Chapter 248: Last-Minute Madness

Borussia Dortmund pulled a point back from the penalty spot in the 76th minute and the score is now 2-1, with Paris Saint-Germain still leading at home.

But the situation is completely different from before.

Although PSG were the one side ahead, the score was not satisfactory to them, and they not only led by one goal, but also gave them an away goal.

The scoreline was perfectly acceptable for Borussia Dortmund, who only needed a 1-0 to knock them out when they returned home.

Paris Saint-Germain, on the other hand, is completely unacceptable. Let's not talk about the psychological gap between 2:0 and 2:1, let's just say that the score itself is very dangerous.

In the case where the opponent has already scored an away goal, try to eliminate the impact of this goal, they must score again to reopen the difference.

And at this time, there is not much time left for them.

Just one goal turned the mentality of both teams upside down. Paris Saint-Germain, who was originally restless and could play as much as he wanted, suddenly became nervous, and Dortmund, who was already embarrassed, was much more relaxed than before because of a goal, even if they were still behind.

Faced with such a situation, both managers were quick to make adjustments.

Klopp naturally asked the team to recycle the defense and wait for an opportunity to play Paris Saint-Germain's counterattack. He is well aware that Paris Saint-Germain will never accept this result, and they will make full use of the home advantage to launch a fierce attack on the Dortmund goal in the last ten minutes of the game.

At this point, Dortmund just need to shrink their defence and wait for their counter-attack, and it would be best if they could steal a goal to equalise. But if it doesn't work, as long as you can constantly harass the opponent's defense, so that they don't dare to press the attack with all their might.

In the coach's box next door, Blanco did make such an adjustment, he kept waving his hands on the sidelines to let the players press up and strengthen the attack. He was not willing to get a result that was only one goal ahead when he had the advantage.

In the next game, Paris Saint-Germain pressed the attack on all fronts, and in the face of such a ferocious offensive of Paris Saint-Germain, Dortmund had to temporarily avoid the limelight, defend on all fronts, and don't care about counterattacking anything first.

In the 78th minute, Lucas played the ball diagonally past two Dortmund players after starting on the right flank, but unfortunately Cavani, who received the ball in the middle, was a little sluggish, resulting in the ball being cleared cleanly by Hummels.

In the 80th minute, this time it was He Ying who broke through on the left side and cut inside, and after attracting two defenders from Dortmund, he used the outside of his right foot to pass the ball to Cavani in the middle. Cavani received the ball, shook off the angle, and then curled a curling ball with his right foot, and the ball went straight to the back of goal.

Goalkeeper Weidenfeller made a save, but it didn't touch the football. Although Cavani's shot successfully bypassed Weidenfeller's ten fingers, it was unable to turn back because the arc was too big, and it also bypassed the post and flew out of the bottom line.

"Cavani! "Paris Saint-Germain's attack is too fierce, Dortmund doesn't know if they can withstand it......"

Paris Saint-Germain coach Blanco on the sidelines was naturally very concerned, and he jumped up excitedly when he saw Cavani shooting, but in the end the football flew out of the bottom line, and he turned around and kicked it to vent his emotions.

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Paris Saint-Germain were desperate to get a goal forward at the end of the game, while Borussia Dortmund were desperate to keep the opposition at bay and want the game to pass a little faster.

The two sides fought very hard, and the smell of gunpowder gradually became stronger.

There were more and more physical duels in the game, and there were more and more cases of falling to the ground – most of course, it was Dortmund players who fell to the ground. Every time they fell to the ground, boos rang out from the stands. How could PSG fans not know what the Borussia Dortmund players were looking for?

Of course, it's delaying time!

In the 84th minute, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang managed to intercept Verratti's foot in midfield, but he was in turn hooked up by Verratti.

Aubameyang, who fell to the ground, looked in pain, clutching his ankles and reluctant to get up.

Verratti, however, thought he was deliberately delaying the game and trying to force Aubameyang up.

As a result, the two sides clashed.

The players on both sides immediately surrounded them, and the stands booed so loudly that even the referee's hurried whistle was muffled.

However, at this time, it was the Paris Saint-Germain players themselves who came up to persuade - they also knew that Dortmund wanted to take the opportunity to make things bigger and delay a little longer......

In order to prevent Dortmund's plot from succeeding, the Paris Saint-Germain players took the initiative to maintain order and dragged away the emotional Verratti.

Because of their outstanding performance, Dortmund's attempt to take this opportunity to stall for time did not succeed.

The referee called Verratti and Aubameyang to the side alone, and then each of them played a yellow card, each with 50 boards.

Immediately afterwards, Blanco replaced Verratti, who was a little out of control and had little energy left, with Cabaye.

In the 86th minute, after a series of combinations on the right side, Paris Saint-Germain passed the football into the penalty area by right-back Yalai and gave it to Lucas Jr. on the edge of the penalty area. Lucas Jr. crosses and the ball is blocked by Sven Bender with his body on the touchline.

PSG then went on to lay siege to Borussia Dortmund's goal, and in the 89th minute, Edinson Cavani delivered a dangerous header that had it not been for Weidenfeller's courage to jump up and drag the ball off the crossbar as he retreated......

PSG had a chance to take a corner, and after the corner was taken, Motta suddenly cut in and jumped high to head the ball back.

It's just that after he put it out, no one behind him touched the football, and the ball also grazed the far post and flew out of the bottom line......

At this time, the fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines for five minutes of stoppage time.

The time lost in the clash just now was added by the referee team.

Those five minutes are the last five minutes for PSG, and if Dortmund can withstand PSG's bombardment, they can return to their home stadium with a relatively good result before facing PSG with more tactics and mentality in the middle of next week.

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In the last period, Dortmund did not try to counterattack, but their counter-attack was simply unable to threaten the Paris Saint-Germain goal due to the fact that they could invest too few troops, coupled with the rapid decline in physical fitness after playing a game.

Paris Saint-Germain was almost kicking around Dortmund's 30-metre zone.

However, Dortmund's defense was quite solid, and Paris Saint-Germain's fierce attack was not able to blast away the goal guarded by Weidenfeller.

This is the only thing that can make Dortmund fans happy.

Now they just need to hold on for the last few minutes......

In the 93rd minute of stoppage time, Paris Saint-Germain, who were besieging Borussia Dortmund, won a throw-in just outside the edge of the penalty area.

Right-back Yalai comes up to throw the throw-in.

He Ying, who was originally in the forbidden area, looked left and right, and found that there were people in the forbidden area, and he didn't have much chance inside, so he might as well simply pull outside.

So he ran straight to Jalai.

Yalai was holding the football, observing, mentally planning how to throw the throw-in. There is not much time left in the game, every opportunity is precious, and you have to make good use of it, not just perfunctory.

It just looks like Dortmund are very tight defensively and don't have any good chances. If he throws the football directly into the penalty area, it is full of people, and there may not be a guarantee that his side will be able to score. The most important thing is that if possession is transferred to Dortmund's side, with the degree of their "shamelessness", the devil knows how to delay time......

Just when Yalai was a little undecided, he saw He Ying run out, and at the same time made a gesture to him to throw it to himself.

No, he ran out, but he also pulled out a Dortmund player.

So at this time, it stands to reason that the football should be thrown into the penalty area in turn, after all, the defensive force there is a little weaker because of He Ying's involvement.

But Yalai thought about it again, and He Ying was in good shape throughout the game today.

If you give him the ball, maybe he can really create some chances......

Thinking of this, Yalai took a few steps back, this is to sprint and run, and then throw the football into the penalty area vigorously, everyone naturally thought that he was going to do this.

But after running to the sideline, he shook it, and then threw the football directly to He Ying, who pulled it out to answer.

He Ying stretched out his foot and stopped the football firmly at his feet.

The stop was very good, but he was also stuck by the Dortmund player Sven Bender, who came out, and it was not easy to turn around.

In this case, he should pass the ball back to Yalai, who is on the touchline.

But instead of that, Ho Ying continued to control the football and wrestle with Sven Bender.

At this time, Yan Min, who was next to him, immediately rushed up and wanted to take the opportunity to break the ball.

Just as he was about to touch the football, He Ying stretched out his foot and hooked the football back with his right foot, and at the same time turned around and took it towards the bottom line with Sven Bender!

Compared to He Ying, Sven Bender's turning speed is much slower.

At this time, Yan Min skipped behind Sven Bend, chased to the bottom line, and then shoveled towards the football!

He is already very far from the bottom line, and he is confident that his kick will either shovel the football and shovel the football out of the bottom line, and it will be a big deal to give Paris Saint-Germain a corner. Either it is to force He Ying to take football out of the bottom line by himself......

But what he didn't expect was that He Ying grabbed ahead of him and gently stabbed the football into the penalty area, and the football rolled over the bottom line, and he didn't touch anything!

He Ying jumped up next, crossed Yan Min, who was already lying on the ground, and got the ball again!