The God of Football starts with passive skills

Chapter 23 Best Player

Regional-level passive skill card?

Upon hearing the name, Wang Shuo immediately realized it was a treasure.

He immediately entered the God of Ball System to check out the skill card.

We really made a fortune this time!
As the name suggests, the regional-level passive skill card helps Wang Shuo upgrade one of his passive skills to the regional level.

There are two main methods.

One option is to upgrade the two existing class-level passive skills, [Insight] or [Swiftness], to the regional level.

[Breathing] is already a regional level skill, so it cannot be used.

Another method is random selection.

All extracted passive skills can be directly upgraded to the regional level.

"Apart from special passive skills."

Wang Shuo noticed this sentence.

The implication is that among the remaining passive skills, some are rather special.

Wang Shuo is currently unsure which ones are special.

But he wondered, since special passive skills cannot be directly upgraded to the regional level, does that mean that even if he uses this skill card to draw randomly, he will not be able to draw these special passive skills?
Wang Shuo noticed that the entire football has 12 pentagons, 3 of which are lit up. Among the remaining 9 sides, how many of them are special passive skills?
These are not important for now.

Should we upgrade the existing ones, or draw another random sample?
The answer is obvious.

Currently, Wang Shuo's professional-level "Insight" and "Swiftness" are more than enough to allow him to perform well in the German Second Division.

Further upgrades would actually offer limited improvement.

On the contrary, randomly drawing another passive skill and upgrading it to the regional level in one go would be the most beneficial thing for Wang Shuo.

But now is not the time to extract it.

Head coach Klopp is already calling for his men.

Wang Shuo quickly exited the God of Football system and walked towards Klopp.

……

Returning to the locker room from the pitch, the Mainz players clearly saw head coach Klopp's favoritism towards Wang Shuo.

The burly middle-aged man with a full beard even put his arm around Wang Shuo's shoulder affectionately, chatting and laughing with him the whole way.

The Mainz players were quite surprised.

When have they ever seen their head coach so approachable?

In Mainz, Klopp is portrayed as "brutal".

Both training and competitions are extremely demanding.

Back in the Bundesliga, his reputation as a "tyrant" was no less than that of Magath.

The latter liked to make his players run long distances and climb mountains whenever he had free time, which made his reputation for brutality unshakable for many years.

Therefore, they were genuinely envious when they saw Klopp being so friendly to Wang Shuo.

While Ecuadorian striker Borja expressed envy, he was also filled with concern.

There was even a hint of resentment.

Wang Shuo also plays as a forward.

Fortunately, he also scored in this match.

This was his first goal of the second half of the season, and he remains the team's top scorer.

Once the goal drought is broken, the goals will come one after another!
The Ecuadorian striker is confident in his abilities.

Everyone was happy after winning the game.

Upon entering the locker room, Klopp clapped enthusiastically.

"Everyone, look over here!"

All the players immediately stopped what they were doing and looked at the head coach.

"First of all, I want to congratulate everyone on the 6-1 home win against Paderborn, which keeps our hopes of promotion alive."

"This is the most exciting game we've played so far this season!"

The players in the locker room immediately cheered and applauded enthusiastically.

"I believe the biggest contributor to winning this match is our 17-year-old Wang!"

Klopp pointed at Wang Shuo.

The players in the locker room were somewhat surprised; Wang Shuo had been handpicked as the best player.

But soon, all the players started applauding.

Wang Shuo not only scored the first goal, but also consistently delivered the most hard-working and best performance for the entire hour he was on the pitch.

He also had an assist.

After the match, data provided by Kravitz showed that he was the most active player on the field and had the highest level of participation in the game.

Only Borja's expression worsened.

Anyone can see that head coach Klopp has a strong preference for Wang Shuo.

This made Borja's gaze towards Wang Shuo filled with vigilance.

"This was Wang Shuo's first match, and he proved his strength through his hard work and outstanding performance."

"Here, I would like to say something to the King."

Klopp walked up to Wang Shuo, smiled and nodded.

"I believe that not only me, but also all the fans outside and everyone in the locker room are expecting you to deliver an even better performance and help the team achieve more victories!"

"Go for it, Wang!" Subotic, sitting next to Wang Shuo, put his arm around Wang Shuo's shoulder and offered encouragement with a smile.

Wang Shuo nodded emphatically.

"What I also want to say is that although the 6-1 victory over Paderborn was very exciting, it's in the past now."

"Our crisis is not over yet."

In this round of matches, Mainz's direct competitors showed varying performances.

Cologne defeated Osnabrück 2-0 at home.

Coincidentally, Mainz's next opponent is Osnabrück, but it's an away game.

Hoffenheim suffered a crushing 1-3 defeat away to St. Pauli.

Greuther Fürth defeated Offenbach 2-1 at home.

Freiburg lost 2-3 to Koblenz away from home.

As a result, after 29 rounds of matches, Mainz moved up one place in the 2. Bundesliga standings, tied with Freiburg on 46 points, but ranked 5th due to a better goal difference.

Fürth scored 47 points.

Hoffenheim and Cologne both have 50 points, but Cologne overtook Hoffenheim on goal difference to take second place. Borussia Mönchengladbach drew 2-2 away to Jena this round and are currently top of the table with 56 points.

Because of this resounding 6-1 home victory, Mainz secured a significant goal difference, halted their losing streak, and began to catch up.

Although the situation is still not optimistic, it is at least much better than it was a week ago.

"There are 5 rounds left in the league."

Klopp looked directly at his players, his eyes filled with unwavering determination.

"I'll say it again: we need to get over 60 points to have any chance of getting promoted to League One."

"We must win the remaining five rounds, especially the match against Cologne!"

In the penultimate round of the league, Mainz will play away against Cologne.

While Klopp attended the post-match press conference, Wang Shuo received congratulations from his teammates in the locker room.

Especially captain Nowitzki and Feulner, among others.

Wang Shuo could sense that, thanks to his contribution in the first game, his hard work in the past two weeks of training, and his all-out performance in the game, he had begun to integrate into the team's locker room.

After the team disbanded, Wang Shuo first received a congratulatory call from his agent, Thomas Essien, and his U19 teammates, including Schürrle and Kirchhoff, also came to congratulate him.

They were all watching the game from the stands.

Schürrle and others were filled with envy for Wang Shuo's outstanding performance.

This afternoon, the U19 team also played a match, an away game against Karlsruhe U19.

Without Wang Shuo, their recent top scorer, Mainz U19 drew 1-1 with their opponents away from home.

"Although Soter scored a goal in the second half, I still have to say that his performance is incomparable to yours, far inferior."

Schürrle looked at him with a disappointed expression, "If it were you, you'd probably score another hat trick."

Medinitz echoed this sentiment, saying, "Even after Hofem came on, he kept missing chances."

Speaking of Hofem, Wang Shuo didn't see him anywhere.

"Him?" Schürrle laughed heartily. "After seeing your outstanding performance, he got motivated and said he wanted to go back for extra training so he could reunite with us in the first team as soon as possible."

Wang Shuo couldn't help but smile.

This is something Hofem is capable of doing.

I wonder how long his popularity will last?
……

Although the influence of the German second division is limited in the world of football, it still has some influence in Germany.

Especially head coach Klopp, a renowned young coach in German football who almost became Bayern Munich.

A resounding 6-1 victory over Paderborn at home has given everyone hope that Mainz can bounce back from rock bottom.

Mainz is very close to Frankfurt, so the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung pays close attention to Mainz's developments.

After the match, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung was the first to report on Mainz's 17-year-old Chinese player, Wang Shuo, breaking the club's century-old goal record.

Head coach Klopp also publicly praised Wang Shuo at the post-match press conference.

"They're both 17 years old. Seeing Wang Shuo play, I can't help but think of Michael Owen, the former Liverpool striker."

Klopp said he is very optimistic about Wang Shuo's future development.

However, he also reminded Wang Shuo that he is still very young and needs to maintain a good mindset and improve himself in a down-to-earth manner.

Besides the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, several other German media outlets also reported on the match and mentioned Wang Shuo.

But since it's the German second division, there's not much information about it.

However, in China, as the match came to an end, major portal websites were the first to publish reports praising Wang Shuo's performance highly, believing that scoring a goal in his professional debut demonstrated his amazing talent.

The performance of the Chinese national football team over the past few years has been extremely disappointing.

The older generation of players who went abroad have all returned to China, and the new generation of players have not gone abroad for various reasons. As a result, Wang Shuo has become the only remaining player who has gone abroad.

His current performance has rekindled hope among domestic fans.

But not at the national football team, but at Wang Shuo.

On various sports forums, more and more fans are starting to discuss how far Wang Shuo's overseas career can go, based on his outstanding debut performance.
"I think he'll only make appearances in the Bundesliga at most."

"I support him! Judging from his ball control and footwork in the game, his potential is not high."

"Wang Shuo still mainly relies on speed, and his ball handling skills need to be improved."

"Let me pour some cold water on this: the Bundesliga is no longer competitive in Europe these days, let alone the 2. Bundesliga. Wang Shuo's performance in the 2. Bundesliga is not convincing at all!"

"Come on, the guy upstairs, what's wrong with the German second division? Let's not be so unrealistic."

"Exactly, at 17 years old, in the German second division, he made his debut with a goal and an assist. Isn't that good enough?"

"My God, your expectations are way too high. Even the German media praised him. Are you comparing him to Messi and Ronaldo?"

"Not even Messi and Ronaldo, or even established stars like Torres, Villa, and Rooney."

"Take young players as an example, I think Wang Shuo's individual ability is not as good as Atletico Madrid's Aguero, or even Ajax's Suarez."

“Lyon’s Benzema is about the same height as him, but he is much stronger physically and has much more delicate footwork.”

"And there's Pato from AC Milan, who's fast and has even stronger individual skills."

"Based on my years of experience watching football, Wang Shuo is at most a Bundesliga substitute striker. If he develops well, he should be a starting striker for a mid-to-lower-tier Bundesliga team."

"Upstairs, all you've said is that you look down on Wang Shuo."

"To be fair, his potential is indeed not high."

"Whether he's tall or not, we don't know and it's hard to say, but right now, I think he's amazing and incredible!"

"Top floor! We've finally found such a promising talent, is it really necessary to compare him to those world-renowned geniuses?"

"No matter what, Wang Shuo is still my own son. I support him and I'm happy to help!"

"From now on, I will watch every single one of Wang Shuo's matches!"

"Me too."

"Count me in……"

……

Wang Shuo had no idea that he had sparked a heated discussion on domestic sports forums.

Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care.

At this moment, after finishing his afternoon match and having dinner with his teammates, Wang Shuo returned to his rented room near Bruchweg Stadium after the team disbanded.

As soon as he entered the door, he entered the God of Football System.

"You have a regional-level passive skill card. Would you like to draw it now?"

"Yes!"

At Wang Shuo's command, the giant soccer ball began to slowly rotate again.

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