The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills-Chapter 46 - 30: Special Passive Skill
Wang Shuo walked off the pitch to the applause of over 20,000 fans.
Kalhan, who had scored the penalty, made a point of coming over. He slung an arm over Wang Shuo’s shoulder and celebrated with him.
The fans in the stands rewarded them with the most fervent applause.
Three wins in a row!
Riding this recent winning streak, Mainz built up astonishing momentum.
It was as if everyone was seeing a return of the unstoppable Mainz from the first half of the season!
The results of the other matches in this round also came in one after another.
Fuerth drew 1-1 at home against Paderborn.
The team at the bottom of the league still hadn’t given up hope of avoiding relegation.
Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated Offenbach 7-1 away from home.
But Offenbach was very unhappy with this result.
Because during the match, the head referee, Seipel, had given Offenbach two red cards and awarded Borussia Mönchengladbach two penalties.
Without those calls, Borussia Mönchengladbach might not have walked away with a win.
Freiburg, for their part, defeated Munich 1860 3-0 away.
The match this round that Mainz paid the most attention to was Dom’s Cologne hosting Rangnick’s Hoffenheim.
The two sides were tied 1-1 at halftime.
But in the second half, Cologne scored two goals in quick succession in the 66th and 69th minutes.
Dom’s team defeated Hoffenheim 3-1.
After 31 rounds of matches, Borussia Mönchengladbach was still in the lead with 60 points.
Cologne defeated Hoffenheim and, with 54 points, came from behind to take second place in the 2nd Bundesliga.
Hoffenheim had 53 points, ranking third.
Mainz was fourth with 52 points.
Freiburg also had 52 points but was ranked 5th due to goal difference.
Fuerth, however, only had 48 points and had basically lost all hope of promotion to the Bundesliga.
With only 3 rounds left in the 2nd Bundesliga, the race for promotion was becoming increasingly intense.
As it stood, the top 5 teams were all fighting for the 3 promotion spots to the Bundesliga.
Even though a team like Borussia Mönchengladbach was basically secure, there was still a theoretical possibility of them slipping up.
After the team returned to the locker room, Klopp once again singled out Wang Shuo for praise.
The Mainz players were already used to it.
Klopp singling out Wang Shuo for praise after the last three league matches had already become a regular occurrence.
And Wang Shuo’s performance really had been excellent.
Scoring in three consecutive matches was truly stunning for a player who was only 17 years old.
The last young player to score in three consecutive 2nd Bundesliga matches was the German native striker for Jena, Nils Peterson.
As a core player in Germany’s national youth system, Peterson had scored in rounds 15, 16, and 17 of this season.
So far, he had made 17 appearances in the 2nd Bundesliga and scored only 4 goals.
But Peterson was already 19 years old.
And the best-performing young player this season was arguably Borussia Mönchengladbach’s 19-year-old starlet, Marco Marin.
Even with his goal against Offenbach this round, Marin had also only scored 3 goals.
But he had 11 assists.
This was his record over 28 matches.
And Wang Shuo?
matches, 3 goals.
That kind of efficiency was astounding!
Within the Mainz team, among players under 20, Wang Shuo was second only to his good friend, Subotic.
The 19-year-old Subotic had scored 4 goals, one more than Wang Shuo.
A brief comparison made it clear just how impressive Wang Shuo’s performance was.
Receiving Klopp’s praise was something he deserved.
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After Klopp left to attend the post-match press conference, Wang Shuo accepted congratulations from his surrounding teammates.
With the exception of Borja, basically everyone was happy about Wang Shuo’s excellent performance.
That included forwards like Balik and Boakye.
They all hoped the team could ride this momentum and return to the Bundesliga.
Having showered and changed, Wang Shuo used his free time to enter the Ball God System.
During the post-match summary, he had, as expected, received another 3 points of Passive Value.
Now, his Passive Value was exactly 50 points.
He immediately applied these 50 points of Passive Value to the giant football in the center.
"Use 50 Passive Value to obtain one Passive Skill Card. Draw now?"
"Yes!"
Wang Shuo stood waiting, full of anticipation.
He watched as the football spun, starting slow, speeding up, then slowing down again before finally stopping.
When he clearly saw the information on the pentagonal face that stopped in front of him, he was completely stunned.
"Congratulations, you have drawn a special passive skill: [Damage Reduction]."
’A special passive skill?’
Wang Shuo’s mind was blown.
’Just a moment ago, he was wondering what the heck these things were.’
’And now he’d drawn one?’
"Damage Reduction: Greatly reduces the probability of injury."
When Wang Shuo focused his attention on it, this simple sentence made him so excited he nearly jumped out of his seat.
As the name implied, Damage Reduction reduced the probability of injury.
And it was a *great* reduction at that.
’My God, a passive skill like this actually exists?’
Wang Shuo could hardly believe it.
He immediately noticed something else special about the [Damage Reduction] passive skill.
From [Breathing] to [Insight] to [Swift], and finally to [Ball Sense], all of them had levels.
’Professional Level or Regional Level, and there should be even higher levels.’
But the special thing about [Damage Reduction] was that it had no level.
’Does this mean its special quality is that once it’s drawn, it’s already max level?’
’That’s insane!’
I’ve hit the jackpot!
As a professional soccer rookie who had just left the beginner’s zone, what did Wang Shuo fear the most?
Injuries!
How many young players had been taken down by injuries?
