Chapter 208 The Suspense Ends Early?

During the halftime break, Dortmund did not make many adjustments, and Klopp only praised his players' performance without giving any other instructions.

In his opinion, Dortmund's overall performance in the first half was excellent. Although there was some slack later on, Zenit St. Petersburg could not really threaten Dortmund's goal, so he did not give any more reminders.

After the start of the second half, neither side made any substitutions.

Dortmund still had the upper hand, and it was not clear that Zenit St. Petersburg had any ability to fight back.

But in the 57th minute, an accident happened on the court - Hulk chose to lob after receiving a pass in the penalty area!

The football was hoisted past Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller, fell towards the goal, and was about to fly into the goal.

Schmelzer, who returned to the goal line, headed the ball out.

"Oh! What a danger! Schmelzer comes to the rescue..."

Before Marcel Leif could finish his words, another danger occurred in front of Dortmund's goal - Schmelzer's header did not push the ball far away, and the ball still fell into the control of Zenit St. Petersburg players. Next, Argentinian striker Langdon kicked the flying football towards the goal from the left!

As a result, the football hit the goal post and bounced back!

This time Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Shatov rushed up and shot with his left foot!

This time no more accidents happened, the football flew into the goal against the right goal post!

"Ahhh! Zenit St. Petersburg got a goal back! There was a scuffle in front of Dortmund's goal. After three consecutive shots, Zenit St. Petersburg finally scored! The score is now 1:2. Although Zenit St. Petersburg Still behind, but only one goal behind! The suspense of the game suddenly returned!"

There was a huge cheer at the home ground of Zenit St. Petersburg, and the fans of Zenit St. Petersburg also came alive with this goal.

"Oh, Dortmund was a little lax. There was a problem with their defense, and they actually allowed Zenit St. Petersburg players to complete three consecutive shots..." He Ping sighed.

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For the team that loses the ball, losing the ball is a very frustrating thing and affects morale.

After Zhou Yi lost the ball,

Yelling at his teammates and gesticulating.

He kept raising his hands and pressing them down again, signaling everyone to stay calm and not panic.

They are still in the lead now, there is no need to mess up their position.

Although Zhou Yi does not wear the captain's armband, everyone regards him as the core leader. At this time, after seeing Zhou Yi make such a gesture, they felt more at ease.

After the game restarted, Dortmund kicked off after conceding a goal, and they launched a fierce attack on Zenit St. Petersburg's goal.

Zenit St. Petersburg originally wanted to take advantage of the momentum they had just scored a goal to continue their efforts and equalize the score in a short time.

But not long after the game started, they found that they couldn't attack at all.

Because Dortmund's offensive is too fierce...

They were quickly pushed back by Dortmund's attack, shrinking to defend at the front of the penalty area.

But even so, every Zenit St. Petersburg player involved in the defense still felt tremendous pressure.

In the fourth minute when Zenit St. Petersburg scored, Dortmund launched a fruitful attack.

Zhou Yi made a direct pass from the front of the penalty area and passed the football to the forward full-back Piszczek.

After receiving the ball on the right side of the penalty area, Piszczek directly knocked back and passed it to Mark Wagner.

Facing the ball from Piszczek, Mark directly kicked and shot!

The football rolled against the turf into the lower left corner of the goal. Zenit St. Petersburg goalkeeper Lodkin was helpless against Mark's shot. Although he made a save, it was just a formality...

"The goal was scored! Dortmund scored again! When Zenit St. Petersburg had just pulled back a goal, Dortmund widened the score gap between the two sides to two goals!" He Ping was very happy.

He certainly hopes that Zhou Yi and Yan Min can go further in the Champions League.

In the Champions League knockout round last week, He Ying's Paris Saint-Germain defeated Bayer Leverkusen 4:0 away from home. He Ying scored a goal in the game and performed well.

In this week's Champions League, in addition to Zhou Yi and Yan Min, there are two Chinese players who will make their debut, namely Yang Muge of Schalke 04, who will face Real Madrid at home. As well as Sun Pan at Chelsea, they challenged Juventus away from home.

Today's Champions League match day has become a carnival for Chinese fans.

In the past, they could only be spectators, but now they can be involved and fully immersed in it. Not only cheer for the team you support, but also cheer for the Chinese players.

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They quickly took a two-goal lead again, but they didn't let Dortmund relax for long.

Because in the 68th minute, an accident happened on the court.

Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Faizulin broke through with the ball. After entering the penalty area, he encountered Piszczek's interception. The two had physical contact. Then Faizulin fell to the ground and lost possession of the ball.

There were loud boos in the Petrovsky Stadium.

The referee also blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot - this means a penalty kick!

"Penalty kick!?" He Ping was startled. "oops……"

Piszczek did mention Faizulin, which is nothing to say. He Ping was worried that Dortmund had made such a mistake in a good situation-it was originally leading by two goals, but now it was awarded a penalty kick. If the opponent makes a free throw, they will only lead by one goal...

If it hadn't been for Mark's goal just now, Dortmund would have equalized!

There was nothing wrong with Piszczek's foul. No matter how reluctant Dortmund's players are, they must accept this result.

And not only was he awarded a penalty kick, Piszczek also received a yellow card for this foul, which laid a hidden danger for Dortmund's Champions League knockout round - the defense line is stretched thin, if Piszczek continues to accumulate If the game is suspended due to a yellow card, it may become the watershed between Dortmund's victory and defeat at a critical moment.

For Zenit St. Petersburg, Hulk came to take the penalty kick.

With tens of thousands of Zenit St. Petersburg fans watching, he volleyed with his left foot and the ball flew into the upper right corner of the goal.

"Hulk!! Scored a penalty kick! He pulled a goal back for Zenit St. Petersburg! Now Zenit St. Petersburg is only one goal behind! It's not that there is no chance!" The commentator of the Russian TV station was very excited.

Marcel Leif shook his head: "Even if Hulk's penalty kick rewrites the score to 2:3, it cannot change the fact that Dortmund has three away goals. Even if Zenit St. Petersburg equalizes the score in the end, Dortmund will not It occupies a huge advantage.”

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Hulk's goal gave Zenit St. Petersburg hope. Regardless of Dortmund's three away goals, first they had to equalize the score before they could think more.

But soon, Dortmund gave them another blow.

In the 71st minute, just three minutes after Zenit St. Petersburg scored a penalty kick, Dortmund equalized the score!

At that time, after Royce stole the ball in the frontcourt, he distributed the football to the right side. Mark shot diagonally from 12 meters in front of the goal. The football flew into the far corner, 4:2!

"Mark Wagner——!" Marcel Leif shouted excitedly, "Dortmund responded in three minutes! Mark's goal helped them re-establish a two-goal lead! At the same time, Dortmund still had four more With an away goal advantage, it can be said that Dortmund has moved one round ahead of schedule, ending the suspense of the two-round match!"

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In the 84th minute, Zhou Yi was replaced by Mkhitaryan by Klopp.

After locking the victory, letting Zhou Yi rest as much as possible is Klopp's current strategy. As long as he is basically sure to win the game, no matter what the game is, he will replace Zhou Yi in advance.

Zhou Yi is not dissatisfied. He is also aware of the current team's problems. Many players are injured, resulting in a sharp reduction in the thickness of the bench. The previous rotation system is no longer easy to implement. As the core, of course I have to bear more responsibilities and pressure than before. In this way, in order to ensure that you are not injured, replacing yourself in advance is also for the purpose of protection.

The reason why Klopp chose to replace him at this time, instead of replacing him just after Mark scored, was because he wanted to observe and see if Zenit St. Petersburg still had the ability to fight back.

Judging from the few minutes of the game, Zenit St. Petersburg seemed to know that their defeat was certain and they lost their fighting spirit.

At his home court, he was two goals behind the opponent and allowed the opponent to score four away goals. No matter how you calculate, they are not far away from being eliminated.

After Zhou Yi was replaced, Zenit St. Petersburg did not take the opportunity to score another goal. They did not even have the desire to attack.

Dortmund is also happy to do this, they also don't want to attack. Four away goals is enough.

In this way, the final moments of the game came to an end with some tacit understanding between the two sides.

The referee blew the whistle to end the game in the 92nd minute, even though there was still one minute left before the actual stoppage time ended. But looking at the performance and state of the two teams, the last minute of injury time is meaningless...

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