After Mark Wagner came on the court, Dortmund changed his formation. At first, everyone thought it was not a good idea to replace the injured Gotze with Mark, because the two players had different positions and different styles of playing football.

But now it seems that Klopp's arrangement means a masterpiece.

His aberrant substitution and this asymmetric formation made Schalke 04 very uncomfortable.

On the left side, facing Groschloitz's frequent assists, they lack targeted defense. No matter how much he is, he is making waves on the left side; if he cares about him, he can make Schalke 04's defense awkward with his connection with Zhou Yi.

There is no way, Schalke 04 can only put more defensive focus and troops here, striving to block the joint efforts between Groschloitz and Zhou Yi. It is obvious that this side is Dortmund's main attack direction.

But people are alive, Schalke 04 has already placed this side in the scope of key defense, so there is no need for Zhou Yi to continue to hang out with them here.

When Groschloitz passed the football to him and then continued to rush forward, Zhou Yi flicked a shot and pretended to pass the football back, but it was just a fake move. He pulled the football to the right with his right foot, turned around, and then quickly raised his foot and divided the football to the right.

The football fell to Reus's feet.

The defensive resistance that Reus has to face is much smaller than Groschloitz!

Reus, who took the ball on the edge of the penalty area, swung his feet and wanted to shoot, tricking Schalke 04 player Christian Fox, who rushed to defend, made a slip-tab blocking move. But Reus just dunked the football into the middle and deceived him.

Then he shot again, and the football was saved by Annestal.

Although there was no goal, Dortmund's attack scared many Schalke 04 fans out of cold sweat, and also boosted the morale of the Dortmund fans in the stands and were full of confidence in the team's future.

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After Gotze was injured, everyone thought Dortmund would encounter some trouble, but the facts were completely different. They threatened Schalke 04's goal several times in a row, causing huge trouble for Schalke 04.

Why is this?

Klopp's unexpected substitution arrangement and formation adjustment are just one reason.

Another very important reason is that they have the Zhouyi.

Zhou Yi is a commander with independent consciousness on the court. He does not simply act according to the head coach's arrangements. Sometimes he even goes against the head coach's arrangements, but he usually does a good job, so the coach doesn't say anything.

He was closest to the frontline situation, and he knew when to do what.

Therefore, the most important thing to make Dortmund's offense lose its threat is to curb Zhou Yi.

Yang Muge posted it on Zhou Yi.

"Old Yang, don't stick so tightly. I'm not interested in men." Zhou Yi said to Yang Muge without looking back.

"I'm not interested, Zhou Yi, I'm just doing my part." Yang Muge replied, his tone calm. Zhou Yi's teasing or "provocation" did not cause any fluctuations in his emotions.

Zhou Yi is not unfamiliar with this feeling. He had it when he fought with Yang Muge before. It felt like he was competing with a robot, and it was really fun.

But I have to admit that as an opponent, Yang Muge has very excellent qualities. He can help himself to be less disturbed and influenced by the outside world and focus on doing his own work.

But Zhou Yi wouldn't be afraid of him.

I have fought so many times in the virtual space, and Zhou Yi is also very familiar with Yang Muge. Yang Muge is a very excellent midfielder, but he is just a very excellent midfielder.

No matter how powerful he is, he is just a person, and football is a team sport. Zhou Yi has never fought against a team alone. His football style is to make full use of the power of the team, so he is the organization midfielder, he is the person who leads the team, and he is not a reckless man who fights one-on-one.

Facing Yang Muge's defense, Zhou Yi will use his quick pass to deal with it.

Especially after Mark came on the court, Zhou Yi became more skilled when passing the ball. Because Mark was very familiar with him, although he had not played for a year, this tacit understanding was not affected.

Mark is also willing to cooperate with Zhou Yi. He will always understand Zhou Yi’s intentions faster than other Dortmund teammates, and then quickly make cooperative actions, so Zhou Yi and him can achieve a truly "seamless connection".

Zhou Yi had just received the ball, and Mark had already appeared in the receiving position. Zhou Yi could pass the football without even raising his head. He knew that Mark would definitely be waiting for him there.

The tacit understanding between the two of them is so good.

This is equivalent to Yang Muge defending Zhou Yi and Mark alone. No matter how outstanding his ability is, he cannot maintain an advantage on one-on-two for a long time.

After going back and forth this several times, Yang Muge felt tremendous pressure.

Moreover, Zhou Yi and Mark are not just simple passes. They will continue to change positions during the pass, crossing back and forth, making Yang Muge feel helpless.

When he passed the ball last, Zhou Yi was still on his left. After passing the ball to Mark, he ran to the right and passed the ball again, and he ran back to the left.

Yang Muge also realized that he was quite familiar with Zhou Yi, but he had never seen Zhou Yi play like this. Within a very small range, he kept changing positions and passing the ball with Mark, which was dazzling.

Dortmund's offense also found a breakthrough in such a small-scale rapid pass.

In the 67th minute, after Zhou Yi handed over the football to Mark, he walked around behind Mark and ran to the other side of him. After Mark passed the football to him, he rushed forward with a diagonal line, but when he just ran between Schalke 04 back line and the central forward line, he suddenly stopped and changed direction, running in the completely opposite direction.

At the same time, Zhou Yi's ball was also sent over, and Mark happened to run to Zhou Yi's pass route.

In the eyes of outsiders, I really don’t know whether they were coincidentally or had some plans...

Anyway, Mark received the ball given to him by Zhou Yi in a very delicate position, and he did not continue to dribble the ball in, because if he took a step forward, Dehui would directly hit the Schalke 04 front line composed of Hovides and Matip.

But he did not stop and adjust, because Yang Muge and other Schalke 04 midfielders rushed over. As long as he hesitated for a moment, he would quickly fall into the siege of Schalke 04.

When Mark received the ball, he chose to shoot directly!

"Mark Wagner!" As Marcel Lef's roar was squeaking, the football flew towards Hovides.

Hovides was on a conditioned reflex of a central defender, stretched out his legs to block, and at the same time put his hands behind him to avoid being judged to be handballed in the penalty area because he was hit by the ball with his arms open, giving Dortmund a penalty kick in vain.

But the football flew over next to the arm he clamped. If he had opened his arms, he might have been hit by the football. But the situation is not much better now. He did not stop the football. The football flew towards the goal behind him. There was an arc in the air, which was not fast, but the arc was very obvious. He had just passed by Schalke 04 goalkeeper Annestall's fingertips and then plunged into the net!

“tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!”

It was not Marcel Leif who made this long neigh, but Norbert Dicole, the broadcaster of West**** Stadium.

His roar was amplified with the help of a microphone and stirred up over the court, like rolling thunder.

The Dortmund fans in the stands of West**** Stadium also jumped up and shouted: "tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

They responded with the same roar to their dear "Nobi".

At this moment, the West**** Stadium was like a volcano erupting, and everyone in it seemed to be swallowed by rolling magma.

"Mark! He equalized the score for Dortmund! This is his first game after a serious injury! He scored in the first game, and such a comeback is simply perfect!" Compared with them, commentator Marcel Leif seemed a little unpassionable, but it was not Liff's warmth, but Dortmund's fans who were so excited...

On the one hand, it was the key goal of the Ruhr derby equalization, and on the other hand, it was their "son of the South Stand" Mark Wagner's first goal after returning from injury.

When the team needed him, he stood up. This is what a real Dortmund player should do!

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Mark was also very excited after scoring the goal. He didn't even bother to hug Zhou Yi and celebrated. He turned around and ran to the other side of the stand opposite Schalke 04 goal. It was the famous south stand in West**** Stadium, where he came out!

Zhou Yi also didn't care about Mark's behavior of not hugging him after scoring the goal. In fact, anyone can choose to celebrate after scoring the goal, and did not say that he must hug him or her.

And Zhou Yi understood Mark's mood very well at this moment.

It took a whole year and a month, and perhaps no matter how many words were, I couldn't tell what Mark had experienced during this period. Zhou Yi could not say anything like he empathized with the same feeling, and he would never be able to empathize with the same feeling. So if he said he could empathize with the same feeling, it would be hypocrisy.

Only he himself knew what Mark had experienced, but looking at the emotions he had burst out now, others can still imagine that those year and month must be like hell...

For Mark, even if it is not hell, it is actually similar to hell.

The most important thing is not physical injuries, but psychological suffering. Although his sister has repeatedly emphasized to him that he has recovered well and has returned to the court. Although Zhou Yi comforted him with the examples of famous stars in history who were seriously injured and cheered up again. But as long as he did not stand on the court again for a day, he would always doubt whether he could continue playing football.

Years and months, in the movie, it seems that the screen is black and bright, but for a person who is waiting for a comeback, it is a torment for a whole year and month.

Many times he began to doubt whether this kind of waiting was meaningful. What if he couldn't stand on the court in the end? Wouldn't all his efforts be wasted?

And now this goal finally calmed down his uneasy heart.

He knew that those waiting and suffering were worth it and made sense!

He ran all the way, and there was no sign of serious injury and surgery on his knee. He ran to the bottom of the South Stand. Then, he took off his jersey without regard for the rules and refused to allow it, and whispered to the sky, then yelled at the South Stand.

The fans in the South Stand also responded to him with the warmest cheers.

His parents are the only exception.

Mrs. Wagner covered her mouth and fell into her husband's arms with tears. Old Wagner was gently patting her back with his hands.

Among this carnival crowd, the two of them are so different. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!