Maxed Out Shooting from the Start: Messi Begs Me to Join Argentina
Chapter 55

Götze's Match-Winner? A Thirty-Eight-Meter Free-Kick Opportunity?

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At Westfalenstadion.

As time ticked away.

Borussia Dortmund's relentless pressing gradually began to weaken.

Their stamina had reached its limit.

On the sidelines, Klopp was still shouting for his players to press forward.

They were only one goal behind now.

Meanwhile, Guardiola seemed to be looking to secure the victory by playing steadily.

He repeatedly pressed both hands downward, signaling Bayern Munich to slow the tempo!

Borussia Dortmund continued trying to find openings down Su Bai's side.

But unfortunately, once Schweinsteiger joined in on the pressure against Su Bai.

That rampaging Chinese kid vanished.

Su Bai's ball control was still far too poor.

He did not even have a proper dribbling technique.

The Robben Cut-In relied on a sudden change of direction while dribbling at high speed.

With Schweinsteiger challenging for the ball and Ribéry using his body to close him down.

He simply could not get moving.

Seventy-five minutes had passed.

Seeing their right flank crippled, Borussia Dortmund began attacking down the left.

After receiving İlkay Gündoğan's pass, Reus tried to break through on the left.

But Robben had always found it easy dealing with speedy attackers like Reus.

And Reus was hardly strong physically.

So after only a couple of touches, Robben barged him straight onto the turf.

Not only did he lose the ball, but the referee did not even blow his whistle.

Having won possession, Robben immediately dragged the ball around, turned, and charged down Borussia Dortmund's left flank.

İlkay Gündoğan, Sven Bender, Schmelzer, and the others sprinted over to intercept him.

Sven Bender in particular, aiming to stop Robben from cutting inside, charged straight toward Robben's left.

But to everyone's surprise, faced with Borussia Dortmund's encirclement, Robben suddenly came to a complete stop.

He evaded the pursuing Reus, nudged the ball toward the touchline with

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