When Lukas lost the ball after he was encircled by four players in front of the Leverkusen penalty area, he got up, turned around, and started running back to his half.
He burst past the halfway line at top speed when he looked up and saw Trapp coming out of his goal to tackle Schick.
It looked like a goal for sure, but he never stopped running.
By the time the ball bounced in front of Wirtz, Lukas was right behind him. He had to decide if he would stop to block Wirtz's shot or keep running towards the goal.
He knew the best and easiest way for Wirtz to finish this move was a side-footed lob over the goalkeeper into the empty goal.
Trying to decelerate at that moment was almost impossible because of his speed — he would either clatter into Wirtz and get sent off or stop a lot farther from Wirtz's position due to his momentum and just get lobbed.
He had to think fast.
And that was what he did.
