The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 274 - 69: An Unforgettable Magnificent Defeat! Attacking Bayern Head-On! Locker Room Detective! You’re Not Neuer

During this time, Wang Shuo’s life changed a little.

Lina Gerk moved into the small villa he was renting.

The two began their shameless life of cohabitation.

But this didn’t affect Wang Shuo’s self-discipline in the slightest.

He still left the house at 5 a.m. every morning.

He was surprised to discover that some of the talk on the internet was just lies.

Not only did a woman not affect his discipline and speed, she actually made him even more motivated.

Incidentally, he also invested in Lina Gerk’s studio.

It wasn’t just because they were together; Wang Shuo felt the business actually seemed quite promising.

And the investment wasn’t huge.

As an angel investor, he put in 500,000 euros for a 40% stake.

Lina Gerk held 51%, with the remaining 9% of the shares given to her designer friend.

At Lina Gerk’s insistence that their relationship and business remain separate, the two signed a contract and established the company in Dusseldorf.

Wang Shuo certainly wouldn’t be involved in the day-to-day operations; his real career was soccer.

After the two-week international break ended, the national team players from all the clubs returned one by one.

Just then, the Munich Evening News published a story.

French international Ribery would likely be unable to play in the match against Dortmund.

The reason?

He had also had a falling out with Van Gaal. The Munich Evening News revealed that Van Gaal believed Ribery had expended too much energy with the national team and couldn’t last a full 90 minutes.

Furthermore, German international Klose was confirmed to not be traveling with the team to Dortmund.

This immediately sparked discussion among the German media.

Dortmund, for their part, were confused by these deceptive smoke screens and couldn’t figure out what was really going on.

Klopp, however, decided the team would prepare at its own pace and not be influenced by Bayern.

During this international break, none of Dortmund’s players had suffered any injuries.

Their condition was still quite good upon returning to the club.

On the afternoon of September 12th, the day after the internationals returned, Dortmund welcomed Bayern Munich to their home ground.

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"To all our fans watching on TV, welcome to Dortmund’s Westfalen Stadium."

"We are broadcasting live for Matchday 5 of the 2009/10 Bundesliga season, where Dortmund hosts the league hegemon, Bayern Munich, at Westfalen Stadium."

"We can now see that both teams have taken their positions in their respective halves."

"The home team, Dortmund, is in the yellow kits."

"Their starting lineup for this match is a 4-3-3."

Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller;

Defenders: De De, Hummels, Subotic, and Owomoyela;

Midfielders: Sven Bender playing deep, with Shahin and Tinga in front of him;

Forwards: Grosskreutz, Wang Shuo, and Kuba.

"Dortmund’s captain, Kael, suffered an adductor injury before this match and will likely be out for several months. This is a huge blow for Dortmund."

"That’s why Klopp has started the young Sven Bender for this game."

"In the red kits is Bayern Munich."

"Van Gaal has also opted for a 4-3-3 formation tonight."

Goalkeeper: Butt;

Defenders: Planic, Badstuber, Van Bitten, and Lahm;

Midfielders: Tymoshchuk playing deep, with Schweinsteiger and Van Bommel ahead of him;

Forwards: Ribery, Gomez, and Robben.

"It has to be said, looking at the lineups alone, Bayern Munich has an overwhelming advantage."

"The two world-level superstars, Ribery and Robben, in particular, make Bayern even more formidable."

"Van Gaal was putting up smoke screens during the pre-match press conference, saying Ribery didn’t have the stamina for 90 minutes and wouldn’t start. But in the end, the Frenchman is on the starting sheet."

"Van Gaal said he’s confident Bayern can win this match away from home."

"And now, Bayern Munich will kick things off."

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The moment Gomez kicked the ball back into his own half, Wang Shuo sprinted forward at top speed.

He charged straight for Schweinsteiger.

Gomez’s pass went first to Xiao Zhu.

Seeing Wang Shuo racing toward him, Xiao Zhu didn’t dare to be careless and immediately passed back.

But Wang Shuo didn’t slow down, quickly crossing the halfway line and lunging for Badstuber.

Badstuber had faced Wang Shuo in a U19 match and had a particularly deep impression of the Chinese striker.

So, before Wang Shuo could get close, he immediately chose to make a lateral pass to Van Bitten.

Sprinting at full speed, Wang Shuo made a sharp L-shaped turn the moment he saw Badstuber pass, veering sideways toward Van Bitten.

At that very moment, Dortmund’s midfield and defense were also pressing high up the pitch.

Van Bitten saw Wang Shuo charging at him before he had even received the ball.

And he was incredibly fast.

The Belgian glanced at Tymoshchuk and Van Bommel up ahead, hesitating on whether to pass to them.

But in the end, as he controlled the ball with his right foot, he turned, shielded Wang Shuo with his body, and kicked the ball out to Lahm on the right.

Wang Shuo was a hair’s breadth away from crashing into Van Bitten.

Luckily, he slammed on the brakes just in time to avoid a brutal crash.

But he quickly circled around in front of Van Bitten.

Lahm had just brought the ball under control when Grosskreutz was already on him.

The Bayern defender had the ball right on the sideline.

Because of Wang Shuo’s positioning, Lahm couldn’t pass back to Van Bitten, nor did he dare pass back to the goalkeeper, Butt.