The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills-Chapter 76 - 41: Wang Shuo Scores! Klopp’s Next Big Gamble! Tractor vs. Ferrari
Not yet 18?
So what?
On the football pitch, skill is what matters. Who cares how old you are?
That was why Klopp was willing to change the team’s tactics for Wang Shuo, deploying a 4-4-1-1 formation.
Kramny was right. This was a huge gamble.
But he had made a similar gamble last season, and it had paid off.
This time, he decided to bet again.
He firmly believed that Wang Shuo would not let him down!
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「8:25 PM, August 9th, Capital Time.」
China’s most famous sports forum exploded!
Furious fans spammed posts and comments, paying their "kind" and "enthusiastic" respects to the female elders in the forum moderator’s family.
The reason: the promised live stream was gone.
This completely enraged the tens of thousands of fans on the forum who had been waiting for days.
"You son of a bitch moderator, get out here and explain! You took our money but didn’t deliver! Where’s the promised live stream?"
"The match is about to start! Where did the stream go?"
"How dare you cheat me out of my money! I’m reporting you for fraud and illegal fundraising tomorrow!"
"Yeah! If there’s no stream tonight, we’ll all report him tomorrow and sue him into bankruptcy!"
"Scammer! Get out here and explain yourself!"
"First the promised TV broadcast was canceled, then it changed to a text-and-picture stream, and now that’s gone too! Do you people have any credibility at all?"
"Everyone, calm down. The website didn’t want this to happen either. The streaming source they’d arranged just fell through without warning."
"Exactly, there was nothing they could do. The channel provider in Germany was unreliable."
"They’ll definitely refund the money. A forum and website this big wouldn’t scam everyone over such a small amount."
"Patience, people. Didn’t they say the user who’s helping with the stream is on their way?"
"Hey, person above me, stop making excuses for them! Do you think we care about the money? We want to watch the match! The MATCH! Get it?"
"Exactly! ’On the way,’ always ’on the way.’ When are they gonna get there? The match is about to start!"
"It’s 2:30 PM local time in Germany. Only five minutes left."
Amidst the torrent of righteous indignation from the forum users, the moderator quickly appeared to explain.
"The moment we got the news yesterday that there was no local broadcast in Germany, I immediately contacted a user in London, Green Grass by the Field. He flew to Berlin first thing this morning."
"I just got in touch with Green Grass by the Field. The match is in Potsdam, southwest of Berlin. He went to the wrong place earlier."
"Please wait just a little longer. We will definitely deliver on the promised free text-and-picture stream. We will also issue a full refund for the stream fees we collected."
The moderator’s personal explanation did nothing to soothe the antsy users’ tempers.
Tonight was the first match of the new season for Mainz.
The first round of the DFB-Pokal.
It was also Wang Shuo’s debut match after joining the Bundesliga.
How could the fans bear to miss a match of such great significance?
"Enough with the excuses! Tell him to hurry up, the match is starting!" 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
"Yeah, get a move on! Take lots of pictures of the scene."
"Mainz’s preseason friendlies were all within Germany and neighboring regions. They played pretty well, but their opponents were all too weak. This is a real competitive match, so everyone is really looking forward to it."
"Useless mod, stop blabbering! Call him again and tell him to hurry!"
"I don’t have Green Grass by the Field’s phone number, we only communicate through QQ," the moderator posted, followed by a crying emoji.
"How did you even become a moderator? You’re so unreliable!"
"We don’t care! It’s :28 now, the match is starting any second. If there’s no stream, you just wait."
Just as the users were seething with righteous anger, the moderator suddenly exclaimed in a post.
"He’s there! He’s finally there!"
"Green Grass by the Field has reached the match venue! Everyone, head to the text-and-picture live stream thread!"
Tens of thousands of users, who had been waiting for ages, immediately flooded into the prepared text-and-picture stream thread.
A photo arrived from the scene in Germany. It showed a football stadium with simple facilities.
The players of both teams were walking onto the pitch, and from the photo, it was clear there weren’t many fans in attendance.
"Sorry, guys. I flew in specially from London and don’t know my way around Berlin, so I went to the wrong place."
"It’s the first round of the DFB-Pokal, with Mainz playing away against Baebesburg."
"The match is being held in Potsdam Brandenburg, southwest of Berlin."
"This stadium isn’t very big. Of the four stands, only two have roofs. I was in a hurry to buy a ticket and ended up with a standing ticket in an uncovered section. It’s afternoon here in Germany, and the sun is still pretty strong."
"Let me show you all our Wang Shuo!"
Green Grass by the Field quickly posted another photo—a close-up of Wang Shuo.
"Today, our Wang Shuo is in the starting lineup."
"This stadium can hold over 10,000 people, but there are fewer than 3,400 here right now."
"Mainz is just a small club. But because of Wang Shuo, he actually has a bigger audience in our China than in Germany."
"Power to the Chinese fans!"
As Green Grass by the Field continued posting photos and text updates, the users below erupted into lively discussion.
Some were demanding he post the starting lineup, while others were asking about Mainz’s formation.
Green Grass by the Field was rather speechless.
"Sorry, everyone, but my limited football knowledge comes entirely from my dad."
"I honestly don’t understand any of this formation stuff. I’m an economics major; I don’t know much about football."
"But I can see that Wang Shuo is in the center circle, getting ready for kickoff."
"Here’s another one for you all. Handsome, isn’t he?"
Another photo appeared below. Wang Shuo was standing in the center circle, ready for kickoff, wearing a red Nike jersey.
"I’m just saying, I think it’s a shame Wang Shuo is playing football. He should be in showbiz. With looks like that, couldn’t he crush those sissy celebrities from South Korea?"
But the other users immediately shot back.
