[{"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-187":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},484023,734,"Chapter 187 - 57: The Secret Weapon Pays Off! A Lopsided DFB-Pokal Semi-final","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-187",187,"\u003Cp>\"This has to be mind games!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo said loudly, then added with a cold laugh, \"Just a bit clumsy and transparent, that’s all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the target of the comments wasn’t even angry, the others calmed down a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right. Afterward, he made a point of praising Helmes and Kiesling. I think he was deliberately putting you down to prop up Bayer Leverkusen’s two strikers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo smiled faintly and nodded. \"But taking a shot at me won’t help them score more goals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, when a head coach gets into a war of words with the media, it isn’t necessarily for the public’s benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might be aimed at the opposition, his own players, or even the club’s management.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Labbadia isn’t entirely wrong. I do need to figure out a way to establish myself inside Bayer Leverkusen’s penalty area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schürrle grew anxious when he heard that. \"Wang, you’re not actually falling for his scheme, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scheme or no scheme, it doesn’t matter who said it. If there’s some truth to it, we might as well listen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, Wang Shuo sighed. \"Just look at this last match. I really couldn’t get on the ball inside their penalty area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foyelner and the teammates around him exchanged awkward glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We share some of the blame for that, but those freaks from Bayer Leverkusen are just relentless runners!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that match, it was like Bayer Leverkusen used Mainz’s own best tactics against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might have even been more aggressive about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Vidal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could run, he was aggressive, and on top of that, his footwork was decent and he was fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was like an all-around warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time Mainz tried to build an attack, they were often shut down in the midfield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t get the ball through!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And everyone knew that Wang Shuo was at his best with the ball played to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Playing a high ball to him would just be setting him up to fail, wouldn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Then I’ll have to try receiving long passes in the penalty area!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An idea sparked in Wang Shuo’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’After all, I have National Level [Ball Sense] and [Swift], plus Regional Level [First Move] and [Spiritual Light], and Professional Level [Coordination] and [Eagle Eye].’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I refuse to believe that with all these Skills, I can’t find an effective way to fix this weakness!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he could acquire a passive skill to enhance his physical strength, Wang Shuo, as a striker, would inevitably have to receive the ball in the box, especially when facing teams that deliberately sat deep in defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to have a counter-strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Besides, a long pass doesn’t have to be a high ball to my head. It doesn’t have to be about a physical battle.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Wang Shuo thought about it, the more energized he felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guys, I need your help!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Didn’t Labbadia just trash-talk him?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So why does Wang Shuo look happy about it?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What’s going on?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Help with what?\" Captain Nowitzki asked, concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Help me practice a signature move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A signature move?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players exchanged confused glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did he mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold on, dinner’s on me. We can talk while we eat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Wang Shuo ushered everyone back toward the lounge area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left Tobias Spawasser standing there, completely bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Was the news I brought back good news... or bad news?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Labbadia’s comments at the post-match press conference quickly sparked major controversy in the German media.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the reactions were critical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The majority of media outlets felt his comments were classless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For an 18-year-old rising star, don’t you think he’s being a bit too harsh?\" the Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung fired back on Wang Shuo’s behalf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kicker Magazine acknowledged that Wang Shuo’s physicality was indeed a weakness at present, but they believed it would naturally improve as he matured, at which point it would no longer be an issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bild, however, suggested that Labbadia was deliberately trying to create a diversion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to previous reports, Bayer Leverkusen was rife with internal conflict. Labbadia himself had long since had a falling out with a senior executive at the Pharmacy, Michael Reschke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reportedly, the two haven’t spoken a single word to each other since Labbadia began coaching Bayer Leverkusen last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 51-year-old Reschke had been with Bayer Leverkusen since 1979, starting as a youth academy coach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 1998, he took over Bayer Leverkusen’s youth academy and scouting department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 2004, he was promoted by senior figures like Wolle to become Bayer Leverkusen’s first-team manager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two main theories were now circulating in the German media.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first was that Labbadia’s reforms at Bayer Leverkusen were extremely radical. He didn’t just want to change the team’s tactics; he also wanted to shake up the administrative departments. This encroached on Reschke’s interests and even threatened the authority of Wolle and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only wanted Labbadia to improve the team’s performance and competitiveness, not to completely upend the club’s existing structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why Labbadia had previously claimed that from his very first day on the job, Reschke had been secretly telling players to work against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other theory was that Labbadia, much like Klinsmann, was ambitious and uncompromising. He had plenty of fresh ideas but lacked practical management experience and was unwilling to take advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wolle himself had once criticized Labbadia, believing he was getting too close to his media advisors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professional soccer is not show business. We need sincerity. Everyone should be genuine, but in front of the media, our words can easily be twisted. That’s not a good thing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bild believed Labbadia’s public criticism following the Mainz match was, similarly, a tactic to deflect from his own problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same tactic he used when he accused Reschke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In reality, Labbadia should know full well that if forced to choose between him and Reschke, Bayer Leverkusen will pick Reschke without a moment’s hesitation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",990,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","b47fc99d94dc98199de1ff40f064c196ac14e381eda72fa782cfe4dc379d7d88","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-188","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-186",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]