Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 334 God Likes Crazy People
But Mark used his chest to block the ball directly towards Zhou Yi, which surprised everyone.
What was even more surprising was what followed. Facing this very tricky incoming ball, Zhou Yi actually headed it back directly, combining neutralization and attack, turning a difficult ball into a through ball that created a deadly opportunity!
And it flew right over Lúcio’s head!
Lúcio couldn't stop it even if he wanted to. He could only watch as the ball fell behind him, and Mark, who had been in front of him, was gone. Anyone could guess that he had turned around and gone behind him!
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"Mark Wagner!" Marcel Reif almost slammed the table.
Because this cooperation was just too...imaginative!
What had seemed like no opportunity at all, had now become a golden opportunity!
When Zhou Yi headed the ball past Lúcio, Mark had just bypassed him and ran behind him, catching the ball.
Completely unmarked!
He calmly controlled the ball and took a step into the penalty area.
Inter Milan's goalkeeper, César, abandoned his goal and rushed towards him.
Mark appeared very calm and was not intimidated by César's aggressive advance. He took a low shot!
César desperately lunged forward with his legs spread, but he was a little too slow. The ball slipped past his feet...
At that moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the ball, watching it bounce and roll forward on the grass, and finally...roll into the goal!
"toooooooooooooooooooooooooooor!!!!" Marcel Reif shouted excitedly. "tooooooooooooooooooooooooooor!!! Mark! Mark Wagner! He scored a goal for Dortmund! A beautiful, wonderful, unbelievable cooperation!!"
Marcel Reif was going crazy, his voice hoarse. Although this goal wouldn't allow Dortmund to tie the score or win, it showed that Dortmund hadn't given up, which might be more important than the current score.
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"Zhou Yi!!" The instant Mark scored, He Ping shouted not the scorer's name, but the assister's name, because in his opinion, Zhou Yi deserved ninety percent of the credit for this goal!
If it hadn't been for Zhou Yi's miraculous header, nothing that followed would have happened.
"Beautiful pass! So imaginative! Fantastic! Who could have, who could have thought that Zhou Yi would pass the ball in this way? A headed through ball! And he just borrowed the power of Mark's pass back, so he didn't have to use too much force, and the action was very subtle, allowing him to use more power to control the accuracy of the pass... Oh! We've seen many unconventional passes, such as Ronaldinho's back pass at Barcelona. I think Zhou Yi's pass today can also be ranked alongside those outstanding passes in history!"
"Yeah!" Zhou Jianliang in front of the TV waved his fist vigorously.
Although they were still three goals behind, he no longer cared about the outcome of the game, as long as he could see his son perform well, it was enough.
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After scoring, Mark turned and ran back, colliding with Zhou Yi, who was waiting with open arms to embrace him.
Shinji Kagawa, Götze, Sven Bender... everyone else rushed up and hugged them.
"Well done!"
"You guys are great!"
"That pass was just...fantastic! Haha!"
They patted Zhou Yi and Mark's shoulders, heads, and backs.
Next to them were the Inter Milan players, who were still a little dazed.
Lúcio was explaining what had just happened to Zanetti: "...I was originally following that number forty-five up, but I didn't expect that after number forty-five passed the ball back, Zhou Yi actually headed it directly over, and I couldn't react at all... I wanted to jump but I couldn't, because I was still running forward at the time..."
The poor former captain of the Brazilian national team had become the backdrop for this beautiful assist. He tried his best to explain that it wasn't that he was too bad, but that his opponent was too strong.
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"Damn! That goal was really beautiful!" In the group chat, Sun Pan was the first to type out such a compliment.
"That pass... was too imaginative." He Ying was also impressed. Anyway, he would never have thought of doing that.
Not to mention him, even the talented players he had come into contact with during training and matches at La Masia, none of them could have made the kind of reaction that Zhou Yi did in such a flash of time.
"Actually, I think that Mark is also very good. He and Zhou Yi really have a great understanding. After he passed the ball back to Zhou Yi, he immediately turned around and ran forward, seemingly not even considering whether his pass back could be passed back by Zhou Yi again. Anyway, he just believed that Zhou Yi could definitely do it..." Yang Muge analyzed.
Guo Nu also breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, there's a goal to save face..."
If Dortmund, where Zhou Yi was, really got whitewashed, he would really feel embarrassed in front of Zhou Yi.
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Dortmund's wild celebration after scoring, but no one going to the net to pick up the ball, seemed to indicate that Dortmund was very satisfied with being able to score a goal to save face. The Inter Milan players were simply surprised by the process of the goal, but they didn't take the goal to heart.
After the game resumed, the Inter Milan players' performance was no different from before the goal.
The commentators were still talking about Zhou Yi's passing method and thinking in that goal, as if that was the most brilliant moment of Dortmund's game.
Klopp on the sidelines was staring intently at Zhou Yi, even though Zhou Yi wasn't even touching the ball right now.
During halftime, Zhou Yi calmly and casually told everyone a story. Through this story, everyone seemed to be able to see a little bit of Zhou Yi's inner thoughts.
The predicament of being four goals behind and one man down didn't seem to have much of an impact on him.
This kid was definitely not thinking about scoring a goal to save face, he was probably seeking more!
Thinking of this, Klopp turned to his assistant Buvac: "Tell Lewandowski to warm up!"
Buvac quickly got up to call the Polish striker to warm up on the bench.
Lewandowski quickly put on his vest and ran to the warm-up area. He knew what the coach was asking him to do at this time, he was definitely going to be substituted on.
Coming on at this time... he must do something!
With this thought in mind, Lewandowski buried himself in warming up seriously.
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Soon Lewandowski finished his warm-up and returned to the sidelines, where Buvac pulled him aside to explain the tactics.
Lewandowski's appearance was of course as a center forward, and then Mark would retreat a little bit, hiding behind Lewandowski, looking like a trequartista or a shadow striker, who could shoot himself or create opportunities for his teammates.
In this way, the central axis would become complete, making up for the lack of a final breath in the front attack.
But if Lewandowski came on, who would be replaced?
Of course, it couldn't be an attacking player.
Klopp was planning to replace Piszczek, replace a full-back, and then let Subotić, Hummels, and Schmelzer form a three-center-back defense.
In addition, there was actually only Sven Bender as a defensive midfielder in midfield, so only four people from Dortmund could really participate in the midfield. Everyone else had to attack.
This substitution was very risky and bold. But there was no choice. If they had ambition, they had to choose such a substitution.
Otherwise, if they were a little timid and didn't do this, they would just wait to die slowly.
Klopp saw Zhou Yi's plan, and he decided to go crazy with Zhou Yi to see if something could happen.
Maybe God likes crazy people?
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After Lewandowski received Buvac's tactics, he was pushed to the sidelines.
The fourth official stood over with a sign, just waiting for a dead ball.
The commentators also noticed Dortmund's substitution.
"Lewandowski is standing on the sidelines... is Dortmund going to bring on a striker?"
"Substituting a striker at this time?"
The commentators were all surprised.
Who are they taking off?
Mark? Mark just scored a goal, and he's obviously in good form.
Götze?
Impossible to replace.
Zhou Yi was even more impossible.
Could it be Shinji Kagawa?
The answer came quickly, the fourth official raised the substitution sign. Number seven Lewandowski on, number twenty-six Piszczek off!
"Replace Piszczek?" He Ping was very surprised.
"Replace a defender?" Marcel Reif was also shocked.
They were already one man down, with a lot of defensive pressure, and now they were taking off a defender and bringing on a striker... What was Klopp trying to do?
Was he going crazy?
"I don't know if Mark's goal gave Klopp more ideas. He has now replaced a full-back and brought on a striker... Does Dortmund still want to come back?"
Benítez also noticed this substitution, and he turned to look at Dortmund's coaching bench, wondering what Klopp was thinking.
But such a substitution might be an opportunity for Inter Milan?
Then just let you give up completely.