When Yan Min was shown the red card, the boos in Westfalenstadion almost reached their peak. Borussia Dortmund fans naturally thought the referee's decision was wrong. Giving a second yellow card so easily when Yan Min already had one really made people think he was trying to find balance—sending off a Bayer Leverkusen player and giving Borussia Dortmund a penalty kick, and then sending off Yan Min to prevent Borussia Dortmund from taking too much advantage. After all, Yan Min was the one who started the conflict…

Yan Min was a bit surprised to see himself being sent off with a red card. He thought the referee had made a mistake, so he wanted to go and argue with the referee. Seeing how emotional he was, his teammates were afraid he would do something detrimental to himself, so they quickly pulled him away.

Yan Min felt wronged. He was just sticking up for Zhou Yi and didn't lay a hand on anyone. At most, his forehead-to-forehead gesture was a bit intimidating. How could he be sent off?

This was his first red card in the Bundesliga!

Duan Xin was also agitated: "...This ruling is problematic! Yan Min shouldn't have been shown a second yellow card! He didn't push anyone. If simply butting heads in protest warrants a yellow card, then there would be countless yellow cards in every game!"

Unfortunately, no matter how agitated and protested, they couldn't change the outcome.

Yan Min reluctantly left the field. As he walked off, his eyes were even red. He bit his lip hard to keep himself from crying in public—this red card was a huge blow to him. Although Yan Min was somewhat arrogant and had an unlikable personality, he was very clean in his play on the field, in addition to being full of fighting spirit. This was the first red card of his career! Whether at home or abroad, this was the first time.

He never expected that his first time would be in this situation. He was unconvinced, wronged, and depressed...

Yan Min and Spahic were both sent off, and other players from both sides who participated in the conflict also received warnings and punishments.

And Zhou Yi?

From beginning to end, he hadn't participated in the conflict. After being examined by Dr. Braun, he was proven to be not seriously injured and could continue the game. Klopp was relieved.

Dr. Braun praised Zhou Yi for his good luck. Zhou Yi shook his head: "Dr. Braun, if I were lucky, that ball would have gone straight in..."

Braun quickly shook his head: "Don't think that way. In this situation, it's good luck that you're not injured. Whether you score or not, that's not important..."

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The conflict on the field was over, and the game could resume.

Zhou Yi stayed on the field. Next was the penalty kick. He stood outside the penalty area, not planning to take it. But Mark, who was supposed to take the penalty, turned around and called out to him: "Hey, Zhou Yi, you take this kick!"

Then, without even giving Zhou Yi time to react, he walked out of the penalty area, leaving the stage to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't refuse. He walked to the penalty spot.

Although he hadn't taken many penalty kicks, it didn't mean he lacked confidence.

The most important thing in taking a penalty kick is not technique, but psychology, and Zhou Yi had an advantage in psychology.

"Zhou Yi is about to take this penalty kick. It seems that Spahic's tackle didn't cause him too much damage, otherwise how could Borussia Dortmund let him take this important penalty kick?" Duan Xin said. This sentence was to explain to himself and the Chinese fans in front of the TV, to reassure them.

With the World Cup in Brazil next year just around the corner, the injury situation at Borussia Dortmund was worrying. They didn't want Zhou Yi to follow in the footsteps of his club teammates and end up on the injury list.

Now, Chinese fans didn't really care about how Borussia Dortmund performed this season. Regardless of whether they could defend their league title or Champions League title, it wasn't important. What was important was that Zhou Yi and Yan Min finish this season healthy and safe.

They didn't want Kaka's tragedy to happen to Zhou Yi—Kaka was actually injured when he transferred from AC Milan to Real Madrid, but for the sake of the World Cup, Kaka had been choosing conservative treatment methods, which ultimately led to him not playing well in both club and national team games. The Brazilian national team was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the South Africa World Cup, which was believed to be related to Kaka, the core player, playing injured and being in poor condition...

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Zhou Yi stepped onto the penalty spot. The Korean commentator was a little disappointed to see this scene—if Zhou Yi scored this penalty, wouldn't he surpass Son Heung-min in goals scored? Wouldn't that mean Son Heung-min lost to Zhou Yi?

So the Korean commentator hoped that Zhou Yi would not score.

He thought for a while and felt that Spahic's tackle on Zhou Yi couldn't have had no impact at all. If Zhou Yi insisted on staying on the field, and then the impact of the injury broke out during this penalty, that would be interesting...

These were all the Korean commentator's inner thoughts. He didn't say them out loud. After all, what he thought in his heart was his freedom. But it would be wrong to say it as a commentator.

He only expressed his concern for Bayer Leverkusen: "...Borussia Dortmund actually got a penalty kick when the game is about to end. If Zhou Yi scores this penalty, it will probably be difficult for Bayer Leverkusen to come back..."

As Zhou Yi walked towards the penalty spot, the Westfalenstadion, which had been noisy throughout the game, gradually quieted down. Everyone turned their attention to Zhou Yi, the core who had saved the team countless times. Would he repeat what he had done this time?

Zhou Yi walked to the penalty spot, repositioned the football, then stepped back, turned to look at the referee, and waited for his whistle.

After confirming that all irrelevant players had retreated outside the penalty area, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth.

The whistle sounded, but Zhou Yi didn't start running immediately. Instead, he paused for about a second or two. Just when everyone was wondering what was going on, he suddenly started running, rushing to the football in two steps, and then swung his right foot to shoot!

Judging from his movements, everyone thought it would be a powerful shot. Bayer Leverkusen's goalkeeper, Leno, who had performed well in this game and was in great form, also thought so, so at the moment Zhou Yi shot, he jumped to the side.

But just as Zhou Yi's foot was about to touch the football, he suddenly made a motion to reduce his strength, and then his toes inserted downward, "prying" the football up!

From a powerful shot to a Panenka!

The football drew an arc and went towards the middle of the goal, while Leno had already flown to the right. At this time, he could only turn his head and watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding, and he couldn't do anything...

"toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor!!!" Marcel Reif roared, "Zhou Yi! He scored twice! This is a very beautiful penalty kick! A Panenka! Under tremendous pressure, Zhou Yi still chose a way to take this penalty that is very in line with his personal characteristics and style! Amazing!!"

Duan Xin was equally excited: "Great skill and courage! What is great skill and courage? This is it! This penalty kick makes me can't help but think of the Panenka penalty scored by Zidane against Buffon in the 2006 World Cup final! A masterpiece of a master! In terms of psychological quality, Zhou Yi is fully capable of becoming a master!"

The Korean commentator was disappointed: "Zhou Yi still scored! Borussia Dortmund is now in the lead... Son Heung-min, keep it up! The game is not over yet, it's not time to give up!"

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After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi and his teammates celebrated well. They were now in the lead, and there was little time left in the game, so naturally there was no need to help Bayer Leverkusen restart the game quickly.

They wanted to take full advantage of the celebration to delay some time.

Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, were still arguing with the referee—they believed that since Zhou Yi was able to kick the penalty in, it meant he was fine at all. Maybe Spahic didn't touch Zhou Yi at all, and Zhou Yi was faking a fall! It's not like he doesn't have such a reputation. Some people think that Zhou Yi falls as soon as he is touched on the field, which has a lot to do with his liking to fake falls.

But with the penalty kick already scored, there was no way Bayer Leverkusen players' theories could have any effect. The referee couldn't change his ruling.

Of course, Bayer Leverkusen could complain to the news media after the game, or simply appeal to the DFL's referee committee, requesting that Spahic's red card be revoked.

But judging from the slow-motion replay just now, Spahic did tackle Zhou Yi's foot, but he didn't tackle the supporting foot, but the foot that Zhou Yi was using to shoot. Because Zhou Yi was also swinging his foot forward at the same time, Spahic's foul only made Zhou Yi lose his balance, but didn't cause any greater damage to Zhou Yi's foot.

But this doesn't mean that Spahic's foul shouldn't have been carded, or that it wasn't bad enough. It just means that Zhou Yi was lucky.

Because if Spahic had not tackled Zhou Yi's shooting foot, but the supporting foot, Zhou Yi might have been carried off the field on a stretcher...