Perfect Center

Chapter 180 The winner of the confrontation!
On the sidelines, Tuchel applauded slightly. He was also very satisfied with Pulisic's recent excellent performance.

"When they were three goals behind, Leverkusen's attack became more and more aggressive, but also more and more urgent, and their backcourt would be exposed."

"With steady steps, we have already grasped the balance of victory!"

Tuchel's words prompted the coaching staff to nod their heads.

Schmidt on the other side was not in the same good mood as Tuchel.

The Leverkusen head coach stood there like an angry lion. He looked up in a daze at the score displayed on the large LED screen in the air.

Such a familiar score reminded him of the first leg of Leverkusen's match against Dortmund, where they were defeated 3-0 at the Westfalen Stadium.

I thought that this time when we returned to the BayArena, we would be able to rely on the main home players to defeat Dortmund, who were playing away.

"It's okay, it's okay. We still have a lot of time left. Reversals are not uncommon in football matches. The miracle comeback in Istanbul in 05, we can do it too as long as we focus on attacking."

"That's right. When they were leading, they must have been distracted and careless to varying degrees. Most of the goals Dortmund lost in the second half came from mistakes made by their players after they took a big lead!" said the assistant coach after taking a deep breath.

"Yes, yes, that's right, let the players strengthen the attack!" Schmidt rushed to the command area and issued the latest tactical instructions to the players on the green field.

"Bayer, Bayer 04, we stand by you!"

Inside the BayArena, the cheers of Leverkusen fans echoed. When the team is facing difficulties, they need their "twelfth player" on the field!
The game restarted in the middle circle.

Dortmund did not invest too much manpower on the offensive end. Under Tuchel's arrangement, they were ready to seize the loopholes in the backcourt under Leverkusen's impatient attack.

The ball changed hands several times, and Leverkusen players showed strong and fierce pressing and quick and fierce attacks.

In the 40-meter area of ​​Leverkusen, under fierce pressure, Pulisic was double-teamed with the ball and the football flew out of bounds!

"The linesman indicated that Dortmund had the ball! Ramalho decisively kicked the ball out of bounds!"

After a few simple passes, the football came to Xia Han's feet.

Xia Han dribbled with the ball and rushed past Kramer with nitrogen acceleration. From about thirty meters away, he took a long shot!

The football is like a cannonball!

Accompanied by a loud bang, the football whizzed towards the goal!

Any random shot can be such a domineering long shot.

The fans in the surrounding stands seemed to be witnessing the rebirth of the God of War.

Leno really wanted to scold Papa and Tart, how could they just flash out of space and give Xia Han the angle to shoot!
Didn’t you know that he had the skill of long-range shooting in his arsenal?

Leno moved.

In a split second, he judged Xia Han's shooting angle correctly. He adjusted his movements and dived, and his fingertips barely touched Xia Han's long shot!

Snapped!
This long shot was successfully touched by Leno, hit the crossbar and bounced directly out of the bottom line.

Leverkusen's defense was about to roar excitedly to boost morale when they saw Leno sitting on the grass with a painful expression on his face.

Beep!
At Papadopoulos's beckoning, the referee rushed over and blew the whistle.

Then he waved his arms towards the sidelines, signaling Leverkusen's team doctor to come on the field.

"Oh wow! Xia Han's long-range shot is so powerful! So domineering and brutal!"

"The heavy artillery fire was unstoppable! It was as if the god of war was possessed!"

"Amazing save from Leno! He saved this powerful long shot!"

"Leno sat on the ground with a painful expression. It's possible that he was injured from this save! Xia Han's long-range shot was incredibly powerful! Such a long distance, and with such speed and force!" "In the past, powerful shots by Batistuta, Riise, Carlos, Coman, Adriano and others have caused injuries to teammates, opponents and even fans in the stands!"

"Leverkusen's team doctor came on the field and after checking, Leno continued to stay on the field because there was nothing serious. If Leno was injured, Leverkusen would have to replace him with the old Croatian goalkeeper Kresic, who has not played yet!"

"Leno is not injured, which is good news for Leverkusen."

After the examination, Leno was not seriously injured. He stood up and gave a thumbs up to Xia Han who came over to show his concern, "Your shot was awesome!"

"You reacted really quickly and showed me a great dive!" Xia Han naturally praised each other for the business deal.

"The game is back to normal, it seems Leno is fine with this long shot!"

"Dortmund's corner kick opportunity!"

Mkhitaryan took the corner kick and didn't think about shooting directly into the net because Leno's positioning was very cautious. After such a long period of hard training, he has become more cautious about his positioning.

The game reached the 58th minute.

"Schmidt used his last substitution!"

"Hilbert replaces Jedvaj!"

"Jedvaj failed to perform to his full potential in this match! After all, this young Croatian player has suffered several serious injuries, and his performance has been average since returning from injury!"

As soon as Hilbert came on the court, he was confused by Pulisic and Durm. In the 65th minute, he received a yellow card and gave Dortmund a free kick opportunity in a good position.

Xia Han feinted, Pulisic pushed lightly, and finally Mkhitaryan shot directly!
Kramer, who was standing at the edge of the human wall, jumped half a beat slower and just blocked Mkhitaryan's low arc ball!

Gunther reacted quickly and was close to where the ball bounced, so he chose to shoot directly into the air!
What a pity that the football was not held down!
A volley shot directly sent the ball to the lucky Leverkusen fans present!
Seventy minutes into the game.

Tuchel used the remaining two substitutions in a row!
"Weigel replaces Bender, Subotic replaces Papastathopoulos!"

"Bender also performed well in this game, with several clearances and interceptions! Papastathopoulos also had several good positioning and interfered with Kiesling's header!"

The game time passed by every second.

The situation at Leverkusen wasn't much better.

The 85th minute of the game.

Bellarabi couldn't find a chance to break through on the right, so he quickly passed the ball back to behind the center. Dortmund's defense line moved in the direction of the ball.

At this moment, a gap appeared in Dortmund's defense, and Kramer realized that this was a good opportunity. Although the distance was a little far, it was unexpected enough!
So Kramer took a step forward to receive the ball and chose to kick it blindly!
The football drew a strange arc in the sky above the BayArena and rushed towards Dortmund's goal!

Burki's attention was slightly distracted, and when he came to his senses, the football had already penetrated Dortmund's defense and was coming towards him!
Burki's pupils shrank slightly, but it was too late.

He could only leap forward with all his might!
The black gloves were clenched into fists, trying to kick out long-range!
However, the arc of Kramer's long shot was very strange!

Straight through Burki's armpits!
Lift the net straight up!
1-3! ! !

When the camera focused on Kramer's face, his expression also showed a hint of disbelief and confusion.

The whole place is quiet!

Then there was a wave of cheers in the BayArena!
Leverkusen fans gave Kramer a warm round of applause!

Kramer looked at the score and time on the LED. Even though there was little time left, he still ran to the net, picked up the football, and ran to the center circle.

finally.

Beep! Beep! Beep!
The referee blew the whistle to end the game!
Leverkusen 1-3 Dortmund!!!

The large LED screen in the air flashed the number of the best player selected in this game: No. 9!
The undisputed No. 9 of Dortmund!
Xia Han contributed one goal and two assists and was selected as the best player of the game!
(End of this chapter)