[{"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-223":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},483959,734,"Chapter 223 - 62: Hat-trick! Cruyff Turn! The Future 4th Superstar! The Anthem Rings and Mainz are Champions","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-223",223,"\u003Cp>Beckenbauer smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the coming years, there will only be three superstars in world football: Ronaldo at Manchester United, Kaka at AC Milan, and Messi at Barça.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three superstars were universally recognized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was their image or their skill, they were the real deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ribery, whether in terms of image or personality, is ultimately a step below them, and he’s also a bit injury-prone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if Wang Shuo can stay healthy and maintain his current rate of improvement, then I believe he has a real chance to become the fourth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hennes and Rummenigge looked up at Beckenbauer in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As both a player and a coach, Beckenbauer had been a world champion, securing countless achievements and honors that others could only dream of. That was why he was the Football Emperor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had always admired Beckenbauer’s eye for talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If that’s true, how much would Wang Shuo be worth?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It was unimaginable!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Wang Shuo came from China, with the whole of Asia behind him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Wang Shuo’s hat-trick, Klinsmann made two substitutions at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Podolski came on for Altıntop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Van Bitten replaced Oddo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the substitutions, Lahm moved to the right flank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bayern Munich switched to a three-man backline, changing to a 3-4-3 formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a signal that they were going all-out on the attack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz, on the other hand, began to fall back and organize their defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of Germany knew that Klopp’s teams could only maintain their high-intensity running for sixty minutes at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the sixty-minute mark, their running capacity would drop significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it was perfectly normal for Mainz to be falling back now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the game became completely one-sided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mainz didn’t just blindly retreat into their own penalty area. They set up a tight defensive formation in their own half, repelling Bayern’s attacks time and again outside the box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 73rd minute, Mainz made their first substitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunkel came on for Foyelner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this change, Mainz shifted into something resembling a 5-3-1-1 formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lővér and Helle defended the flanks, while Hogland moved into the right center-back position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Mainz team showed unprecedented resilience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was defending with one heart and one mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hainauer also tracked back energetically into the midfield, at times defending very deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Wang Shuo pressed Bayern’s three center-backs up front, doing his best to disrupt and obstruct their buildup from the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single player was giving their all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain kept falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the pitch, the Mainz players in their red kits never stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just kept running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain washed away their sweat, but it couldn’t extinguish the flame burning in each of their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was hope!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were a group of unheralded players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foyelner came from the Bayern youth academy but was considered a reject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hainauer and Lővér were from the small nation of Hungary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kalhan was from Slovenia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowitzki was from Macedonia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pekovic was from Black Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunkel had German citizenship but was an immigrant from Côte d’Ivoire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then there was Wang Shuo, who came from China.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A country that had never appeared in the World Cup finals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before coming to Mainz, he had been rejected by eighteen clubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all nobodies from small countries, from deep in the mountains, from dense forests, from places of obscurity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps tonight would be the most glorious moment of their entire lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defeating Bayern would be the greatest Achievement of their lives!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was their World Cup final!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was their Champions League final!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, every one of them was fighting desperately, giving everything they had!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Mainz stands, Marco Rose sat with the other Mainz players who hadn’t made the matchday squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With them were Subotic and his girlfriend, as well as former captain Friedrich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz was so hard-up they could barely find a few club legends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subotic and Friedrich were the biggest names they had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that moment, as they watched their \"teammates\" fighting for their lives on the pitch, their eyes were all red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t just a final for the Mainz players on the pitch, on the bench, and in the stands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a final for Subotic and Friedrich too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you walk through a storm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold your head up high...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And don’t be afraid of the dark...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the end of a storm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s a golden sky...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the sweet silver song of a lark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the stands of the Olympic Stadium Berlin, the voices of the Mainz fans began to rise in song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Growing louder and louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, Marco Rose, Subotic, Friedrich, and the others had all joined in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the directors’ box, Mainz President Strutz, General Manager Heidel, and the rest were singing along too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, all the Mainz fans in the entire stadium were singing in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Walk on through the wind...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Walk on through the rain...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though your dreams be tossed and blown...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Walk on, walk on...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With hope in your heart...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you’ll never walk alone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll never walk alone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The song of the Mainz fans pierced the night, cut through the curtain of rain, and drifted into every corner of the Olympic Stadium Berlin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They made sure that every single person here, and every fan watching the live broadcast around the world, heard their voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mainz players on the pitch fought with everything they had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time and again they fell onto the slick, muddy grass, and time and again they got back up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they heard their club anthem coming from the stands, a smile broke out on their faces, which were smeared with grass and mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, they charged toward Bayern once more, without a hint of hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>",951,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","b7ca0aa7d5f5bd5cefa95a124f497602f027374087231ad2604aac7dca1b2201","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-224","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-222",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]