[{"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-169":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},484005,734,"Chapter 169 - 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-169",169,"\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the afternoon of February 21st, at the Munich Allianz Arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bundesliga Matchday 21: Mainz played away against Bayern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 83rd minute of the second half, the score on the board was 0-1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The visiting team, Mainz, took the lead in the 22nd minute of the first half. Wang Shuo went on a brilliant run, a Breakthrough that saw him dribble past Demichelis and Van Bitten in succession to open the scoring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Mainz had held onto that lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ribery cut in from the left flank and took a long shot, which deflected off a defender and went out for a corner kick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Altıntop, who had come on as a substitute, stood at the corner flag on the right side of the pitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the exception of Wang Shuo, every Mainz player had retreated into the penalty area to defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"CLAP, CLAP, CLAP! Be careful! Everyone, focus!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp shouted loudly at his players from the sideline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Mustache wanted to walk away from Allianz Arena with a victory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nico! Nichols! Mark your men tightly! Stay focused!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Milorad, watch out for that Dutch guy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp called out the Mainz players’ names one by one, signaling for each of them to mark their man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Van Bitten, Demichelis, the Dutch Van Bommel, the towering Italian forward Luca Tony, and Germany’s best header of the ball, Klose...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these threats made the Mainz defenders feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo didn’t hear the head coach call his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had exchanged a look with Klopp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew his mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was to stay upfield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as a teammate headed the ball clear, he had to be ready to counter-attack at a moment’s notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, focus! Let’s hold them off!\" Wang Shuo also shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already the 83rd minute. They just had to get through this last stretch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head referee, Rafati, quickly blew his whistle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Altıntop quickly took the corner kick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The football traced an arc through the air, dropping into the Mainz penalty area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, the penalty area was already a chaotic mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo, positioned at the bottom of the center circle in his own half, kept a close watch on the situation in the box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he saw the ball dropping and a powerful figure in red leaping into the air, he knew: ’It’s over!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the entire Allianz Arena erupted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly 70,000 fans cheered wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ecstatic Van Bitten charged out of the Mainz penalty area, running straight to the sideline to celebrate his goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1-1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Wang Shuo felt as if all the strength had been drained from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had held on for 83 minutes, led for over an hour, and still conceded in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, there was little sense in arguing over who had failed to mark Van Bitten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Mainz had to settle for another draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four consecutive draws!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Klopp Syndrome continued!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone could see clearly that after the winter break, the performance of Klopp’s team was a far cry from what it had been in the first half of the season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the players’ form, morale, or mentality, there was a clear difference from the first half of the season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo was the only exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had been consistently stable and outstanding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the match against Bayern, he once again received a high rating of 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bild commented, \"Playing on the same pitch as Ribery, Wang Shuo was by no means outshone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even more interesting was that even after four consecutive draws, and with 21 matches played, Klopp’s team was still at the top of the Bundesliga table!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, that’s right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 42 points, Mainz was still in the top spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hoffenheim and Hertha Berlin were closing in from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both teams now had 40 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bayern, meanwhile, had 38 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bayer Leverkusen and VfL Wolfsburg both had 36 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was this season’s Bundesliga!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mainz’s championship dream was about to come to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the following Bundesliga Matchday 22, a home game against Bielefeld, a team fighting to avoid relegation, Wang Shuo opened the scoring for Mainz in the 15th minute of the first half off an assist from Hainauer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1-0!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz maintained their lead, while Bielefeld waited, well-prepared, for an opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During halftime, Hainauer reported muscle soreness and was replaced by Amri.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 65th minute of the second half, Klopp substituted Schürrle for Helle on the right wing to strengthen the attack on that flank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to everyone’s surprise, just three minutes later, the veteran Kalhan was injured again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirschhoff came on as a substitute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the 70th minute, Mainz had already used up all their substitution slots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than two minutes after Kirschhoff came on, Bielefeld’s Zambian forward, Kantongo, got the ball at the edge of the penalty area, made a Breakthrough into the box, and scored the equalizer for Bielefeld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in the 84th minute, a clearance error from center-back Bungert gave the veteran Polish forward Wójcik an opportunity inside the box, and he scored another for Bielefeld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2-1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz suffered a bitter comeback defeat at home!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The score remained the same until the final whistle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz was now winless in five matches!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the same round of matches, Hertha Berlin defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 at home, staging a comeback of their own to claim the top spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bayern drew 0-0 away against Werder Bremen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the match, Klinsmann was hit with a tidal wave of criticism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because Werder Bremen’s center-back, Naldo, had been sent off with a red card just 15 minutes into the first half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could have imagined that despite having such a massive advantage, Bayern still couldn’t break through Werder Bremen’s defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Hoffenheim drew 0-0 away against Dortmund.\u003C\u002Fp>",984,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","82970779d3c92a7607271112e04cc3b25d743ebb172b769c0d82e9f660074f95","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-170","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-168",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]