Chapter 99 The protagonists on this stage
Klopp was determined to help Zhou Yi avoid injury, but forgot that his approach might anger his opponent.
So when the game started again, Schalke 04, who was obviously behind two goals, was not as frustrated and upset when he lost the first goal.
They launched a fierce offensive against Dortmund's goal.
At the same time, Keller made a substitution adjustment first.
He replaced Fox with young player Max Meyer.
Mayer was transferred to Schalke 04 first team after the winter break last season. He was under 18 years old at that time. He conquered everyone at that time in the warm-up match between Doha and Bayern Munich, and then he naturally stayed in the first team.
And in February, he made his first appearance in the league. In March, he made his first appearance in the Champions League against Galatasaray.
With his outstanding performance, Meyer won a brand new contract for himself, which was extended from 2015 to 2017.
In the new season, people no longer have to discuss whether Meyer can stay in the first team. Everyone knows that he is Schalke 04's next Draxler, the next Holbit.
And he also got the glorious number "7".
Such a high number means that Schalke 04's senior executives are optimistic and valued by him.
Meier's performance in the new season has indeed not disappointed. So far, he has played twelve times for the team in various competitions and scored two goals.
Some people have compared him with Dortmund's youth training treasure, which shows how outstanding his talent is.
If it weren't for the fact that Mayer had a leg cramp in the Champions League match against Basel, he might have started in this game.
And now that Keller lets him appear, it is naturally a signal of a counterattack.
This time, the substitution immediately achieved good results.
In the 56th minute, Schalke 04's central defender Hovedes over the center line. After getting the ball, he did not choose to push it up layer by layer, but instead passed the ball against the ground, hitting the ball directly to the front of Dortmund's penalty area.
Meier, who was originally in the penalty area, suddenly retreated and ran out of the penalty area, receiving the ball from Hovedes.
Then he turned around very cleverly and quickly, and at the same time, he gently pushed the ball outward with his right instep, and then dodged Subotic who was blocking him.
Subotic, who had been awarded a penalty kick, quickly raised his hands when he had physical contact with Meyer, for fear that the referee Kishire would give him another penalty...
But Meier did not fall to the ground to get a penalty kick, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area!
Hummels rushed up to block him, and at the same time, right-back Groskreuz also came back, and they wanted to double-team Meyer in the penalty area.
Meier, who was deeply trapped in a siege, was very calm. He gently pushed the football outward, then dodged a certain angle, and quickly swung his left foot and passed the football to the middle!
In the middle, Sauloy was originally responsible for Hummels, but because Meier easily drifted past Subotic, Hummels ran to stop him, which gave Sauloy a chance!
Facing the ball from Meyer, Sholoy shot!
But the football was hit by Weidenfeller who was in time and fell to the ground and blocked it with his body!
Before Schalke 04's fans were upset with their hands in their arms, and did not give Dortmund's fans a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. Yang Muge hit the landing point where the football popped out, and then he pushed the ball and shot!
This time Subotic could no longer clear the football before him, because there was no Dortmund player beside him!
"Yang Muge——!!" Duan Xin roared in a long voice.
Amid his roar, Yang Muge slightly rolled the football out of an arc, bypassed the Dortmund defender Schmelzer who was blocking the goal, and flew into the net!
"Good ball! Yang Muge! Good ball!" Duan Xin was excited. "This is Yang Muge's first goal in the Ruld derby!! It is also his first goal for Schalke 04 this season! It is also his fifth league goal scored during his time at Schalke 04!!"
"Yang - Muge!! He scored a goal for Schalke 04! A calm shot! The time when Boateng missed a penalty, he almost used the shot to equalize the score for Schalke 04. This time he finally didn't miss it again!" Marcel Leif shouted. "It's really worthy of being a Ruld Derby! Schalke 04, who is already two goals behind, has no intention of giving up!"
When the entire Ao went to Schalke Stadium, there were huge cheers when the football entered the goal. Schalke 04 fans jumped up and shouted Yang Muge's name.
The player they hate the most is Chinese, and now their favorite player is also Chinese.
Although the relationship between Zhou Yi and Yang Muge is not a secret, Schalke 04 fans can see Yang Muge's diligent efforts in the team, and this goal is the best reward for him! So fans without Schalke 04 will have any prejudice against Yang Muge.
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Yang Muge was also very excited after scoring the goal. He waved his fists hard and roared towards the stands where Dortmund fans gathered. In the second half, Dortmund's goal happened to be under the stands where Dortmund fans gathered...
In the past, he was almost not his turn to be the limelight like shooting goals, and he himself did not pursue this.
But now, on the most gorgeous stage, he has become the protagonist. Even Yang Muge, who has always been calm, cannot hide his excitement.
He is not saying that he is completely unfamiliar with goals, but his position and mission keep him away from goals. So he has been playing for Schalke 04 first team for almost three seasons, and has only scored five league goals in total. No coach will expect him to score goals.
His persistence in defensive tasks also made him rarely go forward into the penalty area to shoot.
This time, if it weren't for the Ruhr Derby, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to rush into the penalty area to shoot.
He is not a player who is good at adapting to the situation, so Dortmund's players never expected to defend Yang Muge's shot.
Unexpectedly, this made him finally adapt to the situation...
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In fact, the moment Yang Muge shot, Zhou Yi realized that something was going to happen, but at that time he was far away from Yang Muge and could not stop all of this from happening.
Yang Muge's goal greatly boosted the morale of Schalke 04 and also affected the mood of Dortmund players.
Zhou Yi focused his attention on Yang Muge. If he remembered correctly, this should be Lao Yang's first goal in the Ruhr derby, right?
This is something worth congratulations, but it is not done now.
Old Yang has scored a goal, how could I be replaced like this?
Just now, Mkhitaryan ran to the warm-up scene, and he also saw it on the court, and knew that this was what Klopp planned to replace him.
If Yang Muge didn't score the goal, then you can replace him if you were replaced. He is not the kind of person who likes to dominate the tyrants on the court and is unwilling to be replaced.
But now, Yang Muge's goal aroused his fighting spirit, so he didn't care about what Mkhitaryan was thinking about who was waiting to appear off the court. He has always been kind and wants to "ball domine" once.
He turned around and made a "×" gesture to Klopp on the sidelines, indicating that Klopp should not rush to replace him now.
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On the sidelines, Klopp had already called Buvac back Mkhitaryan. Buvac was explaining to him, and Yang Muge's goal on the field happened...
"Damn!" Klopp cursed.
Buvac and Mkitarian were also frightened by the sudden goal. Buvac looked at the stadium blankly. He was very focused just now and didn't notice how the goal happened.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
Mkhitaryan saw it, he hesitated for a moment and said to his assistant coach: "That... Schalke 04's No. 15 scored a goal..."
After listening to his explanation, Buvac fell into silence and did not continue to explain tactics to Mkhitaryan.
Next, Klopp saw Zhou Yi turning around and making a gesture. He raised his hands high and then crossed them together.
Klopp was struggling inside.
He knew what Zhou Yi meant.
He can replace Zhou Yi according to the original plan. Now the team has the advantage of one goal leading. After Zhou Yi is out, the team may not lose the game.
And if he continues to let Zhou Yi stay on the court, of course, Zhou Yi has a chance to help the team win, but he may also be injured in the game.
A rational analysis, he should have replaced Zhou Yi, right?
But he was hesitant.
Finally, he looked back at Mkhitaryan, and they were all ready to play...
But he finally made a decision.
"Sorry, Henrik." He walked to Mkhitaryan and said to him.
Mkhitaryan seemed to be ready, and he shrugged: "I can understand."
"Very good, you go and rest first, but don't relax, be prepared to play at any time. Maybe it won't take long before I will replace you again?" Klopp comforted and encouraged him, and he had already made a decision.
Let Zhou Yi stay on the court.
Dortmund needs their spiritual support at this time.
Chapter completed!