Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 339 A Toast is in Order
But for the Borussia Dortmund players, wasn't Zhou Yi also their most reliable support?
Trailing by four goals with one player down, everyone was ready to give up. Losing such a disastrous game was understandable, and no one could blame them.
Giving up would have been the normal choice.
But for Zhou Yi, giving up a game was anything but normal. During halftime, he shared his own story to inspire his teammates not to give up.
Then, in the game, he led the team's counterattack with his actions.
As his teammates charged, he stood atop the high mountain, blowing the horn of counterattack. The rousing sound echoed in everyone's hearts, encouraging them to move forward bravely.
Without experiencing such a situation in this game, it was hard to truly understand this subtle feeling.
This was why Zhou Yi, despite his young age and shallow experience, could become the core of this Bundesliga powerhouse.
The reason why no one in the team raised any objections when Klopp made this arrangement was because Zhou Yi could lead the team to equalize in a situation like today!
With such outstanding performance, who else could be the team's core?
They held Zhou Yi tightly, bearing his weight, patting his shoulders, stroking his hair, expressing their love and support for this young man.
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"This is incredible!!" A woman with an Asian face exclaimed in front of the television. "They actually came back from four goals down!"
"Honey, don't be so surprised. It's perfectly normal for this to happen to Zhou Yi." Tim Kister put his arm around her and patted her gently on the arm. "I've seen even more amazing games..."
The corners of his mouth turned up as he recalled the scene of those young and inexperienced Chinese teenagers defeating La Masia.
If there were always many miracles in the world of football, then Zhou Yi was the one who created them. Whether it was in that Chinese team or in Borussia Dortmund.
He once again proved his diamond-like qualities.
Kister was proud to have discovered such a genius for the club.
He also believed that Kagawa Shinji would definitely not regret taking his advice to come to Borussia Dortmund, because working with such an outstanding person would make him even better...
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Kagawa Shinji looked up at the arm pointing to the sky, he and his other teammates were holding the owner of this arm.
He thought about why he came to Borussia Dortmund.
"Kagawa, I suggest you choose Borussia Dortmund. But I'm not just saying this because I'm a scout for Borussia Dortmund. Putting aside my identity as someone who works for Borussia Dortmund, as your friend, I would also suggest you choose Borussia Dortmund," Tim Kister said to him.
"Why? Is there anything special about Borussia Dortmund?" Kagawa Shinji asked curiously.
"Compared to other European giants, Borussia Dortmund is nothing special, even inferior. But Borussia Dortmund has a special person, I think you will definitely get along with him and learn a lot from him."
"Are you talking about Coach Klopp, Kister-san?"
"No." Kister shook his head with a smile. "His name is Zhou Yi. If you go to Borussia Dortmund, he will be your teammate."
"Zhou Yi... Zhou-san? What's so special about him?"
"It's hard to explain his special qualities in one or two simple sentences. In short, he's a very special young man, a little younger than you. You'll naturally know what's so special about him when you go to Borussia Dortmund. He's a young man who exudes light all over his body, he can unconsciously affect the people around him. It's magical. I've seen with my own eyes how he changed a team, that process... like a legendary novel." Kister couldn't help but smile as he recalled the years he spent tracking and observing Zhou Yi.
Seeing Kister's high praise for Zhou Yi aroused Kagawa Shinji's curiosity.
What kind of person is that Zhou-san who can get such high praise from Kister-san?
"So if you can go to Borussia Dortmund, it will be very good for you, because you can learn a lot, not only in terms of tactics and techniques, but also other things. I believe you will become a star in Borussia Dortmund that will drive the whole of Europe crazy."
In the end, Kagawa Shinji chose Borussia Dortmund from a series of European clubs that were interested in him.
Now, when he recalled Kister-san's words, he finally understood what he meant.
Zhou-san is truly a person who can radiate light...
He really saw light around Zhou Yi's body!
Being able to be a teammate with such an amazing person is really... great!
He doesn't regret choosing Borussia Dortmund at all.
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Borussia Dortmund players were celebrating wildly after equalizing the score. They surrounded Zhou Yi, shouting and jumping, as if the game was over.
In fact, the game was not over yet, but Inter Milan's players had also suffered a huge blow and completely forgot about it...
After Zhou Yi scored, all the Inter Milan players seemed to be cursed, staring blankly at the football in the goal, unable to speak at all. Even if their mouths were open, they couldn't make a sound.
Leading by four goals and having one more player than the opponent, they never thought the game would end like this.
No matter how they thought about it, they felt that this was impossible.
We have one more player than them!
We are stronger than them!
We are the defending champions!
We were leading by four goals!
Why did it end up like this?
Many Inter Milan players had only confusion in their eyes.
In the end, their confused eyes all fell on Zhou Yi, and finally they were no longer without focus.
Yes, everything was because of this person...
If it weren't for him, we would have won this game long ago!
Damn it!
Although they were angry, they felt that they had to admire him. Everyone saw how well he performed.
He... deserves this moment.
They couldn't complain about their opponents, they could only complain about themselves. They were not working hard enough, they were complacent after leading by four goals. They forgot the lesson that in the Champions League, no opponent should be underestimated.
And they had made such mistakes again and again this season - wasn't the first Champions League group match tied by Twente, whom they looked down upon, in the away game?
Okay, this time it was because of underestimating the opponent that led to this result.
Then next time, when we meet again, there will be no more underestimation. Inter Milan will face you with the strongest posture, and then, we must take away three points in the away game!
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The referee came over to dissuade the Borussia Dortmund players, reminding them not to over celebrate.
In fact, there was very little time left in the game at this time, maybe only a few dozen seconds.
But as a referee, he always had to fulfill some of his responsibilities.
Although he was also very surprised by the current score.
Unexpectedly, Borussia Dortmund, who had been one player down since the tenth minute of the game, was so tenacious...
It really opened his eyes!
With admiration for the Borussia Dortmund players, he drove the Borussia Dortmund players back to their half.
The game continued.
When the Inter Milan players stood in their respective positions to prepare to kick off, they had actually given up on this game, because they didn't believe that they could score another goal in the remaining half a minute, so let's leave the victory to the next game...
Therefore, the game ended quickly. Inter Milan's last shot was completed by Zanetti. The captain seemed to be the only one who didn't give up.
But it was useless for him not to give up alone.
When his long shot went wide, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
Although Borussia Dortmund took some time to celebrate, he did not add this time to the stoppage time. Instead, he blew the whistle on time in the ninety-fourth minute of the game.
The game is over!
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"The game is over! The game is over!" He Ping shouted excitedly, "The game is over! Borussia Dortmund, who had ten men, came back from four goals down, and the score was 4:4! It's unbelievable! Any audience who watched this game may be like me at this moment, not sleepy at all? It's so wonderful! If every Champions League game is like this one, I don't think there will be any problem with broadcasting it in the middle of the night!"
He Ping was right, at least Zhou Jianliang and Li Cuiyun were not sleepy at all now.
Zhou Jianliang suddenly wanted to have a drink. He felt that not having a drink at this time was not worthy of his excited mood.
But he was not so carried away as to forget that he must get his wife's consent, so he turned his eyes to Li Cuiyun and said in a pleading tone: "This, I'm too excited, I can't sleep... I'll just have a drink, having a drink will help me sleep!"
Li Cuiyun rolled her eyes: "Where did that theory come from?"
"The newspaper said a glass before going to bed..." Zhou Jianliang paused here.
Li Cuiyun said in a contemptuous tone: "People are talking about a glass of wine before going to bed, not baijiu."
Zhou Jianliang scratched his head embarrassedly: "Hehe, anyway, it's all wine... The alcohol content is higher, so you get drunk faster, and if you get drunk faster, you fall asleep faster..."
Li Cuiyun gave him a white look, got up and really took out a bottle of unfinished wine from the cabinet for her husband, and put it with the glass next to the wine bottle in front of him: "Don't you not like drinking?"
"Some particularly happy things are worth drinking for!" Zhou Jianliang happily unscrewed the bottle cap and poured the wine glass full directly.
Then he picked up the wine glass, looked at his wife and said: "What's that saying? 'When floating a big white!'"
After speaking, he raised his neck and poured all the wine in the glass into his mouth and drank it all.
After drinking, he grinned and wiped his mouth with his hand, smiling very happily.