After Şahin came on, Borussia Dortmund did not make any tactical adjustments, but continued to maintain their previous defensive counterattack style.

However, Borussia Dortmund was soon pushed so far back that they couldn't even launch counterattacks effectively. Yan Min and Aubameyang, players suited for counterattacks, all retreated to their own penalty area to help defend.

If they didn't, Borussia Dortmund would likely be unable to withstand Real Madrid's fierce attack.

Real Madrid continued to gain shooting opportunities. At this point, there was no need to be particular about organizing attacks. As long as a shot could be taken, it was a successful attack.

Only enough shots could bring goals for Real Madrid.

Thus, Borussia Dortmund struggled to hold on under Real Madrid's barrage, and the game reached injury time.

The fourth official held up the board at the sideline: four minutes of added time!

Boos rang out from the stands simultaneously.

Borussia Dortmund fans thought the added time was too long. They wished there wasn't any added time at all and that the final whistle would be blown immediately.

Real Madrid fans were also booing, because they thought the added time was too short. According to their wishes, the added time should continue until they scored and equalized...

In the ninety-third minute and thirty-first second, Real Madrid won a corner kick opportunity, and Modrić was taking it.

This was perhaps Real Madrid's last chance to attack in this game, so even goalkeeper Casillas rushed into the penalty area, ready to contribute his own strength to the team's attack.

This time, Zhou Yi did not stand outside the penalty area waiting to grab the second landing point, but retreated into the penalty area.

He used to stand outside the penalty area to facilitate counterattacks.

But now there were no counterattacks to be made, so standing outside the penalty area at this time was meaningless. Although he was not physically strong and not tall enough, and could not gain an advantage in headers, it didn't mean he was completely useless in corner kick defense.

He could change his way to free his teammates.

For example, he stood at the far post, so that the full-back Piszczek didn't have to guard here, and he could go to the front of the goal to defend.

In fact, the front of the goal was already very crowded, with players from both sides inside, hugging and pulling each other, and some even reaching out to hug their opponents when the referee wasn't paying attention.

To this end, the referee Kuipers whistled to suspend the game and instructed the players of both sides not to have extra physical contact.

This move aroused boos from the Real Madrid fans in the stands, who believed that Borussia Dortmund was delaying time.

In the second half, the area behind Borussia Dortmund's goal was the area where Real Madrid fans gathered.

After a brief interlude, the corner kick could finally be taken.

The previously noisy fans on both sides quieted down, staring at the field... or rather, staring at the front of Borussia Dortmund's goal.

The players on both sides of the field were also ready to compete for the header.

With a whistle from Kuipers, Modrić kicked the ball towards the front of the goal.

The front of Borussia Dortmund's goal also fell into chaos with the arrival of the ball. Everyone was squeezed together, and players like Ramos, Varane, and Cristiano Ronaldo were certainly given special attention.

Nevertheless, there were bound to be oversights. When Bale sprinted and jumped up from behind, towering above a crowd of Borussia Dortmund players, it still made Borussia Dortmund fans feel fear and despair - if he headed the ball, it would be terrible!

But Bale really headed the ball, and he even hit the ball without being defended.

A powerful lion's head shake, the ball was thrown by him to the back corner of the goal!

"Gareth Bale—!!"

When Bale jumped up, the Spanish commentator couldn't help but shout, and he was even ready to shout goal next.

When the ball flew towards the goal, many Borussia Dortmund fans fell into deep despair.

The ball was headed by Bale towards the goal, and then hit the bottom edge of the crossbar, bouncing down, and it was about to bounce into the goal!

At this critical moment, Zhou Yi, who was guarding the far post, jumped up and headed the falling ball out with all his might!

"Zhou Yi!!" He Ping applauded. "A goal-line clearance! This clearance is too crucial!"

"Ooooh! Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!" Marcel Reif was also very excited. "Zhou Yi not only helps the team on offense, but also prevents Real Madrid from scoring a last-minute goal on defense! He is simply the savior of Borussia Dortmund! The real nemesis of Real Madrid!"

The Borussia Dortmund fans in the stands cheered, but the Real Madrid fans and players disagreed.

The ball that was headed out by Zhou Yi was then kicked out of the sideline by Reus.

The Real Madrid players were not in a hurry to take the throw-in, but surrounded the referee, complaining to the referee, believing that before Zhou Yi's header clearance, the ball had already completely crossed the line, and the goal should have been counted...

The game was therefore temporarily interrupted.

At this time, time was still passing by every minute. If Real Madrid's appeal was unsuccessful, then they would have given up their last chance to attack.

But Real Madrid must appeal, after all, this was the closest they had come to scoring.

If the appeal was successful, they would equalize the score.

Seeing Real Madrid like this, the Borussia Dortmund players also surrounded them.

Zhou Yi was naturally among them, and he told the referee that when he headed the ball, the ball definitely did not completely cross the line.

The rules of football are not immutable, but are constantly being adjusted and changed. In the past, the standard for determining whether a football had entered the goal was that as long as two-thirds of the projected area of the football crossed the innermost edge of the goal line, it was considered a goal.

Now, the rule modified by FIFA has become that the entire projected area of the football must cross the edge of the goal line to be counted as a goal, even if there is a tiny bit of intersection.

So, according to the rules, the focus of whether the ball went in or not is whether the projected area of the goal line as a whole crossed the line.

At this time, goal-line technology should be used in principle. But the international football community is a very backward and conservative world.

Hawk-Eye technology, similar to goal-line technology, has long been promoted and used in tennis matches, but the international football community is still arguing about whether to use this technology.

FIFA's rules clearly state that video cannot be used as a basis for judgment. This has led to the birth of many unjust and wrongly decided cases.

And in response, football insiders explain it this way: "Misjudgment is a part of football, just like making mistakes is a part of life. No one never makes mistakes. Referees are also human, and humans make mistakes, so you have to learn to accept misjudgments."

Some even believe that "misjudgment is one of the charms of football."

The goal-line mystery in the 1966 World Cup final and Maradona's handball in the 1986 World Cup that was missed became the "Hand of God"... These have all become classics in football history.

However, if you carefully divide the football world, UEFA is more active in promoting new technologies than FIFA. After the 2010 World Cup, UEFA decided to add two goal-line referees in the Champions League and European Cup qualifiers.

Their role is to use the naked eye to replace high-speed cameras, stand behind the baseline, closely observe the movements in the penalty area, and help the referee in terms of fouls and judgment of whether goals are scored.

Now that the Real Madrid players have raised an objection, the referee Kuipers will of course ask the goal-line referee who knows the situation better than him.

So he waved away the players from both sides and came behind the baseline to communicate with the goal-line referee.

At the same time, the TV broadcast also gave a shot taken from above the goal line.

Although the rules do not allow the use of video to make a judgment, viewers can use the images taken by high-speed cameras to understand whether the ball went in or not. This is not only a matter of concern to the players on both sides, but also a matter of concern to countless TV viewers.

The replay started from the moment Bale directed the football towards the goal. The perspective came from the camera above the goal. When the football hit the crossbar and bounced down, the picture froze, and the perspective was zoomed in through technical means to simulate the real situation, but the perspective could be rotated at will to facilitate everyone to watch.

At the same time, there was a goal line under the football, eliminating the interference of all other factors, including the crossbar, so that everyone could see whether the football had completely crossed the line at this time.

The result was of course no. Most of the football was still outside the line.

The playback continued, the football bounced down, and Zhou Yi jumped up and cleared the ball with a header.

At the moment when his head touched the football, the picture froze again, and then Zhou Yi was erased from the picture through technical means, leaving only the football and the goal line, and then looking down from directly above the football to make the football and the goal line coincide. See if the football is completely over the line.

The football was indeed closer to the inside of the goal, and most of the football was inside the goal line, but a quarter of it was still pressing on the goal line and did not cross the line.

According to FIFA rules, this goal cannot be counted.

Not to mention that a quarter is still on the line, even if one percent is still on the line, it will not work, it cannot be counted.

"The ball didn't go in, there is no problem with the referee not blowing the goal valid!" Marcel Reif breathed a sigh of relief, and then announced loudly.

"Zhou Yi's goal-line clearance is very crucial. If he hadn't blocked it with a header, judging from this trend, the football should have completely crossed the line when it landed on the ground... It's really close!" He Ping also breathed a sigh of relief. It was really too dangerous at the critical moment just now.

Seeing this scene, the Spanish commentator had to accept the fact that the football had not actually gone in: "This ball... really didn't go in, Real Madrid has lost its last chance to equalize the score..."

He spoke weakly, because he could already imagine Real Madrid's failure. They fell again on the road to launching an impact on the tenth crown...

The tenth Champions League title is Real Madrid's goal, and it is like a curse, always comfortably shackling Real Madrid, causing them to constantly repeat this process of failure, constantly reincarnating in failure, and unable to transcend.

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The TV broadcast revealed it very clearly, and the communication between the referee and the goal-line referee also ended.

The goal-line referee very clearly told him that the ball did not go in.

So the referee Kuipers turned around and waved his arms in a cross, indicating that the ball had not gone in, and then asked Real Madrid to throw the sideline ball.

"The referee determined that there was no goal! He asked Real Madrid to throw the sideline ball! The score is still Borussia Dortmund 4:3 leading Real Madrid!" Marcel Reif cheered. Although he already knew that the ball didn't go in, he was still afraid that the goal-line referee didn't see clearly, and the referee couldn't withstand the pressure from the Real Madrid players, and made a judgment that reversed black and white...

But what made him happy was that the referee made the right judgment.

"The ball didn't go in! This means that Real Madrid is getting further and further away from their tenth Champions League title. With little time left in the game, it is difficult for them to create miracles..." He Ping was also a little excited. He began to look forward to that wonderful future—"Since the Champions League was reformed, no team has been able to successfully defend the Champions League title, but now, audience friends, we may witness a history!"

He Ping's voice was trembling when he said this.

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Seeing that the referee actually judged that the ball had not gone in, the Real Madrid players surrounded him excitedly, wanting to ask the referee for an explanation.

In fact, at this time, the mentality of the Real Madrid players had completely collapsed. They didn't care whether doing so could really make the referee change the penalty, they just wanted to vent their emotions.

Ancelotti stood in front of the coaching bench, with a wooden face, silent, just staring blankly in the direction of Borussia Dortmund's goal.

On the other hand, Zidane was very excited and wanted to reason with the fourth official.

But all this could not change the result.

The referee Kuipers showed a yellow card to Ramos, a Real Madrid player who was emotionally excited, warning other Real Madrid players.

Finally, the situation was brought under control.

Then he pointed at his arm and gestured to the Real Madrid players: Are you going to throw the sideline ball? If you don't throw it, I will directly blow the whistle to end the game!

The Real Madrid players had no choice. Although they might not have another chance, it was better than ending the game directly...

So after the chaos, Real Madrid obediently restarted the game.

When they threw the sideline ball, they immediately kicked a cross, sending the ball to the front of Borussia Dortmund's goal.

Everyone held their breath.

Sokratis jumped up and headed the ball out!

This time, the second landing point was taken by Zhou Yi outside the penalty area.

After getting the ball, he didn't directly kick the ball to the front, but pretended to pass the ball horizontally, but suddenly pulled the ball back and then passed Modrić, a Real Madrid player who had been deceived by him.

Modrić did not stop Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi dribbled the ball forward, and he even had the posture of launching a counterattack.

Carvajal rushed over and tackled Zhou Yi mercilessly.

Zhou Yi kicked the ball out, but he was still brought down by Carvajal.

When he fell to the ground, the referee's whistle sounded.

Everyone thought it was blowing Carvajal's foul, but then another whistle sounded.

Only then did people react.

The Borussia Dortmund fans in the stands cheered loudly.

In their cheers, the referee's third whistle was almost drowned out.

But it didn't matter. If they couldn't hear the whistle, they could still see the referee's gestures. Kuipers raised his arms and then lowered them flat. This meant the end of the game!

"The game is over—the game is over!!" He Ping roared, and even broke his voice. "Borussia Dortmund successfully defended their title! They created history! The curse that no team has been able to successfully defend the Champions League title since the Champions League was reformed has been broken by them, torn to pieces! Zhou Yi! He has become the first Chinese player in history to win two Champions League titles! Yan Min! He has become the second Chinese player in history to win the Champions League title! Congratulations to both of them, and congratulations to Borussia Dortmund!"

The Borussia Dortmund players outside the field spread their arms and rushed into the field, while some Borussia Dortmund players on the field raised their arms and shouted, some covered their faces with their hands and knelt on the ground, and some embraced their teammates next to them.

The entire Stadium of Light was filled with huge cheers - all from Borussia Dortmund fans.

The Real Madrid fans were tearful and extremely disappointed.

The Real Madrid players were also dejected.

In this noisy environment, no one noticed at first that Zhou Yi, who had been tackled to the ground by Carvajal, had not gotten up. It wasn't until the excited Yan Min ran over to hug and celebrate with Zhou Yi that he found him lying on the ground, clutching his left foot in pain.

He was stunned for a moment, then rushed up, shouting in a panic: "Zhou Yi, what's wrong with you?!"

The TV broadcast also synchronously discovered Zhou Yi's abnormality, so Zhou Yi's painful expression and Yan Min's panic were displayed in front of countless unprepared Chinese fans.

The Chinese fans who were still overjoyed before were all stunned.

(End of Volume Five)

ps, If nothing unexpected happens, the next volume will be the last volume of this book. Thank you for your companionship and support over the past two years!