After both sides made adjustments, the second half began.

But for Dortmund, bad luck is coming quietly.

Just one minute into the second half, Sven Bend sprained his ankle while defending Draxler to break through and was unable to continue the game and had to be replaced.

"Sven Bend is injured! This is really unlucky! In such an important game, hurting such an important midfielder is equivalent to losing the barrier in the midfield of Dortmund! And there is a more serious consequence - three days later, Dortmund will go to challenge Chelsea away, but judging by Sven Bend's situation, it may not be able to participate in that important game. I don't know how long it will take to be absent... This is a really double blow!"

Marcel Leif's words made Dortmund fans worried in front of the TV. It was indeed like this. When seeing Sven Bend being injured, many fans were not thinking about the result of this game, but the next Champions League semi-finals!

Klopp also cursed Germany's national swearing on the sidelines. In the next Champions League semi-finals, the main central defender Hummels could not play with a red card, and he was also expelled from home and could not command on the sidelines. Now Sven Bend is injured again... How to play away in the next away game?

Although Klopp is worried about the prospect, the most urgent thing now is to make substitution adjustments.

After Sven Bend was injured, there were actually many midfielders on the bench, but this included some pure offensive players. After Sven Bend was injured, he should consider changing to a player who could defend, rather than a pure offensive player, otherwise Dortmund's midfield would have no barriers.

After narrowing the selection range, there are only two candidates to choose from, captains Sebastian Kyle and Gundogan.

Although Kyle is the captain of the team, he has been troubled by injuries this season and has only played twenty games. Most of the time, Che has appeared as a substitute.

Gundogan has both offense and defense, which makes him stand a higher appearance sequence than Kyle. When he needs to control the midfield, he starts with Zhou Yi, and when he needs to defend, he gives way to Sven Bend. In terms of defense ability alone, he is actually not as good as Sven Bend.

Both of these people have their own advantages and disadvantages. Kyle is better at defense than Gundogan, especially because he is experienced. This is very advantageous.

In the end, Klopp made a decision to let Kyle take action.

What he values ​​is Kyle's experience and defensive ability.

Although Kyle's playing time has been further compressed due to Gundogan's joining this season, Klopp is still willing to believe that Kyle is an important member of the team.

As for Gundogan... another fierce battle is waiting for him, he'd better have a good rest. After Sven Bend was injured, the next Champions League semi-final challenge to Chelsea will definitely not be able to play. At that time, Gundogan and Zhou Yi will have to partner in the midfield. He will be responsible for more defensive tasks, which is also a very heavy responsibility for Gundogan.

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For Schalke 04, Sven Bend's injury was a godsend opportunity. Dortmund's most defensive player in the midfield has gone on. Although Kyle was replaced, Kyle has not played many games seriously this season. How good can he be in even if he plays?

Schalke 04 didn't take Kyle seriously at all.

But when Kyle came on the field, his performance quickly surprised people.

In fact, not only Schalke 04's players didn't take Kyle seriously, but also the player Marcel Leif was a little worried about Kyle, thinking that Kyle was playing as a substitute for most games and had extremely limited playing time. It was unclear how he was in a state. In such an important game, can he withstand the pressure from the opponent?

But Kyle not only endured it, but also did a good job.

His physical condition is much worse than before, but he still has rich experience.

He is always able to show up in the right position to make key defensive moves.

Coupled with Zhou Yi's position in defense, the two of them cooperated well, dismantling a lot of Schalke 04's offenses.

Moreover, Kyle's role is not only reflected in defense.

In Zhou Yi's opinion, Kyle reduced his defensive tasks after he came on the court, but if it were just like that, he had not yet brought the captain's value to the extreme.

Because after the goal in the first half, Schalke 04's defense line paid more attention to the defense of Dortmund's attacking players. Gotze, Lewandowski, Kagawa Shinji and others are now closely guarded and have no chance.

The score of 1:1 is not an unacceptable result for Dortmund.

But Zhou Yi felt that if he could win, of course he still had to win.

But now that Dortmund's offensive players are all staring at them, so who can break the deadlock?

Of course it was not him, because Yang Muge was always at him and he had no chance to shoot in front of the goal. So he had to find another way.

At this time, Zhou Yi's eyes turned to captain Kyle.

Everyone thinks that with Kyle's current ability, defense will consume all his energy, and it is almost impossible to make any contribution to offense.

But Zhou Yi doesn't think so. The more impossible things are, the more likely they are in his opinion.

Thinking of this, he took advantage of the opportunity to die, came to the captain, covered his mouth and said to him: "Captain, if you have the chance, you can go forward."

Kyle was surprised by Zhou Yi's statement - the head coach asked him to play on the court to defend, rather than letting him rush up to participate in the offense.

"No one could have thought you would suddenly participate in the offense, so this is an opportunity, captain." Zhou Yi explained.

Kyle thought about it and was also an experienced player, so he naturally understood what Zhou Yi said. Zhou Yi wanted to take a risk, but if this adventure was successful, it would be rewarded with huge returns - he led Schalke 04 away, strategically put Dortmund in the advantage.

As the captain of Dortmund, he certainly hopes that the team can defeat his arch-rival Schalke 04.

If it can really help the team win, this risk is completely worth taking.

Thinking of this, Kyle nodded to Zhou Yi: "Okay, I will choose the right time to intervene."

Zhou Yi smiled.

At the right time, this is very important, after all, you have to shoulder the defensive tasks.

So the next task is to find the right time, which is not only Kyle's job, but also Zhou Yi's job.

There were several times when Kyle tried to get forward, but Zhou Yi did not give him the football, because in Zhou Yi's opinion, those opportunities were not particularly good and could not play a role in killing one blow.

This game is a Ruhr derby, and the opponent will attach great importance to it. If your attack is not successful, it may arouse the opponent's vigilance. Zhou Yi does not want to alert the enemy. He hopes to wait for an opportunity similar to the assist Goze in the first half.

Kyle did not complain that Zhou Yi made him run away again and again. He believed that this young man would definitely make the right choice. All he had to do was to be in that position after he made the right choice.

Until the 60th minute, Kyle's several forward attempts did not attract the attention of Schalke 04 players. After all, he just ran up and did not receive the ball. This performance was normal and it was impossible to attract the attention of defensive players.

In the eyes of outsiders, every time Kyle flew in front, only Zhou Yi doesn't think so.

Because Kyle's previous forwards proved that Schalke 04 really didn't pay attention to him in defense.

Now there is only another right opportunity...

At the 16th minute, such an opportunity came.

At that time, Dortmund launched an attack, and all the offensive players rushed into Schalke 04's penalty area. Among these people, Kyle, who also stepped forward, seemed very inconspicuous.

The football was passed to Zhou Yi's feet, and Yang Muge was still pressing against him. When Zhou Yi was receiving the ball, he bumped into it without hesitation.

Although he is a good friend of Zhou Yi, he has never been polite to Zhou Yi on the court.

Zhou Yi was not surprised by Yang Muge's defense. In fact, he was wary of it - he was always fighting against Yang Muge in this game, even earlier. In the virtual space, he had fought with Yang Muge dozens of times, knowing how Yang Muge would deal with him.

In this game, Yang Muge's unceremonious defensive approach did cause trouble for Zhou Yi. But now Zhou Yi hopes that Yang Muge will continue to do so.

Because he can get rid of Yang Muge like this!

Yang Muge rushed up and ran into Zhou Yi. After Zhou Yi received the ball, he did not stop, but pulled the football behind him, and turned around in the same direction as Yang Muge, who was just passing by Yang Muge!

When Yang Muge rushed up, he never expected that Zhou Yi did not pass the ball this time, but chose to break through!

He watched Zhou Yi rubbing against his shoulders, but he was powerless, and his inertia made him unable to do any movement.

"Zhou Yi! Beautiful turn! Oh oh oh! He passed Yang Muge!" Duan Xin exclaimed.

The booing sounded in the Schalke Stadium almost made people tinnitus in an instant.

Yang Muge finally could wield his arm. He wanted to turn around and pull it, but he couldn't hold it back. He could only watch Zhou Yi turn around and drive the football forward and rush into Schalke 04's penalty area!
Chapter completed!