After shooting, Casillas pounced toward Aubameyang, but it was too late.

Aubameyang looked up to watch the football fly into the goal. After confirming his goal, he spread his arms and ran excitedly toward the corner flag.

This was his first time participating in the Champions League final, and he scored in his very first appearance.

And it was such a crucial goal.

Aubameyang felt that his career had reached its peak.

"This goal was scored by Aubameyang, but we can't forget the contributions of the two Chinese players!" He Ping, of course, had to praise his compatriots, and their performances were indeed worthy of praise. "Zhou Yi intercepted the pass from Real Madrid and immediately launched a counterattack, sending the ball to Yan Min's feet. Yan Min, with his speed and agile sudden stops and changes of direction, dribbled past two Real Madrid defenders, and without being greedy for credit, quickly passed the ball to Aubameyang, creating a shooting opportunity for Aubameyang... We are not surprised by Zhou Yi's performance, but Yan Min has always created surprises for us this season... Can you imagine? This is his first season playing football in Europe, his first season! He can perform like this in his first season, his progress is simply amazing! A young player who was nothing special in China has come to Europe and transformed into a dragon! It's like a fairy tale..."

The television was replaying Aubameyang's goal, of course, not just the final shot.

Although Aubameyang scored the goal, the essence of it was almost entirely due to Yan Min.

Aubameyang's contribution could almost be said to be the smallest.

It was already not easy for Yan Min to receive the ball, and then he relied on speed to forcibly break through, as well as a series of sudden stops and changes of direction, all of which brought his personal abilities into full play. The sudden stop to get rid of Varane was simply a stroke of genius. No one thought that he could forcibly stop and turn around at full speed...

"Amazing..." In front of the television, a player from the national team couldn't help but murmur.

All of them were people who had not gone abroad to play football for various reasons. Some had insufficient strength and did not meet the standards for playing abroad, some had the opportunity to play abroad, but the club did not let them go. Others had experience playing abroad, and then returned...

Now, seeing Yan Min's performance in the Champions League final, they couldn't help but sigh.

They were all people, but why was there such a big gap in their fates?

Yan Min was valued by Dortmund for his outstanding performance in a friendly match against them, and they took him to Europe. Originally, everyone thought that it would be good enough for him to appear as a substitute, but unexpectedly, in less than half a season, he became the team's starter. Now, he has such an amazing performance in the Champions League final, and his future is simply limitless...

The five players who had previously gone abroad to study abroad were collectively known as the "Five Young Dragons" because of their outstanding performances at their respective clubs. Now, it seems that this group is going to expand... Yan Min will rely on his strength to squeeze into this group that symbolizes the strongest force in Chinese football.

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Everyone went up to hug Aubameyang and celebrate the goal. After celebrating, they ran back to their own penalty area.

Zhou Yi grabbed Yan Min and ran back side by side with him.

"Well done," he said to Yan Min. "It was amazing that you were able to catch that ball."

Yan Min grinned: "I ran ahead of time. I guessed that you would try to pass it as far as possible so that it would be more threatening."

Zhou Yi gave him a thumbs up: "Smart."

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On Real Madrid's side, Ancelotti was already preparing to make adjustments.

Now that the score had been tied, Real Madrid had to continue to strengthen their attack.

Marcelo had been called back from the warm-up area and was ready to be substituted.

In addition, Isco and Morata were also called to warm up, looking like they were ready to play at any time.

When the game restarted, Real Madrid made the first substitution of the game, replacing Coentrão with Marcelo.

It looked like a like-for-like substitution of left backs, but it was actually Ancelotti's adjustment to strengthen the attack. Marcelo was obviously better than Coentrão in attack.

Not long after Marcelo came on, Real Madrid made another substitution, this time replacing Benzema with Morata.

Benzema's feeling in front of the goal was indeed not good enough in this game. As a forward, in addition to shooting, he also had the task of supporting his teammates, which forced him to pull to the wing many times during the game, wasting his forward attributes.

When they were leading in the score before, it was okay to play like this, no problem.

But now that Real Madrid had been tied and needed to create a breakthrough and score a goal, Benzema's characteristics were a bit unsuitable.

Replacing him with Morata, who was a purer striker, and Morata also had excellent heading ability. When they needed to fight for DPS at the end, choosing a simple and crude way to cross from the wing and head for the goal in the middle, Morata could also use his heading advantage.

Two consecutive substitutions, both to strengthen the attack, showed that Ancelotti was indeed anxious.

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Real Madrid, who had made two consecutive substitutions, did put a lot of pressure on Dortmund in attack.

Real Madrid had many experiences of playing against Dortmund, especially after losing 1:4 to Dortmund in the away game, so they were mentally prepared for Dortmund to score goals. What to do after losing the ball? Of course, keep going, just fight back.

With this mentality, Real Madrid continued to attack, launching wave after wave of attacks on Dortmund's goal.

At this time, as long as they scored another goal, they could regain the advantage.

Faced with Real Madrid's offensive, Dortmund was not afraid. They were originally a team that got stronger when they met stronger opponents. If Real Madrid wanted to attack, they would attack as well.

In the last twenty minutes of the game, the two sides engaged in a crazy attack. The offensive and defensive rhythm switched very quickly.

On this side, Real Madrid's Bale took a shot from outside the penalty area, which was saved by Weidenfeller.

On the other side, Dortmund took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and Reus's poke shot in the penalty area went slightly wide of the goal.

They played back and forth like this for several rounds, and the game time had reached seventy-five minutes. There was not much time left for both sides.

The score was still 2:2, with no change.

Although several times it looked like there were signs of change, it didn't really succeed in the end...

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Although Khedira was responsible for defending Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi didn't take him to heart. Zhou Yi felt very good about himself in this final. He was in good shape and ran all over the field. Khedira couldn't possibly follow him all the time. As Real Madrid's only defensive midfielder in this game, he also had huge limitations and was fixed to his position.

If Real Madrid had one more defensive midfielder in this game, it probably wouldn't be like this.

But on the one hand, Real Madrid didn't have any extra defensive midfielders. On the other hand, Xabi Alonso was suspended. Otherwise, if he could play, Real Madrid's midfield should be more balanced.

Now... when Alonso was suspended, many people thought about his impact on Real Madrid's attack, but perhaps not many people could have imagined that he also had an irreparable loss to Real Madrid's defense, and the loss was not small.

When Zhou Yi frequently ran out of Khedira's defensive zone, Khedira was also very helpless. He couldn't really follow him. He could only hand Zhou Yi over to his teammates...

For Zhou Yi, being closely defended was as common as eating at home. As long as it wasn't a player with particularly strong defensive ability, close defense was basically something he didn't care about.

He didn't focus his attention on those Real Madrid players who were defending him, but concentrated on organizing the attack.

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In the seventy-seventh minute, after he passed the ball to Yan Min on the left wing, he didn't run to meet him, but ran in the opposite direction, towards the far post in the penalty area.

Khedira was following him.

Now he had entered Real Madrid's thirty-meter zone. No matter where he went, there would be Real Madrid players following him. He didn't really care about those Real Madrid players who were closely defending him, but if he ran to meet Yan Min, he would bring at least one Real Madrid player, making the already crowded space even narrower.

That would be detrimental to Yan Min's movements.

So he did the opposite. Sure enough, Khedira was pulled away by him.

This created an opening in the middle.

However, this time Yan Min did not pass the ball to the opening in the middle in front of the penalty area.

He chose to cross directly, to Mark and Aubameyang in front of the goal.

But he passed the ball a little too high...

Neither Mark nor Aubameyang headed the ball, and none of the Real Madrid defenders headed the ball either.

The ball flew over their heads, straight to the far post.

As a result, it accidentally landed in front of Zhou Yi, who had just run to the far post.

This was a sudden situation, and Zhou Yi reacted quickly. He immediately cushioned the flying football with his chest!

At the same time, Khedira also rushed over, wanting to intercept the ball.

As a result, Zhou Yi's cushion happened to let the football bypass the top of Khedira's head, and at the same time, after Zhou Yi cushioned the ball with his chest, he also took a step back to cushion the force of the impact.

And this step back also happened to let Khedira, who was rushing over, pass him by.

Khedira couldn't stop and rushed past Zhou Yi.

The work that Zhou Yi had to do now was very simple. He aimed at the football falling from the air, and then swung his right foot on the spot.

Bang, the outside of his right foot hit the football.

The football drew an arc, just bypassing Casillas's fingertips and heading straight for the far corner of the goal behind him!

Then it hit the inside of the far post... and finally flew into the goal!