Does it count as a foul if the ball hits the face? Waiting online, urgent.

Seeing that Ye Chen scored a goal and even mocked him afterward, Makino Tomoaki's anger flared up instantly.

Without a second thought, he got up from the ground and reached out to grab Ye Chen's jersey!

"You think you're that strong? I was just careless!"

But Ye Chen wouldn't let him catch him so easily. He immediately pushed Makino Tomoaki away!

At this moment, players from both teams also approached.

Götze shoved Makino Tomoaki, "Are you here to play football or to kick people?"

Even Kagawa came over and reprimanded him, "Makino, your actions were too reckless!"

Makino Tomoaki widened his eyes in disbelief and spoke in Japanese, "Kagawa, we're on the same side! He's just a China pig!"

But Kagawa frowned, "Football should be pure. Your move just now was too dangerous! Also, if you use that kind of insulting language again, don't blame me for reporting you to the referee!"

Makino Tomoaki spoke in Japanese, so the referee couldn't understand. Otherwise, in Germany, racial discrimination would be severely punished!

Of course, at this moment, none of his teammates paid attention to Makino Tomoaki. He wasn't even part of the team's core communication circle, and his abilities weren't recognized.

Even for the goal conceded just now, Makino Tomoaki's weak defense had at least 50% of the responsibility!

But someone did pay attention to Makino Tomoaki—the referee pulled a yellow card out of his pocket and showed it to him!

At the same time, the referee sternly warned, "That was a dangerous move. Do it again, and you're off!"

Makino Tomoaki's eyes widened in disbelief, "But I didn't even touch him!"

The people around him looked at him with contempt...

On a football pitch, a player doesn't have to actually injure someone to receive a card. Having the intention to harm is enough for a booking.

To be honest, with that move just now, even a red card wouldn't have been excessive.

The referee was actually being lenient by only giving a yellow card!

But Ye Chen had no objections to this, as the referee had his own standards for judgment.

As Ye Chen's goal went in, it instantly ignited the atmosphere at Signal Iduna Park!

"Goooooooooooal!!!"

The commentator's excited shout echoed across the stadium, and the crowd erupted into a deafening roar of cheers!

"Oh my God, did I just see that?"

"Ye's incredible long-range shot went straight through Lenzing's goal..."

"Last season's top-class goalkeeper was powerless against Ye's shot!"

"This is our unstoppable Ye!!!!!"

"Louder, tell me, who scored the goal?"

"Ye!"

"Ye!"

"Ye!"

"What's the name of the goal scorer?"

"Ye Chen!"

"Ye Chen!"

"Ye Chen!"

"Louder! Let's all chant the name of the goal scorer together!"

"Ye Chen! Ye Chen!"

"Ye Chen! Ye Chen!"

"Ye Chen! Ye Chen!"

This was the tradition at Signal Iduna Park. After every goal, the announcer would ask the fans three times who the goal scorer was!

It was their way of making sure the fans remembered the player who scored for them.

The Dortmund fans even started a wave celebration!

Watching the perfectly synchronized fans, it was obvious that this was their usual way of celebrating a goal!

On the field, Ye Chen also smiled. Scoring felt amazing!

Especially when the fans were chanting his name—it sent an electrifying thrill through his body, making him tremble with excitement, as if he was on top of the world.

Thousands of miles away, on China's CCTV-5, the commentators were equally ecstatic!

After Huang Jianxiang finished celebrating the goal, Zhan Jun couldn't help but sigh, "This is incredible! Ye Chen responded to Makino Tomoaki in the most direct way! This goal was a direct showdown between Ye Chen and Makino Tomoaki, and Ye Chen completely dominated him with that long-range shot!"

Huang Jianxiang nodded, "Right now, what Chinese football lacks the most are players who dare to take action and dare to shoot!"

"But unfortunately, the Football Association has already stated that they won't call up players under 18!" Zhan Jun said with a tone of regret. "But on second thought, maybe it's a good thing. Ye Chen still has a year to become even stronger! When he returns to the national team, it will be the day China rises in football!"

"I can't wait to see Ye Chen playing for our country!" Huang Jianxiang felt his blood boiling with excitement.

"Hopefully, his experience with the U17 team won't leave him with any hard feelings!" Zhan Jun said with some concern. "But I will always support Ye Chen! I read a special report by Li Xinran, the Sports Weekly correspondent in Germany. She said that Ye Chen is always the earliest to arrive and the last to leave at Dortmund's training ground! A player like him deserves my unconditional admiration!"

Huang Jianxiang nodded in agreement, "Alright, let's get back to the match!"

…

After scoring, Ye Chen finally checked his match status panel.

When he saw that his condition for today was "Transcendent," a smile appeared on his face.

No wonder his shot felt so smooth and natural.

This condition was absolutely top-notch!

Of course, this was also thanks to the "Blessing from Fans" buff. Otherwise, if his status was just "High," he might have only been able to perform at 90% of his ability. But now, with the buff, he could unleash 95% of his full potential!

In the system, each status level represented how much of a player's ability they could utilize.

When their condition was low, they could only use 50% of their ability, which was a huge disadvantage.

A "High" status allowed 90%, while "Transcendent" reached 95%!

And if they reached "Perfect," they could play at 100%!

After conceding the goal, Cologne restarted play and began pushing forward.

But their advance was quickly intercepted by Kehl.

Kehl took the ball and passed it to Schmelzer on the left. This time, Schmelzer didn't rush to dribble or pass but instead played the ball back to the defense.

After scoring, they needed to slow down the tempo.

They also needed to adjust their condition and take control of the game.

At 8:35, Kagawa dribbled down the flank and attempted a cut-back pass to the oncoming Ye Chen, but Sascha Riether cleared the ball in advance!

Dortmund won a corner kick.

Ye Chen didn't go into the penalty area but instead lingered around the edge of the box.

Shinji Kagawa, who had coordinated with Ye Chen before, naturally knew his intentions.

So did Götze.

Due to his short stature, Götze wasn't suited for aerial duels.

But Dortmund already had tall players like Hummels, Subotić, and Kehl in the box.

So instead of blindly rushing into the area, Götze moved to the corner flag to receive the ball.

"Bang!"

Kagawa didn't send a high cross but played a short pass to Götze.

A tactical corner!

But even after getting the ball, Götze still didn't cross. Instead, he sent a through pass to Ye Chen at the edge of the box.

Ye Chen was already in position, waiting for the ball!

"I've seen through everything!" Makino Tomoaki, who had been watching Ye Chen closely, got excited the moment the ball was passed to him. "This time, you won't score!"

But as he charged toward Ye Chen, a cold smirk appeared on Ye Chen's lips.

Who said I was going to shoot?

"Boom!"

Ye Chen's instep tensed up as he struck the bottom of the ball hard.

The ball flew like a cannonball toward the goal… No, it was blocked by Makino Tomoaki!

To be precise, it was blocked by his face!

"Thud!"

The ball, traveling at over 100 km/h, slammed hard into Makino Tomoaki's excited face.