Football: The national football team was expelled and rewarded with a long-range goal card Chapter 023

The second half officially began, and fans immediately noticed a change in Dortmund’s lineup.

Huang Jianxiang and Xu Yang, who were broadcasting live, instantly perked up!

Huang Jianxiang excitedly announced to the audience, “Dortmund has made a substitution in midfield! The 17-year-old prodigy, Ye Chen, is now on the field for Dortmund!”

“This appearance makes him the fourth Chinese player to officially debut in the Bundesliga, and also the first Chinese player to play for Dortmund!”

“He is also the youngest Chinese player to play in Europe’s top five leagues!”

“At 17 years and 5 days old, Ye Chen also becomes Dortmund’s second youngest player to ever appear in a match. Dortmund’s youngest appearance record was set by Sahin in 2005, at 16 years, 11 months, and 1 day!”

These were all facts he had collected. If Ye Chen could score on his debut, he would become the youngest player to score on his Bundesliga debut.

But that was something Huang Jianxiang didn’t even dare to dream of.

After all, just getting on the field was already a huge achievement! No need to get carried away with wild fantasies!

Scoring on debut?

This was the Bundesliga, after all!

Forget the Bundesliga, even in the Chinese Super League, scoring on your debut was incredibly difficult!

“Ye Chen has just stepped onto the Bundesliga stage, and he has already created his own history!”

“What kind of performance will he deliver next? Let’s wait and see!”

Mainz’s coach, Grasser, was surprised that Klopp actually put a 17-year-old on the field. This wasn’t garbage time, after all!

Could this young player really be that strong?

Grasser was very familiar with Klopp’s coaching style; after all, Klopp was someone he looked up to.

And Klopp’s current success mainly stemmed from his desire for victory!

This was also what Grasser had always pursued!

They already had the advantage in this match, and they had to turn that advantage into a win!

He wanted to prove to all the fans that he was no worse than Klopp!

After a brief thought, Grasser immediately called over the center-back Fathi. “Pay close attention to that kid’s movement. Don’t give him a chance to shoot! Tell Risse to mark him tightly!”

“Got it, boss!” Fathi said with a smile, “Don’t worry, boss, he’s just a 17-year-old kid.”

Hearing Fathi’s words, Grasser also let out a sigh of relief. Was he being overly nervous?

Was he panicking a bit because it was Klopp on the other side?

But better safe than sorry!

Coach Grasser had also done a small investigation into Ye Chen. From his online goal highlights, it was clear that Ye Chen was a clear-headed player with a powerful long shot.

To deal with such a player, defenders just needed to stick close and not give him a chance to shoot!

He was still easy to deal with.

…

The game restarted, and Ye Chen passed the ball to Kagawa Shinji before running forward.

Kagawa Shinji dribbled the ball back, controlling the tempo first.

The tactics for the second half were a bit different from the first.

Since the central penetration didn’t work in the first half, they planned to attack strongly down the left flank in the second half.

Perisic and Kagawa were both fast and skillful players, while Mainz’s right flank was relatively weak.

The ball was passed a few times and landed at Perisic’s feet, who immediately broke through to the byline!

The opposing full-back, Bungert, went to meet him, blocking Perisic’s path. Perisic stopped sharply, changing from going down the line to cutting inside.

A feint easily got him past Bungert.

Center-back Pospich could only go to cover.

And Ye Chen, just outside the penalty area, immediately went to support.

Just as Ye Chen moved forward to support, Perisic glanced at Pospich and passed the ball to Ye Chen.

Then he decisively made a run forward.

He was gambling.

Gambling that Ye Chen had high football IQ!

After all, such opportunities were often fleeting.

Perisic was a winger who loved to make runs into the box!

However, just as the ball was passed to Ye Chen, Mainz’s other center-back, Fathi, rushed out from the penalty area, trying to block Ye Chen’s shooting angle and prevent him from getting a shot off.

And Fathi had already decided that he wouldn’t just win the ball, he’d take down the man too!

He had to teach young players like Ye Chen a “lesson,” to show him that this was the Bundesliga, not an U 18 youth team match!

Facing the aggressive, fierce-looking Fathi, Ye Chen remained extremely calm. He poked the ball back before Fathi could reach it, and at the same time, he shifted his body past Fathi, narrowly dodging the “barbaric tackle”!

Fathi instinctively tried to grab Ye Chen, but Ye Chen slipped away like an eel.

And the ball transformed into a sharp scalpel, directly cutting through Mainz’s heart…

Perisic saw the incoming ball, and a look of pleasant surprise flashed in his eyes.

He knew he had gambled correctly!

Without time to praise Ye Chen’s pass, he had already stormed into the penalty area.

Pospich reacted, quickly interfering from behind him, but Perisic was now directly facing goalkeeper Müller!

One-on-one with the keeper!

Seeing Heinz Müller decisively rush out of his goal, Perisic didn’t hesitate, pushing the ball towards the far corner.

The ball skimmed the ground as it flew towards the goal.

But Müller was in excellent form today. The moment Perisic pushed the shot, his foot also stretched out!

The ball changed direction, flying towards the center.

“Phew, he saved it!”

Mainz fans felt a sense of relief, as if they had escaped a disaster.

But the next moment, their mouths dropped open, their faces filled with shock.

“When did that damn Chinese guy get there?”

Only that question was in their minds!

Ye Chen didn’t get entangled with Fathi, but instead rushed directly into the penalty area to see if there was a chance for a rebound shot.

This time, however, he clearly guessed correctly…

Müller saved Perisic’s one-on-one shot, but the ball didn’t bounce far.

“Bang!”

Facing the wide-open goal, Ye Chen directly tapped the ball in!

The ball was spinning violently. If Ye Chen had taken a powerful shot at that moment, it would have been easy to misjudge the contact point.

This was why many strikers miskicked when attempting rebound shots.

But Ye Chen clearly wouldn’t make such a mistake!

Scoring on his debut!

“Goooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!”

The stadium DJ screamed loudly.

“The goal scorer is Dortmund’s 17-year-old prodigy, Ye!!!!!”

“My goodness, at 17 years and 5 days old, he becomes the youngest player to score on his Bundesliga debut!”

“His positioning was absolutely magnificent!”

“Ye!”

“Ye!”

“Ye!”

The traveling Dortmund fans cheered Ye Chen’s name loudly.

After scoring, Ye Chen instinctively ran towards the corner flag, but then remembered that Lina was in the stands, so he turned and ran towards Lina!

“I scored!”

Ye Chen shouted excitedly.

He didn’t have any specific celebration, just clenched his fists and cheered.

However, he forgot that Lina, wearing a Dortmund jersey, was sitting among the home team’s fans.

And the vast majority of people in front of him were Mainz fans…

“F, f!”

“Get lost, you ahole, Chinese!”

“Go back to China! F!”

Mainz fans directly insulted his entire family.

Many fans even gave him the middle finger!

Clearly, Mainz fans felt that Ye Chen was deliberately provoking them. Angry fans casually picked up mineral water bottles, slippers, and other objects and threw them at him.

Ye Chen quickly dodged.

At this moment, his teammates also embraced him.

“You little brat, do you not want to leave Mainz alive? How dare you celebrate in front of them!” Perisic wrapped his arm around Ye Chen’s neck. “But that rebound shot was beautiful!”

Meanwhile, on television, the commentator’s excited voice rang out!

“It’s in! It’s in! It’s in!!!”

“Ye Chen becomes the youngest player in Bundesliga history to score on his debut!”

“He holds this great record alone!”

“He is our Chinese player!”

“He is our pride!”