Klopp was very happy, but Jens Keller next door was not happy at all.

Zhou Yi's sudden debut in the starting lineup had already surprised and put him on the defensive, and sending Neustädter to mark Zhou Yi was also a temporary measure. Now, Zhou Yi had actually orchestrated such a beautiful team goal...

Keller had previously thought that even if Zhou Yi played, he might not be able to perform well.

Now it seemed, a thought suddenly popped into his head—had he been deceived?

Deceived by whom?

Keller didn't believe that Yang Muge would deceive him. He had been coaching this team for almost a year, and he knew Yang Muge's character very well.

After thinking about it, the only one who could possibly deceive him was Dortmund.

If Dortmund wanted to deceive him...it would be too easy!

Keller recalled the news about Zhou Yi's injury that he had learned from the media in the past week, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Especially what Zhou Yi had said to Yang Muge... At the time, he didn't think there was anything wrong. But now that he thought about it, if he really wanted to deceive the honest Yang Muge, wouldn't it be too easy?

However, Keller had never doubted the friendship between Zhou Yi and Yang Muge before, believing that Zhou Yi would not deceive his good friend. But now... what couldn't that cunning oriental wizard do?!

Too hateful!

To actually exploit a friend's friendship!

The angry Keller didn't think at all that when he asked Yang Muge to get information from Zhou Yi, he was actually exploiting the friendship between Yang Muge and Zhou Yi...

"What do we do now?" the assistant asked, leaning in.

"What to do? Nothing! This is the derby! One goal won't break us!" Keller gritted his teeth. He was a coach with one previous experience coaching in the Revierderby, and he believed he had seen it all.

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When the game started, Jens Keller didn't make any adjustments. Neustädter continued to mark Zhou Yi, and Yang Muge continued to sweep.

Neustädter was brooding over his defensive mistake just now, and his movements were not small when defending against Zhou Yi.

Duan Xin was very dissatisfied with Neustädter's approach: "Such a move is already a foul, right? Shouldn't the referee protect Zhou Yi, who has just recovered from his injury? If he is injured again in the game, I'm afraid it won't be something that can be recovered by resting for a month..."

Zhou Jianliang was even more impolite, and he cursed directly: "Damn this grandson! Damn it! Is this fucking playing football? This is fucking kicking people!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yi had just been kicked to the ground by Neustädter. Although the referee Kircher ruled that Neustädter had fouled, he did not show any card of any color, which made Zhou Jianliang particularly unhappy.

It was fortunate that this was Schalke 04's home game. If it had been Dortmund's home game, referee Kircher would probably have been drowned in the spittle of Dortmund fans... Of course, if it had been at Dortmund's home game, maybe Kircher wouldn't have judged it that way?

Neustädter's defense against Zhou Yi failed to stop Dortmund's attack. Dortmund was not just Zhou Yi alone. It was just that when Zhou Yi was not on the field before, everyone was a little uncertain. Now that Zhou Yi had returned to the field, even if he did nothing, his teammates would be more confident. Not to mention that he had just completed an excellent attack.

In order to share the pressure for Zhou Yi, other Dortmund players also worked very hard.

Zhou Yi's performance after coming on the field boosted the team's morale.

In the twentieth minute, Mark dribbled the ball past a player and passed the ball to Schmelzer, who crossed the ball, and Aubameyang headed the ball in the penalty area!

The ball was caught by Hildebrand.

Immediately afterwards, Dortmund made a comeback. In the twenty-fourth minute, Reus passed the ball diagonally from outside the penalty area. The ball went over the heads of the Schalke 04 defenders and fell into the penalty area. Mark cleverly stepped in and volleyed from eleven meters away from the goal!

This was a very high-quality shot, but Hildebrand made a wonderful save, and he pushed the ball out sideways.

The ball he pushed out did not roll out of the baseline or sideline, but flew into the penalty area and landed at Aubameyang's feet.

Aubameyang, who had scored a goal, was in good condition and full of confidence. Even though he was still a little far from the goal, he shot directly!

The ball flew straight to the goal!

Hildebrand had just completed a wonderful save, and at this time he once again showed his ability—he saved Aubameyang's shot as well!

"Wow! Hildebrand!! Beautiful save! He has saved Dortmund players' shots in a row! But during this period, Schalke 04 is obviously a bit passive. After losing the ball, their morale is low, and they are being suppressed by Dortmund..." Marcel Reif said. "Such Dortmund is rare in the past month. After taking the lead, they played very confidently, and their offense is well-organized... And the magical thing is that these offenses may not all be from Zhou Yi's foot. Zhou Yi didn't even participate in these offenses much, but the quality of Dortmund's offense has improved very significantly. So I think that Zhou Yi's importance to Dortmund is not only reflected in specific tactics, but more often, it may be reflected in mental support. As long as he is on the field, his Dortmund teammates will feel at ease and can play easily and normally. And if he is not there, everyone will be unsure, and even if they take the lead, they may not have the confidence to hold on..."

Marcel Reif's analysis was recognized by many people. Those Dortmund fans in front of the TV thought so, and some fans on the Internet expressed support for Marcel Reif's conclusion.

Zhou Yi is not the captain, and he is probably not a big player who has the final say in the locker room. But even if he doesn't say anything, he also has a very important position in the team.

This important position was not earned by his eloquent speeches, but by constantly saving the team and helping his teammates in one game after another.

Therefore, although the team's captain is Sebastian Kehl, and the on-field captain is Weidenfeller, everyone knows that the spiritual pillar and tower of strength of this team is this Chinese player who is not outstanding in stature.

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Although Dortmund's offensive during this period was very fierce and threatening, this was, after all, the Revierderby, not to mention that this was the Revierderby at Schalke 04's home stadium. How could Schalke 04 allow Dortmund to keep suppressing them?

Schalke 04 also fought back.

In the twenty-ninth minute, Schalke 04 snatched an opportunity on the sideline.

At that time, Großkreutz made a mistake in controlling the ball on the sideline, giving Yang Muge an opportunity.

Yang Muge turned around and kicked the ball that was about to go out of bounds back into the field, and it happened to fall next to striker Szalai. Szalai did not stop the ball, but directly stretched his foot and poked the ball to the front sideline position.

Fuchs, who was playing as a winger in this game, took the lead over Hummels, raised his foot and flicked the ball over Hummels' head!

At the same time, he quickly changed direction and cut inside, bypassed Hummels, and broke into the penalty area!

"Fuchs! Beautiful breakthrough!" Marcel Reif shouted.

A huge cheer rang out in the Veltins-Arena, and the Schalke 04 fans, who had been a little silent before, became active.

In the huge cheers, Subotić chased back to the penalty area and then tackled Fuchs' feet... the ball at his feet.

He wanted to destroy Fuchs' ball. But Fuchs moved faster than him, and preemptively used the outside of his right foot to flick the ball towards the center!

In fact, Fuchs himself didn't know if he could pass the ball to his teammates after kicking it out, but he knew very well that if he didn't pass it out, the ball might be destroyed.

After he passed the ball out, he was tackled to the ground by Subotić!

The ball flew out of the penalty area, and no Schalke 04 player received the ball.

But that was no longer important...

The referee's whistle sounded!

"Penalty!? Penalty! Yes, it's a penalty!" Marcel Reif confirmed and then became excited—this is the Revierderby!

What kind of Revierderby is it without fouls and penalties?!

Although Dortmund's players ran to referee Kircher to appeal, the slow motion showed very clearly that Subotić did kick him after Fuchs kicked the ball out. Regardless of whether Subotić's subjective intention was to go for the person, he did kick Fuchs, and there was no escaping this.

So there was no problem with the referee awarding a penalty.

Dortmund players quickly gave up their plan to besiege the referee.

Schalke 04 players hugged and celebrated with Fuchs.

Having won a penalty while trailing by one goal, and with the two sides about to return to the same starting line, the Schalke 04 players were naturally very happy, and their confidence began to increase.

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There wasn't much to say about this penalty. Even Zhou Jianliang didn't complain about the referee's penalty. He just stared nervously at the TV screen.

Walking up to take the penalty was Kevin-Prince Boateng, who had been transferred from AC Milan for 13 million euros this year.

Weidenfeller stood in front of the goal, lowering his center of gravity and stretching his hands slightly forward.

In the past few seasons, Weidenfeller has been performing well and steadily. Dortmund's ability to win the Champions League last season was indispensable, in addition to the goals of Zhou Yi and Mark, Weidenfeller's excellent performance in front of the goal was also indispensable.

Marcel Reif lowered his voice and said, "This is the eighth penalty that Weidenfeller has faced in the Bundesliga. In the previous seven penalties, he saved three of them. This time..."

Before he finished speaking, referee Kircher blew his whistle, Boateng took a run-up and then shot!

This kick was very powerful, but he shot a half-high ball that the goalkeeper liked most, and the angle was not very tricky!

Weidenfeller almost pounced to his right at the same time as Boateng shot, and then he undoubtedly blocked Boateng's shot with his hand!

"Weidenfeller——! He saved it! He has saved the fourth penalty out of eight penalties! A success rate of 50%! It's amazing!"