My second division 6 match today was just stress from start to finish 😂 I was using Dortmund against Barcelona and I’ll be honest, I wasn’t prepared for it at all. From kickoff my passes were off, my touches were heavy, and nothing was clicking. I kept trying that one-two thing but every time I’d play it, the ball would either run too far or Barcelona’s defense would cut it out. I had 4 total shots but none of them felt dangerous. The whole first half I was just chasing the game and getting frustrated because I knew I should be playing better but my fingers weren’t listening.
Second half was even worse mentally. Barcelona had 48% possession but they were sitting deep and making it hard to break them down. I had 52% possession and 77 passes but most of them were sideways 😭 I kept getting into good spots with Yamal and Reus but then I’d mess up the final ball. At some point I was like “bro just don’t concede and take the draw” because I couldn’t create anything clean. My mindset was already gone. I was making bad tackles too — 19 tackles but most of them late. Barcelona didn’t even have a shot on target the whole game, but it still felt like they could score any time because I was playing so nervy.
Then the 85th minute happened and everything changed 😁 I picked up the ball with Lamine Yamal around the edge of the box. I wasn’t even expecting anything, just trying to make something happen. Did a quick cut inside, two defenders came at me, and I just whipped it with my left foot. BANGER. BLITZ CURLER. Top corner, keeper didn’t even move. I screamed so loud my neighbor probably heard me 😂 That was literally my only shot on target that actually mattered. After all that struggling, all the bad attacks, one moment of quality saved me. 1-0 up and only a few minutes left.
The rest of the game was just me parking the bus and praying 😅 Barcelona threw everything but they had 0 shots on target the entire match. Final whistle came and it was FC Barcelona 0 - 1 Borussia Dortmund. Cool conditions win because of one Yamal magic moment. Stats looked decent — 4 shots, 2 on target, 55 successful passes — but it didn’t feel like it in the game. That goal was my only and main hope of victory and it came through. Division 6 is not easy at all, but I’ll take ugly 1-0 wins any day 😁 Now I just need to stop starting games so cold or I’ll get punished next time.
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