The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 553: Chapter 109: Messi’s Ultimate Spokesperson! For the 2011 Golden Ball! Neuer: Wang Shuo, I’ll Give You My All

Forwards: Raul and Huntelaar.

This was the strongest lineup Magat could currently field.

There were no surprise inclusions.

The only adjustment was that starting midfielder Rakitic had been benched, replaced by Jermaine Jones.

Everyone knew that Jones had refused to renew his contract with Schalke 04.

As for Dortmund, they were still using their 4-2-3-1 formation.

Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller;

Defense: Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic, and Piszczek;

Midfield: Shahin and Gundogan formed a double pivot, with Reus, Götze, and Kuba in front of them;

Forward: Wang Shuo.

Sven Bender had been out for a week with a torn ligament.

So for this match, Klopp had paired Gundogan with Shahin.

This was a pairing of two technical midfielders, which was quite a risk.

But Klopp dared to make this arrangement because he saw that Schalke 04 was using a 4-4-2 formation.

The two teams lined up in the players’ tunnel.

After jogging in place, Wang Shuo quickly fell into line with his teammates.

"You should take it easy! Working so hard, are you planning a blitz attack right from the start?"

Wang Shuo turned his head, and upon seeing it was Neuer, he immediately laughed. "Did you plant a bug in our locker room?"

Neuer was instantly amused.

"I just saw you still warming up right before coming out and guessed."

But soon, Neuer, wearing the Schalke 04 captain’s armband, stared at Wang Shuo with a serious expression.

"But don’t even think about scoring on me today!"

"Is that so? We’ll see!" Wang Shuo said nonchalantly.

"We won’t make the same stupid mistakes as Bayer Leverkusen."

Three days ago, in the 18th round of the Bundesliga, Wang Shuo came on as a substitute and scored two goals and provided two assists. The performance caused a sensation throughout the German football scene, and the hype around him was at its peak.

"The way you say that, it sounds like you’re just trying to psych yourself up!"

Wang Shuo said this with a smile, then suddenly changed the subject. "So, let me ask you, if I get another one-on-one chance against you later, which foot will I step with first? My left? Or my right?"

Neuer was stunned for a moment.

’Is this some kind of mind game?’

"You won’t get a chance like that!"

"But what if I do? Take a guess."

"I’m not guessing, because it’s impossible!" Neuer said with great confidence.

...

Four minutes after Gagelmann blew the opening whistle, Gundogan received a pass from Shahin at the bottom of the center circle in his own half.

Krug immediately rushed toward Gundogan.

But the young midfielder was unhurried. He looked up, quickly found Wang Shuo, and seized the perfect moment. With his right foot, he nudged the ball forward, dodging Krug, and then swiftly fired off a low, straight pass.

The ball traveled in a straight line, like a sharp scalpel, precisely cutting open Schalke 04’s two lines of defense.

It landed behind the center-backs, Hewedes and Metzelder.

And at almost the exact same time, a yellow flash of lightning shot forward.

Schalke 04’s offside trap had completely failed!

"He’s onside!"

Amidst the gasps of the entire stadium, Wang Shuo broke through Schalke 04’s defensive line and sprinted forward at full speed.

Just outside Schalke 04’s thirty-meter area, he caught up to Gundogan’s through ball, creating a perfect one-on-one opportunity!

At that very moment, Neuer was positioned at the edge of the Arc Top District.

Facing the oncoming Wang Shuo, the Schalke 04 captain made an instant decision.

’Keep charging out!’

So, instead of retreating, he lunged towards Wang Shuo.

The distance between them closed rapidly.

And in that split second, the words Wang Shuo had spoken in the tunnel flashed through Neuer’s mind.

’That damn bastard!’

’He really got his one-on-one!’

’So is it the left foot first? Or the right?’

Wang Shuo skillfully dribbled the ball, getting closer and closer.

Neuer kept guessing. ’Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot...’

His brain’s CPU was about to fry from the effort!

When they were so close there was no turning back, Wang Shuo suddenly cut the ball to the left with his right foot.

His whole body feinted as if he were about to break through on the left.

Neuer reacted immediately but remained wary.

But in the next instant, Wang Shuo skillfully cut the ball back to the right with his left foot, dipping his right shoulder to follow.

’Just as I thought!’

’This bastard is an expert at faking people out!’

Who was Neuer?

Outside the penalty area, he was an excellent defender.

Although he had been slightly faked out by the first move, he recovered instantly. After shifting his center of gravity, he immediately stuck out his leg for a slide tackle.

Outside the penalty box, he couldn’t use his hands, only his feet.

And he had timed this tackle perfectly, aiming straight for the ball at Wang Shuo’s feet.

But just as Neuer made his move, Wang Shuo was even faster. He beat him to it, cutting the ball back once more with his right foot. Seeing that Neuer was already committed to the tackle, he flicked the ball right past him.

The whole process sounds long in the telling, but in reality, it happened in the blink of an eye.

Even many of the fans in the stadium couldn’t see clearly what had just happened.

In an instant, Wang Shuo had shaken off Neuer, dribbling past the Schalke 04 captain.

After breaking through on the left, Wang Shuo carried the ball into the penalty area, slowed his pace, and kicked the ball towards the goal.

At that moment, he didn’t forget to glance back at Neuer, who had stumbled and fallen outside the Arc Top District.

’Left foot? Right foot?’

’I can do either!’

But before Wang Shuo could even celebrate, Gundogan had already sprinted over and thrown his arms around him.