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Chapter 224 A Different Corner Kick
Odongko waited for a long time without hearing the referee's whistle, thinking to himself that he was hit in vain.

Amid the wild boos of the home fans, Friedrich passed the ball to Li Yihuan with a calm kick.

Both Li Yihuan and Dede were chasing the ball, but Li Yihuan was faster. He lifted his foot before Dede, took advantage of the situation and passed Dede, and then dribbled the ball towards Dortmund's backcourt.

At the same time, Nick also started quickly, and with the addition of Illie, Borussia Mönchengladbach had three players in the frontcourt attack.

The speed of the three is also fast, which quickly increased the pressure on Dortmund's defense.

Koller tightly entangled Illie, and Warnes and Stevech joined forces to block Nick, but how could Nick be so easy to watch without the ball?You can't just flip the button on the ground when Nick is off the ball, right?
The most critical point, Li Yihuan, has already rushed to Dortmund's penalty area line, so Warnes had to follow him to defend. Dede was already left behind by Li Yihuan. If he didn't defend, Dortmund would also give Li Yihuan a chance to shoot in vain.

Li Yihuan twisted his buttocks, and tried to get out of the way to shoot. Warnes decisively forced over, blocked Li Yihuan's shooting angle, and at the same time was about to steal the ball.

Li Yihuan didn't get too entangled, he looked at Nick behind him and winked, suddenly stepped on his foot, and with a flick, the ball rolled behind him.

Nick shook off Stevich and rushed up, aiming at the bottom of the ball and volleying fiercely, the heavy gun was fired, and flew straight to Dortmund's goal!

Lehman flew up, this time his attention was very concentrated, and his prediction was very accurate. He stretched out his hand, and the ball was changed direction, but it still flew towards the goal.

Lehman fell to the ground. He could only watch the ball's trajectory. The goalkeeper had tried his best. Nick's shot was too violent. This block only slightly changed the direction of the ball. The rest was just a matter of luck.

However, Lehman was lucky, the ball was still blocked by the goal post, with a bang, the ball hit the left post and bounced back, Koller hurriedly kicked the ball out of the sideline with a big kick.

"Oh, buy it, buy it, it's such a pity that the ball actually hit the goal post! Jens Lehmann did a great job. His pounce was really crucial. Nick's powerful long shot was almost impossible to solve, but today, Jens Lehmann did a good job!" Riddle explained very regretfully. There are not many goalkeepers who can save Nick's long shot.

Nick patted his head regretfully, and secretly praised Lehmann's performance. Historically, Lehmann and Kahn competed for the position of the main goalkeeper of the national team for a long time.

As the game continued, Li Yihuan caught the sideline ball thrown by Hausweiler and suddenly stepped out of the neutral with a lever under his feet.

These two attacks sounded the alarm for Dortmund players. The three players of Borussia Mönchengladbach posed a huge threat to their entire defense line, and even one player would form a chance to shoot.

And Borussia Mönchengladbach has one less player, so naturally the formation will not be too high.

As a result, the two sides began to be dull, mainly focusing on ball possession. The side holding the ball was not eager to deal with the opponent, but tried to fiddle with open opportunities through continuous passing.

However, this made the fans of both sides a little upset. With such a cautious style of play, it was impossible to score goals at all. The fans would not be satisfied with a 2:2 draw.Therefore, fans from both sides began to clamor loudly and cheer for the team.

However, the two sides on the field are still unmoved, and they still play very steadily. Both sides pass and control very fluently, but once the pass is passed to the 30-meter area of ​​the opponent's half, they will be surrounded by the opponent immediately. It seems that neither side can attack the opponent's penalty area.

The game passed 30 minutes very safely and began to enter the final period of the game.

Karl suddenly made a gesture of substitution. The Danish star Romedal came on the stage and replaced Friedrich who had a yellow card. Karl's substitution sent an obvious signal: Borussia Mönchengladbach is going to attack!
Dortmund also started to make substitutions, veteran Bobic replaced Odonko, and Nigerian star Oliseh replaced Jan Koller.

Dortmund coach Van Marwijk is also an old fox. Since Borussia Mönchengladbach wants to strengthen the offensive, Dortmund will replace it with a defensive midfielder to strengthen the defensive strength, and then use Bobic's experience to get a chance to counterattack.

Nick naturally also saw the opponent's intentions. Dortmund's formation is very easy to defend, especially in the midfield. Dortmund has hoarded many players with great long-range shooting ability.

The sap that Oliseh gave Spain in the 98 World Cup is still fresh in Nick's memory, so Nick must pay attention not to easily give the opponent a chance to counterattack, especially pay attention to the opponent's long-range shots, Borussia Mönchengladbach's midfielder must also squeeze the opponent's space.

But Borussia Mönchengladbach still sped up. In the 82nd minute, Nick made a direct long pass to find Romedal. After the Danish star got the ball near the baseline, he broke through Beinrich's defense from the baseline by himself and then shot a strong shot from close to zero angle. Although the ball was blocked by Lehmann, it also scared the Dortmund players into a cold sweat.

In the corner kick tactics, Ortega and Romedal made a tactical corner kick. Ortega ran back and received a pass from Romedal, and suddenly took a curved ball to attack the goal.

In the face of such a fast and direct attack, Dortmund's defense involuntarily shrunk, which gave Borussia Mönchengladbach the opportunity to press the midfielder across the board. Madavikia and Li Yihuan also frequently cut inwards to force a breakthrough with speed. At the last moment of the game, it is also worthwhile to win a free kick in a good position.

The two sides fought hand-to-hand for 90 minutes, and the score was still 2:2. The fourth official raised the sign for 2 minutes of stoppage time. If they want to take the lead, only the last 2 minutes can be used.

However, Dortmund's defense is indeed tenacious. In the last 2 minutes, Madavikia's two long-range shots were saved by Lehmann, and Li Yihuan's inside shot from the left was also blocked by Warnes. Ortega's cold shot at the 91st minute and 30 seconds was also rejected by Lehmann.

Lehmann's performance today was too good. It seemed that the score of 2:2 was inevitable. At this moment, Nick, who had been standing in the middle circle, rushed up. He had been guarding against Dortmund's counterattack.

Nick rushed to the corner and said to Ortega: "Ariel, you go outside the penalty area, and I will take this corner kick!"

"Captain, are you taking the corner kick? Did I hear you right?"

Ortega was stunned. Nick didn't go to grab the point, but came to take the corner kick. What kind of tricks did he play?
"That's right, are you deaf? Why don't you hurry up?" Nick scolded angrily, and Ortega turned around still full of doubts, thinking that it would be better to take the penalty by himself.

The Dortmund penalty area was in chaos. This was the last chance of the game. One side wanted to keep the 2:2 score, while the other side wanted to break the balance. Therefore, both sides were struggling with their opponents in their hearts, squeezing and shoving physically, and even verbally.

The referee rushed into the penalty area 3 times in a row and warned the players on both sides not to make mistakes. The penalty area finally calmed down a lot.

Only then did the referee gesture to Nick to take the corner kick quickly, and then blew his whistle.

Nick put his hands on his hips, glanced at Dortmund's gate, and kicked the ball on the spot without a run-up!
Both the offensive and defensive sides in the penalty area were dumbfounded. The ball was kicked so high, and they still grabbed the ball?
Ortega, who was outside the penalty area, felt a little bit complaining in his heart at the moment, thinking to himself that Nick wasted his chance, and this kick was too amateurish, right?
However, Ortega's eyes were still fixed on the trajectory of the ball. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and his mouth opened wide. This expression made the Borussia Mönchengladbach players who were about to return to the half-time look at the ball in surprise.

Then everyone was stunned, the ball was rapidly falling towards the upper corner of Lehman's left goal, and Nick went straight to the goal!
(End of this chapter)