Chapter 358: Chapter 81: World-Class Goal! Diving Header! The Difference Between a Genius and an Ordinary Person! This Is Our Dortmund’s Football

"But we have each other!"

"Every one of us is willing to run for each other, sacrifice for each other, and fight for each other!"

"Our team anthem is ’You’ll Never Walk Alone’!"

"It is the totem of our Dortmund, a beacon lighting the way for all of us to press forward, and forward!"

By the end, Klopp had completely lost control, his voice turning into a roar.

"Now, Dortmund and I need you to walk out of here and win this final half!"

"Believe me, warriors of Dortmund, if we take down Bayern, then no team in the Bundesliga this season will be able to stop us from climbing onto the champion’s podium!"

"I guarantee you, come May, we will absolutely bring the championship shield back to Dortmund!"

"And I will lead you from Westfalen Stadium to Borsigplatz, to celebrate our victory with all the fans in the city!"

The players could no longer hold back.

One by one, they all shot out of their seats, pumped up as if they were on adrenaline, roaring and shouting along with Klopp.

These were the warriors Klopp had trained!

Their eyes were resolute, filled with the fire of battle and a burning desire for the championship!

Wang Shuo also felt as if his entire body had been set on fire.

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Van Gaal made another substitution during halftime.

And once again, he subbed Olic in for Mario Gomez.

The Bayern fans at Allianz Arena were baffled by the substitution.

No one knew what on earth the famed Dutch coach was thinking.

Dortmund didn’t give them enough time to ponder the question.

Because, as soon as the second half started, the Bumblebees, just like at the start of the first half, immediately put the pressure on Bayern.

The relentless running and coverage, the frenzied pressing and pressure, left the 69,000 Bayern fans in the stadium in disbelief.

’Aren’t they already ahead 3-0?’

’Why is every single one of them still playing so desperately?’

’Or did Klopp give them some kind of drug during halftime?’

No one knew the answer.

But Bayern wasn’t about to just accept defeat on their home turf.

So, they too launched a frenzied counter-attack, trying everything they could to create opportunities and break through Dortmund’s defense.

Both teams played with incredible ferocity.

The players on both sides were like warriors on a battlefield, clashing back and forth relentlessly.

Even when they were knocked off their feet, they immediately got back up and charged forward again.

In the 50th minute, Ribery was fouled by Owomoyela as he tried to break through with the ball.

Dortmund’s right-back received the second yellow card of the match.

But just four minutes later, Wang Shuo dropped back to the center circle to receive the ball, turned, broke through, and passed it off to Kuba on the right wing.

As Kuba dribbled down the right sideline on a breakthrough, he was fouled by a back-tracking Badstuber.

The Bayern left-back also received a yellow card.

The two teams went at it, tit for tat, neither willing to back down.

Here, it was Ribery cutting in from the left side of the box and letting fly with a powerful shot.

And then it was Wang Shuo sending a diagonal through ball, with Grosskreutz taking a shot from inside the box that was parried behind by Butt for a corner.

The ensuing corner kick also created a dangerous situation in front of Bayern’s goal.

Neither side was holding anything back.

No more substitutions were made either.

But time was clearly not on Bayern’s side.

Down by three goals, Bayern started to get desperate.

Their two full-backs began to push forward aggressively, to the point where they stopped tracking back to defend.

Thomas Müller and Olic were even both pushing up to the very front line.

Bayern wanted to score as soon as possible, to maybe even level the score.

The Bayern fans in the stands were also growing restless.

Especially after the 60-minute mark.

As the Dortmund players’ stamina began to wane, Bayern gradually gained control of possession and started to press high up the pitch.

At that moment, a question suddenly popped into Wang Shuo’s mind.

’Right now, does Van Gaal regret subbing off Gomez?’

No one knew.

Perhaps he did, perhaps he didn’t.

Just as he stubbornly refused to make any more substitutions.

Klose was clearly sitting right there on the bench, but Van Gaal still made no changes.

Perhaps, for Van Gaal, making a substitution would be tantamount to admitting his mistake.

Or perhaps, he had his own ideas.

But regardless, as Bayern began to mount an attack in the 68th minute, Santana suddenly charged out of the penalty area. He made a sliding tackle on a cutting Robben, winning the ball and sending it to Shahin.

Shahin controlled the ball, carried it forward, and glanced upfield.

At almost the exact same moment, Wang Shuo immediately turned and sprinted forward, raising his hand to call for the ball.

Shahin, understanding implicitly, sent a long through ball.

Bayern’s defensive line was pushed up way too far.

This gave Wang Shuo’s speed an enormous amount of space to exploit in that instant.

In a flash, he blew past Van Bitten, with only Demichelis barely able to keep up.

But Wang Shuo was steadily pulling past Demichelis.

Finally, he left everyone in his dust, charging into Bayern’s 30-meter zone.

As Shahin’s pass came down, Wang Shuo had already judged its trajectory perfectly, using his foot to bring the ball down from mid-air and direct it straight in front of him.

His Intercontinental Level [Ball Sense] made this touch effortless, and he barely even lost any speed.

The moment he controlled it, he was off again in pursuit.

Butt once again abandoned his goal and charged out.

This time, the two of them met near the penalty spot.