The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 420 - 90: Clinch the Title Early! Bundesliga Number 1! Next Stop: Superstar! Toying with De Gea! He Single-handedly Toppled Atletico Madrid

Who would have thought this brawny captain was actually a fragile "Lin Daiyu"?

At this, Wang Shuo abruptly shot up from his seat and walked straight over to Subotic.

"Neven, come with me!"

Subotic was stunned.

So was everyone else around them.

’What’s going on?’

"What for?"

"Let’s go one-on-one. A physical challenge!" Wang Shuo declared, full of domineering confidence.

Everyone wondered if they had heard him correctly.

Wang Shuo?

Challenging Subotic to a physical contest?

’He must be crazy.’

"Forget it. I don’t want to bully you," Subotic said, shaking his head vigorously.

’On the pitch, once Wang Shuo gets up to speed, the outcome would be anyone’s guess.’

’But in a one-on-one physical challenge? Beating Wang Shuo would be a piece of cake.’

This only spurred Wang Shuo on. "Haven’t you been eyeing my Porsche Cayenne?"

Subotic nodded repeatedly.

’That SUV really is awesome!’

"Come outside and train with me. If you win, I’ll let you borrow it for a month."

"Are you sure?"

Wang Shuo chuckled. "And I’ll throw in a big dinner!"

After a pause, Wang Shuo looked at his eager teammates and announced with a laugh, "That goes for everyone!"

’He had already planned on it anyway.’

’After renewing his contract with Dortmund, he was going to treat everyone to a meal.’

Everyone got excited and started egging them on.

"Get him, Neven!"

"You’re 1.93 meters tall! You gonna let a guy who’s 1.8 meters push you around?"

"That’s right, Neven! Do it for the team’s sake! Take him down!"

"Go, Neven!"

Amidst the boisterous cheers, Subotic stood up with a grin.

"Wang, let’s get this straight. You’re the one who challenged me, so don’t blame me for going hard on you!"

"What crap are you talking? Let’s go!"

Wang Shuo couldn’t wait any longer.

He needed to familiarize himself with and master the Intercontinental Level [Foundation] as quickly as possible before playing Atletico Madrid.

He believed it would give him a greater advantage in the upcoming decisive second leg of the UEFA Europa League semifinals.

Having fought so hard to reach the semifinals, he was determined to make it to the finals, and even win the championship!

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The most interesting and suspenseful part of a knockout stage is that the outcome is decided in those 90 minutes of play.

For a European competition with two legs, it’s a test over two 90-minute matches.

Everything from the head coach’s lineup and formation to the players’ on-field performance determines the winner of a knockout tie.

And before the match kicks off, no one can know what the final result will be.

Just like on this day, April 29th, at the Calderon Stadium in Madrid, Klopp could never have imagined that his team’s goal would be breached by Atletico Madrid just eight minutes after kickoff.

What was even more outrageous was that the assist came from the one person everyone considered to have the worst Passing ability, the one least adept at making threatening passes: Raul Garcia.

His through ball landed precisely at Aguero’s feet.

The Argentina striker received the ball sideways inside the Arc Top District, powerfully broke through between two Dortmund center-backs, and took a shot.

Weidenfeller failed to react in time, and the ball flew past him into the net.

1-0!

In an instant, the entire Calderon Stadium erupted with the cheers of Atletico Madrid fans.

The Dortmund side, meanwhile, was a bit stunned!

They had tried to launch an aggressive attack right from the start, but the home team, Atletico Madrid, refused to yield an inch, choosing to go head-to-head with Dortmund. No one expected Dortmund to be the first to concede.

In front of the away team’s bench, Klopp started to panic.

As Aguero ran to the sideline to celebrate, Klopp walked to the edge of the pitch, shouting at his players, signaling for them to steady themselves and not lose their composure.

He also told Wang Shuo, Shahin, Hummels, and the others to control the tempo and maintain their formation.

Everyone could even hear the panic and haste in Klopp’s shouts.

Just eight minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid had already turned the tables!

According to the knockout stage rules, the aggregate score was now 3-3, but Dortmund had conceded two away goals to Atletico Madrid at home.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid was now in the lead!

And Klopp was almost certain that if he were in Flores’s shoes, he would immediately switch to a defensive counter-attack.

This was the tactic Atletico Madrid excelled at!

That meant Dortmund was in grave danger.

"No one could have predicted that so early in the game, Aguero would turn the situation around for Atletico Madrid!"

"The pressure is now entirely on Dortmund."

"We can see Flores also shouting to his players; he must be about to adjust the team’s tactics."

"Dortmund is in a very dangerous position right now!"

On the pitch, the Dortmund players could clearly sense the danger, especially from their panicked head coach on the sideline.

They started to get anxious too.

But anxiety easily leads to mistakes.

After Atletico Madrid intercepted the ball in midfield, they nearly broke through Dortmund’s defensive line again.

Fortunately, Hummels managed to tackle and win the ball back at the edge of the penalty area.

This was the downside of having such a young team.

They lacked experience, weren’t calm enough, and were prone to impatience.

It wasn’t just players like Sven Bender, Shahin, and Reus; even Hummels in the backline was getting anxious.

Despite Klopp’s recent warning, he was still in a hurry to send a long pass upfield, eager to launch an attack as quickly as possible.

But this approach often yielded little result for a great deal of effort.

’This can’t go on!’

’In this situation, if Dortmund continues in this chaos, they’ll concede again very soon!’

’At a time like this, someone needs to step up.’

Wang Shuo was the man for the job!

With that thought, he began to scan for a target, looking for an opportunity.