Chapter 1 The Locker Room

In the locker room, the Borussia Dortmund players were hurrying to wipe the sweat from their bodies and change into dry jerseys to avoid catching a cold.

Meanwhile, Klopp was praising the players for their performance in the first half. Although they had conceded a goal, Klopp was generally satisfied with their performance. Especially their reaction after conceding the goal, the players were not intimidated by it, which led to panic. Instead, they launched a positive counterattack, threatening Galatasaray's goal and preventing them from going all out on the attack.

After praising the players, it was time to talk about how to play in the second half.

Otherwise, praise alone would not win the game.

"...If Galatasaray continues to play like this in the second half, we will continue to counterattack."

The strategy for the second half was very simple.

Since Galatasaray's morale was high and they wanted to destroy Borussia Dortmund in one go, Borussia Dortmund would avoid their sharpness and then counterattack.

At the same time, on the other side, Terim also praised the team's performance in the first half.

Then he asked the players to continue their efforts in the second half, and they must not let this momentum slip away.

The goal in the first half made the Galatasaray players very excited, which seemed to prove even more that everything today was arranged by God.

They had confidence in God and that they would be able to defeat Borussia Dortmund in this game, take their first Champions League win of the season, and say goodbye to this season's Champions League with a victory.

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After the start of the second half, everything was just like in the first half, Galatasaray, who had equalized the score, continued their high morale and continued to attack Borussia Dortmund's goal.

As for Borussia Dortmund, in response to Galatasaray's offensive, they unsurprisingly launched a defensive counterattack.

At the very beginning of the second half, Galatasaray launched an attack from the right, and the ball was passed into the penalty area. But Drogba, who was following up in front of the goal to grab the spot, was half a beat slow and brushed shoulders with the ball!

"Drogba—what a pity! If he could have kicked the ball and made sure to get the ball within the frame of the goal, this ball would definitely have gone in!" the Turkish commentator shouted regretfully.

When the ball was passed towards Borussia Dortmund's goal, many Napoli fans in front of the TV jumped up from their seats excitedly, raised their arms, and prepared to cheer for Napoli's goal.

As a result, Drogba didn't touch the ball, which made those fans who jumped up fall back into their chairs in disappointment, their raised arms clasped around their heads, looking at the TV screen in disbelief—they couldn't believe that a high-level player like Drogba would miss the ball!

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At the very beginning of the second half, such a dangerous situation occurred in front of Borussia Dortmund's goal, which really frightened the Borussia Dortmund fans.

However, the Borussia Dortmund players on the field did not seem to be affected.

A few minutes later, Borussia Dortmund launched a high-quality counterattack.

After the ball was continuously passed to the edge of Galatasaray's penalty area, Zhou Yi cleverly passed the ball with his heel to Reus on the edge of the penalty area. After Reus inserted into the penalty area from the right, he passed it to Mark at the far post. Mark headed the ball at the far post, and the ball flew towards the goal!

Galatasaray goalkeeper Muslera jumped to save and patted Mark's header out!

"Wow—!" This time it was the Borussia Dortmund fans who exclaimed.

"Mark's header!! Muslera made a wonderful save!"

"Although there was no goal, Borussia Dortmund launched a very high-quality counterattack! Facing Galatasaray's aggressive offensive, Borussia Dortmund is not at a disadvantage at all!" He Ping was very happy, Borussia Dortmund's performance gave him hope.

The score was still unfavorable to Borussia Dortmund, but the second half had just begun, and Borussia Dortmund still had a chance to win the game.

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Borussia Dortmund's counterattack scared Galatasaray fans and Napoli fans a lot. Then Galatasaray fans were angered, and their shouts in the stands became even more frantic.

And their madness was also passed on to the Galatasaray players on the field.

The home team did not restrain themselves because of Borussia Dortmund's attack. On the contrary, they attacked even more fiercely.

Borussia Dortmund, who were inspired by this attack, were not to be outdone, and the two teams simply started a head-to-head attack.

Playing on a slippery snow field, both sides would have many disappointments. At this time, whoever could seize these mistakes would have the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

In the fifty-seventh minute, Borussia Dortmund launched an offensive, and Reus got a chance on the right side of the penalty area, but his shot from eleven meters in front of the goal was blocked by the goalpost!

"Reus!! He missed a great opportunity to take the lead!"

Reus, who failed to score, held his head in his hands and was very frustrated.

Zhou Yi applauded him behind him, indicating that his shot was beautiful.

Although there was no goal, such a shot would definitely boost morale and give confidence to teammates.

Indeed, Borussia Dortmund was not affected by the continuous creation of threatening attacks without scoring.

After Galatasaray attacked again, Borussia Dortmund also launched their attack.

This time, because it was not a counterattack after a steal, Galatasaray was prepared.

Zhou Yi did not rashly try to hit their behind with a long pass.

Instead, he chose to pass short and move forward.

Until they advanced to the front of Galatasaray's penalty area, Borussia Dortmund encountered great defensive resistance.

It was difficult for them to send forward passes anymore, and most of the time they could only pass sideways or back.

Because the field was slippery, dribbling breakthroughs were also difficult to use.

Zhou Yi took the ball again, he gently pushed the ball forward, then chased the ball, and swung his right leg, pretending to shoot directly from a long distance.

In the current field and weather conditions, long-range shooting was indeed a way to break the deadlock.

So when they saw that Zhou Yi was going to shoot from a long distance, the Galatasaray players immediately rushed up to block the shot.

As a result, Zhou Yi's move was just a feint, his right foot did not really hit the ball, and he passed the ball to Yan Min not far to the left.

Yan Min took the ball in the ribs, and he could also choose to dribble through, shoot from a long distance, or cross.

He didn't do this, because after he received the ball, he saw Zhou Yi suddenly cut forward, and at the same time, the opponent's defenders all turned their attention to himself, who was holding the ball, and the degree of marking on Zhou Yi suddenly decreased.

Yan Min realized that this was a passing opportunity, so he passed the ball without hesitation.

"A one-two pass!"

In the commentator's exclamation, Zhou Yi received the ball again.

At the same time, with the ball, the defensive attention of the Galatasaray defenders also returned to him.

Zhou Yi just received the ball with his right foot, and immediately pushed the ball out with his right foot.

This time he passed the ball to Mark in front of him.

At this moment, because Zhou Yi took the ball twice in a row, he attracted the attention of the Galatasaray defenders, and Mark was able to run to the gap between the two defenders. He could almost shoot directly when he received the ball here!

"Borussia Dortmund's chance!"

He Ping exclaimed excitedly when Zhou Yi passed the ball.

There was a huge exclamation at the scene.

The Galatasaray defenders quickly turned around to pounce on Mark.

But Mark didn't shoot, he used the outside of his right foot to poke the ball diagonally, and the ball rolled back to Zhou Yi's feet who was cutting forward!

After passing the ball, he didn't stop to watch Mark's performance, but continued to run forward, because Mark helped him attract the defenders, so he now received the ball completely unmarked!

When he took the ball, Zhou Yi was already near the penalty spot, and then he faced the huge goal and a goalkeeper Muslera alone.

Everyone's eyes were focused on him, and if eyes had temperature, he should have been ignited by now...

Zhou Yi swung his foot, this time it was no longer a feint, the instep of his right foot hit the ball!

With a bang, it stirred up the surrounding snowflakes and some standing water on the turf.

The ball flew to the lower left corner of the goal!

Muslera jumped to the side, his reaction was considered fast, he had already jumped out when Zhou Yi shot, and judged the direction correctly.

However, the layer of water around the ball made the ball heavier and more slippery. Although Muslera's hand touched the ball, he failed to save the ball. He only slightly changed the direction of the ball. In the end, the ball still went into the goal behind him and hit the net...

"toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor!!!!" Marcel Reif raised his arms excitedly and shouted. "Zhou Yi! He has given Borussia Dortmund the lead again!!! 2:1!"

"Beautiful continuous one-two pass, Zhou Yi knocked open Galatasaray's 'wall'! He really deserves to be Borussia Dortmund's 'Mr. Key'!" He Ping also spoke wittily. "Borussia Dortmund has once again taken the initiative in qualifying into their own hands!"

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After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi glanced at the ball in the goal, confirmed that he had scored, then opened his arms and ran to the corner flag area, and then took advantage of the slippery field, he jumped up and made a dive, and the whole person lay on the turf and slid forward.

Zhou Yi rarely makes such a wild celebration action. After doing it only once, he regretted it a little—the feeling of prostate braking is not good...

Zhou Yi just wanted to turn over and get up, but was pushed down from behind, and lay on the ground again, then he felt someone lying on his body, and then more people pressed up...

Borussia Dortmund players excitedly stacked Arhats on Zhou Yi.

In such an unfavorable situation, Zhou Yi still helped the team regain the lead. They now felt that if the heavy snow and the postponement of the game were God's arrangement, then Zhou Yi must be more powerful than God!

Klopp was also wildly celebrating the goal in front of the coaching bench, his big mouth opened as if he was going to eat someone.

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While the Borussia Dortmund coaches and players were excitedly celebrating the goal, the most sad and frustrated were not the Galatasaray fans who had lost the ball, but the Napoli fans far away in Italy.

When the ball flew into the goal, many Napoli fans looked at the TV screen with their hands on their heads and a dazed expression.

As long as Borussia Dortmund can win this game, no matter how many goals they win, there will be nothing for Napoli in the Champions League knockout stage.