“Aaaah!” Marcel Reif shouted, “Lewandowski!! Robert Lewandowski! Only eight minutes into the game, and Borussia Dortmund takes the lead on their home turf! This lead is somewhat surprising, as everyone predicted before the game that Borussia Dortmund would be crushed by Real Madrid at home…”

The Westfalenstadion erupted in a huge cheer. Although the fans were very dissatisfied with Götze's choice, it didn't mean they wanted their team to lose. Otherwise, Zhou Yi wouldn't have been able to get those excited fans to retreat outside the team bus with a single sentence: "Don't let others laugh at us."

Everyone still deeply loves the Borussia Dortmund team and hopes to see them win.

“Lewandowski’s goal was assisted by Götze, who is in good form and doesn’t seem to have been affected by the transfer news. I think since the transfer is a done deal, what he should do is play well in the remaining games. No matter where he is next season, he is a Borussia Dortmund player now, and he must do his best for Borussia Dortmund. Götze's performance is a good illustration of this… For Götze's attitude alone, I hope Borussia Dortmund fans will boo him less…” He Ping said.

After scoring, Lewandowski took the initiative to run over and hug Götze, using this action to tell everyone that Götze was still a member of Borussia Dortmund.

Other teammates also rushed up to hug them both. The infighting that the media had been hyping up did not materialize on them.

On the sidelines, after Klopp and his colleagues celebrated the goal, they looked at the field with smiles, watching the players hugging. Klopp clapped his hands and turned to assistant coach Buvac, saying, "Looks good."

Buvac smiled too, "Adversity makes for a determined army."

He really liked this word Zhou Yi used.

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“Was Pepe distracted when defending? He actually let Lewandowski slip past him from behind to shoot!” The Spanish commentator criticized Pepe. Real Madrid’s defense was always a cause for concern.

The TV broadcast then cut to Casillas sitting on the bench. In the close-up shot, Casillas buried himself in his sports jacket, the collar pulled up high, covering everything below his eyes, so it was impossible to see his specific expression.

Perhaps the director of the broadcast was asking: If Casillas had been in goal, would there have been a chance to save that shot?

But such speculation was meaningless.

The TV broadcast then gave Real Madrid coach Mourinho a close-up. He was frowning, but didn't do anything.

It was only eight minutes into the game. If he wanted to do something, it was a bit too early.

The Spanish commentator was still comforting and encouraging Real Madrid fans in front of the TV: “Borussia Dortmund’s goal was a bit of a surprise, more due to luck. As long as Real Madrid players can adjust their mentality, equalizing the score is not a problem…”

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When the game restarted, the performance of the Real Madrid players confirmed the Spanish commentator's statement. The conceded goal did not throw Real Madrid into a panic. Trailing behind, they began to press forward, putting more pressure on Borussia Dortmund’s penalty area.

In the twenty-fourth minute, Cristiano Ronaldo took a direct free kick from thirty meters away from the goal, which was saved by Weidenfeller.

Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, took advantage of Real Madrid's pressing attack to launch counterattacks.

In the thirty-third minute, Reus forcibly cut past Coentrão on the right and broke into the penalty area, where he fell to the ground and slid a shot under pressure from Higuain, which went slightly wide.

The two sides were so deadlocked, going back and forth, everyone had a chance, but none of the chances seemed particularly good.

In the fortieth minute, Cristiano Ronaldo crossed from the left, and Piszczek cleared the ball with a header at the far post. Xabi Alonso grabbed the second ball outside the penalty area and then took a long shot, but the ball was blocked by Hummels with his body.

In the forty-second minute, Real Madrid threw in a sideline ball in the backcourt and then launched a quick attack. However, when Real Madrid’s attack reached the front of Borussia Dortmund’s penalty area, it was defended by Borussia Dortmund. Hummels had already controlled the ball in front of the penalty area, but he was only looking ahead and completely ignored the situation around him. Higuain successfully stole the ball from behind!

"Hummels… made a mistake!!" Marcel Reif exclaimed.

Higuain, who had stolen the ball, quickly passed the ball to the far post, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who followed up with no one defending him, easily pushed the ball into the empty goal…

“1:1!! Cristiano Ronaldo! Ronaldo! He equalized the score for Real Madrid!” The Spanish commentator excitedly waved his fist and shouted. “Real Madrid finally equalized the score before the end of the first half! Now they can go into the half-time break with a relatively calm mindset! This goal from Cristiano Ronaldo is very, very crucial!”

"Hummels ah—" Marcel Reif sighed, "This mistake is really fatal! The morale that was so hard to build up has been wiped out by this mistake…"

What he was most worried about was the impact of mistakes on the team. Before the game, everyone was worried about Borussia Dortmund. After scoring a goal eight minutes into the game, Marcel Reif breathed a sigh of relief. As a result, Borussia Dortmund hadn't scored another goal since then, and now, during the half-time break, they had allowed the opponent to equalize the score because of their own mistakes. What impact would this conceded goal have on the team? Would it dampen the team's morale and bring them back to the state that everyone was worried about before the game? Would Borussia Dortmund, who already had internal conflicts, split as a result during the half-time break?

Although they had only conceded one goal, sensitive people could already imagine a lot of things.

“Borussia Dortmund’s players were a bit distracted near the end of the first half. Hummels’ mistake was obviously caused by a lack of vigilance… You have to know that in such high-level duels, even a second of negligence can be fatal!” He Ping also criticized Hummels’ performance.

The Real Madrid players were happily replaced, this was a valuable away goal, worth two at home!

This goal was like a reassurance for them. If they put aside the idea of "revenge", then getting an away goal was their most basic goal, and now this goal had been achieved.

Hummels, whose mistake led to the conceded goal, looked very frustrated. He stood still with his hands on his hips, motionless, the phrase "dumbstruck" was really apt to describe him.

The atmosphere within the team had been abnormal for a while, and it was only in this important game that there were signs of improvement… His mistake seemed to put the atmosphere in danger of collapsing again.

Weidenfeller, the captain on the field, was also helpless about Hummels’ mistake, but he still came up to comfort the mistaken Hummels: “Don’t take it to heart, I’m also responsible for that goal, I didn’t remind you that there was someone behind you in time…”

Hummels shook his head, sighed, and didn't speak.

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After the game restarted, Real Madrid, with the momentum of their recent equalizer, launched another fierce attack on Borussia Dortmund’s goal.

During this period, Borussia Dortmund could only retreat to defend, and there was no talk of attacking at all. Of course, there wasn't much time left in the first half anyway. It was enough not to concede a goal in such a short period of time. Don't even think about scoring another goal and regaining the lead…

In the end, when the first half ended, the score was 1:1, and the two sides were temporarily tied.

Because of the goal conceded at the last moment, Borussia Dortmund’s players were not in high spirits when they left the field, most of them were walking with their heads down in a hurry. On the other hand, the Real Madrid players still had the leisure to chat while walking down.

They must be looking forward to the second half, how to continue to hunt down Borussia Dortmund on the basis of equalizing the score and achieve their revenge plan.

Now it seems that Borussia Dortmund, who scored a goal eight minutes into the game, was just an illusion. In fact, they were still the same terrible team with no internal unity, unwilling to train and play. And Real Madrid was initially intimidated by Borussia Dortmund’s aggressive offensive, now that they think about it, it’s really… shameful.

But it doesn't matter, everything will return to normal in the second half.

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In the locker room, Klopp did not criticize Hummels for his mistake. On the contrary, he praised the team’s performance in the first half.

This surprised the players. Everyone thought they were waiting for a storm of criticism. As soon as many people sat down, they shrank their necks and lowered their heads, waiting to be scolded.

But it didn't happen.

He just asked everyone a question: “Now, how many people still believe that we can beat them?”

Zhou Yi was the first to raise his hand: "I believe it."

"Okay, tell me, why do you still believe it?" Klopp called Zhou Yi's name.

Zhou Yi didn't decline or be polite, he stood up and said: "I don't know if everyone noticed, but at the end of the first half, Real Madrid players were talking and laughing when they left the field. What does this mean? It shows that they are very relaxed and feel that the game has returned to the rhythm they want. They must think that as long as they put a little pressure on us in the second half, we will collapse. If they really think so, then it's good news for us. Because this conceded goal was just bad luck for us, it doesn't explain anything, our performance in other aspects was impeccable, so I firmly believe that as long as we continue to play like we did when we scored in the first half, we will score again and we will definitely win."

After speaking, Zhou Yi sat down.

Klopp looked at him and nodded with a smile: “That’s right, Zhou Yi is right. This is what I want to tell you too, don’t lose confidence easily. Why am I praising you, not to encourage you, but because you really deserve my praise. That goal in the first half allowed me to see the united and invincible Borussia Dortmund again. I'm very happy, guys, just keep playing like this, there's no championship we can't win!"