Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Allianz Arena — First Half, 35'
Demien's boot shifted beside the ball one final time.
Kimmich shouted something from the edge of the wall, one arm still raised to square it. Ulreich bent his knees and settled his weight low. Bruno's eyes stayed on Demien instead of the goal, and the Allianz whistled so loud it felt like pressure pushing against his back.
「TECHNIQUE ACTIVATED」 「Curling Free-Kick — EPIC」
「ATTRIBUTE ACTIVE」 「Curve: 99」
「ATTRIBUTE CHECK」 「Free Kick Accuracy: 75」
He stepped in and struck it clean off the inside of his boot, and for half a second the ball looked wrong — too high, sailing over the wall on a line that should have cleared the bar by a yard.
Then the curve dragged it down late, bending it back inside the frame the way a ball shouldn't move that close to goal.
Ulreich shifted, got a hand out, and his fingers grazed the leather as it dropped — but the ball had already kissed the inside of the post on its way past him.
