[{"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-257":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},483793,734,"Chapter 257 - 67: A Blessing in Disguise! Miraculous Right-Brain Thinking! 1 vs 3, Wang Shuo Scores Again! Klopp’s Belief","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-257",257,"\u003Cp>Wang Shuo’s long dribble was intended to help him score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He didn’t say it, but I knew he was trying to draw all the defenders to him before passing me the ball to help me score.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wang Shuo is a truly excellent player, and he’s one of my best friends here at Dortmund. He respects all his teammates and opponents—he’s a consummate professional!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reus explained that he came forward to clarify things because he didn’t want the public to misunderstand Wang Shuo or cause him any trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve only known each other for less than two months, but he’s like a big brother to me. He’s always helping me, giving me advice, and helping me improve. I’m incredibly grateful to him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a German reporter immediately couldn’t help but chime in, reminding Reus with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Marco, you’re from May ’89, and Wang Shuo is from September ’90.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room instantly erupted in laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reus looked a little embarrassed himself and couldn’t help but laugh along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was true, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was, in fact, slightly older than Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I meant on the football pitch!\" Reus quickly clarified. \"He’s definitely better than me there, and I’m trying my best to learn from him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reus’s clarification quickly spread through local media outlets like Ruhr News and the West German Newspaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following that, Bild, Kicker Magazine, and various major websites all reposted the story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did everyone realize what had actually happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dortmund fans immediately went wild!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to think of it, I remember Marco Reus now. That kid joined our youth academy when he was six. A great prospect. It’s really stand-up of Wang Shuo to help him out like that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly! Wang Shuo was clearly helping Reus score. How did the trash media twist that into him being a ball hog?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve been to the team’s training sessions before. A few of our own academy players are on great terms with Wang Shuo. Reus, Grosskreutz, Götze... they all get along really well with him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you ask me, Wang Shuo is a real stand-up guy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Couldn’t agree more. That’s what a locker room should be about—teammates helping each other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reus is having a good start to the season. He’s already scored 4 goals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wang Shuo’s a great influence. Didn’t you read Ruhr News? Reus was the one who helped him find a house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The media these days... they just love to stir the pot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This team under Klopp feels really good. The locker room atmosphere is great, and they play with so much passion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Public opinion reversed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after major outlets like German Television, Bild, and Kicker Magazine weighed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More Dortmund players began giving interviews, and all of them had high praise for Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain Kael went even further, stating that Wang Shuo was becoming a role model for the younger players in the locker room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some reporters even went to Dortmund’s Strobelaler Training Ground to dig for more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the deeper they dug, the more inside stories they uncovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially from the security guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to a report in Bild, this security guard had been manning the gates at Dortmund for over a decade. He had personally witnessed the Strobelaler Training Ground go from being completely deserted to bustling with activity, and then back to its current state of decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But there has never been a player like Wang Shuo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s at the training ground almost every day a little after five in the morning, and he just buries himself in hard training. The man is incredibly disciplined!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In competitive sports, practice is everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the security guard’s confirmation, Bild was full of praise for Wang Shuo’s professionalism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back when he was at Mainz, we heard stories about Wang Shuo more than once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, after transferring to Dortmund, Wang Shuo is still the same!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bild concluded that as long as Wang Shuo maintained this level of self-discipline, he was sure to achieve astonishing success in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And perhaps even realize his dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to news coming out of Strobelaler, Wang Shuo’s dream is to become the best player in the world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The media frenzy surrounding Wang Shuo had appeared quickly, but the reversal of opinion came even faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did the controversy fail to have any negative impact on Wang Shuo, it actually caused his standing among the Dortmund fans to skyrocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, the Bumblebee fans had simply placed their hopes in his goal-scoring ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look at the influence he’s had on Reus and the other young players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fans of every team have a soft spot for their homegrown talent and always show special affection for players who came up through their own youth academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Wang Shuo became a player beloved and watched closely by the Dortmund faithful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most direct evidence of this came on August 8th, during the first match of the new Bundesliga season, a home game against Cologne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the pre-match warm-up, as Wang Shuo stepped onto the pitch at Westfalen Stadium, the more than 80,000 Dortmund fans in the stands erupted in a unified cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless people were shouting Wang Shuo’s name at the top of their lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This even startled Wang Shuo himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our fans love you!\" Captain Kael said with a hearty laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo understood immediately. He walked over and gave Reus a light pat on the shoulder, a gesture of thanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had helped Reus purely out of camaraderie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected it would win him the hearts of the Dortmund fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Was this a blessing in disguise?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zvonimir Sordo, the 41-year-old Croatian head coach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A former Croatian national, he had played for Stuttgart in the Bundesliga for ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After retiring, he coached at Dinamo Zagreb, where his impressive results earned him the head coach position at Cologne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since failing to secure promotion in the summer of ’08, Cologne had been forced to reflect on their painful experience.\u003C\u002Fp>",1000,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.830Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","fe0df3f171c20d5f581792d333f812da47d733645056572e17300d226734bfa9","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-258","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-256",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]