Chapter 203: An Unexpected Leak

On the pitch, Falcao rushed to the bench and celebrated violently with Simeone and other coaches.

If the final score is still 4-3 and Atletico Madrid wins the championship, then Falcao can at least raise his value by one or two million euros in this game.

To win the final face-to-face with Cheng Hai and Dortmund, and to score more goals than Cheng Hai, the value is simply hard to measure!

No wonder Falcao was so excited!

Whoever plays a big four on such a stage and in the face of such an opponent, and also helps the team lead the score, it is difficult to suppress the excitement in his heart.

On the other side, with Falcao's goal, Dortmund was anxious up and down.

There are only about 20 minutes left before the end of the game, even if Cheng Hai doesn't mean that he can score a goal, let alone others?

Therefore, Klopp is also anxious.

He resolutely replaced Sebastian Kyle, who had already carried a yellow card, and replaced Owomoyela in the full-back position of Mario Gotze, pushing Mario Gotze to the front line, changing the formation of 433, ready to attack vigorously.

Moreover, Klopp also gave orders to Piszczek, Schmelzer, and Hummels, and they were ready to participate in the attack at any time to increase Dortmund's attack power.

The only person who had to stay at the back was centre-back Subotic.

Of course, Piszczek, Schmelzer and Hummels can't all rush to the front of the field, usually only one person can go up, and the other three form a three-centre-back system to protect the penalty area.

As for the side, I can't take care of it.

After completing the substitution, seeing that Atletico Madrid was still celebrating and was suspected of delaying time, Cheng Hai, Gundogan and others protested to the referee.

With the referee intervening, Atletico Madrid had to end their celebrations and return to their own half, allowing Borussia Dortmund to open the circle.

After the game restarted, the Dortmund formation, which had made a substitution and pushed Mario Gotze into the winger position, pressed forward aggressively and began to attack.

Normally, Atletico Madrid should be going to strengthen their defense with substitutions.

But Simeone is not an ordinary person, he knows that in the case of Dortmund with Cheng Hai, it is difficult for the average team to hold on.

Not to mention anything else, in Dortmund's indiscriminate bombardment, the defender is easy to foul and give Cheng Hai a free kick, and Cheng Hai can shoot directly.

Therefore, as Dortmund's formation pressed forward, Atletico Madrid not only did not shrink the formation to defend rigidly, but forced Dortmund to oppose with a tougher full-court pressing, and then deterred Dortmund's backfield through counterattacks.

If you can take advantage of Falcao's explosive form to score another goal, then Atletico Madrid's championship will be considered stable.

On the field, the two sides have fought to the point of bloody bayonets, and there are scenes of people turning over on their backs everywhere.

Atletico Madrid's high pressing is easy to foul, and Dortmund's-for-tat is full of gunpowder.

Although Atletico Madrid had been very careful about the choice of the place where the foul was committed, they finally gave Dortmund a free kick in the 78th minute that was on the right side of the middle of the field, about 31 meters from the goal.

The ball was a bit far away, although Cheng Hai played a shot with a post-match statistical speed of 118km/h with full value of shooting skills, shooting power, and arc technology, and the angle was excellent, but in the end, the free kick that went straight to the dead corner was saved by Courtois, who was moved in advance and reacted quickly.

Thibaut Courtois made a world-class save that earned the applause of all Atletico Madrid fans and neutral fans.

In particular, Atletico Madrid's backfield players, one by one, came forward to hug Courtois and celebrate, thanking him for this crucial save.

For Cheng Hai, the failure to score this goal also made him quite disappointed.

Originally, after the ball was kicked out, he felt very good, thinking that the goal would definitely be scored.

Unexpectedly, Courtois opened up in this save and saved his shot that went straight to the corner.

The bad feeling in Cheng Hai's heart became stronger and stronger.

Don't really lose the game and break the idea of winning the six crowns of the year, then his choice to force him to stay in Dortmund is undoubtedly wrong.

Therefore, in the next game, Cheng Hai worked harder, constantly taking the ball and trying to break through the goal.

However, Atletico's defence has been watertight.

Although Cheng Hai's personal strength is very strong and almost invincible one-on-one, Atletico Madrid has continuously sabotaged Cheng Hai's breakthroughs or shots by cooperating with the inseparable team, allowing him to return in vain.

Even if the physical consumption of the Atletico Madrid players is huge at this time, the prospect of winning is stimulating them to burn their potential, and they have been fighting all the time, and they have not allowed Cheng Hai to score.

In the 87th minute, Atletico Madrid defender Mario Suarez fell to the ground with cramps, and Simeone immediately made a substitution when he saw it, replacing Suarez, who had already carried a yellow card.

And, not only replaced Suarez, Simeone also replaced another striker, Adrian López, with a defender to strengthen the defense.

With only five or six minutes left before the end of regular time, Atletico Madrid can already shrink their defence and survive until the end of the game.

From this moment on, even Falcao withdrew to the 30-meter area of the goal to participate in the defense, using his strong body to interfere and fight for the top.

The full-fledged bus bucket formation, coupled with Atletico Madrid's own skillful crazy pressing, made Dortmund unable to send the ball to the penalty area and create shooting opportunities for several strikers in Cheng Hai.

Especially Cheng Hai, even if he doesn't have the ball at his feet, there are at least two Atletico Madrid players around him to defend.

And once there is a sign of getting the ball, the nearest player around will immediately pounce on one or two, forming a siege of three or four people.

In short, Atletico used their crazy high pressing and big bus bucket formation to keep Dortmund from getting good shots.

Gundogan, Reus and others have already started to try long-range shots from outside the box.

However, in this world, except for Cheng Hai, other people's long-range shots can basically be linked to wave shots, and Gundogan and others tried two or three times, but they didn't even hit the door frame.

As for Cheng Hai, even if he wanted to retreat to shoot outside the penalty area, it was useless, because Atletico Madrid had completely ignored the attack and defended with all his strength.

Therefore, even if Cheng Hai retreats outside the penalty area, there are two or three people who will keep him on hand at any time, so that he can't even shoot from a distance.

And if you retreat and retreat to 30 meters outside the goal, it is even more impossible to score.

Not only was Falcao in form today, but goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was also in very good form.

If it weren't for Cheng Hai, he would definitely not have conceded three goals today.

In addition to Cheng Hai's threatening free-kick, Courtois also saved several threatening balls from the woodwork of Cheng Hai and his teammates today.

With his form today, even if Cheng Hai gets a long-range shot from 30 metres out of the goal, it will not be possible: too far away to leave Courtois too much time to save.

As the clock ticked, the clock came to the 90th minute, and the fourth official had already raised the electronic card with three minutes of stoppage time.

Klopp was naturally quite dissatisfied with this stoppage time, he could wish for seven or eight minutes of stoppage time, but that was impossible.

Although the fight between the two sides was fierce, there were no injuries and no additional clashes, and the collisions between the two sides were reasonable collisions and fouls within the rules of the game, so there was not much time to lose, and stoppage time was only average.

In the stands, the fans of Atletico Madrid were already holding the trophy model and singing loudly and celebrating in advance.

There was no one sitting on the bench at Atletico Madrid, and everyone was pouring into the sidelines, ready to rush into the stadium to celebrate the victory and the championship.

As for Dortmund's substitutes and fans, they all looked depressed, biting their lips and clenching their fists, hoping that a hero would step up at the last moment and save the team.

Everyone set their eyes on Cheng Hai.

If anyone is likely to save the team at this time, there is no doubt that the biggest possibility is Cheng Hai.

Of course, Cheng Hai also wants to be this hero.

It's not that he wants to accept the worship of the fans, but he also wants to win and doesn't want to lose this final that is about the championship.

Borussia Dortmund is neither a super giant, nor a team with a very deep heritage, compared with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Milan and other teams.

The purpose of Cheng Hai's initiative to stay is to brush up on the annual six crowns in 2012 and the six crowns in the 2012/2013 season, get more skills and skill point rewards, and raise his strength to a higher level.

As a result, I didn't expect that in this European Super Cup game, Tiger Falcao played such a godly state, which was even more terrifying than Cheng Hai.

Cheng Haidu only scored a hat-trick, and Falcao actually scored a senior happiness, which directly led to the fact that after entering stoppage time, Dortmund was still behind with a score of 3-4 and was about to lose the championship.

Cheng Hai is also unwilling, and he also wants to stage a good show of stoppage time to save the team!

But there was nothing he could do about it.

The more the game came to the end, the more focused the Atletico Madrid defenders became, and the defensive months against him tightened.

Whether he is in the box, wants to withdraw outside the box, or even changes to the wing, he can't get rid of the defense of the Atletico players, and there is almost no chance to even get the ball.

As soon as he showed signs of touching the ball, he would immediately be blocked by three or four people to break through and shoot all the routes, leaving him to do nothing.

Even because there were too many people piled up in the 30-meter area of the goal, even his passing route was blocked, and his teammates couldn't pass the ball.

"What the hell should I do? Where are the opportunities? Cheng Hai continued to run, and asked himself anxiously in his heart.

Time is running out, and if they don't score again, Dortmund will really be beaten by Atletico Madrid and lose their fifth title of the year.

And Cheng Hai can also imagine how many people in European and American societies are waiting to spray him because of his skin color and nationality!

This can be seen from last year's FIFA Golden Globe Awards.

His performance had been beyond reproach before, and those people were temporarily silent and silent.

And now he is the world's No. 1 superstar, and if Dortmund, a club that is not very rich, has a high salary as the world's No. 1, but cannot lead Dortmund to win the championship in a decisive European Super Cup, his status as the world's No. 1 superstar and the No. 1 highest-paid player will inevitably be smeared by a large number of Western trolls and racist discriminators.

He had to create chances, score a stoppage-time equaliser and save the team.

At this moment, Reus broke through with the ball halfway and cut inside to the left side of the penalty area, while Cheng Hai ran to the left of the penalty spot to prepare to respond.

But any running position of Cheng Hai will attract Atletico Madrid's defensive players to follow, not only he follows a defender on the side, but also two players standing on the line of the small penalty area, on the one hand, to prevent Cheng Hai from hitting the goal without stopping, and on the other hand, to prevent Cheng Hai from breaking through to the bottom line.

At the same time, after seeing that Cheng Hai had the intention to answer Royce, a player outside the penalty area also rushed to the penalty area, wanting to destroy Cheng Hai's intention to receive the ball.

It can be said that if Royce passes the ball to Cheng Hai, whether Cheng Hai catches the ball and breaks through or turns to hit the goal, the chance of success is quite small.

But Royce really pushed the ball to Cheng Hai.

Maybe it's his own lack of confidence, maybe it's his trust in Cheng Hai, or maybe he wants to throw the blame off, anyway, Royce pushed the ball horizontally from outside the side penalty area to Cheng Hai, who was facing at least four people in the big penalty area.

If it is a situation where there is enough time and the score is ahead, Cheng Hai can naturally try it, and bet on the very small probability of success, and it doesn't matter if it is wasted.

But now there is not much time left in the game, once the attempt fails, the ball changes hands, Atletico Madrid kicks the ball outside the front line, re-sends the throw-in, and organizes the attack, and it will be delayed for at least half a minute.

For Dortmund now, every second counts!

Therefore, Cheng Hai, who was unsure whether he was catching the ball or shooting, glanced slightly outside the penalty area before receiving the ball to see if there was room to kick the ball out without stopping.

But Gundogan and Hummels outside the penalty area are all stared at, and even if Cheng Hai passes the ball over, there is a high probability that he will lose it.

Moreover, there is a player rushing over outside the penalty area, and Cheng Hai is afraid that he will not be able to pass the ball even with one kick.

Just when Cheng Hai was a little disappointed, he suddenly felt a figure wearing a yellow Dortmund jersey in the middle flashed and rushed up to the penalty area in the middle.

Who that figure is, it is completely beyond the range of Cheng Hai's eyes, I can't see it clearly, and I don't know who it is. I don't know if I ran out of the gap either.

But his full field of vision, even if he didn't see people clearly, he intuitively felt that there was no one in front of the figure, and after Cheng Hai attracted the defensive attention of four people, there was a brief gap near the penalty spot in the middle.

Of course, time no longer allowed Cheng Hai to stop the ball, turn around, and pass the ball out again, and he didn't even have time to turn his head slightly to see who that teammate was.

Not to mention that the opponent around him does not allow it, even if he can really stop the ball and complete the turn and pass, he may have lost time.

This kind of crowded opportunity in the penalty area has always been fleeting.

So, between the lightning and flint, when the whole audience was nervously watching Cheng Hai and seeing how he handled Royce's pass, everyone saw that he did not stop the ball at all, but raised his foot to stop the ball and leaked the ball.

Cheng Hai actually missed the ball.

When the four defenders around him, including goalkeeper Courtois, were nervous and ready to defend, Cheng Hai, who was ranked No. 1 in the world in many technical and physical qualities, actually faced the pass of his teammates in the penalty area, did not stop the ball or shoot, but directly leaked the ball.

This was a surprise to everyone, whether it was Borussia Dortmund or Atletico Madrid players, or fans.

Even the target teammate of Cheng Hai who leaked the ball didn't expect Cheng Hai to leak the ball.

The Dortmund player who rushed into the penalty area was actually central defender Subotic, seeing that the game time was running out and the team was about to lose, he didn't care about Klopp's order to let him stick to the back and prevent Atletico Madrid from counterattacking, but ran all the way to the penalty area.

Because Cheng Hai attracted four people to defend, plus the running positions of Gundogan, Lewandowski, Mario Gotze and others also attracted other defenders from Atletico Madrid, Subotich, who suddenly rushed up from the center-back position, was really undefended for a while, so he rushed to the penalty area, and there was no one around him to defend for the time being.

But he rushed up to see if Cheng Hai or other teammates' shots could cause Courtois to make a save and give him a chance to make a follow-up shot, not to shoot directly from Reuss's pass.

Because although Cheng Hai on Reus's passing line is not much alone, Cheng Hai's position and posture of receiving the ball make him think that Cheng Hai can't see him, so it is impossible to leak the ball, and he is not ready to shoot at the penalty spot at all.

As a result, just when he thought that Cheng Hai would shoot and wanted to continue to rush forward to the small penalty area to fight for a chance to make up for the shot, he found that Cheng Hai raised his foot, did not shoot, did not stop the ball to break through, but leaked the ball.

Subotic, who was about to cross the penalty spot, was taken aback, but he didn't have time to think about how Cheng Hai could find out how he leaked the ball, so he could only brake quickly, and then when his center of gravity leaned forward and his posture was awkward, he barely kicked the ball and completed the shot.

The moment they saw Subotic's running position and Cheng Hai's lifting foot and missing the ball, the fans on both sides in the stands and in front of the TV stood up excitedly.

Cheng Hai's leaked ball exceeded everyone's expectations, and it also made the atmosphere at the scene and in front of the TV suddenly tense, which was even more tense than Cheng Hai's direct shot.

Because, Cheng Hai's leaky ball created a chance that is more threatening than his direct shot.

Subotic's unguarded running in the middle of the box, coupled with Cheng Hai's unexpected leakage, caused a huge crisis in Atletico Madrid's goal.

Atletico fans booed in horror, Hornets fans held their breath as they all stared at Subotic, who prayed that Subotic would knock the ball away, and Hornets fans prayed that he would put the ball in and score a stoppage-time equalizer to save the team.