Chapter 674: Bellingham's Red Card, Tang Ye's Premature Celebration

"Kevin De Bruyne, he's our Belgian genius..."

"Stockport Iniesta, he's one of our own!" (Referring to Foden, a product of the local youth academy.)

"United?"

"We'll never be eliminated, we'll never be eliminated… not like United in the Champions League!"

Just as the second half began, the home fans immediately started putting pressure on the visiting team.

The phrase "unlike United in the Champions League" carried an excessively obvious tone of mockery.

Tang Ye was the king of Manchester United; he had personally killed his own Manchester United, but that did not mean he could similarly defeat Mancheng.

"Comeback!"

"Comeback!"

"Come on City!"

The 52nd minute of the second half!

Foden accelerated with the ball!

He reached the vicinity of the byline!

Piszczek prepared to defend one-on-one, but Foden combined with Gundogan behind him.

Successfully gaining possession at the byline!

Beautiful!

Foden played decisively, delivering the pass the moment he saw an opportunity.

Slap!

Through the center!

De Bruyne!

De Bruyne and Hummels were locked in a physical duel.

The Mancheng midfielder cleverly chose to use his body to block position, and since they were inside the penalty area, Hummels couldn't make any major moves.

Bang!

A volley was struck.

Goal!

"Bravo!!!"

The Mancheng players were just about to celebrate when VAR revealed that De Bruyne had already been offside at the moment of Foden's pass.

Therefore, this was an invalid goal!

Phew...

Letting out a long breath, Escriwa had nearly been scared to death!

"Fuck!"

Pogba seemed to have some conflict with Fernandinho, and the two began shouting insults at each other.

"..."

"Hey, this ball!"

"Tsk! Actually, Mancheng's best chance in this match was around the 50th minute when Foden went down the flank. But after all, De Bruyne is not a striker; his awareness of the offside line is lacking!"

"In that case, Dortmund will be very comfortable; they can first..."

"Hey!"

"Pogba, a super, super, super massive mistake!"

Thinking Guerrero would move over to support, Pogba didn't even look and simply let the ball roll past his feet.

Only when he turned his head did he realize.

Guerrero was not in the position he had imagined!

The ball rolled across the grass as Pogba and Fernandinho chased after it.

Slap!

Pogba and Fernandinho hit the ground simultaneously, both attempting a sliding tackle to win possession.

Fernandinho reached the ball first, while Pogba tackled Fernandinho's body instead.

"Xuuu!!"

It was a yellow-card offense, but since possession was now with Bernardo Silva, Mancheng held the advantage of play.

The referee did not blow the whistle immediately!

Trouble was coming!

Seeing Foden drive diagonally forward, Tang Ye felt a bad premonition in his heart.

Bang!

Foden pushed a through-ball forward, delivering it to De Bruyne, who had just entered the penalty area.

"Wow!!!"

Slap!

"Goooo——aaaa——lllll!!!!"

De Bruyne feinted a shot, leaving Burki completely unable to react.

Goal!

De Bruyne stood inside the penalty area with his arms spread wide as the Mancheng players on the field quickly ran toward him.

"Vamos!!!"

Guardiola suddenly shouted, looking as if he were about to run onto the pitch and perform a knee slide.

Since the ball was already dead, the assistant referee did not intervene.

Bang!

Guardiola rushed onto the pitch and embraced Stones.

Tang Ye stood on the grass, shaking his head and sighing.

Turning to look at Reus, the Dortmund captain was now in much the same situation.

Sigh, this feels terrible...

"It's fine."

Tang Ye placed his left hand on Pogba's shoulder.

Taking the lead was naturally a good thing, but since they had been leveled, they could only accept it.

After all, an away draw was already a decent result for Dortmund.

Escrivá in the stands finally sat down; the jeers from the Mancheng fans behind him made him feel awful.

"Man City!"

"Man City!"

The match resumed, and at the 65th minute, Mancheng made the first substitution.

Guardiola replaced Foden, who had performed well, with Sterling.

With this substitution made, the Dortmund players, already under great pressure, now felt even more burdened.

Sterling's outstanding speed would surely cause huge trouble for the Dortmund defense!

"Focus!"

On screen, Tang Ye made a gesture of lifting both hands upward; due to the bandage on his right hand, his movement appeared particularly conspicuous in the shot.

Knowing what the audience wanted to see, the broadcaster immediately displayed the statistics in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

【68'72''】

【Tang Ye: 10.21km】

Not even 70 minutes had passed, yet he had already run 10 kilometers.

Although his sprinting speed wasn't fast, this distance data showed that Tang Ye had basically covered the entire pitch.

"Watch TY, watch TY!"

Guardiola was clever; he had clearly noticed the issue with Tang Ye's running distance and kept shouting Tang Ye's name from the sidelines, signaling his Mancheng players on the field to apply extra pressure on Tang Ye.

"Go up and press him, press him!"

"Spread out a bit on both sides!"

By widening the attacking line, Tang Ye would no longer be able to stroll in the central channel.

"..."

Mattijs stood on the sidelines, his brows tightly furrowed.

This situation required the fullbacks to step up, but unfortunately, neither of Dortmund's two fullbacks was skilled at ball control.

They could only pin their hopes on Tang Ye for now.

The students were struggling a bit; hopefully, the master could hold out a little longer!

De Bruyne dropped back to receive support!

Reus marked De Bruyne closely, but at that moment, De Bruyne suddenly stepped on the ball and flicked it backward.

Passing it to Sterling at the very front!

"Hey!"

Sterling and Bellingham both sprinted in the direction the ball was rolling.

Bellingham wanted to block the position, but he certainly couldn't outrun Sterling, who had just come on and was full of stamina.

He looked up.

As long as Sterling gained possession, he could pass to Mahrez, who would then face the goalkeeper one-on-one.

Realizing the situation was wrong, Bellingham grew slightly anxious.

Just as Sterling was about to reach the ball, Bellingham suddenly extended his left foot, hoping to get lucky and clear it.

But it was precisely this extended left foot that tripped Sterling, sending him crashing to the ground.

Bellingham fell as well, but the instant he hit the grass, he realized something was wrong and immediately raised his hand to signal the referee.

"Wait, wait!"

Tang Ye quickly ran over, positioning himself between the referee and Bellingham: "Mr., listen to me, don't rush, just listen to me first, okay?"

"He was parallel with Sterling, and he was going for the ball!"

"We can award a direct free kick!"

After Tang Ye spoke, Reus also came up, stating that Bellingham's challenge was absolutely not an intentional foul.

Just as Reus finished speaking, the referee pulled out a yellow card.

And Bellingham had already received one yellow card prior to this.

So...

Red card!

"Oh!"

"Beep beep beep beep beep!!!"

"Nice, referee!"

"Beautiful! That's how it's done!"

The home fans were ecstatic, while Tang Ye and Reus were still arguing with the referee.

Damn it, how could Dortmund possibly accept this?

Bellingham was on the verge of collapse, while Sancho and Hummels kept comforting their teammate by patting his back and embracing him.

"No, he didn't do it on purpose!"

Tang Ye shouted at the referee, "That's not a yellow card! Don't do this."