When the Chelsea players surrounded the referee, hoping to plead for Ramires, Zhou Yi was pulled up by a high-spirited Mark, and Royce came up to hug him as well.

Everyone was happy that Zhou Yi had successfully caused Chelsea to lose a man.

This meant that Dortmund had an advantage in numbers, and Ramires' foul was likely to become a turning point in the match, deciding the outcome.

But facing his happy teammates, Zhou Yi couldn't be happy. He frowned and said to them, "Don't be too happy, guys. We have to score in the remaining minutes, otherwise the outcome of this game will be hard to say."

Zhou Yi actually poured cold water on them at this time, which surprised everyone.

"Why?" Mark asked.

"Chelsea with one less player will definitely shrink their defense. Now that the 90th minute is almost here, if we can't score before then and win the game, and the game goes into overtime, I think Mourinho will not hesitate to park the bus in front of the goal and hope to drag the game into a penalty shootout. Don't forget, they have Sun Pan."

Zhou Yi's explanation made everyone suddenly realize.

Although several seasons had passed, Sun Pan's heroic posture of saving penalties still left a very deep impression on many Dortmund players. When Zhou Yi mentioned it, everyone remembered—Dortmund had encountered a team called the Offenbach Kickers in a German Cup match. At that time, that team was struggling in the lower leagues, and in terms of strength, it was impossible to compete with the powerful Dortmund. Therefore, Klopp made a major rotation of the team's lineup for that game, and Zhou Yi didn't even go to the away game.

As a result, this insignificant opponent successfully intercepted Dortmund in the match, and finally relied on a penalty shootout to defeat and eliminate Dortmund, creating a big upset at the time.

And why could the Offenbach Kickers eliminate Dortmund?

Because the person standing in front of the Offenbach Kickers' goal at that time was Sun Pan. He repeatedly saved the shots of Dortmund players in the match, and then performed perfectly in the penalty shootout. He successively saved Gotze and Zidan's penalties, helping the Offenbach Kickers defeat Dortmund 4-2 in the penalty shootout.

Sun Pan's performance in front of the goal at that time was simply Dortmund's nightmare.

If this game was really dragged into a penalty shootout, it would be very unfavorable for Dortmund.

Zhou Yi's worries were very reasonable.

Thinking of such a prospect, everyone couldn't be happy anymore.

"So, let's work hard and try to kill the game within ninety minutes!"

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he ran away. He didn't care what the result would be on Ramires' side. Anyway, whether it was a yellow card or a direct red card, Ramires would be off the field.

Chelsea might be dissatisfied with this penalty, but if they knew that if Ramires hadn't fouled just now, he would have kicked the football to Mark, who had already run into the open space, they would probably think that Ramires' foul was very worthwhile...

Because, if Ramires didn't foul, they wouldn't even have a chance to park the bus.

Ramires looked reckless, but he made the right choice.

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The game restarted, and Dortmund got a free kick in the frontcourt.

The Dortmund players in the frontcourt would all think of what Zhou Yi said. They didn't have much time left. They had to seize the opportunity of Chelsea being short one player and their formation being unstable to score!

So Dortmund launched a fierce offensive towards Chelsea's goal.

Chelsea wasn't stupid either. Of course, they knew that it was very dangerous to be short one player, so they chose to retreat and defend in the face of Dortmund's offensive.

They knew that Mourinho would make adjustments as quickly as possible, and they just needed to survive that period of time.

So even if Mourinho hadn't given instructions, the Chelsea players had consciously parked the bus in front of their own goal.

Although the Dortmund players worked very hard, they couldn't break through Sun Pan's goal in a very short period of time.

One minute after Ramires left the field, in the eighty-seventh minute, Chelsea made a substitution. Midfielder Mikel came on, replacing winger Schurrle, who had performed well in the game. Although Schurrle performed very well, what the team needed now was not offense, but strengthening the defense, so he had to be replaced.

This substitution also proved Zhou Yi's judgment of the situation. Mourinho really wanted to park the bus. He realized that his team could no longer win the game in ninety minutes, so dragging the game into a penalty shootout was the best choice.

Dortmund didn't give up. In the eighty-eighth minute, they made a series of quick passes in front of the Chelsea penalty area, creating a momentary shooting opportunity for Mkhitaryan, who shot directly from the edge of the penalty area.

As a result, the football went slightly wide of the goal...

After that, Dortmund was never able to get a better shooting opportunity than this.

The referee blew the whistle to end the ninety-minute match after three minutes of stoppage time.

"The ninety-minute match is over! Dortmund and Chelsea drew 1:1, and neither side was able to decide the winner in regular time..."

"Chelsea, who have welcomed Mourinho back, have performed very tenaciously in the match, and their counterattacks are also very sharp. Similarly, Dortmund doesn't seem to have been affected by Zhou Yi's back-and-forth to receive the award, and has performed at a normal level. The two teams can be said to be evenly matched!"

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Because the rest time before overtime is only a very short five minutes, the players would probably have to go back to the field as soon as they walked back to the locker room, so everyone rested on the field.

Mourinho had the players form a circle, and he was inside the circle, using a tactical board to seize the time to deploy the tactics for overtime to his players.

"All retreat to defend, Torres stays at the very front, but also retreats behind the center circle..." Mourinho placed the magnetic pieces on the tactical board, arranging the formation. "On the one hand, of course, we must do our best to defend against their offensive, and it is foreseeable that their attack will be very crazy. But at the same time, the crazier they attack, the bigger the gap behind their defense will be, so when we are sure, we must hit their counterattack. Torres can not come back to participate in the defense, but put his physical strength and energy on the counterattack..."

On the other side, Klopp was doing the same thing: "If we can decide the winner in the thirty minutes of overtime, that would be the best. But you must also be clear that we are not afraid of playing penalties with them. They have Sun Pan, and we also have Roman!"

Klopp was encouraging the players to avoid the team being too impatient in overtime.

This showed that he was more experienced than Zhou Yi in this regard. Although what Zhou Yi said was correct, saying it so unreservedly would inevitably cause panic among his teammates. He unintentionally exaggerated the threat of his good friend Sun Pan.

If his teammates were afraid because of his words, and desperately bombarded the goal in overtime, causing the defense to be empty and being caught by the opponent for a counterattack, wouldn't Dortmund lose?

Even if Dortmund was not scored by Chelsea in a counterattack in overtime, dragging the game into a penalty shootout, the Dortmund players' fear of Sun Pan would probably not bring Dortmund good luck and good results...

Klopp didn't know what Zhou Yi had said to his teammates. His current approach was only out of his professional qualities as a coach. He needed to remind his players of the possible crises and how to deal with them.

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The five-minute break passed quickly, and the players from both sides returned to the field.

Chelsea kicked off the first half of overtime, but after they kicked off, they didn't invest too much force in the attack. From this, it could be seen what adjustments Mourinho had made before overtime.

When Dortmund's defensive lineup was in order, Chelsea was not interested in fighting and hurriedly shot the ball, handing over possession.

When Weidenfeller was preparing to kick the goal kick, the Chelsea players all retreated to their own half like a receding tide. Torres, who was at the very front, was also behind the center line.

Zhou Yi looked around and saw this scene.

He thought to himself, Sun Pan must be very happy now.

Because his time to shine has come...

Sun Pan was indeed very excited. He tightened his gloves and shouted loudly in front of the goal: "Come on!!"

He was ready to meet Dortmund's attacking storm.

His body was trembling slightly, but he knew that it was not nervousness, let alone fear, but excitement, excitement that was hard to control.