Many forwards, when facing a goalkeeper rushing out aggressively, will choose to take a powerful shot, as it's a completely subconscious action. In the end, the ball is very likely to be blocked by some part of the goalkeeper's body.

Players with quick reactions will choose to pass the ball to a teammate in the center, which is already considered an excellent performance.

But Zhou Yi chose a third option.

When he was face-to-face with Neuer, he actually chose a chip shot!

What was so difficult about this shot?

At that time, Neuer had already pounced, and the space left for the ball to rise into the air was almost nonexistent, but Zhou Yi was still able to curl the ball up. In slow motion, you could see Neuer's hands had already come over, and the ball almost escaped from his fingertips!

Calmly and rationally using technique, that's what made everyone look at Zhou Yi with new eyes because of this goal.

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"Goal... Goal!" Marcel Reif roared after hesitating for a moment. From the commentary box at the stadium, which was a bit far from the goal, he couldn't immediately see clearly whether the ball had gone in, so he kept staring at the monitor until he saw the ball fly into the goal. Then he confirmed, "Beautiful goal! Zhou Yi helps Dortmund take the lead again in the seventy-seventh minute!"

At the same time, in China, the CCTV commentator Duan Xin also cheered: "Good shot! Beautiful chip goal! Zhou Yi puts Dortmund ahead again! This is a crucial goal! Zhou Yi's performance is amazing—him staying on the field isn't just for a stroll! He can deliver a game-winning goal at any time!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!" Zhou Jianliang jumped and cheered in front of the television at home. Judging by his posture, if the living room wasn't so small, he probably would have done a sliding knee celebration in front of his wife.

Li Cuiyun, who was also happy to see her son score, was startled by her husband and didn't cheer. Perhaps seeing her husband's madness, she really didn't want to become as crazy as him...

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From the moment Barrios passed the ball to Zhou Yi, huge boos rang out from the stands of the Arena AufSchalke.

These were all from Schalke 04 fans, who, because of Zhou Yi's series of performances in the match, had made him a thorn in their side.

But when the ball flew into the goal, the tsunami-like boos in the stadium came to an abrupt halt.

For a moment, and it wasn't Yang Muge's imagination, he heard almost complete silence throughout the entire stadium. He could even hear Draxler beside him gasp.

But soon, this feeling of complete silence disappeared, and Yang Muge's ears were instantly filled with various sounds that poured in like a tide.

There were cheers from Dortmund fans, and boos and curses from Schalke 04 fans.

All the sounds were intertwined, and in the end, it was impossible to distinguish them.

But that didn't matter, as long as you knew that at this moment, the Arena AufSchalke was as lively as a erupting volcano.

His friend was able to make the entire Arena AufSchalke go crazy!

Truly… amazing!

Although Yang Muge was a Schalke 04 player, he couldn't help but admire Zhou Yi at this moment.

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"Scheisse!" When Magath saw Zhou Yi chip the ball into the goal, a German curse word slipped out of his mouth. "Does he even have any stamina left!"

This question arose spontaneously in Magath's mind.

If Zhou Yi had no stamina, how could he have appeared in that crucial position on the edge of the penalty area at such a critical moment? Did he teleport there?

Of course not, he must have run there step by step. If he had no stamina, how could he have run up there?

Okay, even if his energy could support him running all the way from the backfield to the front, and finally into the penalty area. But at this time, he should also be exhausted.

The final shot should definitely have been at the end of its strength, and with his stamina, it was impossible to control his body to make such a precise movement.

A chip shot that's so close to the goalkeeper requires a very high level of body control.

That definitely shouldn't be the performance of an exhausted person!

Magath narrowed his eyes, he couldn't see through that Chinese man anymore.

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"Beautiful! Well done!" Dortmund's assistant coach, Buvac, roared excitedly. "That kid is really capable! He can really do it!"

Klopp grinned beside him.

That's right, Zhou Yi had once again given him a huge surprise!

How right he was to decide to sign him after spying on one of his matches!

How wise he was to fly to Barcelona to condescend and persuade an unknown player to join Dortmund!

However, in addition to being happy, Klopp was still considering what to do after taking the lead.

It wasn't like Dortmund hadn't taken the lead in this match before. Hadn't they been tied after taking the lead earlier?

So the most important thing now was how to maintain the lead until the end of the match.

And... should he substitute Zhou Yi off?

Klopp thought about it and decided to let Zhou Yi continue to stay on the field.

Of course, this wasn't because Zhou Yi had scored the most important goal for Dortmund, and as a reward for him.

In fact, Klopp believed that it was meaningful for Zhou Yi to stay on the field, and that he could indeed help the Dortmund team.

This involved how to defend after taking the lead.

Generally speaking, after taking the lead, a defender would be substituted on, and the whole team would shrink back to defend, trying to maintain the one-goal lead until the end.

But in the Revierderby, accidents can happen in the last second. Not to mention that there are still more than ten minutes left before the end of the match. This time is enough for the desperate Schalke 04 to launch a frantic counterattack and score a goal.

So it was unwise to shrink back to defend now, and besides, Dortmund wasn't actually good at defending with a full retreat.

So how to defend?

It's very simple, if we can control the ball more, and not let the opponent steal it, can't we successfully contain the opponent's offense?

And when it comes to control, Zhou Yi can't be missing.

So Zhou Yi must stay on the field.

Now Klopp wasn't too worried about Zhou Yi's stamina. Because if it was just controlling the ball, passing the ball back and forth, Zhou Yi didn't actually need to consume much stamina.

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Neuer got up from the ground, glanced at the ball in the goal, and turned to look at Zhou Yi, who had been pinned to the ground by the swarm of Dortmund players, and could only see his waving arms.

Scoring a goal right under my nose and celebrating so presumptuously!

That bastard!

In fact, Neuer wasn't too unfamiliar with Zhou Yi. Back then, Schalke 04's youth A team had played against Dortmund's youth A team in the u19 league, which was a Revierderby at the youth level. Neuer had watched the entire match from the sidelines at that time.

Zhou Yi performed well in this match, so how could Neuer not remember him?

Now he's been promoted to the first team, and he's so energetic in the Revierderby... Neuer even suspected that this kid wasn't Chinese.

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In Neuer's opinion, Zhou Yi was celebrating presumptuously right under his nose.

But at this moment, Zhou Yi didn't think he was celebrating the goal presumptuously.

The arms he was waving weren't in celebration, but in... struggle!

Being pressed down at the bottom by so many teammates, he felt like he was about to be crushed to death, of course he had to struggle desperately!

But unfortunately, his teammates didn't know how Zhou Yi was feeling right now. They were still excitedly shouting while pressing down on Zhou Yi, "Well done, Zhou Yi!"

"You're in the spotlight again, kid!"

"A near-game-winning goal! Amazing!"

"You guessed it, right? You guessed it? Haha!"

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When Zhou Yi was pulled up from the bottom by his teammates, both his hair and clothes were a mess.

He looked really disheveled!

Although Zhou Yi tried hard to show his suave handsomeness in front of the camera lens, his current image was completely different from the tall and handsome image in his mind...

But in Götze's eyes on the bench, Zhou Yi in this image became even taller, like a mountain, standing in front of him.

That long shadow cast down, enveloping him completely, and still extending behind him... and even if he looked up, he couldn't see the peak of the mountain.

In just half a year, the gap between himself and Zhou Yi seemed to be getting bigger and bigger...

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After Dortmund finished celebrating the goal, Zhou Yi followed his teammates back to Dortmund's half.

He looked up at the stands, and all he could see were Schalke 04 fans wearing blue jerseys. This was a bit of a pity.

If it was at the Westfalenstadion, he probably could have heard deafening cheers by now, with more than eighty thousand fans chanting his name alone... just thinking about it would make him shudder!

Now, he could only wave his fists at the Schalke 04 fans, showing off his power.

And this action naturally earned him boos from the Schalke 04 fans, who regarded it as a provocation.

Grosskreutz next to him laughed and hugged Zhou Yi: "Well done, Zhou Yi. You are now a true Dortmund player!"

How to win the loyalty of Dortmund fans?

It's not enough to just help Dortmund defeat Schalke 04 in the Revierderby, you also have to be able to do things that Dortmund fans see as very satisfying.

Zhou Yi waving his fists and showing off his power at the Arena AufSchalke was enough to win him the favor of more Dortmund fans.

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After the match restarted, the first to make a substitution adjustment was not the trailing Schalke 04, but the leading Dortmund.

Götze was brought on, replacing Kuba, who was running out of energy.

At the same time, Götze had better ball control skills and ability. After he came on, the midfield formed by him, Zhou Yi, and Sahin could also control the ball more effectively.

And Klopp's latest instructions were conveyed to the field through Götze.

Defend, but not with a shrinking, dead-end defense, but by trying to keep the ball at your feet as much as possible. Use a relatively labor-saving method to defend.

This was a more active defensive strategy.

Such a defensive adjustment wasn't difficult to understand, especially when there were players like Sahin and Zhou Yi in the team who were good at passing and controlling the rhythm.

The match continued. As long as Dortmund had the ball, they wouldn't rush forward. They would frequently pass the ball back and forth in the middle and backfield. Even after attacking to the front, there would be fewer forward passes than before.

Unless the opportunity was particularly good, Zhou Yi would pass the ball back or sideways.

Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry now, and Dortmund wasn't in a hurry either, so just keep passing it.

But Schalke 04 was anxious, very anxious.

In the eighty-fourth minute, Zhou Yi was pushed to the ground by Rakitić after passing the ball. The referee Gräfe's whistle sounded.

He felt around in his pocket while running towards the place of the foul.

When the Schalke 04 fans saw this action, they knew things were not good.

When he saw Zhou Yi fall to the ground, Marcel Reif said, "Rakitić! He has to be careful, he already has a yellow card... Ah, it looks like Gräfe is going to show a card! No matter what color the card is, Rakitić will probably have to say goodbye to this match early! Zhou Yi alone has made Schalke 04 very embarrassed!"

Zhou Yi didn't get up from the ground, not because he was deliberately faking a fall. He was just using the time the match was interrupted by the fall to recover as much energy as possible.

If he quickly got up from the ground at this time, wouldn't he not be able to rest?

So Zhou Yi just lay on the ground, letting the chaos around him happen, and he just greedily took big gulps of air.

"Rakitić has competed with Zhou Yi a lot in this match. He received a yellow card in the first half for tackling Zhou Yi. Now he's getting another yellow card for pushing Zhou Yi with his hands. Two yellows make a red! Now Schalke 04 is behind by one goal in the score, and they have one less player in terms of numbers. The situation in the match is becoming more and more unfavorable for them..."

Duan Xin really wanted to say that this match was over ahead of time, but she felt that it was better not to say too much, after all, the football is round, and no one can say for sure what will happen next...