The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 470 - 97: Bundesliga’s Top Star! Scoring Madly! Fighting for the Championship! Heynckes: Wang Shuo, I’m a Dog If I Praise You Again

"A corner kick for Dortmund. Subotic heads it on, and Wang Shuo follows up in the center with a right-footed tap-in, sending the ball into the net."

"1-0!"

...

After the goal, Dortmund didn’t let up. Instead, they continued their fierce assault on Bayer Leverkusen.

After gelling last season, all the players had basically adapted to Klopp’s tactics and were playing in perfect sync.

Even Piszczek on the right wing integrated into the team very quickly after just two official matches: the Super Cup and the first round of the DFB-Pokal.

This made Dortmund’s entire offense incredibly fluid.

After losing the ball, they immediately counter-pressed with the entire team.

This style of play put Bayer Leverkusen on the back foot.

They were completely helpless against it!

Last season, they still had a passer in Tony Kroos.

But now, Tony Kroos had returned to Bayern.

In the 28th minute, Dortmund won the ball in midfield and launched a counter-attack.

After receiving a pass from Shahin, Wang Shuo, with his back to the goal, laid the ball off to Götze and immediately turned to run.

Götze dribbled towards the right, looking to link up with Kuba.

On Dortmund’s right flank, Piszczek quickly pushed forward, creating an overload with Götze, Piszczek, and Kuba.

If Wang Shuo went over as well, it would be too crowded, and there would be no one in the center to receive a pass.

So, seeing this, Wang Shuo chose to stay in the middle, rushing to the edge of the six-yard box to wait.

He constantly watched the position of the goalkeeper Adler, Friedrich’s marking, and the defensive positioning of the other Bayer Leverkusen players.

He trusted his teammates to get the ball to him.

Götze, Piszczek, and Kuba linked up, attempting an overlapping run on the right for a cross.

In the end, Piszczek’s cross hit Kadlec and deflected towards the byline.

Just as the ball was about to go out of play, Kuba suddenly appeared from behind, and in the split second before it crossed the line, he sent in a low cross with his right foot, directing it straight to the near post of the six-yard box.

Wang Shuo was watching everything happening on the right flank.

The moment Kuba passed, not caring whether the ball had gone out or not, Wang Shuo instantly darted forward, getting in front of Friedrich and meeting Kuba’s cross with a sweeping shot from his right foot.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"

"The ball’s in again!!!!"

"It’s Wang Shuo again!!"

"A brace!"

"Dortmund scores again, it’s 2-0!"

"The Bayer Leverkusen players are chasing the referee to protest, arguing the ball was out of play."

"But Mayer rules that the ball did not go out."

"From the slow-motion replay, we can see that Mayer’s call was correct."

"Let’s look at this goal again."

"Wang Shuo suddenly cut in front, taking a very subtle, sweeping shot that sent the ball into the near corner of the goal from close range."

"Adler reacted, but he was just a bit too slow to get down."

"2-0!"

"Bayer Leverkusen is in trouble now."

...

After the 30-minute mark, Dortmund gradually eased up on their attack.

Down by two goals, Bayer Leverkusen launched a counter-offensive.

Especially down the two flanks, where Baneta and Augusto were both well-known, high-quality wingers in the Bundesliga.

But Dortmund’s flanks were extremely strong.

Whether it was Piszczek on the right or Schmelzer on the left, plus the double pivot of Kael and Shahin in the middle, and the diligent tracking back from Reus and Kuba up front...

All of this made it very difficult for Bayer Leverkusen to attack down the wings.

In the 43rd minute, Bayer Leverkusen’s Augusto got the ball on the right wing and attempted a breakthrough and cross. However, Subotic at the far post quickly rushed forward, intercepted the ball with his chest, and immediately knocked it forward to start a counter-attack.

Subotic first passed to Shahin, who then got it to Wang Shuo’s feet.

After receiving the ball at the bottom of the center circle in his own half, Wang Shuo immediately turned and took off, charging forward at top speed.

Around him, Reus, Götze, and Kuba were also surging forward.

Reus, in particular, was leading the charge.

After entering Bayer Leverkusen’s 30-meter zone, Wang Shuo took a series of quick, short steps to adjust his stride before sending a diagonal pass with his right foot into the space ahead of Reus.

Little Rocket sprinted at full speed, caught up to Wang Shuo’s pass, and dribbled straight towards the left side of Bayer Leverkusen’s penalty area.

But Friedrich quickly tracked back, blocking Reus’s path inside.

Reus first slowed down, then suddenly accelerated, trying to shake Friedrich.

But he couldn’t get past him.

Just as he was forced to come to a sudden stop to shield the ball, he heard Wang Shuo’s familiar voice from behind.

Reus immediately laid the ball back to the area between the penalty spot and the Arc Top District.

Wang Shuo quickly followed up, meeting Reus’s pass with a direct, driven shot.

The ball practically skimmed along the grass and nestled into the bottom right corner of Bayer Leverkusen’s goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"

"A hat-trick!!!"

"The first hat-trick of the 10/11 Bundesliga season has been scored!"

"By Wang Shuo of Dortmund!"

"Just yesterday, on the first matchday of the Bundesliga, striker Lakiqi from the newly-promoted Kaiserslautern scored a brace!"

"At the time, we were wondering if any player would be able to score a hat-trick in the first round of the Bundesliga this season."

"And then, along came Wang Shuo!"

"He’s not only the first to do it in the Bundesliga this season, but also the first player to score a hat-trick in the new season across all of the Five Major European Leagues!"

After scoring, an ecstatic Wang Shuo ran off the pitch, sprinting all the way to the fans in the South Stand, where he spread his arms wide to accept the cheers of the entire stadium.