Chapter 1

Zhou Yi’s exquisite assist helped Borussia Dortmund take the lead. After the game restarted, everyone was talking about Zhou Yi's pass just now, and what happened before that pass—he used a brilliant feint to get rid of Alexandre Song.

Marcel Reif praised Zhou Yi without reservation: "In front of the nimble Zhou Yi, Alexandre Song is simply like a clumsy elephant! Arsenal's goal conceded started with his reckless move to be faked out by Zhou Yi... In the Premier League, Alexandre Song is like a powerful tank, indestructible. But when he meets Zhou Yi, he's like a pile of scrap metal!"

Perhaps Alexandre Song was too arrogant before, so Marcel Reif didn’t hold back at all when mocking him.

And the commentator for the British TV station, facing this conceded goal, could only shake his head: "Song lunged in too fiercely..."

Besides that, he didn't know what to say.

Because Zhou Yi's performance was like a slap in the face, his cheeks still felt a little hot.

You know, he had confidently said before that the weak Zhou Yi couldn't gain any advantage in front of the strong Song, and such a player couldn't have any great development...

As a result, the weak Zhou Yi sent out a wonderful pass, while the strong Song was played around by Zhou Yi!

What an irony!

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The trailing Arsenal was not to be trifled with. As a veteran powerhouse, their strength was also very strong.

In the forty-second minute, as the first half was about to end, Arsenal got a counter-attack opportunity. Walcott used his super-fast speed to dribble forward, shook off the defenders, and sent the ball to the center.

Van Persie, who followed up in the center, headed the ball into Weidenfeller's goal, tying the score.

This goal made the atmosphere at Westfalenstadion a little quieter.

But fortunately, Arsenal didn't have much time to use their newly boosted morale, as the first half ended soon after they equalized the score.

As the players from both sides went off the field, the commentators summed up the first half.

"The first half was quite exciting. Both sides showed their respective levels. The duel between Zhou Yi and Song was definitely the highlight of the first half. At the beginning, Zhou Yi was physically dominated by Song, but later, after Zhou Yi stopped confronting Song head-on, he played Song around. Borussia Dortmund's goal was created after Zhou Yi got rid of Song..."

As Marcel Reif said this, the TV broadcast gave Zhou Yi a close-up shot.

In the shot, Zhou Yi was walking off the field while chatting with his teammate Kagawa Shinji. They both covered their mouths when chatting, so the camera couldn't capture their mouths at all. This way, lip-reading experts couldn't find out what the players said by reading their lip movements. This is also a small trick for players to protect themselves.

So no one knows what Zhou Yi and Kagawa Shinji said...

But this is not a very important topic. This shot reflects Zhou Yi's relaxation.

Since assisting Lewandowski's goal, Zhou Yi has gained the upper hand in the duel with Song. Song was played around by him, but there was nothing he could do. Several times he could only use fouls to contain Zhou Yi, which eventually earned him a yellow card.

With such a performance, Zhou Yi certainly had reason and qualification to appear relaxed.

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During the halftime break, Song was reprimanded by Wenger, who believed that he was obviously competing with Zhou Yi in the first half. That conceded goal was actually due to him lunging in too fiercely. But in reality, Song didn't need to lunge in at that time, he just needed to stand in front of Zhou Yi and block his position.

As a result, Song rushed straight up, causing him to overshoot, unable to stop, and was easily shaken off by Zhou Yi.

Song was reprimanded by Wenger and lowered his head in silence.

In his heart, he felt that he hadn't done anything wrong, because he had always played like this before. He believed that an aggressive attitude during defense has always been one of his magic weapons for defense. It is important to be decisive and not think too much, because thinking too much may lead to missing the best defensive opportunity.

However, with Wenger's prestige in the team, even if Song was stupid, he wouldn't show his dissatisfaction.

He could only lower his head and secretly resolve to give Zhou Yi a good look in the second half to prove that his method was correct.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Arsenal continued their momentum from just tying the score in the first half and launched a fierce attack on Borussia Dortmund's goal.

Because the overall formation was pushed up, even if Zhou Yi was in the defensive midfielder position, Song could still defend him.

His task was to prevent Zhou Yi from passing the ball forward to launch a counterattack.

After all, after Arsenal pushed up, the space behind them would become very large, which gave Borussia Dortmund a chance to counterattack.

If Arsenal could hold the source of Borussia Dortmund's counterattack—Zhou Yi, they could effectively reduce the threat of Borussia Dortmund's counterattack.

So Song's task was very heavy. It would not be an exaggeration to say that his performance determined Arsenal's fate.

In the confrontation with Song, Zhou Yi could clearly feel that Song seemed to be more aggressive than in the first half. Perhaps Alexandre Song would think that his approach could bring pressure and trouble to himself, but for Zhou Yi himself, this was not a bad thing.

In football matches, passion is important, but a calm mind is also very important.

When Song loses his composure, that is his own opportunity.

It will be easier for him to get rid of him.

In the sixty-sixth minute of the match, Arsenal's attack once again reached Borussia Dortmund's penalty area. As a result, Walcott's pass was blocked by Subotić.

The cleared ball fell to Sven Bender's feet.

Sven Bender quickly passed the ball to Zhou Yi.

Song also immediately pressed up.

Zhou Yi didn't directly raise his foot to stop the ball, but turned around with the ball.

Song turned around and cut across, intending to cut off the connection between Zhou Yi and the ball.

He did succeed in blocking Zhou Yi's body behind him, but he didn't block Zhou Yi's feet.

After Zhou Yi let the ball pass, his left foot moved forward, his ankle turned inward, and he swept the ball, which was about to roll past, horizontally. The ball rolled past Song, from Song's left to the right.

At the same time, Zhou Yi retracted his left foot, twisted his body in place, turned to the right, and flashed away from behind Song.

This time, Song once again suffered from relying too much on his body—he originally planned to use his body to squeeze Zhou Yi away, so after he turned around and cut horizontally, he leaned his body towards Zhou Yi. If Zhou Yi were to break through in a straight line, he would inevitably hit his muscular body, which would feel like hitting a wall.

But who would have thought that Zhou Yi didn't plan to go forward at all, but dodged in place, avoiding him!

So Song's backward leaning body lost its point of support, his center of gravity leaned back excessively, and his feet lacked support, resulting in a loss of balance!

After Zhou Yi retreated, he fell to the ground!

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh—!!!" Marcel Reif shouted excitedly, even a little gleeful. Seeing Song so embarrassed made him very happy.

"Zhou Yi, beautiful! Hahaha!" He Ping couldn't help but laugh, "Zhou Yi used a nimble move to dodge Song, and Song came up with a wild goose landing, hahaha!"

The fallen Song was still very surprised. He didn't expect Zhou Yi to be behind him. His expression at the moment of landing was dazed... His head was once again filled with question marks...

Zhou Yi, who had dodged Song, did not continue to dribble the ball. He had already seen the direction and the space, and directly launched a long pass!

The ball flew to the right side of Arsenal's half, where Götze was rushing forward!

"Zhou Yi's accurate long pass! Mario Götze is chasing the ball, this is Borussia Dortmund's counterattack!" Marcel Reif shouted.

The Borussia Dortmund fans at the scene also let out deafening cheers, because they had already seen the future!

The ball landed from the air and hit the grass. Instead of accelerating forward, it decelerated, and the distance and speed of its forward rush were significantly reduced.

This gave Götze a chance to catch up with the ball, after all, Götze wasn't the kind of player who was particularly fast and could just sprint all out.

After two steps, Götze caught up with the ball, then cut inside, taking the ball towards Arsenal's penalty area.

His cut inside attracted the attention of other Arsenal players, and Arsenal's limited defense immediately adjusted its defensive focus to this side.

After successfully attracting the opponent's defensive attention, Götze passed the ball directly to the center, giving it to Lewandowski, who had arrived in position!

"Lewandowski—"

In Marcel Reif's long shout, Lewandowski stopped the ball, then used the outside of his right foot to gently push the ball to the outside, took a step forward, and shot!

The ball drew an arc and bypassed Arsenal goalkeeper Szczęsny's fingers, flying into the goal again!

"Goal—in—la—!! Lewandowski—he scored twice!!"

The cheers at Westfalenstadion quickly soared to a climax!

"From Zhou Yi's long pass, a textbook fast counterattack! Borussia Dortmund regained the lead!" He Ping of course had to highlight Zhou Yi's contribution, but to be honest, Zhou Yi's contribution to this attack was indeed indispensable.

Without his brilliant escape and decisive and accurate long pass, there would be no counterattack that led to the goal.

So while Götze and Lewandowski were hugging and celebrating in the frontcourt, Sven Bender pounced on Zhou Yi and celebrated.