Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 698 God is a Munich Native

Gustavo's red card caused the game to be interrupted for at least three minutes, and these three minutes would be added to the stoppage time by the referee.

After the three-minute interruption, the game resumed.

Heynckes had already made adjustments, replacing forward Gomez with defensive midfielder Tymoshchuk.

The meaning of this substitution was very clear: taking off the only center forward basically meant giving up the attack and focusing on defense.

Originally, both sides were playing offensively, and both teams had opportunities. Now, Bayern Munich had shrunk their defense, turning the game into Borussia Dortmund besieging Bayern Munich, but the attacking opportunities decreased. Because of Bayern Munich's dense defense, Borussia Dortmund did not get as many high-quality offensive opportunities as before.

When Gustavo received the red card, many Borussia Dortmund fans cheered, believing that Borussia Dortmund had one more player than Bayern Munich, the balance had been broken, and Borussia Dortmund would have the upper hand.

But now it seems that having one less opponent may not be a good thing.

Because this made Bayern Munich determined to defend to the death.

Bayern Munich could completely accept a draw, but Borussia Dortmund could not.

If Bayern Munich really got their wish and held the draw to the end, taking one point away from here, it would definitely be bad news for Borussia Dortmund.

So soon, Borussia Dortmund fans couldn't be happy either, they stared nervously at the field.

On the field, Borussia Dortmund was besieging Bayern Munich's goal.

In the sixty-eighth minute, Gündoğan took a left-footed long shot from twenty-seven meters away from the goal, and the football went wide to the left of the goal.

Then Reus also took a long shot after dribbling horizontally on the right side of the penalty area, but this time the football went high.

Because Bayern Munich defended densely, the penalty area was very crowded. Facing such a dense defense, Borussia Dortmund didn't have any good solutions in the short term, so they could only choose long shots frequently.

It's just that the effect of long shots is actually not very good.

In the seventy-second minute, Klopp made the second substitution of the game.

Mark Wagner came on as a substitute, replacing Sven Bender.

Removing a defensive midfielder and adding a forward to strengthen the attack. This game must be won for Borussia Dortmund.

Klopp was planning to go all out.

Bayern Munich switched to full defense, and Borussia Dortmund switched to full attack.

But the time left for Borussia Dortmund was running out.

In the seventy-fourth minute, Reus was brought down while dribbling on the wing, and the referee Gagelmann gave Borussia Dortmund a free kick.

After Reus kicked it out, Lewandowski tried to get a header in the penalty area, but he fell to the ground under Boateng's close pressing and failed to touch the football. The football finally fell into Neuer's hands. Lewandowski lay on the ground and raised his hands to signal to the referee that Boateng had fouled, but Gagelmann did not award a penalty this time, he just hooked his hand to signal Lewandowski to get up quickly.

His action caused boos from the stands - Borussia Dortmund fans obviously thought this should be a penalty.

But Marcel Reif didn't think so: "It's hard to say whether Boateng fouled or not. There was definitely physical contact, but physical contact doesn't equal a foul. Moreover, after already awarding Borussia Dortmund a penalty and sending off a Bayern Munich player, Gagelmann must also consider the balance of the game. It is impossible to easily award a penalty again, unless the evidence is conclusive and undeniable, otherwise he will act cautiously as long as there is a little controversy. So Lewandowski, don't think about getting another penalty..."

In the seventy-seventh minute, Tymoshchuk made a mistake when passing the ball in the backcourt, and he sent the football to Zhou Yi's feet. Of course, maybe it's not a mistake, but Zhou Yi predicted Tymoshchuk's passing route in advance, so he got stuck on the route and waited for the rabbit.

Whatever the reason, Zhou Yi now has the ball.

After getting the ball, he didn't make any extra moves, but sent the football straight to the left side of the penalty area with a through ball. There, Mark received the ball and then shot after turning half-way.

However, Mark's shot was not of high quality, more like a pass than a shot, and he didn't put much power on it, so Neuer got the ball easily.

It wasn't until the eightieth minute of the game that Bayern Munich had another shot. Tymoshchuk took a long shot from the center about thirty meters away, but the football flew high and did not threaten Weidenfeller's goal at all. He didn't even make a save, just stood there, looking up as the football flew over his head.

Although Tymoshchuk's shot didn't score, Borussia Dortmund didn't care about this issue at all, they were more concerned about their own attack.

After watching the football fly out, Weidenfeller turned around and ran to the back of the goal to ask the ball boy for the ball.

And the ball boy also understood, without waiting for Weidenfeller to urge him, he threw the football in his hand over.

For Borussia Dortmund, time was passing by minute by minute, and there was not much time left for them...

"It's the eightieth minute of the game. Including stoppage time, there are at most fifteen minutes left in the game. Facing Bayern Munich's desperate defense, Borussia Dortmund must score. If they can't win this game, then they can basically say goodbye to the league title this season..." Marcel Reif said.

Borussia Dortmund fans in the stands sang and danced, cheering for their team. At the last moment, as fans, this was all they could do.

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From the eighty-first minute to the eighty-fifth minute, Borussia Dortmund did not have a shot in four minutes, and had been passing the ball.

Zhou Yi kept running around, receiving the ball, passing the ball, receiving the ball, and passing the ball again.

When he didn't have the ball, he gestured for his teammates to calm down and stabilize the rhythm.

At this time, they should not pursue the number of shots, but the quality. If they wanted to take a lot of shots, they could take a long shot once a minute, but they couldn't threaten Bayern Munich's goal. Even if Borussia Dortmund had a hundred shots in this game, it would be useless.

In this continuous passing process, Zhou Yi had also been observing and predicting the situation, looking for gaps that could be exploited.

Until the eighty-sixth minute, finally, in the continuous passing, Bayern Munich showed a trace of flaw.

Zhou Yi immediately launched a fatal pass!

He passed the football to Kuba on the left side of the penalty area, who was almost unguarded!

"Kuba—!"

When the football flew towards Kuba, everyone saw the situation he was in, Borussia Dortmund fans cheered loudly, and Marcel Reif exclaimed.

In the thunderous shouts, Kuba raised his foot to stop the ball.

But maybe the opportunity was too good, so good that Kuba himself couldn't believe it, which distracted him. Anyway, when he raised his foot to stop the ball, he actually stopped the ball too far!

The football did not stay obediently and submissively at his feet, but bounced straight out... towards the onrushing Neuer.

And Neuer, who rushed out in time, happened to receive the "gift" from Kuba, and he directly fell to the ground and hugged the football in his arms!

"Oh no—!" Duan Xin shouted regretfully. "Kuba, Kuba! How could you stop the ball so far? Besides, you don't need to stop it, you can just shoot it directly! Alas, this may be the best offensive opportunity for Borussia Dortmund so far since they scored the first goal! It was wasted like this!"

A huge sigh also sounded in the stands.

Kuba, who missed this opportunity, held his head in his hands. He was worried that he had missed the best opportunity for Borussia Dortmund to win this game and even win the league title this season.

"Lewandowski missed a penalty, and Kuba missed such a great opportunity... It seems that Borussia Dortmund's luck is really bad today. Maybe God is really on Bayern Munich's side? Is it true that no team can win three consecutive league titles except Bayern Munich?" Marcel Reif also felt that Borussia Dortmund was really unlucky in this game. So many opportunities, sure goals, great opportunities, could change the outcome of any game, but Borussia Dortmund didn't seize any of them, and let the score of 1:1 remain until now.

"God is on our side! Tonight, God is a Munich native!" The commentator of Munich Radio shouted excitedly.

The various scenes of this game really made people wonder, maybe the league title this season should not be won by Borussia Dortmund?