[{"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-322":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},484058,734,"Chapter 322 - 76: Matching a Legend, Half-Season Champions, Football Faith and the Hundred-Year War","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-322",322,"\u003Cp>Everyone knew who Plas was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo had also seen him a few times. Apparently, he was the one who had organized this Christmas party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn’t Westfalen Stadium rent out its facilities for things like Christmas parties, corporate events, fan birthdays, or even weddings?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo and the others all nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If someone rents our stadium for an event, they can pay an extra fee to have our players make an appearance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Isn’t that just like a celebrity making a paid appearance?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The key must be to attract more companies and individuals to hold events at Westfalen Stadium.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the appearance fee high?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Foyelner asked, everyone burst out laughing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy’s train of thought was truly bizarre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As players, everyone’s first reaction to hearing about this was resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, players, especially Dortmund players, were highly respected and had high social standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this Foyelner’s first reaction was about how high the appearance fee was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, it’s very low. The highest was Mertesacker, I think it was only 15,000 euros back then. That’s why we all said he ran off to Real Madrid just to stop doing these kinds of events.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about you? What was your appearance fee?\" Foyelner once again asked a question that made everyone curious, but also amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mine was only 7,500 euros,\" Weidenfeller said, not seeming to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all in the past now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, did you get any business?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Foyelner asked that question, even Wang Shuo felt the urge to punch him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was also genuinely curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weidenfeller found it funny himself. \"Of course. Actually, a lot of players didn’t accept gigs like that, but we were really struggling back then. And our rates were much lower than high-end hotels, so business wasn’t bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember one time, there was a Christmas event for the fans organized by the club. At its peak, over a thousand people attended, and it was 60 euros per person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>60,000 euros!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo was starting to understand why Dortmund was so stingy now, pinching every penny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they had been truly poor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dirt poor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look out the window. This is Borsigplatz.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo followed Weidenfeller’s gesture and looked out the window, just in time to see a large traffic circle where six roads converged. In the center of the circle was an open patch of land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is where the club celebrates after winning a championship?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right. Every time we win a title, we start from Westfalen Stadium and have a parade through the city all the way to Borsigplatz.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said this, Weidenfeller’s expression darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the last time we came here to celebrate was back in ’02.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven or eight years might not seem that long to the fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for a professional player, that’s half a career, or even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo sensed the change in Weidenfeller’s mood and immediately gave a confident smile. \"As long as we all work together, I’m sure we’ll be back here celebrating in May!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dortmund was currently the half-season champion with 42 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bayer Leverkusen, in second place, only had 35 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A seven-point lead was nothing to sneeze at for Dortmund.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when Wang Shuo said this, he was full of confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And inside the car, the other players, including Subotic, Weidenfeller, and Foyelner, all strongly agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, why do we choose Borsigplatz as the place to celebrate our championships?\" Subotic asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking out the car window, it was called a square, but it was really just an open patch of land, and not a very large one at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing special about it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weidenfeller smiled. \"It’s simple. Back in 1909, Dortmund was founded right here on Borsigplatz. Back then, there weren’t any roads or a traffic circle, just a field where people played football.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did it dawn on Wang Shuo and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the team and fans always traveled from Westfalen Stadium in the southwest all the way to Borsigplatz in the northeast to celebrate after every championship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exiting the traffic circle to the north, they immediately pulled over and parked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had arrived!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The school was a bit old and didn’t look any different from any other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the elementary school Markos Mihalek attended,\" Weidenfeller explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo had noticed this legend when he was learning about Dortmund’s history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Markos Mihalek, the most influential legend in Dortmund’s history. He was born near Borsigplatz, was loyal to the club for 31 years, and passed away in 1985.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the early days, many of our Dortmund players came from the surrounding area. But after a hundred years of development, times have changed. Very few of the old schools are left, but we make a trip here every Christmas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The school and the students seemed to be used to Dortmund’s visits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had already prepared all sorts of activities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The club had also carefully prepared many gifts for the young fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gifts weren’t expensive, but Wang Shuo felt that this kind of event was very meaningful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as before, he couldn’t understand why the more than 20,000 fans in Dortmund’s South Stand were so die-hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, looking at the elementary school students in front of him, each wearing a Dortmund jersey, he finally understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was this immersion from a young age that made them, through constant exposure, fall in love with football, and fall in love with Dortmund!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t Reus just like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an afternoon of activities, Wang Shuo was surprised to find that he had become the elementary schoolers’ favorite player.\u003C\u002Fp>",937,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.829Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","fc746f4013fa749b313fb78355fd9331980f21fb71ea2e2b4d25a909ba882e8b","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-323","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-321",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]