[{"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-269":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},483805,734,"Chapter 269 - 69: A Great and Unforgettable Crushing Defeat! Trading Blows with Bayern! Locker Room Great Detective! You Are Not Neuer","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-269",269,"\u003Cp>In the TV shows Wang Shuo watched, it always seemed to rain whenever the hero was hurting or sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, the sky would grow overcast with dark clouds, setting the mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But tonight in Dortmund, the moon was bright, the stars were few, and the weather was perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I guess I’m not the hero of the story after all!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo sighed to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the match at Westfalen Stadium, everyone at Dortmund had already braced themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might lose this game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo included.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he never could have imagined that the team would lose this badly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real Madrid’s head coach, Pellegrini, fielded a 4-2-3-1 formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goalkeeper: Casillas;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defense: Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe, and Alvaro Arbeloa;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Midfield: Harvey Alonso and Lass Diarra formed a double defensive midfield, with Ronaldo, Kaka, and Higuain in front of them;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Striker: Benzema.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was arguably one of the most powerful lineups in world football today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dortmund, for their part, were on high alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Real Madrid stars seemed to have a chip on their shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was dissatisfaction with their own club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Annoyed that such a friendly match had been scheduled during the national team’s training camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they were playing with a vengeance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just three minutes into the game, Real Madrid breached Dortmund’s goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lass Diarra made a pass, Kaka backheeled it, and Ronaldo blasted a shot from inside the box. The ball shot between Weidenfeller’s legs and rolled into the net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two minutes later, Real Madrid won a free kick in their attacking half. Ronaldo’s direct shot nearly found the back of the net again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Bumblebees were no pushovers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo and his teammates immediately intensified their press and mounted an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it posed little threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young Dortmund squad was up against a supremely powerful Real Madrid, and they had no real answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 15th minute, Marcelo dribbled past three players on the left flank before sending in a cross. Ronaldo met it with a header in the box, extending Real Madrid’s lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dortmund was certainly good at pressing and very committed to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Real Madrid’s passing was just too quick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Dortmund players weren’t familiar enough with this kind of coordinated pressing, and their teamwork lacked chemistry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real Madrid could often break the press with just one or two passes, unleashing the individual brilliance of Ronaldo, Benzema, Kaka, and Higuain to finish the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what about Dortmund?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The double pivot of Lass Diarra and Harvey Alonso had a stranglehold on the midfield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to break through the center, they were forced to attack down the flanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it came to cutting inside from the wings, Dortmund struggled to find an opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marked by both Pepe and Ramos, Wang Shuo could barely get a touch on the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real Madrid’s two center-backs had it all: speed, physicality, and technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, they both played dirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t just about being rough; it was about using every dirty trick in the book to wear you down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A seemingly accidental elbow that looked like nothing but actually hurt like hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was Pepe or Ramos, every one of their defensive challenges seemed to be aimed right at Wang Shuo’s legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially with their menacing expressions, it looked like they were out to cripple him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his teammates?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were isolated by Real Madrid’s defense, unable to link up with Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the 20-minute mark, Dortmund was reduced to sending in crosses from the wings or playing long balls from the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made it difficult to play to Wang Shuo’s strengths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before the end of the first half, Benzema received the ball upfield, shrugged off Hummels, burst into the box, and made a square pass across the goalmouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaka, making a late run, tapped it in to score against Dortmund yet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3-0!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After play resumed in the second half, Kaka quickly scored another goal for Real Madrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the match drew to a close, Raul, who had come on as a substitute, also got a chance to shoot, sealing the victory for Real Madrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the final score settled at a shocking 5-0!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real Madrid had thrashed Dortmund at Westfalen Stadium!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the referee blew the final whistle, Wang Shuo stood dejectedly in the center circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat poured off him in streams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still couldn’t believe what he was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They say that every great team must first endure a devastating, unforgettable defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Maybe so.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one likes to lose like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially not in front of more than 80,000 Dortmund fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew it was just a friendly, an exhibition match even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides had made five substitutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But so what?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’To lose a game this badly, to be beaten by Real Madrid to the point where they couldn’t even fight back...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s humiliating!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could, Wang Shuo would have wanted the pitch at Westfalen Stadium to open up and swallow him whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the match, he’d been thinking about saying hello to Kaka, meeting Ronaldo, and also Raul, Benzema, Harvey Alonso, Higuain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he was in no mood for any of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Harvey Alonso walked past Wang Shuo, he reached out and gave him a consoling pat on the shoulder, then continued on without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaka, being a good guy, gave Wang Shuo a light pat on the back, also without saying much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Real Madrid stars may or may not have heard of Wang Shuo. To them, it didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After ninety minutes of play, they were like workers who had just finished a job. They chatted and laughed as they packed their things, left the stadium, and prepared to join up with their respective national teams.\u003C\u002Fp>",963,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.830Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","d9fc59aed7938a6390aa4044a8e4bf61743f1c75044bb35aa76456fbfade1be3","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-270","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-268",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]