Chapter 152: Straight to the clouds

With a 2-1 lead away from home in the first leg, Villarreal will be relaxed heading into the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund.

Villarreal invited the 2005-06 season to watch the game.

In the 2005-06 season, the Yellow Submarine reached the Champions League group stage after beating Premier League side Everton twice in qualifying. Then, the team beat Premier League giants Manchester United in the group stage to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League as group winners. This was followed by the knock-out of Rangers and Inter Milan, two prestigious teams, to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League in a shocking way.

However, after two legs of the match against Arsenal Football Club, the yellow submarine's forward motor no longer worked, and the team was stopped in the last four of the Champions League. Even so, it is impossible to overstate any words to describe this glorious journey.

And this season's Villarreal is expected to return to its former glory and even go further!

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 3-4-2-1 formation, with Aubameyang in front, Shinji Kagawa and Reus, who missed the game due to injury in the last game, ambushed behind him, Durm and Guerrero flew on the wings, Weigel and Shaheen were in the back, Piszczek, Papastathopoulos and Ginter were in the three central defenders, and the goalkeeper was still Bilki.

On the Villarreal side, Dai Zhiwei and Bakambu partnered in attack.

Attack, this is the plan set by Escriva for Villarreal at the beginning of the game today, if the aggregate score is 2 goals ahead of Dortmund, presumably the opponent will completely abandon this game.

After Villarreal's kick-off, Bakambu and Dai Zhiwei rushed to Dortmund's half for the first time, and the attack started as soon as possible.

Rodrygo quickly got the ball to the feet of Dos Santos in front of the pitch and cut himself into the edge of the Dortmund penalty area, handing over the task of assault to the wings.

Dos Santos turned and picked up with his right foot, quickly sent the ball to the left, and his body burst into action.

After dos Santos started at high speed, he found that Piszczek had appeared on the route he had broken through, with a left-footed arch, followed by a shake of his body, and his right foot flicked the ball, changing direction again, and cutting straight into the middle.

Piszczek couldn't stop Dos Santos at all, and was eaten by Dos Santos once his center of gravity was unstable, but he was not slow to react, and hurriedly turned around, quickly pounced on Dos Santos, who cut in, and continued to defend.

Dos Santos did not continue to dribble and went straight to the penalty area.

Dai Zhiwei has been tangling with Borussia Dortmund defender Papastathopoulos near the penalty spot, waiting for a pass or a follow-up shot from a team-mate.

The moment he saw Dos Santos picking up the pass, he immediately burst out the energy of his whole body, and Papastathopoulos was not to be outdone, relying on his advantage in front of Dai Zhiwei to interfere with Dai Zhiwei's catch.

But Dai Zhiwei is so flexible, before Papastathopoulos can use his famous stunt "Catch Bird", he has already broken free and jumped to the top!

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”

1:0!

The aggregate score is 3:1!

Bilki played normally this time and failed to save Dai Zhiwei's powerful header!

"Hahaha!" Dai Zhiwei didn't expect this goal to be so easy, it was less than 2 minutes into the game, and the first shot of the game was completed!

16 goals in the Champions League, achieved!

It's sour, it's so enjoyable!

The Yellow Submarine men were in high spirits, and the goal made the game an immediate succession.

The game started again, and although Dortmund tried to equalise as soon as possible, the Yellow Submarine soldiers who opened the scoring were increasingly excited, encouraged by the goal, and they were bound to take advantage of the victory.

Less than five minutes after the Yellow Submarine's goal, Papastathopoulos fouled Dos Santos, who was particularly active today, in desperation, and then Dai Zhiwei's free-kick from 30 yards down the middle went just wide of the post.

But Borussia Dortmund also had a brilliant performance, as in the 13th minute, Reuss passed the ball from the left and Aubameyang fired wide from 25 yards down the middle. Then there was a long pass from Reus, and Aubameyang got rid of Ruiz's marker but the ball flew away.

After scoring his first goal, Dai Zhiwei became more and more excited, because he was just one goal away from Cristiano Ronaldo's 17 Champions League goals in a single season in 2013-14!

Dai Zhiwei raised his hand at the edge of the penalty area and kept asking his teammates for the ball, and Rodrigo sent the football over as soon as possible.

Papastathopoulos' defensive coverage was large, but not so big that it caught Dai Zhiwei off guard, and instead of receiving the ball from Rodrygo, Dai Zhiwei missed it.

Papastathopoulos didn't expect Dai Zhiwei to miss the ball, and Dai Zhiwei's body was covering the ball, and by the time he saw the ball pass by his feet, Dai Zhiwei had already flashed past him.

Papastathopoulos kicked the air and wanted to turn around immediately to chase back, but because he had been left far behind by Dai Zhiwei.

After flashing past Papastathopoulos, Dai Zhiwei ran wildly and finally caught up with the football just before he was about to step into the penalty area.

Dai Zhiwei also burst into the penalty area from the left side of the penalty area the moment he got the ball, and at this time, another defender of Dortmund, Ginter, had been taken away by Bakambu and could not make up for it for a while.

Dai Zhiwei is unmarked!

Dai Zhiwei fired a low shot into the far corner of the goal before Ginter and Piszczek could save.

Bilki was completely helpless, watching Dai Zhiwei push through the door of Dortmund.

It's easy, it's easy!

2:0!

The overall score is 4:1!

Dortmund's players and supporters were all stupid, they could not have imagined that they were still looking forward to an away comeback, and they could already declare an early exit in the first half alone.

Tuchel also sighed helplessly from the sidelines, realising that this season's Champions League campaign should be over.

Dai Zhiwei smiled and hugged Rodrygo to celebrate with him, for him, such an easy goal simply can't make him so ecstatic to celebrate, but in the Champions League quarter-finals, and 17 Champions League goals also pushed him to the Champions League history of a single season goals tied for the first place, how can he not be happy?

Now that Villarreal is in the last four of the Champions League, he has at least two games to play, and it will not be difficult to break Ronaldo's record.

Before the game, Dai Zhiwei didn't expect Dortmund to be so careless, and originally thought it would be an earth-shattering two-legged match with Manchester City, but he didn't expect that it would be as good as the group stage and Tottenham Hotspur.

Before the end of the first half, Dortmund was 2 goals behind, the faces of the players on the field were much more ugly, and the cheers of the visiting fans could not be heard in the stadium, they were completely stunned by Villarreal's sharp blitzkrieg!

Thomas Tuchel also seemed to have given up, with Borussia Dortmund, who were back in the second half, clearly discouraged and the pace of the game completely controlled by Villarreal at home.

In the 55th minute of the game, Rodrigo got up and distributed the ball to the side after a beautiful ball, Gaspar broke through and cut inside, and surprised the Dortmund players with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area.

In the 60th minute, Bruno broke the ball at the back and handed the ball to Rodrigo, who quickly rushed forward with a skillful dribble.

Dai Zhiwei was also in action when Rodrigo broke through, and he was forced to move the entire Dortmund defence as soon as he moved.

Rodrygo was blocked by Dortmund players as soon as he cut inside, and he was not reckless, taking a look at the edge of the penalty area and sending the ball directly to the feet of Dai Zhiwei.

Dai Zhiwei was not easy at this time, and the Dortmund defenders naturally did not give him the opportunity to break into the penalty area easily, and Papastathopoulos appeared in front of him at the first time.

Dai Zhiwei gently flicked the ball to the right side of the outside of his right foot, Papastathopoulos just adjusted the center of gravity of his body and was ready to make a move, but the inside of Dai Zhiwei's right foot appeared next to the ball violently, and the ball suddenly flew to the left side again.

Dortmund's biggest problem in the two-legged knockout round was to always stick to the back three formation, and let Papastathopoulos mark Dai Zhiwei alone, causing Dai Zhiwei to completely blow up Papastathopoulos, thus revitalizing the entire Villarreal attack.

Papastathopoulos almost fell in the face of Dai Zhiwei's trademark right-angle dummy passing, and Dai Zhiwei had already entered the penalty area by this time!

The Love Song Stadium erupted in a violent cheer, and all the Yellow Submarine fans stood up excitedly, and they shouted loudly towards the stadium in a frenzy!

At this time, the Dortmund defenders were completely panicked, Piszczek had just shaken off Bakambu and was about to intercept Dai Zhiwei, but they saw that Dai Zhiwei had already passed the ball from Piszczek's toe to Bakambu.

Even if Dai Zhiwei's ball was passed cleverly, half a point slower, Bakambu was offside, and when Bakambu got the ball down, he was already a complete one-on-one goal.

Bakambu didn't have much time to adjust his pace after winning the ball as Bilki had already rushed off the goal line.

But what's there to be afraid of?

Bakambu shoots a blast, and the football is powerful and hangs in the top corner of the goal!

“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!” The on-site commentator saw Dai Zhiwei shouting loudly and excitedly, and he was responded to by the excited loud shouts of the Yellow Submarine fans, and all the 2005-06 Meritorious players jumped up, they raised their old jerseys and cheered loudly.

3:0!

The aggregate score of the two legs is 5:1!

Borussia Dortmund want to make a comeback, unless they score four goals in a row in the next half hour!

Is this possible?

Villarreal's qualification to the Champions League semi-finals for the second time in their history is already a certainty!

And Bakambu also yelled after scoring a single goal, and hugged Dai Zhiwei, who assisted him.

Bakambu's feelings for Dai Zhiwei are more complicated, on the one hand, because he took away his team's first striker position, but on the other hand, Bakambu also had to admit that he was indeed inferior in skills, and his strength was significantly worse than Dai Zhiwei.

"If I didn't have Day, would I have played in the Champions League semi-finals and scored in the quarter-finals?" Bakambu asked himself such a question in the moment of the goal, and the answer was naturally no.

"But he's going to be gone in the summer." Bakambu stared at Dai Zhiwei's back with complicated eyes, silently thinking.

The game went on very quickly, and Villarreal, who had already secured progress, played more and more relaxed, fully playing their strengths, completely controlling the situation on the pitch and the rhythm of the game.

Their form is getting better and better, and they are able to completely suppress Dortmund who are not in form.

In the 76th minute of the game, Dortmund suffered another heavy blow.

Villarreal centre-back Ruiz broke the ball at the back and sent the ball to Costa with a diagonal cross, and the Villarreal full-back quickly cut forward on the flank and sent the ball to the edge of the Dortmund penalty area, where a Villarreal number 10 was waiting.

If Dai Zhiwei continues to dribble the ball, he will enter the penalty area smoothly, and there is only Birki left in front of him.

Dortmund defender Papastathopoulos had no choice but to put down Dai Zhiwei, who broke through with the ball, at the edge of the penalty area, and was shown a yellow card by the referee again!

The Love Song Stadium burst into cheers, because Papastathopoulos had already received a yellow card, and now two yellows have turned into one red, and Dortmund has to accept the situation of one less person on the field!

Villarreal's morale was at its peak, their midfield had already suppressed Dortmund, and now that they had one less man on the pitch, they had no reason not to win this game.

However, he has been able to successfully advance to the top 4 of the Champions League, and Escriva is not a hairy boy, so naturally he will not completely tear off the face of the Bundesliga giants Dortmund, or these German giants will lose more than they lose if they injure a few of their players, so Dai Zhiwei was replaced by Rafael soon.

Dai Zhiwei walked towards the sidelines, while raising his hands and applauding the fans in the stands of the Love Song Stadium, the fans of the yellow submarine were obviously satisfied with the team and Dai Zhiwei's performance, they held the team's scarf high, and shouted Dai Zhiwei's name loudly.

Borussia Dortmund finally scored in the 80th minute, when Dembele forced a strong crosses from Costa on the right and Reuss swept a shot into the top right corner to save face.

It was Reus's eighth goal of the season in all competitions and his fourth in the Champions League.

"Alas, there are fewer and fewer players like that." Dai Zhiwei sat on the bench and watched Reuss who scored the goal, full of embarrassment.

If you want to say that Dai Zhiwei is the most admired player in football today, Reus is definitely at the top.

Now 27 years old, Royce is still holding on to his unfulfilled dream, and he has welcomed many passers-by.

Klopp is gone, Lewandowski is gone......

Shinji Kagawa, Saheen, and Gotze are gone, and they're back.

Only Royce is here all the time.

For fans, the affection for Dortmund and Reus was once because of a city, so they fell in love with a person; And now because I am in love with someone, I am waiting for a city.

Reus's goal could not be rejected by Dortmund, and in the end, Villarreal defeated Dortmund in two legs and successfully advanced to the Champions League semi-finals with an aggregate score of 5:2, reliving the miracle of the past!