The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 477 - 98: Hat-trick! Phenomenal Superstar

In the 43rd minute of the first half, a Dortmund attack on the right wing broke down. The ball was quickly passed to Götze, then to Shahin, who switched it to the left flank.

When Reus got the ball outside the left corner of the penalty area, he passed to the overlapping Schmelzer.

Schmelzer took a touch toward the byline, accelerated after it, and sent a low cross with his left foot directly into the six-yard box.

Wang Shuo was already lying in wait.

But Schmelzer didn’t get the placement of the cross right; it was still too close to the goalkeeper.

Ulreich dove forward to his side, about to gather Schmelzer’s cross in his hands.

Wang Shuo had just started his sprint when he realized the chance was gone.

But in the split second he was about to slow down, he suddenly saw the ball escape from Ulreich’s grasp and bounce away.

’Holy shit!’

This was an absolutely amateur mistake!

Wang Shuo’s reaction was incredibly fast. Instead of slowing down, he instantly pushed off with both legs to accelerate forward. Getting to the ball first, he swept it into Stuttgart’s goal with the inside of his right foot before Ulreich could make a second save.

"He’s scored again!!!!"

"A hat-trick!!"

"Ulreich has made a fatal, critical error! He fumbled the save right in front of the goal!"

"And just like that, Wang Shuo has his hat-trick!"

"No one could have expected him to get a hat-trick this way!"

Wang Shuo hadn’t expected it either. After scoring, he was so excited that he ran straight off the pitch to celebrate.

All his Dortmund teammates chased after him.

"My God! In the first two rounds of the Bundesliga, in just four days, Wang Shuo has scored 7 goals!"

"Does it get any crazier than this?"

"In the first two Bundesliga rounds this season so far, Dortmund has scored a total of 9 goals."

"And Wang Shuo alone has contributed 7 of them!"

"He’s absolutely on fire!"

"After completing the hat-trick, I bet Wang Shuo can rest for the second half!"

"Job done. He can start focusing on Friday’s UEFA Super Cup match against Inter Milan!"

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And that was indeed what Klopp was thinking.

After coming from behind to lead Stuttgart 4-1 in the first half, Wang Shuo was substituted just 10 minutes after play resumed in the second half.

Once again, Lewandowski was the one who came on to replace him.

But after the unlucky guy came on as a substitute, he, on one hand, hadn’t fully adapted to the Bundesliga nor integrated into the team.

On the other hand, Dortmund also made a series of substitutions, which affected the team’s performance.

In the 70th minute, they conceded another goal.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Stuttgart 4-2 in the away match.

But after the match, the German media was still singing Wang Shuo’s praises.

goals in 2 Bundesliga matches!

It was simply insane!

If before, there were still many people worried about Wang Shuo’s performance in the new season, even doubting whether he was qualified to be the centerpiece of the new official Bundesliga promotional video, then now, those voices of doubt had completely vanished.

Everyone believed that, based on Wang Shuo’s current performance and form, he had a real chance this season to challenge Gerd Müller’s historic 40-goal record and set a brilliant new one!

Thanks to Wang Shuo’s outstanding performance, Dortmund secured two consecutive wins for 6 points, scoring 9 goals while conceding 3, for a goal difference of +6, and continued to lead the Bundesliga table.

And with 7 goals, Wang Shuo was in a league of his own at the top of the scorer charts.

Although the other eight Bundesliga matches of the round had yet to be played, Kicker Magazine asserted after the game that Dortmund had shown unstoppable momentum right from the start of the season.

The addition of Piszczek, in particular, had invigorated Dortmund’s right-wing attack.

"Judging from these last two rounds, this signing was an absolutely shrewd move in the transfer market."

"With both flanks activated, Klopp’s team has unleashed a feast of relentless, tide-like attacks that has left all the fans in awe!"

Amidst the tide of praise, the Dortmund war machine had no time to stop and rest.

After playing away against Stuttgart on the afternoon of the 24th, the team didn’t get back to Dortmund until late at night.

On the 25th and 26th, the team would remain in Dortmund to rest and recover.

On the evening of the 26th, they would fly directly from Dusseldorf to Nice, France, and then take a bus from Nice to Monaco.

At 8:45 PM on the evening of the 27th was the UEFA Super Cup: Dortmund versus Inter Milan.

As last season’s European treble winners, Inter Milan was ambitious this season, aiming for a sextuple.

And just on the evening of August 21st, in the Italian Super Cup at the San Siro Stadium, Inter Milan came from a goal down to beat Rome 3-1, thanks to a brace from Eto’o.

The Blue-Black Legion had claimed their fourth title!

Manager Benitez ambitiously declared, "I want to bring victories won with beautiful football to Inter Milan!"

The implication was that he was different from his predecessor, Mourinho.

Even though Mourinho won the European treble last season, earning endless praise from the media and fans, most of the media and fans weren’t very fond of his style of football.

They found it too ugly, too conservative.

As a result, this season, after Mourinho left to manage Real Madrid, Benitez—sacked from Liverpool—took the helm at Inter Milan, filling the Blue-Black Legion with anticipation from top to bottom.