The rivalry between Lindsay Academy and Straitgate College have grown more intense after Straitgate lost their face in the dungeons crawl event. It is now equal for the two teams and worst of all or best of all, they have both won their match in the quarter final and the two will be facing off in the semi final which simply means, one of the two will be getting eliminated in the football event.
This has even gotten more attention that people's interest in their rivalry have grown. The officials have made it that in the day of the match, no other event will be taking place, they have been organized to take place day before the match.
It's just two other events though, Martial Art and Knowledge Exchange, the five teams in Dungeons Crawl have already qualified to final, it was set as straight to final so the five team who qualify the last round of the middle stage have qualified straight into the final round of the dungeons crawl event, so they're pretty less busy at the moment and they used this free time to prepare for the the final round of the event which the mission is still unknown to them.
What shocked everyone in the quarter final and the semi final of martial art is that the lone boy representing Straitgate College did not only qualify to the semi final but he also won his match in the semi final and qualify to the final round of martial art. The same thing goes for Lindsay team but just that, they didn't get to fight in the quarter final as they were paired against the lone boy who had promise alliance to them, the boy came from the losers bracket and as he was paired against them, he simply gave up with no reasonable reason. They qualify to the semi final and won their match against a team of seven members and now, they'll be facing the strange powerful lone boy from Straitgate College in the final.
Everyone knew it would be a tough match for them as the boy is very dangerous.
People believed that Lindsay still has the upper hand in the rivalry as they just couldn't think of way the lone boy will defeat the five fighters of Lindsay team, although he had defeated teams with more than five members before getting to the final round but they couldn't think of him during the same to Lindsay team, after all they're the one who eliminated all his teammates in the early stage and he had only survived by breathe of air so they all thought it would be impossible for him.
Either way, what is clear to everybody is that the football match that was about to take place between the two teams will pretty well determine the winner of the tournament.
Lindsay Academy fans are a little worried, Royal Maniac College, a dangerous team from the same city as Lindsay Academy has qualify to the final round of the tournament so they all thought fate might deny Lindsay team qualification to the final round as it hasn't happen before for two teams from the same city to face each other in football final, not even in other events.
But who knows, it might happen this season, they might be making a history today.
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(Today, we'll be witnessing a legendary match in Nara City School Football Arena, the result of this legendary match might very be the reason a history will be made)
(Let's watch as Straitgate College from the host city clash with Lindsay Academy, this is the biggest contest of the tournament so far)
The two teams match unto the field and got into position.
(Straitgate College are going with 4-2-3-1 formation, {Manuel (keeper), Noah, David, Robin and Brian (defenders), Toni and Jamal (wingers), Mikel, Kyle and Lee (midfielders), Smith (striker)}
This formation has kept them going from the start of the match with Smith leading the top scorer leaderboard, 6 goals above the second, let's see what they can do against Lindsay Academy)
(Lindsay is also going with their usual 4-3-3 formation, {Nathaniel (keeper), Nate, Hugo, Chiesa and Kelly (defenders), Emmy, Joe and John (midfielders), Russ, Elliott and Karim (strikers)}
Just like their opponent, this formation has also kept them going, Emmy is leading the most assist leaderboard but he's 6 goals below the top scorer.
Let's see what's gonna happen today)
The referee blew his whistle after speaking with the two captains, Straitgate had the kickoff pass.
(Straitgate College get this APST semi final under way as they made the kickoff pass)
As the match began, Straitgate charged their opponent with a failed attempt.
(CHANCE! Wonderful move from Straitgate College, Mikel get down the left and drives a pass into Smith, who drops it off to Jamal on the edge of the box, the winger then drills a low strike straight at Nathaniel who caught it with ease and bounce it a few times.
The match is hitting up at the early minutes)
Nathaniel made the ball bounce a few times before throwing it to the nearest defender, Nate moves it forward before shooting it out to John, who get down the right touch line to let the ball go through his legs to get past Toni, the opponent right winger but Brian is there to win it back.
Straitgate get the ball back in their possession as it started moving in between the defenders after Brian gained it back. They started moving the ball forward, getting to the midfielders and the left winger, a simple one-two touch was done here before the left winger shot it wide to their striker, Smith who was on the edge of Lindsay box.
(Smith gains possession on the edge of Lindsay box and realizing that he's being marked by the three defenders, he rolls a clever pass down the right to the winger Toni, who drives a first-time cross into the box. However, his delivery is poor and was collected with ease by Nathaniel)
Nathaniel wasted no time before throwing the ball off to the midfield which has immediately gotten to Joe, he easily get passed the midfielder who was surging forward down his left thinking he would be passing to Emmy but Joe goes alone and drags a right-footed shot well wide off to Elliott at the centre of Straitgate box, but the striker didn't get there in time and the opponent keeper rush out to pick the ball.
The two sides are in a race of who will open the scoreline as they're both aiming at each others goal.
Straitgate get the ball in their possession as Toni drives down the right, getting past the midfield, John chase after him but as he wasbclose enough to the right angle of Lindsay box, he drills a left footed banana cross off to Smith who was already charging forward with his head pointed out, but the keeper came just in time to save the ball off from the opponent striker head.
Instead of doing like the last time, he simply held the ball tightly as he lied down making the opponent striker and winger retreated and just after that, he threw a pass to Kelly, Lindsay left-back, who moves it forward with a bullet speed using the power of his ability, he move past the left winger getting close to the opponent box, and just as he got close enough, the opponent left-back came with a well targeted sliding tackle, getting the ball off him.
Brian got up and chase after the loose ball, but a blurred figure got there before him and shot the ball with a lightning speed into the centre of the opponent box, Emmy appeared just before the ball and did a simple volley, curling the ball with his right foot down at the centre of the box before bouncing off to the top-right-corner of the post, but Manuel came at the last moment and made a wonderful save, punching the ball out of the field.
(SAVE! Brian shows his class by delivering a well targeted sliding tackle to Kelly who had been drilling the ball from the left-back of their half. Russ came at the last moment and spread the loose ball down to Emmy at the centre of the opponent box, Emmy then smashed a volley at the top right corner of the post, however, Manuel came with a superb save at the last seconds)
(That's the first shot from Emmy so far since the match begins and that one shot is not at all to be joked with)
(Now the referee blew a corner kick in Lindsay favor as the opponent keeper punched the ball out)
It's 11th minutes since the match begin and there have been more than 5 shot (off and on target) from both teams, the fans are tense as both teams are getting to each others box every minutes, some of them have placed a bet on who to win the match. Different board could be seen raised by the fans with their favorite player's name well scripted on it.
There's not a single vacant space in the audience seat in the stadium and the spectators' room is full as everyone watch with keen interest. Even Sunny who's not a fan of football watch closely with an utmost interest.
"Don't know you're also a fan of football, the way you watch with keen interest."
A voice said from beside him.
"Why won't I do, that bastard will cry all over the place and won't let me rest if they got defeated, so I'm praying for him to score."