Klopp's anger had its effect.
The players were visibly putting in more effort.
At 63 minutes and 55 seconds, they finally scored again!
Piszczek threw in a left-side touchline ball. Kuba came to receive it and passed it back to Piszczek after gaining control.
Without any hesitation, Piszczek sent a cross into the box.
The football traced a beautiful arc through the air, landing at the far post.
Of course, it wasn't Ye Chen who was thereâit was Götze!
Götze displayed world-class ball control. As the football hit the ground, he nudged it forward slightly and decisively struck.
The goalkeeper had no chance to react, and the ball sailed into the net.
Dortmund led 3â0!
After the goal, Götze passionately slid on his knees in celebration.
Ye Chen rushed to embrace him.
Having amazing teammates is truly exhilarating!
Now, with Dortmund leading 3â0, even a fool could tell the opposition had no hope left in this match.
Their resistance would naturally wane.
This gave Ye Chen an opportunity to score another goal...
Both teams began making substitutions. Augsburg replaced Baier with Lamkamp. Baier's performance today was lackluster at best.
His midfield protection for the defensive line was nearly nonexistent, which allowed Ye Chen to face defenders one-on-one twice, leading to the first two goals.
On Dortmund's side, Antonio da Silva came on for GündoÄan, who had played in the Champions League earlier and was clearly out of energy by the 70th minute.
Dortmund seemed satisfied with their 3â0 lead, and Augsburg showed little desire to attack.
Both teams appeared to agree tacitly to end the match at this scoreline.
But while they were content, Ye Chen was not!
On the pitch, Ye Chen kept running, taking shots whenever an opportunity arose.
However, Ye Chen's aim seemed off today.
"If you hadn't already scored two goals, I'd think you forgot your shooting boots!" Götze teased Ye Chen.
Ye Chen shrugged it off. "Just finding my rhythm!"
He certainly couldn't reveal that he was accumulating attempts to activate his Guaranteed Long Shot card for a surefire goal.
The first two goals were a penalty and a close-range strike, so the card had yet to take effect!
Today, Ye Chen had already tried three long shots: two were deflected out, and the other was a weak attempt caught by the goalkeeper.
When it came to the Guaranteed Long Shot, Ye Chen wasn't going to let this chance slip away.
By the 75th minute, the fans were already celebrating Dortmund's victory, and the players on both sides were less intense.
Commentator Jian Jun remarked, "Dortmund should have this match in the bag. After this, it's the international break, giving non-international players at least a week off. Many players are likely already daydreaming about their mini-vacations."
Huang Jianxiang nodded. "But you can see that Ye Chen still wants another goal. Yet all three of his recent attempts have missed!"
Jian Jun chuckled in agreement. "This is the Bundesliga, after all. Scoring here isn't easy. Many players spend their entire careers without netting a Bundesliga goal! Especially for a team like Augsburg, who could be relegated by one or two goal differences at the end of the season. Their defenders won't just let Ye Chen score, nor will their goalkeeper or coach."
Their words had barely settled when Dortmund regained possession.
At 85 minutes and 24 seconds, goalkeeper Simon Jentzsch launched a long ball.
But it was headed back by Piszczek to da Silva.
Da Silva passed horizontally to Sven Bender, who began advancing with the ball.
Augsburg's players didn't press him, assuming he would pass it soon as a defensive midfielder.
That was their plan, at least!
But Bender didn't pass this time. Instead, he drove the ball to within 30 meters of the goal!
Not marking him in that area would surely invite criticism, so Lamkamp, filling in as a defensive midfielder, charged forward.
But just as Lamkamp stepped up to pressure Bender, Ye Chen had already dropped back to receive the ball.
As a center-back, Sanko couldn't follow Ye Chen out of position, could he?
Drawn to Bender, Lamkamp left a gap that Bellighausen rushed to fill.
But Ye Chen wouldn't give him a chance...
Opportunities are fleeting!
When the moment arises, you must seize it.
Ye Chen nudged the ball forward to create a step's worth of space.
He swung his leg decisively...
"Bang!"
The football rocketed like a lightning bolt straight toward the goal.
Ye Chen's shooting motion was tiger-like, his foot arching like a drawn bow!
Goalkeeper Jentzsch instinctively shifted a step to the right, diving to save it.
But the ball was like a cannonball. It struck the underside of the crossbar with a duang! sound and ricocheted firmly into the goal.
After scoring, Ye Chen didn't sprint or roar. He simply raised his hand, surveying the fans.
At that moment, he was like an emperor ascending the throne, ruling over all!
"Boom!"
Ye Chen's goal detonated the crowd at Signal Iduna Park, sending the fans into ecstasy.
"Ye!"
"Ye!"
"Ye!"
The stadium resounded with Ye Chen's name.
Klopp clapped fervently on the sideline!
Six goals in two games!
What an astonishing stat!
And the player achieving it was just a 17-year-old teenager!
Most impressively, he came off the bench in both matches!
The DJ at the stadium went wild.
Meanwhile, back in China, the sports channel CCTV-5 was in complete frenzy.
Huang Jianxiang roared, "A world-class strike! Ye Chen completes his hat trick with an absolute screamer just before the match ends!"
"Incredible! Such a goal is beyond belief!"
Jian Jun echoed passionately, "Never underestimate a striker's hunger to score! Ye Chen's goal in the dying moments is the perfect reward for his relentless effort in the second half!"
"Ye Chen! The golden scales are not ordinary fishâwhen they meet the winds and clouds, they transform into dragons!" Jian Jun declared poetically.
"Indeed! Ye Chen's shooting motion was as majestic as a dragon!" Huang Jianxiang added with admiration.
...
After scoring, Ye Chen was engulfed by his jubilant teammates.
Meanwhile, the visiting Augsburg players could only bow their heads.
On the sidelines, Augsburg coach Luhukay sighed deeply.
Before the match, he had analyzed Ye Chen, concluding that his physical attributes were average but his long shots and set pieces were notable.
But after this match, he realized how wrong he had been.
With such speed and explosiveness, how could he have thought Ye Chen's physicality was average?
If this was "average," what did that make other players?
It wasn't that they weren't tryingâit was that their opponent was too strong!
Especially this mysterious and formidable young Chinese player!