[{"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-55":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},483741,734,"Chapter 55 - 36: Bundesliga, Here I Come","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-55",55,"\u003Cp>Foyelner’s goal allowed Mainz to successfully take the lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mainz soon made a costly mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players’ mentality grew conservative!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the score became 2-1, the mindset of some Mainz players shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to defend this lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Cologne?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They went for broke, throwing everything they had into the attack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, after Mainz took the lead, the dynamic of the game completely changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cologne pushed forward in droves, hounding Mainz across the pitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz, meanwhile, was forced into a passive defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp was fuming on the sidelines, repeatedly yelling at his players to push up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo became even more isolated up front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in the 66th minute, Cologne seized another opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, it was Ozat, making a forward run down the right, who sent in a cross that found the tall center forward, Novakovic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the penalty area, Subotic jumped to clear the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he couldn’t get much distance on the clearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the crucial moment, Helmes won the second ball and laid off a brilliant pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Antal once again surged forward from deep and, with a long shot from outside the penalty area, found the back of Mainz’s net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2-2!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tables had turned yet again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roar from the 50,000 fans washed over the Mainz players, completely engulfing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The joy of their comeback had lasted less than ten minutes before cruel reality plunged Mainz back into the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp couldn’t sit still any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 68th minute, he made his second substitution of the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amri came on for Demetraz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an audacious substitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demetraz himself had come on in the first half to replace the injured Marco Rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And both of the goals Mainz conceded had originated from attacks down Demetraz’s flank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this substitution was a huge gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klopp sent his latest instructions onto the pitch with Amri.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Build the attack around Wang Shuo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amri would play on the left, Foyelner in the middle, and Balik on the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz now looked something like a 3-3-3-1 formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mainz right now is like a beast caught in a trap. They look ferocious, but they pose no real threat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the home team’s dugout, a smirk touched Dom’s lips as he watched Klopp bring on Amri for Demetraz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He strode to the edge of the technical area and gestured to his players on the pitch, signaling for the team to press a little higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted his midfielders and forwards to smother Mainz, to apply more pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he had the Macedonian center-back Mitnitsky start warming up on the sidelines, preparing for a substitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Matip’s energy is just about spent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an incredibly draining match; both sides were leaving everything on the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assistant coach Roland Koch understood the intent behind the substitution, but he was perplexed by Dom’s signal for the team to press forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haven’t you noticed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dom smiled at his baffled assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That seventeen-year-old forward for Mainz hasn’t scored a single goal from outside the box. Every single one has been from inside it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And look at him today. His aim on shots from outside the box has been terrible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this and recalling the match data he had just seen, Roland Koch felt like he was on the verge of understanding, but he couldn’t quite grasp the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing his assistant’s questioning gaze, Dom chuckled. \"Because he’s still young, he lacks the muscle strength. Every time he makes a move to create a shooting angle for himself, his shot lacks power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Inside the penalty area, it’s not so bad. But with his long-range shots from outside, they’re either off-target or lack any real force. They’re not much of a threat to Mondragon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roland Koch’s eyes widened in realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He’s only seventeen, he hasn’t done enough strength training yet. His muscles aren’t fully developed.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For us, a draw is as good as a win. But Mainz can’t afford that; they have to win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, we’ll just wait for them to attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dom had great confidence in the team he had spent two years painstakingly coaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flow of the match seemed to confirm Dom’s theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After conceding the equalizer, Mainz tried to push forward several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the presence of Novakovic and Helmes up front kept the Mainz defense constantly on edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was especially true in the period around the 70th minute, when Mainz was hit by two counter-attacks in quick succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three defenders—Subotic, Nowitzki, and Hogland—struggled to contain Novakovic and Helmes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 72nd minute, Helmes nearly broke through into the box to score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hogland had no choice but to commit a foul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Subotic had tracked back in time, so Hogland wasn’t the last man back and only received a yellow card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they had dodged a red card, it was a huge scare for everyone on the Mainz side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t push forward, yet their defense was repeatedly breached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Mainz was forced to play more cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bringing on Mitnitsky for Matip, Cologne quickly made a second substitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defensive midfielder Kevin Schauneberg came on for Broich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also a like-for-like substitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Schauneberg was more defensively-minded than Broich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dom’s strategy was obvious: hit Mainz on the counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was turning his defense and midfield into an iron wall, baiting Mainz into attacking, and then planning to hit them on the break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz, for their part, still hadn’t made another substitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players on the pitch ran tirelessly, constantly searching for an opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He knew Klopp had no better options left.’\u003C\u002Fp>",935,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.550Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","a406ca4f195bc91aec4653bce9295bbbdbfd869f3a57e7fb20dccb5795574512","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-56","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-54",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]