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Chapter 38 - A Good Friend (2)

Around the 72nd minute the new man city defender who had joined the match together with John cleanly slided the ball away from the West Brom player who held possession of the ball.

Tony had constantly been positioning himself with his football knowledge and also Rose advising him on where he was to stay incase one of his teammates got hold of the ball and they began a counter.

He was perfectly positioned outside of the man city 18 yard box and the defender who had just gotten hold of possession passed the ball to him.

Tony received the pass and turned to look at the West Brom half of the pitch to check where John was. The West Brom players close to him tried to enclose the space around him he could use in other to begin a run and counter them.

Tony sighted were John was and raised his legs to kick a long overhead pass to him. The nearest west brom player to him threw his legs at him in other to foul him and stop the attack.

Tony faked his attempt to kick the ball and simply sidestepped with the ball to dodge the lunge from the player to stop the attack.

After the attempt Tony looked up and saw that John was now positioned neck to neck with the defenders of West Brom they were a little bit in the West Brom half.

He quickly raised his legs and with the assistance of Rose on the perfect place to aim at. He kicked a long overhead pass that went over all the players in front of him and went to the front of the already speeding up John and the defenders of West Brom.

John was faster and got to the ball first as he now continued to run with the ball as he went towards the keeper

It was a perfect one on one opportunity as the defenders of West Brom were now behind him trying to catch up, and even if they got close to him and fouled him it would be a red card offense as the tackle would have to come from behind him to disturb his attempt on the goal.

John rushed close to the post as the keeper of West Brom also came off his lines in other to make the post smaller and try to stop the ball.

John got close to the keeper who was now close to the edge of the 18 yard box, he raised his right leg to shoot but instead performed a fake shot which led to the keeper now loosing his balance a little.

He then immediately chipped the ball over the keeper who was now low on the ground. The ball went over the keeper and went into the net as the defenders behind him also tried to rush and kick the ball out before it entered the net, but it still got into the net.

It was a really classy and sublime finish which immediately resulted in loud cheers and celebration from the Man City players and staffs.

John who had scored ran backwards to Man City's half as instead of him to run off towards the usually corner flags for celebration, he looked back and ran directly to Tony as he hugged him tightly.

"You are really a good friend Tony!" John said happily. Tony still had a little strength and stamina but his teammates jumped on John and him as they celebrated the goal.

After the celebrations Tony was now more tired, the match later resumed as he conserved his energy and ran only when it was very needed.

After some minutes of playing like that, at the 75th minute the ball went out for a throwing and Tony saw the fourth official holding the sign signaling number 17 to go out and number 10 which was the midfielder he had substituted the other day to go in.

He took his time as he slowly walked towards the midfielder on the touchline who seemed eager to come on and show what he got. He briefly hugged the player before he went to join the others on the bench.

He was greeted by the staffs and players on the bench as he had played really well. Before he went to have his seat on the bench.

'You really need to improve your stamina as you are really lacking the energy to compete in a full match.'

'Our next focus should be to copy a stamina skill of at least B-,'

'Luckily many of the players on our team have a Stamina Skill of B-, we only have to check for the player with a B+ to copy before the next match.'

Tony agreed with her as he sat down on the bench and continued to watch the match.

The match was going smoothly as City now held the upper hand in ball possession and chance creation, it was clear that the West Brom players were now a little hopeless of winning the match.

After some minutes and some missed half chances the new attacking midfielder created a chance for the striker of Man City with a cross from the right wing.

The striker found the space and scored the goal with a header that flew into the net between the outstretched hands of the keeper.

The score was now 0:4 as Man City had a comfortable lead.

The game continued as finally around the 89th minute West Brom scored a goal from a corner where one of there central midfielders got enough space at the edge of the box and used his right foot to shoot the ball into the net.

The game finally ended with a scoreline of 1:4 with Man City winning comfortably.