Yan Min was also very anxious. Other than that one cross after entering the game, he had no other praiseworthy performance.

Regardless of what expectations others had for his debut match, or even if they had no expectations at all... Yan Min had demands of himself. He was not willing to end his first appearance for Dortmund so mediocrely.

He remembered what Zhou Yi usually told him: "It doesn't matter if there are no opportunities, just be patient and wait. The key is not whether there are opportunities, but whether you can seize them when they come. If you want to get more playing time, you must seize every opportunity!"

Wasn't this the opportunity he had to seize now?

So he was very anxious.

Previously, when the ball fell at his feet, he would choose to pass the ball out if there wasn't a particularly good opportunity, not wanting to leave people with the impression that he was too selfish.

But now, seeing that there was very little time left in the game, and his teammates were at a loss, he was a little unwilling to pass the ball out easily anymore.

In the eighty-eighth minute of the game, he received the ball on the left sideline.

Yan Min had a "fast speed" label on him, because his speed was really fast, and he also liked to make moves while running at high speed. But in the final stages of the game, Arsenal retreated across the board, compressing the space to the limit, and it seemed that Yan Min's speed was of no use.

But in fact, Yan Min's speed and Aubameyang's speed were two different things. Yan Min's starting speed was very fast, but he was better at various sudden stops and changes of direction, and precise control of the ball in these sudden stops and changes of direction—this was what he had practiced day after day in the Chongming Island training base in order to dispel his longing for his parents back home.

When he took the ball on the sideline, Kuba was three meters away from him, and he was cutting forward from the ribs. If Yan Min wanted to pass the ball, he could pass the ball to him. At about the same distance, diagonally in front of Yan Min, was Arsenal's right back, Sagna, who blocked Yan Min's path. If Yan Min wanted to dribble directly, in such a narrow space, he would almost touch the ball, and the ball would fall at Sagna's feet.

For some players, when a defensive player is waiting in a serious formation two or three meters away from them, they will not choose to dribble through themselves, but will pass the ball out.

Yan Min had done the same before.

But that was only because he didn't want to appear too selfish after his first appearance, not because he was worried about failing to break through, nor because he didn't have the ability to break through.

Now, compared to the team's possible defeat, his personal selfish image is not worth worrying about...

It just so happened that Kuba's run attracted Sagna's attention, and he had a slight twisting of his head to look for Kuba out of the corner of his eye.

Yan Min keenly captured this opportunity. At the moment Sagna turned his head, he suddenly pushed the ball horizontally towards the inside line, wanting to cut inside!

Sagna of course also noticed Yan Min's situation here. Seeing him move, he quickly refocused his attention on him and followed his movement.

But just as he had just adjusted his center of gravity, Yan Min flicked his right foot and buckled the ball he had pushed out towards the baseline!

For those tall players with long legs, it is difficult to make two completely different leg movements so quickly, after all, inertia is there.

But for Yan Min, it was not difficult at all. He was not tall, one meter seventy-six, and his legs were of course not long, and his weight was not heavy, which made his inertia small and his stride small, which provided him with innate advantages for such rapid and frequent ball control.

He had just used the outside of his right foot to push the ball towards the center, and then he used the inside of his right foot to buckle the ball towards the baseline.

At the same time, his whole body shook and chased after the ball.

Sagna was a little dazed. He was originally going to block the Dortmund No. 13 player from cutting inside, but how could he have just come back to his senses and the other party went to the baseline again?

Due to inertia, his body stiffened.

It was just this moment that gave Yan Min a chance to get rid of him!

By the time he turned around, Yan Min had already darted towards the baseline like a rabbit!

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"Good ball, Yan Min! Beautiful change of direction!" After being silent for more than ten minutes, He Ping became excited again.

Leaning his body, Yan Min quickly swung his two not-so-long legs, but his speed was not slow at all. He quickly caught up with the ball. But at this time, he faced another problem—due to Kuba's forward insertion, the positions of the two people seemed to overlap... That is to say, they might collide!

If his own players collided together and lost this offensive opportunity, it would be a big embarrassment!

Kuba also realized this problem. He was thinking of passing the ball to himself when Yan Min inserted forward. He never thought that Yan Min would choose to break through in a situation where the opportunity was not great. Now Kuba's own run was a bit embarrassing...

So he quickly slammed on the brakes, desperately trying to slow down.

Just as he had just slowed down, Yan Min slanted the ball from in front of him and rushed into the penalty area—if he had slowed down a little later, the two people would have collided without a doubt!

But this may not necessarily be a bad thing. Because Kuba's sudden stop and deceleration helped Yan Min block Arsenal's defensive players, allowing Yan Min to rush into the penalty area without any interference!

"Yan Min, he's gone in!" He Ping raised his voice, but he didn't shout out more words, as if he was afraid that he would interfere with Yan Min's next action.

You have to be very careful and calm after entering the penalty area, but at the same time you have to make decisions quickly. The space in the penalty area is much narrower than outside. Defensive players may seem very careful and cautious, but once they make a move, they will be more accurate and decisive, so the success rate of breakthroughs in the penalty area is the lowest.

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Seeing Yan Min dribble the ball from in front of Kuba into the penalty area, the people on the coaching bench stood up. They leaned forward, poking their heads out to look in the direction of Arsenal's penalty area.

Not only them, but also the Dortmund players on the bench ran out, nervously staring at the front of Arsenal's goal.

Yan Min, who had already slipped into the penalty area and approached the baseline, also encountered Arsenal's interception—Arsenal's center back, Mertesacker, rushed towards him with a pair of long legs!

Yan Min swung his left foot and made a gesture to cross, and Mertesacker immediately shoveled over, intending to block his cross.

But Yan Min was just making a feint, and after his left foot landed, he buckled the ball to the right with the inside of his foot!

At the same time, he stopped suddenly, and Mertesacker could only watch him, and then slide past him, a little desperate...

Yan Min, who had stopped suddenly and dodged Mertesacker, quickly took a step to the right and caught up with the ball.

The advantage of being short is that you have less inertia, quick acceleration, and agile movements.

For some players, once they stop suddenly, starting again is like an old truck, slow and sluggish. Yan Min, on the other hand, was as agile as a mechanical mouse...

He caught up with the ball in one stride, and then swung his right foot!

In the opinion of many people, it would be better to cross the ball after he breaks through, so that the responsibility for scoring the goal has nothing to do with him. His work has been completed, and completed very well.

But Yan Min did not choose this seemingly easy path.

He rubbed the inside of his right foot against the ball.

The ball drew a very obvious arc, heading straight for the far corner of the goal!

Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny was originally blocking the near corner. Seeing the ball flying towards the far corner, he quickly leaned over and pounced to the side, trying to block it, but Yan Min's arc was very large, possibly considering the movements Szczesny might make, so Szczesny did not touch the ball!

"Yan Min... shoots directly?!" He Ping was a little surprised. Shooting directly from such a small angle, even if it is a right-footed shot, there is a great risk...

If this ball doesn't go in, wouldn't he have to bear the blame for the final loss?

At this moment, he could only pray in his heart that the ball would fly into the goal... and stage a good show of becoming famous in one fell swoop!

But He Ping's prayers were not heard. After the ball bypassed Szczesny, it drew a large arc towards the far corner of the goal, but this arc was really too large... If it really wanted to enter the goal, I am afraid it would have to surpass the arc of that super free kick that Roberto Carlos scored in the Four Nations Invitational Tournament that year...

The ball bypassed everyone in front of the goal, and then flew out of the baseline outside the far post...

The ball didn't go in!

"Ah!!" The British commentator exclaimed. "Arsenal escaped a disaster!"

"The ball... went wide! The young Dortmund No. 13, Yan Min! His previous performance was simply perfect, but this final shot... Perhaps his choice was a bit problematic. Would it have been better to cross the ball to Mark and Reus who were in front of the goal?" Marcel Reif was questioning him while feeling sorry for Yan Min.

And this is exactly what He Ping was worried about. If Dortmund doesn't win this game, then Yan Min's shot in the eighty-ninth minute will definitely be brought up and discussed.

This is certainly not the result He Ping wants to see.

He sighed regretfully: "The ball didn't go in... Yan Min missed the opportunity to save the team and become a hero in one fell swoop. It seems that the probability of such a story appearing in real life is too low... The virtual world is full of perfect endings, and perfect stories, and even perfect people. But in reality, these do not exist at all..."