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This miraculous goal took barely more than ten seconds from buildup to execution.
Many Chengdong Team players were still reveling in the joy of completing Xu Yan's assigned task of securing a draw when the ball had already slipped into the net.
Fast—outrageously fast. So fast that no one even knew what had happened.
Of everyone on the field, the referee had seen the entire sequence from Dong Xuebin's run to the goal most clearly.
Dong Xuebin had left a deep impression on him in yesterday's match. When Dong Xuebin came on, the referee had even found it a little amusing. A goalkeeper playing striker? Isn't that ridiculous? Still, he understood that Chengxi Team had no substitutes left and hadn't paid much attention to it. But with only ten seconds remaining, just as he had put the whistle to his lips, he saw Dong Xuebin begin making an inexplicable run. Toward the attacking half, toward the opposing penalty area. The referee was utterly baffled. The match was practically over—what was he running over there for?
Then, a scene the referee simply could not comprehend unfolded.
At that moment, Chengdong Team's center forward actually turned and passed the ball back without even looking.
It was too much of a coincidence—so much so that the referee suspected the man had coordinated with Dong Xuebin. He swore that Chengdong Team's back pass had come after Dong Xuebin began his run. There had been no warning at all, just a sudden, powerful back pass. Yet the ball went right toward Dong Xuebin, landed exactly where he was running, and struck his outstretched foot perfectly. Another coincidence. The referee practically wanted to curse. He simply could not understand how Dong Xuebin had done it. No matter who