Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 771 Tricks of Fate

After Yan Min's shot, there was a burst of regretful sighs on the internet.

"Yan Min! Oh, that ball..."

"What a pity!"

"The breakthrough was beautiful, the shot was beautiful, it's just that the post wasn't beautiful!"

"Is this Yan Min the same Yan Min who was selected for the national team some time ago?"

"In my opinion, he's probably the most spirited player on the Chongming team. The others may have resigned themselves to fate!"

Before, everyone didn't really care about Chongming's performance. Anyway, the outcome of this game was already decided, there was no suspense. Everyone came to see this game to enjoy the wonderful performance of the Borussia Dortmund players, and Zhou Yi.

But Yan Min's shot attracted everyone's attention to the Chongming team, and some people even had this idea: they wanted to see if Shanghai Chongming could cause a little trouble for Borussia Dortmund in the subsequent games?

One-sided games aren't really interesting to watch.

Yan Min's shot also caused a change in the stands. After the game restarted, more and more people started cheering for the Shanghai Chongming team.

After all, everyone is Chinese, who wants to let teams from other countries show off on their own territory? They were previously in a fan mindset, somewhat infatuated with Borussia Dortmund, but deep down, they still had a patriotic heart. If the Chinese team performed a little better, why couldn't they cheer for their own national team? Not to mention that this was still Shanghai Chongming's home ground.

The football not only hit the post, but also hit many people's hearts, shaking them awake.

But at this time, Yan Min wasn't like when he was sitting on the bench, with the leisure to pay attention to the reaction in the stands. Although the ball didn't go in, it didn't dampen his fighting spirit. He quickly recovered from his frustration, and then continued to challenge Borussia Dortmund's goal.

His teammates also seemed to be inspired by his shot that hit the goal frame, and the whole team actively ran around, looking for opportunities and cooperating with Yan Min.

He was finally no longer fighting alone...

It's just that the time left for him and his team was running out.

It was the seventy-seventh minute of the game, with thirteen minutes left until the end.

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Faced with the suddenly high-spirited Shanghai Chongming, Borussia Dortmund seemed unprepared. The defense composed of a group of young people actually started to look a little flustered under the impact of Shanghai Chongming players represented by Yan Min...

"Yan Min, good ball! He broke through again!" the CCTV commentator shouted excitedly, and similar commentary was common in the next few minutes.

"When Yan Min was in Shanghai Chongming, he was a very distinctive player. He is fast, has delicate and flexible footwork, and his breakthrough on the wing is very threatening..." the commentator took this opportunity to introduce Yan Min to the national audience. Although Yan Min had gained a foothold in Chongming, and had been luckily selected for the national team, for many Chinese fans who usually don't care about domestic football at all, Yan Min was still a stranger.

"And this player and Borussia Dortmund's Zhou Yi once had a relationship - Zhou Yi was in the first batch of people who participated in the recording and filming of the football reality show, while Yan Min was in the second batch. When Yan Min followed the team to Dortmund to record, he also had a conversation with Zhou Yi... I believe that fans who are familiar with the recording of that reality show must still have an impression..." The CCTV commentator had also done a lot of homework, and these gossip news came easily, and he just said it casually. It's hard to say how many people can remember that the matter has passed so many years.

As Chongming's offense grew, the 80,000-seater stadium was filled with noise, and cheers came one after another, all cheering for Chongming.

Klopp was dissatisfied with his players' performance on the sidelines, while Zhou Yi sat on the bench, touching his chin, crossing his legs, and watching the game with interest.

There wasn't such a scene when they played Hengyuan. Unexpectedly, he saw it today.

How did this scene come about?

Of course, it was because of that spirited, stubborn Yan Min...

Zhou Yi felt that fate was really interesting. After the reality show, there was a period of time when he almost forgot about this person. He didn't expect to meet him again today. He had changed a lot, but one thing hadn't changed.

Fortunately, that thing hasn't changed, otherwise how could there be such a wonderful scene today?

He didn't expect that after staying in the big dye vat of Chinese football for so many years, he still retained that unique quality that belonged only to him.

Some people say that Chinese football is a melting pot, and any good steel will be melted into a pile of water when it comes in. In that case, Yan Min is simply a rock in a latrine, smelly and hard, and completely unmoved...

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Amidst everyone's cheers, Yan Min performed better and better. His unyielding character provided him with endless motivation, as if he would never be tired.

In the eighty-fifth minute, Shanghai Chongming launched a counterattack.

Yan Min switched to the right wing this time—his frequent changes of position on the field also made Borussia Dortmund's defenders a little confused.

There was a large open space in front of him, and his teammates passed the football to his front. This allowed Yan Min to fully utilize his speed advantage.

As soon as the football came over, Yan Min accelerated forward to chase the ball. At the same time, Borussia Dortmund's defenders blocked him.

Yan Min, who had just caught up with the football, directly used his right foot to push the football forward! Then accelerate!

Without any fancy feints, and without any changes in rhythm, he just dribbled the ball directly, relying on his speed to rush past Borussia Dortmund's defenders unreasonably...

"Good ball! Beautiful breakthrough!" the Chinese commentator exclaimed excitedly. "This is Shanghai Chongming's chance!"

The stands were filled with cheers, all cheering for Yan Min.

After breaking through a checkpoint, Yan Min dribbled the ball at high speed towards Borussia Dortmund's penalty area.

Borussia Dortmund's defenders were rushing back in a hurry.

After playing for more than eighty minutes, this was the most embarrassing performance of Borussia Dortmund...

"Charge!!!" In the stands, Chongming's die-hard fans waved Chongming's team flag. After this flag entered the venue, it was only waved a few times at the beginning of the game. Then it hung down listlessly, just like those fans, who could only watch their team being "massacred" mercifully by Borussia Dortmund...

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Yan Min dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area, facing the left back Bandowski who had returned to his position - in fact, he didn't know who the player in the Borussia Dortmund jersey in front of him was, what his name was. It didn't mean anything to him. No matter who it was, he would just get past him. He didn't have the awareness of "who comes will be slain" when the two armies fought in ancient times.

While running, he stretched out his right foot and tapped the football back with his toe, then made a sudden stop, meaning he was about to turn around!

Bandowski also stopped immediately, while adjusting his center of gravity. If Yan Min wanted to turn around, he would directly bump into him - in fact, he didn't know what the name of this active Chongming player was. It didn't matter, anyway, whoever wanted to break through him, he would stop him.

Yan Min did turn around, and his left foot kicked the football.

Bandowski was ready to turn around, and after Yan Min cut inside, he would continue to block the inside line, not giving him a chance to break into the penalty area.

But Yan Min's left foot didn't touch the football, it slid past the back of the football!

Was it a feint?

Bandowski stared at Yan Min in front of him, and he found that Yan Min's right foot followed up and kicked the football, while his body also fell to the left. This made Bandowski feel relieved - his center of gravity had fallen to the left, so it couldn't be a feint, right?

But the next scene made Bandowski's eyes widen: Yan Min's right foot also didn't kick the football, but still slid past the back of the football!

Then Yan Min's body swayed to the right, like a tumbler. At the same time, the instep of his left foot pushed the football in the opposite direction!

Yan Min then broke through from the right!

When he passed by Bandowski, the nineteen-year-old left back was frozen in place, and he could only look back to see what the name of the Chinese player who broke through him was. But unfortunately, Chongming's jersey, like the jerseys of other Chinese Super League teams, only had numbers and sponsor names on the back, but no player names...

Yan Min, who broke through the defense, used his right foot to gently push the football to the inside again, and then cut into the penalty area!

His actions caused Borussia Dortmund's defenders to be highly nervous, and the others swarmed towards him.

This was exactly what Yan Min needed - when Borussia Dortmund's defenders rushed towards him, he kicked the football to the center!

A half-high ball!

There, Wu Lei came galloping up, leaping up to head the ball!

"Wu Lei——!!"

A huge cheer erupted in the stadium, celebrating the goal in advance.

Langerak, who was in front of the goal, raised his hands, and it was too late to make other defensive moves. It looked as if he had raised his hands in surrender.

As long as this ball could hit the goal frame, but not hit the goalkeeper, it would basically go in!

But unfortunately, the football Wu Lei headed went out, brushing the crossbar...

"Oh——!!" The CCTV commentator sighed up to the sky. "Oh! This is a great opportunity! Oh! What a pity! Wu Lei, Wu Lei! He wasted a great opportunity! This is an opportunity that Yan Min fought for with his personal skills!"

The entire stadium burst into huge exclamations - the fans didn't expect Wu Lei to miss this ball either. Yan Min's cross was so comfortable...

Yan Min, who passed the ball, watched Wu Lei's header, and he raised his arms again, intending to cheer.

As a result, God played another joke on him. Wu Lei's header, which was bound to go in, actually went high!

Yan Min squatted down in annoyance and slammed his hands on the grass.

His own shot hit the post, and his teammate headed the ball high from his cross...

Wu Lei watched the football fly out, also with a look of horror, not expecting the ball to not go in. He covered his mouth with both hands, revealing only his eyes, staring at the goal with wide eyes, so shocked that he even forgot to give Yan Min a thumbs up, thanking him for his beautiful cross...