Chapter 161 Continue to Pursue
When the football bounced into the goal from under the flying Hildebrand, the game time reached the second minute of injury time, two minutes before the end of the game.
Zhou Yi's kick can basically be said to be a decisive kill. He completely shattered Schalke 04's hope of defeating Dortmund at home.
After scoring the goal, Zhou Yi glanced at the goal and confirmed that the football had flew in. Then he turned around and ran to the corner flag area with his arms wide open.
He was so excited that he didn't go to the Reus who assisted him to celebrate - usually, if he scored a goal, he would go to the teammate who assisted him.
But this time, he didn't do this because he was so excited that he forgot this.
When he was about to run to the corner flag area, he directly slid and kneeled. Such celebrations were rarely seen on Zhou Yi.
This shows how excited and excited he is.
Of course, he had reason to be so excited and excited, because this goal not only allowed Dortmund to defeat Schalke 04, the arch-rival in the Ruhr derby, but also allowed Dortmund to retain hope of competing for the league championship with Bayern Munich.
The other Dortmund players were more excited than Zhou Yi. They ran towards Zhou Yi, then pressed Zhou Yi to the ground, pressed him up, and stacked the Arhats.
On the bench and coaching seat of Dortmund, everyone rushed towards Zhou Yi and joined the crazy celebration.
Marcel Leif shouted: "Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi -!!! He once again played the key Mr. Dortmund! The goal at the last moment helped Dortmund take the lead - Sorry, I can't say that Dortmund has won. After all, the game is not over yet, but now there is not much time left to the end of the game. Dortmund has a high chance to beat Schalke 04! They will continue to maintain the pressure on Bayern Munich in the league standings!"
"Zhou Yi! Hey! Good ball! Good ball!!" Duan Xin in the domestic studio was also very excited. "The ultimate kill! The real kill! Zhou Yi defeated Schalke 04 with this kick! It was incredible! Ah! Haha! It was incredible! Dortmund was two goals behind the opening game and has recovered three goals now, and has staged a shocking reversal!"
The Schalke 04 fans in the stands were silent, only a few Dortmund fans were cheering, shouting, and venting their emotions.
This time, Schalke 04's fans were unable to even speak out to interrupt Dortmund's fans. The last moment lost the ball, which seemed to have taken away all the energy in their bodies. Many fans fell on the chair in disappointment, covering their faces with their hands.
The Schalke 04 players on the court are not much better.
Faced with this loss of goal, many people hugged their heads with their hands, looking dull, and couldn't believe that they actually conceded the goal at the last moment. Before Zhou Yi scored, there was no sign that Dortmund could score...
Yang Muge stood in the penalty area with his hands on his hips and helplessly. He did not stop Zhou Yi. He was the sinner who lost the ball.
Would it be better if he threw all his center of gravity out just now and pressed his body directly towards Zhou Yi?
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The TV broadcast was replaying Zhou Yi's goal just now. Judging from the replay results, if Zhou Yi's kick was sturdy and the football was not flying down but directly towards the goal, it was very likely that the flying Hildebran would be blocked by the flying Hildebran with his hands, or shot directly above the crossbar.
There are three paths, but two lead to dead ends, and Zhou Yi chose the only successful path to life.
Should he say that he is skilled and calm and made the right choice, or should he say that he is lucky and missed?
But no matter what, if the goal is scored, no matter how it is scored, as long as it can be scored. Many goals in football matches actually have luck elements, and some goals that are famous in the history of football also have great luck elements. So even if Zhou Yi was confused, it would not damage his glorious performance.
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With two minutes left in the game, Zhou Yi equalized the score, and the Dortmund players celebrated wildly. It was not until the referee Gaugerman came up to intervene in their case that they ended the celebration and returned to their own court.
But at this time, another forty seconds passed after injury time, and it was only more than one minute left for Schalke 04 to equalize the score again.
After Schalke 04 players re-telephoned, Dortmund recovered the entire line, and even a center forward like Lewandowski retreated to the penalty area and used his height advantage to assist in the defense.
Zhou Yi was at the front but also defended in the front, so he failed to cross the center line.
At the last moment, Schalke 04 fans in the stands made another voice to cheer for the team. Now the desire to defeat Dortmund at home is unlikely to come true. In the case of being destined to not win the game, a draw is better than losing, so if the score can be equalized at the last moment, Schalke 04 is not unacceptable.
Besides, a draw can also make the distance between Dortmundra and Bayern Munich, which makes Dortmund very unhappy.
Now, if Schalke 04 had such awareness when Dortmund equalized the score, it might not have happened to Zhou Yi's goal.
But there are not so many football games. If Schalke 04 was not forced into a desperate situation, he would not easily accept a draw.
Schalke 04 hit the whole line and came out in full swing. Even Yang Muge hit the edge of the penalty area and came to participate in the attack.
But facing the united Dortmund, Schalke 04 failed to break through Dortmund's goal until Gagelman blew the whistle at the end of the game.
"The game ends!" When Gagelman blew the whistle to the end of the game, Marcel Lef shouted excitedly. "Bortmond experienced two goals behind in the away game, and finally chased three goals in a row, and staged a shocking reversal with a score of 3:2, achieving a crucial three-pointer! These three-pointers may be related to the final league championship! Schalke 04 did not stop Dortmund from moving forward, and Bayern Munich will continue to have a headache..."
"Zhou Yi! He dominated this game!" A close-up of Zhou Yi appeared on the TV broadcast, and Duan Xin said happily. "Two goals and one assist. He is the director who can complete this big reversal! Zhou Yi's performance in this game is world-class. We can even say that Zhou Yi is already one of the top midfielders on this planet! If Dortmund had no more than him, it would be unimaginable!"
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After the competition, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge got together: "I won again, Lao Yang."
"Don't say this in front of me!" Yang Muge was very depressed. His defense against Zhou Yi was actually successful throughout the game, but only three times did not keep a close eye on it, which caused the goal to be lost. He believed that he was the culprit for the team's loss.
Zhou Yi smiled: "Come on, strive to get the qualification for the Champions League next season!"
After patting Yang Muge on the shoulder, Zhou Yi left. He did not exchange jerseys with Yang Muge. He knew that the hatred between the two teams in the Ruhr area of Derby, especially among the supporters. He exchanged jerseys with Schalke 04 players, which would definitely make Dortmund fans unhappy, and Yang Muge exchanged jerseys with a Dortmund player, which would definitely make Schalke 04 fans unhappy.
Zhou Yi was not worried about himself, but he was worried that his approach would make Yang Muge unhealthy. So he didn't exchange jerseys with Yang Muge.
Anyway, he doesn't really care about Schalke 04's jersey...
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After the game, Zhou Yi was selected as the best player of the game. When interviewed by reporters, Zhou Yi had a smile on his face: "I'm very happy that we were able to win this game in the end. The process was very difficult. Schalke 04 performed very well at his home court. Their two goals in the first half made us uncomfortable. But we still persisted and won. I think the most important significance of this game may not be to win the Ruhr derby again, but to continue to maintain pressure on Bayern Munich."
A reporter asked whether winning the Ruhr derby would make the whole Dortmund team confident of winning the league championship.
Zhou Yi replied: "It's too early to talk about the ownership of the league championship, but at least we still have hope to compete for this championship instead of falling behind early. I think it's better to wait until the championship is really decided. If you make a random prediction now and there will be deviations in the final result, then who will be responsible?"
He spread his hands out.
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Dortmund won the Ruhr derby, which was the biggest news in German domestic football the next day.
Bayern Munich fans are probably a group of people who are more sad and disappointed than Schalke 04 fans.
Now their team is still two points away from Dortmund, and it is not a good feeling to keep leading the marathon.
Four days later, Bayern Munich lost to Arsenal 0:2 at home in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, which was somewhat surprising. Fortunately, they defeated Arsenal 3:1 away in the first leg. With the same total score, Bayern Munich scored three away goals, one more than Arsenal who scored two away goals. They relied on this extra away goal advantage to eliminate Arsenal.
Schalke 04, who lost the Ruhr derby, may have spent too much energy in this Ruhr derby, or perhaps because of the reversal of Dortmund, hit their confidence and fighting spirit. In the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals held in the mid-week, they actually lost to Galatasaray 2:3 at home, and were eliminated 3:4 in the total score and missed the Champions League quarterfinals.
Yang Muge's first Champions League trip to his career ended like this.
This is really a pity, but Yang Muge's mentality was quite good when he was interviewed: "After all, it was my first time. I have accumulated experience, broadened my horizons, and learned what the Champions League is like. Of course, I also hope to participate in the Champions League next season. Next, we have to work hard for this goal."
Yang Muge is right. In fact, being eliminated from the Champions League may not be a bad thing for Schalke 04.
Schalke 04's performance this season is really not stable enough. A large part of the reason is that the domestic league and the Champions League double-line battles made Schalke 04 players very uncomfortable and also led to the dismissal of head coach Stevens.
Now that he has been eliminated in the Champions League, Schalke 04 can finally put all his energy into the domestic league.
Chapter completed!