Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Ralf Rangnick explains why Manchester United aren't scoring from corners
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRalf Rangnick admits it is 'weird' Manchester United have had over 100 corners in the Premier League this season and not scored from one.
United have taken 114 corners in 21 league games but seldom come close to scoring. They have not scored from a corner since Craig Dawson's own goal settled a 1-0 win over West Ham at Old Trafford in March.
A United player has not nodded in direct from a corner since Harry Maguire equalised against Sheffield United in January of last year.
Bruno Fernandes, Jadon Sancho, Alex Telles and Luke Shaw have shared corner-taking duties throughout the campaign but the delivery is often inadequate and Rangnick is bemused by United's lack of a threat at corners. "In the end, this is a question of training time but is also a question of deliveries," Rangnick said. "And this is really a little bit weird, to be honest, because we players who should be technically able to deliver the balls in the right way. "But we still have to work on that and we still need to improve in those areas.
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