Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 240 How to Procrastinate Time Correctly

Rudy's shot that almost scored was Hoffenheim's last shot in this game.

But it was not the last kick of the game.

Then Bayern Munich made an attack, and Robben dribbled the ball from the right side and cut inside, pulled it horizontally and then shot with his left foot.

This is his signature trick, and he savior countless times.

This time everyone also gave high hopes for this, and everyone's eyes were focused on football.

The football drew an arc in the air, bypassing Hoffenheim goalkeeper Glar who was struggling to save, but also bypassed the outside of the post and flew out of the baseline!

"Robben...Oh! The arc is a little bigger! It's just a little bit!"

Accompanied by the narrator's regretful shout, Robben knelt on the ground, holding his head with both hands, looking extremely regretful.

Robben's failure to score this kick caused a certain blow to Bayern Munich's morale. In the subsequent injury time, neither side could score a goal again, nor could they threaten the goal's offense.

When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Hoffenheim players couldn't help but hug each other to celebrate this amazing draw.

Bayern Munich players performed differently. Some stood there in disappointment and confusion, while others were unwilling to find the referee to argue, believing that the referee gave less injury time... But their behavior could not change the result, but instead showed the fear deep in the heart of such a powerful team...

When the whistle sounded, Guardiola suppressed his inner disappointment and shook hands politely with Hoffenheim's head coach Gistor, then turned around and returned to his coaching team. He asked, "What's the result over there?"

"It's still in injury time," said Herman Grande.

Guardiola was a little surprised, but he didn't expect the game to be over.

"They kicked off one minute later than us in the second half, and then because of red card and penalty kicks, the referee was replaced in the middle, so there were seven minutes of injury time..." Grand explained.

Guardiola didn't say anything after hearing this, but turned around and walked towards the passage.

Others looked at each other, and then some went to comfort the players, while others stood there and continued to wait for the latest news from the Mercedes-Benz Arena.

※※※

"The game over there!" Buvac walked to Klopp, unable to hide his excitement, and said in Klopp's ear. "3:3! Hoffenheim tied Bayern Munich!"

Klopp didn't move, not even turned his head, and continued to stare at the court, but his fists hanging on both sides of his body clenched hard.

The injury suspension lasted for seven minutes in this game. At this time, Klopp protested to the referee, but this did not change the decision of the referee team.

Stuttgart seized this last opportunity and launched a fierce attack on Dortmund's goal, vowing to kill Dortmund at the last moment to add a valuable three-pointer to their relegation!

What about Dortmund? They have all been pushed back to their half and can't play against the attack.

Zhou Yi is at the forefront of the penalty area to help the team defend.

Klopp suddenly turned his head and said to Bouvage: "Let the captain go."

This is the last place to substitution.

He wants to replace Kyle, on the one hand, delay time, and on the other hand, strengthen defense.

Sven Bend was basically almost the center back at this time.

Of course, Zhou Yi is not good at the middle of the midfield.

Bouvac ran to find Kyle.

Soon Kyle returned to Klopp.

"No need to say more, can I?" Klopp asked him.

Kyle shook his head: "No. I know what to do."

"Okay, go!" Klopp slapped Kyle in the back and pushed him towards the fourth official.

※※※

Dortmund is going to make a substitution, and Stuttgart certainly knows what they are going to do at this time. How could they make Dortmund's plan to delay time succeed?

So, taking advantage of the opportunity that football was controlled by them, they looked for opportunities to score on the one hand, and did not easily hand over the ball, which resulted in Kyle standing on the court for a full minute without getting the chance to switch to the court.

At the same time, the defensive pressure on Dortmund's front-line middle of the penalty area is getting greater and greater.

Zhou Yi looked left and right. He couldn't stop the game by using a foul because in his position, if he fouled, he would give the opponent a very good free kick. Maybe the opponent could use this free kick to score...

So to suspend the game, you still have to take control of the ball into your own hands.

Stuttgart is now passing the ball horizontally. Zhou Yi saw the opportunity and judged the opponent's passing route. Suddenly, he rushed forward and stabbed the football away before the Stuttgart player received the ball!

"Zhou Yi! Great!"

Zhou Yi, who grabbed the ball, did not organize any counterattacks anymore - now he can't fight back at all, and he doesn't have a teammate in front of him.

But he still swung his legs and held his strength to make a long pass.

Of course, this ball was not passed to any of the Dortmund players in front, but was actually a big-footed clearance.

However, unlike the way of kicking out of the sideline casually, Zhou Yi's kick was aimed at the corner flag area of ​​Stuttgart's halftime, and he used his precise long-passing method here.

The football flew forward along the sideline.

Stuttgart goalkeeper Urreich simply rushed out of the penalty area, hoping to cut the football off.

But just as he was about to rush to the football, the football landed and bounced out of the sideline... The place where he left the boundary was already near the penalty area. Although he did not fly to the corner flag area, it was far enough.

Urreich had to rush out and pick up the football, trying to quickly throw the out-of-bounds ball out so that the game could resume immediately.

But the referee stopped him from doing this, and he signaled to wait and let Dortmund on the sidelines complete the substitution.

A harsh boo suddenly rang in the stands.

Urreich was also very dissatisfied.

But no matter how unhappy the Stuttgart people were, Dortmund could finally complete the substitution.

Klopp replaced forward Mark with Kyle, and his intention to strengthen his defense was obvious.

Mark, who was replaced, walked slowly down, and it was obvious that he deliberately delayed the game time. The booed in the stands even louder. Stuttgart players also came up to push Mark, asking him to go down quickly and not delay time here.

The referee also blew a whistle and ran over, giving Mark, who was obviously delaying his time, a yellow card, warning him to go on as soon as possible.

Then Mark ended up jogging like a mutter.

When Kyle ran on the court, the whole game had reached the 95th minute and twenty seconds, with one minute and forty seconds left before the end of the game.

While substitution, Zhou Yi shouted Yan Min's name, then pointed to Urreich who was preparing to serve on the sidelines, and Stuttgart defender Sakai Gaode who went back to catch the ball.

Yan Min knew what Zhou Yi meant, and this was to let him interfere with Stuttgart's out-of-bounds ball.

Anyway, he has speed and physical strength, and even if he goes up, he can quickly return to defense through speed.

So Yan Min obediently forced him up.

Seeing this, Urreich had to give up his plan to come to the outside world - if the ball was thrown out and was cut off by Dortmund players, they could shoot directly in the empty goal! So he had to throw the football down and then run back to the penalty area by himself.

Stuttgart had to readjust the outbound ball, and Taku Sakai went to throw, but he had to come back from the front to a pickup player.

And there is more than one person coming back, because Yan Min has the presence of him, two players who have received the ball have to come back, so Yan Min can't press the Stuttgart player to take the ball.

Seeing that Stuttgart had returned two people, Zhou Yi shouted again: "Yan Min! Come back!"

Since the opponent has returned to two people who have received the ball, it is useless to keep Yan Min in the frontcourt. Instead, it will make one less person when defending in the backcourt. Anyway, the purpose of delaying time has been achieved.

Yan Min also rushed back quickly as he said.

Seeing this situation, the Stuttgart players were also quite helpless.

Compared with Mark's delayed ending, Zhou Yi's method of delaying time is more clever, and you can't find any faults to punish him with rules...

Duan Xin laughed: "Ha! Zhou Yi directed Yan Min to help Dortmund to win dozens of seconds..."

When Stuttgart finally could throw out the outbound ball, there were only one minute and twenty seconds left in the injury stoppage time...

Next, Dortmund recovered the defense at all levels, and Stuttgart, except for the goalkeeper, all of them overwhelmed the center line and kept passing and slapped into Dortmund's goal.

But until the last second, Stuttgart failed to break through Dortmund's goal.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game in 97:08, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the Dortmund substitutes who had been on the sidelines cheered and rushed to the stadium to celebrate the victory and also celebrated the draw of Bayern Munich.

"In the long ninety-seven minutes, Dortmund won a key victory! But more importantly, in another stadium, Hoffenheim drew Bayern Munich away! They helped Dortmund win two points!"

"What a wonderful 'Two Cities' story'!" Duan Xin sighed. "Bayern Munich was accidentally tied by Hoffenheim at home, while Dortmund stubbornly defeated Stuttgart away... The gap between the points and Bayern Munich was shortened to only two points. I feel that the most exciting part of this season is finally about to kick off!"

※※※

Zhou Yi hugged Yan Min, who was panting, and patted him on the shoulder hard: "I did a pretty job just now!"

Although Yan Min is very physically healthy, after playing such a game, he couldn't help but be out of breath and exhausted. Now he can only lean on Zhou Yi and say intermittently: "Yes, it's your command... OK! We, are we only two points behind now?"

Zhou Yi happily patted him: "Yes, I'm only two points behind!"

"Hey...hey...hey!" Yan Min laughed intermittently and happily.

This scene was recorded by the TV broadcast and the reporters' cameras.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next