[{"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-140":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},483905,734,"Chapter 140 - 50: Great Comeback! Hat-Trick! Another Record","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-140",140,"\u003Cp>The media often says that teams coached by Klopp are prone to injury crises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was never heavily criticized for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And industry experts were even less likely to complain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there was nothing to be done about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s just how it was for smaller clubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone Mainz—even at Hoffenheim, the 50+1 rule meant that no matter how rich their backers were, they couldn’t just invest at will. Their squads lacked depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, while both newly promoted teams made waves in the first half of the season, every expert knew it wouldn’t last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come the second half of the season, they would struggle to recapture their early form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the long run, it all came down to squad depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teams like Bayern, Dortmund, VfL Wolfsburg, Schalke 04, and Bayer Leverkusen—now those were the clubs with real resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teams like Mainz and Hoffenheim, on the other hand, relied on a single core lineup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing Aytekin off, Wang Shuo mulled it over. His appearance rate so far this season was indeed frighteningly high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more ridiculously, he was averaging over 11 kilometers per match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone was enough to leave everyone stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as winter arrived, especially a German winter, with the cold snaps and dropping temperatures, the physical toll on players became even more severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Wang Shuo was starting to feel the strain himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially today, after the grueling match against Hoffenheim, he actually felt the tell-tale signs of a cramp coming on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since he acquired the Ball God System and gained the benefits of Breathing, he’d never had this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like this constant exertion is pushing me to my limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should be able to hold on until the winter break.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Post-match summary: 11 Passive Value gained.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Current Passive Value: 45.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Wang Shuo received this message, he felt a wave of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ve finally saved up enough for another Passive Skill Card.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, the Ball God System sent a second notification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations! For scoring a hat-trick against Hoffenheim and becoming the youngest player in Bundesliga history to do so, you are awarded one Regional Level Passive Skill Card or 100 Passive Value. Please choose...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo froze for a moment when he saw the message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I can choose my reward?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he quickly realized what was going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A Regional Level Passive Skill Card and 100 Passive Value seem like the same thing on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a Regional Level Passive Skill Card can only be used to draw or upgrade Passive Skills, and only up to the Regional Level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passive Value, on the other hand, is much more flexible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can exchange it for two Passive Skill Cards, which I can then use for upgrades, right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo chose the 100 Passive Value with barely a moment’s hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He entered the Ball God System and glanced at his personal stats screen. His Passive Value was now at 145.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sense of security instantly washed over Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’War Feeds War... it really is the best!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Wang Shuo was occupied with the Ball God System, his teammates had already finished their celebrations and returned to the sidelines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Head Coach Klopp was leading the players on a lap of honor to thank the Mainz fans in attendance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, something else happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stadium announcer made a major announcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this match, 18-year-old Wang Shuo scored a hat-trick, helping our Mainz achieve a 3-2 comeback victory over Hoffenheim, and in doing so, he has also set the record for the youngest hat-trick in Bundesliga history!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Bruch Road Stadium instantly erupted in deafening cheers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the stands, all the fans in attendance roared Wang Shuo’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp, obliging the fans’ demands, pushed Wang Shuo forward to take another lap and interact with the supporters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The player whose record Wang Shuo had just broken was named Walter Bessitod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He played for Frankfurt in the ’60s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the 13th round of the ’65-’66 Bundesliga season, in an away match for Frankfurt against Neu-Isenburg, Bessitod scored his hat-trick at the age of 18 years, 3 months, and 26 days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, Wang Shuo had scored his hat-trick. Born on September 13, he set the new record at 18 years, 2 months, and 9 days old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had shattered the previous record by more than a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an incredibly difficult feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the current regulations of the German Football Association, players under the age of 18 cannot represent a team in professional matches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rule was relaxed for players from a club’s own youth academy, allowing them to play as long as they would turn 18 by the end of the season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that to break this record, a player would almost have to score a hat-trick in their debut season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just how good would a young player have to be to do that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, because of the difficulty of such a feat, news of it spread like wildfire throughout the German football scene after the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even shot past Germany’s borders in no time, spreading swiftly throughout the European football scene and, eventually, the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a historical record in one of Europe’s top four leagues, after all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prestige of this achievement was undeniable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz Head Coach Klopp went even further, publicly singing Wang Shuo’s praises at the post-match press conference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He doesn’t strike me as an 18-year-old at all. He’s more like a very seasoned player.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A German reporter at the conference immediately raised a question about the upcoming European Golden Boy Award.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp smiled and said, \"I don’t know who will ultimately win the award.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But being subtle wasn’t Uncle Mustache’s style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Mustache’s tone shifted immediately. \"But in my opinion, Wang Shuo has made 14 appearances in the Bundesliga this season and scored 15 goals. With a record like that, regardless of whether he ends up winning this Golden Boy Award, he’s the best in my book!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp’s words quickly spread through the media.\u003C\u002Fp>",1005,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","71217e168b6153f316f5598d0a937e7a10997256b2d6fc4569aef4ee55d06f6d","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-30","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-29",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]