Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 659 Pogba's Immune System is Covered in Wounds, Dortmund's First Penalty Taker

Dongqiudi pinned post: The German Football Association's investigation into the bullying incident at Dortmund has not made any substantial progress, and the matter is most likely a rumor.

Forget about the rumors for now, Dortmund's next match is just around the corner, and the fans' attention has already been drawn away.

In the 17th round of the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will play away against Bayer Leverkusen.

The inclusion of both Tang Ye and Pogba in Dortmund's squad has been a huge relief for fans.

It's alright, it should be fine now.

Dortmund fans strongly suspect they've been set up.

Dortmund has been ridiculously strong this season, and they seem poised to win the Bundesliga title. I wonder which capitalist has threatened their interests.

That's how capitalists are; if you touch their cake and eat it too, they'll set you up.

Tang Ye and Pogba are deeply involved!

Of course, the most excited people weren't the capitalists and newspapers, but the fans who were just watching the drama unfold.

These past few days, besides news about Dortmund, I've been studying micro-expression psychology on YouTube, which must be quite a challenge for Bayern fans.

hiss……

However, upon closer reflection, the Bayern Munich fans' motivation is actually quite normal.

Dortmund is definitely being a bit too pretentious.

Shouldn't we remove Tang Ye from the starting lineup to assess his abilities?
What are you pretending for?
……

"Um, my expression wasn't faked."

At the pre-match press conference, Tang Ye answered each question truthfully, aiming to prove his innocence.

"If Pogba doesn't perform well on the pitch, like we've said before, not tracking back when he should, would you verbally abuse him? Like you did before."

"This is not targeted at any specific player. I will yell whenever someone makes a mistake, so there is no problem with this. I do not have any so-called racial discrimination. That is just the reporters' imagination."

"But your temper has indeed changed a lot compared to the past few seasons."

"...Never mind, I'm not talking to you guys anymore."

Tang Ye refused to answer any more questions from reporters and left the press conference.

Eskeriva sat in his chair, looking helplessly at Tang Ye.

This is the current situation.

Everyone knows that the bullying incident reported by the Munich Times is fake and does not exist.

But journalists want to make money, fans want to gossip, and the public opinion environment has somehow turned things that didn't actually exist into something that has a psychological significance.

The environment influences journalists, and in their minds, Pogba is like a pitiful, battered child, and the person who caused him all that damage is the young tyrant who just joined the team.

GGBond!

"China Media Group! This is a live broadcast for you..."

"The match has begun! Now I will introduce the starting lineups for both sides!"

Bayer Leverkusen (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: Hradecky
Defenders: Lars Bender, Jonathan Tah, Tapsoba, Wendell
Midfielder: Wirtz...

"..."

"Hmm, Dortmund is still playing a 3-4-2-1 formation today. It seems that the Dortmund coaching staff has now completely finalized their tactics."

"Haha, it feels familiar. When Escribá was in La Liga, he also adjusted his tactics midway through the season, and then the tactics were fully formed midway through the season."

"Yes, Coach Zhan, to be honest, if Villarreal's tactics had been developed earlier that season, Real Madrid wouldn't have won the La Liga title that year."

Escriva certainly has something, but he always likes to hesitate.

The good news is that Eskeriva has been making decisions much faster this season.

It's January of the second year of the season, and Dortmund's tactics have basically taken shape.

The camera pans to Eskriva on the sidelines.

Compared to the confusion at the beginning of the season, the Dortmund coach now has a fierce look in his eyes.

Snapped!
Hummels passed the ball out from the backfield, directly looking for Tang Ye.

However, Tang Ye was locked up by Wirtz and Amiri at this moment, so he had no choice but to move aside.

Amiri won the first penalty!

next second!
boom!
With a sideways sliding tackle, the ball in front of Amiri was kicked directly to Bellingham's feet.

"Pretty!"

"Top-notch on-the-spot counter-attack!"

"This is an opportunity that Dortmund must seize!"

Bellingham was rushing towards the front, and Tang Ye also got up from the grass.

Dortmund players pressed forward aggressively, forcing their opponents to retreat.

"Left, left!"

At Tang Ye's prompting, Bellingham passed the ball to Reus.

Reus stopped the ball in place, and Bellingham rushed past him.

Familiar feeling.

Jude Bellingham, having learned a great deal from Tang Ye, immediately started playing as a winger.

However, to be fair, Bellingham does have good striker attributes.

Dribble towards the penalty area!

He dribbled into the penalty area and Haaland made a run forward to ask for the ball.

"Just attack! Just attack!"

Tang Ye shouted, and Bellingham got ready to shoot.

boom!
Bellingham's shot was blocked by a Leverkusen player.

But the story doesn't end there.

"Penalty! Penalty!"

Guerrero and Akanji went to the referee together: "He hit the hand, he definitely hit it..."

Before the Dortmund player could finish speaking, the referee decisively awarded a penalty.

"Oh, Dortmund gets the penalty..."

Dortmund's first penalty of 2021!
Reus picked the ball up from the ground.

Just when the fans thought he was going to pass the ball to Haaland, Reus handed the ball to Tang Ye.

The fans were somewhat surprised, but judging from the reactions of the Dortmund players on the field, it seemed that everything had been planned in advance.

"This is……"

When the CCTV commentator expressed his doubts, the camera focused on Escudé, the Dortmund coach, with his hands in his pockets on the sidelines.

All of this is now quite obvious.

Escriva made the decision to give the penalty kick, which originally belonged to Haaland, to Tang Ye.

"That's a real shame, because we know that Haaland's penalty-taking ability is quite good, especially at this age when it's time to practice penalties."

"Losing penalty kick privileges for a whole season at Dortmund... well, I think Haaland was just unlucky this season. Missing a penalty, giving up another, and then being sidelined for almost a month with an injury, especially with Tang Ye still in the team, it was really unlikely to protect the penalty kick privileges under those circumstances."

From Haaland's development perspective, losing his position as the first penalty taker now is not a good thing for him.

But Haaland was seen smiling happily outside the penalty area in the shot.

Haaland was actually happy to give up the penalty kick.

As a Dortmund player, he knew who was the most suitable to take the penalty kicks.

"call……"

After exchanging a glance with the referee, Tang Ye received the whistle to allow a penalty kick.

“Beep!!!!”

approach!

As before, Tang Ye took a running start in an arc, running with a rhythmic, up-and-down feel.

Snapped!
The shot was gently pushed out, and the ball went into the net with precision.

"The ball is in!"

"1:0!"

Dortmund open the scoring!

"A goal from Tang Ye!"

Dortmund took a 1-0 lead, and now some haters will say that Tang Ye can only pad his stats with penalties.

However, the fact is that Tang Ye has already racked up 20 assists so far.

20 assists in 17 rounds, doesn't that deserve a few goals?

"coming!"

Tang Ye jumped up, landed, and then ran down the stands with Bellingham.

The two exchanged a glance, and Bellingham instantly understood what Tang Ye wanted to do, and decisively knelt down on one knee.

boom!
Tang Ye and Bellingham knelt face to face, one hand covering their face and the other tucked behind their backs. This was Tang Ye's favorite celebration move with Dembele during their time at Manchester United.

He's now brought that move to Dortmund!
"Roar!!1"

Haaland came up from behind and pressed his body directly onto Tang Ye and Bellingham.

"Ha ha!"

"..."

By the 30th minute, the score was still 0-1, with Dortmund leading by one goal.

By this point, the situation on the field was quite clear.

Bayer Leverkusen is indeed no match for Dortmund; the gap in strength between the two is as large as that between a Bundesliga champion and a Bundesliga relegation team.

In terms of possession, Dortmund has now reached 71%!
Tang Ye dribbled the ball from the left baseline into the penalty area!
He cut inside into the penalty area and then changed direction.

Head towards the bottom line!
Just as the defender closed in, Tang Ye made a small movement with his left foot, followed by a hip cut inside.

The goalkeeper from Bayer Leverkusen is standing in front of me!

Snapped!
A shot was fired into the bottom right corner of the goal.

The ball went in!
In the 34th minute of the first half, Dortmund led Leverkusen 2-0!

Tang Ye's second victory!

"Wow!!!!"

Amid the jeers of the opposing fans, Tang Ye led his teammates toward the stands.

boom!
Swish swish!
Tang Ye first performed a sliding knee slide, followed by Royce and Bellingham on his left and right.

All three skated on the three bars, but Reus's technique was slightly worse, and his three bars weren't quite standard.

"Heja BVB! (Go Dortmund!)"

Boom!

"Heja BVB!"

Bang bang bang!
"Heja BVB!!!"

Standing on an adidas billboard, Tang Ye spreads his arms to the fans.

……

In the second half, Brandt warmed up on the bench.

Leverkusen fans have been keeping an eye on Brandt on the bench, hoping that Eskriva will substitute Brandt for Tang Ye.

Fans are like this: whenever their team is behind, they start to fantasize about things, but objectively speaking, what they fantasize about are things that are basically impossible.

Brandt did play, but Eskreva traded him for Haaland.

"Hey, Brandt, although he's a midfielder, he's as tall as a center forward and center back!"

"Hmm, so that means he can actually play in many positions?"

"No, let's switch between center forward and attacking midfielder, because I'm not very optimistic about Brandt's defense."

Escriva wanted to conserve his energy for the next game and also to protect Haaland, which is why he made this substitution.

After making that substitution, Dortmund cleverly slowed down their attacking pace.

Bayer Leverkusen wanted to close the gap and create a miracle, but Dortmund showed no intention of giving them that chance.

boom!
Tang Ye snatched the ball from Wirtz's feet.

Wirtz tried to steal the ball back, but Tang Ye easily blocked him with his body.

Pass the ball to Bellingham up front!

Bellingham hesitated for a moment after receiving the ball, then prepared to pass it back to Pogba who was coming up to receive it.

"Go to the left!"

Tang Ye shouted.

However, Pogba seemed to be too focused on his surroundings and didn't hear Tang Ye's call, remaining on the right side.

With his best passing option marked, Bellingham opted for a forced pass, which, unsurprisingly, was blocked by the opponent.

"hurry up!"

The Leverkusen coach's voice came from outside the field, and Diaby got the ball and immediately lay down.

Wow!!!

"hurry up!"

"Run faster! Goal! Goal!"

"Shoot!"

The stadium was a bit noisy as Diaby dribbled the ball and surged forward, quickly closing in on Dortmund's defense.

Middle lane!

Snapped!
Diaby delivered a cross over Hummels' head and found Leon Bailey on the left wing.

Pelé!

He controlled the ball with his chest while turning to the side, then dribbled past the ball and cut inside.

Break down the door!

"TOOOOOR!!!!"

"Bayer Leverkusen's goal!"

"From Leon Bailey!"

Although it was Pelé who scored the goal, fans could see that Diaby was actually the main contributor.

Diaby's quick forward run after receiving the ball was absolutely crucial!
"No, Zude, don't worry!"

Tang Ye was not very satisfied with Bellingham's handling of the situation: "Don't pass the ball if you're not sure you can handle it. The defenders haven't come up yet."

"My mine."

Bellingham raised both hands.

"Forget it."

Tang Ye shook his hand and found Pogba again: "Go to the left to receive it, you're overlapping with me in the middle."

Pogba took a step back, and Tang Ye was about to emphasize a few more points, but Reus stopped him.

Given the current public opinion environment, Tang Ye would be better off treating Pogba better.

You can criticize Bellingham and Haaland, because everyone knows that these three young talents at Dortmund have a good relationship.

But if you want to criticize Pogba... well, that's hard to say.

"..."

Tang Ye spat out the chewing gum and didn't continue speaking.

Hey.

It’s so uncomfortable!
In the 76th minute, Tang Ye and Bellingham's overlapping runs successfully confused the defenders.

ok!

Cut inside!

Snapped!
[De Bruyne's long-range curling shot lv5: Replica (Beyond the current state)]

Proficiency: 324/3000
It was a long-range curling shot, and the angle was pretty good.

Snapped!
The goalkeeper punched the ball away.

Guerrero landed at the spot.

Facing a pressing defender, Guerrero passed the ball to Pogba next to him.

Pogba lobbed the ball into the penalty area!

Reus!
Snapped!
A very crisp sound came from Captain Dort's aerial slash.

The ball went in!
3: 1!

"Nice!"

Bellingham jumped on Reus, celebrating his third goal of the day.

Five minutes after this goal, Escriva substituted both Tang Ye and Sancho.

Why did the Dortmund manager make this substitution?

Dortmund has three crucial league matches to play in January.

And this is not the most important thing.

Everyone knows that Escriva is preparing for the Champions League knockout stage in February.

Whether Tang Ye's loan is worthwhile depends on whether Dortmund can win the Bundesliga title.

Whether the loan will be profitable depends on whether Dortmund can reach the Champions League quarterfinals.

From the club's perspective, Dortmund's goals for this season are actually very clear.

Bundesliga champions + Champions League quarterfinalists!
The first one must be completed, and the second one is best completed!
Of course, completing both would be ideal.

……

(End of this chapter)