Chapter 121 Hero

When Zhou Yi shot the football into the goal, Guo Nu in front of the television even forgot to speak in the group chat. He watched the screen, finally muttering, "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"

By the time he remembered to say something in the group, everyone else was silent, obviously as shocked as he was by Zhou Yi's last-minute, game-winning goal.

"Zhou Yi is awesome!" Guo Nu said in the group. "That goal was simply unbelievable!"

"Incredible…" Yang Mu Ge murmured.

"Too exciting…" He Ying also said with emotion. "I never thought we could score a goal in the last second."

From their television sets, huge cheers erupted from the stadium. The broadcast cut to a wide shot, and everyone in the Westfalenstadion was jumping, waving their arms and cheering.

It looked spectacular.

They were all chanting one name—Zhou Yi.

Even through the television, everyone could clearly hear Zhou Yi's name.

At that moment, Zhou Yi was the hero of this stadium.

Which soccer player wouldn't want to enjoy such glory and become such a hero?

Zhou Yi had once again walked ahead of them.

"It's...enviable…" He Ying said in the group. It was the first time he had openly expressed his envy and jealousy of Zhou Yi.

But no one was surprised, and everyone understood, because they were also jealous…

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"This match was full of ups and downs! Not long after the start, Dortmund fell behind. After equalizing, they fell behind again in the second half, losing two away goals. The aggregate score was also behind, and everyone thought Dortmund was finished. But after entering injury time, the situation suddenly changed. Zhou Yi scored two goals in a row, helping Dortmund complete the reversal... Facing Sun Pan, known as the 'Moving Great Wall,' Zhou Yi was able to score twice, which is really remarkable…"

Compared to when Zhou Yi had just scored, He Ping's mood had calmed down a bit. Now he just felt that this game was too magical.

"This game reminds me of the 1999 Champions League final, where Manchester United also scored two goals in injury time to defeat Bayern Munich. Coincidentally, when the Champions League group stage draw was held this season, Dortmund's Group D was also compared to Manchester United's Group D in 1999. It seems that something is guiding Dortmund in the dark… Manchester United won the Champions League that year. Could this year's Champions League favor Dortmund? But no matter what, Dortmund, having experienced this game, will become a very difficult team to defeat!"

"Dortmund is now the first team in the Champions League knockout stage to score two goals in injury time to advance to the next round—although Manchester United also scored two goals in injury time in 1999, that was the final, and they could not advance to the next round." Marcel Reif began to list relevant statistics for the audience. "The last time a team scored two goals in injury time in the Champions League was on November 2, 2005, when Ajax defeated Thun 4-2. But that was the group stage, and the goals in injury time were not as important as in this game…"

The Spanish commentator was in low spirits: "Atlético Madrid persisted for so long, but failed at the last moment… This is really unacceptable…"

With that, the Spanish commentator fell silent.

The television screen showed Dortmund players jumping for joy, forming a sharp contrast with the stunned Atlético Madrid players.

Dortmund players were celebrating wildly, and not a single Atlético Madrid player reminded the referee that their celebration was taking too long. In fact, it didn't matter now. When Zhou Yi scored, injury time was down to the last few seconds. Even if the Dortmund players didn't celebrate and let the game continue directly, Atlético Madrid would not have been able to score another goal in those few seconds.

So for everyone, the game was over.

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The Dortmund players finally finished celebrating and returned to their own half, while the Atlético Madrid players stood listlessly in their half.

In the center circle, Diego Costa and Koke were waiting to kick off. Their eyes were dull, and they had no confidence to seize the time for one last effort.

Because they also knew very well that if they kicked the ball out, the game might be over, and all their efforts would be in vain. It would be meaningless.

Sure enough, when referee Thomson blew the whistle and Diego Costa kicked the football out, Thomson immediately blew three more whistles—the game was over!

"The game is over! After a magnificent game, Dortmund relied on Zhou Yi's two goals in injury time to reverse and eliminate Atlético Madrid!"

"Congratulations to Dortmund! This is a great victory! When they were behind twice and lost two goals, who would have thought that they would be able to complete the reversal at the last moment! This is so exciting! This is the craziest game I've ever seen! My God... Heavens! But this is the charm of football! This is why we are so obsessed with this sport!" Marcel Reif almost choked when he said this. The ups and downs at the end of the game really made it difficult to calm down.

The Spanish commentator was a little depressed: "The game is over. Atlético Madrid ultimately failed to go further, which is a pity. But we should also see that Atlético Madrid performed very well. After returning to the Champions League, they are completely different from the team that was eliminated in the group stage before. Simeone has brought very obvious changes to this team. Although the team was eliminated, we have reason to believe that the team's future is bright… Of course, if Atlético Madrid can keep Sun Pan this summer, it will be even brighter… However, after seeing Sun Pan's performance in this game, Chelsea probably won't let him go easily, right?"

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After winning, Dortmund's celebration was not as crazy as when they scored. Everyone's emotions had been released at that moment, and now they didn't have such strong emotions. Although they were still happy, they could control their emotions.

At least they knew to comfort the Atlético Madrid players.

Although they were opponents and enemies in this game, the enemy's performance was also very good and worthy of their respect. After all, being able to defeat such a powerful opponent shows that they are even stronger.

Zhou Yi walked straight to Sun Pan.

Sun Pan was a little dejected. Losing the game made him very sad. He didn't deliberately hide his emotions, and lowered his head without saying a word.

"It's a pity, Pan Pan. You were almost able to touch my ball," Zhou Yi said.

Sun Pan raised his head, looked at Zhou Yi, and then pouted: "So what if I touched it? Even if I touched it, it would still be a goal." He thought very clearly.

"This...haha." Zhou Yi scratched his head and laughed. "I was going to comfort you, but how can I comfort you when you're like this?"

"Who wants your comfort!" Sun Pan snorted.

"Okay, okay, you don't need my comfort." Zhou Yi patted Sun Pan's arm, "Then I'll remind you, don't forget to bark online, don't go back on your word!"

After speaking, he turned around and ran.

Sure enough, Sun Pan roared at him from behind: "Get lost!"

If he ran slower, Sun Pan might have kicked him…

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In the mixed zone, Zhou Yi was surrounded by Chinese and foreign reporters. As the player who scored two goals in the last moments to help Dortmund eliminate Atlético Madrid, Zhou Yi was Dortmund's number one contributor to advancing to the semi-finals.

"I am very happy that we finally advanced. This game was not easy, but everyone tried their best. This is why we were able to reverse and create a miracle." Facing the reporters' cameras and microphones, Zhou Yi said modestly and seriously.

"So what do you think of Sun Pan's performance in this game?"

"What do I think? We scored three goals in this game, but two of them were world-class goals, and one was a rebound. Only world-class goals and rebounds can break through his goal, which is enough to show his performance. It's a pity that Atlético Madrid was eliminated. If the opponent wasn't us, I would have hoped to meet Pan Pan in the final."

"After the game, I saw you running to him. What did you two talk about?"

"Well, I wanted to comfort him, but he is stronger than I thought and doesn't need my comfort at all." Zhou Yi greatly praised Sun Pan. Such a performance would of course make people think that Zhou Yi is a very gentlemanly person—clearly the victor, but sparing no effort to praise the defeated Sun Pan, whether out of demeanor or friendship, is pleasing.

But who knows that Zhou Yi ran to Sun Pan to remind him to remember to bark like a dog online…

Of course, maybe they will know tomorrow, if Sun Pan doesn't go back on his word.