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Chapter 7 - Matchday 1

I came home and took some rest and later a Orc brought us our lunch which consisted of noodles, salad and a pastry.

Later on I took a nap and at evening time I again went to play.

After 3 weeks of our being here my training time was up so I was at the large stadium to play the first tournament but there was a different angle to it we will not play as ourselves we would play in the bodies of footballers. So I had to pick first and I chose Manchester United. While the Orcs chose Juventus. My team is as following:-

1. ST Anthony Martial (auto)

2. LW Marcus Rashford ( me)

3. RW Jessie Lingard (auto)

4. CM Paul Pogba (auto)

5. CM Scott Mctominey (auto)

6. AM Bruno Fernandes (auto)

7. DM Fred (butler)

8. LB Luke Shaw (auto)

9. RB Wan-Bissaka (auto)

10. CB Harry Maguire (auto)

11. GK De Gea (auto)

I decided to play with a 4-4-2 diamond formation.

The Orc team looked like this:-

1. ST Cristiano Ronaldo

2. ST Alvaro Morata

3. ST Paulo Dybala

4. CM Adrian Rabbiot

5. CM Weston Mckennie

6. CM Aaron Ramsey

7. LB Matthias De Ligt

8. CB Leonardo Bonnuci

9. CB Giorgino Cheilini

10. RB Danilo

11. GK Schezney

They lined themselves up in 4-3-3 only striker formation.

The substitutes from my side were:

1 RW Mason Greenwood

2 LW Anthony Elanga

2 CM Donny Van de beek

4 CB Eric Bailey

5 CB Viktor Lindelof

6 CB Phil Jones

7 GK Tom Heaton

8 CM Nemanja Matic

9 LB Alex Telles

There substitutes were :-

1 RW Frederico Cheisa

2 RW Frederico Bernadeschi

3 CM Juan Cuadrado

4 LB Alex Sandro

5 CM Arthur Melo

6 CB Di Scigilio

7 ST Vlahovic

8 LW Marley Aké

9 GK Mattia Perin

The match started and as they were the home side so they kicked off the first half. Ronaldo passed it to Dybala who sent it to Rabbiot and ran forward. Rabbiot kept the ball to him and quick passed it to Ramsey when I ran towards him. Ramsey started running with the ball through the center he passed from Bruno and Fred (butler) then

he tricked his way past Wan-Bissaka and a passed the ball to Dybala who was on the right wing he sent a lovely cross to Morata who severely missed the target. This went on till the 39th minute. The ball was with De Ligt who sent a cross for Dybala who sent it for Ronaldo who showed some trickery in front of the goalkeeper and passed it to Alvaro Morata who had a open net so he used a backheel and he missed. The game had no major chances till the halftime and the score was still 0-0. The match resumed and we took the kick off. Later in the 55th, pogba sent a long ball in the penalty box. I was playing fairly well till now had my first chance on goal. When the ball came to me I smacked it in with a half-volley. I ran with my arms flung like wings shouting GOAAAAAAAAAAL! The match resumed and the play was match on our side now. I was trying to bring on attacks and was leading the forwards of my team while the butler was leading the midfield and the defence whilst. But in the 71st minute a brilliant Ronaldo solo goal left us tattered. It was harsh time for us as they were constantly bringing in attacks. In the 82nd minute when Ronaldo took a beautiful corner a goal was very much visible but harry maguire came to save us and headed it towards bruno. Bruno having time ran with the ball and when he saw me, I was near getting through he shot a long ball in front of me. I ran hard to poach it, controlled it and shot between the keeper's legs. I ran shouting it's a Goal. But the referees thought something else, the sideline refree said it was a offside, the assistant referee said it is a goal and the head referee was still confused. When we insisted a VAR check was done it was found to be a goal. The match ended 2-1. I took home a good brace. After playing this match I had started more than liking Marcus but now I felt like that I fit in just right.

I went and sleep as I was. Actually even playing in somebody else's body puts on the same amount of strain on you.