Perfect Center

Chapter 209 Karius performs at a god-level!
"It's in! The ball is in!"

"Mainz held out for thirty minutes! But he still couldn't resist the sharp attack of the Hornet!"

"The goal came from Reus! A clever shot from long range successfully fooled Karius!"

"Xia Han's assist! But Castro also deserves credit! He caught Mainz's fleeting flaw and sent a perfect through ball!"

"After the last Europa League match against Tottenham, Castro was named Man of the Match!"

"Dortmund has taken the lead!"

In the live broadcast room.

Barrage flying.

[Castro is in hot form recently! He hit hard against Tottenham! He also hit hard with the through ball in this game! ]

[Xia Han's physical confrontation ability has also improved! ]

[I feel that Xia Han will become a template for a perfect center in the future! After all, he is very comprehensive and can be called an all-around center! ]

[I want to see Xia Han play against a strong opponent in the Champions League soon! ]

At the Westfalen Stadium, the cheers and shouts are as loud as thunder!
Reus made a heart gesture to the fans in the stands around him.

Dortmund teammates rushed over one after another!
Courtside.

Tuchel nodded calmly.

He was mentally prepared for this goal, so he was surprised that he didn't score in the first half.

The other side.

Schmidt touched his forehead, feeling helpless.

Dortmund’s fierce firepower is famous throughout the football world!
Despite sufficient preparation before the game.

Still unable to withstand Dortmund's fierce attack in the frontcourt!
In front of Mainz's goal.

Karius angrily picked up the football in the goal and threw it onto the grass as if to vent his anger!
If you pay more attention to Reus' shooting action!
Will the ending change?
"In the next game, I will play goalkeeping with 120% attitude!" Karius stroked his gloves.

Malle picked up the football that was thrown away by Karius.

"It's just a loss of one goal! We can score two goals against Bayern!" Malle clapped his hands and encouraged his teammates loudly!

Samperio was the first to nod, and it was he who scored the first goal in the match against Bayern!
The game restarted in the middle circle.

Cordoba kicked the ball back to Malle.

Heading towards Dortmund’s half!
Maller calmly began to organize and dispatch the attack of the 05th Legion!
As the offensive core of the team, he has performed brilliantly this season!

There are rumors that many Bundesliga teams are interested in recruiting him, and several strong teams in the Premier League are also paying attention to this offensive midfielder!
"Mainz's attack is not weak!"

"As the fifth-ranked 05th Corps in the Bundesliga!"

"Their attack is still very threatening!"

"The position substitutions of Mainz's midfielders and frontcourt players are somewhat similar to Dortmund's!"

"The attack is coming..."

"Eh?"

"Shahin!"

"Samperio's advance is too slow!"

"Shahin caught the pass! He intercepted it directly!"

"Dortmund's counterattack opportunity!"

"A big foot directly found Shinji Kagawa!"

"Shinji Kagawa touched the ball and sent it straight forward!"

"Found Royce!"

"Little Rocket and Xia Han cooperate by hitting the wall!"

"Oops, Royce's pass back was a little too strong!"

After the wall pass, the ball that Reus passed back to Xia Han had a little more force and rolled right between Xia Han and Frey!
"Xia Han and Frey don't seem to be planning on slowing down!"

"Frey gritted his teeth and charged forward, running at full speed!"

"Approaching the football quickly!"

"But! For Xia Han! Frey's speed is still too slow!"

Xia Han’s speed is like a strong wind blowing on the green field!
Powerful!

In the blink of an eye!

Xia Han rushed to the football!
He quickly and effortlessly pushed the ball away, dodging Frey who was rushing towards him!

"Wow!"

"Xia Han's speed is so terrifying!"

"A quick flick of the ball! In a split second, he broke through and passed the opponent!"

Aubameyang in front accelerated directly into Mainz's penalty area!
Attract part of the attention of Mainz's defense!
Dortmund's attack this time came from Mainz's offensive mistake!

When intercepting the ball and counterattacking, Mainz's backcourt seemed somewhat empty!

The two full-backs are trying their best to get back!

Frey was broken through by Xia Han!
One of the central defenders, Balogun, was attracted by Aubameyang!

At this moment, the only obstacles in front of Xia Han were Baumgartlinger and Bell!

"Xia Han advances quickly with the ball!"

"Baumgartlinger cautiously pressed forward!"

“Very stable!”

"He didn't choose to rush in rashly!"

Xia Han looked at Baumgartlinger who was fighting and retreating.

Looked up in the direction of the goal!
After bringing the ball to the thirty-meter area!
Suddenly, the ball was pushed sideways!

Baumgartlinger, who was retreating, was unable to react immediately!

After dodging the angle, Xia Han didn't hesitate at all!

boom!
Accompanied by a loud bang!
The football left Xia Han’s left foot!

Like a giant beast roaring and charging towards the gate of Mainz!
The ball speed is fast and sharp!
Like a thunderclap!
Balogun in the penalty area instinctively stretched out his foot!
The football brushed past his right foot and headed towards the goal without losing momentum!
Balogun felt as if he was sinking into an ice cellar. He felt terrible. The ball was already difficult to save, and it was compounded by this slight refraction on his part!

He immediately turned around and looked towards the goal!
Looking forward to Karius's heroic save!
Karius on the goal line opened his eyes wide!
In a flash, he reacted!
Relying on his strong body balance ability, Karius mobilized his right foot and stretched out his foot to block Xia Han's shot just on the goal line!

But the crisis is not over yet!
The football was blocked by Karius' foot!

Bounce back!

A dark shadow emerged from behind Balogun and rushed towards the football fiercely!
It's Aubameyang!

Even though he was lying on the ground, Karius had no intention of giving up!
With his hands on the ground, Karius jumped up in an instant and pounced on the football as if he was equipped with springs!

"Karius reacted quickly to the second save!"

"but!"

"It turns out that Aubameyang's sprint speed ranks first in the Bundesliga!"

"Although this honor has been taken away by his teammates!"

The Gabonese cheetah shot the ball without thinking!
The football flew straight over the goal!

Snap!
Karius is like a god!

The right hand stretched out with all his strength is like a door god possessed!
The football hit Karius' right hand, bounced back, and flew out of the bottom line directly, hitting the crossbar!
"In such a short time!"

"Dortmund is full of murderous intent!"

"Xia Han caught them by surprise, and fired a long-range heavy artillery shot like thunder out of nowhere!"

"It rubbed against Balogun and was refracted, but was blocked by Karius!"

"Aubameyang's first-time shot!"

"But it was blocked by Karius who was in hot form!"

"Karius was amazing in this game!"

"Mainz managed to escape death twice!"

In the live broadcast room, barrages of comments poured down like heavy rain!

[Wow! No wonder Karius was chosen by Liverpool! This game was like the arrival of a goalkeeper! In just these 30 minutes, he made so many saves! ]

[This reaction speed is amazing! ] [Praise Sahin! Dortmund's counterattack opportunity this time came from his precise steal! ]

[When Xia Han took the long shot, I felt that the ball was in! I felt that Xia Han was going to score two goals in three minutes and score twice! ]

[I wonder if you noticed that when watching the slow-motion replay, Xia Han's heavy shot grazed the Mainz central defender and was refracted before being blocked by Karius! ]

After the football flew out of the baseline!
Karius got up from the grass!

He patted his chest hard, yelled, and looked at Xia Han not far away!
There was a hint of fear in his eyes!
If Balogun had not stretched out his foot and caused the football to refract slightly, Xia Han's powerful long-range shot would have gone into the net!
Balogun's mind went blank!
When he came to his senses, he was terrified!
He almost became the culprit for this goal!

After all, the refraction almost caused an own goal, and the fact that he didn't keep a close eye on Aubameyang allowed him to make a successful follow-up shot and almost scored!
So, when Karius rushed up to thank him for kicking him!
He hugged Karius with his backhand and began to thank Karius for his great save!

Aubameyang in the penalty area stretched out his hand to Xia Han and gave the first like of the game!

Xia Han also responded with a thumbs up!

No goals were expected!

At this moment, he was reviewing his previous choice. Perhaps continuing to rush into Mainz's penalty area would be a better choice!

But there is no medicine for regret in the world!

Besides, Xia Han wouldn't have this kind of mentality of worrying about gains and losses!
At most, think about the shortcomings and try your best to correct and improve them next time!
"Xia Han's feet felt smooth in this match and he was in great shape!"

"It's a pity that the shot just now was a little hasty!"

"To be honest, Karius played really well. He was able to save this!"

In the surrounding stands, scouts from various powerful teams were lurking to observe Karius.

They nodded with great satisfaction at Karius' performance and wrote furiously in the notebooks they carried with them.

"Just judging from the first thirty minutes of this game, his saving ability is extremely outstanding!"

"The reaction speed is very fast! This is an extremely good feature!"

“The concentration during the game was also very focused!”

"Big heart!"

"It's unlikely that the goalkeeper will make a low-level mistake!"

Corner kick opportunity for Dortmund.

Schmidt on the sidelines was somewhat dissatisfied with the players on the court.

Especially Samperio who made a mistake with the ball.

"This time the one responsible for taking the corner kick is Castro!"

"Take the corner kick directly!"

"Hummels!"

"We fought for the first landing point!"

"I couldn't get it right!"

Although Hummels successfully got the first point, his accuracy was not good enough and he headed the ball directly out of the baseline!
Karius breathed a sigh of relief.

This crisis has finally come to an end!
The goal kick from Karius flew to the midfield!

Malle unloaded the football steadily!

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
The football stuck to the grass and kept passing between the feet of Mainz players!
Dortmund’s thirty-meter area!

Malle received the pass from his teammate again!

He accelerated immediately and with a simple change of direction, he shook off Shinji Kagawa who was thinking too much!

"Marler broke through directly!"

"Shinji Kagawa is a bit careless! Marler won't show him any dribbling skills!"

After breaking through, Malle made a diagonal pass!

Find Cordova Plug-in!
Kovadova took advantage of the situation and took the ball and rushed into Dortmund's penalty area!

No excessive connection adjustments!
A fierce shot!

The football whizzed towards Dortmund's goal!
Burki was ready and easily blocked Cordoba's shot!
"Marler's clever slash!"

"Cordoba! Shoot!"

"Ok?"

"Didn't you use your strength?"

"Cordoba's shot was too soft!"

"This is hardly a test for Burki!"

"Holding the football is easy!"

"Goal kick!"

"oops!"

"It flew out of bounds again!"

"This is the Nth time in the entire season that Burki's goal kick has gone directly out of bounds!"

"Some media in the Bundesliga reported on Burki's long pass accuracy. His long pass accuracy for the entire season was less than 40!"

"But he also once kicked the ball into the goal with his long foot! A magical goal kick that directly assisted Xia Han to score a goal!"

The game time is passing by every second.

Mainz fans who came from afar in the stands waved their team flags and scarves vigorously!
Shouting to encourage teammates playing against Mainz on the field!

But facing the most terrifying home field in Europe!

Mainz's cheering momentum is like a fish entering the ocean, unable to stir up a single wave!

The game reached the 44th minute.

Mainz struggled to resist Dortmund's attack by committing fouls!
"The referee of this game is very strict!"

“But this was also the first yellow card of the game!”

Thirty-meter zone in Mainz.

Xia Han's fried meatballs broke out from the gap between Baumgartlinger and Frey who were surrounding him!
Just when he was about to speed up and break into Mainz's penalty area!
Frey secretly tripped Xia Han from behind, causing Xia Han to fall directly on the grass!
Beep!
Frey's little trick did not escape the referee's sharp eyes. This time, instead of giving a warning, the referee walked up to Frey and decisively showed him a yellow card!
"The referee made a decisive decision!"

"Martin Schmidt was protesting on the sidelines, thinking that showing a yellow card for such an action was too harsh a sentence!"

"But if he thinks about it carefully, Mainz's little moves throughout the first half!"

“I can’t warn you enough!”

"I hope that after issuing a yellow card, the referee can let the game proceed fairly and smoothly!"

"Dortmund's free kick opportunity!"

"Royce and Xia Han are standing in front of the penalty spot!"

"I wonder who will take the free kick!"

The two people in front of the "U"-shaped sign were discussing in whispers with their mouths covered.

Karius in front of Mainz's goal was arranging the human wall very seriously.

Xia Han’s free kick is also a threat that cannot be ignored!
Reus has also scored many direct free kicks!

Need to be extremely careful and vigilant!

Beep!
After the whistle blew, Xia Han feinted and stepped over the football!
Reus kicked the football hard!

Snap!
The football lightly passed over the human wall!
Fell into Karius' arms!
"The arc of Reus' shot is just enough!"

"But at the same time, in order to achieve the angle, the speed of Reus' free kick was a little slow!"

"The fourth official held up the injury time clock on the sidelines of the center circle!"

"Four minutes!"

"Mainz players committed too many fouls in the first half!"

The remaining four minutes of injury time.

Mainz's formation retreated significantly and began to shrink in the backcourt!

It looks like you have no chance of breaking through my dense iron formation!
Faced with this situation, with little time left!

It is difficult for Dortmund to find a fatal killing opportunity!
Beep beep beep! ! !
Finally, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game!

Dortmund is currently leading Mainz 1-0!!!

(End of this chapter)