Chapter 1 A Max-Level Blast at the Start, Messi Begs Me to Join Argentina

Yan Min stood on the sidelines, waiting for his teammate Sahin to come off the field. He was still thinking about what the assistant coach, Buovac, had said to him earlier: "... Give it your all, use your breakthroughs to create trouble for Bayern Munich's defense!"

He loved this kind of pre-match encouragement, "give it your all," it was right up his alley.

He also recalled the first game he saw after arriving in Dortmund, which was Dortmund's German Super Cup match against Bayern Munich at home.

That game opened the eyes of this country bumpkin who was experiencing European football for the first time. He fully appreciated the highest level of German competition and realized how right he was to choose to play football abroad.

And now, he finally had the opportunity to get rid of his "spectator" status and personally immerse himself in such a high-level contest.

Yan Min rubbed his fists, impatient.

He kept doing high knees on the sidelines, like a race car preparing to burn rubber at the starting line.

Sahin didn't dawdle on the field either. He knew that time was precious for Dortmund, so he jogged to the sidelines and high-fived Yan Min.

Before his hand was even down, Yan Min had already rushed onto the field.

"Yan Min! He replaced Sahin. He performed very well in the Champions League match against Arsenal, with one goal and one assist, almost becoming famous overnight. His excellent explosiveness and speed in the game, as well as his dribbling at high speed, left a very deep impression on us. I wonder what kind of performance he will have this time against Bayern Munich..."

Marcel Reif introduced Yan Min to German television viewers.

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After Yan Min entered the field, he immediately found Zhou Yi and told him Klopp's adjustments in Chinese, and then conveyed them to his other teammates through Zhou Yi. His German was fine for listening now, but speaking was still a bit of a struggle. In such a tense game, there was no time for him to slowly organize grammar and vocabulary to explain to his teammates.

So he adopted a very clever approach.

"Push Aubameyang to the front line?" Zhou Yi confirmed with Yan Min.

Yan Min nodded: "Yes, I'll play on the left, Aubameyang will play as a forward, and partner with Mark as a two-striker formation."

Zhou Yi thought about it for a moment, then nodded: "Understood."

He understood Klopp's idea.

Letting Aubameyang play as a forward increased the team's receiving points in the penalty area. When the team needed to open up the situation from the flanks, having only Mark in the penalty area would always affect the team's offensive efficiency.

Although Aubameyang played on the wing in Dortmund, he played as a forward in Ligue 1. For him, playing this position was not unfamiliar.

So next, Zhou Yi conveyed Klopp's instructions to Aubameyang.

Aubameyang didn't object, changed positions, and Yan Min took his original position.

Dortmund completed the substitution adjustment.

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Everyone knew why Klopp made such a substitution. He hoped to replace defense with offense. But the risk of doing so was too great, and there were still doubts about whether Yan Min could undertake such an important task after coming on the field.

In the face of the general trend, the individual performance of players may not necessarily determine the outcome of the game.

Yan Min didn't think so much, he just remembered what assistant coach Buovac had said to him: "Give it your all."

Since it was "give it your all", then what was there to consider?

From the first time Yan Min touched the ball after coming on the field, he resolutely implemented this idea.

After receiving the pass from Zhou Yi, he didn't immediately dribble the ball forward. Of course, he probably couldn't rush out immediately anyway, because right in front of him were Bayern Munich's defensive players. If he did, he would most likely collide with them head-on.

He stopped the ball at his feet, and his whole body was almost still.

For a fast player, the threat is greatly reduced if they can't run.

Yan Min was also a fast player, so he should of course be subject to this rule.

So when his speed slowed down, or even stopped completely, Rafinha, the Bayern Munich right back defending him, also relaxed his vigilance a little.

But just as Rafinha relaxed his vigilance, Yan Min, who had stopped, suddenly used his toe to gently poke the ball forward, then started accelerating from the spot!

Rafinha was completely caught off guard. He was slower than Yan Min in terms of both reaction time and starting speed.

By the time he turned around to chase, Yan Min had already rushed several meters ahead of him.

"Good ball! Beautiful breakthrough!"

"The starting speed is so fast! The explosiveness is too strong!"

The commentators exclaimed.

After the breakthrough, Yan Min sent the ball to the center, and Mark formed a shot, but Mark missed.

No one paid attention to Mark's shot. Yan Min's breakthrough of Rafinha was replayed twice afterwards.

Yan Min went from standstill to acceleration in the blink of an eye, demonstrating his explosiveness to the fullest.

Klopp and Buovac looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes.

Yan Min was a very strange player. He was young and inexperienced. Logically speaking, such players should be low-key, but after being in contact with him for a few months, everyone discovered that this person was not like that. He always showed a confident and ambitious look. This kind of look was not always pleasing, but sometimes his shortcomings became advantages.

For example, at this time, he could not be affected by external factors, what hatred between Dortmund and Bayern Munich, what problems with injured soldiers... all were thrown aside, and he concentrated on the game.

Such people can often explode with great energy at this time.

Just like last time against Arsenal.

At this stage, Aubameyang should be the starter most of the time. It is difficult for Yan Min to completely steal Aubameyang's starting position. But when he comes on as a substitute, he can play a greater role.

On the one hand, because he is full of energy and fast, and the opponent's physical strength declines after struggling for dozens of minutes, they naturally can't keep up with Yan Min's rhythm.

On the other hand, letting him play as a substitute can also increase tactical variability and make it difficult for opponents to defend.

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In the sixty-seventh minute of the game, Bayern Munich besieged Dortmund in the frontcourt, constantly passing the ball, looking for opportunities.

But while they were looking for opportunities, Zhou Yi was also looking for opportunities, looking for opportunities to intercept the ball.

He is not good at defending, but that doesn't mean he has no contribution to the team's defense.

As long as the right method is chosen, sometimes he can instantly transform into an interception master...

Just like now.

Toni Kroos saw that Gotze had run into the gap in the Dortmund defense's flank, so he sent a direct pass at the first time!

But the ball was intercepted by Zhou Yi who suddenly rushed out on the way!

"Zhou Yi! Beautiful interception!"

When Kroos saw that his pass was intercepted, he rushed up to counter-press on the spot.

But Zhou Yi's movements were faster than him. He blocked the ball with his left foot, and swung his right foot up!

The ball was passed directly by him near the center circle.

Yan Min ran horizontally to receive Zhou Yi's pass, but he did not stop the ball. Instead, he directly kicked the ball diagonally forward while running, and then accelerated diagonally to chase the ball.

This caught Martinez, who was planning to intercept him, off guard. He was preparing to intercept Yan Min head-on, but now it turned into Yan Min directly kicking the ball behind him, and he had to turn around, so the speed was much worse...

So he reached out and wanted to pull Yan Min.

But he didn't catch him!

Yan Min was very fast, he only grabbed a gust of air.

Yan Min, who forcibly broke through Martinez with his speed, accelerated to catch up with the ball.

But at this time, in front of Yan Min was the entire Bayern Munich defense.

Rafinha and Boateng came up to defend Yan Min together. The two people were one in front and one behind, with an included angle between them. The distance was not far, just enough to assist each other in defense.

It was not easy for Yan Min to break through such a defense.

Most people would choose to slow down when facing such a defense, and wait for their teammates to come up to respond.

But Yan Min didn't do that. Instead, he accelerated and dribbled the ball towards Rafinha. When he was about to approach Rafinha, he made a sudden stop and changed direction, raising his right foot and kicking the ball with the outside of his foot. This meant he was going to cut inside.

Rafinha also adjusted his center of gravity and turned around.

But Yan Min's right foot didn't really touch the ball. Instead, it suddenly stopped when it was about to touch the ball, and then changed from pushing the ball with the outside of his foot to hooking the ball with the inside of his foot!

He hooked the ball to the left again!

At the same time, his body tilted greatly. In the case of almost losing his balance, he relied on the support of his left foot to twist back to the original direction of advance!

Then, with a stride, he甩开了 Rafinha, who didn't have time to adjust his center of gravity!

Yan Min, who passed Rafinha, chased the ball again, and used the inside of his left foot to push the ball inward. Boateng killed over, intending to stop him.

At the same time, Rafinha also hurriedly turned around and chased back.

If Yan Min hesitated a little, he might fall into the encirclement of two people again.

Facing Boateng, the main center back of Bayern Munich and the German national team, Yan Min, who was a fledgling, was not afraid at all. He didn't even look up at the other party. When he was dribbling the ball with his head down, he suddenly raised his left foot, making a gesture to cross the ball.

But when he swung his foot down, he did hook the ball to the right.

A feint!

Boateng was not fooled. Seeing him hook the ball, he followed him and turned his body back, continuing to block in front of him, forcing him to slow down and not let him break into the penalty area.

Rafinha was also approaching him.

Yan Min had just hooked the ball to his right foot. This time, he finally looked up and observed the inside of the penalty area. He saw Aubameyang desperately插 from the outside.

So he swung his right foot again. This time he should cross, right?

Seeing him swing his foot, Boateng also stretched out his foot to block Yan Min's crossing route.

He believed that Yan Min should cross this time, because if he didn't cross, he would lose the ball.

But he judged wrong...

Yan Min's right foot was another hook, hooking the ball back again!

At the same time, he twisted his body again to change direction and break through!

He brushed past Boateng and rushed into the penalty area!

"woooooooooooooooooow!!!" When Yan Min successfully broke through, a huge exclamation sounded from the stands.

"Chance——!" Duan Xin howled with a drawn-out voice.