Chapter 1 The Special Proposal

When Zhou Yi ran back onto the field, the commentators were still talking about the special marriage proposal.

The competition between Dortmund and Bayern Munich had been put on the back burner, and no one mentioned it for the time being.

"...The tense atmosphere seems to have become a little sweeter! Ha!" Duan Xin joked.

But Bayern Munich fans certainly wouldn't think so.

Zhou Yi not only completed a hat trick, helping Dortmund take a two-goal lead, but also acted wantonly on their turf, proposing to his girlfriend.

In the future, when people mention anecdotes in football, this scene will always be mentioned, and once it is mentioned, Bayern Munich will never be able to get rid of the fate of being repeatedly humiliated as background information.

Just like AC Milan, as long as you talk about a thrilling comeback, their 4:1 home defeat and 0:4 away defeat to Deportivo La Coruña, as well as the 3:0 lead in the first half of the Champions League final, 0:3 in the second half, and penalty shootout defeat to Liverpool will be repeatedly brought up, just like being nailed to the pillar of shame.

This is what frustrates Bayern Munich fans the most. Just imagine how the media will mention this scene in the future: "...It is rare in the history of world football for a player to propose to his girlfriend in person after scoring a goal, but Zhou Yi once did so. Under the witness of global television audiences, he proposed to his girlfriend, Kotana... That was in the thirtieth round of the 2013-2014 Bundesliga season, when the league title race between Dortmund and Bayern Munich had reached its most tense and fierce moment... Dortmund took the lead in this game, but then Bayern Munich equalized the score before the end of the first half... Not long after the second half started, Zhou Yi scored twice, helping Dortmund take the lead again... Then the game was deadlocked until the eighty-first minute, when Zhou Yi completed a hat trick, helping Dortmund take the lead again. After completing the hat trick, Zhou Yi ran straight to the Dortmund coaching bench and proposed to his girlfriend, who was also Dortmund's team doctor, Kotana, on one knee. The heroine nodded in agreement, and the two embraced and kissed. Their romance received countless blessings..."

Yeah, right!

At least tens of thousands of Bayern Munich fans at the Allianz Arena wouldn't bless him now, and might even curse him...

The television broadcast gave Kotana a close-up shot. Since the novelty of her appearance as a woman on the Dortmund coaching bench had passed, she rarely received such treatment.

In the shot, Dr. Braun, the head of Dortmund's medical team, was smiling and saying something to Kotana. Kotana also had a smile on her face, and the blush on her face had not faded, making her look even more charming and moving.

"What a happy person..." Marcel Reif sighed. "I don't know how many women wouldn't dare to even dream of this scene, it's so romantic!"

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The game continued, but everyone was a little absent-minded.

There were still ten minutes left in the game, and Dortmund was already two goals ahead of Bayern Munich.

Zhou Yi's third goal was simply a fatal blow to the morale of the Bayern Munich players.

Although it was better than scoring in the final seconds of last season, it still gave Bayern Munich ten minutes.

But unlike that game last season, this time Bayern Munich was two goals behind...

Scoring two goals in ten minutes to equalize the score... Dortmund wasn't some soft persimmon they could bully at will. How easy would that be?

Dortmund's defense was indeed not complete, but it was much better than the first time the two sides played each other this season. And when Dortmund was determined to defend, their goal was still difficult to break through.

A two-goal gap inevitably made people feel discouraged.

Not to mention Zhou Yi's celebration just now, which was also a huge blow to the morale of the Bayern Munich players - blatantly delaying time and showing affection...

Although the situation was difficult, Götze was unwilling to give up.

He knew it would be difficult to score two goals, but that wasn't a reason to give up.

He looked at the expressions of his teammates, bit his lip, and then suddenly roared on the field: "Cheer up! The game is not over yet! We still have a chance!"

His roar surprised everyone, because whether he was in Dortmund or Bayern Munich, Götze was not the kind of player who liked to make noise on the field. He was not the kind of person with leadership qualities.

Götze was indeed not the kind of person who could boost morale. His teammates all looked at him, but he didn't seize the opportunity to say anything more to boost morale. He wanted to use his practical actions to awaken the fighting spirit of his teammates.

So after the game restarted, he ran actively, as if he had just been substituted on.

In the eighty-fifth minute, he dribbled past Yan Min on the wing and chose a low cross, but the ball was cleared by Piszczek, who had caught up.

In the eighty-eighth minute, Thomas Müller broke into the penalty area and wanted to shoot, but the ball was poked out by Hummels first. The ball happened to fall at the feet of Götze, who had been following behind. He swung his foot and shot!

But the ball hit Hummels' thigh and changed direction, going wide of the baseline!

"Götze's shot! Alas! It was blocked! What a pity..."

A sigh of regret came from the stands.

Götze didn't have time to feel sorry for this. He quickly ran to the baseline to ask the ball boy for the ball, and then personally brought the ball to the corner flag area and placed it for Toni Kroos, who was taking the corner kick, before running back to the penalty area.

Seeing Götze trying so hard to score a goal against Dortmund, many Dortmund fans were cursing him on the stands and in front of the TV at this moment.

Götze also knew very well that the attitude he showed would definitely be hyped up by the media after the game, and at the same time provide Dortmund fans with a reason to scold him.

But at this time, he didn't have time to consider the Dortmund fans' opinion of him. He simply didn't want to lose to Zhou Yi.

The corner kick was taken, and Lewandowski headed the ball, but it went high over the crossbar. There was no second attack, and no second corner kick. The ball went back to Dortmund's feet.

At this time, it was already the eighty-ninth minute. The fourth official raised the sign for injury time. Because Neuer was injured not long after the second half started, the process of treatment and waiting was very long. In addition, there was the controversy caused by Bayern Munich's offside goal, and Zhou Yi's slightly longer celebration after his third goal. The injury time for this game was as long as... nine minutes!

As soon as this injury time came out, Dortmund's coach Klopp was dissatisfied. He went to the fourth official and roared at him, questioning him why there was such a long injury time.

He actually knew why it was so long, but fighting for the interests of his team didn't depend on whether it was right or wrong. What should be pressured must be pressured.

In addition to Klopp's dissatisfaction, Dortmund fans were also very dissatisfied. As supporters of Dortmund, they certainly wouldn't reason, but only look at their position. There was nothing wrong with this at this time. If Dortmund were to benefit from injury time, the Allianz Arena would probably be filled with boos at this time.

Guardiola stood on the sidelines, watching the field with a serious expression.

Beside him, assistant coach Hermann Gerland was shouting loudly into the field: "There's still time, there's still time! Seize the opportunity! Don't give up!!"

His voice was hoarse from shouting.

The other Bayern Munich substitutes also stood up from their positions, stood on the sidelines, and anxiously followed him in shouting: "Come on! Guys! Come on!!"

In front of the Dortmund bench and coaching bench, there were also many Dortmund people. They were also shouting loudly: "Hold on! Hold on! Don't care how many minutes are left! Don't relax until you hear the referee's whistle!"

But in fact, they didn't know if their shouts could really be transmitted to the ears of their teammates on the field, because now the Allianz Arena was filled with the voices of Bayern Munich fans, there were boos, shouts of cheering for the team, and songs.

Everyone was extremely nervous, and the commentators were no longer talking about Zhou Yi and Kotana's love story.

"Nine minutes of injury time, if Götze's shot just now had been scored, they would only be one goal behind now, then scoring another goal in the remaining nine minutes would be much easier... But now, they have to score two goals. I'm not saying Bayern Munich can't do it, nor am I saying it's impossible, but from a probability point of view, it's indeed a bit low..."

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In the ninety-first minute, Götze fired another shot outside the penalty area. The ball was slapped out by Weidenfeller and flew to the right wing. Rafinha rushed up and wanted to pass the ball directly to the goal, but he kicked a high shot. The ball took a strange arc and flew high out of the baseline.

"Rafinha's ball... There were no Dortmund players around him at the time, he could have stopped and passed it again. Although there's not much time left for Bayern Munich, this is too anxious, right?" Marcel Reif criticized Rafinha's performance mercilessly. "Doing this is completely destroying your own morale!"

Then Dortmund took a goal kick.

This time, they no longer advanced from the backcourt step by step. Weidenfeller kicked the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot. Marc jumped up and headed the ball back, heading it to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi took the ball in the center circle and faced Lahm's pressing. He turned around to protect the ball and didn't rush to pass it. On the one hand, there was no better passing target, and on the other hand, he wanted to delay a little longer, even if he could keep the ball at his feet for one more second, that would be delaying one more second.

But how could Bayern Munich players not see what he wanted to do?

Lahm was squeezed behind Zhou Yi, while Schweinsteiger rushed over from the side and kicked the ball away directly from the side and rear, and also knocked Zhou Yi down.

However, this time the referee Zwayer didn't blow his whistle to call a foul, but ran forward with the ball.

Zhou Yi, who was lying on the ground, spread his hands, looking helpless. Klopp roared again from the sidelines.

Duan Xin questioned: "Isn't this a foul? Schweinsteiger clearly kicked Zhou Yi's supporting foot, right? It should be a foul no matter what, right?"

But no one could change the referee's decision.

Zhou Yi also quickly got up from the ground and participated in the team's defense.

Bayern Munich used this counter-attack to launch another attack, but unfortunately, Thomas Müller's long shot was too straight and was held in Weidenfeller's arms.

This was actually not a very difficult save. Weidenfeller could catch the ball with a frontal lunge, but he still lay on the ground after catching the ball, wasting a little more time.

It was already the ninety-third minute of the game. Weidenfeller delayed for several seconds before getting up from the ground.

The boos from the stands of the Allianz Arena had completely drowned out other sounds. These boos were all for Weidenfeller.

After Weidenfeller got up, he kicked the ball forward with a big foot, but he didn't kick it to the middle of the field, but deliberately kicked it to the left wing of the field. The ball crossed the center line and veered to the left, flying out of bounds in front of the Bayern Munich bench after fluttering along the touchline for a while.

It gave Bayern Munich a throw-in, but in order to take this throw-in, Bayern Munich had to have someone run over to throw the ball, and someone had to catch the ball, which all took time.

Dortmund was really trying their best to delay time.

They even used the throw-in.

Bayern Munich was even more desperate to save time. Their goalkeeper Lukas Raeder had already rushed out of the goal when Weidenfeller kicked the ball. Not long after the ball flew out of bounds, he ran over, took the ball thrown by his teammates from the sidelines, and threw the ball into the field with force, throwing it to center-back Dante, who had retreated to respond.

Then he scurried back to his goal.

Every second counted.