The God of Football starts with passive skills

Chapter 24 Protect my Wang Shuo!

"Congratulations, you have obtained the regional-level passive skill [Ball Sense]."

When the pentagon on the "Ball Sense" screen lit up, Wang Shuo was so surprised that he was completely stunned.

My God, this actually works?

How can you even pull out a passive skill as mysterious as ball control?
Wang Shuo simply couldn't believe it.

There's a mysterious feeling about almost every industry.

Such as ball feel, touch, and hand feel.

But no one has ever been able to describe it systematically and scientifically what it actually is.

Wang Shuo has heard this term many times over the years of playing football.

It looks very simple.

Some people say that the easiest way to improve ball control is to practice juggling the ball.

But this isn't right.

He may be good at juggling the ball, but he still can't play well on the field.

Therefore, it is also particularly mysterious.

When Wang Shuo focused his attention on "ball feel," he discovered that the system had a definition for ball feel.

"Ball feel: speeds up nerve reaction and enhances the sensation of touching the ball."

In this context, ball sense is considered an interaction between the brain, body, and the football.

The brain receives information about the football through multiple senses throughout the body, interprets, analyzes, and predicts it accurately, and then uses fine muscle control to control the football.

It can be a talent.

Some people are born with exceptionally fast nerve reaction speed and exceptionally strong muscle control.

However, through repeated and continuous training, one can accelerate neural reaction speed, improve the feel of touching the ball, and thus make the entire interaction faster, more efficient, and more precise.

Having read this far, Wang Shuo could already imagine just how important the passive skill [Ball Sense] was to him.

It's not just about improving ball control and technique.

This passive skill enhances the entire sensory system, strengthens the central nervous system, and provides more precise control over the body's muscles.

This is an upgrade in every aspect!
And the facts are proving Wang Shuo's judgment correct.

After obtaining the regional-level "Ball Sense", Wang Shuo discovered that all ball-related skills in the active skill bar, from passing to stopping the ball to dribbling and shooting, had been upgraded to the professional level.

Even the goalkeepers have been promoted to a semi-professional level.

This represents a comprehensive improvement in ball skills!

Of course, what has been improved so far is still just potential, and Wang Shuo needs to realize it through training.

But it's only a matter of time.

Wang Shuo now has a very strong desire; he is extremely eager to light up all 12 pentagons.

He's already so strong, with only four sides lit up so far.

What if all 12 sides were lit up?

What if you upgrade all 12 passive skills to the highest level?

What an astonishing level that would be!

Is he as unpredictable as Ronaldinho?

Or will he be as invincible as Kaka?
Or perhaps he'll become as unstoppable as Ronaldo during his time at Barcelona?

Wang Shuo could no longer imagine it.

Each passive skill brought him a complete transformation.

A "God of Football" system?

This is truly amazing!

……

next morning.

As usual, Klopp arrived at the training ground an hour before the players' training time.

When he arrived at the north side of the Bruchweg stadium, he found his assistant, Zelik Buvac, lying on the wire fence surrounding the training field, watching the people training inside.

"Good morning, Zelico."

Klopp walked over.

"Good morning, Jürgen." Buvac replied without turning his head.

"Who's inside?" Klopp asked, puzzled.

That's incredibly diligent!
"That Chinese kid."

"It's him?!"

Klopp was somewhat surprised, and upon closer inspection, it was indeed Wang Shuo.

Holding a soccer ball, he practiced some basic technical moves on the training field.

These most basic technical movements are very tedious and boring, and even children find it difficult to concentrate and practice them slowly.

Therefore, youth training coaches often need to set up some game-like activities to keep the children engaged in training.

After the age of 12, basically no one practices anymore.

Once the body has fully grown, even if you train, it won't be very effective.

When you reach the first team, no one will practice such tedious basic movements.

But Wang Shuo practiced repeatedly on the court.

“I heard from them that he’s been here for over an hour, the earliest of all.” Buvac said with admiration.

"Klopp said before that this kid not only works hard on the field, but also in training, and now it seems that it is true."

Like Kramny, Klopp admires players who give their all.

"Didn't you feel anything?" Buvac turned his head and looked at Klopp with some surprise.

"What do you feel?" Klopp was also completely baffled.

Buvac frowned, opening his mouth several times as if to say something, but couldn't get the words out.

"Look at his movements, his rhythm. They are very basic movements, but when he uses them, they seem to have a special rhythm, like he is dancing gracefully."

Klopp opened his eyes, looked at the weather with a speechless expression, and let out a heavy sigh.

"Alright, I know what you're trying to say, Zelico, but now, we need to hurry back and prepare for training."

Klopp knows his friend and right-hand man best.

When playing football, he is the midfield organizer.

In terms of personality, he has the air of an artistic youth.

Do not believe?

Look at his long, center-parted hair.

It's 2008 already, who still gets this kind of haircut?

If you were Argentinian, that would be one thing, but you're clearly from the powder keg-like Balkans, okay?

Shouldn't you have a fiery temper?

“I’m telling the truth.” Buvac knew Klopp didn’t believe him.

This guy was a defender when he played football. He was tall and big, but so what?

Even a large winter melon is a vegetable!
He has absolutely no artistic talent.

No wonder he couldn't tell that Wang Shuo was different from usual. "Yes, yes, I believe it, I believe it."

Klopp chuckled and put his arm around Buvac's shoulder, half-pushing and half-dragging him into the training building.

Having known each other for so many years, he knows how to communicate with his partner.

However, in the subsequent training sessions, everyone, including Klopp, noticed that Wang Shuo was different.

how to say?

It's a very strange feeling.

Anyone who has played football can understand this.

During the two weeks of training with the team, Wang Shuo impressed everyone with his diligence, speed, and strong running coverage.

Also, their off-ball movement is very intelligent.

technology?
Perhaps he's not bad for the U19 youth team, but he's really not good enough for the Mainz first team.

Klopp and Buvac are both former professional players, so they certainly wouldn't judge Wang Shuo's potential based on that alone.

Reality is not a game.

Everyone has countless possibilities.

Just like Klopp, before he came to Mainz and played as a defender, he had no idea that he could play in a professional league.

In professional football, age is the greatest potential!

Therefore, they still have high hopes for Wang Shuo.

But now, they've noticed that Wang Shuo's ball handling in training is noticeably different from before.

Especially in one instance when facing a combined defense from Subotic and Nowitzki, Wang Shuo, with his back to goal, controlled the ball and moved it directly to his left. He then turned around and, before Nowitzki could react, cut the ball back with his right foot.

He dribbled the ball quickly and continuously with both feet, creating a path between the two center-backs.

All the movements were performed in one smooth, quick motion.

This is something we haven't seen in Wang Shuo in the past two weeks.

"This kid seems to have really improved!" Klopp exclaimed in surprise.

Buvac glanced at his friend and gave a smug snort.

What did I just say?

You just won't believe it.

Do you believe me now?
It was just a training session, so it doesn't really prove anything.

What if he's in good form and performs exceptionally well?

Next, Klopp and Buvac closely monitored Wang Shuo's training, as well as his extra practice outside of regular training time.

In just two days, they became very certain that Wang Shuo's skills had indeed improved.

Moreover, the progress has been tremendous and rapid.

This is unscientific!
……

"This is because you don't know Wang Shuo's past."

During a break from training, U19 player Kramny came to visit the first team and inquire about his protégé's situation. When he heard Klopp and Buvac's surprised expressions, he smiled knowingly.

"What do you mean?" Klopp was also puzzled.

Even Buvac had an expression that said he wouldn't give up until he made things clear.

“Wang Shuo’s home country does a terrible job in youth training, and there are no formal youth team competitions.”

“I heard from Thomas Essien that he grew up in a poor mountain village and only started playing football at the age of 10. After performing well, he was selected by Kou Huai-ren, who was playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach at the time, to go to a small island for training.”

"A desert island?"

Klopp and Buvac are clearly both imagining things.

Robinson Crusoe's football adventures?

"Well, strictly speaking, it's not an island. It's one of the most prosperous cities in China, the suburbs of Shanghai."

"So, before coming to Germany, Wang Shuo had been practicing, but he had very little actual match experience."

Klopp and Buvac suddenly realized what was going on.

In other words, Wang Shuo has very little practical experience.

So they clearly have the skills, but they don't know how to use them.

This explains why, as the competition progressed, he gradually revealed more of his abilities and qualities.

"If that's the case, then his potential is even greater than we imagined!"

Buvac had long been optimistic about Wang Shuo, but now he felt it was necessary to reassess Wang Shuo's potential.

Klopp wholeheartedly agreed.

He even began to feel that Wang Shuo was simply unfathomable.

Putting everything else aside, he arrived in Mainz on March 16th.

In just two months, they have played six matches, five of which were U19 matches and one of the German second division matches, and the results have been better with each match.

This rate of progress is like a rocket launch!

Klopp and Buvac have been in professional football for so many years, when have they ever seen such a young player?

Klopp was still considering whether to give Borja another chance.
After all, the Ecuadorian striker is the team's top scorer and has broken his goal drought.

But now?

Realizing this, he felt that he should continue to give Wang Shuo a chance.

He also wanted to see just how much of a surprise the ever-improving Wang Shuo could bring him.

"Jürgen, Zelik."

Kramny was unaware of the implications of his words for Klopp and Buvac.

But as Wang Shuo's mentor, he also had his own concerns.

"Wang Shuo is a really good kid. He's hardworking, self-disciplined, and talented, but he works too hard, which isn't good."

Klopp and Buvac exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat puzzled.

Isn't it good to work hard?

But the two of them immediately realized what was going on.

Kramny was worried that Wang Shuo might get hurt.

Wang Shuo is too young.

Practicing too hard and pushing yourself too hard is not a good thing.

Young players in their rapid development period are most afraid of getting injured.

A single injury can wipe out months, or even a year or two, of progress.

If the injury or illness is serious, it may even lead to a permanent decline in health.

Wang Shuo's relentless effort on and off the court and in training does indeed carry a significant risk of injury.

"Don't worry, I'll find a chance to talk to him." Klopp felt that he should take on the responsibility of protecting Wang Shuo.

"I will give the team doctor a good talking-to," Buvac promised.

Many people say that Wang Shuo looks a lot like Michael Irving.

But isn't it precisely because of injuries and transfers that Irving's development hasn't met expectations?

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