Champion’s Heart

Wolfart ran to the door of Bayern Munich in one breath and found Neuer, who was leaning against the goalpost with his hands on his junior.

What's going on? he asked.

It seems to be a muscle strain on his back... Neuer replied.

Wolfat's brows suddenly wrinkled.

He examined Neuer and basically confirmed that it was indeed a muscle strain.

Then he took out a spray bottle, asked Neuer to lift up his jersey, and sprayed the injured area.

While he was doing this, Neuer asked: Doctor, can I still continue to play?

What do you think? Wolfart asked.

I want to keep playing, Neuer said.

I don't advise you to do this.

But this game is very important for us... Neuer was anxious.

Of course, that's why I don't recommend you do this. Do you think you can still play any role by staying on the court? In your current situation, you can't even raise your right hand. How are you going to save the ball?

Neuer was silent after hearing this.

Of course he knows that if his body cannot return to normal, then his continued presence on the court will not help the team at all, but will become a burden.

But he was very unwilling to be replaced early in such an important game and could only sit on the sidelines.

The score is now 1:2, Bayern Munich falls behind.

If, he means that if by chance, Bayern Munich eventually loses the game, he will definitely be very upset about his injury.

But who can be blamed for this injury?

In order to save the ball, he had tried his best and strained his back muscles, but even so, after paying such a price, he still failed to save the ball.

What a failed save...

Noelle fell silent.

Wolfat turned around and made a substitution gesture to the audience.

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After Dortmund's players ended their celebrations, they discovered what was happening in front of Bayern Munich's goal.

They figured it out after just one look.

Neuer is injured!

Huh? How was he injured?

There was no physical collision...

Everyone was surprised, and some were secretly delighted. Because Neuer has always been Bayern Munich's patron saint, if he is injured, it will definitely have an impact on the next game.

This impact is certainly good news for Dortmund.

Then they saw Wolfat's special gesture.

Substitute?!

Noelle can't hold on anymore?!

What injury? Is it that serious?

The Dortmund players walking back looked at each other.

Even Zhou Yi was surprised. When he took the overhead shot just now, he didn't see what happened to Neuer at all. When he celebrated the goal later, he didn't pay attention to Neuer's situation at all.

Now he suddenly saw that Neuer was injured, and he immediately thought that he was quite far away from him when he shot. How did he get injured?

After Grosskreutz saw Wolfart make a substitution gesture for the first time, he excitedly slapped his thigh hard, and then shouted loudly, scaring everyone around him. Jump: I'll just say it! I'll just say it!

A group of people were so frightened that they looked at him in a daze.

Grosskreutz was still very excited. He explained to them: I just said Zhou Yi was going to cast a spell! Am I right? Not only did he score a goal, but he also allowed Neuer to score a goal without any physical contact at all. Injured! How else can we explain this if it’s not witchcraft?!”

After everyone heard what Grosskreutz said and looked at the current situation on the field, they really felt that what Grosskreutz said made some sense.

If this were a coincidence, it would be too much of a coincidence.

Zhou Yi not only scored a goal, but also killed the opponent's main goalkeeper!

Double kill!

If you think about Zhou Yi's various unexpected actions in training and competition, you can't help but feel that Zhou Yi has many secrets...

They were all thankful in their hearts that they had not offended Zhou Yi in normal times. Otherwise, if he cast a spell on them, wouldn't they be doomed?

Grosskreutz was still in a state of extreme excitement. He simply stood up from his seat, rushed to the sidelines, waved his arms and shouted to the Bayern Munich bench: KO! KO! KO!!

He was retaliating for what Thomas Müller said in the tunnel.

At that time, Muller praised Gotze for KOing Grosskreutz and humiliating him.

But now, it was Neuer who was KOed by Zhou Yi, and compared with the former, Zhou Yi was closer to the meaning of KO. The importance of players who were knocked off the field at the same time is not the same.

Although Grosskreutz is a staunch Dortmund fan and is very unhappy with Bayern Munich player Neuer, who was born in Schalke 04, he also admitted that in terms of importance to their respective teams, he is certainly not as important as him. Neuer's.

Therefore, Zhou Yi's ability to KO Neuer is certainly much better than Gotze's KO of himself.

Even though he shouted so much, in such a noisy environment, others couldn't hear anything, and it might even be misunderstood by others as celebrating Dortmund's goal.

For example, Duan Xin teased Grosskreutz half-jokingly: I'm just coming out to celebrate now. Is Grosskreutz's reflex arc too long?

But there are always people who can understand his movements.

For example, Muller, who was sitting on the bench, noticed Grosskreutz's action.

Although you can't hear it, as long as you're not stupid, you can guess with your knees what he means...

Although Mueller was unhappy about this, he had nothing to do.

He can't just go to Dortmund's bench and have a fight with Grosskreutz, right?

So he could only silently endure Grosskreutz's humiliation and ridicule.

Of course, his personal honor and disgrace are actually not important at all. Now facing all Bayern Munich players is a huge dilemma and problem - the main goalkeeper Neuer is gone, what should we do?

We just lost the ball and fell behind again. The main goalkeeper came off due to injury. The second half has just begun. How will we play in the next game?

Many Bayern Munich players frowned.

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On the sidelines, Bayern Munich's backup goalkeeper Lucas Reid is taking every moment to warm up.

In fact, there was not much time left for him. Because the goalkeeper was injured, the game could not continue. He had to wait for the goalkeeper to be in place before he could recover. It's impossible for both players to stand on the court and wait for him to warm up for five minutes before continuing, right?

Generally speaking, the goalkeepers in the substitute lineup have the lowest chance of playing, so many substitute goalkeepers will not always be ready to play. They basically just sit on the bench to watch the show, and other players will still be coached from time to time. Called to warm up and maintain body temperature, which is basically not what the substitute goalkeeper will do.

When the head coach arranges the substitute list, players in other positions will consider tactical changes. Only the goalkeeper position does not need to be considered. As long as there is such a person, it is not important at all as to the strength of the goalkeeper.

Especially those wealthy clubs with a strong main goalkeeper, such as Casillas of Real Madrid in previous years, Buffon of Juventus, and Bayern Munich's current main goalkeeper Neuer. The backup goalkeepers of these clubs are very miserable, and basically few of them can play in the game. Occasionally, they are in very unimportant games. It is more like a reward for the substitute goalkeeper to sit on the bench without causing trouble in the club's locker room...

Lucas Redd is such a tragic character.

After transferring to Bayern Munich from the Schalke 04U19 youth team in 2012, Reid was the team's fourth goalkeeper at the time, ranking behind Neuer, Stark and Reed Muller.

Last summer, after Reed Muller's contract with Bayern Munich expired and he did not get a new contract, he left Bayern Munich and joined the newly promoted German Bundesliga team Herstein Kiel on a free transfer. This makes Lucas Reid the third overall goalkeeper.

Although he moved up one spot in the pecking order, this is simply meaningless at Bayern Munich.

Neuer's condition is very stable and he has few injuries. Even the second goalkeeper Stark has little chance to play, let alone the third goalkeeper Lucas Reid. You must know that his former third goalkeeper Reed Muller never participated in an official game for the first team until he left Bayern Munich...

Originally, Reid couldn't even make the substitute list. He mostly played in Bayern Munich's second team.

And for such an important game, he was not qualified to be on the roster at all.

But just before that, Bayern Munich's second goalkeeper Stark tore the muscle in his right elbow joint in the last training session against Augsburg in the previous round and was reimbursed for the season. So in the last game against Augsburg, Reid entered the squad.

And in this game, he was naturally able to enter the squad.

Although he has been included in the squad, no one thinks he will have a chance to play.

Who would have thought that fate would play a huge joke on him, Neuer, and the entire Bayern Munich team.

When Neuer saved Zhou Yi's overhead kick, he strained his back muscles and was unable to continue the game, so he had to be substituted.

And Reid will also get his first opportunity to represent the first team in an official game after joining Bayern Munich!

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