The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Goalkeeper Craft hadn’t anticipated it at all.

He was positioned toward the left side of the goal, but his reaction to Wang Shuo’s thunderous shot was a fraction too slow. By the time he dove, he couldn’t get a hand to it.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"In the 17th minute, Wang Shuo has once again scored against Bayern!"

"An incredibly brilliant solo run!"

"Wang Shuo faced five of Bayern’s defenders all by himself, completely fearless!"

"Let’s take another look at the slow-motion replay of that goal."

"What a beautiful goal!"

"It was as if Wang Shuo just took a tour of Bayern’s entire backline."

"Badstuber has been made a fool of by Wang Shuo yet again. He still seems to have a deep-seated fear of him. In that last defensive play, he was easily bypassed and tricked by Wang Shuo."

"It has to be said, this goal was a chance created entirely by Wang Shuo’s individual skill."

"He took on five men, and during the counter-attack, facing Bayern’s defenders, he scored a crucial goal!"

"That’s what a superstar does!"

"Wang Shuo has scored his 42nd goal in the Bundesliga this season!"

"We can see that when Wang Shuo just scored, the Dortmund fans in the stands once again raised the yellow cards with the black Arabic numeral 41. But now, it seems they’ve run out of cards."

"I guess they didn’t prepare a card for the Arabic numeral 42."

"Haha, they didn’t expect this, did they? Wang Shuo is scoring faster than the fans anticipated!"

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From the very first minute, the match had been played at an incredibly fast pace.

Especially by Dortmund.

The Bumblebees’ strategy was to hit them hard from the start and suppress Bayern throughout the match.

And as it turned out, the Bumblebees’ strategy was highly effective.

Especially having Grosskreutz and Götze apply targeted, high-pressure marking on Lahm and Schweinsteiger.

The effect was obvious.

When those two players were contained, Bayern’s backfield Passing was affected.

After scoring two goals in quick succession, Dortmund smoothly took control of the game.

In terms of possession, Bayern had a slight edge, but whether it was the overall feel of the game or threatening attacks, Dortmund had an overwhelming advantage.

This was especially true of their high press in the attacking third.

It kept Bayern’s players under constant, intense mental pressure.

When the match reached the 32nd minute of the first half, Shahin received a pass from Sven Bender near the halfway line in Bayern’s half. He then sent a precise long ball into Bayern’s penalty area.

Wang Shuo was positioned far behind Bayern’s defensive line.

Initially, it didn’t look like a very promising attack.

But Wang Shuo had always believed in making his own luck through hard work.

So, even if the chances were slim, he still sprinted forward at top speed to fight for it.

Even if he couldn’t win the ball, he could at least apply some pressure.

And fortune often favors the diligent.

As Wang Shuo charged into the penalty area, Schweinsteiger, who had been lagging behind, was the first to get back into position.

Just outside the six-yard box, he beat Wang Shuo to the ball and tried to clear it out of the penalty area.

But wasn’t Wang Shuo right on his heels?

In his haste, Schweinsteiger tried to avoid Wang Shuo, but his clearance ended up ricocheting off Tymoshchuk, who was just outside the penalty area.

The Ukrainian defensive midfielder was exasperated.

He had been trailing Wang Shuo, and when he saw Schweinsteiger get back into position, he thought the danger was ninety-nine percent over.

But who could have guessed that Xiao Zhu would kick the ball right at him for no reason?

Caught completely off guard, Tymoshchuk had no time to react. The ball hit him and bounced right back into the penalty area.

As luck would have it, the ball landed perfectly at Wang Shuo’s feet.

’I swear to God!’

Wang Shuo swore he never expected something like this to happen.

He couldn’t stop his momentum and was clearly in an offside position.

And yet, the ball just had to find its way to him.

Xiao Zhu, of course, was stunned.

How could he ever have imagined making such a mistake?

He immediately lunged desperately toward Wang Shuo, looking like he was out for blood.

And Wang Shuo?

His reaction was swift. The moment he controlled the ball, he was ready to shoot.

Seeing Xiao Zhu charging at him, Wang Shuo changed his mind. He cut the ball with his right foot, evading Xiao Zhu and leaving the Bayern midfielder lunging at empty air.

He then swung his left foot and fired off a powerful shot.

Poor Craft!

That was the third time!

How could he have ever imagined that his goal would be breached by Wang Shuo three times in the first half?

And this time, he was even betrayed by his own dear friend!

’He really wanted to run over, grab Xiao Zhu, and demand, ’What on earth did Dortmund give you? Why are you helping them like this?’’

Wang Shuo was genuinely ecstatic!

He spun around and sprinted off the pitch, racing toward the sideline to celebrate.

It just goes to show, hard work pays off!

That saying is absolutely true!

If he hadn’t charged forward just now, would he have had the chance to score a hat trick?

"Another mistake from Schweinsteiger!"

"He’s made several of these very basic errors today."

"Dortmund’s high press has been incredibly effective, putting enormous pressure on Bayern’s midfielders and defenders."

"Craft must be absolutely devastated right now!"

"Three goals, and there was nothing he could do about any of them!"

"I bet even Wang Shuo himself didn’t expect to be gifted a goal like that."

"Looking at the slow-motion replay again, we should note that Xiao Zhu’s clearance was an attempt to avoid Wang Shuo."

"So, although Wang Shuo’s goal came from Xiao Zhu’s failed clearance, a large part of the credit still belongs to Wang Shuo for his relentless pressure."