Chapter 45 Lucas

The match against Bochum was at home, so Zhou Yi, who hadn't made the eighteen-man roster, once again appeared in the South Stand with the Marc family.

Before the match started, "Old Dad" Bruno and the others were talking to Zhou Yi about the previous game, expressing their regret that Zhou Yi had sat on the bench for ninety minutes without getting a chance to play. In their conversation, Zhou Yi seemed more sanguine about it than they were.

After the match started, Dortmund, playing at home, quickly gained the upper hand.

In the last match, Dortmund won against Borussia Mönchengladbach away, although it was a narrow victory, the positive effect of the victory was still great, and the Dortmund players had recovered a lot of their form. Now, at their home stadium, with the South Stand fans cheering non-stop, the players were all striving to be the first.

This time, Dortmund took the lead in the twentieth minute of the match, and the scorer was... Barrios, who scored in the last match!

"Lucas—" Norbert Dickel, the stadium announcer at Westfalenstadion, shouted into the microphone.

Behind his voice was the roar of all the Dortmund fans: "Barrios!!!"

Zhou Yi was among them, shouting loudly.

He was genuinely happy for Barrios. After seven consecutive league games without a goal, he had now scored in two consecutive league games!

Now, the pressure should be gone, right?

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After Barrios scored, his teammates rushed up excitedly, hugged him, and celebrated the goal with him.

"Scoring in two consecutive games, well done!"

Everyone congratulated him.

Barrios was also very excited. After being hugged by his teammates, his first reaction was to struggle, trying to break free from his teammates and run to the bench.

He wanted to hug someone.

But after struggling for a while, he remembered that Zhou Yi was not on the bench for this game because he hadn't made the squad!

Somewhat regretful, Barrios was even more excited inside—before the last game, Zhou Yi told him that he would definitely score. When he really scored in the game, he thought of thanking Zhou Yi's blessing. So when he hugged Zhou Yi, he shouted "Thank you."

But now, for the second time in a row, Zhou Yi said before the game that he would definitely score in the game, but Barrios didn't quite believe that this was due to Zhou Yi's blessing… He began to feel that this might not be a simple blessing, but a blessing imbued with some mysterious power. Zhou Yi was simply his lucky angel!

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"Barrios has scored again! After scoring the only goal in the last game against Borussia Mönchengladbach, he has scored again in this game! This is really amazing! Either he doesn't score for seven consecutive games, or he scores in two consecutive league games!" Marcel Reif also felt it was a coincidence while commentating on the game. "In any case, the cloud of distrust over Barrios can dissipate!"

After Barrios scored, Dortmund played better and better, and the players' form returned. In terms of player strength alone, Dortmund is still stronger than Bochum. As long as everyone performs normally, it is difficult for Bochum to take the victory away from home.

Near the end of the first half, Dortmund scored again. This time, the scorer was center-back Subotić, who scored for Dortmund with a corner kick.

The cheers from the South Stand were deafening, almost causing temporary deafness.

Dortmund fans hadn't seen such a hearty game for a long time. Although the number of goals was only two, Dortmund had firmly controlled the situation in the first half, and Dortmund could play as they wanted.

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"We can clearly hear the cheers from the Westfalenstadion. Dortmund fans are cheering in the stands... Indeed, it is not surprising that they are doing so, because this is the first time Dortmund has scored two goals in a game this season! Ha!" Duan Xin, the commentator of the TV station, joked about Dortmund. He is a Bundesliga commentator, but he has his own main team in mind, which is Bayern Munich, Dortmund's enemy. So he commented on Dortmund's games more easily, and could also joke about the two teams on the field.

However, Zhou Jianliang, who was in front of the TV, didn't think there was anything funny about this. He even sighed.

Although his son had said that he was not on the roster for this game, Zhou Jianliang finally chose to sit in front of the TV and watch this game that seemed to have nothing to do with his son.

For this, his wife, Li Cuiyun, had complained about him dissatisfiedly.

In response, Zhou Jianliang rarely showed his "masculine" side as a man and hummed, "What do you know!"

He couldn't explain to his wife, who didn't understand soccer, why he still wanted to watch this game, because he didn't want to see if Zhou Yi could play in this game. He, a fan who had never cared about Dortmund before and had never watched a Dortmund game, just wanted to understand Dortmund's situation through the recent games.

If Dortmund's situation was still as bad as before, and the situation and results were the same, it would mean that his son's chances of playing were getting bigger and bigger. Because Klopp had to seek change and couldn't let the situation continue to change. For the coach, if the team can't win consecutively, he must adjust the lineup and try more combinations.

But conversely, if Dortmund's results improve, the possibility of his son playing will become lower and lower. Because for a coach, if the team continues to win and perform well, then no matter what, there is no reason for him to make adjustments to the existing lineup…

For this reason, he had to see Dortmund's games with his own eyes and understand Dortmund's recent situation.

So he waited in front of the TV.

But what he saw was Dortmund, who performed better than in the previous game, scoring two goals against the opponent in the first half of forty-five minutes!

He began to feel that his son's chances of playing recently were almost zero…

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In the end, Dortmund defeated Bochum 2-0 at home with two goals in the first half.

Zhou Yi and his companions in the South Stand cheered for the team's victory, completely unaware that if the team's results improved, his chances of playing would decrease…

The next day, the players who did not participate in the game came to the training base for recovery training, but Zhou Yi unexpectedly saw Barrios in the locker room.

Logically speaking, players who participated in yesterday's game do not have to participate in today's training, because they need to rest, they have this right, and the coach will give them a day off.

So players who are not arranged by the coach to participate in training will not appear at the training base.

"Lucas?" Seeing Barrios in the locker room, Zhou Yi greeted him in surprise. "Why are you here?"

Unexpectedly, Barrios grabbed Zhou Yi's shoulder: "I'm here to thank you specifically, Zhou Yi!"

"Huh?" Zhou Yi didn't understand.

"You are my lucky angel, Zhou Yi! I must thank you in person!" Barrios said excitedly to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi still didn't quite understand.

"You told me before yesterday's game that I would definitely score, and I really did! This is the second consecutive game!" Barrios continued excitedly.

Only then did Zhou Yi understand, and facing such an excited Barrios, he was a little dumbfounded: "Lucas, but in fact... that's your own ability. Whether you score or not is up to you. You perform well in the game, and goals will come to you..."

"Of course, I also have credit. But you also have it!" Barrios was very sure.

Facing such a stubborn Barrios, Zhou Yi had no choice but to spread his hands: "Okay, then I'm your lucky angel, Lucas."

Hearing Zhou Yi admit it, Barrios grinned. He patted Zhou Yi's shoulder: "Keep it up, kid!"

After speaking, he was about to leave.

"Hey, since you're here, why don't you train with us?" Zhou Yi persuaded him to stay.

Barrios looked back and smiled even more brightly: "No need, Zhou Yi. I have an appointment today to celebrate properly, scoring in two consecutive games! You train hard!"

After speaking, he walked away happily.

Looking at Barrios' back, Zhou Yi rolled his eyes...

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In the next tenth round of the league, Dortmund played against Bayer Leverkusen away. As Zhou Jianliang had predicted, Zhou Yi was not on the eighteen-man roster.

However, before leaving for the away game, Barrios specifically found Zhou Yi and asked him if he had done any dream divination.

Zhou Yi naturally knew what he was concerned about. At this time, he naturally had to say something auspicious. Moreover, in the virtual game in the dream, Barrios did score.

So he nodded and said, "That's right, I dreamed that you scored again, Lucas."

"Good!" Barrios seemed very excited and seemed to be full of confidence in an instant.

Looking at Barrios' happy appearance, Zhou Yi felt that if this could allow Barrios to take the field with a happy mood, then it could be considered that he had made a contribution to the team…

But in fact, he didn't think Barrios could score in three consecutive league games.

But when he was watching the game live at home, when the game reached the eighth minute, he stood up from the sofa in surprise!

In the TV screen in front of him was the scene of Barrios running wildly towards the corner flag. Marcel Reif, the chief commentator of the German pay-TV channel Premiere, was shouting: "Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Scoring in three consecutive league games! Lucas Barrios, he did it!"

"What the hell…" Zhou Yi murmured in shock in front of the TV.

In the end, with this goal from Barrios, Dortmund drew 1:1 with Bayer Leverkusen away. Although they didn't win, they didn't lose either. Three consecutive games without defeat was not bad.

After the game, the score and scorers of the game were displayed on the screen. On Dortmund's side, Barrios' name was very eye-catching.

Zhou Yi looked at the name and thought that things shouldn't happen more than three times. Barrios' luck shouldn't be so good in the next game…

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ps, In order to celebrate the Spring Festival with everyone, there will be three updates tomorrow!

Well... actually it's because there is a new alliance leader adding updates... In short, there will be three updates tomorrow. The first day of the Year of the Monkey will have three updates. I hope it can bring good luck and a good mood to everyone in the new year!