The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 299 - 73: A Volley! An Attacking Combo! Wang Shuo Dependency! Dortmund, Give Wang Shuo a Raise

The fans in the South Stand, especially, were singing and dancing nonstop.

Wang Shuo stood in Schalke 04’s half, smiling as he watched the celebrating fans in the stands.

This was the first time he had experienced what a real derby felt like.

Back when he was at Mainz, the match against Frankfurt had been intense, but it lacked the atmosphere of a true derby.

But this time was different.

The Ruhr Derby was a renowned rivalry, famous throughout Germany and even the entire European Football Scene.

The atmosphere of a derby between two teams from an old industrial region was simply incredible.

Neuer walked toward Wang Shuo from the direction of Schalke 04’s goal.

He was taking off his gloves as he walked.

Dortmund was the home team today, wearing their yellow and black jerseys.

Even though Schalke 04 was the away team, they were still wearing their home blue jerseys, which were white under the arms.

But as the goalkeeper, Neuer wore a long-sleeved gray jersey with blue lettering and stripes. His gloves were also blue, and he had on white shorts.

Their jersey sponsor was Adidas.

By the time Neuer reached Wang Shuo, he had just finished taking off his gloves and held out his hand.

"Congratulations, Wang!"

"Thanks."

After they shook hands, Neuer offered his gloves to Wang Shuo. "Trade?"

"Of course!"

Wang Shuo immediately took off his own jersey, which was drenched in sweat, and handed it directly to Neuer.

Neuer took off his gray jersey as well and handed it to Wang Shuo.

"You know, there’s one thing I really regret from last season."

"What’s that?"

"After our match against Mainz, I forgot to ask you to swap jerseys."

Wang Shuo was a little speechless.

’What’s there to regret?’

’Dude, all you had to do was ask. I would’ve just given you one.’

"When I get home, I’m going to hang this jersey of yours up in the most prominent, eye-catching spot."

"Why?"

"To remind myself how I lost today. I will get my win back!"

It dawned on Wang Shuo.

He hadn’t realized Neuer was this competitive.

’But that kind of personality is actually pretty cool.’

"You won’t get the chance!" Wang Shuo chuckled.

Neuer clearly wasn’t happy to see Wang Shuo’s smirk. He said a quick farewell and turned to leave.

But just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and stopped.

"By the way, a word of advice."

"Shoot."

"Before this match, there were at least four or five guys in our locker room who wanted to settle a score with you."

"That’s normal. It’s a derby..."

"No, no, no. They all feel like you stole the Lina Gerk that should have belonged to them."

Wang Shuo was a little surprised.

’Have I really become public enemy number one for German men?’

’Still, that’s not so bad, when you think about it!’

’Public enemy it is, then. What are they gonna do about it?’

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It started with Matchday 5 of the league season, with a hard-fought 5-4 victory over Bayern.

That was followed by a 2-1 away win against Hannover 96.

And in this round, they took the Ruhr Derby with a 2-0 victory.

Before anyone knew it, Dortmund’s winning streak this season had reached five matches.

That’s right. After losing 3-1 to Hamburg on Matchday 2, Dortmund had now secured five consecutive wins.

The aftermath of the Ruhr Derby immediately sparked intense discussion throughout the German Football Scene.

Klopp’s team was performing exceptionally well!

With six wins and one loss in seven matches for a total of 18 points, the Bumblebee continued to occupy the top spot on the leaderboard!

Meanwhile, Wang Shuo scored his 10th goal of the season!

This once again sent shockwaves through the German Football Scene.

Everyone found it hard to believe what this 19-year-old Chinese prodigy was accomplishing.

They had all originally thought he would hit the rookie wall this season.

After all, several strikers who performed outstandingly last season, such as Hoffenheim’s Ibisevic and Bayer Leverkusen’s Helmes, who were both brilliant in the first half of the season, were now all collectively misfiring.

And VfL Wolfsburg’s Dzeko and Griffith, who were outstanding for the entire season, had yet to score many goals so far this season.

Only Wang Shuo remained as consistent as ever!

At the post-match press conference, Klopp publicly declared, "Wang Shuo is the team’s stabilizer. As long as he’s playing, the rest of us are filled with confidence and feel secure!"

Even Schalke 04’s head coach, Magath, stated after the match, "Wang Shuo’s goal completely changed the direction of the game."

"The first thing I did after the match was watch the slow-motion replay, and I played it for my players in the locker room."

"I told them that it’s normal we couldn’t stop a goal like that. No one needs to take the blame for it!"

Magath believed that the 19-year-old Wang Shuo displayed astonishing talent and natural ability.

"I have no doubt he will become a top-tier star!"

Even Schalke 04’s star national goalkeeper, Neuer, whose net had been breached by Wang Shuo, said in an interview with Ruhr News, "My teammates and I did our best."

"But some goals, you just can’t stop them."

"Wang Shuo’s goal was one of those!"

Neuer even voluntarily brought up his reason for swapping jerseys with Wang Shuo, explaining that he intended to use it to motivate himself.

"Sooner or later, I will stop him from scoring!"

Meanwhile, the German media was filled with wall-to-wall coverage and praise.

This was because, in the same round of matches, Bayern had lost 1-0 away to Hamburg.

Dortmund had won the Ruhr Derby, while Bayern had lost the North-South Derby away from home.

This undoubtedly led many German media outlets to praise Dortmund even more.

And receiving the lion’s share of the praise was the man of the hour, Wang Shuo.

In the same round, Bayer Leverkusen also secured a narrow 1-0 away victory over Cologne, thanks to a goal from Rolfes.