Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 1027 A World-Class Goal Among World-Class Goals

“Aubameyang shoots! The ball is deflected and flies to the other side… Zhou Yi! Bicycle kick!!” Duan Xin roared excitedly, the words "bicycle kick" louder than anything he'd said before.

His roar electrified the Chinese audience watching TV.

Everyone watched as the football avoided Neuer and plunged into the goal.

During Dortmund's counterattack, the boos in the Allianz Arena never stopped. Bayern Munich fans wanted to infect the Dortmund players with their jeers.

But when the football flew into the goal, the boos stopped abruptly.

The Allianz Arena suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Even the Dortmund coaching staff and substitutes were the same, all staring wide-eyed at the Bayern Munich goal. Klopp's facial expression was as exaggerated as possible…

Almost everyone, including Klopp, hadn't expected Zhou Yi to choose such a way to put the football in…

Zhou Yi has scored quite a few goals now, at least ten every season.

But none of those goals were scored like this.

A bicycle kick goal!

The *worldie* of all *worldies*.

Bicycle kicks are very difficult, not only technically, but also in terms of timing and luck. It can be said that beautiful bicycle kick goals are rare and always end up on the "guest of honor" seat for the best goals of the round.

Zhou Yi had scored so many goals, but not one of them was a bicycle kick.

Not just Zhou Yi, even other world-class players find it difficult to score a bicycle kick.

Like… Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portuguese superstar, who plays for Real Madrid, scored five goals for Sporting Lisbon, one hundred and eighteen goals in six years at Manchester United, and more than two hundred goals in nearly five seasons at Real Madrid. In addition, he also has more than forty goals for the national team.

Among these many goals, there are super *worldies* of violent aesthetics, domineering headers, and heroic solo runs.

His left and right feet are very balanced, coupled with his excellent heading ability, he can be regarded as the most comprehensive scoring player in football today.

But in so many varied goals, he lacks a bicycle kick…

Would anyone say Cristiano Ronaldo's skills are lacking? Of course not.

Ultimately, it comes down to bad luck.

For example, in the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Getafe in the 2011-2012 season, Cristiano Ronaldo attempted a bicycle kick in front of the goal, but the football hit the post and flew horizontally to the other side, rolling parallel to the goal line, so close yet so far…

Or in this season's match between Real Madrid and Granada, Cristiano Ronaldo received a cross from the right, leaped into the air, and kicked a wonderful bicycle kick. But Granada's goalkeeper Roberto made a world-class save, pushing Cristiano Ronaldo's shot away.

Of course, even if he defeats the goalposts and the inspired goalkeeper, he cannot defeat the referee… That was a group match in the 2006 European Cup qualifiers, where Portugal beat the weak Azerbaijan 3-0 at home.

In that match, Cristiano Ronaldo had two goals and an assist, performing very well.

Also in that match, he had a very beautiful bicycle kick shot.

At that time, Portuguese fullback Miguel crossed from the right, Deco passed the football back at the far post, Cristiano Ronaldo trapped the ball and then shot with a bicycle kick, the football hit the crossbar twice in a row before being caught by the goalkeeper. Cristiano Ronaldo signaled to the referee that the whole of the football had crossed the goal line, but the assistant referee and the referee ignored him. The TV replay clearly showed that the football had indeed crossed the whole of the goal line… This should have been a valid goal.

But unfortunately, the referee strangled the goal, and also strangled what might have been the only bicycle kick goal in Cristiano Ronaldo's career…

Even someone like Cristiano Ronaldo is relentlessly pursuing bicycle kick goals, while Zhou Yi already has such a beautiful, undisputed bicycle kick, which shows that Zhou Yi's luck is indeed better than Cristiano Ronaldo's…

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"Zhou Yi scored a very, very beautiful goal! This was originally a fluke, but in the end, it turned into such a wonderful *worldie*! Neuer has no way to deal with such a bicycle kick!" Marcel Reif said excitedly. "In this way, Dortmund once again leads Bayern Munich 2:1!"

The TV broadcast replayed Zhou Yi's goal again and again, showing Zhou Yi's goal from different angles and different camera positions.

This bicycle kick was probably not in Zhou Yi's original plan. When he saw the football flying over, from the sudden stop and turn to the leap and kick, it was a completely subconscious reaction. The whole movement was smooth, without any hesitation or stalling.

Because of this, Bayern Munich goalkeeper Neuer was caught off guard.

"It's wonderful… What's even more wonderful is that the football was kicked out with a strange arc, and this arc just bypassed Neuer and ensured that it could fly into the goal… Facing such a shot, although Neuer has done very well, he is still helpless and can only watch the football into the goal…"

After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi got up from the ground and saw that the football had actually flown into the goal. He was also surprised and excited, and ran alone to the bottom of the stand where the Bayern Munich fans were gathered, making a "shut up" gesture at them.

Dortmund and Bayern Munich have been competing for a long time, and the hostile emotions between the two sides are very strong. Zhou Yi has never deliberately tried to extract himself from this emotion. He always stands on Dortmund's side. So he is never polite when facing Bayern Munich.

His actions finally brought the Bayern Munich fans, who had been shocked into silence, back to their senses. For a time, boos rang out, all directed at him.

Zhou Yi didn't care about the even more violent boos. He turned around and opened his arms to his teammates, leaving a back view to the Bayern Munich fans, letting them boo, letting them scold, none of which could hurt Zhou Yi in the slightest.

Dortmund players had already ran over excitedly and hugged Zhou Yi. They surrounded Zhou Yi in the middle, closely united around Zhou Yi as the core.

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On one side, the Dortmund players were celebrating wildly, while on the other side, Bayern Munich was plunged into dejection.

Losing this goal was very depressing. The second half had just started not long ago, and Bayern Munich was obviously pressing Dortmund when a mistake in trapping the ball led to the goal.

Moreover, it was such a wonderful goal to concede.

Teams that concede a *worldie* will suffer a decline in morale.

But soon, Bayern Munich realized that such a goal was probably not their biggest trouble…

After completing the save, Neuer fell to the ground, and then he got up from the ground.

But in the process of getting up, Neuer paused, and then after he got up, he tried to bend over. But before this action was completed, he froze there.

A look of pain and frustration appeared on his face. Just now, his body clearly told him—his back muscle was strained…

Neuer's abnormality was noticed by captain Lahm, who stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

Neuer frowned and said, "It seems like a muscle strain…"

Lahm was shocked and quickly turned to wave to the bench, asking the team doctor to come on the field.

Guardiola, who was annoyed by the loss of the goal, held his head in his hands. At this moment, he suddenly saw Lahm's movements. He froze, maintaining his previous action, the expression on his face somewhat… terrified.

And Dr. Walfahrt had already run onto the field, heading straight for the Bayern Munich goal.

This scene was also noticed by more people.

The Bayern Munich fans couldn't care less about being disappointed and frustrated by the loss of the goal, nor could they care about booing Zhou Yi.

They all watched nervously as Dr. Walfahrt ran on the field, as if he were a messenger bringing bad news.