The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills-Chapter 106 - 45: The Bundesliga’s Beckham! Wang Shuo: I’m Being Targeted by the Entire Bundesliga

Chapter 106: Chapter 45: The Bundesliga’s Beckham! Wang Shuo: I’m Being Targeted by the Entire Bundesliga

He was actually quite impressed with Wang Shuo.

He wasn’t tall, but he was fast, and his footwork was excellent.

Take that last play, for instance. After trapping the ball, he gave it a little nudge, came to a dead stop to change direction, and then instantly accelerated.

If Westman hadn’t committed that decisive foul, even if he hadn’t broken into the penalty area, he might have made a dangerous pass.

"This kid is dangerous. Don’t let your guard down for a second!" Westman shouted.

Wang Shuo hadn’t walked far and naturally heard him, shaking his head helplessly.

You had to admit, professional coaches reacted fast.

For this match, Luten was really marking him like he was Mainz’s trump card.

The two center-backs, Marcelo Bodden and Mladen Kostadzic, along with Westman playing deep, formed a defensive triangle that completely smothered Wang Shuo.

The key was, all three of them were incredibly experienced.

They knew exactly how to pull little tricks right under the referee’s nose.

The upside to this was that Wang Shuo earned Passive Value, but his performance was being suppressed.

’Go up against three center-backs, all pushing 1.9 meters, in a physical battle?’

Wang Shuo wasn’t an idiot.

But they definitely weren’t having an easy time either.

Because Wang Shuo was dragging them all over the pitch.

’Oh, right, and that damned number 1 goalkeeper.’

’I think his name is Manuel Neuer.’

’That bastard’s range of activity is way too big, and he’s fast.’

Just a moment ago, Wang Shuo had already broken through and was about to charge into the penalty area.

If it had been any other goalkeeper, who would have dared to rush out of the penalty area?

But what happened? The guy charged right out and went straight into a slide tackle.

The crucial part was, Wang Shuo was caught off guard, and Neuer actually managed to beat him to the ball with that tackle.

Luten’s Schalke 04 squad was seriously tough!

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As Hainauer placed the ball for the free kick, every player from Schalke 04 was on high alert.

If they could just defend this one set-piece attack, the first half would be over.

Although Wang Shuo didn’t have an advantage in aerial duels, he still mixed into the crowd.

For set pieces, Mainz’s primary attacker was Subotic.

Wang Shuo’s role was to be a decoy, to help distract the opposition.

When Hainauer took the kick and the ball curved around the wall, Wang Shuo made a quick run forward.

Subotic, meanwhile, ran in one direction before suddenly cutting toward the goal, leaping high for a close-range header.

"GOOOOAL!!!!"

"In the 44th minute, Mainz capitalized on a free kick earned by Wang Shuo in the attacking half, with center-back Subotic scoring against Schalke 04."

"1-0!"

An ecstatic Subotic turned and started running.

But as he ran, someone suddenly rushed up from behind and leaped onto his back.

"Brilliant, Neven!"

Wang Shuo wrapped his left arm around Subotic’s neck, his right hand clenched into a fist, pumping it repeatedly in the air.

Subotic reached back with both hands and ran with Wang Shuo on his back.

As they ran, they both saw their head coach, Klopp, shadowboxing on the sidelines again.

’What a boxing champion, held back by a career in football!’ 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

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In the end, Mainz secured a narrow 1-0 victory at home against Schalke 04.

Near the end of the second half, Wang Shuo led an attack and nearly scored again.

But a charging Neuer dove and smothered the ball.

Wang Shuo ultimately couldn’t extend his scoring streak.

His consecutive goal-scoring record stopped at five matches.

However, he was more than satisfied that the team had won.

This round of the Bundesliga once again proved to be unpredictable.

Hamburg defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0.

Of the three newly promoted teams, Borussia Mönchengladbach’s performance was the worst.

Bayern, meanwhile, lost 0-1 away to Hannover 96.

Klinsmann’s team suffered their second consecutive loss.

’That’s the price for defeating Mainz!’

Hoffenheim lost 4-5 away to Werder Bremen.

Bayer Leverkusen defeated Bochum 3-2 away.

Unfortunately, both Ibisevic and Helmes scored.

After six rounds, Mainz continued to top the table with five wins and one loss, earning 15 points.

Hamburg returned to second place with 13 points.

Bayer Leverkusen was third with 12 points.

Following them were Werder Bremen, Schalke 04, and Dortmund, all with 11 points.

Then came Hoffenheim and Stuttgart with 10 points.

Although only six rounds had been played, everyone could see that this Bundesliga season was full of variables.

Not to mention the two dark-horse promoted teams.

The key was that the powerhouse teams weren’t playing up to their usual standards.

For example, Bayern and Wolfsburg were currently ranked 10th and 11th, respectively.

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"You want me to go on a TV talk show?"

The day after the Schalke 04 match, following the morning training session, Wang Shuo was called into Klopp’s office.

The bearded boxer relayed the club’s latest notice.

"Why me?" Wang Shuo was surprised.

"Because you’re the biggest superstar on our team right now."

Klopp deliberately emphasized the word "superstar," his tone clearly teasing.

’With Mainz’s modest resources, how big of a star could he be?’

Kramny, being the nicer one, explained from the side, "It’s mainly because we’re doing well right now, aren’t we at the top of the table? So Premiere Television hopes we’ll cooperate for a segment."

"That’s right. They’re Germany’s largest pay-TV network and one of our two major broadcasters. They televise basically all of our matches," Klopp added.

The implication was clear: Don’t piss them off!

"But I don’t have time recently." Wang Shuo had something more important to do.

He felt that Bundesliga teams had started to specifically target him.

He had to find a breakthrough.