[This feels good. It's been so long since I watched a penalty shootout.]
[Damn it, it's daylight already. I have work this morning—hurry it up!]
[It's daylight here too, but I knew they'd be playing for a long time today. By the time the shootout is over, it might be past six.]
[Essential item for Borussia Dortmund fans watching the Champions League: fast-acting heart pills.]
This season, Borussia Dortmund had been living on the edge of death in every single Champions League knockout match.
Needing fast-acting heart pills to watch the game was no exaggeration!
Marco Reus and De Bruyne stood together. The two captains would determine the penalty shootout order with a coin toss.
"If it's heads, you choose first. If it's tails, you choose first."
The referee confirmed it with them.
Compared with De Bruyne's nerves, Reus was under slightly less pressure.
Since this was Borussia Dortmund's home ground, Manchester City would almost certainly choose the goal, so winning or losing the toss did not matter to Dortmund.
Smack!
The coin soared into the air, and the stadium's deafening noise made the atmosphere increasingly suffocating.
Without much sound, the coin landed steadily on the grass.
Tails!
The referee looked at De Bruyne. "Do you want the goal or the order?"
"The order."
De Bruyne answered.
Reus froze for a moment. The next second, De Bruyne slightly turned his head and looked him in the eyes. "You take the first kick."
"..."
Reus took a deep breath and made his choice under the referee's urging.
He pointed toward the South Stand of Westfalenstadion. "We want that end."
"Wow!!!!!!"
The stadium seemed to quake in an instant.
Tang Ye was dumbfounded when he saw that it was the South Stand.
"Are they kicking first or second?"
"We're kicking first."
Wow!