Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 322 Yay!
The football drew an arc from the center circle slightly to the right, then veered toward the front field slightly to the left!
Schalke 04’s defender, Salpe, intended to use a sliding tackle to disrupt Dortmund’s attack, but his tackle missed the football!
Mark, who had been stuck behind him, swept past the fallen Salpe and caught the ball passed by Zhou Yi!
At that moment, a huge exclamation and booing sound rang out over the Veltins-Arena.
These were all coming from Schalke 04 fans!
Because everyone knew what this scene meant.
“It’s a one-on-one!” Marcel Reif shouted excitedly.
Mark’s catch was very steady. While catching the ball, he used the outside of his right foot to guide the football towards the center of the penalty area, completing the adjustment at the same time as receiving the ball.
Next, he charged towards Schalke 04’s penalty area.
In front of him was only Schalke 04’s goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer!
Neuer decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.
Facing the attacking Neuer, Mark appeared very calm. He did not try to dribble past him, nor did he continue to carry the ball forward. Instead, he kicked the ball when Neuer ran out of the six-yard box!
Not a powerful shot, nor a push, but a… chip shot!
“A spoon!”
Amidst the commentators’ exclamations, the football flew into the air, then flew over Neuer’s head. Neuer on the ground couldn’t even make a save, and could only look up and watch the football fall into the empty goal behind him!
Everyone’s hearts seemed to stop beating at this moment, and they couldn’t hear any breathing.
Their eyes were fixed on the football, watching it fly over Neuer, then fall down.
Finally… it fell into the goal!
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“3:1! Dortmund has taken a two-goal lead! This goal almost kills the suspense of the game!” Marcel Reif shouted excitedly, holding his head in his hands. “It’s unbelievable! The young player Mark Wagner, who was substituted in the second half because of Barrios’s injury, scores twice! He is the key figure in this game!”
After scoring the goal, Mark didn’t freeze in place this time, because while the football was flying over Neuer, he had enough time to consider whether he was dreaming.
His ears were filled with the noisy sounds of the stadium, constantly reminding him that this was not a dream, this was not a dream!
Seeing the football fly into the goal, he turned and ran towards the corner flag area, then performed a sliding kneel!
He slid on the grass for more than ten meters before finally stopping.
Mark rarely uses such passionate celebrations, which shows that he is really excited now.
Anyone would be excited to score two such important goals in such an important game!
Götze, Kagawa Shinji, Großkreutz, and Zhou Yi also rushed up from behind, sliding over one by one to hug him.
For the first time, the voices of Dortmund fans in the entire Veltins-Arena were heard by others.
“Forward, BvB!!”
Mrs. Wagner excitedly embraced and kissed her husband. After a long kiss, she took a deep breath and waved her fists at the Schalke 04 fans, shouting, “This is the end for those who laugh at my son! Idiots!”
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When the football fell into the goal, the Schalke 04 fans around Kotana were sitting in their seats, holding their heads in their hands, or simply stunned, without any movement.
And in such a situation, Kotana raised her arms from her seat: “Yeah!!”
In a group of dejected Schalke 04 fans, she was very prominent and dazzling.
Those around her were startled by her actions, and those who reacted glared at her angrily.
But Kotana ignored it.
She continued to stand among them, proudly raising her fists, like a crane standing among chickens.
This was the best counterattack against their ridicule, curses, and attacks on her younger brother!
Those who were looked down upon by you scored a goal. What do you think?
Kotana used this action to laugh at the Schalke 04 fans.
She didn’t care what the consequences would be, she just wanted to vent her emotions. Although she herself had ridiculed her younger brother’s professional football dreams many times, she didn’t allow others to ridicule him, because that was her younger brother, her own younger brother!
I, as his older sister, can criticize my younger brother, but what are you? How dare you laugh at my younger brother?
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“Mark Wagner! He scores twice! After coming on as a substitute, he scored two goals alone, helping Dortmund take the lead from a 1:1 tie to 3:1! It’s a miraculous debut! But the most important thing about this goal is Zhou Yi’s decisive and accurate long pass!” Duan Xin said. “Without adjusting, he directly kicked a long pass, and it was so beautiful, it’s really impressive! His pass went over Salpe’s sliding tackle, and that moment was like a knife cutting through butter!”
“It can be said that without Zhou Yi’s pass, there would be no subsequent goal! Of course, Mark’s receiving action was also very good, and he didn’t waste Zhou Yi’s pass! His final shot was really calm! It fully demonstrated the qualities of an excellent striker! Perhaps… we have once again witnessed the debut of a rising star on the spot?”
Marcel Reif was also very excited: “Mark Wagner! When he came on as a substitute, I’m afraid even Dortmund supporters didn’t have much hope for him, and their emotions were still immersed in the depression of Barrios’s injury… But now! Mark has given the strongest answer with two goals. This is the charm of football! Full of countless unknowns! No one can know what will happen in the next second!”
Mark, who was celebrating the goal, smiled happily, but when he was pulled up from the ground by his teammates, he was stunned for a moment, because not far in front of him, among a group of blue Schalke 04 fans holding their heads, there was a person standing with their arms raised. This scene looked too weird.
It should be the Schalke 04 fan camp, but why is there someone dressed in black celebrating?
He was stunned for a moment, and then he was hugged by his teammates. After his vision shook for a while, he looked again, and the person in black was no longer there.
This made him wonder if he had seen it wrong just now. After all, it was only a second, which could be regarded as a fleeting moment…
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When Kotana sat back in her seat, she was already thinking about how to leave.
She wasn’t stupid, so she naturally knew that if she provoked so much among the Schalke 04 fans and Schalke 04 lost the game in the end, it wouldn’t be easy to leave this stadium unscathed.
This is a derby after all, not an ordinary game. In ordinary games, everyone can laugh off the win or loss, but the win or loss of the Revierderby is related to many things.
So she’d better leave here before the game ends, which is the wisest thing to do.
But not yet. When the game restarts, these Schalke 04 fans will be distracted, and then she can… slip away!
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Dortmund players ran back to their own half, and Schalke 04 players were already standing in their positions.
Although they are now two goals behind, because this is the Revierderby, the battle will always continue until the last second.
Dortmund’s two-goal lead now cannot completely destroy the fighting spirit of the Schalke 04 players.
After the game restarted, they continued to launch fierce attacks on Dortmund’s goal.
Although the previous goal conceded was because the attack was too fierce and Zhou Yi seized the opportunity, Schalke 04 did not restrain themselves.
It’s not that everyone from the players to the head coach of Schalke 04 are fools. Of course, they also know the things that even ordinary fans know.
It’s just that they have no choice.
Being two goals behind at home, how can they come back if they don’t attack with all their strength?
Of course, attacking with all their strength may lead to more goals conceded, but if they don’t attack for fear of conceding goals, then the game is destined to be lost. It also does not conform to the “derby” temperament.
So Schalke 04 knew that if they played like this, they might concede goals, but they still went all out and came out in full force.
Faced with Schalke 04 going all out, Dortmund at this time must defend, and it is impossible to attack against Schalke 04. Schalke 04 is not afraid of conceding more goals after attacking against each other, but Dortmund is afraid.
Because Schalke 04 has nothing to lose anymore.
Generally speaking, when Dortmund is going to defend with all their strength, Zhou Yi can go down.
Klopp also planned to do so, and Kehl was ordered to warm up.
Five minutes later, in the seventy-fifth minute, Zhou Yi was replaced by Kehl.
When he left the field, Zhou Yi walked slowly, which caused dissatisfaction among the Schalke 04 fans in the stands, and boos rang out. However, Zhou Yi remained unmoved and still slowly walked off the field, looking very tired.
Schalke 04 players protested to the referee that Zhou Yi was delaying time.
The referee came up and gestured for Zhou Yi to leave quickly. Zhou Yi explained to him: “I’m tired, sir, exhausted. You know my physical strength…”
He said breathlessly, not even able to speak coherently.
Zhou Yi’s physical strength was indeed a well-known shortcoming last season, leaving a deep impression on everyone who knew Zhou Yi. This season, Zhou Yi’s physical strength has actually improved a lot, but because he had just played a fierce Champions League group stage game three days ago, although he was also substituted early, playing in the Champions League is inherently more tiring than playing in the league. Playing two fierce games in a row in such a short period of time, let alone Zhou Yi, even some players with good physical strength would find it unbearable.
So Zhou Yi was really tired this time.
Behind him, Schalke 04 players were roaring to remind the referee that Zhou Yi should be given a yellow card.
After listening to Zhou Yi’s explanation, the referee turned around and made a “quiet” gesture to the Schalke 04 players, and then pushed Zhou Yi with his hand, using a little force to make Zhou Yi move faster.
But he didn’t give a card.
In this way, Zhou Yi was “escorted” off the field by the referee.
When he reached the sidelines, even though Kehl was waiting in front of him to come on, he stopped and raised his hands to salute the fans in the stands.
But this was not Dortmund’s home field at all, so his action didn’t look like a salute, but rather a provocation…
Sure enough, the Schalke 04 fans in the stands gave Zhou Yi more crazy boos and… more middle fingers.
But Zhou Yi didn’t care. He had a harmless smile on his face, high-fived and hugged Kehl, and finally walked off the field.
Then Klopp stepped forward, took the initiative to extend his hand, shook hands with Zhou Yi, pulled him into his arms, and said in his ear: “Well done, now go and rest, kid!”
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ps, thanks to [Angry June 1st] for the red alliance leader, I’m still sorry for delaying the update for so long… I’m really embarrassed!