[{"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-198":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},484034,734,"Chapter 198 - 58: Into the Final! A Personal Tragedy! The Bundesliga’s Strongest Rookie! Another Victim at Wang Shuo’s Feet","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>Nowadays, the prevailing opinion in the German media was that Labbadia’s time at Bayer Leverkusen had come to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After losing the DFB-Pokal, there was no longer any chance of him keeping his job this season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The German media didn’t seem very forgiving toward this young, distinctive manager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote a report speaking up for Labbadia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst a sea of criticism, it was a breath of fresh air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t what caught Wang Shuo’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, he remembered that Labbadia had previously blasted Bayer Leverkusen’s senior executive, Michael Reschke, in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung. A reporter had asked the questions, and Labbadia had answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was all just standard practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hadn’t Bayer Leverkusen’s Wolle said before that Labbadia had been led astray by his media consultant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was obvious that Labbadia had some sort of collaboration with the Süddeutsche Zeitung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Come to think of it, all the major media outlets in Germany have their own clear stances.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s even possible for different reporters at the same newspaper to have different allegiances.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That’s why you sometimes see two reports with completely opposite stances published at the same time.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Wang Shuo was back in China, he always found this kind of news very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about it now, it seemed perfectly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ultimately, reporters have different loyalties, so naturally, their reporting angles are different. It’s only normal for their attitudes to be completely opposite.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And what about the newspaper agency?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The agency is just a platform. Its main goals are sales and public attention.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’To them, what does it matter how their reporters write articles, what they report, or even if their stances are diametrically opposed?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Freedom of speech, right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo had even heard that German national team players like Podolski and Ballack actually had many reporters they were familiar with, who acted as their mouthpieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, when it was inconvenient for them to say certain things themselves, they would use these people to speak for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these reporters also enjoyed certain privileges, like being able to follow these stars around, or even attend their private parties and banquets, making it easier to get inside information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thomas Essien was right. The European Football Scene is just a Vanity Fair!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz was just a small, insignificant team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But precisely because it was small, it didn’t have all these messy complications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But what if I go to a big club?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Forget Bayern. Wouldn’t it be the same even at traditional powerhouses like Dortmund, VfL Wolfsburg, or Bayer Leverkusen?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Stay true to yourself!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Easier said than done.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wang Shuo was aimlessly surfing the web, the QQ application running in the background suddenly chimed twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clicked on it and saw a verification request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A user named \"Green Grass by the Field\" had sent him a friend request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Wang Shuo found strange was that the user’s gender was listed as female.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy crap, Old Cao is a catfish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t a big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many male netizens, out of a mischievous impulse, chose \"female\" when registering their QQ accounts. It was said to make it easier to make friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo chuckled, directly clicked \"accept,\" and added the friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you Wang Shuo?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo paused for a moment. \"How did you know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my god, it’s really you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo was puzzled. ’Was it that easy to guess?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Couldn’t I just be an international student at Mainz University?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On second thought, he didn’t recall seeing any Chinese international students at Mainz University. At least, he hadn’t seen any.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your QQ name is ’Stone,’ and you said you were in Mainz, Germany. I just guessed it was you, Wang Shuo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my god, Wang Shuo, my dad and I are both your fans!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’My dad and I...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Wang Shuo found that a bit odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know what? I’m still in Dusseldorf waiting for a flight right now. When you scored, I was right there in the stands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo sent a smiley face emoji. \"I know. Didn’t you post photos on the forum?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t believe it, Wang Shuo, you actually added me as a QQ friend! I can’t... I need to calm down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going to go show off on the forum. Don’t worry, I won’t reveal your secret that you’re a lurker.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to call my dad, too. He’ll be so jealous when he finds out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo immediately switched back to the Chinese sports forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what do you know, Old Cao was fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow fans, can you believe it? I actually added Wang Shuo on QQ!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the post went up, it immediately attracted a flood of replies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Cao is the GOAT!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my god, Old Cao, hook me up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll pay a high price for the number, Old Cao!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Cao, you know me. I just want Wang Shuo’s QQ number. Name your price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected of our Old Cao, you’re freaking awesome!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Cao, please tell Wang Shuo to give it his all in the final!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All 1.4 billion of us in China are supporting him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wang Shuo read, a warm feeling spread through his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even felt that he hadn’t done well enough to deserve the affection of such amazing fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he also silently swore to himself that, whether for his own sake or for these fans who supported him, he absolutely had to work harder—twice as hard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green Grass by the Field screenshotted the forum comments and forwarded them to Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below them, she added another smiley face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone likes you and supports you, but please don’t feel any pressure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter what, we’ll always be your strongest supporters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep up the hard work!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand words swirled in Wang Shuo’s mind, but in the end, they condensed into a single word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",983,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","70b53a80a36feca5ce249f6fb6d7e71a7a649c0d93f6215e20bcfcfd5c1badaf","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-199","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-197",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]