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However, the referee stopped the action and motioned to the sidelines to wait for the Mainz penalty before making a substitution.

So Zhou Yi had no choice but to continue to wait on the sidelines, waiting for the result of the penalty on the field. It was as if a crowd of onlookers were watching a public execution, and he could only watch, unable to change the outcome of the event.

Mainz's penalty was taken by striker Maxim Choupo-Moting, who came on in the second half.

Dortmund fans, on the other hand, are pinning their hopes on goalkeeper Weidenfeller, who has saved penalties on several occasions.

Only this time, he didn't guess the right direction.

Choupo-Moting's penalty effortlessly deceived Weidenfeller and flew into the back of the net.

"Ahh

Huge cheers rang out over the Coface Arena and Choupo-Moting raced to the home fans to celebrate under the stands after the goal, while his team-mates rushed to celebrate the goal with him.

It was only at this time that Zhou Yi was allowed to play, and Dortmund completed the substitution.

The person replaced by Zhou Yi is Mkhitaryan, and because Zhou Yi sat on the bench in this game, it was naturally Mkhitaryan who started.

Mkhitaryan, who replaced Zhou Yi as the team's playmaker, did not perform well enough in this game, and it looks like he will struggle to find a place in Borussia Dortmund's competitive midfield......

Mkhitaryan was a little frustrated when he came off the field, and after high-fiveing Zhou Yi weakly, he walked to the bench with his head down.

Zhou Yi finally didn't start in this game, he originally thought that this was his chance, but the cruel reality poured cold water on his head.

"Zhou Yi has been replaced!" Duan Xin's focus is always on Zhou Yi, even if Dortmund has fallen behind at this time, he did not say a few words, but was very excited to introduce Zhou Yi's appearance to Chinese TV viewers. 'It's not a good situation in front of him right now, Borussia Dortmund are a goal behind. Jurgen Klopp brought him on and used up his last substitution...... In other words, Zhou Yi is Dortmund's last resort to solve the problem, whether it works or not, this is Klopp's trick......"

In the TV camera, Zhou Yi ran onto the court while reaching out to his teammates to make gestures, signaling them to adjust their positions.

Originally, when starting this game, Dortmund sent a double midfielder, Kyle and Shahin.

However, Klopp has made substitutions before, replacing Kyle with Reuss and Sven Bender for Shahin, so that the double back has become a single midfielder.

And Zhou Yi can play both the front waist and the back waist. So what position will he play when he comes on the field?

Soon, everyone found out that Zhou Yi was standing next to Sven Bender - he chose to play in the back after playing!

This makes some fans regret, they think that Zhou Yi is far away from the goal and the threat is small, and they hope that Zhou Yi will use the goal to turn the tide after he comes on the field.

But Zhou Yi has his own considerations.

Now there are four attacking players up front, such as Sheibel, Reus, Kuba and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and if they are also in the midfield position, it will be too crowded and will compress their space. Especially after Mainz has already taken the lead through penalties, they will inevitably shrink their defence, so that the opponent's box is full of people inside and out, and there is no room to play.

So Zhou Yi chose to stand in the back position, on the one hand, this place is far away from the opponent's goal, there are few people, and it is convenient to attack. On the other hand, the situation of supporters in the front court is not so serious, but it is easy to have vacancies.

Before Zhou Yi came on the field, neither Klopp nor Bouácz made it clear what position Zhou Yi would play after he came on the field, because they believed that Zhou Yi would make his own judgment based on the situation. Now that Zhou Yi has made his judgment, both of them are very happy with it - this is the same result they wanted, and they also think that Zhou Yi should play in the back after playing.

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The game restarted with Borussia Dortmund, who had conceded a goal, kicking off.

However, Dortmund, who were behind, did not take advantage of the kick-off opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Mainz's goal. On the contrary, Zhou Yi passed the football back, and after passing it, he took the initiative to run back to respond.

Dortmund was like this, under the leadership of Zhou Yi, and fell to the ground. They pass the football around in the middle and back and are not in a hurry to send it forward.

That is, Zhou Yi has the ability to suppress the rhythm, and if someone else did this, he would have been thrown off by his impatient teammates. In fact, after losing the goal, everyone was flustered and anxious, either at a loss, or thinking about equalizing quickly. After all, it had been 70 minutes since Mainz scored, leaving only 20 minutes for Dortmund.

But Zhou Yi was able to calm down, and under his leadership, Dortmund gradually calmed down.

This is the trust capital that Zhou Yi has won in Dortmund over the years to help the team get out of trouble. His teammates believe that Zhou Yi can always make the right choice when it matters most.

Mainz is actually hoping to take the lead and then storm for a while to try to score another goal in a short period of time.

But with Dortmund deliberately slowing down the tempo, their fast-break plan went bankrupt. Under manager Thomas Tuchel, Mainz began to recycle their defence – and it doesn't matter if Borussia Dortmund are going to be down at the back. Anyway, now they are ahead, and if they can keep this one-goal lead in midfield, it will be fine.

And Tuchel thinks it would be good for his side to get the game back to the dull slow pace of the game.

So he wasn't in a hurry to see Dortmund fall in central midfield.

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Of course, Zhou Yi knew that after conceding the ball just now, he could take advantage of Mainz's pressure to attack, hoping to score another goal in a short period of time, and play Mainz's counterattack, and the space obtained is definitely greater than the current positional battle. But he also knows very well that if he attacks with Mainz, both sides are fast-paced back and forth, and Dortmund, who has just lost the ball and is unstable, will definitely be at a disadvantage in the attack against Mainz, and will lose the ball first.

Jurgen Klopp brought him on in the hope of breaking the deadlock, but due to an accident, the balance on the pitch has been upset, and the balance of victory and defeat has tipped in Mainz's favour. Then his first task on the court is to get the game back into balance, and stabilizing the morale of the army is a very important part.

He looked like he had missed some equalisers, but it calmed down his players and avoided conceding more.

Now, watching Mainz recycle the defense, Zhou Yi passed the football forward, and it was Dortmund's turn to attack.

Although he is playing in the back, when Dortmund is attacking, Zhou Yi will not stay in the back position, but just pass the football to the front and it will be over. Instead, he'll rush forward and be fully involved in the attack.

Just like now.

After passing the football to Siebel again, Zhou Yi ran forward and approached the 30-meter area of Mainz.

In the process of starting forward, the football has already passed three times. When Zhou Yi approached the 30-meter area, the football was passed back to his feet.

Facing the Mainz players who rushed up to break the ball, Zhou Yi turned on the spot, protected the football, and blocked the Mainz players behind him, and then he quickly kicked straight away, and the football was passed into the penalty area!

If it hadn't been for Mainz's centre-back Stefan Bale who had broken the ball first, the ball would have been picked up by Reus, who had already circled behind him, and once Reuss caught the ball, it would have been a one-on-one shot directly from goalkeeper Karius in the box!

"Zhou Yi's wonderful biography! Oops, it's a pity!" Duan Xin exclaimed regretfully.

The Coface Arena also resounded with an exclamation, and the fans in Mainz were choked with fear.

"Zhou Yi's pass...... It's so dangerous! After simply turning around and getting rid of it, he immediately passed the football quickly, and almost created a killing chance! This is Zhou Yi's ability!" Marcel Leif spoke very highly of Zhou Yi. "I don't think this game would have been like this if Jurgen Klopp had started Zhou Yi. Although I don't understand why Zhou Yi was substituted, but now that Zhou Yi is on the field, it is not too late to make amends. Now that Dortmund is one goal behind, what changes can Zhou Yi bring to the team?"

As he spoke, the TV broadcast gave Zhou Yi a close-up, and he did not regret that the attack did not succeed, but gave Royce a thumbs up.