Football: Start with the Kaka template, dominate the football field!

Chapter 68 Westphalia's "Do-or-Die Battle"

Returning to Dortmund with a valuable away goal, almost everyone believed that it was only a matter of time before Klopp's young team advanced to the final.

The yellow and black sea of Westphalia was already prepared with beer and fireworks to celebrate the victory.

But the charm of football lies precisely in its unpredictability.

……

"beep--!"

The referee blew his whistle, and the second leg of the match officially began!

Back at their home ground, Borussia Dortmund launched a relentless assault on Monaco's goal from the very first second! But Jardim's team remained steadfast. Like a group of highly experienced hunters, they calmly withstood Dortmund's onslaught, patiently waiting for that one and only... potentially fatal counter-attack opportunity.

The opportunity arrived just when they were about to give up waiting.

First half, 31st minute.

Dortmund's attack failed again, and the ball was cleared by defender Abdou Diallo with a long kick! Hummels pressed forward to intercept, but Berbatov delivered a deadly outside-of-the-foot cross with an extremely clever drop-back run and world-class ball control!

The ball sailed past Hummels!

There it is! Anthony Martial, the 19-year-old French prodigy, has launched!

One-on-one!

Facing the onrushing Weidenfeller, Martial calmly used a convincing feint to shift his weight, and then slotted the ball into the empty net!

Swish!

0: 1!

The final score is 1-1!

……

At that moment, the thunderous chants from the Westfalen Stadium came to an abrupt halt.

Dead silence.

A deathly silence.

An away goal! This means that Borussia Dortmund is in dire straits! They must score at least two more goals in the remaining time to advance!

The Dortmund players were not bewildered.

Their faces were filled with shock from the sneak attack and a sense of utter desperation, as if they had been driven into a corner!

Klopp stood on the sidelines, holding his head in disbelief as he watched the game unfold! He had foreseen everything, except that the usually suave "Bulgarian" would reveal his most deadly fangs at the most crucial moment!

"Beep! Beep—!"

The halftime whistle blew like a death knell, striking the hearts of every Borussia Dortmund fan.

……

The atmosphere in the locker room was so oppressive it was almost palpable.

"All of you, lift your heads up!"

Klopp kicked over the tactical board in front of him with a loud bang!

"Look at the state of you all! What do you look like?! A bunch of prisoners sentenced to death! The game has only been going on for 45 minutes! Have you already given up?!"

His eyes were bloodshot, like an enraged lion!

"Second half! I don't want to see any more of those damn long passes! I need you to use passing! With patient, repeated passing, to tear apart their damn tortoise shell!"

He walked up to Qin Feng and Royce, and growled in a hoarse voice:

"You two! Switch positions! Move around! Disrupt them! Find that one and only opening! Then... kill them!"

Qin Feng didn't speak; he simply raised his head and exchanged a glance with Royce beside him.

They both saw the same thing in each other's eyes—

Unwillingness, and flames!

……

The second half began with the teams switching sides.

The fire in the eyes of the Dortmund players has been rekindled!

Instead of attacking with the same impetuousness as in the first half, they began to use more patient, continuous triangular passing to break down Monaco's impenetrable defense.

Time slipped away second by second amidst the torment.

When the game clock struck seventy minutes, the score was still 0-1.

Just when everyone thought the defending champions were going to suffer a shock defeat here.

Midfield.

After receiving the pass back from Qin Feng, Gundogan suddenly delivered a tearing through ball!

The ball pierced through Monaco's first line of defense!

There it is!

Reus and Qin Feng executed a brilliant crossover move!

Reus's drop back drew the attention of full-back Fabinho!

Qin Feng's inside cut was like a sharp dagger, piercing straight into the fatal gap in Fabinho's ribs!

He caught the ball!

Facing Carvalho's comeback attempt!

Qin Feng did not attempt another personal breakthrough!

He didn't even look up!

The instant he received the ball, he used the instep of his right foot to push the rolling ball to the side with remarkable ease!

Inverted triangle pass!

The ball, skimming along the grass, arrived precisely at the edge of the penalty area!

There it is!

A figure in yellow and black arrived on horseback!

It's Marco Reus!

He met the rolling ball head-on, and without stopping it, he took a direct shot!

The ball drew a beautiful arc, bypassing goalkeeper Subasic's desperate fingertips, and nestled into the corner of the goal!

1: 1!

The final score is 2-1!

"Goooooooooooooooooooooal!!! REUS!!!"

"Reus!!! At the most crucial moment, he calmly slotted the ball home to equalize for Dortmund!"

"This was an ultimate victory achieved through exceptional teamwork! A perfect demonstration of tactical breakthrough!"

Reus didn't celebrate after scoring! He rushed into the goal, grabbed the ball, and ran wildly towards the center circle with Qin Feng!

They knew one ball wasn't enough! They needed another!

……

Eighty-fifth minute of the match!

Dortmund have a free kick opportunity in the attacking third! Qin Feng's free kick was brilliantly tipped over the crossbar by Subasic!

Corner kick!

This might be Dortmund's last chance in regulation time!

Gundogan's corner kick, with a strong inward spin, flew towards the center of the penalty area!

Inside the penalty area, people and horses were thrown about in chaos!

A yellow and black figure, while everyone was focused on the front point, ghost-like circled around to the back point!

It's Qin Feng!

He'd been waiting! He was betting that Monaco's defensive attention would be entirely focused on Hummels and Subotic, those two tall players!

He made the right bet!

The ball, after being touched by a player at the near post, changed direction and flew precisely towards the unguarded far post!

It flew towards Qin Feng, who was already waiting there!

He leaped high into the air!

In the air, his body stretched to its limit, like a fully drawn bow!

A header! A shot on goal!

boom!

The ball, without any suspense, slammed into the net!

2: 1!

The final score is 3-1!