After seeing the team's performance from the sidelines, Buvac was very surprised. He didn't expect that, facing Barcelona's fierce offensive, Borussia Dortmund, with one less player, wouldn't seem so overwhelmed.

Under Zhou Yi's leadership, Borussia Dortmund's defense was very resilient, and... composed.

Seeing the team's performance, Buvac breathed a sigh of relief—at least he didn't have to worry about conceding a goal immediately.

Now he could take his time to think about what to do next.

This substitution was very important because it would determine the team's guiding ideology moving forward.

If he substituted an attacking player, it would dampen the team's offensive enthusiasm. If he substituted a defensive player, it might make people think that he wanted to go for broke...

Go for broke?

A light suddenly went on in Buvac's mind.

In this situation, what would Klopp do?

Buvac glanced back at the stands and noticed that Klopp was also staring intently at the pitch.

He carefully recalled, what decision would Klopp make?

With his understanding of Klopp, it wasn't difficult.

Klopp wasn't the kind of coach who followed the rules, nor was he the kind of passive and conservative coach.

If necessary, he could be surprisingly extreme.

He dared to take risks, was willing to take responsibility, and therefore often reaped more and richer rewards than ordinary people.

Sometimes, you have to dare to take risks...

With that thought, Buvac made his choice.

He replaced Sven Bender with Felipe Santana.

This decision seemed unbelievable to many commentators.

"Replacing a defensive midfielder with a center back, is this strengthening the defense? What is the point of such a substitution?"

"This is the impact of Klopp being sent to the stands. If Klopp were on the sidelines directing the team, he would never have made such a stupid substitution!"

"From this substitution, it can be seen that Borussia Dortmund is doomed to lose..."

Commentators from various countries were all commenting on this substitution.

Even Marcel Reif was worried: "Replacing a defensive midfielder with a center back. Borussia Dortmund is still thinking about attacking... but facing Barcelona, with one less defensive player in midfield, how long can they last? Once Barcelona scores another goal, this game will be completely over..."

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When Sven Bender was substituted, Buvac stopped him to comfort him: "You did a great job, Sven. But we need to attack now."

Sven Bender nodded to show his understanding. At this time, if you don't want to lose, you really have to attack. There was nothing to say, he always obeyed the coach's arrangements.

After Santana ran onto the pitch, he brought the players the acting head coach Buvac's arrangements for the team's next move.

A very simple sentence.

Santana pointed at Zhou Yi and shouted to everyone: "The coach said, listen to Zhou Yi for how to play!"

No one objected, and no one was surprised. The coaching staff had given almost all power to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi had just led everyone to deal with Barcelona's attack, and he did a great job. Everyone trusted him.

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When the game restarted, there were some changes in Barcelona—they must have had some thoughts when they saw that Borussia Dortmund had replaced their only defensive midfielder.

Although Zhou Yi's position was defensive midfielder, he was not good at defense. Gundogan was good at both attack and defense, but from another perspective, it meant that neither offense nor defense was particularly good. Compared with Sven Bender, who specialized in defense, Gundogan's defensive ability was indeed a bit worse.

As a result, the defensive strength of Borussia Dortmund's midfield dropped sharply. Barcelona's midfield strength was already very strong. With this ebb and flow, it was not difficult for Barcelona to score another goal.

Now, as long as Barcelona scores another goal, the total score would be 3:1, and the suspense of this game would be over. Borussia Dortmund would never have a chance to turn around.

Therefore, when the game restarted, Barcelona's offensive was even fiercer, and they were targeting Santana. It seemed they wanted to overwhelm him while Santana had just come on the field and hadn't gained a firm foothold yet.

Many players are prone to making mistakes after just coming on the field because they have not yet entered the game state.

But this situation did not occur on Santana.

He performed very steadily.

When it was Borussia Dortmund's turn to control the ball, they did not directly kick the ball to the frontcourt like other teams when facing Barcelona, trying to keep the ball as far away from their defense zone as possible. Instead, under the leadership of Zhou Yi, they controlled the situation with fast and accurate passes.

Facing Borussia Dortmund's fast passing, Barcelona's frontcourt press was ineffective. Borussia Dortmund players, including Zhou Yi, could always pass the ball out before they surrounded them...

In this way, Barcelona players had to turn to the next Borussia Dortmund player to receive the ball, which looked as if the Barcelona players were being led by the nose by Borussia Dortmund's passes.

Although Sven Bender was gone, the defensive strength of Borussia Dortmund's midfield didn't drop much...

Sometimes, Barcelona's press could make Borussia Dortmund players pass the ball all the way back to goalkeeper Weidenfeller, but it couldn't get them a goal.

If Borussia Dortmund's defense used to give them the impression of a wall, then now Borussia Dortmund's defense gave Barcelona players the feeling of a very dense net. Their offense could deform and twist the net, but could not pierce it. All the power was held in that net.

But facing this net, Barcelona players had an illusion—that with a little more force, they could pierce this thin net.

So they continued to press Borussia Dortmund players in the frontcourt and midfield.

In Zhou Yi's view, the signs of opportunity had already appeared, but it was not the best opportunity. He needed to observe and wait patiently.

Because this kind of opportunity was hard-won, so he had to strive for a one-hit kill. If he couldn't score a goal in one go, it would probably not be easy to come back next time. With Barcelona's ball control ability, as long as they controlled the ball without attacking, they could completely drag the 2:1 score to the end of the game.

But he couldn't wait too long either. Because as the game time passed, Barcelona was not stupid. If they saw that there was really no way to break Borussia Dortmund's goal again, they would choose a more pragmatic approach and start paying more attention to control and defense.

So in fact, Borussia Dortmund's window of opportunity to score a goal was very short. Waiting patiently might lead to the opponent's retreat, and that would be missing the opportunity.

This tested the decision-making ability of Zhou Yi's brain.

Faced with this situation, Zhou Yi had his own way.

Simply waiting may not bring a better opportunity in the end, so what to do to get a better opportunity?

Of course, create it proactively!

Zhou Yi decided to make a more risky and bolder move. He would no longer stay in the backcourt and finish with a long pass. He wanted to participate more deeply in the team's offense.

Defensive counterattack is not just a long pass!

When the ball was passed to Zhou Yi's feet again, Keita pounced on him.

Faced with Keita's aggressive press, Zhou Yi did not pass the ball out. To outsiders, Keita was rushing very fiercely, with an aggressive momentum, and was coming with ill intentions. But in Zhou Yi's view, he was full of flaws.

Perhaps he didn't take himself seriously, or felt that he could only be forced to pass the ball out by him.

But this time, Zhou Yi wanted to make a different choice.

Faced with the rushing Keita, Zhou Yi's right foot gently pulled the ball to the left.

Keita missed.

It was a simple movement that couldn't be simpler, but it shook Keita open. Everyone on the field was surprised.

Including Keita.

But Zhou Yi didn't, he didn't have time to be complacent.

After pulling the ball to the left with his right foot, his left foot followed by pushing the ball forward to the left, while he jumped up to avoid Keita who couldn't brake.

After landing, Zhou Yi accelerated and chased after the ball, dribbling forward!

Barcelona players rushed from all directions to block Zhou Yi.

At this time, Zhou Yi did not continue to dribble forward. He quickly passed the ball to Gundogan not far away. After passing the ball, he did not stop but continued to run forward.

Gundogan passed the ball to Piszczek on the wing, and Zhou Yi had already run diagonally in front of Piszczek.

Piszczek passed the ball to Zhou Yi again.

All were one-touch passes, no one stopped the ball to adjust, otherwise Barcelona's encirclement would be on them. Only one-touch passes could ensure that the ball would not be intercepted midway.

Zhou Yi also made a one-touch pass after receiving the ball, passing the ball to Kagawa Shinji without stopping.

Then he went around behind Kagawa Shinji and ran forward.

When he went around Kagawa Shinji, Kagawa Shinji used his heel to flick the ball to him. Facing the ball flicked by Kagawa Shinji, Zhou Yi directly swung his foot and kicked the ball to the center, and Lewandowski, who retreated to meet, received the ball.

At this time, Borussia Dortmund had attacked into Barcelona's thirty-meter zone!

In just a few passes, in six seconds, Borussia Dortmund had turned from defense to offense, and also threatened Barcelona's goal!

"This is Borussia Dortmund's counterattack!" Marcel Reif shouted, his voice full of excitement.

"Borussia Dortmund's quick counterattack has reached the core of Barcelona's heartland!" He Ping was also very excited.

A huge boo rang out in the Camp Nou stadium, the boo was to put pressure on the Borussia Dortmund players, but it could also be understood as... a desperate struggle!