The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 462 - 96: Leader Wang Shuo! Winning the Super Cup! I Was Bullied by Bayern! So Stat-Padding Is This Easy

He had always felt that he was the one who had discovered Wang Shuo, and that the advice he’d given had led to the player’s current success.

He took immense pride in this!

But for some reason, the other Chinese players, including Zhao Yifan, had also received his guidance and made some progress, yet they were simply no match for Wang Shuo.

To this day, they had yet to even make an appearance in the Bundesliga.

Thomas Essien couldn’t figure it out for the life of him. In the end, he could only attribute it to Wang Shuo’s superior talent and astonishing aptitude.

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Since this was the first official match of the new season, and with Piszczek being a newcomer, problems quickly arose.

In the 9th minute, Piszczek pushed forward with the ball, only to have his pass intercepted in midfield.

Schweinsteiger quickly launched a counter-attack with a through pass. Thomas Müller made a direct run in behind on the left flank, received the ball, and broke into the left side of the penalty area. As Subotic closed in on him, he passed the ball to Klose.

The Germany striker calmly slotted the ball into Dortmund’s goal.

1-0!

Bayern’s goal ignited the stadium’s atmosphere.

Despite missing several key players and having their overall strength greatly diminished, Bayern was still capable of breaching Dortmund’s defense.

The Bumblebees were clearly shaken.

But Wang Shuo encouraged his teammates as he jogged back to the center circle for the kickoff.

Especially Piszczek.

"He’s really starting to show the qualities of a true leader!" Gao Huairen said with a gratified smile.

Thomas Essien nodded. "He’s now one of the most respected players in the Dortmund locker room."

The locker room is a place where ability does the talking.

Wang Shuo’s reputation was built on his skill and performance.

Standing in the center circle, Wang Shuo gestured to Shahin and, further back, to Hummels.

’We need to slow the tempo a bit.’

’We need to regain our composure and reorganize the right flank.’

’More importantly, Bayern will definitely try to capitalize on the momentum from this opening goal and press the attack.’

’And they’ll definitely target the weak point on our right flank.’

’So, we need to stabilize things first.’

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As it turned out, Wang Shuo was right.

Once the match restarted, Bayern began to press high up the pitch.

Especially in midfield.

With Lahm focusing on defense on his side, Dortmund concentrated their attacks on the right flank.

How could Van Gaal not have guessed Klopp’s intentions?

Bayern quickly created a series of chances.

And all of them came from Thomas Müller’s side on the left flank.

First, Thomas Müller made a run into the box to receive a pass, but Weidenfeller was a step quicker, charging out to gather the ball.

The most dangerous moment came in the 25th minute. After another interception in midfield, Schweinsteiger sent a ball in behind the defense. Thomas Müller cleverly beat the offside trap and broke into the box. He aimed a right-footed shot at the far corner, but it went just wide.

A minute later, another brilliant pass from Xiao Zhu found Klose, whose close-range shot was smothered by Weidenfeller.

On the sidelines, Klopp realized the problem.

Schweinsteiger was far too influential!

He immediately signaled for Götze to drop back and neutralize Xiao Zhu.

Meanwhile, Wang Shuo was pushed further upfield.

This adjustment immediately disrupted Bayern’s build-up play.

Facing pressure from Götze, Schweinsteiger’s passing began to suffer.

Spurred on by Wang Shuo, Dortmund’s Shahin and Hummels seized control of the tempo, allowing the team to reorganize and orchestrate their attacks.

And on the other side, Bayern’s attack was successfully contained.

Without Ribery and Robben, Bayern’s attacks from the wings and half-spaces posed little threat.

Once Dortmund had found their footing, they launched a wave of attacks starting in the 33rd minute.

In the 35th minute, another attack came from the right. Piszczek played a diagonal pass behind the defensive line into the right side of the box for Kuba to run onto.

However, Badstuber got there first. He intercepted the ball on the right side of the box, turned, and hoofed it clear with his left foot.

The ball didn’t cross the halfway line, landing just inside Bayern’s half on the right side.

With Piszczek pushed up for the attack, Subotic immediately rushed over to challenge Thomas Müller for the header.

Unsurprisingly, Subotic won the header, sending the ball back the way it came.

Piszczek, who had been tracking back, saw Subotic’s headed clearance. The Poland right-back cleverly turned sideways, using his body to shield Schweinsteiger and let the ball fly past him.

He then immediately spun around and sprinted forward.

Xiao Zhu couldn’t play on the wing precisely because he lacked pace.

Faced with Piszczek at full sprint, Schweinsteiger was instantly left in the dust.

Piszczek surged down the right flank with the ball.

At that moment, Kuba, who was already the furthest forward, continued his sprint, forcing the Bayern backline to rapidly retreat.

As Wang Shuo ran, he scanned his surroundings. He slowed his pace slightly, made a diagonal run from the center towards the right side of the D, and raised his hand for the ball.

Piszczek spotted Wang Shuo just as he crossed into the final 30 meters and delivered a low cross with his right foot.

Schweinsteiger had no way to get back into position in time, leaving the area to the right of the penalty box wide open.

Wang Shuo ran onto the pass, controlled it with the inside of his left foot, immediately dipped his left shoulder, and unleashed a thunderous shot with his right.

A touch, a shot!

The two motions were completed in a split second.

The ball rocketed off Wang Shuo’s foot, flying past the left side of Van Bitten—who was shifting right to follow Badstuber—and drilled straight into the left side of the Bayern goal.