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Chapter 185

After the game restarted, Nick stepped forward decisively.

Nick's breakthrough with the ball was amazing, and the Cologne players immediately adopted a double-team defense.

This gave Ortega more space to play, and Nick's containment made Ortega more relaxed.

In the 42nd minute, Nick dribbled the ball and attracted three Cologne players to double-team him. He decisively picked the ball to Ortega who was plugging in. Ortega quickly broke into the penalty area with the ball, forming a 3vs2 situation in the penalty area.

Facing the opponent coming up to press, Ortega decisively chose to break through. It must be difficult to defend Ortega one-on-one. Facing Ortega's magic footwork, the Cologne defender made a mistake in his haste and hooked Ortega's supporting leg with his kick. Ortega screamed and fell into the penalty area.

'b'!
A whistle, the referee ran over, pointed to 12 yards, and he gave Borussia Mönchengladbach a penalty.

"Haha, penalty kick, this ball is for nothing."

"If there is no foul, Ariel will definitely be able to score. He is single-handed."

"Penalty kick + red card, this ball must not be tolerated, Ariel is a very favorable chance to score one-handedly!"

Borussia Mönchengladbach fans booed one after another, but the referee still only gave the Cologne defender a yellow card. In his opinion, Borussia Mönchengladbach is likely to take a 3:1 lead. If another Cologne defender is sent off, the game will be impossible to watch. Hasn't Cologne been beaten all over the place by Borussia Mönchengladbach?
The penalty kick was taken by captain Nick himself. Standing in front of the ball, Nick looked relaxed. He even smiled at Cologne's Japanese goalkeeper Nobu Kawaguchi: "Hey, brother, be careful, don't break your hands!"

Nick had good intentions, but Kawaguchi said: "Boy, don't be crazy, I will definitely save the penalty."

When the whistle sounded, Nick didn't have a run-up at all, and kicked the ball hard on the spot.

The camera was frozen at the moment when the ball hit the net, but Nouho Kawaguchi became a bright background - when the ball crossed the goal line, Nouho Kawaguchi had just reacted!
3:1, Nick scored a penalty kick, and the gap between the two sides widened to 2 goals again.

There was nothing to celebrate about the penalty kick. Nick just waved his arm lightly, and then returned to the half court. His teammates came to congratulate Nick one after another.

The game restarted soon, and the Cologne team had no way out. In the derby, the only way to satisfy the fans and respect the opponent was to fight to the death. Otherwise, the future derby would be impossible.

The two Chinese teenagers became the hardest-working people of the Cologne team, but their physical condition did not take advantage of it. Under the strong pressing of Borussia Mönchengladbach, the two did not achieve much. Before the end of the first half, Mönchengladbach received a header from Trezeguet's cross from Malouda, which almost expanded the analogy.

The halftime ratio is 3:1, with the home team leading by 2 goals.

During the intermission, the protagonists were replaced by the fans in the stands. Borussia Mönchengladbach fans were obviously in the state of excitement of the leaders, while the Cologne fans were a little sluggish. Those glorious histories are in the past, and now they can’t quench their thirst. The leading party has the right to speak.

In the two locker rooms, Borussia Mönchengladbach was talking and laughing, but Karl didn't say much. Cologne's offense was single, and the key was that their midfielder was not good enough. The threat to Borussia Mönchengladbach was really limited.

Butters was the only thing Carl was worried about. After exhorting Butters, Carl stopped talking.

In the locker room of the Cologne team, Cologne coach Elvador Rennes said: "Our performance in the first half was no worse than Borussia Mönchengladbach's. It's a pity that the opponent seized the opportunity, but the opponent's goalkeeper was a bit interesting. In the second half, we played long passes. Shang, you have to pay attention to grab points. Everyone pay more attention to supplementary shots. The opponent's goalkeeper will definitely make mistakes."

The Cologne players nodded repeatedly. The coach's words were very reasonable. If he wanted to get back the score, he could only hope that the opponent's goalkeeper made a mistake.

After 15 minutes, players from both sides returned to the field.

Just 2 minutes into the second half, Butters made the Borussia Mönchengladbach fans in the stands exclaim again. He actually kicked empty when he received a return pass from Metzelder!
Fortunately, Butters had a quick reaction. He quickly ran back, and when the ball was about to roll into the goal line, he fell to the ground and pulled the ball out of the baseline, giving Cologne a corner kick.

Nick was furious, and rushed to Butters, yelling, "Fabian, what the hell are you doing?"

Butters himself didn't know what was wrong with him, he was a little dazed.Is it because of that little German chick during this time?
"Can you still fight? If you can't fight, get out with me!" Nick cursed unceremoniously.

Butters was a little aggrieved, thinking that I, a dignified French national, was trained like a grandson by you, a brat, really aggrieved.

But thinking about Nick being the banner of this Borussia Mönchengladbach team, his prestige in Borussia Mönchengladbach is unique, and he, a rookie who has only been in the team for two months, can't resist, so he said quickly: "Captain, don't worry, I won't give them another chance."

Nick still had a cold face, and said: "I hope so, we are a championship team, and we don't need weak and incompetent people."

Nick's words made Butters break out in a cold sweat, and Butters immediately paid [-] points of attention, preparing to deal with the corner kick from Cologne.

Cologne took a corner kick, and Shang Yi's corner kick was well placed. The tall central defender Maury overpowered Metzelder's header and the ball flew towards the dead corner.

But just as the ball was about to hit the net, Butters flew up and lifted the ball out of the baseline with one palm.

"Damn, this bald head is a crazy knife. This ball can be thrown, but it will make some low-level mistakes." Nick secretly complained.

Butters yelled, "Aww!"

The ball is thrown hard enough that Butters feels like he's back in shape again.

Then the Cologne team took another corner kick, which was picked up by Butters in the air. Butters flicked his big hand and was ready to launch a hand throw counterattack.

But he was so excited that when he slipped his hand, the ball fell directly to Zhao Junzhe's feet.

Zhao Junzhe was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, he raised his foot and shot, the ball flew into the empty goal, 2:3, the Cologne team narrowed the score gap in this way.

"Hahahaha, stupid & forceful goalkeeper, what level is this, and is he worthy of participating in the Bundesliga?"

"Oh, oh, big bald head, keep up the good work!"

"Shuangshuangshuangshuang, at this level, I am also drunk."

The Cologne fans laughed wildly, obviously very excited for Butters to send such a big gift.

The Borussia Mönchengladbach fans were dumbfounded, is this still at the level of the French national team?This kind of error has not been seen at Paul Cabage in many years.

Nick looked at Butters who was in a daze, and thought that Butters must have a problem. Successive successes in the World Cup and European Championships have made Butters very arrogant, but if you don't advance on the football field, you will fall back. No matter how high your level is, if you don't continue to persist, you will definitely fall back.

Karl frowned first, then pointed to Ilgner, signaling him to get up and get ready to play.Irgner jumped up happily, it was so strange that this opportunity came, although he would not actively hope that Butters would make a mistake, but the opportunity was indeed obtained because Butters made a mistake.

Borussia Mönchengladbach made a substitution, Butters came off in a daze, and Ilgner ran up and jumped back and forth in front of the goal. The former German goalkeeper secretly vowed in his heart: he must firmly control the main position in his own hands!
(End of this chapter)