Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 1007 Two Consecutive Kicks

“Oh! Wolfsburg, playing away from home, is actually in the lead! They scored first! Olić! He used to play for Bayern Munich, and in the 2009-2010 season, he made great contributions in Bayern Munich's run to the Champions League final... Now, he has transferred to Wolfsburg and is still helping his old club in his own way..."

Marcel Reif was talking about the most glorious moment of Olić's career so far.

In the 2009-2010 season, in the Champions League quarter-finals, Bayern Munich, like this year, also faced Manchester United. In the first leg, Bayern Munich played against Manchester United at home, and the score was always 1:1, very tight. It wasn't until the last moment that Olić scored a goal, helping Bayern Munich beat Manchester United 2:1.

In the second leg against Manchester United, Olić scored from a small angle in the forty-third minute, catching Manchester United off guard. In the end, Bayern Munich eliminated their opponents with a total score of 4:4, with one more away goal than Manchester United, and entered the top four.

In the first leg of the semi-finals, Bayern Munich won 1:0 against Lyon at home, which was not a reassuring score. Especially since the second leg was an away game, Lyon was fully confident of leveling the score and then scoring more goals.

But Olić showed his power in this game. He scored a goal in the first half, and then scored two more goals in the second half, completing a hat-trick, and helping Bayern Munich win 3:0 against Lyon in the away game, advancing to the final with a total score of 4:0, and meeting Inter Milan at the Bernabéu.

Of course, the current Olić is not as brave as he used to be, but today his goal may help Bayern Munich break Borussia Dortmund's three consecutive seasons of monopoly on the Bundesliga title...

After Olić scored, many people remembered his previous identity as a Bayern Munich player. On foreign social networks, many Bayern Munich fans posted photos of Olić wearing a Bayern Munich jersey, cheering for Olić.

Some people even started playing梗 (g梗 - meme) in this event - posting Olić's jersey from the game against Lyon away from home, on time for Olić's hat-trick, which was the most glorious moment of his career. Bayern Munich fans hope that Olić can shine again, for himself and for Bayern Munich.

Olić also seemed to feel the blessings and cheers from Bayern Munich fans.

In the fortieth minute, he threatened Borussia Dortmund's goal again.

At that time, De Bruyne got the ball on the right, swayed past Hummels' defense, and then crossed to the bottom line. The alert Olić appeared in front of the goal again, and he volleyed with his foot at the front point!

The ball flew upwards towards the upper corner of the goal!

But it was blocked by the crossbar and bounced back.

The rebounded ball happened to hit Olić's foot, and after rebounding, it flew towards the goal again... And what about the ball that flew back? It hit the crossbar again and bounced out of the baseline...

"Oh! Oh! Oh oh oh! Oh my God! Two consecutive crossbars in a short period of time! Olić missed the opportunity to score twice!"

Olić himself also held his head in his hands, knelt in front of Borussia Dortmund's goal, and looked at the goal in disbelief.

He never expected that he could hit the crossbar twice in a row, this luck... is enough to buy the European Lottery, right?

"Borussia Dortmund escaped a disaster! Olić's two consecutive shots from close range in a short period of time were rejected by the crossbar! At this moment, perhaps only the goalposts of the Westfalenstadion are still functioning normally..."

The stands also exclaimed when Olić did this.

When the ball finally flew out of the baseline, the exclamations from the stands turned into a sigh of relief.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of relief after surviving a disaster...

Weidenfeller jumped up excitedly and patted the crossbar of his goal, thanking him for standing up at a critical moment.

Compared with the Borussia Dortmund players who were lucky to survive, the Wolfsburg players were much more depressed and unhappy.

What a great opportunity, but two consecutive crossbars... is there any worse luck than this?

Duan Xin joked: "At this time, the most unhappy people are probably not Wolfsburg, but Bayern Munich, right?"

If Olić could score twice, it would cause a lot of trouble for Borussia Dortmund. Shouldn't no one believe that Borussia Dortmund can complete the reversal again after being two goals behind? There are too many such reversals, and it is very detrimental to character.

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Olić's shot didn't go in. A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

Although the goalpost of the Westfalenstadion prevented Olić's shot, many Wolfsburg fans and Bayern Munich fans were still very confident in Olić.

They believe that Olić can definitely score goals in the second half in this state.

And if Olić scores twice in the second half, allowing Wolfsburg to lead by two goals, Borussia Dortmund will definitely be finished.

But when the second half started, the situation was somewhat different from what they had imagined.

Borussia Dortmund seemed to have regained their energy from the beginning of the second half and launched a fierce attack on Wolfsburg's goal.

In the minute from the forty-eighth minute to the forty-ninth minute, Borussia Dortmund took two consecutive shots, and the second shot finally won them a corner kick.

Reus was not there, so Şahin took the corner kick.

After Şahin took the corner kick, there was chaos in front of Wolfsburg's goal. In this chaos, Hummels jumped up, overpowering a group of other players in front of Wolfsburg's goal, and then came a powerful lion shake of the head!

With such a powerful header at this distance, Wolfsburg goalkeeper Makos Green made a save, but it was too late.

The ball has flown into the goal!

"Hummels! A powerful header! He equalized the score for Borussia Dortmund! The second half has just begun, and Borussia Dortmund has shown their strong strength and determination!" Marcel Reif shouted.

The entire Westfalenstadion was filled with the cheers of Borussia Dortmund fans, almost drowning out his voice.

"After enduring the torment of the first half, Borussia Dortmund fans are venting their inner emotions! Equalizing the score, the two teams are now back on the same starting line, and Borussia Dortmund, playing at home, is in high morale, which is definitely not a good thing for Wolfsburg..."

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Of course, Wolfsburg was not willing to be equalized like this. They had always been in the lead before. This psychological gap made them launch a more violent counterattack after being equalized.

After all, as long as they win Borussia Dortmund, they can become the fourth in the league and enter the Champions League zone.

So Wolfsburg will certainly not give up and fall into chaos because of being equalized.

They answered Borussia Dortmund with a more violent attack.

In the fifty-ninth minute, Wolfsburg launched a quick counterattack. Perišić broke into the penalty area with the ball on the left and then shot from a small angle, but the ball went wide of the far corner.

In the sixty-third minute, it was Perišić again. He crossed to the bottom line on the left, and Olić, who was in excellent condition, followed up in the middle and shoveled, but the ball went wide of the goal again...

A minute later, even Wolfsburg's center-back Naldo killed up and took a powerful shot from 30 meters away from the goal, and the ball went over the crossbar.

From the fifty-ninth minute to the sixty-fourth minute, Wolfsburg took three shots in five minutes, and they were all quite threatening.

And Borussia Dortmund, who had just scored, was suppressed instead.

This shows how difficult Wolfsburg is to deal with.

But since Borussia Dortmund can win the league title for three consecutive seasons, it is not just by good luck.

After resisting Wolfsburg's attack, Borussia Dortmund took advantage of their fierce attack to counterattack Wolfsburg.

For example, in the sixty-ninth minute, Borussia Dortmund launched a quick counterattack and got a chance to attack more with less.

Aubameyang passed the ball to Zhou Yi, who was cutting in from the side, in front of the penalty area. Zhou Yi faced the goalkeeper and pushed the far corner with his right foot!

The ball had bypassed goalkeeper Green's fingers, but it rubbed against the outside of the post and flew out of the baseline!

"Zhou Yi's ball... what a pity! Almost, really almost! Maybe it was to avoid Green, so he pursued the angle too much..." Duan Xin regretted for Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi also slapped his thigh in annoyance, and then ran back shaking his head.

There was not much time to regret, there were twenty minutes left in the game, and Borussia Dortmund needed at least one goal.

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In the seventy-third minute, Zhou Yi passed a wonderful pass to Aubameyang, and Aubameyang took a long shot from 20 meters away from the goal, but he hit it too straight and was hugged directly by goalkeeper Green.

Next, Borussia Dortmund's possession rate gradually increased, after all, this was their home court. What about Wolfsburg? After the crazy attack of three shots in five minutes, their momentum was gradually declining, and their pressing on Borussia Dortmund players was not as good as in the first half.

Conversely, the tenacious Borussia Dortmund began to threaten Wolfsburg's goal more.

Especially in the seventy-fifth minute, Klopp replaced Mkhitaryan with Yan Min, and replaced Groskreutz with Reus.

At the same time, he replaced two people in one breath, which shows Klopp's determination to win this game.

It seems that he doesn't want to give up the league.

But... is it too late to make substitutions and adjustments with fifteen minutes left in the game?

Reserving some for the Champions League game, and then replacing the main players at the last moment of the game to go all out... will this routine end up being a failure?