Kruse's goal completely ruined Dortmund's plan to equalize before the end of the first half.

Many people were no longer thinking about equalizing in the first half, but rather wondering if Dortmund could win the game at all.

As the whistle blew to end the first half, Marcel Reif said, "Dortmund is once again in dire straits, already two goals behind in the first half... How many times has Dortmund found itself in such a desperate situation?"

He couldn't help but complain about Dortmund's poor defense.

"If the defensive issues aren't resolved, Dortmund will always face such difficulties, even desperation..."

"Borussia Mönchengladbach has taken the absolute initiative. All they need to do in the second half is focus on defense and then counter-attack. They have a one-goal cushion for the entire forty-five minutes, meaning they can afford to concede one goal in the second half. But Dortmund's margin for error is very, very small..."

Everyone was worried about Dortmund's prospects in the second half.

In the Dortmund locker room, the players also expressed such concerns, and their morale wasn't high.

Klopp encouraged them.

"I think you should be used to this, this kind of rollercoaster game mode..." Klopp said bluntly, with a smile, showing that he didn't take the two goals conceded seriously at all.

But that wasn't really the case. When the team conceded the second goal, he roared on the sidelines.

But now, to comfort the players, he had to pretend to be nonchalant.

"Think about our last game against Zenit Saint Petersburg. We conceded two goals during the game, but we came back and scored. So I think we have a lot of experience dealing with conceding goals in games. Yes, our defense has had some problems this season, and I won't pretend I don't see it. But this problem is not easy to solve. Currently, it's not easy to make our defense impenetrable. But we have another solution. We have a proud and powerful offensive firepower!" When Klopp spoke about the problem, his voice was low but powerful, giving a sense of calm and security.

But when he finally spoke of powerful offensive firepower, his voice rose, conveying an exciting and uplifting emotion.

This is actually a kind of rhetoric, using speech to achieve the effect he wants. An excellent coach must also be an excellent speaker, able to use language to mobilize the players' emotions.

"To win the game is actually very simple, remember, no matter how many goals the opponent scores, we just need to score more goals than them!"

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The second half of the game began, and neither side made any personnel changes.

This surprised many people—it was normal for Borussia Mönchengladbach, leading by two goals, not to make any personnel changes. They were playing well, and there was no need to change anyone.

But it was incomprehensible that Dortmund, trailing by two goals, didn't make any moves either. At this time, if Klopp still wanted to win the game, he should make adjustments as soon as possible.

Why didn't he make any personnel changes?

Later, some people speculated: Wasn't it because there was no one to replace? Looking at the bench, there really weren't many people who could be replaced. Mkhitaryan had the strength, but he was Zhou Yi's substitute. Did he want to replace Zhou Yi? Klopp must have wanted to make changes, but there wasn't much room for choice, right?

Thinking about it this way, Dortmund seemed even more pitiful...

But shortly after the start of the second half, the situation was different from what everyone had imagined—Dortmund, without any substitutions, took the initiative to attack, playing very aggressively, so aggressively that Borussia Mönchengladbach couldn't even get past the halfway line for a while, and was completely suppressed.

And Borussia Mönchengladbach seemed to be somewhat unprepared for Dortmund's swift offensive, and no one knew how their coach Favre was making adjustments...

In the fiftieth minute, Zhou Yi took a long shot from the edge of the penalty area, which was directly confiscated by Ter Stegen. Soon, three minutes later, Aubameyang crossed from the right, and Reus, unmarked at the far post, headed for the goal, but unfortunately, he headed it a little too high...

During this period, Dortmund's offensive was very strong, making the Dortmund fans in the stands very happy, with cheers rising wave after wave, each wave higher than the last.

But as the offensive organizer, Zhou Yi was not optimistic.

He knew that such a fierce offensive could not last for forty-five minutes, and Borussia Mönchengladbach would eventually come back to their senses and be prepared. To prevent them from being prepared, they had to score as soon as possible to create tension.

If the offensive was fierce but didn't result in a goal, then it would all be ineffective offense.

So, they still had to turn the offensive into a goal.

Zhou Yi kept creating opportunities for his teammates, but if the opportunity was right, he wouldn't mind trying to score himself.

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In the sixty-fifth minute, Dortmund once again passed the ball continuously in front of Borussia Mönchengladbach's goal, creating opportunities.

Zhou Yi passed the ball from the middle to Yan Min, who had switched to the right wing.

Then he didn't continue to stay outside the penalty area, but slowly moved towards the penalty area. At first, he was moving towards the goal, but when he saw Mark in the middle, he changed his mind. It was useless for him to go up, it would only make that place more crowded.

And now, because of Mark and Aubameyang's runs, that place had become the focus of attention for Borussia Mönchengladbach's defenders, and...

Zhou Yi turned his head and saw the far post.

The far post was actually an open space.

So Zhou Yi immediately changed direction. But he didn't run directly to the far post, he just strolled, while observing the situation on Yan Min's side.

He saw Yan Min starting to cross the ball.

After seeing Yan Min's pass, Zhou Yi quickly judged the landing point of the ball, it definitely wasn't in front, because the power was too great!

So he immediately accelerated, circled around, and ran towards the far post!

During this process, the ball passed by Yan Min crossed over the heads of Mark and the others in front and flew directly to the far post!

Zhou Yi jumped up and headed the ball with a flick of his head!

"Zhou Yi—!"

Amid Marcel Reif's long, drawn-out roar, Ter Stegen folded back from the front point and jumped to save the ball.

Ter Stegen's reaction was still the fastest among the Borussia Mönchengladbach players. At this time, the other Borussia Mönchengladbach players could only turn their heads and stare blankly at Zhou Yi jumping in the air.

But the Little Lion King was still a little late...

Before he could pounce, Zhou Yi had accurately headed the ball from Yan Min into the goal!

"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!!! Great goal! He pulled one back for Dortmund! 1:2! Dortmund is now only one goal behind!" Duan Xin roared excitedly.

The entire Westfalenstadion ignited the moment Zhou Yi headed the ball into the goal.

Everyone jumped up from their seats and cheered.

Although they were still behind, Zhou Yi's goal shortly after the start of the second half still gave them hope.

Zhou Yi didn't celebrate wildly after scoring. After landing, he rushed directly into the goal, retrieved the ball he had headed in, hugged it, and turned to run towards the center circle.

Then, during this process, he waved his fist, which was considered a celebration.

He didn't have time to celebrate wildly, they were still one goal behind...

The other Dortmund players who wanted to come up and celebrate with him, seeing him like this, didn't come up to celebrate, but ran back to their half with Zhou Yi.

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After Zhou Yi scored, Dortmund didn't slow down. They still maintained a very fast pace to constantly impact Borussia Mönchengladbach's defense.

The entire Dortmund team was boosted by Zhou Yi's goal.

Borussia Mönchengladbach had originally planned to fight back.

But they had just had this idea when they were beaten back by Dortmund's fierce offensive.

Dortmund, who had just scored, were in high spirits, with a sense of "a million soldiers as fierce as tigers."

Borussia Mönchengladbach didn't dare to think about scoring another goal at all. During this time, they had to ensure they didn't concede a goal first...

Shortly after Zhou Yi scored, Dortmund launched an attack. Zhou Yi faked a shot and passed the ball to Reus. Reus crossed, and Mark received Reus's pass in the penalty area. He then chipped a shot towards the far corner from fifteen meters away from the goal!

This time, Ter Stegen made a wonderful save, diving to palm the ball away!

"Mark—Ter Stegen! Wonderful attack and defense!" Marcel Reif shouted. "Although they conceded a goal, Ter Stegen doesn't seem to have been affected! And Dortmund's offensive is still swift! The game has entered a white-hot stage!"

The stadium was filled with noise, and the air seemed to be scorching hot...