The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 474 - 98: Hat-trick! Phenomenal Superstar! How Can You Surpass Me, Lewandowski? Wang Shuo Is on a Complete Rampage

"GOAL!"

"Just four minutes into the match, Stuttgart is the first to score, taking the lead over Dortmund!"

"Head coach Christian Gross’s adjustments to the starting lineup for this match have clearly paid off."

"Just three days after their 0-2 away loss to Mainz, Stuttgart has scored right from the kickoff."

"Looking at the slow-motion replay, we can see it’s mainly because a Dortmund full-back pushed upfield and didn’t get back into position in time, allowing Stuttgart’s counter-attack to slice through their defense."

"Shahin also wasn’t decisive enough in his defense against Kako. If he’d committed a tactical foul, that goal might have been prevented."

"Of course, from a fan’s perspective, we always want to see early goals."

"The earlier the goals, the more both teams will open up, which makes for a more exciting match."

...

Stuttgart’s goal created a sense of urgency among the Dortmund players.

Even Shahin seemed to be rushing things.

He felt responsible for the goal they had just conceded.

Wang Shuo, in contrast, became the calmest and most level-headed player on the pitch.

Just two minutes after conceding.

As the team once again brought the attack to the edge of the penalty area, Wang Shuo suddenly dropped back.

After creating some distance from the defender, Wang Shuo received a square pass from Götze. With his back to the goal, he controlled the ball with the inside of his right foot, spun around, and immediately slipped a through ball behind the defense with his left.

Reus sprinted into the left side of the box and lashed a shot with his left foot, but he couldn’t get the angle right, and the ball flew past the end line.

A collective gasp echoed through the Mercedes-Benz Stadium!

"A brilliant piece of link-up play from Wang Shuo in the attack."

"Look at the replay: he controls with his right, turns, and immediately passes with his left."

"Absolutely beautiful!"

"The defender didn’t even have time to react. It’s just a shame Reus rushed his shot."

"If he had cut that back across, both Götze and Kuba at the far post would have had a chance to score."

Despite having just scored, Stuttgart didn’t sit back and defend. Instead, they continued to go toe-to-toe with Dortmund in an open, attacking game.

In the 7th minute, Stuttgart attacked the Dortmund penalty area once more. Hummels cleared it with a header, and the ball fell to Sven Bender, who passed it to Shahin.

As Shahin charged forward with the ball on the left flank, Wang Shuo had already taken off at top speed.

From a long way off, Wang Shuo was already yelling for Shahin, telling him to pass the ball into the space behind the defense on the left.

Without a second thought, Shahin immediately sent the ball forward.

Wang Shuo sprinted forward at top speed to get on the end of it.

"Wang Shuo is incredibly fast!"

"Let’s see if this run leads to an opportunity!"

Everyone watched with their own eyes as Wang Shuo, despite starting a good distance behind Stuttgart’s defensive line and their two holding midfielders, used his raw speed to close the gap. He tore down the field in an all-out sprint, finally reaching the ball on the left side, just outside the box. He got there a split second before Borarus and brought it under control with one touch.

"A one-on-one on the left flank!"

"Let’s see what Wang Shuo does with it."

"A feint!"

"Brilliant!"

"He takes it toward the byline, breaking into the box."

"Borarus can’t stop him! Wang Shuo cuts it back!"

"Götze goes for the placed shot!"

"But it’s hit straight at the keeper."

"That shot from Götze was a complete waste of the brilliant sequence from Wang Shuo that created it."

"He wasn’t under any pressure from defenders. Even taking a touch before shooting would have been better than that."

"But he just seemed too eager to get the shot off."

"Dortmund have now launched two consecutive counter-attacks, and both have looked very dangerous."

"Wang Shuo, in particular, continues to be a massive threat up front."

...

"We’re playing too hastily, and we’re too bunched up."

On the sidelines, in the visiting team’s dugout, Buvac said to Klopp.

"The players are all clustered together. It makes it very difficult for us to build an attack."

Dortmund wasn’t a team like Barça that thrived on intricate, possession-based football, nor did their players have the same level of technical skill on the ball.

They needed to spread out and stretch the field.

Only by stretching the formation could they play to Dortmund’s strengths.

But after conceding the goal, the players were too impatient.

It was turning into a piecemeal attack.

They were just chasing the ball, feeding more men into small areas and becoming too congested.

"Shahin is rushing things too much," Klopp said, shaking his head.

He immediately left the dugout and walked to the edge of the technical area.

"Wang!"

Klopp cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled for Wang Shuo, frantically gesturing with his hands for the team to spread out.

Wang Shuo saw him, raised his right hand, and nodded in his direction, signaling that he understood.

He began relaying the head coach’s instructions to his nearby teammates.

In the 14th minute, Dortmund launched another attack.

Once again, it came down the left side.

From the start of the match, Dortmund had been relentlessly creating threats on Borarus’s side of the field.

This was part of Klopp’s pre-match game plan.

But unlike before, this time the attack started with a push through the center.

Wang Shuo dropped back to link up with Götze before passing back to Shahin and pointing toward the left flank.

By now, the left flank had opened up.

Reus and Schmelzer both pushed forward on the attack.

As Wang Shuo made a run toward the center of the box, Schmelzer and Reus executed a beautiful one-two on the wing. Reus then cut inside with the ball before passing it to Wang Shuo.

Wang Shuo was facing the goal but had no clear shot. In a flash of brilliance, he back-heeled the ball.

Reus, who had continued his run inside, met the ball and unleashed a powerful shot with his right foot.

"GOOOOAL!!!"

"In the 14th minute, Dortmund have finally equalized!"

"A brilliant back-heel from Wang Shuo sets up Reus to score against Stuttgart."

"It’s 1-1!"