Chapter 1 Regardless

No matter how everyone views Klopp's substitution adjustment, it won't change the fact that Yan Min is about to appear.

Some Borussia Dortmund fans couldn't help but hold their heads and lament when they saw Yan Min standing on the sidelines: "No way? It's him! We're done for!"

Yan Min's performance in the last game against Arsenal was condensed in many people's memories into the labels of "forced shot, missed scoring opportunity, and shameless and unrepentant after the game."

As soon as Yan Min is mentioned, everyone will think of "the culprit who caused us to lose to Arsenal on the road."

Coupled with the media hype, no one has a good impression of Yan Min.

In the beginning, when Yan Min joined the team, everyone had expectations and hopes for him because he and Zhou Yi were fellow countrymen. But after the game with Arsenal, Yan Min's image in the hearts of non-Borussia Dortmund fans almost collapsed.

When he replaced Aubameyang, there wasn't much cheering in the stands.

"Yan Min replaced Aubameyang… Klopp's substitution is very… uh, bold," said Marcel Reif. Replacing a famous star with a newcomer, Klopp and Yan Min have to bear a lot of pressure. If Yan Min doesn't perform well, people will definitely question whether Klopp's substitution was appropriate after the game.

"I don't know why Klopp made such a substitution adjustment, but now it seems that the situation seems to be getting a little bit in our favor…" the English commentator said with some doubts, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief.

Aubameyang's speed advantage is a strong guarantee for Borussia Dortmund's counterattack. Although he wasted several opportunities in this game, as long as he is on the court, he will always pose a threat to Arsenal's goal.

Now, Klopp has replaced this threat with a rookie who wasted a great opportunity to equalize the score in the last match. This will certainly make Arsenal supporters breathe a sigh of relief.

Bearing everyone's unfriendly and mocking eyes, Yan Min ran onto the court with his head held high.

Replacing Aubameyang, he will appear in the position of left midfielder, or left winger. This is a positional replacement, and he has no adjustment instructions from the coach to convey to his teammates.

He just walked across the field and appeared in his position.

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When the game restarted, everyone's attention to Yan Min quickly passed.

After all, the game is the most watched.

How will Borussia Dortmund get out of the current predicament?

This is what everyone cares about most. As for how Yan Min is doing, that's not important.

However, as soon as Yan Min came on the field, he actively participated in the game, making it impossible for people to ignore him.

In the sixty-ninth minute, Reus passed diagonally, and Yan Min ran hard into the open space, and tapped the ball passed by Reus with his foot, passing the ball to Mark in front.

Then Mark turned around and shot, and the ball flew into the goal past Szczęsny, who raised his arms.

Borussia Dortmund fans let out a cheer. But soon, their cheers came to an abrupt end, because they all saw the referee raising his arm—this meant offside!

Who was offside?!

The slow motion showed that Mark was not offside, but Yan Min was offside when Reus passed the ball. Although it was only half a body offside, it was offside after all. Because he passed the ball to Mark in an offside position, even if Mark was not offside, the goal could only be ruled invalid.

"It's that kid again!"

Some fans complained.

They felt that if Yan Min hadn't touched the ball, there would have been no problem for Mark to receive the ball.

However, they didn't care much about the question of whether Mark could still receive the ball if Yan Min didn't touch the ball…

In their opinion, Yan Min is very active, but also very rash, so they would rather Yan Min not be so active, otherwise who knows what kind of trouble he will cause… If he messes up Borussia Dortmund's goal like this time, they will definitely not spare him!

Especially after seeing that Yan Min didn't have any apology for his offside, many people became more and more dissatisfied with him.

But some people disagreed with their views.

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"Hey, Yan Min!" Zhou Yi shouted Yan Min's name loudly on the field. When Yan Min turned his head to look at him, he gave the other party a thumbs up. "Just keep running! Be more active!"

Zhou Yi used language and body language to encourage his fellow countryman.

He didn't know if Yan Min would be affected by this offside, but he didn't want Yan Min to have any scruples because of it.

Encouraged by Zhou Yi, Yan Min grinned.

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Because of Yan Min's offside, Mark's goal was disallowed. Arsenal kicked a backcourt free kick from where Yan Min was offside.

They took the opportunity to launch an attack, and continued to play into Borussia Dortmund's thirty-meter area, until they were blocked by a Borussia Dortmund foul.

Arsenal got another free kick near the sideline in the frontcourt.

Cazorla kicked the free kick directly to the front of the goal, and Arsenal's tall German defender Mertesacker jumped up and headed for the goal.

The ball was slightly higher than the crossbar, startling many Borussia Dortmund fans into a cold sweat.

Arsenal, who equalized the score, were in high spirits. They hadn't had a single shot in the first sixty-one minutes, but now they have shot continuously and can threaten Borussia Dortmund's goal.

In the seventy-fourth minute, Arsenal once again played the ball into Borussia Dortmund's thirty-meter area. Facing Arsenal's aggressive offensive, Borussia Dortmund didn't seem to have many options, so they could only use fouls to contain their opponents.

This time, they gave Arsenal another free kick.

The person taking the free kick was changed to Özil.

Özil kicked the ball towards Borussia Dortmund's goal, and Weidenfeller attacked, wanting to take the ball directly from the air.

But when he jumped up, he realized that the situation was different from what he thought. There were still two people between him and the ball, and he was not sure of taking the ball directly…

So he changed to hitting the ball, wanting to knock the ball out.

But this change was too hasty, and he failed to touch the ball.

The ball was headed by Arsenal defender Koscielny at the far post!

"Header! Dangerous!"

In Marcel Reif's exclamation, the ball went wide of the left post…

"During this period of time, Borussia Dortmund's goal has become precarious…" He Ping said. "If Borussia Dortmund loses this game at home, the situation will be terrible…"

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Arsenal's morale is now high. When Borussia Dortmund gets the ball in the backcourt, they launch a frontcourt press, hoping to use the frontcourt counter-grab to launch a counterattack on the spot, catching Borussia Dortmund off guard.

Under the crazy press of Arsenal players, Borussia Dortmund can only pass the ball back and forth in the backcourt, but it is also full of dangers, and it seems that Arsenal will intercept the ball at any time…

At this time, Yan Min did not retreat to participate in the team's passing, he pulled to the wing, hanging in front, expecting his teammates to find him and pass the ball to him.

Zhou Yi found him, and the place where he was was indeed an opening.

So when his teammate passed the ball back, Zhou Yi didn't stop the ball, but stepped forward,抢 in front of Flamini, and then passed the ball directly with one kick.

The ball drew an arc in the air, bypassing the players of both sides who were separated between him and Yan Min.

It landed on the wing, in front of Yan Min.

At this time, Yan Min had already seen Zhou Yi's pass. When the ball flew in front of him, he didn't stop the ball, but stretched his foot to push the ball passed by Zhou Yi forward while running!

He took advantage of the situation to accelerate and chase after it.

Just like that, he ran wildly along the wing!

"Yan Min! He's very fast!" He Ping shouted, his voice excited.

When Borussia Dortmund was surrounded and pressed by Arsenal in the backcourt, a ball was suddenly played out, and then a Borussia Dortmund player dribbled the ball and ran wildly, like a charging cavalry. This scene was indeed very morale-boosting.

Facing Yan Min's dribbling, Arsenal also quickly responded.

Their center-back Koscielny quickly leaned towards the wing to compress Yan Min's activity space.

But Yan Min is the player who is best at moving in small spaces, because he is a true winger!

Facing Koscielny who came up to compress his space, Yan Min feigned to continue dribbling the ball along the sideline to break through, and his left foot stretched out, but it was just a feint. After straddling the ball, he suddenly flicked the ball inward with the inside of his foot!

At the same time, he stopped suddenly and changed direction inward!

This change of direction is very ordinary, but it is very effective for those tall and slow-reacting players.

Yan Min threw Koscielny aside like this, and then cut inside and killed towards Arsenal's penalty area!

His move caused a commotion in the Westfalenstadion.

Those Borussia Dortmund fans who were still indifferent when he came on the field were now cheering for Yan Min without reservation.

"Yan Min's change of direction and breakthrough is very beautiful!!" He Ping shouted.

In the middle, Mark and Reus were desperately chasing Yan Min's dribbling.

Yan Min also saw the two people, but he didn't pass the ball out immediately, but continued to dribble into the penalty area, which forced another center-back, Mertesacker, to lean over, making the penalty area look even more empty!

When Mertesacker forced up, Yan Min also ran to the edge of the penalty area, and he finally passed the ball out!

The ball窜ed along the grass to the front of the goal, and the speed was very fast.

Mark in the front point didn't catch up at all, and could only watch the ball roll past him.

Reus behind him desperately shoveled towards the ball, hoping to make a shovel shot.

But he was still a step too slow and didn't touch the ball…

"Yan Min's cross! Oh! It's a little too big… It's a pity, it's a pity!" He Ping regretted as if he had missed the opportunity himself.

There was a regretful exclamation in the stands of the Westfalenstadion, but soon, the exclamation was replaced by applause—although the ball didn't go in, this attack was really beautiful. Especially Yan Min's series of performances of galloping forward and changing direction to cut inside and甩 away Koscielny on the wing was really exciting.

When Borussia Dortmund was a little embarrassed by Arsenal's pressing, Yan Min's performance was like a new wind, blowing away the anxiety in the hearts of Borussia Dortmund fans.