anovelconsole Chapter 443 - 93: Double Winners! Unprecedented! The One and Only Wang Shuo! An Unexpected Reward! Dortmund’s Ironclad Brotherhood
Chapter 443 - 93: Double Winners! Unprecedented! The One and Only Wang Shuo! An Unexpected Reward! Dortmund’s Ironclad Brotherhood
Just looking around!
"Just looking around? You were ’looking around’ for over an hour?" Klopp shot them a look that screamed, ’Do you take me for an idiot?’
But Wang Shuo and the others all nodded firmly.
They were just looking around.
Klopp had his suspicions but didn’t call them on it, simply telling them to scram.
As long as they didn’t cause any scandals, he didn’t really care.
What surprised him, however, was...
’When did this bunch get so united?’
At this, Klopp looked over at Buvac.
The two old foxes exchanged a glance and shared a knowing, conspiratorial smile. Nothing needed to be said.
There was only one thing that could get men to present such a united front!
Besides, they had been players themselves. Who did the boys think they were fooling?
’Back in our playing days, whenever we were in Hamburg or Berlin, who didn’t go have a look around?’
Perhaps because the media figured the young Dortmund punks only did some window shopping without actually spending any money, there wasn’t a single report about it the next day. Wang Shuo and the others spent ages looking for one.
They finally found a blurb in a tiny corner of a small section in the Hamburg evening paper, mentioning that some Dortmund players had been seen on Rope Street.
Talk about being a non-story!
But the next day, nearly every newspaper in Germany was reporting on Dortmund’s 2-0 victory over Liverpool, which secured them the double. Wang Shuo was met with a tidal wave of rave reviews and praise.
Many outlets in the German media also used this victory to encourage Bayern, hoping the Southern King would follow suit, defeat Inter Milan in the upcoming Champions League final, and secure a double of their own.
After all, Bayern had already won the DFB-Pokal, so a Champions League title would also give them a double.
If two teams could win the double in the same season, it would be an unprecedented event in the history of the German football scene!
But as Wang Shuo put it, Dortmund had already done their part.
Now, all the pressure was on Bayern.
The team stayed overnight in Hamburg.
The next morning, after breakfast, the team boarded their bus and headed south from Hamburg.
After a drive of more than three hours, they arrived at Dortmund’s Westfalen Stadium in the afternoon.
By then, the entire stadium had already been meticulously decorated for the occasion.
Tens of thousands of fans had gathered on site.
Countless Bumblebee fans were pouring into the city, not just from Dortmund itself, but from all the surrounding regions.
The club had already prepared an open-top bus for the parade.
After everyone got ready, they took the Bundesliga championship shield and the UEFA Europa League trophy and boarded the open-top bus, which had been painted with Dortmund’s colors and crest.
Well before the team had even won the title, the club had already submitted an application to the city government and received approval for the parade.
Now, the team rode the open-top bus, departing from Westfalen Stadium to a hero’s welcome from fans lining the streets. The route first took them north, crossing the city’s ring roads and entering the central Old Town District.
From the center of the Old Town District, they began the grand procession northwest toward Borsigplatz.
The entire route was six kilometers long.
And the entire way was packed with Dortmund fans.
Clad in their yellow and black kits, they lined the road to welcome the team and their bus, cheering nonstop.
Starting from the Old Town District, the streets became incredibly congested.
It was as if the entire city of Dortmund had turned out, leaving the side streets deserted.
Even fans from the surrounding regions had poured in.
This was especially true on the long, straight road leading to Borsigplatz.
Both sides of the road were completely packed with fans.
Looking down from the bus, it was a dense sea of humanity.
Fans even filled the windows and rooftops of the buildings lining the street.
The scene was truly spectacular!
Borsigplatz, normally quite spacious, was already packed to the point of overflowing with enthusiastic Dortmund fans.
The atmosphere reached a fever pitch, especially when the team bus drew near.
Wang Shuo had only ever seen scenes like this in newspapers, on websites, and in videos.
This was his first time experiencing it in person!
The sheer awe of it was truly beyond words.
More importantly, all of these fans had either been organized by fan clubs or had simply come on their own accord.
According to information Dortmund received from the police department, the number of fans who participated in the championship parade today exceeded 300,000!
Not only was the entire parade broadcast live on television, but a helicopter had also been dispatched to film the scene from above, capturing the incredibly spectacular sight.
When the team bus finally arrived at Borsigplatz, the square erupted with the roar of countless fans.
But the moment that moved Wang Shuo the most came when the players stepped off the bus and headed toward the center of Borsigplatz to celebrate with the fans. A song began to play over the loudspeakers: "China Boy!"
It was a new song the Dortmund fans had written especially for him.
One of the lines went like this:
"The boy from China became our hero! He became our pride!"
Amid the singing, at the moment when all the fans in the square began to chant "Wang Shuo" in unison, Wang Shuo was truly and deeply moved.
’All the effort he had put in over the past few years... it was all worth it!’