The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills
Chapter 359 - 81: Worldie! Diving Header! The Difference Between a Genius and a Mortal! This Is Our Dortmund Football
Wang Shuo stepped out with his left foot and dipped his left shoulder, baiting Butt into a dive. Then, he suddenly flicked the ball with his right foot, changing his direction to the right.
The Swing Pass!
As swift as ever!
And sending the keeper to the ground, as ever!
Wang Shuo caught up to the ball and fired a shot with his right foot, sending it into the empty net. He then turned and sprinted off the pitch, running all the way to the corner where the Dortmund fans were sectioned off. He leaped high into the air, pumping his fists and roaring!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Hat-trick!!!"
"Another hat-trick!"
"I simply can’t believe it. Wang Shuo has scored two hat-tricks in the Bundesliga this season, and both of them were against Bayern!"
"He’s a true-blue Bayern-killer!"
"After scoring a hat-trick against Bayern in last season’s DFB-Pokal final, Wang Shuo has now scored a hat-trick in two consecutive matches against Bayern!"
"It’s truly incredible!"
"We even have to wonder, does he just get especially fired up every time he plays against Bayern?"
"Could it be that he really has some deep-seated hatred for Bayern?"
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After Dortmund scored their fourth goal, everyone knew the match was decided.
This dealt a painful blow to everyone at Bayern, and their morale was severely affected.
From the 68th to the 78th minute, a short span of 10 minutes, Bayern didn’t even manage a single shot.
Dortmund, on the other hand, stabilized their formation and began to play on the counter-attack.
They had no choice; the Bumblebee players’ stamina was severely depleted.
In the 78th minute, Van Gaal subbed on Hamit Altıntop for Robben, and Planic for Thomas Müller.
But he just wouldn’t put Klose on.
No one knew why.
Dortmund, for their part, didn’t start making substitutions until the 80th minute.
Reus came on for Grosskreutz.
Foyelner came on for Shahin.
The team reverted to a 4-2-3-1 formation and started a steady defensive counter-attack.
But by this point, the team was already severely fatigued.
In the 85th minute, Klopp made his final substitution.
Götze came on for Kuba.
The young Dortmund player appeared on the right wing.
All three substitutions were decisions made based on the players’ stamina levels.
But the depth of Dortmund’s bench meant the substitutions held little suspense.
However, the successive substitutions still had an impact on the team.
This was especially true in the 88th minute. Badstuber sent a diagonal pass into the channel, and Ribery sprinted in horizontally from the left flank to meet it. Upon receiving the ball, he cut inside, breaking through the pincer-defense of Sven Bender and Hummels.
The Frenchman charged with the ball to the edge of the Arc Top District, then suddenly unleashed a world-class strike.
The ball rocketed into the Dortmund goal in the blink of an eye.
Ziegler was utterly powerless against such a world-class strike; it was completely beyond his reach!
1-4!
In the final moments, Ribery still showed his quality as a World-level superstar!
This world-class strike saved some face for Bayern!
At the very least, they wouldn’t concede four goals at home without reply.
In the last few minutes, Bayern continued to launch attacks, but Dortmund retreated into their 30-meter zone, battened down the hatches to defend, and managed to run down the clock until the end.
The moment Kircher blew the final whistle, the entire Allianz Arena was filled with boos.
The dissatisfied Bayern fans were booing angrily.
No one knew, were they booing their sworn enemy, Dortmund?
Or were they booing Van Gaal and his players?
But the 1-4 on the Allianz Arena’s scoreboard made this national derby particularly shocking.
"The match is over!"
"Let’s congratulate Klopp and his players."
"Thanks to scoring three goals in quick succession at the start of the match, they ultimately walk away from Allianz Arena with three points."
"This is undoubtedly a crucial match for Dortmund, because although Bayern is currently in 3rd place, they have the same number of points as Bayer Leverkusen."
"Moreover, Van Gaal’s team has been on a roll recently and was the most threatening challenger to Dortmund’s top spot this season."
"Now, with Dortmund defeating Bayern 4-1 away from home, they have undoubtedly further solidified their position as the leader."
"I believe tonight’s battle at Allianz Arena will make everyone remember the name Wang Shuo!"
"Dortmund’s number 9 has scored a hat-trick in three consecutive encounters with Bayern!"
"He is absolutely the most stunning star of this match, and perhaps even of the entire Bundesliga season."
"We also have every reason to believe that as long as Klopp and his Dortmund side can maintain their current form, there will be no suspense about who wins the Bundesliga title this season!"
"Of course, we must also say that looking at the match as a whole, Van Gaal’s Bayern really did not perform as well as hoped."
"But we still hope that Bayern can quickly emerge from the shadow of this defeat and regroup."
"There are still 12 rounds left in the league. Nothing is set in stone yet, so Bayern still has a chance!"
"At the same time, the Bayern management should also give Van Gaal more patience and support, and trust that he can lead the team out of this predicament!"