When Lewandowski kicked the football, some impatient Borussia Dortmund fans were already cheering, thinking this shot would surely be a goal!

But in less than a second, they saw Neuer dive to the side and parry the ball!

The cheers stopped abruptly.

"Neuer—! A brilliant save! He pushed the ball away!! Ooooh!"

Marcel Reif shouted excitedly. He wasn't a Bayern Munich supporter; he just felt that Lewandowski's miss made the game more suspenseful and interesting.

"Lewandowski... alas! It was saved!" Duan Xin sighed. "Neuer performed very well!"

As a player who transferred from Ruhr derby rival Schalke 04 to national derby rival Bayern Munich, Neuer was definitely doubly hated by Borussia Dortmund fans.

The football, deflected by Neuer, spun and flew out of the baseline. After rolling on the ground, Neuer got up and vigorously waved his fist, roaring.

His teammates rushed up to hug and high-five him, thanking him for the brilliant save.

When the penalty was awarded, many Bayern Munich players were mentally collapsing. It could be said that Neuer's save kept Bayern Munich's hopes of winning alive, and it was also a great boost to the team's morale. Calling him Bayern Munich's "savior" was not an exaggeration.

While Bayern Munich was cheering and celebrating, Lewandowski, who had missed the penalty, held his head in his hands, sighed to the sky, and looked frustrated.

The other Borussia Dortmund players felt about the same.

In a second, they fell from the cloud of happiness to the bottom of the valley.

This was not just a missed penalty, but it would also make many Borussia Dortmund players feel demoralized—if they couldn't seize such a good opportunity, would they have any better chances later?

In any game, a missed penalty is a devastating blow to the team's morale, not to mention such an important game…

This could be seen from the much quieter stands of Westfalenstadion.

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"Damn, he didn't even score the penalty! Does God not want Dortmund to win the championship?!"

"Is heaven going to destroy Dortmund?"

"I feel that Lewandowski's kick was already very good, but Neuer was still able to save it, he's simply amazing!"

"A moment of heartache for Dortmund…"

On the Chinese internet, fans also expressed their opinions on Lewandowski's missed penalty.

In the eyes of those who supported Borussia Dortmund and Zhou Yi, this missed penalty was simply a disaster, and might portend a bad future…

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The missed penalty did affect the emotions of Borussia Dortmund players. After the game continued, Borussia Dortmund's corner kick did not pose any threat to Bayern Munich's goal. Instead, Bayern Munich's morale was greatly boosted, and they took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Borussia Dortmund's goal, overwhelming Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund could only defend passively.

Borussia Dortmund fans were so nervous that they were about to have a heart attack.

In this situation, Zhou Yi decided to do something to change the current situation.

Launch an attack and burn the flames of war to the opponent's half?

This was certainly the best way, but it was not easy to achieve perfectly.

At the beginning, when Borussia Dortmund had possession of the ball, Zhou Yi also launched a quick attack, but the quality was quite poor. The players were affected by the missed penalty, their condition was unstable, they played too hastily, and made frequent mistakes. At this time, the fast break was just quickly handing the football over to Bayern Munich…

The most realistic approach might be to deliberately slow down the speed and rhythm when the ball is at your feet, using slowness to deal with Bayern Munich's current speed, the so-called "using softness to overcome hardness."

So when the ball fell to Zhou Yi's feet, he didn't rush to pass the ball forward, but turned around and kicked a horizontal pass. After passing the ball, he quickly ran to the next spot, shouting, "Pass the ball to me!"

He was afraid that his teammates would kick the football to the front again.

He could understand the thoughts of some of his teammates, wanting to keep the football as far away from their penalty area as possible, but this was meaningless except to give possession to the opponent.

It would be better to control the football at your own feet and restabilize the situation and emotions.

Sven Bender saw Zhou Yi eagerly asking for the ball, so he passed the ball to Zhou Yi again.

Zhou Yi pretended to catch the ball, and Gustavo rushed up to try to intercept him.

Zhou Yi even raised his foot, making a move to catch the ball, but he didn't actually catch the ball, but let the football roll past him, and then he turned around to chase the ball.

At this time, Gustavo's foot swept over. Originally, Gustavo planned to intercept the ball, but the ball was let past by Zhou Yi, and his foot swept into the air… but not completely into the air, because his foot swept Zhou Yi's supporting foot!

Zhou Yi was unable to complete the turn, but was directly swept to the ground by Gustavo! He fell to the ground spinning, rolled twice, and covered the heel of his left foot.

Referee Gagelmann's whistle sounded in the midst of huge boos.

"Foul! Gustavo's is a very bad foul!" Duan Xin shouted angrily. The closer the end of the league was, the closer the Chinese team's World Cup qualifiers were. At this time, every time Zhou Yi fell to the ground, Chinese fans would be frightened and worried.

"Zhou Yi was kicked in the left ankle by Khedira in the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid, which worried people at the time, but fortunately, it didn't seem to be a big problem and didn't affect his next game. Now he's been swept in the left foot by Gustavo again…" Marcel Reif also frowned. With Götze injured, if Zhou Yi was injured again, Borussia Dortmund might collapse completely, losing not only a league title, but also a Champions League title!

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Knowing that he had fouled, Gustavo quickly ran to pull Zhou Yi, partly to show his friendliness, and partly to hope that Zhou Yi would get up quickly and not continue lying on the ground, as it would look like he had been kicked badly.

Gustavo did this, of course, hoping that the referee would take it into consideration when making a penalty.

Gagelmann ran over and groped in the pocket in his chest.

It looked like he was going to take out a card.

This was normal. If this foul didn't result in a card, Borussia Dortmund fans would definitely not agree.

Gustavo continued to pull Zhou Yi, wanting to pull Zhou Yi up.

Sven Bender next to him pushed him away. Zhou Yi was still lying on the ground holding his heel. How could he ask him to stand up now?

Of course he had to protect his players.

Sven Bender's shove aroused the emotions of the Bayern Munich players, and they quickly surrounded him.

And Borussia Dortmund players certainly couldn't let their teammates suffer, and immediately stood on Sven Bender's side, arguing with the Bayern Munich players.

Referee Gagelmann originally wanted to take out a card, but upon seeing this, he could only blow his whistle repeatedly, signaling both sides to calm down.

At the same time, things were not peaceful in front of the coaching benches on both sides of the field.

Bayern Munich's sporting director, Matthias Sammer, shouted loudly, believing that Sven Bender was deliberately provoking.

And Klopp stood up to speak up for his players: "Look at what your people did first!"

The two glared at each other across the fourth official in the middle.

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In the midst of the chaos, Zhou Yi stood up from the ground himself.

He didn't lie on the ground and not get up like he did in the last game, waiting for the team doctor to come up.

Because the current situation was different from the last game against Real Madrid.

In the last game, what Borussia Dortmund needed was to delay time, so Zhou Yi could lie on the ground for as long as he could.

But in this game, what Borussia Dortmund needed most was time, so he had to get up from the ground as soon as possible and race against time.

After getting up, he moved his ankle. It hurt a little, but it wasn't unbearable.

Gustavo's kick just now was solid, but luckily he didn't show his studs, otherwise he wouldn't be able to stand up.

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Strenuously pushing aside the conflicting players on both sides, referee Gagelmann called Gustavo to his side alone.

As he walked over, Gustavo kept muttering to defend himself: "I was going for the ball, who knew he would let the football go…"

Gagelmann shook his head, reached into his pocket, and took out a… red card!

"Red card! Gustavo has been sent off directly!" Marcel Reif exclaimed.

"Kicking someone from behind, it's not too much to give a red card!" Duan Xin applauded referee Gagelmann's decision.

Westfalenstadion rang with cheers and applause. Borussia Dortmund fans thought the referee's decision was fair. But if this was at Allianz Arena, there would probably be boos all around.

In fact, the commentator from Munich Radio felt that Gagelmann's decision was too severe: "Gustavo definitely didn't want to kick Zhou Yi subjectively, he just misjudged… giving a yellow card would have been very severe already, giving a red card directly is too much!"

Gustavo's red card also made the Bayern Munich players even more emotional, especially Gustavo himself. When he saw that it was a red card, his face immediately changed, and he tried to rush towards referee Gagelmann, but he was stopped by his teammates. Even through his teammates, he shouted at Gagelmann: "This shouldn't be a red card! Your decision is too harsh!"

Gagelmann did not explain to him, but just pointed to the sidelines, signaling him to go down quickly.

In the end, Gustavo reluctantly left the field under the urging of his teammates, otherwise he would have continued to waste time.

In that case, he would probably be subject to additional penalties after the game.

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While Sammer and Klopp were confronting each other, Heynckes was thinking about how to play the game next.

Should Bayern Munich, with one less player, continue to make a big fuss on the flanks and counterattack against Borussia Dortmund like before?

If so, they would probably die faster.

Fortunately, the score was tied, not behind, so Bayern Munich could choose to take back the defense and strive to hold on to the tie. In the absence of a victory, a draw would also be beneficial to Bayern Munich.

Thinking of this, Heynckes decided to make corresponding adjustments.

When the penalty was awarded, many people must have thought that the penalty would be the turning point of the game.

But now it seems that Gustavo's red card is the real turning point of the game…