Chapter 60 - From Boy To Star
89th minute.
The scoreboard still read 1–1, but it felt like the air was trembling under the pressure.
One more chance. Just one.
Wembley had gone from chaotic to breathless.
Manchester United pushed forward with every ounce of urgency they had left in their legs.
Valverde surged through the middle like a man possessed. A thud of boots against turf, a flick past Rice—then the ball zipped toward Bruno.
"Turn!" shouted Ten Hag from the touchline.
Bruno didn't need to be told.
He spun off Ødegaard with a sharp feint—Tch!—and saw it.
Nathan. Edge of the box. Space.
Click! The pass fired through.
Nathan's eyes locked onto the ball mid-roll.A breath. A step. The goal widening in front of him.
He shifted his weight—
Now.
CRACK!!
A whip of the left foot. The ball flew, rising and bending—an impossible curve arcing toward the far post, curling like a dancer mid-spin.
The crowd rose as one.
"AHHH—!!"
