[{"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-166":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},484002,734,"Chapter 166 - 54: Major Upgrade! Secret Weapon! Winter Transfers and a War of Words! Klopp Syndrome! The Championship Dream is Shattered","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-166",166,"\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, Dortmund’s head coach, Christopher Dom, wasn’t keen on the deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole world knew that he and Bayern didn’t get along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having Hummels, a center-back on loan from Bayern, under his command was already something he had to hold his nose and endure. And now they were trying to shove Tony Kroos at him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he wanted more was Cologne midfielder Antal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Dortmund’s sporting director, Zorc, replied, \"Antal? Impossible! Just make good use of Tony Kroos!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two had a falling out, Tony Kroos chose to go to Bayer Leverkusen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time the German midfielder left a deep impression on Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He’s got a lot of personality!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the winter break, another transfer caught Wang Shuo’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VfL Wolfsburg signed Japanese forward Daikubo Yasuhito from the Japan J League team Kobe Victory Ship for two million euros.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Wang Shuo was making a splash in the Bundesliga, Japan was also continuously exporting its own players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Mainz, aside from selling Subotic to Dortmund for seven million euros, they made no new signings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the 18 Bundesliga teams, only Mainz and Schalke 04 had sold players without making any new signings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Mainz, it was mostly out of financial desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were really out of money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In early January, Wang Shuo received another honor from the United Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The British newspaper The Times publicly announced its list of the Top 50 Young Talents in International Football.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The age limit was under 23.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo was featured prominently on the list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was also the only player from the Bundesliga to make the top 50.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only two players from Asia on the list, the other being Lee Chung-yong from South Korea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the list was published, it immediately triggered intense outrage from the German media.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too many players from the United Kingdom were on the list; even a 17-year-old made the cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single German player was included, and the Bundesliga was represented only by Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Wang Shuo hadn’t just won the European Golden Boy Award, the British probably wouldn’t have even given the Bundesliga that one spot!\" Bild jabbed sarcastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the British media weren’t pushovers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to wars of words, they were the masters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, The Times was the first to strike back, stating that if no German or Bundesliga players were selected, the Germans should reflect on their own youth development programs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides Wang Shuo, what other impressive young player has the Bundesliga produced in recent years?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even Wang Shuo himself almost failed to stay in the Bundesliga, having trials with nineteen teams before Mainz finally took him in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A young player with such outstanding talent would never be overlooked in the Premier League!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This blow truly hit a nerve with the German media.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t it the truth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What impressive young players did the Bundesliga have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not counting those over the age limit, there really weren’t many players under 23 who were performing exceptionally well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, any discerning person could see that The Times was being biased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rakitic, Augusto, and Hoffenheim’s Carlos Eduardo, among others, were all under 23 and performing quite well. They should have had no problem making the list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a joke. They could include John Fleck, a 17-year-old forward from the Scottish league’s Glasgow Rangers, but not these players who were performing well in the Bundesliga?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the selection was based on The Times’ standards. If they didn’t want to include them, there was nothing anyone could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there was also a theory that the British media was unhappy that Wang Shuo had snatched the European Golden Boy Award, which they felt belonged to a Premier League player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the British had considered Manchester United’s Anderson and Arsenal’s Walcott a double guarantee to win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, Wang Shuo appeared out of nowhere and snatched the award.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Times was doing this deliberately as retaliation, just to spite the Germans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the two old rivals started feuding again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the war of words between the German and British media, Wang Shuo was just a spectator enjoying the show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t feel involved in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the winter training camp in Spain, he continued to put in extra training every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, in addition to the special Passive Skill [Damage Reduction], he also possessed eight other Passive Skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were: Intercontinental Level [Breathing], National Level [Ball Sense], National Level [Swift], Regional Level [Insight], Regional Level [First Move], Regional Level [Spiritual Light], Professional Level [Coordination], and Professional Level [Eagle Eye].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo hoped to use the winter training camp to master these passive skills as quickly as possible and integrate them into his game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would greatly enhance his competitiveness in the second half of the Bundesliga season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, Wang Shuo was also beginning to notice the effects of [Eagle Eye].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it simply, expanding his field of vision meant that Wang Shuo’s line of sight had grown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human field of view is like a sector. Now, the angle of Wang Shuo’s sector was wider and its reach longer, allowing him to capture more information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the human brain is a central processing unit, then the eyes are its radar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wider the scan coverage, the more information is captured, and the more precise the result after the central unit processes it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eagle Eye] increased the range of this radar scan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the enhancement of [Eagle Eye], the effectiveness of other passive skills like [Insight], [First Move], and [Spiritual Light] also improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, [Eagle Eye] also improved his visual acuity, helping Wang Shuo perceive more details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was its greatest and most crucial benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, a soccer match itself is composed of countless details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was [Insight], [First Move], or [Spiritual Light], they were all built upon a foundation of details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through training, and especially after playing in a friendly match, Wang Shuo came to a clear realization: [Eagle Eye] didn’t directly improve his on-field performance, but it allowed his other passive skills to unleash far greater power.\u003C\u002Fp>",1021,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","76c510a306327fd30d2a4f03c327bdc58f0522affe1b8c5d6b774c4d2e19594a","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-167","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-165",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]