Chapter 153 Still a Huge Ambition

Götze didn't know what the score was in the Revierderby at the other stadium. He was only focused on the game in front of him.

Bayern Munich had been in a great position, leading by two goals, but a penalty kick had suddenly made their situation precarious.

Götze was certainly not willing to accept this result. With little time left in the game, he wanted to secure the victory for his team.

Almost at the same time as Zhou Yi missed a golden opportunity, Bayern Munich intercepted the ball with a high press in the attacking third, giving them a chance for a quick counterattack.

After receiving the ball, Götze didn't pass but chose to dribble and break through himself. He drove straight toward the goal, and after shaking off a sliding tackle from an opponent, he didn't dribble any further. Instead, he threaded a through ball to the left, because he saw Ribéry sprinting diagonally at high speed.

If Ribéry received his pass in space, he would already be in the penalty area. Facing Hamburg goalkeeper Kraft who came off his line, he lightly chipped the ball over Kraft, and the ball spun into the goal, hugging the near post!

"Ribéry! Ribéry! He has once again extended Bayern Munich's lead to two goals!"

After scoring, Ribéry turned around, found Götze, and embraced him to celebrate the goal.

"Although Ribéry scored this goal, it came from Götze's sharp breakthrough and precise pass in the attacking third! After many rounds, Götze has returned to the striker position in this game, and he has put on a very good performance, with one goal and one assist... I think Guardiola should seriously consider fixing Götze in this position, right?"

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"Bayern Munich scored, Ribéry, 3:1..." On the Borussia Dortmund bench, the coaches quickly relayed a key piece of information.

Klopp just curled his lip when he heard this news. It wasn't unexpected.

Bayern Munich was actually in pretty good form today. Apart from that penalty, Hertha Berlin shouldn't have too many better chances. With Bayern Munich's strength and form, it wasn't an incredible thing for them to win the game away from home. From the beginning, he hadn't expected Hertha Berlin to be able to stop Bayern Munich from marching toward the champion's throne.

His gaze was still fixed on the game in front of him, which was the key. Borussia Dortmund was only leading by one goal, and this advantage was not secure and could be overturned at any time.

Although Zhou Yi's shot didn't result in a goal, Borussia Dortmund was still suppressing Schalke 04, and Zhou Yi was still active. Now, when Yang Muge defended him, on the one hand, he had to be careful of him sending out a deadly pass, and on the other hand, he had to guard against his shot... The difficulty of defending him had doubled compared to before, and defending him was even more laborious.

In the eightieth minute, when facing Yang Muge, Zhou Yi performed a beautiful *la croqueta*, picking the ball out from under his tackle, and at the same time breaking through.

Yang Muge could no longer stop him normally. Helpless, he could only reach out and pull Zhou Yi down.

Lying on the ground, Zhou Yi spread out his hands, a smile on his face.

Yang Muge got up from the ground, turned and ran away, with no intention of pulling him up.

Even if they were good friends in private, in such an intense and fiery Revierderby, it wasn't the time to talk about friendship.

The referee didn't let Yang Muge off the hook. After all, the location of his foul was already a dangerous area. If he hadn't fouled just now, Zhou Yi, who had broken through, could either choose to pass the ball to his teammates, creating a chance to score, or he could shoot himself.

The referee showed Yang Muge a yellow card as punishment.

Zhou Yi was pulled up by his Borussia Dortmund teammates.

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Schalke 04 didn't get a good chance until the eighty-fourth minute, when Boateng, who was substituted in the second half, unleashed a powerful shot from the right side of the attacking third, twenty-five meters from the goal. The ball was pushed out of bounds by Weidenfeller, who fell to the ground...

Next, Schalke 04 launched an all-out attack. After Schalke 04's corner kick was taken, Yang Muge managed to get a head on the ball in the penalty area, but his header went over the bar.

Afterward, Yang Muge didn't retreat to his own half. Not only him, but the other Schalke 04 players also stayed in the attacking third, intending to directly steal the ball from Borussia Dortmund's players and launch a counterattack directly.

For Schalke 04, they were only one goal behind. Even if they couldn't defeat Borussia Dortmund away from home, it would still be a good result if they could force a draw.

Although this point wouldn't help Schalke 04 consolidate their third place in the league, nor would it help them grab second place in the league. But this was the Revierderby, and this game was independent of the entire league system.

Faced with Schalke 04's frantic counterattack, Borussia Dortmund didn't completely retreat to the thirty-meter area to defend. They continued to use their control in the midfield to entangle with Schalke 04 in the midfield, trying to keep the ball in the midfield area, away from the penalty area, and reduce the threat to their own goal.

This was quite effective.

It was difficult for Schalke 04 to organize decent attacks. Their counterattacks could only rely more on individual abilities, such as Draxler's breakthroughs, Boateng's long shots...

But these individual battles weren't a big threat in front of Borussia Dortmund's defense system.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Schalke 04 was unable to equalize the score. Although the difference of one goal was indeed not big, Schalke 04 just couldn't get past it.

Marcel Reif said, "The game is over. Borussia Dortmund narrowly defeated Schalke 04 1-0 at home. They have won a key victory. But in fact, the difference in strength between the two teams is not big. Today, Schalke 04's performance was also much better than when the two sides played in the first leg. Otherwise, they wouldn't have only lost one goal away from home... But despite Schalke 04's outstanding performance, they still couldn't win the game away from home. I think this is related to their lack of an excellent attacking organizer like Zhou Yi."

"...In fact, Schalke 04 is not without attacking opportunities, but compared to Borussia Dortmund's, their attacking quality is not only less, but also very unstable. Most of the attacks are more like a stroke of luck... Even they themselves don't know whether this attack can threaten Borussia Dortmund's goal... And Borussia Dortmund, because of Zhou Yi, constantly launches attacks on Schalke 04's goal. And what is even more commendable about Zhou Yi is that not only can he organize attacks for the team, but when necessary, he can also personally go into battle and score goals... So we can say that the gap between Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund is not one goal, but a Zhou Yi..."

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After the game, Zhou Yi took the initiative to run to Yang Muge to exchange jerseys, to comfort his injured heart.

When exchanging jerseys, Yang Muge took Zhou Yi's jersey and asked him, "Zhou Yi, that ambition you talked about in the game about the World Cup... wanting to win the championship, is it true?"

Zhou Yi grinned: "Of course it's fake! Win the World Cup? How is that possible! I'm not that arrogant. How could I scare you if I didn't say something so scary? Ha!"

Yang Muge rolled his eyes: "Then what is your real World Cup goal?"

"Everything except winning the World Cup is true," Zhou Yi waved his hand and went to celebrate the victory with his teammates.

Yang Muge looked at his back, savoring Zhou Yi's words.

Then he came to his senses—that's still... a very big ambition!

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The game between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 ended, and the game between Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin also ended.

Bayern Munich defeated Hertha Berlin 3-1 away from home.

Both teams won, so their point difference was still four points.

After Bayern Munich's game ended, some Bayern Munich players couldn't wait to ask the coaching staff and substitute teammates about the score of the other Revierderby game.

When they heard that Borussia Dortmund had actually narrowly defeated Schalke 04 1-0, some players in the middle let out a regretful sigh.

In their opinion, this game was the best opportunity to widen the gap before their direct dialogue with Borussia Dortmund.

After all, it was the Revierderby.

And Schalke 04's recent form was not very good.

But they still didn't win.

So who scored the only goal for Borussia Dortmund?

"It's Zhou Yi again... Has this kid been cheating recently? Scoring goals continuously?"

"His state came at just the right time, didn't it?"

"He's really a difficult opponent..."

Everyone was talking about it, but Götze didn't participate.

When he heard Zhou Yi's name, he hid himself.

It's Zhou Yi again!

He felt that he had played very well in this game, scoring a goal and providing a key assist.

He didn't expect Zhou Yi to be no less inferior than himself, scoring the only goal of the game and helping Borussia Dortmund win a key victory.

This is really a long contest, and it's not easy to tell who will win...