[{"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-387":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},484123,734,"Chapter 387 - 85: First in the Bundesliga! A Sky-High Contract! Advance, Dortmund! The Shadow of Bayern’s Great Comeback Reappears","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-387",387,"\u003Cp>Leaders Dortmund, on the other hand, could potentially be slowed down by Bayer Leverkusen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Bayern, the best possible outcome was for Bayer Leverkusen to upset Dortmund.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in Matchday 30, Bayern would be traveling to the BayArena to face Bayer Leverkusen away from home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rummenigge’s meaning was clear: Bayern didn’t consider Bayer Leverkusen a title rival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just the Bayern chairman who thought so. Sporting manager Nillinger also stated in a media interview that his biggest worry about playing Frankfurt was that the players would lack motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, his exact words were, \"I hope we give it our all against every opponent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Frankfurt match, Bayern was facing a grueling schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Midweek, they had the DFB-Pokal semi-final against Magat’s Schalke 04, which was bound to be a tough battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it was back to the league for Matchday 28, a home game against Stuttgart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be another tough battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that was the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United, followed by a league match against Schalke 04, and then another match against Manchester United.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then came Matchday 30 against Bayer Leverkusen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was safe to say that this stretch of matches would be incredibly difficult for any team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison, Frankfurt seemed like an easy pushover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Van Gaal decided to rotate the squad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No problem!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they rotated most of the starting lineup, Bayern could still handle Frankfurt with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The course of the match seemed to confirm this view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Playing away, Bayern opened the scoring just seven minutes in with a goal from Klose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, everyone thought there was no doubt Bayern would win the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, Bayern maintained constant pressure on Frankfurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The turning point of the match came in the 74th minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While defending a corner, Van Bitten injured his right brow bone in a collision and had to go to the sidelines for treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frankfurt seized the opportunity to make a series of substitutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Head coach Michael Schibbe successively brought on three forwards—Martin Fenin, Kolkmats, and Juvhel Tsoumou—to bolster the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the 80th minute, Van Bitten was substituted off for Hamit Altıntop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as it turned out, this substitution by Van Gaal would completely backfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While everyone was talking about \"Bayern-Dusel,\" and while drawing Manchester United had everyone reminiscing about the great comeback in the 1999 Champions League final, Bayern never would have imagined that the shadow of another last-minute collapse would loom over them once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 87th minute, the recently substituted Fenin and Alexander Meier attempted to link up on Bayern’s left flank, the side defended by the young Alaba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alaba got to the ball first inside the penalty area and passed it back to the goalkeeper, Butt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unexpectedly, Juvhel Tsoumou, who had only been on the pitch for four minutes, suddenly appeared, intercepting Alaba’s \"assist\" and sending it into Bayern’s net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1-1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even more stunning was that two minutes later, on the very same side defended by Alaba, Little Altıntop sent in a diagonal pass. The substitute Fenin controlled the ball, shook off Alaba, and fired a shot into the net from a tight angle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2-1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the final moments of the match, Frankfurt scored two consecutive goals, courtesy of two substitute forwards, to come from behind and defeat Bayern!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire German football scene was stunned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the match, Bayern, who had been sure of victory and hadn’t given Frankfurt a second thought, had unexpectedly tripped up against an underdog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were even being written off as having lost their chance to contend for the title!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bild aimed its criticism directly at Van Gaal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A penchant for relying heavily on young players?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That didn’t seem wrong in itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at a time when Bayern was about to enter a crucial part of their schedule, was it right to entrust such a heavy responsibility to a 17-year-old, especially when he was playing alongside another young player in Badstuber?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it appropriate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this a case of rushing his development, or was it truly promoting a young talent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Bayern can’t even beat Frankfurt when handed such a golden opportunity, how can they possibly win the title?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are they going to use to fight to the death against Manchester United?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This loss was a major stumble for the Southern King on their path to the Bundesliga title this season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it also made everyone turn their attention to the match between Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of their midweek UEFA Europa League match, Klopp would also be rotating his squad for this game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bayer Leverkusen’s biggest advantage was that, aside from the Bundesliga, they had no pressure from other competitions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Heynckes’s team had a full week to prepare for this match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, Heynckes remained low-key before the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Westfalen Stadium is an away ground no one wants to visit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, I believe we can leave there unscathed, and maybe even take all three points.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it won’t be easy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To do that, the first thing we have to do is contain Wang Shuo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only when Wang Shuo stops scoring will we have a hope of defeating Dortmund!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",865,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.830Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","369313816f65deea7d43d08738593b6c9da0e008ab5b82935d6b12c2a711037f","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-388","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-386",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]