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Chapter two hundred and seventeen is hot

The fans in the stands still have time to curse the German Football Association and their arch-rival Bayern Munich.

The Dortmund players on the court don't have this time at all.

Dortmund's central defender Papastasopoulos was almost over the center line, with only one goalkeeper Weidenfeller in the backcourt. Dortmund's entire team entered the half of Borussia Mönchengladbach and continued to put pressure on their goal.

But this time, the goddess of luck really didn't seem to be on Dortmund's side.

In the 86th minute, Zhou Yi passed the football to Mark in the ribs in front of the penalty area.

Mark received the ball with his back to the attack direction, and then passed the ball diagonally to the back of the side, where there was a small gap, and Piszczek was inserting it on the side.

"Good ball! Dortmund organized a beautiful attack!"

Because Borussia Mönchengladbach shrinks its defense, almost all players are concentrated in the penalty area and lack protection from the wing.

Piszczek received the ball without anyone being guarded, took a step towards the bottom line and then made a cross!

The football flew forward against the turf.

Aubameyang ran forward and wanted to grab a shot, but the football was blocked by Mönchengladbach's defender Dams fell to the ground and tackled.

But the football blocked by him did not roll far away, rebounded and fell in front of Reus.

Reus won the ball with an angry shot!

The football headed straight to the goal!

But the football was blocked by Monchengladbach's defender Stratts!

Just as Stratts blocked Reus' shot, Aubameyang, not far from him, immediately raised his arm and signaled the opponent's handball!

"Handball again?" Marcel Leif was not sure this time, everything happened just now was too fast.

The referee did not make any statement.

This time, Dortmund players did not bother with the referee about this issue because they did not have time to fight for these illusory things.

But the TV broadcast still took time to give a slow broadcast.

In slow motion, Reus's shot was blocked by Strangtz, but because of the angle, it was really hard to see whether it was Strangtz's chest or arms blocking the football.

"This ball is hard to say, but even if it's an arm, Stratts clamped his arm. Strictly speaking, it's nothing wrong to not award a penalty..." Marcel Leif said.

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In the 87th minute, Dortmund launched an attack from the right side again.

After Piszczek took the ball from the wing, although he did not have the defender defense from Borussia Mönchengladbach to the bottom line, he did not waste time to make a cross from the bottom, but directly passed the ball at the forty-five degrees of crossing at the place where he received the ball and sent the ball directly to Borussia Mönchengladbach's goal.

Now this is the simplest way of playing. Generally, when a team is forced into a desperate situation, it will adopt this simple and rough way of playing. Even if the football cannot be directly sent to the head of the center, if it can cause chaos in the opponent's defense, it is still possible to score goals.

For example this time...

Hummels, who has become the center, jumped high in front of the goal and competed for the high ball with the goalkeeper Ter Stegen!

Then he collided with Ter Stegen, who hit the football with his hand but failed to hit the football far. The football bounced back on Hummels and fell not far away.

Mark, who was near them, happened to appear in that position, faced the falling football and swept it!

Ter Stegen fell from the air, lost his balance and fell to the ground. He was helpless in the face of this shot, so the football rolled into the goal not far from him!

The entire West** stadium was thunderous, and after scoring the goal, Mark also ran to his teammates excitedly, intending to celebrate the goal.

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"Hey! This ball... hit the goalkeeper!" In Bayern Munich's locker room, everyone gathered together and watched the live broadcast of the match between Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach through the TV in the locker room.

When Mueller saw the football rolling into the goal, he jumped up excitedly and shouted.

Sure enough, in the TV broadcast screen, Mark, who was about to celebrate the goal, stopped and looked in surprise in the direction of the referee, and his teammates also had similar movements and expressions.

The referee's finger pointing is not the center circle that represents the effective goal, but the goal area. That means that the attacking side just now made a foul here and should give a free kick here.

The TV broadcast also quickly gave a slow-motion replay. Although the game was very intense during this period, there were a lot of slow-motion replays because there were too many things to explain to avoid unnecessary controversy. In the slow-motion, it is clear that Hummels did have physical contact with Ter Stegen, and without hitting the ball, it interfered with Ter Stegen, causing him not to hit the football far.

According to the rules, this is indeed a profit from hitting the goalkeeper, so the goal cannot be considered valid.

"I'll just say it, I'll just say it..." Mueller slapped his chest exaggeratedly and made a breath. "If this ball could be counted, Dortmund's luck would be so great! But unfortunately, their good luck would have been gone long ago, ha!"

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The goal was judged invalid, and Mark wanted to go to the referee to argue, but saw Zhou Yi waved his hand hard at him.

He realized why his friend did this - don't waste time, hurry up and prepare for the next attack!

Not long after this "goal", the fourth official raised the four-minute sign of injury time on the sidelines.

At the same time, the current game time was also played on the big screen on the spot - 89 minutes and 42 seconds.

The game is about to enter injury stoppage time, and there is not much time left for Dortmund.

Dortmund is still making a frantically cross to Borussia Mönchengladbach's penalty area, hoping to create a chance to score a goal.

The various sounds of West** Stadium can be clearly conveyed even through the TV.

In the Beijing studio thousands of miles away, Duan Xin suddenly realized that his palms were full of sweat. He realized how nervous he was...

Also in the locker room of the Allianz Stadium, Bayern Munich players were all looking up at the TV. No one spoke, only the voice of West** Stadium and the voice of commentator Marcel Leif came from the TV.

"Schmelzer made a cross! He was pushed out! Dortmund got the second landing point, and they continued to organize the offensive!"

"Zhou Yi turned around and got rid of it. He was looking up to find someone, but there was no suitable goal point. Borussia Mönchengladbach's penalty area was full of people, and it was not airtight..."

"Dortmond made a mistake when he was looking for passes and cooperation! Fortunately, Sven Bend immediately grabbed the ball back! One minute has passed since injury stoppage time, and Dortmund still cannot break into Borussia Mönchengladbach's goal!"

"Hummels tried a long shot outside the penalty area! He hit a high! This is a total waste of opportunity and time! The ball possession is easily handed over to Borussia Mönchengladbach..."

"In the final stage of the game, Dortmund kept making crosses, but Hummels was the only one who could compete for a header... I think Klopp must miss Lewandowski very much at this time..."

Lewandowski, who was sitting in his position, snorted in his heart.

Who should I blame?

I was willing to stay in Dortmund at the beginning, but the club's senior executives were so stingy. Well, it depends on the little money you saved and the loss of the league championship. Which one should be more...

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At the 92nd and 31st second of the game, there was only one and a half minutes left before the injury stoppage time ended.

Schmelzer received the ball on the left, and none of the Mönchengladbach players went up to defend him. All the Mönchengladbach players were huddled in the penalty area because they knew that Dortmund would definitely make a cross.

Sure enough, Schmelzer chose to pass directly forty degrees of five-angle.

Hummels jumped high in the penalty area, but he didn't hit the football.

The football was jumped up by goalkeeper Ter Stegen and hit him with a single punch!

In the face of Dortmund's air bombing, in addition to allowing the defenders to compete for the top, the way Ter Stegen expands the defense zone is also very important.

The football was hit, and Zhou Yi appeared at the landing point of the ball - the right rib outside the penalty area, controlling the football.

But as he received the ball, the Mönchengladbach players in the penalty area also began to push out, mainly from players in other positions, and the defenders were still guarding their positions and maintaining a good defensive formation.

Borussia Mönchengladbach did this to prevent Dortmund's long shot in the middle.

Long shots are also a way to break intensive defense, so Borussia Mönchengladbach must also be prepared and will never allow Dortmund to calmly shoot thirty meters outside the penalty area.

So Zhou Yi just stopped the ball and faced the snatch from the player Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Zhou Yi lowered his head, as if he had not seen these players of Mönchengladbach who were robbing the ball, and devoted all his attention to the football under his feet. But just when everyone thought he would fall into the encirclement, he gently slid his right foot and transferred the football horizontally to Sven Bend in the middle. At the same time, he quickly stepped forward and ran to the top of the free throw arc.

Sven Bend saw Zhou Yi's movement and immediately pushed the football straight and passed it to Zhou Yi's running route.

Zhou Yi has already run behind his first to save the ball from his Mönchengladbach players, and he will receive a pass from Sven Bender before the top of the free throw arc.

Now in front of him is a defense line composed of as many as six Mönchengladbach players. They are not on one line, but form a depth of two rows in front and back, with the one in front and the one in the penalty area line, and the one behind the penalty spot is slightly behind.

In this narrow area, not only are there six players from Borussia Mönchengladbach, but also four Dortmund players, Hummels, Mark, Mkhitaryan and Reus. From the left of the penalty area to the right of the penalty area, there is only a small area where ten players from both sides are concentrated, which shows the density.

In such a dense place, it is very rare to organize an offense because there is almost no pass space available.

If Dortmund wants to attack in the middle, basically, their attack will be blocked here. Either they hand over the ball because of stealing, passing by himself, shooting, etc., or they will brake suddenly and then move to the side, and finally take the old routine of crossing the side and fighting for the top in the middle.

Dortmund's attack should be no exception. If they do not move to the wing, their offensive should end here.

Fans of Dortmund and Mönchengladbach in the stands of West** Stadium, everyone on the bench and coaching table of Dortmund and Mönchengladbach, Chinese fans in front of the TV, commentators Marcel Leif and Duan Xin, Bayern Munich players and coaches inside and outside the locker room of the Allianz Stadium... Everyone's eyes were focused on the figure running towards the top of the free throw arc.

What would he do?
Chapter completed!
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