The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 555: Chapter 109: Messi’s Strongest Mouthpiece! For the 2011 Golden Ball Award! Neuer: Wang Shuo, I’ll Take You On

This gave Wang Shuo the chance to use his speed to his advantage.

So, that one-on-one wasn’t something Wang Shuo planned at all. It was all thanks to Magat making it happen!

Wang Shuo gave up the penalty kick. Shahin calmly took it and scored with a single kick, adding another goal for Dortmund.

4-0!

However, in the 76th minute of the match, Dortmund won a corner kick.

Hummels connected with Shahin’s pass and scored with a header, putting another one in for Dortmund.

5-0!

This score held until the final whistle.

In the end, Dortmund crushed Schalke 04 5-0, smoothly advancing to the DFB-Pokal semifinals.

And Dortmund’s opponent in the semifinals was none other than Bayern Munich.

The other matchup was between Duisburg of the 2nd Bundesliga and Cottbus.

This led everyone to believe that the match between Dortmund and Bayern Munich would be an early final for the DFB-Pokal.

Whoever advanced to the final would win the DFB-Pokal championship!

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He had played two consecutive matches. In one, he had two goals and two assists; in the other, a hat-trick and an assist.

It was safe to say Wang Shuo’s haul was massive.

They had notched an 18-game winning streak in the league, setting a new record for the Five Major European Leagues and winning widespread acclaim.

They had broken into the DFB-Pokal semifinals, and the entire team was full of ambition, eager to make a run for the DFB-Pokal title.

Especially since the semifinal match was an away game at Allianz Arena.

Wang Shuo got excited just thinking about it.

But it wasn’t without its regrets.

Namely, he still hadn’t had a chance to try out the effect of [Domain Skills: Reverser].

If Wang Shuo had already more or less mastered the bonuses from [Domain Skills: Controller] and could use them skillfully, then he had yet to experience the boost from [Reverser].

There was nothing to be done about it. This Domain Skill had a prerequisite: the team had to be on the defensive or losing on the scoreboard.

After probing for two matches, Wang Shuo discovered that "losing on the scoreboard" was a relatively clear concept, but "being on the defensive" was more ambiguous.

It didn’t just mean that the team was on the defensive whenever the opponent had the ball and was attacking while Dortmund was defending.

Instead, it seemed to require a period of time where Dortmund was passively taking a beating.

Wang Shuo hadn’t yet figured out the exact length of this period.

Because whether they were playing Bayer Leverkusen or Schalke 04, Dortmund had basically held an overwhelming advantage on the pitch.

This wasn’t surprising.

Klopp’s tactics were inherently like that.

Especially now, with Wang Shuo boosting the front line, any team that wanted to press forward had to think twice about their own defense.

This led to a situation where Wang Shuo possessed [Reverser] but had no opportunity to use it!

But Wang Shuo didn’t regret upgrading this Domain Skill.

The reason was simple: it was an ace in the hole!

In other words, it either wouldn’t activate, or it would only activate at a critical moment!

Having played for so many years, Wang Shuo knew exactly how powerful a fail-safe skill like this could be.

Especially when combined with his current technical characteristics and strength.

’If it really gets to the 85th minute and I can still perform at full power, I’ll shock every team and catch them completely off guard!’

A Domain Skill like that was decisive!

However, it was as if fate had heard the frustration in Wang Shuo’s heart.

After playing Schalke 04, Dortmund welcomed the 19th round of the Bundesliga, hosting Stuttgart at home.

They were playing at home, the opponent was Labbadia’s Stuttgart, and their main midfielder Sven Bender was still recovering from an injury. So, after much consideration, Klopp decided to keep Wang Shuo in the starting lineup.

Having just played the Ruhr Derby in the DFB-Pokal quarterfinals, Dortmund was playing consecutive matches.

Stuttgart, on the other hand, was well-rested and waiting.

After a week of rest, Stuttgart seized the initiative right from the start, trying to suppress Dortmund despite being the away team.

But the Bumblebees, playing on their home turf, were no pushovers.

Both sides fought fiercely, and the match was evenly matched.

It wasn’t until just before the end of the first half that Wang Shuo orchestrated a play, Grosskreutz provided the assist, and Götze scored the opening goal for Dortmund!

This let everyone on the Dortmund side breathe a sigh of relief.

Especially when, in the 63rd minute, Stuttgart’s captain and center-back Delpeyrat went off with an injury and was replaced by Niedermayer. This put Dortmund even more at ease.

But to everyone’s surprise, Dortmund made a passing error in the 80th minute.

Shahin’s back pass to Hummels was intercepted. Stuttgart seized the opportunity, and their forward, Pogrebnyak, unleashed a furious shot from inside the box, breaching Dortmund’s goal.

1-1!

After equalizing, Stuttgart began to pour on the pressure. Their morale soared, and they launched a fierce offensive against Dortmund, pinning them down on the pitch.