Chapter 828: Conceding Another Unlucky Goal?!
The game still continued with the same tempo, and honestly, it was embarrassing to say that Schalke still hadn’t made even a single attempt to break through Bayern’s defense. It was as if they were just here as the home team’s sparring partner, intending to test the offense of the best team in the world.
Hell, even around 300 people who came to watch this game were starting to get impatient, booing all the Schalke players for parking the whole fucking bus without any intention to move it away.
"Fuck! This is not a football game!"
"What are you doing, Schalke?! A bunch of cowards!"
"That’s why you are just a small team! Fucking hell, guys! Stop this fucking nonsense!"
Unfortunately, any complaint from them only met a brick wall. Frohling didn’t even bat an eye at the stand, having already mastered the art of being thick-skinned here. This was an important skill to have for any small teams in the world if they wanted to survive, as a beautiful playing style couldn’t guarantee a point more than a pragmatic defense like this.
Hell, if anything, Frohling couldn’t help but sneer at whoever was shouting at the stand right now.
’Yeah, you can mock me all you want, but you can see who gets the upper hand right now.’
Indeed, it was a strange sight. Even though Bayern had been dominating the whole game since the beginning, it was clear that Schalke was the one who had the confidence right now. All the players with the blue jersey moved in a do-or-die spirit, somehow feeling like they got a chance to fight back the further they managed to hold on to this 0-0 score.
As for Bayern’s players, some of them could be seen starting to scowl and curse whenever their attempt failed.
Serge Gnabry had both his hands on his hips, Leroy Sané spat on the ground a few times already whenever his cross got blocked, and Lewandowski even let out a deep sigh while staring at the sky, probably wondering why this game was way harder than necessary.
Frohling couldn’t help but feel satisfied when he saw this. The man might always say that he didn’t want to pressure the players with an unrealistic target like stealing a point from Bayern or something like that, but a man always had his own ambition, right?
’With only ten minutes left before the first half is over, if everything goes well, we will be back at the locker room with a draw on our hands. Against Bayern, we definitely can count this as a big win. Then, it would be my job to give a spirit-burning pep talk that would make them fight till death again. Hmm... If everything goes well, we can avoid the defeat in this place! Yes!’
At this point, Frohling had already imagined a bright future waiting for him, and he couldn’t help but smile at that image. However, the sentence ’Don’t open the champagne before the game is truly over’ was true here, as the man basically jinxed his own team into trouble.
True enough, three minutes before the first half was over, disaster finally struck.
It all started with Serge Gnabry, who made a cut-in movement to the channel space, attracting Sebastian Rudy to shrink into the penalty box. Taking advantage of that, Leon Goretzka shifted the ball to Alphonso Davies, who penetrated the flank, and the Canadian fullback had all the time in the world to take action since the closest Schalke defender was about three steps away from him.
Higo himself was also ready to anticipate everything here. Then, before he had to wait for so long, his clairvoyant ability had already given him an image of what would happen next.
’A low cross, Lewandowski is coming! I can get this!’
BAM!
𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Right when Alphonso Davies whipped the cross, Higo had already been a step forward, ready to catch the ball in the air.
This move definitely took both Davies and Lewandowski aback, as the latter had already extended his right foot to push the ball to the back of the net.
’Fuck! How could he still be able to anticipate this?! Is he a fucking seer or what?!’ The Polish striker cursed inwardly.
Well, the man didn’t know how close he was to the truth.
However, right before the ball met Higo’s chest and fell into his grasp, a blurry movement suddenly appeared straight in front of his face. Higo was startled for a second, not knowing what was going on here. However, the next thing he knew...
BAM!
The ball didn’t even get close enough for the boy to clutch it! No, instead, it deflected straight into the goal without the goalkeeper being able to anticipate it!
A goal for Bayern Munich!
"Wait, what?!"
"What the hell is going on?!"
"Damn! Is this goal valid or not?!"
Everyone was so tense for a moment, not knowing what to do. However, the moment the referee blew the whistle, all the people in this stadium knew that the goal was legit, and the first one to react was Lewandowski, who was roaring wildly to vent all of his grievances here.
"FUCK YES!" He punched the air while thick veins popped on his neck. "WE SCORED FIRST! COME FUCKING ON!"
The rest of Bayern Munich players followed immediately, joining the celebration with the thought that it was Lewandowski who got the ball earlier. However, the scene in the penalty box would deny that statement, as everyone could see Sebastian Rudy, the one who got attracted by Gnabry’s movement earlier, was lying on the ground with his hands covering his face to hide away his shame.
Yeah, it was the right back who sent that decisive blow, as the man only wanted to clear the ball away from the penalty box. However, now, his action only pushed the ball into the goal, and Higo just sighed helplessly when he saw this.
’Goddamnit! Just two minutes away... How could we always be this unlucky?!’