The jeers from the stands never stopped. Cristiano Ronaldo waved his fists angrily, still dissatisfied with Webb's earlier call.

The ball rolled out of bounds, and Modrić immediately found referee Webb, who was close to him, to complain about Hummels' handball.

But Webb just shook his head and said nothing. It was unclear if he was saying he hadn't seen it or if he believed Hummels' touch was ball-to-hand and not a foul...

"Calm down, calm down!" The Spanish commentator was also gradually calming down at this time. "The most important thing now is not to pester the referee. Put all your energy into the game. We still have time, and Dortmund is about to collapse! Hummels' handball is proof of that! Our attacks have overwhelmed them and forced them into mistakes!"

But the Real Madrid players on the field couldn't hear what the commentator was saying. This wasn't the first controversial call Webb had made in the game, nor was it the first time Hummels had escaped the referee's eye in this match. In the first half, when he and Higuaín were fighting for a header in the penalty area, Higuaín fell to the ground, which had bothered the Real Madrid players for a long time. If that foul had been called, Real Madrid would have had a penalty kick.

Now, Webb had once again made a ruling unfavorable to Real Madrid, which was like adding fuel to the fire, igniting the anger in the hearts of the Real Madrid players.

As a result, the Real Madrid players became more aggressive in the following game.

First, Ramos shoved Lewandowski, who was controlling the ball, from behind and kicked him twice in a row. Lewandowski fell to the ground in pain. Webb stopped the game and showed Ramos a yellow card.

Ramos was very unhappy with the yellow card he received, and he protested and complained to Webb incessantly: "They didn't call the handball just now, and they didn't give a card, so why are you giving me a card?"

Boos also rang out in the Bernabéu stands, mocking Webb's decision.

Webb didn't explain much, just told Ramos: "I'm the referee, just listen to me."

Ramos wanted to continue arguing with Webb, but Essien pulled him away. He had to persuade Ramos, otherwise, with Ramos's fiery temper, he might get a second yellow card and be sent off with a red card... That would be like adding insult to injury for Real Madrid. Even if they could eliminate Dortmund in the end, without Ramos, the huge hidden danger in Real Madrid's defense could lead to them being thrashed in the final…

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After the game resumed, Dortmund took a free kick in the frontcourt.

At this time, when Dortmund got a set piece like this in the frontcourt, they would no longer push forward in large numbers to compete for headers. They had to guard against Real Madrid's counterattack, so all the defenders stayed behind, with only Lewandowski in front of the goal.

In this situation, if they simply kicked the ball to the front of the goal and let Lewandowski fight for the header, it wouldn't make much sense. The probability of Lewandowski heading the ball into the goal was too small, and the greater probability was that the opponent would gain possession of the ball and launch a counterattack.

Although this kind of counterattack might not lead to a goal, it was obviously not a wise move to so easily hand over possession and put themselves in a passive position.

Zhou Yi decided to change his approach.

Instead of kicking the ball to the opponent's goal, he would let the ball stay on Dortmund's side as much as possible, consuming the game time for as long as possible.

Having decided on a strategy, Zhou Yi turned around and passed the ball to Sven Bender behind him, then cut diagonally to receive him.

Sven Bender naturally understood what Zhou Yi meant, so when he saw Zhou Yi pull away, he passed the ball back to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi didn't stop the ball, but passed it directly back again, this time to another defensive midfielder, Gündoğan.

After passing the ball, he continued to run laterally, maintaining a sufficiently large angle with Gündoğan, so that when Gündoğan wanted to pass the ball, he could find him immediately and easily pass the ball to him.

Sure enough, Gündoğan saw Zhou Yi and passed the ball to him.

There was no way Real Madrid wouldn't know what Dortmund was trying to do.

Seeing that there was very little time left in the game, of course they had to start stalling for time...

They absolutely couldn't let Dortmund continue to delay like this!

When the ball was passed from Gündoğan to Zhou Yi, Khedira also rushed towards Zhou Yi aggressively.

Although Zhou Yi didn't look back, he could feel the danger coming from behind. He didn't stop the ball, but ran towards the ball and passed it back directly.

This time, just as he passed the ball, Khedira's foot swept from behind, like felling a tree, knocking Zhou Yi to the ground.

Zhou Yi fell down clutching his ankle!

"Hey! Foul! Khedira's move was too bad... It was completely unnecessary!" He Ping shouted. "After Zhou Yi had already passed the ball, he didn't retract his foot and swept Zhou Yi directly. This is a very bad foul, even a retaliatory foul. Because of Webb's previous controversial calls, the Real Madrid players were a little annoyed. But Zhou Yi didn't provoke you, Khedira. This move is really too... immoral!"

Webb's whistle sounded again, accompanied by the boos of the Real Madrid fans, who still thought Webb's decision was wrong.

And Khedira also gestured to Webb that Zhou Yi was faking a fall.

In any case, after Hummels' handball wasn't called, as long as Webb made any rulings unfavorable to Real Madrid, it would draw boos from the Real Madrid fans in the stands and dissatisfaction from the Real Madrid players.

Seeing Khedira's gesture, He Ping was unhappy: "What does Khedira's gesture mean? Saying Zhou Yi is faking a fall? Are you kidding me! With such a big move, Zhou Yi couldn't have dodged it even if he jumped up, and he's still faking a fall? I really hope Zhou Yi is faking a fall now, at least that way there's no risk of injury..."

After being swept down by Khedira, Zhou Yi clutched his ankle and rolled on the ground, not getting up.

Amid the boos, Webb gave Khedira a yellow card.

Marcel Reif shouted in dissatisfaction: "A yellow card?! A foul from behind! Only a yellow card?! I'd say giving a red card wouldn't be too much!"

Anyway, Webb's officiating today was destined to please neither side...

Klopp also protested unhappily on the sidelines: "That should be a red card! That's a very bad foul!"

The Real Madrid players rushed up to protest about Hummels' handball earlier, while the Dortmund players came out to stand up for Zhou Yi, believing that a yellow card was too cheap for Khedira. Although some people in the Dortmund team and Khedira were teammates in the German national team, at this time, no one cared about "national team friendship" anymore, and the two sides squeezed together, arguing incessantly.

Reus didn't join in the fun, but ran to Zhou Yi's side, squatted down and asked him with concern: "Are you okay, Zhou Yi?"

Zhou Yi squinted his eyes and grimaced: "I'm okay..."

"But your voice doesn't sound too good."

"It hurts a bit, but I'll be fine after it passes." Zhou Yi's voice was much more normal.

"Do you want me to pull you up?" Reus continued to ask.

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "Don't rush, let me lie on the ground for a while longer."

"It seems you still..."

"No. I just want to waste some more time." Zhou Yi winked at Reus, a sly smile on his face.

Seeing Zhou Yi's smile, Reus dared to believe that Zhou Yi was really okay.

Team doctor Braun ran up, squatted beside Zhou Yi's feet, and checked his injury.

"I did try to dodge, but I didn't dodge completely." Zhou Yi introduced to Dr. Braun.

Braun nodded while spraying coolant on Zhou Yi's ankle: "I know."

Then he deftly took out medical tape and began to wrap it around Zhou Yi's left ankle, circling it tightly.

It was really very tight, so tight that Zhou Yi felt like the blood flow in his foot was not smooth: "Too tight, doctor..."

"It's useless if it's not tight, or do you want to be substituted now?" Dr. Braun said while continuing to wrap the tape tightly.

"Uh, tighter, tighter, ha..." Zhou Yi hurriedly stopped yelling.

At this time, referee Webb ran over and asked Braun: "Do you need a stretcher?"

Almost at the same time, Zhou Yi and Dr. Braun shook their heads and said: "No, thank you!"

Then they looked at each other, and tacitly didn't laugh.

Why not use a stretcher? Because once the stretcher came on the field, then whether Zhou Yi wanted to be carried off on a stretcher or not, he had to leave the field and wait on the sidelines for the referee's permission before he could continue to play. And during this time, Dortmund would be one man short, forced to play with ten men.

As for how long he would have to wait on the sidelines, it was hard to say... What if Webb, who hadn't been seeing very well in this game, didn't see him for several minutes, then Zhou Yi would really have to wait on the sidelines.

And that would be too disadvantageous for Dortmund.

So Zhou Yi and Dr. Braun both refused the stretcher.

Then Braun patted Zhou Yi's thigh lightly: "Okay, you can get up."

Then he helped Zhou Yi slowly get up: "Try to put some weight on it."

Zhou Yi stomped his left foot on the ground, didn't feel any pain, and nodded to Braun: "No problem, thank you, doctor."

Brian gave him a thumbs up, turned around and ran off the field.

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"The team doctor came on the field and did some simple treatment to Zhou Yi, wrapped him in tape... I really hope Zhou Yi wasn't injured too badly this time. It was really worrying when he was swept down by Khedira just now..." He Ping said in a solemn tone.

This wasn't just He Ping's worry, but the worry of all Chinese fans. Although Real Madrid has a large number of supporters in China, at this time, everyone was a fan of Zhou Yi and didn't want Zhou Yi to be injured by Real Madrid players.

Moreover, after the end of the season, Zhou Yi would also have to represent the Chinese team in the World Cup Asian qualifiers. There were three games in June, an away game against Oman on June 4, a home game against Japan on June 11, and an away game against Australia on June 18.

The latter two games were very important and difficult to play. If Zhou Yi was absent due to injury, it would definitely be the worst news for the Chinese team. If they lost the chance to advance to the World Cup because of this, it would be really unfair...

It was certainly a historic breakthrough for Chinese players to appear in the Champions League final. But for Chinese fans, what they cared more about was whether the Chinese team could appear on the stage of the World Cup finals again.