Chapter 50: Performing a Miracle and Winning the Championship

After Lin Quan went off the field, De Bruyne stood at the penalty spot.

Originally, the first penalty taker in the team was captain Fritz, but Fritz knew that De Bruyne had a good relationship with Lin Quan, so he took the initiative to give this goal to De Bruyne.

If it were normal times, De Bruyne would probably have resigned.

But today, he did not refuse.

Such a friendly opportunity that is not easy to create, he must not waste!

This goal was not scored for himself, but for Lin Quan, who retired from the field injured.

Standing at the penalty spot, De Bruyne took a deep breath.

After observing the goalkeeper's position, he began to run.

He opted to hit the far corner and the goalkeeper guessed the right direction, but unfortunately the save was a little slower and he couldn't save the ball.

De Bruyne made it 3:3 in one fell swoop!

In the 59th minute of the regular season, Werder Bremen equalized.

With one minute left in the game, including injury time, it adds up to less than five minutes.

If both teams can't change the scoreline, then they will play a penalty shootout!

Neither team seemed to be able to accept the result of the draw, so after the resumption of the match, both sides launched an attack.

Borussia Dortmund's players ran the whole game, and many of them were at a physical bottleneck, gritting their teeth and sticking to the game.

However, because one person was punished, the number of their attackers decreased, and it was difficult to score in positional battles.

Werder Bremen's situation was not much better, playing two days in a row, the team had been tired and poorly rested, and their fitness was not as good as that of the opposition.

As a result, both teams' offenses lacked a fire.

The 60 minutes of regular time came to an end quickly, as the game was still in suspense as the winner was scoreless.

So the referee gave 2 minutes of stoppage time, which is relatively short.

For both teams, it may only be enough for them to launch one attack each.

In the first minute of extra time, Dortmund hit the edge of the box for Werder Bremen.

Reuss was going to break through and hit the ball himself with the ball when he saw Lewandowski asking for the ball in the box.

So he chose to trust his teammates and immediately passed the ball over.

The intention of the pass was seen by Werder Bremen's defenders, and substitute centre-back Papastathopoulos anticipated it and stabbed the ball past Lewandowski before he could catch it.

Selassie received the ball and immediately passed it to winger Elia, who picked up the ball on the flank and sprinted towards Borussia Dortmund's half.

As he dribbled the ball past half, the referee looked at his watch and there were only a few dozen seconds left, which could be the last attack of the game.

Elia also knew that time was pressing, so she didn't dare to stop at all, and rushed forward along the side road.

The opposition defended on the flanks and had plenty of space and time to push the attack near the opponent's touchline.

When the time comes, when his teammates rush into the penalty area, he comes with a cross, and it depends on whether he succeeds or not.

Like Lin Quan, Elia was also a little out of energy at this time, and was already a little out of breath when she ran near the sideline of the opponent's backfield.

And Borussia Dortmund's full-back Colci had already rushed up and was ready to intercept him.

So he didn't have time to dribble the ball down the baseline, so he could only sweep and pass the ball to the middle.

At the edge of his vision, he seemed to see a teammate in a green jersey rushing up.

Although he is not sure whether this ball can be passed to the opponent's hands, at this time, he can only choose to believe his teammates!

De Bruyne was running desperately, and his physical strength was close to the limit, and he could feel his legs as if they were filled with lead, and every step of the run was extremely difficult.

However, he didn't want to pass up this chance to attack.

Seeing that the opponent's goal was in sight, he gritted his teeth again and rushed forward with all his might, grabbing the pass from his teammate before the defender.

Dortmund's defenders rushed up immediately, learning from the previous foul on Hurmes in the box.

Without waiting for De Bruyne to dribble into the box, he was one step ahead and fouled outside the box to stop his advance.

It was a tactical foul, and the referee did not hesitate to give a yellow card, hesitated, and awarded Werder Bremen a free-kick in front.

He seemed to be going to blow the final whistle directly, but seeing that Werder Bremen's No. 6 had already gotten up from the ground and came to the foul site with the football in his arms, he softened his heart and gave the opponent a chance to take a free kick, which can be regarded as a reward for his fighting spirit of not giving up!

"Do you want me to make free throws?"

Fritz approached De Bruyne and asked.

He could see that De Bruyne didn't have much stamina left.

In this case, it will be difficult to take a free kick at his original level.

"No need, thank you Captain, I'll do it myself!"

De Bruyne rejected the captain's kindness, knowing that this was the team's last attack, so he was not in a hurry to take the penalty.

It wasn't until the opponent lined up and the referee stepped back and blew the whistle to signal that he could take a free throw, and then he began to slowly retreat.

As he retreated, he closed his eyes and pondered how he was going to take the shot.

Suddenly, he thought of the theoretical knowledge that Lin Quan had told him when he practiced elevator ball before.

At the time, I thought it was difficult to understand and do, but now, on the field, that knowledge seems to come to life, and it doesn't seem so difficult to understand.

As a result, De Bruyne made the decision that he was going to play the most difficult elevator ball.

On the bench, Lin Quan, who got off the stretcher and was being massaged by the team doctor with an ice pack, sighed in his heart after seeing De Bruyne's retreat:

Is this guy going to kick elevator ball?

I have no physical strength, can I still kick an elevator ball with a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour at this time?

Lin Quan expressed doubts in his heart, De Bruyne's choice seems to be a bit reckless!

He wasn't a person of that kind before......

Is it because of me?

Belch......

Is this guy trying to avenge me?

The idea is good, but this goal is 80% impossible to score...... me (copy a frightened face here in the backstage of the starting point when it is released)!!!

Lin Quangang wanted to say that De Bruyne couldn't score this goal, but the latter kicked a very high-quality elevator ball.

The ball flew over the wall and into the air.

Borussia Dortmund's goalkeeper Longerake judged that the ball would land high above the goal, so he did not make a jump save, and he did not feel that the ball would pose a threat to the goal.

However, when the ball was about to fly over the crossbar and fly into the stands, it suddenly began to fall, and it fell into the goal strangely against the lower edge of the goal frame.

Dortmund's goalkeepers are stupid!

Hell with this ball!

Can you score this goal?

Not only him, but all 22 players on both sides of the pitch, including Kevin De Bruyne, were stunned when they saw the result.

The difference is that the Dortmund players reacted and hung their heads one by one, as if they could not accept this cruel result.

They fought hard for the whole game, but in the end, they watched their opponents win the championship on their doorstep and snatch the championship trophy!

And the players of Werder Bremen, after recovering from the shock, rushed towards De Bruyne one by one in a frenzy.

Lin Quan also jumped up from the bench, didn't even need ice packs, and rushed to the field with the other substitutes.

The referee didn't want to give stoppage time any longer, and the two-minute stoppage time had already arrived, so he blew the whistle for the end of the game after the restart.

The winner of the 2012 Telecom Cup was the Parrot Army – Werder Bremen!