, all three Portuguese players who participated in the Champions League final were absent, and the captain's armband was worn on the arm of veteran Pepe.

Portugal played at a very high level in the first half, with goals from Andre Silva and Joao Mario helping Portugal take a two-goal lead.

However, after taking a two-goal lead, the Portuguese national team began to get a little carried away, first allowing Tunisia to equalize in the 39th minute of the first half, and then Tunisia scored another goal in the 64th minute of the game.

In the end, the game ended in a 2:2 draw!

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Five days later, on the evening of June 6, Portugal faced off against the European Red Devils Belgium at the Roy Baudouin Stadium in their second warm-up match before the World Cup.

This is a tough match between the world's third and fourth-ranked teams. Portugal is ranked third in FIFA's national team rankings, while Belgium, which performed well in the World Cup qualifiers, is ranked fourth.

It is no exaggeration to say that Belgium can be regarded as one of the most talented teams in Europe. The total value of the 28 players selected by Martinez is an astonishing 8 million euros.

Due to the abundance of talent, Martinez even gave up Roma's midfield core Nainggolan.

This Belgian team is full of stars, including Chelsea's offensive core Hazard, Manchester City's midfield core De Bruyne, Serie A Golden Boot Mertens, Chelsea striker Lukaku on the front line, and Manchester City captain Kompany on the back line.

Facing Portugal, which was without its two core players Bruno and Ronaldo, and even had many main players rested, the Red Devils had no way to deal with it. The luxurious attacking group of Hazard, Lukaku and others were also unable to score. They were unable to defeat Portugal for 29 consecutive years, and the score was 0:0.

Not only that, Belgium also lost its defensive star Kompany in the game, which once again makes Belgium's World Cup prospects worrying.

On the contrary, the Portuguese team, despite the absence of two core players, still managed to draw with Tunisia and Belgium consecutively, which showed the huge potential of this team.

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On the evening of June 6, Portugal played its last warm-up match before the World Cup.

In this game, Bruno and Ronaldo have both returned to the team and both started.

Since Portugal will face Spain in the first round of the World Cup group stage in 8 days, this game is also regarded as Portugal's final rehearsal before the World Cup.

In this game, Ronaldo formed a striker combination with Bernardo Silva and Guedes, while Bruno, Moutinho and William Carvalho formed a midfield partnership.

Algeria also has many good players in its team, including Bruno's Manchester United teammate Mahrez, Leicester City striker Slimani and Napoli's Ghoulam.

At the beginning of the game, Portugal reached the Algerian penalty area just 10 seconds after the start, and the attack was swift.

In the 16th minute of the game, Bruno made a precise long pass from the middle position, Bernardo Silva headed the ball at the top of the arc in front of the opponent's penalty area, and Guedes rushed in at high speed and received the ball in the penalty area and shot it into the net. The score on the field was Portugal 1:0 Algeria.

In the 36th minute of the game, Ronaldo dribbled the ball down the left and made a cross, and Bruno headed the ball into the penalty area to score. The score on the field was Portugal 2:0 Algeria.

This score remained until the end of the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Portugal continued its offensive. In the 54th minute, Guerrero made a cross from the left bottom, and his teammate Guedes headed the ball into the penalty area to expand the score advantage to 3:0.

At the end of the 90-minute game, Portugal defeated Algeria 3:0.

In this game, Ronaldo completed the milestone of 150 games for the national team, becoming the first person in Portuguese football history!

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After three warm-up matches, the Portuguese team immediately flew to Russia to prepare for the upcoming World Cup in Russia.

Before leaving the capital Lisbon for Russia, the Portuguese football team was received and seen off by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at the Portuguese Coach Museum. Such high-level courtesy will surely help the Portuguese players achieve good results in the World Cup.

When the Portugal team's bus arrived at the team's hotel in Sochi, as usual, Ronaldo was the last to get off the bus. After getting off the bus, he went straight to the team's hotel.

In addition to giving a big hug to the AS reporter, he also told reporters: "We are going to beat Spain tomorrow."

After speaking, the Portuguese star winked playfully and walked into the hotel with a smile.

Portugal will face the 2010 World Cup champion Spain in its first match of this World Cup. This highly anticipated Spain-Portugal battle will take place on the evening of June 6th.

The Spanish team has recently been experiencing a coaching change. The team has just lost head coach Lopetegui. Former Real Madrid and Spanish national team player Hierro will replace Lopetegui to lead Spain in the World Cup.

Portugal and Spain were drawn in Group B in this World Cup, along with Iran and Morocco.

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After the first training session in Sochi, Santos found Bruno in the restaurant and told him that he had something to discuss with him in the evening and hoped that he could come to Santos' room for an interview.

After dinner and some time hanging out with his teammates, Bruno said goodbye to everyone and knocked on Santos’ door.

Santos opened the door for him and invited him inside.

I first asked about Bruno's health, especially his physical condition.

The conversation between Santos and Bruno did not seem like a conversation between a head coach and a player, but rather an exchange between two people of equal status.

Santos then got to the point of the conversation: "What do you think of this World Cup, Bruno?"

"What do you mean, sir?"

"score."

"Of course it's the championship." Bruno had actually thought about this question a long time ago. Not on the way here, but after he was sure of qualifying for the World Cup in Russia.

Apart from winning the championship, he could not think of any other goal. Portugal had already won the European Championship two years ago, so couldn't they make a breakthrough in the World Cup? He had accumulated experience and confidence in the top European competitions, which made him very enthusiastic about the World Cup.

Although the overall strength of the China-Portugal team is not the best in the world, he believes that his outstanding performance will definitely help the Portuguese national team achieve a historic breakthrough.

In addition, given his personality, he participates in a football game to win. If the goal is not to become the champion, then he might as well not participate.

That's what he thought.

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Santos laughed, his eyes narrowed into slits, and said, "My goal is to reach the top four, and I thought it was already difficult. I didn't expect you to be more ambitious than me."

"Here's what I think, sir. If we can qualify from the group and make it to the round of 16, then we're only two games away from the semi-finals, so why not strive to get into the semi-finals? Once we're in the semi-finals, then we're only one game away from the finals, so why not try to get into the finals? Since we've already made it to the finals, are we here to compete for the runner-up? Apart from the championship, any other result is not worth pursuing. So..." He spread his hands and said, "I think the championship is the most appropriate goal."

Santos was amused by Bruno's theory of "if that's the case, why not continue?"

This sounds a bit idealistic, but when Bruno says it, it doesn't seem incredible.

He has proved this many times in European football. Santos also thinks so, but is it possible to have this confidence in his own team?

Santos is not an arrogant fool. He knows that there is a gap between the strength of the Portuguese team and Manchester United. Although many people think that Manchester United is definitely not a top team in Europe, compared with the Portuguese national team, it is still top. In Manchester United, Bruno has many excellent teammates to help him, but in the Portuguese team? Except for Ronaldo, he probably has to rely on himself most of the time.

but……

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Santos looked at Bruno. This man never minded these little things. In fact, he was always moving forward under tremendous pressure.

Since he started at Udinese, he has been regarded as the new hope of Portuguese football, the hope that can really help the Portuguese team achieve a breakthrough. Bruno has never disappointed Portuguese fans. After he joined the Portuguese national team, he helped Portugal win the European Cup and the Confederations Cup.

For four years, Bruno has performed well and steadily. He even took the initiative to take the pressure on himself, and he seemed to enjoy playing under such heavy pressure.

Psychological quality, this is where he is superior to others.

Santos said: "If you think so, it's great. But you know, football is not a one-man sport. You have such an idea and work towards this goal, but what about your teammates? Can you guarantee that they are willing to think and do so?"

Bruno shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I'm willing to try."

Santos nodded and said, "Well, you and Cristiano have the same idea. One of you is the captain and the other is the core of the midfield. You have the same goal, so work hard. Go and have a rest. You must be exhausted today."

Bruno smiled and shook his head, "It's okay. Young people are full of energy. This little bit of running around is nothing."

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The conversation ended. From this conversation, Santos knew the thoughts of the core players of the team. Combined with the previous conversation with captain Ronaldo, he knew the true thoughts of the two key players of the national team, which was helpful for his work.

If the core has no fighting spirit, then his work will be difficult to carry out. As long as the core has aspirations, his work will be much easier.

The core of a team is very important, otherwise why is it called "core"? Just look at the difference between Manchester United with Bruno and without Bruno.

Bruno also gained something from this conversation. He understood Santos's plan to some extent. Santos claimed that the team had no goal in this World Cup, but in fact it was not the case. His goal should be to reach the semi-finals.

But as long as we make it to the semifinals, this goal will definitely be revised. As he said, since the team has made it to the finals, why not try to make it to the finals? Since we have already made it to the finals, why should we work hard for a runner-up?

So as long as the team can successfully enter the semi-finals, Bruno will be confident of winning the championship.

If he could lead the Chinese team to win the World Cup, that would be a fantasy, but he could lead the Portuguese national team to win the World Cup. After all, the Portuguese national team is not a top team in Europe or even the world, but it is also a quasi-strong team.

Especially since they won the European Cup two years ago and the Confederations Cup last year. Not only do they have two superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, but the strength of other main players is also at the level of the top five European leagues. The foundation is not too bad, and they have such a foundation, so they can give it a try.

If he is just here for the formalities and will go home after the group stage, he might as well have a good vacation and then train with Manchester United to prepare for next season.