After accurately sending the football to Kagawa Shinji's front with his heel, Zhou Yi didn't stop there, but accelerated forward.

"This is Dortmund's counterattack!" Marcel Reif roared excitedly. He had been somewhat silent during this match, and this was probably the most excited he had been all game.

Kagawa Shinji rushed forward, catching up with the ball Zhou Yi had passed to him.

However, AC Milan still had players behind, and AC Milan's center-back Thiago Silva now appeared in front of him.

This was a very capable Brazilian center-back. Although not particularly tall, his defensive abilities were outstanding.

Kagawa Shinji was facing a very difficult opponent, and it would be hard for him to break through one-on-one.

Kagawa Shinji made a feint to break through to the left, but pushed the ball to the right instead. Thiago Silva remained unmoved, sticking close and reaching out to intercept.

Kagawa Shinji quickly hooked the ball back with his right foot, preventing Thiago Silva from stealing it.

He then pretended to pass the ball, but Thiago Silva didn't fall for the feint.

Kagawa Shinji was forced to slow down. He was stopped by Thiago Silva, and Dortmund's fast counterattack was about to fail.

Just when Kagawa Shinji didn't know what to do, Zhou Yi's voice rang out from his left.

"Kagawa!"

The Japanese midfielder perked up and turned his head to see Zhou Yi.

But he also saw Van Bommel behind Zhou Yi.

Still, he passed the ball over.

Thiago Silva saw Van Bommel behind Zhou Yi and didn't follow to block Zhou Yi. He believed Van Bommel could stop Zhou Yi.

Sure enough, seeing the ball passed to Zhou Yi by Kagawa Shinji, Van Bommel accelerated, trying to get in front of Zhou Yi to intercept the ball.

Even if he couldn't intercept it, he could take the opportunity to stick close and prevent Zhou Yi from continuing forward.

Zhou Yi raised his left foot, facing the ball, as if he was going to knock it directly to the right. Van Bommel reached out and tugged at his left shoulder, overtaking from the left, intending to get ahead of Zhou Yi and intercept the ball he was knocking to the right.

But Zhou Yi's move was just a feint. His left foot went directly past the ball…

The ball swept horizontally past his feet, continuing to roll to the left.

Van Bommel missed!

As he lunged to the right, Zhou Yi flashed past, turning to the left!

The two brushed past each other, going their separate ways!

"Zhou Yi! A beautiful escape!" He Ping exclaimed excitedly.

Having shaken off Van Bommel, Zhou Yi took the ball towards the penalty area.

Another center-back, Mexes, came up to meet him.

Van Bommel circled around and charged up again.

Thiago Silva didn't join in the fun. He was still watching Kagawa Shinji. The Japanese player had already charged in and raised his arm, clearly asking Zhou Yi for the ball.

If Silva also went to defend Zhou Yi, Kagawa Shinji would be unmarked, and Zhou Yi could give Kagawa Shinji an excellent opportunity with a single pass.

Thiago Silva wasn't stupid.

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Facing Mexes's frontal block and Van Bommel, who could appear on the side at any time, Zhou Yi, who had entered the penalty area, didn't hesitate. He had already made a decision.

He seemed to be dribbling the ball very seriously with his head down.

He seemed oblivious to everything happening around him.

But at this moment, his right leg suddenly swung forward, and his toe poked the ball!

The ball flew quickly along the grass, drilling between Mexes's legs. The ball came so suddenly that Mexes was caught off guard. By the time the ball passed under his crotch, he suddenly retracted his leg, as if he had internet lag...

But because he retracted his leg too quickly, the six-foot-three giant lost his balance and fell backward with a crash!

As he fell, he caught a glimpse of the goalkeeper Abbiati diving to the side, and the ball that had shot past Abbiati's hand…

"Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor!!!" Marcel Reif raised his arms and shouted. "Zhou Yi!! Zhou Yi!! He has kept hope alive for Dortmund!"

The ball brushed past Abbiati's hand, grazed the goalpost, and crashed into the net! Zhou Yi didn't choose to curl a long shot into the far corner with the inside of his foot. Instead, he unexpectedly poked a shot into the near corner!

Because the poking motion was very concealed, and because shooting at the near corner was the shortest distance, as long as the ball was fast enough, it would be difficult for the goalkeeper to react.

He had made another correct choice.

Because Zhou Yi chose to shoot at the near corner, even if Van Bommel had charged up, he wouldn't have had any effect. He could only turn his head beside him and watch the ball go into the net, so he could be regarded as a witness to this goal...

"Goal! Goal! Beautiful! Goal!!" He Ping was very excited. "This goal is crucial for Dortmund. At 0:3, Zhou Yi scored an away goal for Dortmund and brought the aggregate score back to 1:3! Now Dortmund is only two goals behind! This is not an insurmountable obstacle!"

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After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi wanted to find Kagawa Shinji, who had assisted him, but Kagawa Shinji had already found him first. Just as he turned around, he was tackled to the ground by Kagawa Shinji, who jumped in the air—he had already run towards Zhou Yi when the ball crossed the goal line.

"Well done, Zhou-san!!" Kagawa Shinji roared in his ear.

"Hahaha!" Zhou Yi laughed happily.

Next, more Dortmund players ran wildly from the backcourt and joined in the wild celebration.

On the sidelines, Klopp grinned and ran along the sideline for more than twenty meters, then jumped high and waved his arms vigorously, venting his emotions in the San Siro stadium.

Although Dortmund was still two goals behind, anyone who knew football knew how important Zhou Yi's goal was.

That was an away goal worth a thousand pieces of gold!

The AC Milan players stared blankly at Dortmund's excited goal celebration.

Just a minute ago, they were thinking about scoring one or two more goals to make the second leg of the match inconsequential.

As a result, the suspense didn't disappear, but became even more suspenseful!

What the hell!

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The Dortmund players celebrated to their heart's content until the referee reminded them that they should return to their own half.

Only then did the Dortmund players turn around and return to their own half.

Zhou Yi and his teammates jogged back while waving to the Dortmund fans in the stands who had traveled with the team. The Dortmund fans in the stands naturally responded to them with the most enthusiastic cheers.

After the game restarted, Dortmund continued to shrink their defense.

However, this time, AC Milan didn't dare to press forward on a large scale—they had seen the quality of Dortmund's defensive counterattack through this goal conceded. If Dortmund were allowed to score another goal, then it might be AC Milan who would be eliminated...

So although AC Milan was still besieging Dortmund's penalty area, the intensity of their attack had obviously weakened a lot.

In this case, they were no longer able to break through Weidenfeller's goal.

Of course, it was impossible for Dortmund to succeed in a sneak attack again.

So, when the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score was fixed at 3:1.

AC Milan defeated Dortmund at their home ground, but this was not considered a successful revenge.

Because they haven't eliminated Dortmund yet.

After the game, AC Milan fans sang and danced in the stands, celebrating the victory. The AC Milan players were also celebrating. After all, they had won, although they conceded a goal in the end, they still had a two-goal lead.

The Dortmund players quickly left the stadium.

If it weren't for Zhou Yi's goal, this game would have been a complete failure for them.

They would go back and carefully summarize the lessons learned from this game, and then, in their home stadium, have a final battle with AC Milan.

Zhou Yi's away goal was the reason they could still do this.

However, although Zhou Yi scored such a crucial goal in the game.

Not everyone thought his performance was good.

Many media outlets, especially Italian media, believed that the reason why Dortmund lost the game in the end was also largely due to Zhou Yi's performance. If Zhou Yi had performed better in the first half, Dortmund might not have collapsed in the first half.

Other reporters believed that Klopp was too dependent on Zhou Yi, which led to problems with the team's operation once Zhou Yi was contained. This problem was fully reflected in this game. Some may say that there is nothing wrong with relying on someone who is worth relying on, but who can guarantee that Zhou Yi's career will always be stable and never drop the ball? No matter how big the probability is, as long as the probability exists, it will always make people worry.

In short, apart from the Chinese media and the German media, the media in other countries criticized Zhou Yi's performance in this game more than praised it.

Although Zhou Yi scored a goal, the media believed that it was just Zhou Yi making up for his mistakes, and he hadn't even finished making up for them. He conceded three goals, and he only scored one... there were still two goals missing.

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"The media reporters are talking nonsense, what do they know!" Sun Pan was furious in the group chat. He was angry about Zhou Yi's matter.

Because he had seen the reports from the Spanish media.

A Champions League match between a German team and an Italian team, and the Spanish media also joined in the fun, and then made wild remarks, which made Sun Pan very unhappy. After all, they were criticizing his good friend.

Although they usually trash talk each other in the group chat and bicker when they meet, this is a symbol of their close relationship. It doesn't mean that they can tolerate outsiders pointing fingers and criticizing their friends.

"The goal conceded has nothing to do with Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi was already very good to be able to score an away goal. I think if it were someone else, they probably wouldn't be able to do it..." Guo Nu also felt that the reporters' demands were too harsh.

"So I think these criticisms are unreasonable, a bit inexplicable... If we're talking about poor performance, of course there were people in the Dortmund lineup who performed poorly in this game, but it shouldn't be Zhou Yi who is singled out for criticism, right?" Yang Mu Ge was very strange.

"I think it's because Zhou Yi's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, so the chances of being attacked have also increased. It's like a big tree attracts the wind," He Ying explained. "But don't worry, Zhou Yi's mentality is much better than ours!"