[{"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-315":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},484051,734,"Chapter 315 - 75: Golden Ball Award Ranking! The Fourth Superstar of World Football! How a Legend Is Forged! The Shock from China","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-315",315,"\u003Cp>\"He’s performing even better at Dortmund. His improvement is obvious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is very important for a young player.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And now, I’m even more convinced of my initial judgment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps they don’t even have to wait for the future. Maybe right now, Bayern is already starting to regret their decision!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Beckenbauer added a few face-saving remarks for Bayern afterward, but it was these first few sentences that spread the most widely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weight carried by the Football Emperor’s words was recognized by media and fans all over the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Beckenbauer mentioned Wang Shuo’s future in the same breath as Messi, Ronaldo, and Kaka, Wang Shuo was no longer the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skyrocketing fame also affected Wang Shuo’s life to some extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, in Luckenwalde Castle, reporters often loitered around Wang Shuo’s front door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The upside was that Lina Gerk’s fashion brand, despite being aimed at the female market, absolutely exploded at its launch because of its connection to Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to Wang Shuo, the German supermodel’s career also took off, and her popularity soared to astonishing heights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there was Thomas Essien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began receiving more calls from sponsors and brands, all inquiring about Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to commercial sponsorships, Wang Shuo’s attitude was quality over quantity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also a suggestion from Lina Gerk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was now essentially Wang Shuo’s personal image consultant, while also helping Thomas Essien build Wang Shuo’s personal brand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Wang Shuo himself, he continued to pour most of his energy into training and matches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always remembered Heynckes’s advice, and Klopp repeatedly urged him to stay grounded. Even Gao Huairen, all the way in China, made a special call to remind him not to lose his original focus just because he was becoming famous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all genuinely looking out for Wang Shuo’s best interests, so he humbly accepted their advice and dedicated himself even more to his training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「...」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he left Mainz to join Dortmund, Wang Shuo had thought about one question more than once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were to face Mainz on the pitch in the future, how should he react when facing the teammates he once fought alongside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Go all out?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That was a given.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, in the November 21st home game where Dortmund faced Mainz, every time Wang Shuo got the ball, he charged at Mainz without holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost every time, he managed to throw the Mainz backline into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas Tuchel knew Wang Shuo’s strength well and understood the threat he posed, so he paid special attention to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even had center-backs Bo Svensson and Kirschhoff play as deep-lying midfielders. They, along with Bungert and Nowitzki, with Lővér on the left and Hogland on the right, worked together to contain Wang Shuo and Dortmund.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the most Mainz could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schürrle, Kalhan, and Helle played in midfield, with Bancé up front, ready to counter-attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew each other inside and out and took the match seriously, so the game was incredibly intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what no one would likely believe was that there wasn’t a single yellow card in the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo, Subotic, and Foyelner had all come from Mainz, as had Head Coach Klopp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, the atmosphere of the game was excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Incidentally, Mainz was currently ranked 7th in the Bundesliga, even higher than Bayern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After 42 minutes of hard-fought battle, Dortmund finally broke through. On the left side of the field, Reus received a pass from Schmelzer, dribbled forcefully to cut inside, and then sent a low pass into the penalty area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo made a horizontal run, controlled the ball with his right foot, and then unleashed a shot with his left, breaking through the goal defended by Heinz Müller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heinz Müller had joined Mainz from Barnsley in the summer of ’09 for 300,000 euros.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After arriving, he quickly replaced Dimo Wahe to become the team’s starting goalkeeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after the goal, the entire stadium erupted in cheers, but Wang Shuo did not celebrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his way of showing respect to his former club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Dortmund defeated Mainz 1-0.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「...」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You little brat, you really didn’t show me any mercy when you got past me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the final whistle blew, Captain Nowitzki \"swung\" a fist at Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Mainz players also came over one by one to greet Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, they had already greeted each other before the match in the player tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, Nowitzki and Bungert had repeatedly told Wang Shuo to take it easy on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unexpectedly, they still couldn’t hold him off in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain, I really didn’t want to embarrass you. I was actually holding back. I probably only used just a tiny bit of my strength...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo deliberately made a gesture with his right index finger and thumb, pinching them close together, which made Nowitzki look like he was about to fly into a rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Who is he trying to humiliate?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That kid, Andre Schürrle, had been performing quite well this season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one were to name the biggest beneficiary of Wang Shuo’s departure, it would definitely be Schürrle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had now truly become the new star that Mainz was promoting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they were in frequent contact on a regular basis, so their reaction wasn’t as enthusiastic as the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new monarch brings new courtiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Tuchel took over, his criteria for selecting players were clearly different from Klopp’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Gunkel immediately lost his spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pekovic’s position wasn’t very stable now either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was due to the difference in the head coaches’ philosophies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What surprised Wang Shuo was that Marco Rose had made a comeback and was on the team roster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the two met in the player tunnel before the game, Wang Shuo was genuinely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally thought Marco Rose was about to retire.\u003C\u002Fp>",984,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","4301ecb7251506ca8f7fc803fcb436f3a044be5ea4882983dd59ced2bbac3abf","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-316","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-314",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]