The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills-Chapter 269 - 69: A Great and Unforgettable Crushing Defeat! Trading Blows with Bayern! Locker Room Great Detective! You Are Not Neuer
In the TV shows Wang Shuo watched, it always seemed to rain whenever the hero was hurting or sad.
At the very least, the sky would grow overcast with dark clouds, setting the mood.
But tonight in Dortmund, the moon was bright, the stars were few, and the weather was perfect.
’I guess I’m not the hero of the story after all!’
Wang Shuo sighed to himself.
Before the match at Westfalen Stadium, everyone at Dortmund had already braced themselves.
They might lose this game.
Wang Shuo included.
But he never could have imagined that the team would lose this badly.
Real Madrid’s head coach, Pellegrini, fielded a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Goalkeeper: Casillas;
Defense: Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe, and Alvaro Arbeloa;
Midfield: Harvey Alonso and Lass Diarra formed a double defensive midfield, with Ronaldo, Kaka, and Higuain in front of them;
Striker: Benzema.
This was arguably one of the most powerful lineups in world football today!
Dortmund, for their part, were on high alert.
The Real Madrid stars seemed to have a chip on their shoulder.
Perhaps it was dissatisfaction with their own club.
Annoyed that such a friendly match had been scheduled during the national team’s training camp.
So, they were playing with a vengeance.
Just three minutes into the game, Real Madrid breached Dortmund’s goal.
Lass Diarra made a pass, Kaka backheeled it, and Ronaldo blasted a shot from inside the box. The ball shot between Weidenfeller’s legs and rolled into the net.
Two minutes later, Real Madrid won a free kick in their attacking half. Ronaldo’s direct shot nearly found the back of the net again.
But the Bumblebees were no pushovers.
Wang Shuo and his teammates immediately intensified their press and mounted an attack.
But it posed little threat.
The young Dortmund squad was up against a supremely powerful Real Madrid, and they had no real answer.
In the 15th minute, Marcelo dribbled past three players on the left flank before sending in a cross. Ronaldo met it with a header in the box, extending Real Madrid’s lead.
Dortmund was certainly good at pressing and very committed to it.
But Real Madrid’s passing was just too quick.
Moreover, the Dortmund players weren’t familiar enough with this kind of coordinated pressing, and their teamwork lacked chemistry.
Real Madrid could often break the press with just one or two passes, unleashing the individual brilliance of Ronaldo, Benzema, Kaka, and Higuain to finish the attack.
And what about Dortmund?
The double pivot of Lass Diarra and Harvey Alonso had a stranglehold on the midfield.
Unable to break through the center, they were forced to attack down the flanks.
But when it came to cutting inside from the wings, Dortmund struggled to find an opening.
Marked by both Pepe and Ramos, Wang Shuo could barely get a touch on the ball.
Real Madrid’s two center-backs had it all: speed, physicality, and technique.
More importantly, they both played dirty.
And it wasn’t just about being rough; it was about using every dirty trick in the book to wear you down.
A seemingly accidental elbow that looked like nothing but actually hurt like hell.
Whether it was Pepe or Ramos, every one of their defensive challenges seemed to be aimed right at Wang Shuo’s legs.
Especially with their menacing expressions, it looked like they were out to cripple him.
And his teammates?
They were isolated by Real Madrid’s defense, unable to link up with Wang Shuo. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
After the 20-minute mark, Dortmund was reduced to sending in crosses from the wings or playing long balls from the back.
This made it difficult to play to Wang Shuo’s strengths.
Just before the end of the first half, Benzema received the ball upfield, shrugged off Hummels, burst into the box, and made a square pass across the goalmouth.
Kaka, making a late run, tapped it in to score against Dortmund yet again.
3-0!
After play resumed in the second half, Kaka quickly scored another goal for Real Madrid.
As the match drew to a close, Raul, who had come on as a substitute, also got a chance to shoot, sealing the victory for Real Madrid.
In the end, the final score settled at a shocking 5-0!
Real Madrid had thrashed Dortmund at Westfalen Stadium!
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When the referee blew the final whistle, Wang Shuo stood dejectedly in the center circle.
Sweat poured off him in streams.
But he still couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
They say that every great team must first endure a devastating, unforgettable defeat.
’Maybe so.’
But no one likes to lose like this.
Especially not in front of more than 80,000 Dortmund fans.
Everyone knew it was just a friendly, an exhibition match even.
Both sides had made five substitutions.
’But so what?’
’To lose a game this badly, to be beaten by Real Madrid to the point where they couldn’t even fight back...’
’It’s humiliating!’
If he could, Wang Shuo would have wanted the pitch at Westfalen Stadium to open up and swallow him whole.
Before the match, he’d been thinking about saying hello to Kaka, meeting Ronaldo, and also Raul, Benzema, Harvey Alonso, Higuain...
But now, he was in no mood for any of it.
As Harvey Alonso walked past Wang Shuo, he reached out and gave him a consoling pat on the shoulder, then continued on without a word.
Kaka, being a good guy, gave Wang Shuo a light pat on the back, also without saying much.
The Real Madrid stars may or may not have heard of Wang Shuo. To them, it didn’t matter.
After ninety minutes of play, they were like workers who had just finished a job. They chatted and laughed as they packed their things, left the stadium, and prepared to join up with their respective national teams.
