Favre didn't think for too long, because the situation wouldn't allow it.

While he was racking his brains, the game on the field had already restarted. Borussia Dortmund maintained a very fast pace and high intensity, constantly putting pressure on Borussia Mönchengladbach's defense. The fans in the stands of the Westfalenstadion were also desperately creating noise to cheer on Borussia Dortmund.

From the players to the fans, everyone was united in their determination to completely defeat Borussia Mönchengladbach at home.

In the eighty-first minute, Yan Min tried to break through on the left wing but failed. He passed the ball back to Zhou Yi, who came up to support him. Zhou Yi didn't stop the ball to adjust, but instead, facing the ball passed back by Yan Min, he directly used the outside of his right foot to suddenly pass the ball towards the goal.

He accurately found Reus, who had broken into the penalty area.

Reus leaned against Borussia Mönchengladbach's defender, lifted his foot to stop the ball passed by Zhou Yi, and then dribbled it horizontally, shaking off the defending player. He even tripped two other Borussia Mönchengladbach defenders who were blocking him head-on. The Borussia Mönchengladbach penalty area was instantly in chaos!

Reus continued to dribble horizontally, but the space left for him was already very small. Just as he had pushed the ball sideways, Mark, who was standing next to him, inconceivably struck the ball with the outside of his foot!

This change caught Borussia Mönchengladbach's defenders off guard, especially Borussia Mönchengladbach's captain, number three defender, Philipp Daems, who habitually raised his hand, which happened to be in the path of the ball. Then the two collided fiercely!

The ball rebounded and flew out, while he quickly fell to the ground, covering his face with the hand that had touched the ball, pretending to have blocked the shot with his face...

But all of this didn't escape the eyes of Borussia Dortmund's players. Reus immediately raised his arm, indicating that Daems had handled the ball!

Then Mark, who had taken the shot, also raised his hand and jumped up, while also patting his right hand with his left hand to remind the referee.

There was also a cheer in the stands.

But the referee didn't make any indication!

"This is a...penalty, right?" Duan Xin was a little unsure when he saw that the referee had no reaction.

But Marcel Reif was very sure: "Penalty! Daems blocked Mark's shot with his hand! This should be a penalty!"

Then the TV broadcast quickly gave a slow-motion replay of this scene, and also used technical means during the replay to make this scene clearer—after Mark shot, the TV broadcast immediately zoomed in on Daems's position separately, framing it so that everyone could clearly see that the ball was indeed blocked by Daems's raised hand...

"This is really a penalty!" Duan Xin also spoke out in injustice for Borussia Dortmund after seeing this scene.

When Borussia Dortmund needed a victory the most, how important and crucial was this penalty?

But the referee had no reaction!

Because the game was still going on, Borussia Dortmund's players couldn't even continue to argue with the referee.

On the sidelines, coach Klopp roared angrily and then turned to argue with the fourth official: "This is a penalty, very obvious, they committed a handball!"

However, the fourth official ignored him and just pressed down with his hand to remind Klopp to remain calm.

Klopp naturally also thought of the fact that he had been sent to the stands for arguing with the referee before. If he were to be sent to the stands again in the current situation of the team, it would be a huge loss for the team.

So although Klopp was very unhappy, he couldn't do anything but endure his anger.

Faced with this situation, he could only spread his hands and show a helpless smile.

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The penalty wasn't given, and Borussia Mönchengladbach escaped.

This also sounded an alarm for Favre, realizing that he had to make a decision quickly, otherwise the team would be finished if it dragged on any longer.

And this handball also made him realize that with Borussia Dortmund's current attacking determination, it would be difficult not to concede a goal if Borussia Mönchengladbach didn't defend with all their might. Now was not the time to consider counterattacking at all, Borussia Mönchengladbach had no energy to counterattack at all...

So he immediately asked the whole team to shrink their defense, and they must hold on to this draw.

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On the field, after a dead ball, some Borussia Dortmund players wanted to run to the referee to argue about the previous ruling.

But Zhou Yi shouted loudly: "What are you doing? Wasting time?!"

The game had entered the last ten minutes, but they still hadn't been able to score a goal, and he was also very anxious.

At this point in the game, Borussia Dortmund pressed forward with all their might, completely gambling everything. Center-back Hummels even ran from the center-back position to the front line to act as a target man.

On the field, every time Borussia Mönchengladbach's players took a little longer to get the ball, ear-piercing boos rang out from the stands.

Both coaches stood on the sidelines, nervously watching the game on the field.

As the game time passed, the game became more and more intense, the air was burning, suffocating.

Marcel Reif suddenly said: "Bayern Munich's game will start immediately after this game ends. I wonder if Bayern Munich, who have already arrived at the Allianz Arena, are also paying attention to this game?"

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At the Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich's players had already returned from warming up on the field and were preparing to change clothes to make the final preparations for the upcoming game.

There were no coaches in the locker room, none at all.

The coaches were outside.

They were indeed concerned about the game between Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Bayern Munich's performance this season has been very outstanding. Now they are not only the best defensive team, but also the most powerful offensive team, with more goals than Borussia Dortmund, as many as seventy-two.

But Bayern Munich, who are performing so well, still can't win the league title, all because of the tenacious performance of their old rival Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund have encountered great difficulties this season, and their performance is much worse than last season, but even so, they still tightly bite Bayern Munich, bringing considerable pressure to Bayern Munich.

At first, Guardiola didn't really take Borussia Dortmund seriously, so he would say in interviews that they would "focus on ourselves" and not care about what Borussia Dortmund was doing.

Now, as the league progresses, Borussia Dortmund, despite stumbling and staggering, can always win, and Guardiola has to pay attention to this opponent.

Guardiola found his coaching staff gathered together, surrounding assistant coach Hermann Gerland, seemingly arguing about a topic.

"What's wrong?" Guardiola asked from outside the crowd.

Hearing Guardiola's voice, everyone stopped arguing and turned to look at him.

Assistant coach Hermann Gerland explained: "It's still 2:2, but there was a controversial scene on the field. Borussia Dortmund believes they should have been awarded a penalty, Borussia Mönchengladbach's defender Daems is suspected of handball in the penalty area..."

"What suspected handball? It wasn't at all, the ball hit his hand. Daems was too close, he didn't have time to dodge..." team's fitness coach Lorenzo Buenaventura hummed. He was Guardiola's direct confidant, and didn't need to pay too much attention to the former Bayern Munich system Hermann Gerland when speaking, saying whatever he wanted.

"Oh?" Guardiola became interested, picked up the iPad in Gerland's hand, and the live broadcast screen was replaying the controversial scene just now.

"Hmm..." After watching it, Guardiola didn't express his opinion. He neither supported the referee's decision nor questioned it, he just said: "In any case, this matter will definitely affect the psychological emotions of Borussia Dortmund's players."

Buenaventura sneered: "Who says it won't? Klopp almost got sent to the stands again, he endured it and endured it before he didn't roar at the fourth official. It's a pity he endured it..."

Hearing him say this, everyone else laughed.

They all knew Klopp's personality and temper. He had been banned before for complaining about the referee, and if he were to be banned again this time, it would be really good news for Bayern Munich. So they felt that it was really a pity that he had endured it...

"Now it seems that Nordtveit's red card may be the key to determining the final result of the game..."

"Yeah, it seems that Borussia Dortmund is benefiting, but it's not actually..."

"Borussia Dortmund's luck this season is really unusually bad..."

"Who told them to score two consecutive last-minute goals against us last season?"

"Hey..."

The coaches started discussing again, and Guardiola coughed, refocusing everyone's attention on him.

"No matter how the opponent performs, as long as we do our job well, they won't have any chance," he said.

"Yes, as long as we don't make mistakes, Borussia Dortmund won't have any chance no matter how tenacious they are," Gerland nodded.

The other coaches also agreed.

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund still have one more direct dialogue opportunity, although it is at the Allianz Arena, they can't take it lightly. If they can completely widen the gap between the two sides before that game, they can make that game at the Allianz Arena meaningless.

And now it seems that today may be a good opportunity.