Chapter 59 Drag Into Overtime

When the Chelsea players gathered around the referee hoping to intercede for Ramires, Zhou Yi was pulled up by Mark, who was in high spirits, and Royce came up to hug him.

Everyone was happy that Zhou Yi succeeded in making Chelsea lose one person.

This means that Dortmund has a numerical advantage, and Ramirez's foul is likely to become a turning point in the game and determine the outcome of the game.

But facing his happy teammates, Zhou Yi couldn't be happy. He frowned and said to them: "Don't be happy too early, guys. We must score in the remaining few minutes, otherwise this game will be over. It’s hard to say what the result will be.”

Everyone was surprised that Zhou Yi poured cold water on him at this time.

"Why?" Mark asked.

"Chelsea, with one less man, will of course shrink their defense. The ninety minutes are coming soon. If we can't score before then and win the game. If the game goes into overtime, I think Mourinho will not do anything. Hesitating to put a bus in front of the goal, and then hoping to drag the game to a penalty shootout. Don't forget, they have Sun Pan."

After Zhou Yi explained this, everyone suddenly understood.

Although several games have passed, Sun Pan's heroic penalty kick still left a very deep impression on many Dortmund players. As soon as Zhou Yi mentioned it, everyone thought of it - Dortmund played in the German Cup that year. I met a team called Offenbach Kickers. At that time, that team was hanging out in the lower leagues. In terms of strength, it was impossible to compete with the powerful Dortmund. So Klopp made a substantial rotation of the team's lineup in that game, and Zhou Yi didn't even go to the away game.

The result was that such an insignificant opponent successfully blocked Dortmund in the game, and finally defeated Dortmund in a penalty shootout, revealing a big upset at the time.

And why were the Offenbach kickers able to eliminate Dortmund?

Just because the person standing in front of the Offenbach Kicker goal was none other than Sun Pan.

He saved many shots from Dortmund players during the game, and then performed perfectly in the penalty shootout. He saved the penalty kicks of Gotze and Zidan in succession, helping the Offenbach kicker win the penalty kick. Defeated Dortmund 4:2 in the decisive battle.

Sun Pan's performance in front of the goal was simply a nightmare for Dortmund.

If this game is really dragged to a penalty shootout, it will be very detrimental to Dortmund.

Zhou Yi's concerns are very reasonable.

Everyone couldn't be happy when they thought about that prospect.

"So come on, try to kill the game within ninety minutes!"

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he ran away. He didn't care what the outcome would be for Ramirez. Anyway, whether it was a yellow card or a direct red card, Ramirez would end the game.

Chelsea may be dissatisfied with this penalty, but if they knew that if Ramirez hadn't committed a foul just now, they would have pushed the football to the feet of Mark who had already run into the space, I'm afraid they would feel that Ramirez was like this. A foul is worth it...

Because, if Ramirez didn't foul, they wouldn't even have a chance to set up a bus.

Ramirez looked reckless but made the right choice.

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The game restarted and Dortmund received a free kick in the frontcourt.

The Dortmund players in the frontcourt will think of what Zhou Yi said. There is not much time left for them. They must seize the opportunity that Chelsea has one less person and their position is not stable to score a goal!

So Dortmund launched a fierce attack on Chelsea's goal.

Chelsea are not stupid. Of course, they know that it is very dangerous when one person is missing, so they chose to recycle their defense in the face of Dortmund's offensive.

They know that Mourinho will make adjustments as quickly as possible, they just need to survive that period of time.

So even if Mourinho hasn't given instructions yet, Chelsea players have already consciously set up a bus in front of their goal.

Although the Dortmund players worked hard, they were unable to break through the goal guarded by Sun Pan in a very short period of time.

One minute after Ramirez came off the field, Chelsea made a substitution in the 87th minute. Midfielder Mikel came on, replacing winger Schürrer who performed well in the game. Although Schuerle performed well, what the team needs now is not offense but strengthening defense, so he must be replaced.

This substitution also proves Zhou Yi's judgment of the situation. Mourinho is really going to make a big move. He realized that his team could no longer win the game within ninety minutes, so dragging the game into a penalty shootout was the best option.

Dortmund didn't give up. In the 88th minute, they made a series of quick passes at the front of Chelsea's penalty area, creating a momentary shooting opportunity for Mkhitaryan, who took a long shot directly from the line of the penalty area.

As a result, the football missed the goal slightly...

After that, Dortmund never had a better shot.

The referee blew the whistle to end the 90-minute game after three minutes of injury time.

"The ninety-minute game is over! Dortmund and Chelsea tied 1:1. The two sides failed to decide the outcome in regular time..."

"Chelsea, who welcomed back Mourinho, performed very tenaciously in the game, and their counterattack was also sharp. Similarly, Dortmund did not seem to be affected by Zhou Yi's running back and forth to collect the award, and performed at a normal level. The two teams The teams are evenly matched and matched against each other!"

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Because the rest time before overtime is only a very short five minutes, it is probably time for the players to return to the locker room before returning to the court, so everyone rests on the court.

Mourinho asked the players to form a circle, and he was in the circle, holding a tactical board and quickly deploying overtime tactics to his players.

"Recover all defense, with Torres at the front, but also behind the center circle..." Mourinho placed the formation on the tactical board with chess pieces with magnets. "On the one hand, of course we have to do our best to defend their offense. It is foreseeable that their offense will be crazy. But at the same time, the crazier their offense is, the bigger the space behind their defense will be, so when we are sure , to fight their counterattack, Torres can not come back to participate in the defense, but put his physical strength and energy on the counterattack..."

On the other side, Klopp is doing the same thing: "If the outcome can be decided in thirty minutes of overtime, of course it would be the best. But you must also understand that we are not afraid of fighting with them. For the ball, they have Sun Pan, and we also have Roman!"

Klopp encouraged his players to avoid being too impatient in overtime.

This shows that he is more sophisticated than Zhou Yi. Although what Zhou Yi said was correct, saying it so unabashedly would inevitably cause panic among his teammates. He unintentionally exaggerated the threat posed by his good friend Sun Pan.

If his teammates felt fearful because of his words and bombed indiscriminately in overtime, leaving the defense empty and being caught by the opponent for a counterattack, wouldn't Dortmund lose?

Even if Dortmund was not used by Chelsea to score a counterattack in overtime and drag the game to a penalty shootout, the Dortmund players' fear of Sun Pan may not bring good luck and good results to Dortmund...

Klopp didn't know what Zhou Yi said to his teammates. What he did now was just out of his professionalism as a head coach. He needed to remind his players of possible crises and how to deal with them.

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The five-minute break passed quickly and players from both sides returned to the field.

Chelsea kicked off the first half of overtime, but after they kicked off, they did not invest too much in the offense. From this, we can see what adjustments Mourinho made before overtime. .

When Dortmund's defensive lineup was in full swing, Chelsea had no intention of fighting and hurriedly handed over the ball with a shot.

When Weidenfeller was about to take the goal kick, Chelsea's players all retreated back to their own half as if the tide was ebbing. Torres, who is at the front, is also behind the center line.

Zhou Yi looked around and saw this scene.

I thought to myself, that boy Sun Pan must be very happy.

Because it's time for him to shine...

Sun Pan was indeed very excited. He tightened his gloves, stood in front of the door and shouted: "Come on!!"

He's ready for Dortmund's attacking fury.

His body was trembling slightly, but he knew that it was not nervousness, let alone fear, but excitement, and he was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

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