As Zhou Yi kicked the ball, it flew straight towards the baseline. Seeing this, Sun Pan didn't rush out to save it immediately. He thought that Zhou Yi's hasty shot would most likely miss. This wasn't just his opinion; many people thought the same after Zhou Yi kicked the ball.
But when the ball flew into the penalty area, Sun Pan suddenly realized something was wrong. The ball was spinning violently, which made him realize that Zhou Yi's shot wasn't a simple miss. So he quickly moved sideways, jumped into the air, and stretched out his arms to save it.
Unfortunately, he was too late.
Even if it was just a fingernail's width, it was still too late.
He couldn't touch the ball.
Sun Pan, falling from the air, turned his head to look at the ball. He clearly saw the ball fly into the goal he was guarding...
Damn!
After landing, Sun Pan punched the ground hard and didn't get up.
It was an impeccable world-class goal, but he was still annoyed with himself for his carelessness.
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"Damn!" Guo Nu exclaimed in the group chat.
"This ball!" Yang Muge was also excited. "A world-class goal! A world-class goal!"
"No one could have saved that..." He Ying said.
"Zhou Yi's goal must have been a fluke, right? But even if it's a fluke, as long as it goes in!" Guo Nu said.
But Yang Muge said again: "But even if this goal goes in, Dortmund is only 2:2, and Atletico Madrid still has two away goals. They still can't escape being eliminated..."
"That's hard to say, maybe they'll score another goal in a short time?" Guo Nu was on Zhou Yi's side.
"The probability is too small, it's unlikely. And Atletico Madrid will definitely park the bus in front of their goal in the last few minutes," He Ying also thought it was unlikely that Dortmund would eliminate Atletico Madrid.
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"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi—!!!" Marcel Reif shouted at the top of his lungs as the ball flew into the goal. "Unbelievable goal! Amazing! Absolutely amazing! Zhou Yi helps Dortmund tie the score!!"
"Zhou Yi's world-class goal! Ahhh!!" He Ping was also very excited. "Perfect! Heavenly arc! Like a rainbow streaking across the sky above Westfalenstadion! Beautiful and breathtaking!"
The Spanish commentator, after losing his composure for a second, hurriedly comforted Atletico Madrid fans: "It's okay, it's okay! No matter how beautiful this goal is, it can't change the fate of Dortmund being eliminated! Even if the aggregate score is tied now, Atletico Madrid still has two more away goals than Dortmund! They will still eliminate Dortmund with the away goals advantage! This is just Dortmund's death throes!"
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Zhou Yi also knew this after scoring, so even though he scored a very, very beautiful world-class goal, he had no intention of celebrating. Instead, he called on his teammates to quickly get the ball and start the game.
When the ball flew into the goal, Lewandowski raised his arms to celebrate the goal, while Reus ducked into the goal, picked up the ball, and ran back to the center circle.
The score is tied. Now Dortmund only needs to score one more goal to eliminate Atletico Madrid.
Although there wasn't much time left for them, and the hope of scoring another goal wasn't great, who thought they had a great chance of tying the score before Zhou Yi's goal?
There is no such thing as 100% success in this world. If you don't try, you will never succeed.
In addition, Zhou Yi's goal was so beautiful that it greatly boosted the morale of Dortmund players.
At this moment, everyone had a flame in their hearts, burning, pushing them forward, fearless, believing that they could do anything.
Reus, running back with the ball, met Zhou Yi on the road. He put his arm around Zhou Yi's shoulder and ran back with him side by side.
Zhou Yi used his actions to prove to his teammates that the game was not over, and anything was possible!
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While the Dortmund players were running back, Sun Pan also got up from the ground.
Captain Gabi was clapping his hands to encourage his teammates: "Don't be discouraged! We still have the advantage! There are only three minutes left, hold on and we are the victors!"
He turned his head and saw that Sun Pan was a little depressed, so he went over and slapped Sun Pan hard on the back: "Cheer up, you are our guardian angel!"
Hearing this, Sun Pan was a little moved. He pursed his lips and nodded vigorously: "I won't let them score again!!"
Whether it was his bet with Zhou Yi, or the qualification for promotion, he couldn't afford to lose another goal.
One minute of stoppage time had passed, and there were still three minutes of stoppage time left. As long as the entire Atletico Madrid team worked hard and didn't let Dortmund score again, they could rely on the away goals advantage to eliminate them.
This wasn't too difficult to do.
Sun Pan's goal just now could easily be understood as an accident.
Zhou Yi's world-class goal, although very beautiful, also had a strong element of luck. Even if Zhou Yi tried another shot like that, he would definitely not be able to score again.
Dortmund only tied the score with such a lucky goal, which shows that their offense has not improved. This goal is not replicable, and it will not be so easy to break through Atletico Madrid's goal again.
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After the game restarted, although Atletico Madrid kicked off, they did not attack with the ball, going deep into Dortmund's territory. Instead, they took the initiative to shrink back, and then passed the ball back and forth to each other, trying to delay a little more time. They didn't directly kick the ball out with a back pass and hand over possession.
Faced with Atletico Madrid's back passes in the backcourt, Dortmund pressed forward across the board and launched a crazy press in the frontcourt.
At this time, the running ability training that Klopp had been emphasizing came into play.
The game had reached this point, and the Dortmund players still had enough physical strength to support their press.
Even Zhou Yi was no exception.
Moreover, Zhou Yi's press was even more distinctive. Instead of directly sticking to the Atletico Madrid player with the ball, he cleverly stood on the passing line between the Atletico Madrid player with the ball and another Atletico Madrid player. He left the close-pressing to his teammates, while he waited for the Atletico Madrid player with the ball to succumb to the pressure and pass the ball over, so he could intercept the ball.
Sure enough, when Raul Garcia got the ball, he was closely pressed by Reus. Raul Garcia could only pass the ball out. Before passing the ball, he also glanced specifically and saw a player wearing an Atletico Madrid jersey in his diagonal front. Although he didn't see clearly who it was, as long as it was an Atletico Madrid jersey, he passed the ball over.
But the ball did not fall at the feet of his teammates, but was intercepted by Zhou Yi in the middle.
"Zhou Yi intercepts the ball!" He Ping shouted excitedly.
After intercepting the ball, Zhou Yi did not let the ball stay at his feet for even half a second, and directly passed the ball horizontally.
Piszczek passed the ball on the wing after receiving the ball, Lewandowski jumped high to head the ball, he headed the ball, and the ball was heading towards the goal, but it was touched by Sun Pan, and then hit the crossbar and bounced out of the baseline...
"Sun Pan!!" He Ping exclaimed.
Sun Pan, who fell from the air, scrambled up and clapped his hands vigorously: "Mark your man! Mark your man!!"
Then he began to organize the corner kick defense, one at the near post, one at the far post, and others marking the incoming Dortmund players... Then he saw Zhou Yi waiting outside the penalty area. Zhou Yi was not tall and could easily be ignored under the cover of a large group of people.
Sun Pan thought of Zhou Yi's world-class goal just now. Did this kid want to replicate it again?
Although he felt that Zhou Yi should not be able to successfully replicate the goal just now, Sun Pan still felt that it was dangerous to let Zhou Yi wander outside the penalty area like this. So he raised his arms and pointed at Zhou Yi in the distance and shouted: "Be careful of that kid!! Don't let him get the second ball!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Diego Costa stepped forward and stood next to Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi rolled his eyes.
Dortmund's corner kick did not give Zhou Yi a chance to grab the second ball, because the ball was directly picked off by Sun Pan from the air.
Sun Pan, who landed, could have stood still, but he leaned forward and fell directly to the ground.
He hugged the ball and lay on the ground for a few seconds, trying every means to delay time.
Then Sun Pan got up and kicked the ball to the frontcourt, even though there was not a single Atletico Madrid player in front. But he could only do this. If he threw the ball to his teammates, he might make a mistake under the pressure of Dortmund's press. Losing possession in your own half is the most fatal.
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The ball kicked to the frontcourt by Sun Pan was stopped by Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller with his chest. He had run almost to the center circle. Anyway, the Atletico Madrid players had all retreated, so even if he abandoned the goal and ran here, there was no danger, and he could prevent his teammates from retreating and wasting time.
Weidenfeller, who got the ball, passed the ball to Hummels, but did not run back to his goal, but stayed outside the penalty area, and even wanted to press directly to the center line.
The end of the game was getting closer and closer, and everyone was very anxious. Weidenfeller couldn't concentrate on guarding the goal at the back. He hoped that he could help his team in the attack.
Dortmund continued to launch attacks in the frontcourt, but they were never able to break through Sun Pan's goal again. Sun Pan was like a mobile Great Wall, blocking the goal tightly, making it difficult for anyone to score.
The stoppage time was passing second by second, from three minutes left to two minutes left, and then to one minute left. The score did not change, as if it had solidified.
The Dortmund fans in the stands would occasionally glance at the time on the big screen to see how much time they had left.
Klopp had been standing on the sidelines and had not returned to the coaching bench. However, standing on the sidelines, he did not shout or gesticulate. He just watched the field, so nervous that he could not speak.
No one on the bench and coaching bench was sitting anymore. Everyone stood up and poured to the sidelines, watching the field intently.
At this time, they felt that they were the most powerless, because they could only be spectators and could not actually help their teammates on the field.
They could only pray to God, Allah, and every deity they believed in, praying that in the end, a miracle could befall them.