Any center-back facing Su Dong was always trembling with fear, as if walking on thin ice.
When Su Dong was still playing for Bayern Munich, Santana had suffered at his hands more than once, which made him exceptionally cautious.
David Silva suddenly sent a long lofted pass over the top. As the ball reached the edge of the penalty area, Santana immediately stuck to Su Dong, chasing him all the way back while keeping tight to his inside, hoping to rush over and block him the moment he took his shot.
But that left space on the left.
The two of them reached the edge of the penalty area almost simultaneously. Su Dong held his position and, as the ball dropped, headed it without jumping.
Su Dong headed the ball toward the left side outside the penalty area, behind Piszczek.
After heading the ball away, Su Dong suddenly stopped and flashed a grin at the wary Santana.
At that moment, Di Maria suddenly shook off Piszczek and sprinted forward at full speed.
Santana was stunned. He no longer had any time to worry about Su Dong and immediately lunged toward the left, afraid that Di Maria would cut inside.
But just then, Su Dong started moving again, cutting diagonally toward the near post behind Santana.
As soon as Di Maria caught up with the ball, he nudged it forward and quickly whipped a low cross in with his left foot, sending it toward the near post.
Ball there, man there!
Su Dong got to it before Subotić and poked the ball into the bottom-left corner of Dortmund's goal.
Faced with a shot from such close range, Weidenfeller had already stuck out a foot at the first opportunity, but he still could not stop it.
The ball hit the net. One-nil!