Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 733 The End of the Match
"Gomez provoking Zhou Yi is just too irrational..." He Ping said. "Zhou Yi really has no energy left, he can't run, isn't it okay for him to walk off the field? I understand the Bayern Munich players' desire to seize the time, but doing this is really too irrational..."
As a Chinese commentator, he must demand of himself to be "neutral and objective" at all times, otherwise the huge number of Bayern Munich fans in China might not easily forgive him. Therefore, even if he wants to criticize Bayern Munich players, he should try to be as tactful as possible and pay attention to his tone and wording.
However, many Chinese fans in front of the TV and online don't need to maintain "etiquette" at all. They launched various attacks on Mario Gomez, and Bayern Munich naturally couldn't escape either.
After the foreshadowing of the previous two seasons, the competition between Bayern Munich and Dortmund this season has reached a fever pitch.
Conflicts between the players of both sides are common.
Moreover, this kind of conflict is not only reflected on the football field, but also in the places where fans of both sides gather off the field.
Mainly on the Internet.
Whether in China or in Europe, as long as the issue of Dortmund and Bayern Munich is discussed, the comments below are basically mutual attacks from fans of the two teams.
At first, Bayern Munich fans had the upper hand, because in the league, they had always firmly suppressed Dortmund, with a difference of twelve points at most in the standings.
As Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich at their home stadium and took the advantage in the title race, the direction of the online war of words between the two sides also changed. Dortmund fans gained the upper hand.
In China, Dortmund has always had the advantage, because Dortmund has Zhou Yi, while Bayern Munich does not have a single Chinese player. Most Chinese fans, out of support for their compatriots, will of course stand on Zhou Yi's side, so they will naturally support Dortmund, which has Zhou Yi.
I am afraid that only the most hardcore Bayern Munich fans would fight with those who support Zhou Yi and Dortmund on the Chinese Internet.
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The conflict did not last long. Some people on Bayern Munich's side were also helping to mediate. Fortunately, there were some smart people who knew that continuing to make trouble would be unfavorable to Bayern Munich—even if extra time was needed in stoppage time because of this, could Rizzoli give unlimited stoppage time?
They still had to get back to the game as soon as possible.
Some Dortmund players were also persuading their teammates to stop arguing. However, their concern was that if they continued to waste time like this, Rizzoli would add all the wasted time to the stoppage time.
The power of stoppage time in extra time is all in the hands of the referee Rizzoli...
They now desperately want the referee to blow the whistle to end the game immediately after the conflict ends...
In the end, Rizzoli gave Mario Gomez, who pushed Zhou Yi, a yellow card, and also gave Hummels, who pushed Gomez back, a yellow card.
It was a fifty-fifty decision.
But in the eyes of Bayern Munich fans, they were very unhappy, because the initiator of this conflict seemed to have not been punished—Zhou Yi was still fine!
The referee did not give him a card, nor did he give him a verbal warning.
As for Zhou Yi himself, after the conflict ended, he slowly walked to the sidelines, not in a hurry to meet Grosskreutz who was standing in front of him, but first raised his hand to salute the Dortmund fans in the stands who were applauding, as a way of thanking them for their support.
This is almost a "standard action" that every player who is substituted off the field will do.
But generally, players will do this set of "standard actions" after handing over to their teammates and walking off the field. Some players will choose to do it while walking off the field, and when they reach the sidelines, they will finish it, and then hand over to their teammates neatly and leave the field.
But Zhou Yi is not like that. He stood still after walking to the sidelines, and then did this set of actions, leaving his teammates hanging there.
According to FIFA regulations, if a substituted player does not leave the field, the player who is substituted on cannot enter the field, so Grosskreutz must wait for Zhou Yi to come down before he can enter the field. If Zhou Yi does not leave the field, he cannot go up.
At first glance, it seems that Zhou Yi is showing off in front of Grosskreutz, but Grosskreutz has no unhappy expression at all, but is clapping like the Dortmund fans in the stands, watching Zhou Yi.
He doesn't mind Zhou Yi "leaving" him here. On the contrary, he very much agrees with Zhou Yi's approach, because he can understand Zhou Yi's "little thought" - which is to deliberately delay time.
When Zhou Yi first entered the first team, the first first-team teammate he came into contact with was Grosskreutz, and the two were also very good friends. Of course, he understood why Zhou Yi was doing this.
If he were Zhou Yi, he would do the same.
Zhou Yi stood on the sidelines, smiling and thanking the Dortmund fans. The Dortmund fans all stood up and applauded Zhou Yi.
But the other half of the stadium was Bayern Munich fans, who booed Zhou Yi's blatant time-wasting behavior.
Of course, Zhou Yi didn't do too much. He stopped when he knew enough was enough, clapped his hands twice, waved his hand, and left the field.
When he hugged Grosskreutz, he heard "Big Cross" say in his ear: "Well done, Zhou Yi!"
Of course, he wasn't talking about Zhou Yi's goals and assists. He was talking about the time Zhou Yi wasted when he left the field.
Generally, when a leading team substitutes players in stoppage time or near the end of stoppage time, it is basically impossible to have any tactical intentions. It is just to delay time.
Since it is to delay time, then a big fuss must be made in the process of substitution.
Many teams will take the opportunity to delay time when substituting players, which is not uncommon at all.
Conflicts caused by delaying time during substitutions are also common.
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Finally, Dortmund completed the substitution.
The game can continue, but at this time the time has already exceeded one hundred and twenty minutes, and it has reached one hundred and twenty-one minutes.
Logically speaking, Rizzoli can directly blow the whistle to end the game.
But he didn't. He signaled Bayern Munich to continue attacking.
The Dortmund fans in the stands booed.
The Bayern Munich fans saw hope and cheered loudly for their team.
They believe that Rizzoli will make up for all the time Zhou Yi wasted, and Bayern Munich will seize the few minutes of stoppage time and equalize the score at the last moment, dragging the game into a penalty shootout.
It would be best if they could score in the final seconds, using the time provided by Zhou Yi and Zhou Yi's method to defeat the team where Zhou Yi is, that would be really great...
Thinking of this, many Bayern Munich fans were excited.
They couldn't help but start to imagine what the scene would be like at that time.
But the reality is very cruel.
When Bayern Munich's attack was finally kicked away by Robben, Rizzoli blew the whistle in his mouth, but it was not the whistle to signal Dortmund to take a goal kick, but two short and one long, three whistles!
"The game is over—!!!" He Ping roared almost, and at the same time Rizzoli raised his arm, he couldn't wait to shout such a sentence. "The game is over! Dortmund is the champion! They are the European champion! Zhou Yi has become the first Chinese player in history to win the Champions League!!"
"It's over! Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 3:2 in the final after one hundred and twenty minutes of hard fighting and won their club's second Champions League title in history! For Klopp and his team, this is truly a fantastic season, an incredible season, but also a season of arduous journey!" Marcel Reif also said excitedly.
The Dortmund players on the bench rushed onto the field like wild horses, and so did the Dortmund coaches.
Only Klopp could still stabilize his emotions and took the initiative to walk towards Bayern Munich coach Heynckes first.
He has no personal grudges with Heynckes. The two have competed for two seasons, and Klopp has always been the winner, but Heynckes is also an opponent worthy of his respect, otherwise his team would not have won so hard this season.
Besides, this season is also the last season of Heynckes' coaching career...
Facing Klopp who took the initiative to shake hands, Heynckes also sorted out his expression and stretched out his hand.
The two shook hands.
Heynckes said congratulations.
Klopp said: "Actually, I think you should continue to stay."
Heynckes shook his head: "I'm tired, I don't have enough energy. Although I didn't win the championship, this last season was also great for me. I wish you and your team good luck in the future."
"Thank you."
The two coaches separated, and Klopp could no longer suppress the ecstasy in his heart, jumping and running towards his players.
Excited like a child who hasn't grown up yet.
Heynckes saw his happy back behind him, shook his head lightly, and then turned to his coaching staff colleagues, reaching out to them and comforting their sadness: "Okay, don't be sad. In any case, we completed a great season together. I am very grateful for your cooperation, and I am also very honored to be able to spend the last two years of my coaching career with you..."
Facing the strong old coach, some people couldn't help but burst into tears.
There can only be one winner. After the game is over, naturally some people are happy and some are sad.
This is football, and it is also life.