[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills":3,"chapter-the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-112":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},483856,734,"Chapter 112 - 46: Beating 4 Players! Player of the Round! The Bundesliga is So Exciting This Season","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-112",112,"\u003Cp>The three of them sat on the sofa, seemingly just having a casual chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conversation revolved around Wang Shuo and Mainz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, that’s how it started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo didn’t mind talking about his past, but he was reluctant to go into detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the topic shifted to football and Mainz, Wang Shuo became much more talkative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, when discussing his development, Wang Shuo said he now treats every single match as a learning opportunity.p>Wang Shuo also frankly admitted that when he first arrived in Germany, he had trials with 18 different teams before finally finding success with Mainz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why? I have no idea. But one of the head coaches told my agent that I should go to the Premier League, because I would become as famous as Beckham.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo had intended for that last joke to stop the host from digging deeper into the topic of his trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be too easy to offend the other teams, something Heidel had previously warned Wang Shuo about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unexpectedly, as soon as the topic came up, Aunt Jessica immediately seized the opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beckham? Lina, do you think he’s handsome?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo didn’t expect the conversation to swerve in this direction. He even felt like this was the moment for the hype crew to start making some noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the TV shows he had ever watched were like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lina Gerk was clearly aware that her purpose for being there was to create some drama for the show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, she actually stood up and, with a supermodel’s catwalk strut, gracefully walked over to Wang Shuo. Holding out her hand, she asked, \"I believe you can become the Beckham of the Bundesliga, but you’ll need a Victoria by your side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WOOOO!!\" Aunt Jessica began to hoot and holler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, not only the show’s producer, Mark Williams, but also Heidel and Thomas Essien were frantically waving at Wang Shuo, signaling for him to play along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo immediately stood up and gently took Lina Gerk’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, he was enveloped in a sweet fragrance as she pulled him into an embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Wang Shuo genuinely felt a jolt, as if he’d been struck by lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It was mainly because her figure was just incredible. So soft and supple.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was reminded of the female fan from that one morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Lina Gerk was taller, smelled better, and felt even more supple.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Wang Shuo felt like he’d gotten the short end of the stick, that she had taken advantage of him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What a raw deal!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hugging for a long moment, the two \"reluctantly\" separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was likely the climax of the show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most incisive part of the interview, however, was about Wang Shuo currently holding the top spot on the scorer list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interestingly, the current top three players on the scorer list all came from the 2nd Bundesliga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo from Mainz, Ibisevic from Hoffenheim, and Bayer Leverkusen’s Helmes, who was with Cologne last season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an absolutely unprecedented sight in the history of the Bundesliga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Famous Bundesliga stars like Luca Tony, Klose, Gomez, Griffith, Dzeko, and Podolski were all ranked below them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three strikers promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga had actually claimed the top three spots on the scorer list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to this question, however, Wang Shuo’s answer was quite serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s my honor to be compared with veterans like Luca Tony and Klose.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’ve always been the players I strive to learn from. I often study footage of their matches and their goal highlights.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Wang Shuo’s tone shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My seven goals are all thanks to my teammates behind me. Their defense, their Passing, and their tireless running have created more opportunities for me up front.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not one for individual heroics. I’m honored to be a part of the Mainz team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I hope that when the team needs me, I’ll have the ability to step up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, I’m not the best yet, so I’ll keep working hard. I hope to become the kind of player our head coach talks about—the one who can make the impossible possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The five percent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This series of answers from Wang Shuo made Thomas Essien and Heidel, who were watching from off-camera, nod repeatedly in approval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already at the top of the scorer list; not showing any ambition at this point would be a sign of weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as a young player, being too arrogant or flashy would also attract criticism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take Ronaldo, for example. Back in his early days, he was constantly criticized and blasted by the media.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo clearly didn’t have that kind of personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he handled it now showed a perfect balance of humility and confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t belittle his competitors, yet he still revealed his ambition to keep striving for more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, he put Mainz first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wang Shuo could never have imagined that the very next morning, the German media would break a sensational story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo was in love!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The headline photo was of him hugging Lina Gerk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’m in a relationship I don’t even know about.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How magical!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, his phone suddenly rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unknown number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t until she received a call from her agent, Gunter Krumm, that Lina Gerk realized she was trending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all because of a photo that had been taken and released by an unknown party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunter Krumm said it was possibly leaked by Premiere for promotional purposes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he couldn’t rule out the possibility that a staff member had secretly taken the photo and sold it to the media.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a former television producer himself, Gunter Krumm felt that this sort of thing was impossible to trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would lead to a dead end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming multiple times that her team had nothing to do with the leak, Lina Gerk decided to give Wang Shuo a call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, after the recording, she had been the one who took the initiative to exchange phone numbers with Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after hesitating and carefully choosing her words, when she finally called Wang Shuo’s number, she was met with a detached-sounding inquiry from the other end.\u003C\u002Fp>",1045,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","fecad5dc38072eb935ca98655da299f767b164c8d13f7a19f507bca13eea1e15","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-9","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-111",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]