[{"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-281":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},483817,734,"Chapter 281 - 70: National Derby! Van Gaal Has Gone Mad! A German’s Dream Is Shattered! The Makings of a Grand Comeback?","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-281",281,"\u003Cp>Losing a match costs you three points at most, but if you make a substitution in the first half and fall out with a player, that’s like planting a time bomb in the locker room. You could even lose the entire season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, while a first-half substitution makes the player the scapegoat, it also admits that the manager’s starting tactics and lineup were flawed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why managers would rather watch their team concede goal after goal in the first half than make a substitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even substitutions during the halftime break are rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when it involves a star player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, you have to give them until at least the 55th or 60th minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when everyone from Dortmund returned to the pitch, they were all stunned to see that Bayern had actually made substitutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up front, number 33 Gomez was replaced by number 11, Olic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Wang Shuo was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even crazier was that Van Gaal didn’t just make one change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas Müller came on for the holding midfielder, Tymoshchuk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bayern was switching to a 4-2-3-1 formation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Van Gaal must have gone mad!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp obviously realized something was wrong. He immediately went to the sideline and shouted to his players, signaling for them to play a bit more cautiously and focus on defense in the second half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo heard his coach’s shout and looked over, seeing Klopp making hand signals at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The general meaning was for him to put more pressure on Bayern’s defensive line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo raised a hand to show he understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he looked back at the stadium’s big screen, the camera was focused on the stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expressions on the faces of both Rummenigge and Hennes were clearly unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Mario Gomez we’re talking about!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Germany’s number one center-forward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top domestic scorer whom Bayern had spent 30 million euros to sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Van Gaal had subbed him off at halftime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone could imagine what must have happened in Bayern’s locker room during the break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was bound to be a huge news story after the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of what had happened in Bayern’s locker room, their entire attack changed dramatically after the second half began. Their midfield and forward line, in particular, became extremely aggressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Dortmund kicked off, Bayern immediately pressed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Bayern seemed to be in a 4-2-3-1, but in reality, Olic’s and Thomas Müller’s positions were very fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ribery’s and Robben’s positions weren’t fixed either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This created huge problems for Dortmund’s defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just five minutes into the second half, Lahm surged forward on the right flank and sent a precise through ball to the feet of Thomas Müller upfield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And where was Thomas Müller?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had appeared on the right wing, where Robben was supposed to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving the ball, the young Bayern player turned and sent a pass in behind the defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone made a quick diagonal run from the right side of the penalty arc toward the right byline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number on the back of his jersey was 7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ribery!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ribery received Thomas Müller’s pass on the right side, just outside the box, he blew past Hummels and sent a cross from the byline to the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olic tried to get on the end of it in front of goal, but with Subotic pressuring him, he couldn’t get a touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball slid past the face of the goal inside the six-yard box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the far post, the number 10, Robben, rushed in and tapped it into Dortmund’s net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2-3!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was completely stunned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Bayern’s attack continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the kickoff, Bayern continued to launch a fierce assault on Dortmund.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up front, Olic, Ribery, Robben, and Thomas Müller relentlessly pressed Dortmund’s midfield and defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Bumblebees were no pushovers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bayern’s high press naturally exposed problems in their own back line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The double pivot of Schweinsteiger and Van Bommel, in particular, wasn’t providing enough protection for the defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just four minutes after Robben’s goal, Dortmund launched a swift counter-attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shahin collected the ball just past the 30-meter line in his own half and switched it with his left foot to the right wing, finding an unmarked Kuba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuba immediately cut inside toward the penalty area with the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire attacking route was a carbon copy of Wang Shuo’s second goal in the first half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he reached the right side outside the penalty arc, Wang Shuo, with his back to the box, suddenly pointed to the space in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuba immediately passed it horizontally into the Arc Top District and then sprinted forward himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo took a step forward, evading Badstuber and Van Bitten. He trapped the ball with the inside of his right foot, took another step forward, and then back-heeled it with his left foot toward the penalty area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Badstuber and Van Bitten had both followed Wang Shuo forward, terrified of giving him a chance to turn and face the goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they never expected the sudden back-heel. The ball went straight between the two center-backs and landed to the right of the penalty spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sprinting forward, Kuba caught up to Wang Shuo’s back-heel pass and blasted it with his right foot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GOOOOAL!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>80,000 Dortmund fans roared in unison once more!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"4-2!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dortmund score again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An incredibly imaginative back-heel assist from Wang Shuo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Another swift counter-attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bayern were attacking too aggressively. Their defense made a serious error, giving Dortmund the chance to counter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The start of the second half was almost a carbon copy of the first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Dortmund scored again, Bayern showed no signs of backing down. Instead, they became even more ferocious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially up front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their pressure on Dortmund was even more intense than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 65th minute, Robben received a pass from Lahm on the right wing and kept dribbling at De De, forcing him to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>",989,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.830Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","85b5a2b02bd54ecd10e859a58948a3b3a3d90764b91885a55be0877062b23279","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-282","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-280",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]