There was a dead ball on the court due to the penalty kick. At this time, Zhou Yi should be able to play.

But the referee stopped this behavior and signaled to the sidelines that Mainz would substitute after the penalty kick was finished.

So Zhou Yi had to continue waiting on the sidelines, waiting for the result of the penalty kick on the court. It was like a crowd watching a public execution, he could only watch and could not change the upcoming result.

Mainz took the penalty kick and replaced the striker Maxim Shubo-Moting in the second half.

Dortmund fans put all their hopes on goalkeeper Weidenfeller, who has saved penalty kicks in the game many times.

But this time, he didn't guess the right direction.

Shubo Moting easily deceived Weidenfeller and flew into the goal.

"Ah-Mainz leads Dortmund 1:0! The deadlock on the court has finally been broken!"

Huge cheers rang over the Cofas Arena. After the goal, Shubo Moting rushed to the bottom of the home team fans' stands to celebrate, while his teammates rushed to celebrate the goal with him.

It was not until this time that Zhou Yi was allowed to play, and Dortmund completed the substitution.

The person Zhou Yi replaced was Mkhitaryan. In this game, because Zhou Yi sat on the bench, Mkhitaryan was naturally the starter.

Mkhitaryan, who replaced Zhou Yi as the team organizer, did not perform well enough in this game. It seems that it is still difficult for him to gain a place in Dortmund's fiercely competitive midfield...

Mkhitaryan was a little depressed when he left the game. After slapped Zhou Yi weakly, he lowered his head and walked towards the bench.

Zhou Yi finally didn't start in this game. He originally thought it was his opportunity, but the cruel reality poured a pot of cold water on him.

"Zhou Yi was replaced!" Duan Xin's focus was always on Zhou Yi. Even if Dortmund was already behind at this time, he did not say a few more words, but excitedly introduced Zhou Yi's appearance to the Chinese TV audience. "The situation in front of him is not very good now. Dortmund is one goal behind. Klopp replaced him and used the last substitution place... In other words, Zhou Yi is Dortmund's last method to solve the problem. Whether it is possible or not, this is Klopp's trick..."

Zhou Yi in the TV camera ran to the court and reached out to gesture to his teammates, signaling them to adjust their positions.

Originally, when Dortmund started this game, he sent two midfielders, Kyle and Shahin.

However, Klopp had made a substitution adjustment before, replacing Kyle with Reus and Sven Bend replaced Shahin, so the double midfielder turned into a single midfielder.

Zhou Yi can play both the front and back midfielders. So what position will he play after he plays?

Soon, everyone discovered that Zhou Yi was standing next to Sven Bend - he chose to play as a midfielder after playing!

This made some fans very sorry. They believed that Zhou Yi was far away from the goal and the threat was smaller. They hoped that Zhou Yi would use goals to turn the tide after he came on the court.

But Zhou Yi has his own considerations.

There are now Siber, Reus, Kuba and Aubameyang in the frontcourt, four attacking players. If they are also in the front midfielder, it will be too crowded and will compress their space. Especially after Mainz has already taken the lead through penalty kicks, they will inevitably shrink their defense. In this way, the opponent's penalty area is full of people and there is no room for performance.

Therefore, Zhou Yi chose to stand in the back midfield position. On the one hand, this place is far away from the opponent's goal, with few people, which makes it convenient for attack. On the other hand, the situation of the frontcourt fans is not that serious, and it is easy to have empty space.

Before Zhou Yi took the field, neither Klopp nor Buvac had any clarity on which position Zhou Yi played after he came on the field, because they believed that Zhou Yi would make a judgment based on the situation. Now Zhou Yi made a judgment, and both of them were very satisfied with it - this was the same result they hoped, and they also believed that Zhou Yi should play a midfielder after he came on the field.

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The game started again, with Dortmund kicking off with the goal conceding.

However, Dortmund, who was behind, did not take advantage of the kick-off opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Mainz's goal. On the contrary, Zhou Yi passed the football back, and after the pass, he took the initiative to run back to receive the ball.

Dortmund, led by Zhou Yi, fell down. They passed the football around the middle and backcourt, and were not in a hurry to send it forward.

That is, Zhou Yi has the ability to suppress the rhythm. If someone else did this, he would have been thrown away by his impatient teammates. In fact, after losing the ball, everyone was panicked and anxious, either at a loss or wanted to equalize the score. After all, Mainz had already scored seventy minutes, and the time left for Dortmund was only twenty minutes.

But Zhou Yi was able to calm down, and under his leadership, Dortmund gradually calmed down.

This is the trust that Zhou Yi has won to help the team get out of difficulties over the years at Dortmund. His teammates believe that Zhou Yi can always make the right choice at critical moments.

Mainz actually hopes to attack for a while after leading, and strive to score another goal in a short period of time.

But when Dortmund deliberately slowed down, their fast break plan went bankrupt. Under the command of head coach Tuchel, Mainz began to reclaim defense - if Dortmund kept falling in the backcourt, they didn't care. Anyway, they were the lead now, and it would be fine if they could defend the lead of this ball to the midfield.

And Tuchel believes that bringing the game back to the dull slow-paced state of the past is beneficial to his team.

So he was not in a hurry to see Dortmund fall down in the middle and backcourt.

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Of course, Zhou Yi knew that after losing the ball, he could take advantage of Mainz to attack, hoping to score another goal in a short time to play Mainz's counterattack, and the space he gained would definitely be greater than the current positional battle. But he also knew very well that if he attacked Mainz, both sides would be fast-paced and would just concede the ball. Dortmund, whose morale was unstable, would definitely be at a disadvantage in the attack with Mainz, and might even concede the ball first.

Klopp let him play in the hope of breaking the deadlock on the court, but due to an accident, the balance on the court has been broken, and the balance of victory and loss is tilted towards the side that is beneficial to Mainz. Then his first task on the court is to return the game to balance, and stabilizing the morale of the army is a very important part.

He seemed to have missed some opportunities to equalize the score, but it stabilized the players and avoided more goals conceded.

Now, watching Mainz recover defense, Zhou Yi passes the football forward, and it's Dortmund's turn to attack.

Although he is playing the back midfielder, when Dortmund is attacking, Zhou Yi will not stay in the back midfielder position. He just passes the ball to the front and is finished. On the contrary, he will rush forward and fully participate in the offense.

Just like now.

After passing the football to Siber, Zhou Yi ran forward and approached the 30-meter area of ​​Mainz.

As he started forward, Rui had already passed three feet. When Zhou Yi approached the 30-meter area, the football was passed back to his feet.

Facing the Mainz player who rushed up to intercept the ball, Zhou Yi turned around and protected the football, blocking the Mainz player behind him. Then he quickly passed the ball straight into the penalty area!

If Mainz's central defender Stefan Bale had not broken the football with one kick, the football would have been received by Reus, who had already been around him. Once Reus caught the ball, he would have faced goalkeeper Karius directly in the penalty area!

"The wonderful legend of Zhou Yi! Oh! What a pity!" Duan Xin screamed regretfully.

A burst of exclamations came from the Cofas Arena, and Mainz fans were frightened.

"Zhou Yi's pass... is so dangerous! After just turning around and getting rid of it, he quickly passed the football, and almost created a murderous intent! This is Zhou Yi's ability!" Marcel Leif's evaluation of Zhou Yi was very high. "I think if Klopp let Zhou Yi start, this game would not have been like this. Although I don't understand why Zhou Yi was substituted, now that Zhou Yi is on the court, it is finally a loss to make up for the bribe. Now that Dortmund is one ball behind, what changes can Zhou Yi bring to the team?"

While speaking, the TV broadcast gave Zhou Yi a close-up shot. He did not regret that the attack was not achieved, but gave Reus a thumbs up.
Chapter completed!