Chapter 148 Dortmund's Counterattack

“Dortmund’s counterattack! Zhou Yi passed to Mark Wagner! Mark passed to Götze, and at the same time, they played a one-two, and Dortmund’s attack quickly advanced outside Real Madrid’s thirty-meter zone!” Marcel Reif shouted. Almost five minutes into the second half, Dortmund's attack finally looked like it could threaten Real Madrid's goal again.

However, the Real Madrid players were not pushovers either. They were quickly retreating, trying to implement a strategy of dividing and encircling Dortmund's attacking players, preventing them from linking up again.

If the Dortmund players were any slower, their counterattack would likely be aborted.

So Mark didn't dare to be careless after receiving the ball. He passed the ball to Großkreutz on the other side.

This was completely in the opposite direction of where Zhou Yi was running.

Looking at it this way, there was no way Großkreutz could pass the ball to Zhou Yi, right?

On the contrary, Götze and Mark suddenly cut into the penalty area, cooperating with Lewandowski, and Dortmund suddenly had three points in the penalty area!

As long as Großkreutz crossed, they could pose a threat to Real Madrid's goal!

There was no time to hesitate!

Khedira decisively shook off Zhou Yi and followed Mark towards the penalty area.

Sometimes players have to believe what they observe on the field, believe their own judgment, because players are on the front line, able to experience the most authentic game. They often know more realistically and accurately what is happening on the field than coaches who are watching the game from afar.

So Khedira believed that his decision was not a problem.

But just as he was chasing Mark towards the penalty area, he didn't see that behind him, Zhou Yi, who was originally preparing to run to the wing, suddenly stopped and turned back, running towards the center!

At first, Xabi Alonso's attention was also focused on the Dortmund players rushing towards his penalty area. At that time, their three-pronged attack was indeed very imposing and eye-catching...

At the same time, he would take the time to look at Großkreutz, who had the ball, to prevent him from suddenly cutting inside to the center. And he was stuck at this key choke point in the inside-center.

He had no time to consider other places. He wasn't like Zhou Yi, who would look around even when he didn't have the ball.

So, until he realized that Großkreutz had suddenly passed the ball to the center, but not a cross, he realized that there was someone behind him!

The ball quickly swept past him, and he turned around to see Zhou Yi raise his foot and stop the ball.

At this time, in front of Zhou Yi was the Real Madrid defense line that was being pressed into the penalty area by Mark, Götze, and Lewandowski. Behind him were the other Real Madrid players who were on their way back, but not all of them had arrived yet. In fact, they were almost there... but they were still a little distance away.

So, between these two groups of Real Madrid players, there was a gap that wasn't too big, but definitely existed...

And Zhou Yi received the ball in this gap!

"Zhou Yi! He's unmarked!!" The person who exclaimed this was not Marcel Reif, nor the Chinese commentator He Ping, but the Spanish commentator. His subtext was, "Where is Khedira? Why isn't he next to Zhou Yi?!"

Khedira was in the penalty area, just sticking to Mark. At this time, he realized that the ball had not been passed directly into the penalty area, so he looked back and saw Zhou Yi receiving the ball.

He wanted to turn around and pounce on Zhou Yi again, but it was too late. He could only watch Zhou Yi raise his right foot on the rib outside the penalty area and then kick... a cross?

It looked like a cross. The ball was lifted up, drawing an arc in the air, heading straight for Lewandowski at the far post!

Lewandowski also jumped high to compete for the header!

Pepe jumped up in the process of retreating, wanting to compete with Lewandowski for the header, but it was too difficult for him to jump up while leaning back like that. He didn't hit the ball!

But in fact, he didn't hit the ball not just because he was leaning back and couldn't jump high enough, but because... Zhou Yi's kick was a bit high.

Because not only Pepe, but even Lewandowski didn't hit it!

The ball just slid over the heads of the two of them!

Was it a bad cross?

No!

The ball that passed over Lewandowski's head fell straight towards the far post of Real Madrid's goal!

And Casillas in front of the goal was completely deceived by the action of Pepe and Lewandowski's header competition. He was concentrating on preparing to save Lewandowski's header, but Lewandowski didn't hit it!

The ball was leaked past like this. It was too late for Casillas to make a save at this time. He could only turn his head and watch the ball brush past the far post and fly into the goal...

"Zhou—Yi!!!" He Ping roared, drawing out the sound, his voice filled with a hint of disbelief.

This goal was indeed quite surprising, because when Zhou Yi kicked the ball, everyone thought it was a cross, so Lewandowski also jumped up to compete for the header, and Pepe also didn't dare to neglect and followed suit.

As a result, no one hit it, and the ball flew into the goal like that...

"Zhou Yi! He equalized the score for Dortmund! This is really surprising! Dortmund actually equalized the score in this way! Was Zhou Yi's kick a cross or a shot? But that doesn't matter! What matters is that Dortmund is now back on the same starting line as Real Madrid!" Marcel Reif was also very excited.

Even if Zhou Yi's kick was a fluke, it didn't matter. The key was that Dortmund had equalized!

"Dortmund got an away goal! And drew with Real Madrid! If this score holds until the end of the game, it would be great for Dortmund!"

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After scoring, Zhou Yi didn't run wildly to celebrate, but stood in place, slowly raising his arms, with an indifferent expression on his face.

It was as if he wasn't surprised by this goal at all. He knew this ball would go in from the beginning. He kicked the ball to shoot, not to cross!

Zhou Yi calmly celebrated this goal that could be very important for Dortmund. His teammates couldn't calm down. They howled and excitedly pounced on Zhou Yi, then surrounded him.

In the most difficult time, Zhou Yi's goal was like sending charcoal in the snow for Dortmund!

Klopp also seemed very excited, embracing his assistants with abandon.

After the Dortmund players finished celebrating, they started running back. The close-up lens of the TV broadcast was firmly focused on Zhou Yi.

"This is Zhou Yi's second goal in the Champions League this season. The number of goals is not many, but they are all important. The first goal helped Dortmund draw 4:4 with Inter Milan in the away game with ten men. And this second goal brought Dortmund a valuable away goal... He is simply Dortmund's key man!"

He Ping praised Zhou Yi to the extreme, not feeling anything awkward about it.

Then the TV broadcast cut to a shot of Şahin. Nuri Şahin finally made the matchday squad for this game, but did not get the chance to start.

Sitting on the bench, he didn't know what he was thinking when he saw Zhou Yi's high-spirited performance. He wondered if the leather bench at the Bernabéu was more comfortable to sit on?

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"Zhou Yi scored a goal at the Bernabéu! It's really enviable, jealous, and hateful!" Sun Pan shouted in the group.

They were watching the game separately again, and then exchanging their views in the "Exclude Old Guo" group.

"The opponent is Real Madrid..." He Ying was also a little lost. As a Barcelona fanatic, he would of course fantasize more than once about wearing a Barcelona jersey and breaking Real Madrid's goal at the Bernabéu.

But he was still a long way from this dream, but Zhou Yi had already achieved it, except that he wasn't wearing a Barcelona jersey...

Zhou Yi seemed to be creating history that they couldn't reach in every game. Zhou Yi seemed to have flown to a sky that they couldn't touch.

They could only sit in front of the TV now, looking up at the screen, like looking at a bird flying freely in the sky from the ground, which was enviable.

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Amid everyone's envy, Zhou Yi and his teammates returned to Dortmund's half and prepared to start the next game.

The German and Chinese commentators were still praising Zhou Yi endlessly, with optimism in their words.

Yes, they drew with their opponents away from home and had an away goal. What was there not to be optimistic about?