Offenbach Kickers eliminated Borussia Dortmund at home. This result was quite surprising, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Offenbach Kickers had pulled off a major upset.

Originally, this match didn't attract much attention, but when the result was presented to everyone, it immediately attracted the interest of media reporters.

What? A third-tier team eliminated the second-place team in the Bundesliga?

What? This third-tier team has a Chinese young goalkeeper who's cheating?

Suddenly, the German and Chinese media went wild!

Since this match was at Offenbach Kickers' home stadium, there weren't many media reporters who went, and not a single Chinese reporter went, because Zhou Yi wasn't on the roster, so they didn't follow.

Now, these Chinese reporters are regretting it to death.

Because they couldn't interview the Chinese goalkeeper who was said to be cheating right away!

Moreover, these Chinese reporters didn't even watch the game broadcast, so they didn't even know how this mysterious Chinese goalkeeper was specifically cheating.

After the game, they could only get written reports as soon as possible, such as the starting lineups of both sides.

Because the live broadcast had just ended, there was no replay yet. Highlights hadn't been released either.

Looking at the starting lineup, everyone immediately noticed the name of Offenbach Kickers' goalkeeper.

pan_sun.

Pan Sun?

Chinese reporters certainly wouldn't pronounce this name like the German commentators did.

Obviously, it should be called "sun_pan".

It's really a Chinese name!

Sun Pan?

Staring at the name for a long time, a reporter finally remembered this name.

Yes, Sun Pan!

Definitely not Pan Sun.

Nor Sun Pan, Sun Pan.

It's Sun Pan, the *pan* in *panpan*!

The reason why he could remember this name was because of a news item from a long time ago.

In the big news of He Ying joining Barcelona's La Masia youth academy and Zhou Yi joining Borussia Dortmund's youth team, there were also a few less noticeable small news items mixed in.

At that time, it wasn't just Zhou Yi and He Ying who received invitations from European clubs in that reality show team.

However, their fame was far less than these two, so no one paid much attention.

Among them, the goalkeeper of the youth team, Sun Pan, seemed to have been spotted by Chelsea and went to Chelsea's youth team...

However, after going to the youth team, there was no movement. Everyone's energy at that time was on He Ying, and even Zhou Yi was just a foil.

After all, He Ying was already a little famous in Chinese football before participating in the program. After all, he was the main striker of the national youth team and the national youth team, and he went to a famous youth training school like La Masia, so he naturally received much attention.

After Sun Pan went to Chelsea, the domestic media only issued a press release-like report, without any gimmicks or hype. After going there, no one cared about him.

In fact, many Chinese football teenagers come to Europe to play football through various channels, but only a very few are truly known. If they make it, it's okay, but if they don't, probably no one will know that he once went to Europe to play football until he returns to China.

Later, when Zhou Yi made it to Borussia Dortmund's first team, everyone's attention was drawn to Zhou Yi, and even He Ying was neglected. After all, He Ying only had the gimmick of going to La Masia. Before he made it, there was really nothing attractive.

Even He Ying was like this, let alone Sun Pan.

As a result, just when everyone had completely forgotten him in the dust, he suddenly broke into everyone's sight in such an unexpected way, arousing everyone's long-sealed memories.

He was actually playing for a third-tier league team in Germany and eliminated Zhou Yi's Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup!

This appearance was really too surprising...

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An hour later, highlights of the match were also released, so reporters could see Sun Pan's performance in the match through the highlights.

And when they finished watching the highlights... their jaws dropped.

Is this still human?

Many people had only one thought in their minds after watching the video.

This is not a human, this is a goalkeeper machine!

Those stunning saves one after another can completely monopolize this week's "Top Ten Saves" on *Tianxia Zuuqiu* ("World Football")...

His performance in the final penalty shootout was also perfect. It's really not an exaggeration to say that he eliminated Borussia Dortmund by himself!

That young goalkeeper who went to Chelsea's youth team for his first training session and then disappeared, actually... became so powerful?

The Chinese reporters suddenly felt a little dazed—is the spring of Chinese football really coming?

After He Ying and Zhou Yi, another talented goalkeeper, Sun Pan, appeared!

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The German Cup match was played in Germany at night, which is in the early hours of the morning in Beijing time. There can be no TV broadcasts of such matches in China, and even the Internet can't find broadcast addresses, so no one in China saw it at all.

That morning, articles about the match written by Chinese media appeared on the sports channels of Chinese domestic portal websites.

Generally speaking, as long as it is a Borussia Dortmund match, the protagonist must be Zhou Yi.

But this time, the protagonist was replaced by a name that Chinese fans were a little unfamiliar with.

Sun Pan.

The most conspicuous position on the portal website was a photo of Sun Pan in the match, which they got from the German media.

Different portal websites used different pictures.

But no matter which photo, it was very visually impactful.

Some were of Sun Pan diving to block Zidan's penalty with his foot. Some were of him raising his arms to encourage the fans. And some were of him being carried on his teammates' shoulders to receive the fans' cheers.

"...In a German Cup Round of 32 match that just ended, Borussia Dortmund was unexpectedly eliminated by the third-tier German team Offenbach Kickers, creating the biggest upset in this year's German Cup so far. And the person who created this big upset is a Chinese player, Offenbach Kickers' goalkeeper - Sun Pan!"

"...Sun Pan actually has a connection with Zhou Yi. They participated in the recording of the reality show *Luyin Jichengzhe* ("Green Inheritance") together, and he was the team's main goalkeeper. After the show was broadcast, he was spotted by Chelsea Football Club and invited to Chelsea's youth training camp to receive training..."

"Our reporter interviewed Zhou Yi by telephone. Zhou Yi said that he and Sun Pan became very good friends during the reality show recording. He was not surprised at all by his friend's outstanding performance. He also revealed that he used to give Sun Pan the nickname 'Panpan Anti-Theft Door,' which is surprisingly appropriate! Sun Pan's performance in this match was indeed like a safe, reliable, and solid anti-theft door. I wonder if Panpan Anti-Theft Door really wants to consider finding Sun Pan as its spokesperson after seeing Sun Pan's outstanding performance in this match, ha..."

"According to the reporter, Sun Pan has been training in Chelsea's youth team and is the main goalkeeper of the youth team. He was loaned by Chelsea Football Club to the third-tier German team Offenbach Kickers at the beginning of this season. As for this team, it really has a connection with Chinese players, because former national player and famous center Li Bin also played for this team for a short time... This German Cup match was Sun Pan's first start for Offenbach Kickers, and he dedicated a god-level performance, which was impressive. I believe that with his outstanding performance in this match, he will not be able to continue sitting on the bench for Offenbach Kickers, right?"

When Chinese fans woke up in the morning and wanted to browse the news on their way to work or school, they would be surprised to see this unfamiliar name - Sun Pan!

Later, video highlights of the match also appeared on the portal website, which, of course, was also directly taken from German websites by the Chinese media...

Chinese fans watched in stunned silence, just like the Chinese reporters who first saw the video.

Then, the Chinese Internet exploded.

Everyone was discussing Sun Pan, and this unfamiliar name suddenly became a hot word on the Internet.

"Damn, is this still human? Too brutal!"

"I've already called the police, @Dortmund Police Station_Police Uncle, it's this person!"

"Hello? Police? There's someone here pretending to be cool, and we can't stop him!"

"Damn, too individual! Looking at his performance in the match, is this a mocking goalkeeper? Hahaha!"

"I just like this kind of person who defends well and loves to pretend!"

"At first, I felt very upset that Borussia Dortmund was eliminated by a team I had never even heard of... After watching this video, I'm convinced... This goalkeeper is too awesome, he's just exploded!"

"Haha, Zhou Yi's nickname is really appropriate! 'Panpan Anti-Theft Door,' poof!"

"The statistics say that Borussia Dortmund had thirty-nine shots in this match, twenty-one of which hit the goal frame, but there were no goals. This means that this goalkeeper completed twenty-one saves! Handsome!"

"Is Chinese football's talent going to explode? First there was Zhou Yi, and now there's another Sun Pan, and there's also He Ying in La Masia... This scene is so beautiful, I don't even dare to look..."

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When Sun Pan became famous in China, and many fans and reporters began to wonder what kind of person Sun Pan, such a wild and arrogant goalkeeper on the field, was like in life, Sun Pan was frantically forwarding the addresses of articles and news screenshots on the Internet that were praising him in the QQ group...

"Damn, where's the group owner? Where's the administrator? Kick this madman out!" Guo Nu couldn't stand such blatant boasting. "Zhou Yi, aren't you an administrator? After being eliminated by Sun Pan, you still have to endure his boasting, can you bear it? I'm not a troublemaker, but I definitely couldn't bear it if it were me..."

Zhou Yi came out and said, "Be loving, don't be jealous, Lao Guo, you can't be like this. Panpan deserves such praise, and he earned it with his own performance. Kicking him out of the group will affect unity too much."

Sun Pan: "That's right, Lao Guo, just say it if you're jealous of me. Look, even Zhou Yi, who was eliminated by me, doesn't care!"

After saying that, he sent another news link.

System prompt: Bing Zha has been muted by the administrator for 1 hour.

He Ying: "?"

Yang Muge: "It wasn't me..."

Zhou Yi: "Ah, the world... is quiet..."

Guo Nu: "23333333"

He Ying: "..."

Yang Muge: "..."