After taking a two-goal lead, Borussia Dortmund relaxed slightly, and Twente's forward, Nacer Chadli, pulled a goal back in the fifty-seventh minute.

Then Großkreutz received a straight red card for a tackle from behind in a challenge!

Actually, when Twente scored, Dortmund didn't think much of it. With their strength, it would be easy to extend their lead again.

However, when Großkreutz was sent off with a red card, they really felt the tension.

Twente's supporters were very happy. Now the score was only one goal behind, and they had one more player than their opponents. With a little more effort, they might be able to force a draw against a strong opponent!

Some people were even more radical, thinking they could look forward to a victory.

But Twente's thoughts were obviously too optimistic.

Even with one less player, as long as Dortmund was serious, they could still crush them at home.

Just four minutes after Großkreutz was sent off, Dortmund organized an attack.

Zhou Yi passed the ball to Götze after getting it in midfield, then ran forward.

Because Großkreutz was sent off, Kagawa Shinji, who was originally supposed to play as an attacking midfielder, went to the wing and played as a winger.

In this way, there was no one in the area in front of the midfield, which allowed Zhou Yi to插 (cha - insert) forward.

While running forward, Zhou Yi had already observed everything, imprinting the running positions of both sides in his mind.

When Götze passed the ball back to him, he didn't even need to stop the ball to observe anything. He met the ball with a flick, a chip pass!

The football went over the heads of Twente's defenders and fell behind them.

The Twente defender, who had been chipped over, turned his head and saw Dortmund's number forty-five in front of him!

He raised his arm, indicating that the opponent was offside.

But he didn't hear the referee's whistle, instead he heard deafening cheers.

In the cheers, he saw the number forty-five player stop the ball with his foot, and then kick the ball with his other foot!

"Mark Wagner—!!!" Marcel Reif shouted, drawing out the sound.

The football kicked by Mark flew past Twente's goalkeeper, Mihaylov, and crashed into the net behind him!

"Goal! Mark Wagner!! A beautiful Dortmund collaboration! Not offside! He's not offside!"

After scoring, Mark lay on the ground stunned for about half a second before getting up and turning around to celebrate.

As soon as he turned around, he collided with Götze, who rushed up.

The two hugged each other, and Zhou Yi quickly came up to join in the fun.

"3:1! Mark scored his first Champions League goal of the season! This young man is simply the hottest player in Dortmund recently... no, he is the hottest player in Germany! Since coming on as a substitute in the Ruhr area, he has performed well continuously, not only in the league, but now he has also scored in the Champions League! Dortmund's youth training camp has finally yielded fruitful results!"

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Scoring in the Champions League is a very happy thing for Mark, but now he doesn't feel as unreal as he did when he scored in the league.

After several consecutive games, he has gradually become accustomed to the change in his role, from an unknown substitute player on the fringes to a highly anticipated and watched starting player.

He has to endure all kinds of eyes, and at the same time his confidence is also increasing little by little. He no longer thinks that his ability to score goals is a matter of good luck. He believes that it is the result of his hard training and active performance on the field. In other words, all of this is what he deserves, it is his strength that makes it so.

Thinking this way, Mark's inner doubts were much less.

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Originally, Dortmund's one-man disadvantage greatly increased Twente's confidence.

But four minutes after Großkreutz received the red card, Mark scored, helping Dortmund to extend the score again. This was equivalent to pouring a bucket of cold water over Twente's players.

It made Twente's players realize the huge gap in strength between them and Dortmund, which could not be made up even if they had one more player.

With this thought, Twente's offensive threat was much smaller.

Dortmund's attack, however, had not yet ended. Facing such a weak opponent, victory was no longer the primary goal, but to gain more goal difference, so that they would not regret it when they needed to compare goal difference later.

So Dortmund's offensive did not diminish.

And in the eighty-fifth minute, Lewandowski, who came on as a substitute, added the icing on the cake, extending the score to 4:1.

However, this goal had nothing to do with Zhou Yi, because Zhou Yi had already been substituted, and the person who replaced him was Lewandowski.

Zhou Yi was taken off early because the next game for Dortmund was a very, very important league game.

Its importance is no less than the Ruhr derby against Schalke 04.

That is the seventh round of the league, when they will face Bayern Munich at home.

In order to ensure that Zhou Yi got better rest and to ensure that his physical fitness was not a problem, Klopp substituted Zhou Yi early in two consecutive Champions League group matches.

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In the end, Dortmund defeated Twente 4:1 at home, who were not very strong, and won two consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage.

After two rounds of group matches, the team ranked first in this group is Dortmund, not Inter Milan, which must be something that no one expected before the start of the group stage.

This is because Dortmund is the only team in this group with a perfect record.

However, no one can say that Dortmund will definitely qualify from the group, or win the first place in the group. Because only two group matches have been played, and there are six in total.

Moreover, Dortmund has not played against Inter Milan yet, and this is probably the game that will determine Dortmund's final position.

Inter Milan was forced to a draw by Twente in the first round of the group stage, which was considered an upset.

In this round of the group stage, their performance finally returned to normal, defeating Valencia 4:0 at home.

Their performance in this game also restored the confidence of their supporters.

If Inter Milan can continue this momentum, the two games against Dortmund will definitely be very interesting.

And what about Dortmund?

After playing the game against Twente, they didn't continue to focus on the Champions League.

Because as mentioned before, the next opponent they will challenge is a strong one, the overlord of German football, Bayern Munich.

Although Bayern Munich is habitually slow to start in the new season, with a bad start, Dortmund did not dare to slack off.

In fact, since the beginning of the new season, the teams that Dortmund has faced in its schedule have basically been strong mid-to-upper-level teams. If it was the state of Dortmund's start last season, they would probably be ranked last at this time.

But now, they are ranked second, three points behind Mainz, who have six wins in six games.

As for Bayern Munich...

In the last round of the league, they lost 1:2 at home to Mainz, who are currently ranked first.

The state of Mainz's start to this season is really unexpected to everyone. Tuchel's team uses more young players, but they are playing very well. So far, they have maintained a complete victory, which even Dortmund has not achieved.

Bayern Munich's current state is not very good, which gives Dortmund a chance for revenge.

At the beginning of the league last season, Dortmund and Bayern Munich were not in good shape. At that time, Bayern Munich even had their worst start in forty years under the leadership of their new coach, Van Gaal.

Dortmund was not much better.

However, Bayern Munich later defeated Juventus 4:1 in the Champions League group stage, and also achieved nine consecutive victories in the league, remaining unbeaten for more than a dozen consecutive games. With such excellent performance, they regained the top spot in the league and reached the final in the Champions League in one go.

In the end, Bayern Munich won the league and German Cup double that season, plus the Champions League runner-up. This was already Bayern Munich's best season since they won the Champions League in 2001.

Dortmund lost both games against Bayern Munich last season, especially in the first leg of the league, Bayern Munich defeated Dortmund 5:0 away, which was simply a disgrace to Dortmund. In the second half of the season, Dortmund's state also recovered, but they still lost to their opponents when they challenged Bayern Munich away.

Doubly defeated by Bayern Munich in one season.

For any team that wants to look forward to the Bundesliga title, Bayern Munich is a hurdle they can never get around.

If you can't beat Bayern Munich, don't think about winning the league title.

Although even if you defeat Bayern Munich twice, it is only six points, the symbolic meaning is obviously greater than the actual meaning. Being able to defeat Bayern Munich can greatly enhance the confidence of your players, and confidence is the most important quality in the race for the title.

Where a person believes he can go determines where his final destination is.

The same is true for a team.