Chapter 639 - 121: Double Champion! Perfect Storm! Extraordinary Reward! The Strongest Champion in History! Wang Shuo Was Severely Underestimated
The more he progressed, the more Wang Shuo realized that none of these passive skills were remotely ordinary.
Take [Breathing], for example.
’Wouldn’t improving my body’s recovery rate be extremely useful against Barça?’
’Especially during a match. With enhanced recovery, I could run more, and faster, for the entire game, couldn’t I?’
’What’s more?’
’And I can’t forget the fine print for [Domain Skill: Hunter]. The duration of its "shortest time" is determined by the levels of five passive skills: [Damage Reduction], [Breathing], [Ball Sense], [Foundation], and [Breathing].’
’The reason given was to avoid irreversible damage to the body.’
’[Damage Reduction] is a special passive skill, and the other three are already at World-level.’
’The one holding me back now is [Breathing], which is still stuck at National Level.’
This gave Wang Shuo quite a headache.
But considering he hadn’t won the DFB-Pokal title yet, he decided not to dwell on it for the time being.
Right now, what he anticipated most was winning the DFB-Pokal, upgrading [Foundation] to World-level, and unlocking its Domain Skill.
’I wonder what the Domain Skill for [Foundation] will be?’
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「One week later. Olympic Stadium Berlin.」
The DFB-Pokal Final: Dortmund versus Duisburg.
In everyone’s eyes, this was just a formality.
But unexpectedly, Duisburg, nicknamed "Imperial Blue," launched an attack right from the opening kickoff.
And they played with great determination, unleashing the first shot of the match.
This couldn’t help but leave Wang Shuo a little stunned.
’Are 2nd Bundesliga teams all this fierce now?’
Duisburg had only finished 8th in the 2nd Bundesliga this season.
This reminded Wang Shuo of the legendary feat from years ago when Mainz and Hoffenheim got promoted together and immediately became the top two teams in the first half of the Bundesliga season. The memory made this display a lot less shocking.
Then, in the 7th minute, Wang Shuo dropped back to receive the ball and passed it off. Reus sent a diagonal cross from the left flank to the far post.
Kuba sprinted forward to meet it, knocked it back to the center, and Wang Shuo followed up, calmly slotting the ball into the net.
1-0!
In the 18th minute, Wang Shuo dropped back to link up with Götze. The two executed a quick one-two, after which Götze passed the ball out to the right wing. Kuba took it to the byline and sent a cross to the far post, where Reus volleyed it into Duisburg’s goal yet again.
2-0!
Just four minutes after Reus’s goal, a red-hot Kuba dribbled down the right flank. After blowing past two defenders, he delivered a low, flat cross.
Wang Shuo ran into the center to meet it and finished with a simple tap-in.
The goalkeeper, Yedder, was helpless against the point-blank shot.
A brace!
3-0!
Before the end of the first half, Reus and Götze combined on the left flank to win a corner kick.
Gundogan took the corner, and Subotic headed it home to score.
4-0!
The opening offensive proved to be short-lived.
Dortmund’s superior strength easily overwhelmed Duisburg.
After play resumed in the second half, Dortmund launched a series of attacks.
In the 55th minute, it was Kuba again, breaking through on the right and sending in a cross. Wang Shuo received the ball on the right side of the box, cleverly dribbled past a defender, and laid it off for Götze, who was making a late run.
Götze calmly slotted it home. 5-0!
Then, in the 71st minute, Reus and Wang Shuo worked together to win the ball back in the final third.
Inside the penalty area, Wang Shuo received the ball, turned to shake off a defender, and unleashed a powerful shot.
6-0!
Hat-trick!
This drove all the traveling Dortmund fans into a frenzy.
Every last one of them was in the stands, cheering and shouting wildly.
"In the history of the DFB-Pokal final, the largest margin of victory belonged to Dortmund’s archrival in the Ruhr Derby, Schalke 04!"
"In the 1971/72 DFB-Pokal final, Schalke 04 thrashed Kaiserslautern 5-0, setting the record for the biggest win in a DFB-Pokal final."
"And now, by scoring six goals, Dortmund has shattered that legendary record held by Schalke 04!"
"We have to admit, Dortmund this season is a true record-breaking machine! They’ve been on a tear, shattering one historic record after another."
"From league goals to total points, and now to the largest margin of victory in a DFB-Pokal final!"
"Klopp’s team has been an unstoppable force, simply plowing through everything in their path!"
"By winning this DFB-Pokal, Dortmund has, for the first time in its 101-year history, won the Double—the league title and the DFB-Pokal!"
Dortmund actually had several more chances in the final 20 minutes of the match.
But by then, the Bumblebees’ minds were no longer on scoring.
Everyone was already thinking about the championship celebration.
In the end, at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, under the watchful eyes of the German President, the Chancellor, and a host of top officials from the German Football Association, Dortmund demolished Duisburg 6-0, courtesy of a hat-trick from Wang Shuo!