Chapter 143 Blocked into the Goal!

"Şahin takes the free kick for Dortmund… Hummels with the header! Leno deflects it with his foot!" Marcel Reif exclaimed repeatedly. "The area is in chaos… Son Heung-min clears… Zhou Yi! Ah—!!"

He suddenly screamed.

In his scream, the football that should have flown out of the penalty area plunged into the net…

This happened too fast. The Leverkusen fans at the scene didn't even see the whole process clearly. They just saw the football in the goal.

Many people looked dumbfounded, not understanding what was going on.

Wasn’t it supposed to be cleared out?

How did they clear the football into their own goal? Son Heung-min's footwork couldn't be that bad, right?

"Zhou Yi… used his body to block Son Heung-min's clearance into the goal! Dortmund's luck… is simply too good, right?!"

Zhou Yi himself was very surprised. He was facing away from the goal at the time and didn't see the football fly into the goal at all. When he landed, he saw Sven Bender not far from him raising his arms in celebration.

What's going on?

He turned around with a question, only to see the football in the goal…

No way? That works?!

It wasn't that Zhou Yi didn't know that such a situation could occur, but he never expected it to happen to him…

You're telling me that my blocking Son Heung-min's clearance somehow caused the football to fly into the goal? It's not that I'm being modest, but the organization… no, luck came to me, and I really couldn't stop it even if I tried!

Coming back to his senses, Zhou Yi spread his hands, shrugged, and made a helpless gesture, using this action to celebrate the goal.

Immediately afterward, he was surrounded by his teammates.

On the sidelines, after the goal, Klopp and his colleagues rushed out of the coaching bench to celebrate.

"Woah woah woah woah!!" All around were cheers and shouts.

The way this goal was scored was too surprising.

Klopp sent Zhou Yi on with the hope that Zhou Yi could use his organizational skills and brilliant passes to help Dortmund break the deadlock.

Zhou Yi did complete the task, but the way he completed it was not quite what he had envisioned…

Who would have thought that Zhou Yi would break the deadlock in this way?

"This really wasn't a tactical arrangement I gave him…" Assistant coach Buvac joked.

"That kid is just so good at creating ‘surprises’ for us!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone was very happy.

Leading away from home, Dortmund's chances of winning the game would greatly increase.

If they could win this game, Dortmund would continue to maintain their lead over Bayern Munich with two rounds left in the league.

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Compared to the elated Dortmund players and coaches, the Leverkusen players couldn't accept such a goal at all.

After the goal, Son Heung-min knelt down directly, bent over, and buried his head in his arms.

He wanted to clear the ball, but he didn't expect to cause Zhou Yi's goal.

Although no one blamed him, he felt that he was the culprit for this goal.

The others weren't doing much better than him.

The impact of this goal on Leverkusen was far greater than people imagined, and it far exceeded the impact of "one goal."

Because this goal was very… "unconventional."

If Zhou Yi had scored a world-class goal, and Leno had tried his best but couldn't save it; or if Hummels had flicked the football into the goal with his first touch, the Leverkusen players might have felt a little better…

But now, losing a goal inexplicably in such a ridiculous way was like a heavy hammer hitting each Leverkusen player's heart, making it hard for them to breathe…

Every Leverkusen player felt the malice of fate.

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On the Chinese internet, many fans were also shaken by this goal.

"Damn, they can score like that?!"

"Zhou Yi is amazing, he can score in any way!"

"Son Heung-min: What the hell! I get so much drama just clearing the ball!"

"Congratulations to Zhou Yi for achieving the 'scoring with his back' achievement! Hahaha!"

"This goal for Leverkusen is really… 23333333333!"

……

Every fan was venting their emotions to their heart's content.

As supporters of Zhou Yi, they certainly hoped that Dortmund could score. Apart from Bayern Munich fans, everyone hoped that Dortmund could complete the feat of winning four consecutive league titles.

After all, Dortmund has Chinese players, two of them, while Bayern Munich doesn't have a single Chinese player… The latter certainly doesn't have as close a relationship with Chinese fans as the former…

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After Zhou Yi helped Dortmund take the lead in an unexpected way, Dortmund celebrated for a while, until the referee couldn't stand it anymore and reminded them, they ended the celebration and returned to their own half.

Really making full use of every opportunity to delay time.

It's just that the Leverkusen players didn't protest, because they hadn't recovered from the blow of this goal…

After the game restarted, the Leverkusen players were still a little absent-minded.

Under Zhou Yi's leadership, the Dortmund players were not polite and immediately launched a counter-attack, intercepted the ball, and launched a counter-attack, almost scoring another goal.

It wasn't until this time that the Leverkusen players came back to their senses and began to organize their defense.

And Dortmund, under Zhou Yi's leadership, once again began to deal with them.

Now they were not in a hurry, because they were leading, and ending the game like this was completely acceptable.

But Leverkusen couldn't accept this result—Wolfsburg was only one point behind them before. Now that Wolfsburg had a draw, if Leverkusen lost the game, Wolfsburg would tie Leverkusen in points.

Although Leverkusen still had a goal difference advantage, and could continue to rank fourth in the league, everyone knew that this position was already precarious…

And if Leverkusen could tie the score, even if they couldn't win the game in the end, just a draw, they could at least continue to maintain a one-point advantage over Wolfsburg.

In the end, maybe this one-point advantage could help Leverkusen hold on to fourth place in the league and a Champions League spot next season.

In the following game, Leverkusen did launch a full counter-attack as Zhou Yi had expected, hoping to tie the score.

And Klopp began to make substitutions, partly to strengthen the defense, and partly to delay time a little.

He replaced Marc with Sebastian Kehl.

This made it seem like Dortmund had lost their center forward, but relying on Yan Min's speed, Dortmund still had the ability to counter-attack, which was perfectly suitable in this situation.

Yan Min also fully demonstrated his usual fearless characteristics. As long as he had the ball, he rushed forward desperately like a reckless fool, regardless of whether he could really threaten Leverkusen's goal. At least his momentum made people think that he could indeed break through Leverkusen's goal.

So Leverkusen's defense was restrained by him and didn't dare to easily press forward to participate in the attack.

In the eighty-fourth minute, Leverkusen's main striker Kießling was injured again in a scramble and could not continue the game, so he had to be substituted.

This was simply adding insult to injury for Leverkusen, who were behind.

After that, Leverkusen never got any decent chances.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score did not change again.

"The game is over! Dortmund defeated Leverkusen 3:2 away from home! This is a hard-won victory, very crucial for Dortmund! With two rounds left in the league, Dortmund is still leading Bayern Munich by one point in the league standings!" Marcel Reif shouted.

The TV screen showed the Dortmund players rushing onto the field to celebrate the victory, looking like they had already won the league title.

"Sigh…" In Guardiola's room, someone sighed. The atmosphere in the room was a bit heavy.

Dortmund playing Leverkusen away from home should have been Bayern Munich's best and last chance to surpass Dortmund.

Because only in this game was it possible for Dortmund to be pulled down.

In the remaining two league rounds, Dortmund will face Hoffenheim at home in the thirty-third round, and Dortmund will challenge Hertha Berlin away in the thirty-fourth round.

These two teams have no desires now, so wanting to rely on them to fight bravely and desperately to stop Dortmund?

Bayern Munich isn't their father…

In the next two games, the chances of Dortmund capsizing are very, very small.

Even if Bayern Munich wins all of them, as long as Dortmund also wins all of them, they will still be the runner-up with a one-point disadvantage.

After working hard for a season, with a near-perfect performance, losing only one game in the entire season, they still can't win the league title.

Thinking of this, everyone felt a breath stuck in their chest, feeling suffocated. The breath was rushing around in their chest, making them restless.