Though Mourinho sent Lampard onto the pitch to relay instructions, not everyone could calm down immediately after conceding a goal, especially after being equalized when they were originally in the lead. The blow was even greater than going from a tie to falling behind…

So, after the game restarted, Chelsea's players didn't immediately display their courage, determination, and composure in the face of difficulty.

Two minutes after conceding the goal, Dortmund launched another threatening attack. Mark headed the ball back in the penalty area, and Aubameyang volleyed it directly from outside the box, the ball flying just past the post and out of bounds.

Sun Pan couldn't save the shot, but fortunately, it didn't hit the target.

Although it didn't result in a goal, it startled many Chelsea fans in the stadium. They feared the team would collapse if they conceded two goals in quick succession!

Fortunately, Mourinho's instructions gradually took effect.

Under the leadership of veterans like Lampard, Chelsea's players gradually calmed down, realizing that they had only been tied, not fallen behind, so there was still hope of winning the game.

Dortmund also slowed down because they had attacked too quickly in the first half and their physical fitness couldn't keep up. This reduced the threat to Chelsea.

But since they had already equalized the score, there was no need to rush. It was reasonable to slow down appropriately to give the players a chance to catch their breath.

So Klopp didn't urge the team to continue attacking quickly from the sidelines.

The following game fell into a stalemate under these circumstances.

In the stalemate, both teams seemed to have opportunities, but neither had any particularly good ones.

In the fifty-fourth minute, Zhou Yi took the ball in the frontcourt. Because he didn't have a good passing opportunity, he decided to protect the ball and wait. As a result, Ramires kicked him while trying to steal the ball, earning Ramires a yellow card for the foul.

In the sixty-second minute, Schürrle dribbled past Schmelzer and crossed into the penalty area, but Torres couldn't reach the ball. Two minutes later, Subotić suddenly slipped while controlling the ball in the backcourt, a mistake that conceded possession! Schürrle cleverly took the ball and crossed into the penalty area, but this time, Oscar's shot was saved by Weidenfeller.

In the sixty-eighth minute, Dortmund won a corner kick. After the corner was taken, Zhou Yi, who was lurking outside the penalty area, followed up and volleyed a shot, the ball narrowly missing the goal, scaring the Chelsea fans once again.

A minute later, Chelsea launched a quick attack, and Hazard's shot in the penalty area was caught by Weidenfeller.

As the end of the game approached, Dortmund sped up the pace again, wanting to end the battle within ninety minutes.

They didn't want to play extra time to win the European Super Cup.

In the seventieth minute, Klopp made the first substitution of the game, replacing Aubameyang with Mkhitaryan.

"With this substitution, Mkhitaryan can certainly play on the wing, but he definitely prefers the center… But bringing him on now, replacing Aubameyang instead of Zhou Yi, shows that in Klopp's mind, the central position absolutely belongs to Zhou Yi and cannot be shaken…" He Ping introduced.

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In the seventy-fourth minute, Dortmund had another corner kick opportunity. This time, they didn't kick the ball directly into the penalty area, but played a tactical corner – Zhou Yi went to the corner flag to receive the ball, and after receiving it, he turned and passed the ball to Mkhitaryan outside the penalty area.

Mkhitaryan, who had just come on, dodged Oscar, who was rushing up to him, and then took a long shot, but the ball went wide of the goal…

In the seventy-eighth minute, Chelsea won a corner. Lampard's corner accurately found Luiz, and the Brazilian center-back headed the ball to Ivanović. Ivanović, who rushed in at the far post, wasn't even marked, and all the Chelsea fans in the stadium were ready to jump up and cheer.

But the Serbian defender's header hit the crossbar!

"Ivanović! This is Chelsea's most threatening shot in the second half!! The crossbar ruthlessly rejected him!"

Watching the ball hit the crossbar, Ivanović held his head in his hands and knelt on the grass in front of the goal, staring in disbelief at the crossbar that had denied him.

He was so close to becoming Chelsea's hero!

Mourinho on the sidelines was also very excited. He thought it was going to be a goal and was ready to celebrate, but he saw the ball blocked by the crossbar. He turned around angrily and kicked a bottle of water next to him…

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Chelsea missed a chance that could have decided the outcome of the game, and soon after, they created another chance that could have decided the outcome of the game…

In the eighty-fifth minute, Chelsea launched an attack, but the attack was unsuccessful. The ball was intercepted by a Dortmund player in the process of being passed forward. Sven Bender, who intercepted the ball, thought about passing the ball to Şahin, who then passed it to Reus on the wing.

Reus dribbled the ball wildly along the wing.

Zhou Yi followed up in the center. Judging from his running, it seemed that the long-distance flights back and forth in the past two days hadn't had a serious impact on his physical fitness…

Zhou Yi's physical fitness was no longer his weakness.

He was advancing in the center to support Reus.

Because the attack would eventually have to return to the center.

Reus also noticed Zhou Yi's advance, and when he ran into an open space, Reus decisively passed the ball horizontally.

Zhou Yi adjusted his speed, ready to receive the ball.

But just as he received the ball, Ramires, who had been chasing him relentlessly, also rushed up from behind.

Zhou Yi, having received the ball, prepared to continue dribbling it forward, and he pushed the ball out in front of him.

When Ramires saw Zhou Yi about to run, he didn't care about anything else and threw his entire body weight forward, colliding with him.

In this way, his body pressed down on Zhou Yi, knocking Zhou Yi to the ground.

And the ball, after being pushed out by Zhou Yi, didn't wait for Zhou Yi to return and landed at the feet of Chelsea defender Luiz…

Ear-piercing boos from Dortmund fans instantly echoed in the sky above the Eden Arena in Prague.

They even drowned out the referee's whistle.

But his gestures couldn't be suppressed. Everyone saw the referee make a foul gesture and run towards the spot where the foul occurred.

"Ramires—" Marcel Reif shouted in a drawn-out voice. "That's a tactical foul! He has to get a card!"

"Ramires knocked down Zhou Yi, to prevent Zhou Yi from continuing forward, this is a tactical foul… But before that, he already had a yellow card!" The British commentator exclaimed. "Perhaps Ramires could have been a little more calm and stayed close to Zhou Yi? After all, speed is not Zhou Yi's forte, even if he lets Zhou Yi dribble the ball, he won't run far… But with this collision, Dortmund's counterattack is indeed stopped, but Ramires himself is also facing big trouble!"

Ramires was still lying on the ground, but Reus, who had gotten the ball, had already reacted. He ran to the referee with the ball, wanting to plead for Ramires. He certainly knew that Ramires had a yellow card before. If Ramires received another yellow card, he would have to leave, and losing a player would be a heavy blow to Chelsea.

But he didn't know if he could persuade the referee to "show mercy," because it seemed difficult to escape punishment for this foul…

"Ramires ah… This foul. He can leave the field, not to mention giving a yellow card, I think it's completely okay to give a direct red card!" As a Chinese commentator, He Ping was of course unconditionally on Zhou Yi's side. "As a result, both of his yellow cards will be on Zhou Yi!"

Mourinho was also angry about the foul, but he wasn't expressing his anger to his players, but to the fourth official – he believed that Zhou Yi had a suspicion of diving, that he fell too exaggeratedly, exaggerating the severity of Ramires' foul…

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No matter how much Chelsea's players surrounded and persuaded him, the referee was unmoved. He withdrew from the encirclement of Chelsea fans, waved his hand to signal them not to follow, and beckoned Ramires to come over.

Ramires got up from the ground. He already knew his fate. When he and Zhou Yi fell to the ground together, he knew what he had done and what kind of punishment he would face.

So now he didn't avoid it either, and walked up to the referee.

As expected, the referee took out a yellow card and a red card from his pocket.

He first showed Ramires a yellow card for his foul, and then changed to a red card. Two yellows turned into one red, and Ramires was sent off!

"In this way, Chelsea is down a man, and the situation has become very unfavorable for Chelsea. With so little time left in the game, if Dortmund scores a winner just like that…"

The TV broadcast switched to the Chelsea coaching bench. Mourinho was already on the sidelines, urgently explaining something to Faria.

He had to make adjustments as soon as possible, and there was no time to continue arguing with the fourth official about whether this was the result of Zhou Yi's exaggerated performance…