Chapter 1009 Dortmund Tries to Return the Favor!

Unfortunately, no amount of regret would be able to turn back time, let alone cancel that goal.

No, it didn’t matter how big the grievance from Dortmund’s side was; the game still had to continue.

This time, after just a minute ago the kick-off was held, the same thing would happen once again, but now with Dortmund being the one who tried to pull the same luck.

Edin Terzic also realized this, so instead of letting his players fall into a deeper valley of depression, he shouted from the sideline.

"Come on! We can still do this! Let’s increase our intensity!"

"Jude! You will join the frontline with Reus! We will start again from the kick-off!"

"Erling! Get ready on their territory! Show them who is the boss there!"

This time, his words finally managed to bring a positive impact, as some of them regained their spirit to fight back in this game.

It had been so long since they won the game against Schalke, around two years ago, and that was definitely not something they were very proud of.

It would be better if Schalke were not the team that they suffered against the most, because no one would truly care about that.

Unfortunately, their opponent here was Schalke, their city’s annoying rival. Whenever they won, the whole city would have the right to brag, but when they lost, the opponent wouldn’t hesitate to rub it in their face, letting their supporters suffer from all the mocking on the Internet.

Now that the team hadn’t won a single game against Schalke in the last four games, they came with the determination to change that fact, and being down by one goal would never be enough to kill their spirit for the rest of the game.

True enough, right after the kick-off began, they showed their fangs immediately, charging forward without even a slight hesitation in them.

They did the exact same thing as Schalke always did. First, send the ball to the one with the best accuracy for a long pass, and then let the ball fly straight to the heart of the opponent’s defense, wanting to create chaos inside their territory.

In this case, just like how they did in the first half, Matts Hummels didn’t hesitate to send a Hail Mary pass, so high, coming straight to the penalty box.

BAM!

After establishing his position on the half-arc space, Haaland also anchored his body against Stambouli, and the Norwegian striker managed to prevent the aerial duel from happening.

If anything, he held the defender back so fiercely, and instead of fighting with a header, the boy let the ball fall on his chest, controlling it directly for his possession.

"FUCK! Get ready, everyone!" Stambouli gritted his teeth; a thick vein popped on his neck as he couldn’t even move the man in front of him a single inch.

It was as if he was pushing a brick wall, unable to shake it off, let alone make it crumble.

All the Schalke players also knew about it, so they shrank back to the penalty box without hesitation.

They all were waiting on what kind of method would Haaland use, and as long as it wasn’t that close toward the territory where Higo was protecting, they were confident that they could stop anything here.

However, that was just what they initially thought, because a moment later, a shout came from Higo, filled with a slight panic in his tone.

"FUCK! Mustafi! Sead! Your left!"

Of course, it was coming none other from Higo, as he had already had a premonition about it.

Those two were taken aback slightly at that warning. Unfortunately, they were not quick enough here, nor did they manage to see a little smirk on Haaland’s face when he heard that.

’Oh, well, you are too late to stop it! Come on, Jadon!’ The Norwegian striker laughed inwardly.

After being the brick wall that gathered all the attention on his side, Haaland finally pushed the ball slightly outward, and there, Jadon Sancho came as the hero with a big space open in front of him, using his inside foot to try curling the ball to the top bins.

BAM!

"FUCK!"

The ball itself didn’t rise that high. No, it was just within an adult’s waist, not the height that would be too troublesome for a goalkeeper to handle.

However, the problem was never vertical, but diagonal.

The ball curved like a razor, clearing its path sharply and avoiding all the obstacles in front of it before finally moving back to its original route where the goal was.

This shot caught everyone off guard, and even if Higo knew about the shot beforehand, he still gritted his teeth while diving, stretching one hand far to reach the ball first before it found the back of his net.

’Fuck! I get this! I get this!’

Fortunately, the ball only got so close to get through the goal line, as in the last second, once again, Higo got the tip of his fingers to deflect the ball at the right moment.

It was subtle, but the change of direction before it got into the goal didn’t go unnoticed by anyone else here.

The moment everyone found that the ball finally went out of bounds, they all roared straight away, celebrating this save with the goalkeeper.

"Fuck, Higo! That’s how you do it!"

"Hahaha! I know you are capable of that kind of save! I have never doubted you!"

"Come on, our guardian angel! Lead us to the promised land!"

Higo just snorted amusedly when he heard all the praises around him. At this point, he was more annoyed that they failed to react properly than pleased by all the praise around him.

Still, behind all of that feeling, the boy couldn’t help but flinch while shaking his hand gently, finding his fingers left with an uncomfortable feeling after making that save earlier.

’Fuck, this is bad... I hope this will not affect much in the later stage...’