The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills-Chapter 114 - 46: Dribbling Past 4! Player of the Round! This Season’s Bundesliga Is So Exciting

Chapter 114: Chapter 46: Dribbling Past 4! Player of the Round! This Season’s Bundesliga Is So Exciting

"You’ve got some game, kid. Actually managed to land Lina Gerk. You’ve got good taste."

"Don’t be ridiculous. It’s not true."

"That’s the way. No matter who asks, just deny it."

’What does he mean by that?’

Wang Shuo was a bit baffled.

"Lina Gerk has been huge these past two years. Every guy in Germany loves her. A while back, a tabloid was reporting that she was dating Jay Khan, a member of the boy band US5. And guess what happened?"

"What happened?"

"Before long, people dug up dirt on Jay Khan. Turns out he’s gay and just spread the rumor as a cover."

"So..."

"If you admit to it, you’ll be the next one to get cyberbullied by every guy in Germany."

All Wang Shuo could do was force a laugh.

But soon, another thought occurred to him.

"Axel, I had no idea you followed her so closely. Does your wife know? Do your kids?"

Busenkel froze on the spot.

’Oops, I gave myself away!’

"Training! Right, training! I’ll personally take you through your exercises today. Let me go get you a drink first."

Wang Shuo truly hadn’t expected this seemingly prim and proper fitness coach to have such a side to him.

’This gym scene is wild!’

...

After a two-week national team training camp, the Bundesliga returned for its eighth round of matches.

Mainz hosted Cottbus at home.

But this time, the team’s performance showed a marked decline.

With Mainz at the top of the Bundesliga table and performing so well, the number of national team players on the squad had begun to grow.

Players like Kalhan, Pekovic, and Gunkel had all successively been called back up to their national teams.

This meant the players were constantly traveling, which took a heavy toll on the veterans.

The two national team breaks in September and October, combined with the Bundesliga schedule, had greatly drained the Mainz players.

As a result, Mainz got off to a less-than-ideal start in their home match against Cottbus.

But in the 29th minute, Wang Shuo received a through ball from Hainauer. As he turned to get past Cottbus’s Macedonian center-back, Mitreski, he was pushed down from behind.

The referee, Brych, didn’t hesitate to call the foul.

Since Mitreski was the last man back, he was shown a straight red card.

Now a man up, Mainz kept Cottbus pinned back.

In the 40th minute, Foyelner and Lővér executed a beautiful one-two on the left flank.

Lővér took the ball to the byline and sent a low cross from the left side of the box toward the goal.

Wang Shuo made a quick late run, racing to the near post and tapping it in with his right foot from point-blank range.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!"

"In the 40th minute, Mainz has finally broken the deadlock against Cottbus!"

"One-nil!"

"And it’s a goal from the young star, Wang Shuo!"

"That’s his eighth Bundesliga goal of the season!"

Wang Shuo excitedly pumped his right fist and ran toward the sideline.

The Mainz fans at Bruch Road Stadium leaped from their seats, chanting Wang Shuo’s name in unison.

In front of the home team’s dugout, Head Coach Klopp was once again shadowboxing in excitement.

His teammates all rushed over to celebrate the goal with him.

But Foyelner’s mind was on something else.

"Wang, I think you need to come up with a cooler goal celebration."

"Just standing by the sideline every time isn’t cool enough!"

Everyone around him chimed in with agreement.

These days, what striker doesn’t have a signature cool celebration?

I mean, Drogba even pulled off that three-legged knee slide.

Whether someone is the best player or not, that’s up for debate.

Messi, Ronaldo, Kaka... everyone has their favorite.

But style is eternal!

Wang Shuo was intrigued.

As he walked back with the rest of the team, he happened to see the bearded uncle shadowboxing.

Foyelner and the others all turned to look at Wang Shuo in unison.

Wang Shuo quickly shook his head.

’Shadowboxing?’

’That’s the first one I’m ruling out.’

’It’s so lame!’

’Now whenever I think of shadowboxing, all I can picture is Klopp’s scruffy, bearded face.’

’I don’t even have a girlfriend yet, how can I be associated with being scruffy?’

’Absolutely not!’

Everyone else clearly felt the same way and nodded in agreement.

A celebration that old-fashioned was best left for Klopp to enjoy on his own.

’So what should I come up with?’

Wang Shuo found it to be quite a hassle.

’A knee slide?’

’That’d kill my knees.’

’Even with my [Damage Reduction] skill, I can’t just abuse it, right?’

’Dancing?’

’I can’t dance...’

’Kissing a ring?’

’I’m not dating anyone...’

...

In the end, Mainz defeated Cottbus 1-0 at home, thanks to Wang Shuo’s goal.

In addition to scoring the goal, Wang Shuo also drew a red card.

But this round of the Bundesliga was still incredibly exciting.

Especially the race for the top scorer.

Perhaps spurred on by Wang Shuo’s two goals and one assist in the previous round, Hoffenheim’s Ibisevic scored a brace this time around.

Hoffenheim defeated Hannover 96 5-2 away from home.

This round, Bayer Leverkusen was playing just next door to Mainz, challenging Frankfurt in an away match.

Just six minutes into the match, Kiesling won a penalty inside the box, and Helmes calmly converted it.

The Pharmacy ultimately won 2-0 away against Frankfurt.

This was Helmes’ first penalty of the season.

Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal scored the second goal.

Meanwhile, VfL Wolfsburg defeated Bielefeld 4-1, thanks to a brace from Misimovic.

Bayern played an away match against Karlsruhe, but their performance was mediocre.

It wasn’t until the 86th minute that Klose managed to score.

They ultimately scraped by with a 1-0 away victory.

After eight rounds of matches, Mainz had seven wins and one loss, putting them at 21 points.

Hamburg, in second place, drew 1-1 at home against Schalke 04 this round, leaving them with only 17 points.

Hoffenheim was in third place with 16 points.

Bayer Leverkusen followed in fourth with 15 points.

On the top scorer chart, Ibisevic’s brace this round propelled him to the top spot with nine goals.

Both Wang Shuo and Helmes had scored eight goals in eight matches.

However, Wang Shuo also had three assists and no penalty goals.

Helmes only had one assist and one of his goals was a penalty.

Therefore, Wang Shuo was ranked second, and Helmes third.

No one could have predicted that the new Bundesliga season would be this thrilling.

The top three on the scorer chart were all players who came up from the 2nd Bundesliga.

And the two newly promoted teams, Mainz and Hoffenheim, were both in the top three of the league table.

Who would have believed it?

But the competition was undeniably heating up.

Ibisevic’s brace spoke for itself.

Helmes wasn’t the designated penalty taker this season, but this time he’d taken the spot-kick from Kiesling.

And in the next round, Mainz would be facing Bayer Leverkusen away from home.