Chapter 390: Chapter 86: Super Striker! Besting Müller, Kicking Klinsmann

Wang Shuo vigorously pulled Schmelzer over to celebrate, introducing his teammate to everyone.

This was also part of Klopp’s strategy.

Wang Shuo’s presence made Dortmund’s attack incredibly versatile.

If their opponents didn’t tightly mark Reus and Götze, Wang Shuo could link up with them.

Once they focused on the attackers up front, the full-backs would be left wide open.

Previously, it had been Owomoyela on the right flank.

But the player was getting on in years, and his stamina had begun to wane in the second half of the season.

Meanwhile, after securing his spot on the left, Schmelzer gradually began to display his outstanding athleticism and attacking threat with his overlapping runs.

You had to admit, Dortmund’s style of play was truly difficult to defend against!

Don’t believe it?

Just six minutes later, Bayer Leverkusen launched an attack, but their shot posed no threat.

Dortmund, on the other hand, immediately launched another attack from the left.

This time, Bayer Leverkusen reacted quickly.

Schmelzer was held up on the left flank, so Reus ran over to receive the ball and then passed it to Götze.

Without taking a touch, Götze played a through pass to Wang Shuo on the left, just outside the penalty area.

Wang Shuo also played it first-time, laying it off to Götze, who was running across.

According to Wang Shuo’s plan, Götze would then send it back into the penalty area, and he himself could get a shot off.

But to his surprise, Götze took a long shot himself.

The shot was saved by Adler.

Wang Shuo gave a wry smile, but when he turned and saw Götze clutching his hair in frustration, he immediately ran over.

"It’s alright, we’ll get another chance!"

As he spoke, he patted Götze’s shoulder encouragingly.

’I haven’t even scored my second goal yet, but I have to be understanding if a teammate wants to score.’

But the third goal of the match didn’t come until the 78th minute of the second half.

And it wasn’t scored by Götze or Reus, either.

It came when Kuba and Owomoyela combined on the right flank to win a corner kick.

Subotic connected with a header at the far post, making the score 3-0!

Bayer Leverkusen’s legendary unbeaten run was brought to a decisive end!

Their unbeaten streak stopped at 27 matches!

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The moment the referee blew the final whistle, the entire Westfalen Stadium erupted in celebration! 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Over 80,000 fans all rose to their feet, cheering and shouting themselves hoarse.

After 27 matches, Dortmund continued to lead the Bundesliga table with 67 points.

Meanwhile, second-place Bayer Leverkusen, after losing this match, only had 58 points.

Bayern were even further behind with only 57 points.

In other words, Dortmund had once again extended their lead to nine points.

With only seven rounds left in the season, a nine-point lead was a commanding advantage!

When captain Kael led the players to the edge of the pitch to thank the fans, the entire stadium was already eagerly singing "We Are the Champions," celebrating the team’s title win in advance!

Bayern had stumbled at Frankfurt, while Dortmund thrashed their main title rivals, Bayer Leverkusen, 3-0.

This filled everyone at the Bumblebees, from top to bottom, with confidence about winning the Bundesliga this season!

While thanking the fans in front of the South Stand, Wang Shuo noticed a few fans in the front row holding up cardboard signs with the number "35" handwritten on them.

This made Wang Shuo very happy, and he made a point of walking over to the barrier to thank the fans loudly.

Ever since he had broken Dortmund’s single-season scoring record, the fans had taken to displaying the new record on handwritten signs after every match.

"I heard several fan clubs are organizing another huge TIFO for the South Stand for the second-to-last match of the season, specifically to celebrate your league goals."

Reus said enviously as Wang Shuo walked back.

As a die-hard Dortmund fan himself, he desperately wished the Bumblebee fans would one day make a huge TIFO like that just for him.

"Now, everyone’s waiting for you to score more. You’re only five goals away from Gerd Müller."

As one of Wang Shuo’s closest friends, Foyelner was also very proud of him.

With seven league matches remaining and Dortmund having to balance the UEFA Europa League and the Bundesliga, scoring another five goals would still be difficult.

But given Wang Shuo’s scoring rate this season, it was highly possible.

"The media is in an uproar right now."

The uproar Subotic mentioned was the clash between media outlets supporting Wang Shuo and Dortmund and those supporting Bayern.

But don’t think for a second that this reflected the media’s actual stance.

The reality was that a paper like Bild could simultaneously publish two completely contradictory articles, penned by two different reporters and commentators.

At the end of the day, it was all about generating clicks.

The reason why Wang Shuo, Dortmund, and Bayern had recently become such a hot topic of debate was actually quite interesting.

In the Bundesliga, after scoring a brace in this match, Wang Shuo had now scored 35 goals.

He was just five goals shy of Gerd Müller’s all-time Bundesliga record of 40 goals in a single season, set while he was at Bayern.

This legendary record, once considered untouchable by many, was now under serious threat.

As a result, Bayern’s supporters were starting to get nervous.

And as it happened, Wang Shuo had also scored 13 goals so far in the UEFA Europa League.

This tally didn’t include the preliminary qualifying rounds, with the count starting from the competition proper.

Everyone knew that the UEFA Europa League’s predecessor was the UEFA Cup.