Yan Min began trying to charge Dortmund's defense, hoping to disrupt their defensive arrangements and then win in the chaos.
His idea was good, but as a lone warrior, challenging Dortmund's defense alone was too difficult.
Time and time again, he failed for various reasons.
For example, he dribbled the ball too much and ended up in a dead end.
For example, when he dribbled, his feints had no effect, allowing Dortmund's defenders to successfully steal the ball.
Or, for example, after dribbling to the wing, he never had a chance to cross, and could only make a hasty cross, and the ball was blocked out of the baseline—in fact, being able to win a corner kick for the Chongming team could not be considered a failure…
As a winger, or rather a side midfielder, Yan Min basically operated on the wing, and his contribution to the team's offense was actually very limited.
But these failures did not discourage him, and he was still working hard to find opportunities.
The energy was as if he wouldn't look up to see the current situation when he dribbled with his head down, just single-mindedly crashing into the wall, crashing into the wall, and crashing into the wall again.
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Zhou Yi sat on the bench, took off his shirt after coming off the field, wiped the sweat off his body, and changed into a dry jacket.
Although he had been substituted, he was still paying attention to the game.
His eyes quickly became almost fixed on Yan Min.
Watching Yan Min launch unsuccessful attacks on Dortmund's defense time and time again on the field.
This scene suddenly evoked his memory and made him feel familiar.
In the second season of *Green Field Inheritors*, the Chinese football teenagers came to Dortmund to challenge the Dortmund youth team. At that time, he appeared in the program as a special guest and played a game with them.
He was on the Chinese team in the first half and switched to the Dortmund youth team in the second half. At that time, this Yan Min was on the Chinese team and was considered his opponent.
In that game, he was also like this, dribbling with his head down, attacking the defense of the Dortmund youth team.
Because he was too individual, the other teammates simply stopped passing the ball to him later. No matter how he asked for the ball, they wouldn't pass it to him.
Most people would give up at this time. But Yan Min was different from the average person Zhou Yi had seen. When his teammates didn't pass the ball to him, he simply stole the ball himself!
So he ran even harder.
But in the end, it still didn't change the result of their loss to the Dortmund youth team.
Yan Min, wearing the Chongming first team jersey, looked almost the same as before.
This kid really seems to easily fall into a state of fighting alone…
Zhou Yi grinned and smiled.
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When Yan Min received the ball again, the Dortmund players had already paid some attention to him, because in the short ten minutes, his performance was too active, although none of them were successful performances, at least he got the ball a lot.
When Yan Min received the ball, Dortmund's right back, Zimoer, rushed up to steal the ball directly from Yan Min's feet.
At this time, Yan Min had just received the ball, and he was not yet firmly established. If he wanted to steal the ball, this was certainly an excellent opportunity.
But just as his foot was about to touch the ball, Yan Min's left toe gently poked the ball inward, and at the same time he jumped up and dodged the oncoming Zimoer.
Zimoer pounced too hard. When he realized he had missed, he couldn't even adjust his center of gravity. He could only watch Yan Min catch up with the ball again from behind him.
"Yo!" Zhou Yi, who saw this scene off the field, couldn't help but exclaim.
At the same time, the Chongming fans in the stands also cheered—no matter how much they liked Zhou Yi, they were first and foremost Chongming fans. Who wouldn't want their team to perform well and achieve good results? Now seeing Yan Min's quick and clever dribbling, they also cheered, cheering for their team's players.
Yan Min, who dribbled past Zimoer, did not hesitate, caught up with the ball, and headed towards Dortmund's penalty area.
The cheers in the stands grew louder and louder.
Yan Min heard these cheers. He enjoyed this moment. The wind blew in his ears, as if nothing could stop him.
But he soon encountered an obstacle.
Dortmund's center back, Hoenschu, stood in front of him.
Unlike Zimoer, who had just been transferred from the youth team, Hoenschu was already a fixed first-team player. He had been on the first-team roster all last season. Although he didn't play many games, he had been training with the first team, so he was more experienced and stronger.
But Yan Min didn't care who was blocking him. He wanted to break through and shake them off, and then go straight to the heart of the enemy!
Facing Hoenschu's interception, Yan Min used the outside of his left foot to push the ball towards the baseline, making a gesture to cross to the bottom line.
Hoenschu turned and ran towards the baseline as expected.
But just as he turned around, Yan Min, who had taken a step to catch up with the ball, swung his left leg out and pulled the ball back!
At the same time, he stopped abruptly and turned around!
In this way, he brushed past Hoenschu with the ball!
And at this time, he was already approaching the edge of Dortmund's penalty area!
"Yan Min! Continuous dribbling! Beautiful!" The CCTV commentator shouted excitedly.
Yan Min, who had dribbled past Hoenschu, broke into Dortmund's penalty area with the ball. At this time, there were no defensive players in front of him—Dortmund's defenders seemed unprepared for Yan Min's breakthrough. They didn't expect that this guy, who had not successfully broken through the defense line before, would succeed this time!
Yan Min did not continue to dribble forward, but shot directly at the corner just after entering the penalty area!
He spun the ball into an arc, flying towards the far post of the goal!
Langerak, the Dortmund goalkeeper who replaced Weidenfeller in the second half, lunged towards the far post, stretching his arms as far as possible in the air.
The Chongming fans in the stands opened their mouths wide, but no sound came out. They stared blankly at the ball flying in the air, their minds were blank, and they even forgot to cheer.
Yan Min looked at the ball flying in the air, clenched his fist, and prepared to cheer—he had a good feeling when he kicked this ball out, and felt that it would definitely go in. Whether it was the speed or the arc, it was perfect, and he didn't believe it wouldn't score!
From the perspective of the arc, Yan Min's feeling was correct. The arc of this kick was very large. Although it was a right-footed shot, the left winger Yan Min was originally good at kicking with his right foot, so this was his familiar shooting method. The ball really bypassed the fingers of Dortmund goalkeeper Langerak and flew straight to the goal behind him!
Then... with a bang, the ball slammed solidly on the back post!
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"Ah!!" The CCTV commentator regretted and shouted with his hands on his head.
Not only him, but the entire Bayuan Stadium was filled with exclamations.
The ball that hit the post flew out and did not enter the goal!
"Yan Min's shot was ruthlessly rejected by the post! This is the most threatening shot of the game for Shanghai Chongming! It's really a pity! Yan Min's dribbling before the shot was very beautiful, but in the end, he was a little too focused on the angle..."
Zhou Yi on the Dortmund bench was also taken aback. His body leaned back suddenly, resting on the back of the seat. But his action did not attract the attention of others, because next to him, the other teammates behaved almost the same as him. Some even shouted out.
You know, before this, they were chatting and laughing after being replaced, and they didn't care about the game at all. It is estimated that they were discussing whether to go to the Bund for a stroll...
As a result, Yan Min's shot surprised everyone on the bench.
The bang was not only the sound of the football hitting the goal frame, but also the sound of hitting their chests.
It was as if they had been punched hard in the chest.
Langerak, who landed on the ground, looked back at the goal behind him. There was indeed no football in it. The football that hit the post had been cleared by Dortmund's defenders.
He breathed a sigh of relief. He was really scared just now when he took off and saved but didn't touch the ball, and then watched the ball fly towards the goal.
Although even if this ball went in, it would not affect Dortmund's victory. But as a goalkeeper, he cares about every goal conceded, not to mention that this ball may be the only goal conceded in Dortmund's China tour...
He got up from the ground and made a cross on his chest.
Looking at the other Dortmund players on the field, they also had expressions of fear.
At this time, they heard a loud shout suddenly coming from nearby.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah—what the hell!!!!" Turning his head to look, it was Yan Min who shot the goal. He held his head in his hands, knelt on the ground, and roared to the sky.
He happily wanted to celebrate the goal, but the raised arms pressed on his head.
Unwilling, he knelt on the ground and slapped the grass in front of him hard.