[{"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-168":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},484004,734,"Chapter 168 - 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-168",168,"\u003Cp>But even as they kept scoring, their defensive line repeatedly showed weaknesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, in the 71st minute, Keremas, who had just made a mistake and lost possession, capitalized on a corner kick opportunity to pull one back for Freiburg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2-1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 81st minute, Wang Shuo dropped back, pulling a defender out of position. Kalhan then sent a diagonal pass into the space behind, and Schürrle, tearing forward at full speed, breached Freiburg’s goal once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3-1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scoreline held until the final whistle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz defeated Freiburg 3-1, advancing smoothly to the fourth round of the DFB-Pokal—the quarterfinals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hard-fought victory in the DFB-Pokal Round of 16 didn’t set a positive tone for Mainz in the second half of the season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four days later, the Bundesliga resumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the match for Round 18, a home game against VfL Wolfsburg, Wang Shuo once again delivered a superb performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magat even assigned a player to man-mark Wang Shuo tightly for the entire match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, in the 34th minute, Wang Shuo still managed to seize an opportunity and deliver a brilliant pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kalhan made a late run into the box and scored, opening the account for Mainz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the 73rd minute, a goal from Griffith leveled the score for Wolfsburg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for an excellent performance from their goalkeeper, Wach, the defense would have conceded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The match ended in a 1-1 draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the match, however, Wang Shuo once again received a rating of 2 from Bild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was the only Mainz player in the match capable of threatening the Wolfsburg backline.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Klopp’s Mainz, Bild commented that the team was going through a cold spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even came up with a name for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp Syndrome!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Round 19 of the Bundesliga, Mainz played an away game against Frankfurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz, having performed poorly in the previous round, showed no signs of improvement in this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 33rd minute of the first half, a defensive error on a corner kick saw Bungert lose his man, allowing Frankfurt’s center-back, Ruth, to score with a header.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz remained sluggish for the entire first half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After play resumed in the second half, Helle delivered a long, diagonal pass from the right wing. Wang Shuo raced forward, getting to it just ahead of center-back Chris. He controlled the ball and drove forward, breaking through Frankfurt’s defense to score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1-1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in a huge blow to their morale, just five minutes after Wang Shuo’s equalizer, young Frankfurt player Fenin scored again for the home team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2-1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While everyone else was still reeling from conceding the goal, Wang Shuo kept fighting up front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 72nd minute, Wang Shuo dropped back to the left of the center circle on the halfway line, raising his hand to call for the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Foyelner passed the ball to his feet, Wang Shuo trapped it and turned in one fluid motion, shaking off his marker, Fink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A beautiful turn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wang Shuo is going on a solo run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s charging single-handedly at the Frankfurt defense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a one-on-one against Ruth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they met, Wang Shuo executed a step-over at 1.2 times normal speed, instantly getting past Ruth and breaking through the middle with the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s beaten the second man!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A brilliant individual display!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wang Shuo keeps dribbling forward! There are no defenders ahead of him now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chris is scrambling back desperately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wang Shuo is suddenly down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wang Shuo stumbled and fell, Frankfurt’s number 29, center-back Chris, immediately threw his hands up to protest his innocence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the referee blew his whistle anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the slow-motion replay, you can see Chris clearly pushes him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a red card!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The referee has shown a straight red!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relying on his individual skill, Wang Shuo has created a glimmer of hope for a Mainz comeback!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s constantly encouraging his teammates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mainz has been suffering from the so-called ’Klopp Syndrome’ lately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ensuing free kick didn’t result in a goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The header from the young Roman Neustadter struck the crossbar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just two minutes later, Wang Shuo dropped back to receive a pass, turned, and sent a brilliant through ball forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schürrle made a quick run from deep, collected the ball, broke into the box, and scored against Frankfurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2-2!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mainz couldn’t find another goal before the end of the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The match ended in a 2-2 draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Mainz’s second consecutive draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the match, Wang Shuo again received the highest rating on the pitch: a 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Round 19 of the Bundesliga came the midweek international friendlies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the international players had returned for Round 20 of the Bundesliga that weekend, Mainz’s form had worsened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Playing at home against Karlsruhe, a team in the relegation zone, Mainz could only manage a 0-0 draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo didn’t have a great game either, only earning a rating of 3 afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was that Karlsruhe played an extremely defensive, park-the-bus style of football.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This put Wang Shuo at a significant disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His physical game wasn’t his strong suit, so whenever the play became a close-quarters physical battle, he struggled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His teammates didn’t provide adequate support either, often leaving Wang Shuo isolated and surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such circumstances, Wang Shuo couldn’t play to his strengths at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, his overall performance still earned the respect of the media and fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bild gave him a rating of 3.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The 18-year-old was stifled in Karlsruhe’s ’forest of brutes,’ but he still showed his class with a few flashes of brilliance during the match.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the post-match summary, Wang Shuo received 12 Passive Value points, his highest yet.\u003C\u002Fp>",944,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","6028f3a7de59b67318cf53529133c928c6b02aac198e8769a9f666918cb1c379","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-169","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-167",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]