Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 677 Robert Lewandowski's Peak

Gotze's outstanding performance earned Dortmund a penalty.

No matter how much the Real Madrid players protested, they couldn't change the outcome.

Finally, Robert Lewandowski stood before the penalty spot, ready to take the kick.

"Lewandowski..." Marcel Reif said, lowering his voice, seemingly afraid of disturbing Lewandowski. "Lewandowski has already become the first player in Champions League history to score a hat-trick against Real Madrid. If he can score this penalty as well, he will become the first player in Champions League history to score four goals against Real Madrid..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the referee's whistle blew.

Lewandowski glanced at the goal in front of him and began his run-up.

After a few steps, he swung his foot and kicked the ball!

As he kicked the ball, Diego Lopez dived to the left, but he misjudged the direction.

The ball didn't fly in the direction he dived, but instead shot along the ground towards the center of the goal!

Diego Lopez, already diving, could only turn his head and watch as the ball rolled into the goal he was guarding for the fourth time...

"Ahhhhh! Robert Lewandowski! Lewandowski! Lewandowski!!" Marcel Reif roared at the top of his lungs. "He did it! He scored four goals against Real Madrid!! This is the first time in Champions League history! The first time someone has been able to score four goals in a match against Real Madrid! Unbelievable! Absolutely incredible! Lewandowski is like a god descended to earth today!!"

After the ball flew into the goal, the cheers that erupted from Westfalenstadion were so loud that it felt like they could lift the roof off.

4:1!

They had also completed the task of scoring four goals in a single game against the Spanish team!

"The ball is in! Lewandowski scores four goals! This is something that no one would have expected before the game... The Champions League semi-finals this season are so strange. First, Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 4-0 at home yesterday without any resistance, and then Dortmund poured four goals on Real Madrid at home today... The two powerhouses of La Liga, facing the two giants of the Bundesliga, both suffered heavy defeats. It really feels unreal..." He Ping said.

On the Chinese internet, most Real Madrid fans were silent. Real Madrid didn't play as well as Dortmund in this game, so losing was normal.

Only a very small number of die-hard Real Madrid fans were still arguing about whether the penalty should have been awarded, claiming that Dortmund was a thief who relied on the referee's unfair advantage. If it weren't for the home advantage and the referee's help, they would never have been able to defeat Real Madrid.

These people completely forgot that even without the penalty, Dortmund was already leading Real Madrid 3-1...

But these people were in the minority, and their complaints on the internet disappeared into the big data of the internet before anyone even saw them.

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Lewandowski was very happy after scoring and celebrated with his teammates.

He didn't expect to be in such good form today, scoring four goals. The opportunity to score four goals in a single game is very, very rare, let alone in such an important match as the Champions League semi-finals, against such a powerful opponent as Real Madrid...

This game can be called the most glorious moment in Lewandowski's career. Conversely, it was also one of the darkest moments in Real Madrid's Champions League history.

Some Real Madrid players tried to discuss with the referee whether the penalty should have been awarded, but more Real Madrid players were stunned, accepting the result numbly.

Real Madrid's morale suffered a devastating blow.

Although Mourinho made continuous personnel adjustments after the game restarted, with Benzema and Di Maria replacing Higuain and Modric respectively, the offensive effect was still not great. It was said to be an attack, but Dortmund still had the upper hand, because the Dortmund players' tireless running still showed no signs of stopping after scoring four goals. Everyone seemed to have endless energy, and their running brought a lot of psychological pressure to Real Madrid.

Under the pressure of the Dortmund players, Real Madrid players made frequent mistakes.

On the other hand, Dortmund's offense showed no signs of stopping. In the 78th minute, Lewandowski unleashed a powerful long shot from 25 meters in front of the goal. Diego Lopez made a brilliant save and pushed the ball out.

There was a burst of exclamation from the stands, and Marcel Reif expressed regret for the ball. If this ball had gone in, Lewandowski would have scored five goals in a single game against Real Madrid!

You know, let alone scoring five goals in a Champions League match against Real Madrid, very few people in the entire history of the Champions League have been able to score five goals in a single game.

After the Champions League reform, only Messi had done it in a match against Leverkusen.

After Lewandowski's shot, Mourinho used his last substitution, bringing Kaka on.

Dortmund also made a substitution, with Kehl coming on to replace Reus, strengthening the midfield defense.

After that, Real Madrid launched a large-scale attack, making a final gamble, but with little effect. In the 94th minute, Real Madrid got a corner kick, their last chance to attack.

Varane volleyed in front of the goal, and the ball flew out of the baseline, grazing the post.

As the ball flew out, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

"The game is over!!" Marcel Reif exclaimed excitedly. "Dortmund defeated Real Madrid 4-1 at their home ground! This is a score that was hard to imagine before the game! This score basically means that Dortmund has half a foot in Wembley Stadium!"

"Before the game, many people thought that Real Madrid would have a greater advantage and succeed in avenging their defeat away from home. But the result was a surprise..." He Ping also emphasized the huge score difference. "It seems that the 'curse' really exists. Real Madrid just can't win in the home stadium of a German team... Not only can they not win, but this time they lost so badly. Not to mention Real Madrid fans, even Dortmund fans probably didn't expect it... But that's football, anything is possible!"

At this time, the commentator of the Spanish TV station, of course, had to encourage the Real Madrid fans: "Although they lost the game, it doesn't mean the end. There is still the second leg. As long as Real Madrid can beat Dortmund 3-0 at home, they can still advance to the final. And scoring three goals in a single game is not something impossible for Real Madrid to achieve..."

But if you ask this commentator whether he himself believes what he said, he probably doesn't know...

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When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Dortmund's substitute players rushed onto the field and hugged their teammates on the field to celebrate, as excited as if they had already advanced to the final.

Although they also knew that there was still a second leg, and that the second leg would be played at Real Madrid's home stadium, at this moment, the Dortmund players had such confidence that even if there was a second leg, even if the second leg was at Real Madrid's home stadium, they would advance to the final, and Real Madrid would definitely not be able to stop their progress to the final!

At this time, those pre-game disagreements and conflicts seemed to no longer exist, and Gotze was also tightly embraced by many teammates.

In the post-match interviews, Real Madrid players were generally in low spirits. Some players even refused the reporters' requests for interviews in the mixed zone, waving their hands and hurrying past.

Those Real Madrid players who were willing to be interviewed tried hard to show their fighting spirit in front of the camera, pinning their hopes on the second leg, after returning to their home stadium.

Ramos first made a self-criticism during the interview, believing that his attitude was not correct, and then he also encouraged himself and his teammates: "We must believe that we can reverse the situation in the next leg." After this sentence, he added, "But it's difficult."

Adding this sentence immediately weakened his previous momentum.

Pepe, who was almost completely defeated by Lewandowski in the game, said after the game that the team would fight to the last moment: "The next game will be very different!"

Diego Lopez, who conceded four goals, also said in an interview after the game: "This team will not give up, never. I am full of faith and hope... Now we should think about the game next Tuesday, we have a historic opportunity, and miracles are still possible. But the Bernabéu must help us, because there will be such a moment. We are full of confidence and hope, we have a responsibility to fight to the last moment, we must be unprecedentedly united..."

The Real Madrid players, who lost three goals, at least did not lose in words. This is also normal. No team can easily admit defeat after such a failure, otherwise they will be sprayed into sieves by their supporters and the media.

At this time, of course, you can't easily admit defeat.

If Dortmund had lost so badly, they would definitely not be able to admit defeat either.

It's just that after returning to their home stadium, whether Real Madrid can really turn the tables is hard to say.

But if you don't try hard, there won't be even a shred of hope.

So the Real Madrid players' statements are still quite normal.

Judging from the odds of the betting companies, it seems to be the same.

After losing 1:4 to Dortmund, the betting companies immediately offered Real Madrid a 4.25 odds for advancing, compared to Barcelona's 13 times higher odds of reversing the situation after their 0:4惨败 yesterday, the betting companies obviously had more confidence in Real Madrid's performance in the second leg.

However, this little advantage is not very... useful.

Mourinho admitted defeat very simply at the post-match press conference: "The better team won the game, both from an individual and team perspective. They won all the one-on-one duels, they played more intensely. They were taller, and it was difficult for us to move in the penalty area, and they kept putting pressure on us. We didn't know how to respond, but the result can still be reversed."

Perhaps because he felt that he would not be able to continue coaching at Real Madrid next season, he did not have to worry about offending Real Madrid fans and the Madrid media when he said these words now...

When a Spanish reporter asked him if Gotze's fall in the penalty area was a penalty, he said: "I don't want to discuss these, just that the better team won the game."

Another reporter asked about Diego Lopez, which obviously made Mourinho a little unhappy, because he knew the logic behind this reporter's question - Diego Lopez conceded four goals, would it be better to let Casillas play?

He replied with a cold face: "Everyone is responsible for the team's loss, but if it weren't for Diego Lopez, we would have conceded more goals!"

After an "accidental"惨败 away from home, Real Madrid seemed to have turned on the "settling accounts after the fall" mode, to find the most suitable "scapegoat" for this failure...

What? Benzema?

This big pot of blame is too heavy for Benzema to carry...