The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Wang Shuo spoke with immense resolve and confidence.

This was so unlike Wang Shuo!

He rarely displayed such an aggressive and supremely confident demeanor.

But in that moment, everyone was completely won over.

Because he was Wang Shuo!

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The second half began with Wang Shuo getting caught offside.

His teammates really started trying everything to get the ball to him.

They finally managed a pass, but the timing was off. Just as Wang Shuo surged forward, Bayern’s defensive line pushed up in unison, springing an offside trap that caught him.

But Wang Shuo kept running, constantly searching for an opening.

Bayern continued to mark him tightly, never letting up for an instant.

It was incredibly difficult to get the ball to his feet.

In the 66th minute, Schmelzer, on the left flank, launched a long, diagonal pass toward the penalty area, looking for Wang Shuo.

But the goalkeeper, Craft, decisively came off his line, rushing out to claim the ball from mid-air.

Wang Shuo immediately charged forward to apply pressure, buying his teammates time to track back and organize their defense.

Craft couldn’t launch an immediate counter-attack and was forced to slow things down.

As Wang Shuo tracked back, Tymoshchuk and Bruno flanked him, one on each side.

The Bayern goalkeeper punted the ball toward the center circle in Dortmund’s half.

Sven Bender got there first, holding off Thomas Müller and heading the ball over the halfway line to Götze.

But with a defender on his back, Götze was forced to pass back to Shahin.

Shahin controlled the ball with his left foot, glanced upfield, and then suddenly launched a long pass with that same left foot.

Wang Shuo had been tracking back, drawing the Bayern defensive line up the pitch with him.

Just as Götze passed to the unmarked Shahin, Wang Shuo stopped, poised and ready to burst forward.

The moment Shahin played the long ball, Wang Shuo exploded into a forward run.

Ever since he upgraded his [Spiritual Light] to National Level, his sense of timing had been impeccable.

He wasn’t offside!

Wang Shuo surged forward at top speed.

All the while, he kept looking over his shoulder to track the ball’s flight path.

Both Bruno and Tymoshchuk were scrambling back in pursuit.

Bruno was the faster of the two, keeping pace with Wang Shuo and staying right on his hip.

Just as Wang Shuo slowed to position himself to receive the ball, Bruno, though a step too slow to challenge for the header, immediately got tight on Wang Shuo’s back, trying to impede him.

Wang Shuo leaped up just inside the arc of the penalty area, bringing the ball down with his chest.

He could feel Bruno pressing against his back.

At the same time, he saw Tymoshchuk and Gustavo in front of him, ready to close him down at a moment’s notice.

The Brazilian defensive midfielder’s recovery pace was incredible!

But Wang Shuo was ready for them.

Thanks to his World-level [Ball Sense] and his [Domain Skill: Controller], Wang Shuo’s touch with his chest was exquisite, keeping the ball perfectly under his control.

As the ball dropped, he flicked it up with his left foot, lofting it toward his right.

The next instant, Wang Shuo spun around and, again with his left foot, brought the airborne ball down, knocking it into the penalty area.

He exploded off both feet, darting past Bruno and into the penalty area in pursuit of the ball.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

Tymoshchuk and Gustavo were already sprinting back with everything they had.

But to their dismay, Wang Shuo was even faster.

Catching up to the ball on the left side of the box, Wang Shuo unleashed a thunderous shot with his left foot.

The ball rocketed into the right side of the Bayern net.

It was well beyond Craft’s reach!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!"

"IT’S IN!!"

"The 67th minute! In the 67th minute!"

"Dortmund breaks the deadlock once again!"

"Wang Shuo! It’s Wang Shuo yet again!"

"Just last weekend, he scored a hat-trick at the Allianz Arena, and tonight, he finds the back of the net once more!"

"He’s an absolute nightmare for Bayern!"

An ecstatic Wang Shuo wheeled away and ran off the pitch, sprinting toward the Dortmund fan section. He leaped into the air, pumping his fists and roaring at the crowd.

His Dortmund teammates quickly caught up, mobbing him in celebration.

1-0!

Wang Shuo did it again!

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With Dortmund having broken the deadlock, Van Gaal could no longer stay seated.

In the 68th minute, he made his first substitution.

He brought on Tony Kroos for Tymoshchuk.

This shifted the team to a back-three.

Just three minutes later, he made his second change,

Klose replaced Thomas Müller.

With this change, Bayern switched to a 3-5-2 formation.

Gomez and Klose were up front, with Ribery and Robben as the two wingers.

Behind them was Tony Kroos.

Schweinsteiger and Gustavo, meanwhile, were tasked more with protecting Bruno.

It was an incredibly risky move.

It was a clear sign of Van Gaal’s resolve!

In truth, the Dutchman’s back was against the wall.

So far behind in the league, if they were also knocked out of the DFB-Pokal, their prospects in the upcoming Champions League match against Inter Milan would be grim.

At that point, he might be sacked before the season even ended.

For Van Gaal, that would be a major humiliation.

So, he had to go for broke.

As Bayern pushed forward frantically, their attacks grew more desperate as the clock ticked down.

By the 82nd minute, Bayern had thrown everyone forward.

But it was at this very moment that Dortmund seized an opportunity deep in their own half.

After a successful tackle, Hummels suddenly hoofed a long ball straight back toward the Bayern penalty area.