Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 466 Injury Time

Chapter 146 Knockout

Barcelona didn't make good use of the free kick earned from Gündoğan's foul.

Xavi's free kick was sent into the penalty area, but Subotić headed it out first. Borussia Dortmund was not afraid of Barcelona in terms of heading.

As the game time passed minute by minute, the score remained unchanged.

The atmosphere became solemn and tense.

Guardiola stood on the sidelines, nervously watching the field, waving his arms at the players from time to time and shouting loudly. In fact, this kind of command didn't have much effect. The effect of self-psychological comfort might be greater... If the coach didn't do this, he would feel that he couldn't play any role in the face of a crisis, which would make them anxious.

Although he was already very anxious now...

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The game had six minutes of injury time, a decision that greatly dissatisfied the German commentator Marcel Reif, who believed it was a practice of favoring the home team.

He believed that although there was a dispute caused by the penalty in the second half, it should not have resulted in six minutes of injury time.

When the fourth official raised the sign for six minutes of injury time, the Camp Nou stadium also went wild. Every Barcelona fan was desperately making a sound—when their own players had the ball, it was a deafening cheer. And when Dortmund players had the ball, it was an almost ear-piercing boo.

The Barcelona players on the field were even more high-spirited, pressing forward step by step. Dortmund had retreated across the board, and even center forward Lewandowski had retreated to the edge of the penalty area to take on defensive duties...

Dortmund's penalty area was densely packed with people.

In this noisy environment, Barcelona launched a fierce attack on Dortmund's penalty area, hoping to break through the opponent's goal in the last six minutes.

They only needed one goal to eliminate their opponents.

Scoring a goal was not a big deal for them under normal circumstances, but now it was as difficult as climbing to the sky.

The entire Dortmund team was doing everything possible to hold on to the score.

Götze was knocked to the ground and didn't get up. He hugged his knees and rolled on the ground.

However, the Barcelona players who succeeded in intercepting the ball did not take the initiative to kick the ball out of the field, but continued to attack. This move aroused dissatisfaction among the Dortmund players. While signaling to the referee, they had to concentrate on defense to avoid being taken advantage of by Barcelona.

Götze had not gotten up, and the referee had no intention of stopping the game.

The ball was passed to Messi.

When Messi got the ball and prepared to break through vertically, he was marked by Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi, who came up to mark him, didn't intend to intercept the ball at all, but used his hands and feet to pounce directly on Messi.

No matter how light Zhou Yi was, he still weighed more than a hundred pounds. He pressed on Messi without reservation. How could the Argentinian, who was not physically strong, bear it?

He was pulled to the ground by Zhou Yi, and he also lost control of the ball.

The game finally had to be interrupted.

A huge, deafening boo resounded throughout the Camp Nou stadium.

Barcelona fans were very dissatisfied with Zhou Yi's foul. This was a deliberate foul!

Messi, who was pulled to the ground by Zhou Yi, raised his hands to protest and complain to the referee. The other Barcelona players were also very angry at Zhou Yi's foul. Seeing that Messi was about to break through, Zhou Yi actually fouled directly! How shameless! ?

But Dortmund was also dissatisfied. After the referee stopped the game, three Dortmund players rushed up to surround the referee and pointed to where Götze had fallen—Götze hadn't gotten up yet. They believed that when their players were injured and fell to the ground, Barcelona should kick the ball out of bounds out of sportsmanship.

Both sides surrounded the referee to argue.

Götze had already gotten up from the ground, but he was still limping, indicating that he was really injured and wasn't pretending. But the Barcelona fans didn't care so much. Seeing Götze get up from the ground, they believed that he was acting just now, and boos and curses flew towards Götze.

Buvac also looked very angry on the sidelines, and he complained to the fourth official about Barcelona's foul.

But it was useless. Götze was obviously injured, but he didn't have any substitutions left, so he could only let Götze persevere on the field. There were still five minutes left, and Dortmund was actually one player short...

The referee pushed everyone away and walked towards Zhou Yi with a yellow card in his hand. This yellow card was obviously prepared for Zhou Yi, but it was normal. Zhou Yi's deliberate tactical foul just now was not unjustified in receiving a yellow card.

But Zhou Yi didn't get up to receive the card because he had cramps.

He had really tried his best in this game. He had rarely had cramps due to physical exhaustion since the new season, but this time he had cramps, which showed how hard he had worked.

This time, in order to pull down Messi, he had also put in all his strength, otherwise he might not have been able to hold him back...

The Dortmund players who were still surrounding the referee to argue quickly came over to press Zhou Yi's legs.

The Barcelona fans who were booing Götze before turned their guns and started booing Zhou Yi. They believed that Zhou Yi was pretending to have cramps to delay time.

Amidst the boos, Zhou Yi did not get up immediately. After his teammates pressed his legs, he sat up by himself, then flexed his legs, and shouted in Chinese at the Barcelona players who were urging him to get up: "What's the rush! Didn't you see I have cramps? Why are you in such a hurry? Are you rushing to be reborn!"

After complaining, he slowly got up from the ground at a speed comparable to that of a sloth.

The referee stood next to him and was also stubborn. He had to wait until Zhou Yi stood up before showing him the card. Before Zhou Yi got up, he kept holding the yellow card, but didn't show it.

Zhou Yi finally got up from the ground, and the referee quickly flashed the yellow card.

The booing from the Barcelona fans in the stands subsided slightly.

However, after Zhou Yi's fuss, nearly two minutes of the six-minute injury time had passed...

In the commentary box, Marcel Reif criticized Barcelona for lacking sportsmanship, while goLtv's Hodson also criticized Zhou Yi for lacking sportsmanship.

Marcel Reif believed that Barcelona's failure to actively kick the ball out when Götze was injured for the first time was a manifestation of a lack of sportsmanship. If they had actively kicked the ball out, how could Zhou Yi have committed the tactical foul that followed? In that case, Zhou Yi wouldn't have received a yellow card.

Hodson believed that Götze and Zhou Yi were both suspected of deliberately delaying time. Although they were both injured, they definitely didn't need to lie on the field and be unable to get up.

This is a case of "your position determines your thinking." Different positions determine their different interpretations of the same thing.

It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, because it has nothing to do with right and wrong, but only with interests.

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Injury time entered the last minute, and Barcelona still failed to score a goal. Even goalkeeper Valdés couldn't help but want to rush up and participate in the attack.

During this period, the boos in the Camp Nou stadium were continuous because Dortmund was in control of the ball.

Zhou Yi's running ability was significantly reduced due to cramps, but he could still pass the ball.

He moved within a very small range, passing the ball back and forth, making it difficult for Barcelona to steal the ball.

Finally, Busquets couldn't bear it anymore and fouled Zhou Yi, knocking Zhou Yi to the ground.

As a result, Zhou Yi lay on the ground again and didn't get up—this time he had cramps in another leg. Last time it was his right leg, this time it was his left leg...

No matter how loud the boos in the stands were, it was useless.

He really had cramps, so he couldn't be expected to drag his cramping leg up and buy time for Barcelona, right?

No matter how good sportsmanship is, it shouldn't be used like this...

The referee gave Zhou Yi a yellow card before because of his tactical foul, not because he was delaying time. Cramps really don't count as delaying time. If he pretended to have cramps when he didn't, then that would count...

As a result, even if the Barcelona players surrounded the referee, the referee didn't say anything this time.

The last minute of injury time ended while Zhou Yi's teammates were pressing his legs...

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When Zhou Yi stood up again and returned to the game, the referee blew the whistle to end the game less than a minute later.

In fact, before the game was over, the Dortmund players couldn't wait to stand on the sidelines, ready to cheer.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, these people screamed and rushed onto the field.

They won!

They eliminated Barcelona!

The Dortmund players on the field also raised their arms and cheered, while the Barcelona players fell to the ground. They never expected that the defending champion would be eliminated in the quarter-finals...

"The game is over!!" Marcel Reif shouted, raising his arms. "The game is over!! Dortmund did it! They drew with Barcelona in the second leg away game after being at a disadvantage in the first leg. With the advantage of more away goals, they eliminated their powerful opponent! They broke into the top four! This is an achievement that no one was optimistic about before!"

"The galactic battleship has been eliminated, and Dortmund has won the battle to protect the earth!" He Ping was also very excited. "Who would have thought that Dortmund would be able to eliminate Barcelona in the away game? The schedule arrangement of first at home and then away was once considered extremely unfavorable to Dortmund, but now it seems that there are no unfavorable situations, only people who don't want to win! Dortmund never gave up, so they deserve such a result!"

Then he changed the subject and talked about Zhou Yi: "In this amazing game, Zhou Yi made great contributions and is the biggest contributor to Dortmund's advancement to the top four! This game showed us a Zhou Yi who can attack and defend! He can attack and defend! That volley will become a classic goal of this Champions League and will be remembered in our memory for a long time!"

The Dortmund players were celebrating their victory to their heart's content, while the Camp Nou, which had been noisy for ninety-seven minutes, suddenly became much quieter at this time. The Barcelona fans in the stands no longer booed, but held their heads in their hands, looking at the celebrating Dortmund players on the field in disbelief. Maybe they forgot to boo the Dortmund players, or maybe they didn't have the strength to boo anymore...