[{"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-93":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},483779,734,"Chapter 93 43: Topping the Ranks! Not for Sale! He's Klopp's Treasure! When You're Slaughtered by Bayern","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-93",93,"\u003Cp>Don't be naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A frog at the bottom of a well only ever sees a tiny patch of sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This match was just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainz gathered all their strength, gave it their all, thinking they could stop Bayern's attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little did they know, it only took Bayern a few minutes to crush Mainz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's call it here. We still have to travel to Romania mid-week to play the Bucharest Star Team. Let's let our players conserve some energy. Make the substitutions!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Klinsmann's order, Bayern made two substitutions within a short span of three minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Italian international Oddo came on for Lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tim Borowski replaced Schweinsteiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The match was only in its 70th minute, yet Bayern had already made two substitutions, using up all their slots early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Bayern was controlling the game on the pitch, and even though Mainz was trailing 0-3, this was still hard to accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the difference in strength between the two sides was just too vast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, statistics can't truly reflect the gap, but they at least serve as a reference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nine-fold difference in their squads' market value and the three-goal deficit represented a nearly insurmountable chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were up against Bayern, after all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mainz players seemed to have accepted their fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Germany, losing to Bayern is no disgrace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, as their stamina drained, the Mainz players could no longer sustain the team's high press.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They chose to defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost all of their energy had been spent in the first 60 minutes of the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Let's just get this match over with.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Klopp on the sidelines no longer demanded his players to push forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chose silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mainz fans in the stands were just as accepting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'When you're outmatched, you have to admit it!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you're being slaughtered by Bayern, if you can't fight back, you just have to accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least it's easier on the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the consensus in the German Football Scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone accepted Bayern's unique status—lofty and untouchable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The live broadcast camera even cut to the VIP box, where Bayern's General Manager Hennes was cheerfully chatting and laughing with the Mainz executives, clearly satisfied with the result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was still one person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still running, running without stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a football pitch with 22 players, everyone's attention, including the broadcast cameras, is limited. They mostly just follow the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one would notice the one person who was still running, the one who hadn't given up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew that he ran from the 70th minute to the 75th, and then into the 80th. He just kept running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo hated this feeling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just hated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he wanted to fight back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't care what others thought; he was going to fight to the bitter end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the match, Bayern's three center-backs and their holding midfielder, Van Bommel, had been marking him, making it impossible for him to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could barely even get the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he decided to take a gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During a break in play, he entered the Ball God System, walked straight up to the giant football, used a Passive Skill Card, and selected: Draw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the system immediately pushed a message to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, you have used a Passive Skill Card and drawn a Professional Level Passive Skill: [Spiritual Light].\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"[Spiritual Light]: Increases creativity, making it easier to spot and seize fleeting opportunities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shuo was a little disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had hoped to draw something that would enhance his physical strength, or some other, more badass passive skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Spiritual Light?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This doesn't seem very strong.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Can't be helped. Just have to keep running!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 84th minute, Oddo received the ball on the right flank near the halfway line and was cornered by Mainz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foyelner blocked Oddo from the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Wang Shuo, who had been running the whole time, appeared silently behind Oddo like a phantom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One in front and one behind, they successfully trapped Oddo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foyelner successfully poked the ball to Wang Shuo.\u003C\u002Fp>",685,"2026-05-30T11:12:32.550Z","2026-06-01T04:31:05.348Z",1,"novelbin.me","3fb7fc65dfdcd731ba88ef167624c363535009618d4e329f0c263cdf42de2d93","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-94","the-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-chapter-92",400,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-god-of-football-starts-with-passive-skills-cover.jpg"]