Free Web NovelChapter 523: Chapter 105: Record Harvester! The Battle for Wang Shuo! The Best Start in History! Even God Is Helping Dortmund
This struck a chord with Kramny.
"So the kid does have a heart after all."
Tuchel just snorted and fell silent.
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After Wang Shuo’s goal, Klopp went to the sideline and waved his arms relentlessly, signaling for the team to push upfield.
Just three minutes later, Kuba won the ball from the opposing full-back on the right wing. He quickly launched an attack, dribbling to the right edge of the penalty area before passing it off to Piszczek.
Piszczek followed up with a low cross, looking for Wang Shuo.
Wang Shuo had already run past the ball, but he reacted quickly, turning his back to the goal and gently redirecting the ball with a touch.
The ball immediately changed direction, arcing toward the left side of the penalty area.
Grosskreutz was right there to meet it. He controlled the ball with the outside of his right foot, taking it past Bungert before unleashing a furious right-footed shot.
Unfortunately, Witeklo was there to smother the shot.
Just four minutes later, another interception occurred high up the pitch.
Pressured by Kuba, the Mainz left-back made a pass that Götze read and intercepted.
He passed it to Shahin, who then played a through ball to Wang Shuo’s feet inside the box.
With his back to the goal, Wang Shuo controlled the ball and turned. He feigned a shot, tricking both Nowitzki and Bo Svensson into turning to block.
But then, Wang Shuo suddenly changed his mind, laying the ball off to the side with his right foot.
Unfortunately, Wang Shuo’s feint didn’t just fool his opponents; it fooled Götze as well.
Götze had expected Wang Shuo to shoot directly, so he was caught off guard. His rushed shot was aimed straight at the keeper and saved again by Witeklo.
If the first thirteen minutes belonged to Mainz, then the rest of the game was completely dominated by Dortmund.
For a while, Mainz’s possession game had been smooth. But once Dortmund intensified their press in the midfield and attacking third, Mainz’s backline began to make frequent passing errors.
In the 26th minute, Grosskreutz won the ball and passed it to Wang Shuo.
Facing a double team from Bo Svensson and Nowitzki, Wang Shuo still managed to force his way into the box.
With his shooting angle cut off, he laid the ball off to Götze at the perfect moment.
The entire sequence was almost identical to the previous chance.
This time, however, Götze seized the opportunity, running onto the pass and blasting it into the back of the Mainz net.
2-0!
In the 67th minute of the second half, Dortmund won the ball in their own half and swiftly launched a quick counter-attack.
Grosskreutz, on the left flank, sent in a pass across the field.
Götze made a forward run, taking a touch to knock the ball into the Mainz half and continuing to drive forward with it.
Wang Shuo’s run kept forcing the Mainz defensive line to retreat, while Götze pressed relentlessly forward with the ball.
As he reached the edge of the box, Polanski came in for a tackle, but Götze threaded a perfect through ball behind the defensive line and into the right side of the penalty area.
Wang Shuo made a quick diagonal run to the right of the penalty spot. He met Götze’s pass and, before Witeklo could close him down, coolly slotted the ball home.
The ball skimmed past the right post and nestled into the back of the Mainz net.
3-0!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"
"A brace!"
"It’s another goal for Wang Shuo!"
"He’s been on an absolute tear this season!"
"If you include the Champions League group stage match against Spartak Moscow, Wang Shuo has now scored a brace in three consecutive matches!"
"And, this is his 20th league goal of the season!"
"20 goals in 10 league matches, he’s simply unstoppable!"
After his goal, Wang Shuo once again chose not to celebrate. As he walked back to the center circle, he simply high-fived the Dortmund teammates who ran over to him.
This gesture earned him the respect of the Mainz fans in Bruch Road Stadium.
The match finally ended 3-0!
Dortmund had claimed a clean and decisive victory over Mainz in the top-of-the-table clash!
After the final whistle blew, a warm round of applause erupted from the stadium.
Many people were also shouting Wang Shuo’s name.
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Dortmund secured a resounding 3-0 away victory over Mainz.
There wasn’t much to say about the match itself.
The Bumblebees were the superior side, so their victory was expected. Even winning by three goals wasn’t particularly surprising.
Mainz’s success this season wasn’t due to the strength of their squad, but rather the tactical genius of their manager, Tuchel.
As for their victory over Bayern, it didn’t really prove anything.
No one would deny Bayern’s strength.
Everyone believed that once Bayern sorted themselves out and played as a cohesive unit, they would still be the strongest team in the Bundesliga.
Bar none.
But now, Dortmund had thrashed second-place Mainz 3-0 to secure their tenth consecutive win!
This was the best league start in the history of the Bundesliga!
Before Dortmund’s ten-game winning streak to open this season, the best start in Bundesliga history was a seven-game winning streak set by Otto Rehhagel’s Bayern Munich in the ’95/’96 season.
As for the best record through the first ten matches, that belonged to the ’80/’81 Bayern team, led by Hungarian coach Cenai, who started with nine wins and one loss.
But all of those records were now a thing of the past.
Just as Bild reported, Klopp’s Dortmund team was like a record-breaking machine. They were constantly shattering legendary historical records, while also steadily eroding Bayern Munich’s Foundation in the Bundesliga.
The reason was simple: in the past, nearly all of those legendary records had belonged to Bayern.
But now, Dortmund was replacing them, one by one.
What was worse, the current Bayern team was still stuck in a quagmire, unable to extricate themselves.
Although Bayern had beaten Freiburg 4-2 at home in Matchday 10, they were still languishing in seventh place in the Bundesliga.
