Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 326 Dreams Come True

After Großkreutz scored the first goal for the team, it was as if a window had been broken, or rather, the floodgates of a dam had been opened.

The flood came rolling in.

In the thirty-eighth minute, after a series of passes, Zhou Yi threaded a through ball to the edge of the penalty area.

Mark Wagner didn't receive the ball. Instead, he lifted his foot and let it pass!

At this moment, Götze had cut inside at high speed from the wing, and he received the ball perfectly!

He then dribbled horizontally, created an angle for a shot, and shot decisively!

The ball flew into Kaiserslautern's goal for the second time!

"2:0! Borussia Dortmund are two goals ahead in the first half!"

Although the assist for this goal was credited to Zhou Yi, Mark's clever pass may have been the most brilliant part of this attack. If he hadn't let the ball through, he would have received it on the edge of the penalty area, where Kaiserslautern's defense was still relatively intact, and it wouldn't have been easy for him to shoot.

But when he attracted Kaiserslautern's defensive attention and then let the ball through, he caught them off guard!

After the goal, Götze, Mark, and Zhou Yi were the first to embrace, followed by Kagawa Shinji and Großkreutz, who ran up to hug them.

Klopp was pleased to see this scene.

This attacking combination had formed faster than he had imagined, perhaps because Zhou Yi, Mark, and Götze already had a tacit understanding, which reduced many steps and time.

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In the first half, Borussia Dortmund led Kaiserslautern with these two goals. In the second half, the two sides switched sides and fought again.

Kaiserslautern didn't have a good way to deal with the pressure exerted by Borussia Dortmund's attacking combination, so they could only shrink their defense.

Kaiserslautern's shrinking defense only worked until the sixty-fourth minute.

In the sixty-fifth minute, Mark's shot in the penalty area earned the team a corner kick.

And it was from this corner kick that Hummels headed the ball into the goal!

"3:0! Borussia Dortmund have completely locked in the victory! There is no suspense in this game!"

But Borussia Dortmund's goalscoring pace didn't stop there. This time it was Mark's turn.

In the sixty-ninth minute, Borussia Dortmund launched a quick counterattack. Zhou Yi sent a through ball from the center, and Mark followed up with a successful offside trap, dribbled into the penalty area after receiving the ball, and then shot. The ball sped forward along the grass.

Kaiserslautern's goalkeeper Sippel made a save, but he was just a little short, and the ball slipped past his fingertips...

Then the ball went into the far corner of the goal...

"Goal! Mark!" Marcel Reif shouted very loudly. This goal meant that Mark Wagner, who had performed well in the previous game, continued his excellent form!

"Mark!!" Mrs. Wagner in the stands jumped up and cheered. Her son had scored again! He wasn't a flash in the pan!

Cotana stood up from her seat with the Borussia Dortmund fans around her and raised her arms involuntarily.

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Mark's performance wasn't over yet.

In the seventy-fifth minute, Götze pulled to the wing to cross, Mark Wagner followed up in the center, then jumped up to head the ball, getting ahead of Kaiserslautern's defender and heading the ball into the goal!

"Mark Wagner! He scores twice again! A beautiful header! He always seems to be able to get to the open space a little earlier than others! This goal is beautiful!" Marcel Reif said happily. He was now almost certain that Mark Wagner was a rising sun!

Cotana turned to look at the Borussia Dortmund fans around her.

They were constantly shouting her brother's name: "Mark! Mark! Mark!!"

She didn't know any of these people before, and they shouldn't know her brother either.

But now they were calling her brother's name so frantically and kindly...

Cotana had never imagined this scene before, never thought that her brother's name could one day be shouted by thousands of people...

But don't mention it, this feeling... is pretty good!

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Zhou Yi and Götze hugged Mark from behind. Zhou Yi said to Mark, "Listen, Mark! Do you hear that? Those fans are all shouting your name!"

Mark nodded vigorously. He heard it, heard it clearly, and even had the illusion... that he seemed to hear his mother's voice.

"How does it feel?" Zhou Yi patted Mark on the back hard.

"Great!" Mark replied loudly. "It's awesome!"

Being able to score at Westfalenstadion was a scene he had fantasized about countless times as a child. He fantasized about being like those seniors, scoring a goal and enjoying the cheers from Westfalenstadion. For him, this was the highest honor...

And now, he had actually achieved it!

Zhou Yi was right, you still have to have dreams, you still have to have ambitions, what if they come true?

Didn't it come true now?!

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On the sidelines, Klopp said happily to assistant coach Buvac, "I think this attacking combination has basically taken shape."

The team's tactical assistant coach Buvac didn't object, but nodded: "Mark has integrated into this group faster than we thought."

"Now we can let the Pole go up and try it out."

The "Pole" Klopp was talking about was Robert Lewandowski.

The poor guy had been a fixed substitute on the bench before the last game, always making the matchday squad and appearing in the final stages of the game.

The only exception was the Revierderby, but it was this exception that allowed Mark to seize the opportunity. If Lewandowski had been taken to the Arena AufSchalke at that time, would the person who turned the tide and made a big splash have been Lewandowski?

No one knows now.

Although Barrios was injured, the starting striker position didn't belong to Lewandowski, but fell to the lucky Mark.

If the Pole wanted to get more stable playing time, he probably had to wait.

Just looking at Mark's current form, he might have to wait longer...

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Lewandowski came on to replace Kagawa Shinji, not Mark. Mark moved his position back, and Lewandowski was at the front, and Borussia Dortmund changed to a 442 formation.

Klopp's plan for this adjustment was this - he wanted to see if Lewandowski and Mark could coexist. If they could, then Borussia Dortmund would have one more attacking option in the future.

After coming on, Lewandowski also performed very well. As a center forward at the front, he completed his task well. And there was also... a goal!

In the eighty-eighth minute, Zhou Yi passed the ball to Götze. Götze originally wanted to cross directly, but there were people around Lewandowski, and Mark was outside the penalty area, so crossing wasn't a good option right now.

So he passed the ball horizontally to Mark.

As soon as Mark received the ball, Kaiserslautern's defender rushed up. Mark had already scored twice in this game, which meant that he had a very good feeling for scoring. Such a person must not be underestimated, and of course must be strictly defended.

But they all came up to defend Mark, but forgot... Borussia Dortmund had two forwards this time! In addition to Mark, there was also Lewandowski!

Mark didn't shoot, nor did he dribble, but when the opponent pounced, he directly passed the ball to... Lewandowski!

After receiving the ball, the Pole turned and dribbled into the penalty area, and shot at the goalkeeper Sippel who came out!

The ball went through Sippel's armpit and rolled into the goal!

"Wow!!!" Marcel Reif exclaimed, "Robert Lewandowski! He also scored after coming on as a substitute! 5:0! Borussia Dortmund beat Kaiserslautern at home!"

Lewandowski was very happy. After scoring, he pounced on Mark and took the initiative to hug him. In fact, in the forward position, the two can be regarded as rivals in a sense. However, after Lewandowski came on, Mark didn't regard him as someone who came to steal his position, but treated him as a teammate. How decisive and beautiful was this pass...

The happiest person was actually off the field.

After seeing Mark assist Lewandowski's goal, Klopp jumped up happily and raised his arms and cheered.

Logically speaking, when the team is leading by a large score, scoring another goal is just icing on the cake, and it doesn't play a decisive role in the final result of the game. Such a goal is not worth his excitement.

But Klopp wasn't excited about this goal at all. He was happy about the process of this goal, Mark's pass to Lewandowski.

It confirmed to him that Mark can coexist with Lewandowski, that is to say, if Lewandowski is also in good form, he doesn't have to have any happy troubles anymore, he must put someone on the bench, he can have more combinations, more offensive ideas, and make it more difficult for opponents to defend.

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In the end, Borussia Dortmund defeated Kaiserslautern 5:0 at their home stadium, gaining three points, a victory, and a Mark Wagner in excellent form.

After the game, Mark, who scored twice and had an assist, was voted the best player of the game by reporters, and he also accepted an interview with reporters after the game.

"Being able to play and score at Westfalenstadion is my childhood dream. I am very happy to be able to realize my dream." Facing the reporters, Mark said with some excitement. "I want to thank Zhou Yi, he is my best friend and my role model. Because of him, I have this day to realize my dream!"

The reporter wasn't surprised by the content of what he said, because of his excellent performance in the previous game, the media had already discovered the relationship between Mark and Zhou Yi. The two are very good friends, and Zhou Yi lived in Mark's house for almost a season when he first arrived in Borussia Dortmund.

People also discovered that when Borussia Dortmund's U19 youth team won the double, there was a trident attacking combination in the team, in addition to Zhou Yi and Götze, the other person was Mark Wagner.

This explained why he could cooperate so well with Zhou Yi and Götze as soon as he came on the field.

Sure enough, success is no accident...

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ps, the three updates are over, from tomorrow there will be two updates, thank you for your understanding and support!