Emmy had appeared at the last seconds to save his team from facing early defeat, everyone knew that if Royal Maniac were to score now, there would be a lot pressure on Lindsay Academy and their moral would die down, so they needed to be careful. Royal Maniac are having the upper hand.
The match continue after the save but no more threat came from both sides again, it's just a little scuffle in the midfield, they're both putting their all in the match and both teams failed to make any reasonable impact till the end of the first half, the first half ended with a goalless draw.
(Now we'll be going into a ten minutes break, the two teams have proved their great determination in the first half but they failed to reach the back of the net. The first half ended with a goalless draw as the two sides struggled to create too many chances with there being minimal space in behind for the likes of Bright and Bolu on Royal Maniac side, and Elliott on Lindsay side. Royal Maniac have their chances in the early minutes with Kai gaining the ball at the midfield before passing it to Bright who took the opponent defenders out of the way before firing a shot at the right center of the post but Nathaniel saved it with a punch, Bolu was there for a rebouncf and shot it right at the center of the post, knowing Nathaniel won't get up in time, but again, Emmy come at the last second sending the ball out with his head.
There was no reasonable threat again after that, Royal Maniac edge chances in the first half, creating an expected goal of 0.39 compared to Lindsay's 0.31. However, Lindsay have struggled to get into their opponent's box, only having six touches with all eight of their efforts coming outside it. Royal Maniac on the other had free access to their opponent's box but failed to score any goal even a one on one with the keeper.
Surprisingly, it's being even in terms of possession with Royal Maniac slightly above with 51% while Lindsay had 49%, we hope to see much from both sides in the second half)
The commentator said.
The match continue after the break, both teams came up to the field with great determination and renew strength. The second half is a bit tough than the first and now it seems Lindsay Academy have changed their style of play, instead of trying to get into the opponent's box like they've been doing in the first half, they're now shooting from outside the box, they're not trying to go past their defense lane again.
After the coach have made a thorough analysis, they all had an idea of the reason to their failure in going past the opponent's defense. During the analysis the coach claimed that once any of them get into the defense lane, their speed will slow down and the person will start doing strange things and eventually lose the ball, none of them remember this, so after thinking for a while they came into a conclusion that some type of mind manipulating ability is being used on them. So they decided to abandon the idea of entering the defense lane and start shooting from outside the box, which is what they're currently doing on the field, giving their opponent hard time.
(It seems Lindsay Academy are having the upper hand in this half, as their opponent haven't made any successful pass since the second half begin)
Emmy and Russ are working together to intercept any of their opponent's pass, Russ with his super speed ability and Emmy with his Shadow Move skill, they're able to cut off their pass as they got in between them. But bit by bit, they're running out of energy and EP and the match is slowly dragging on till the end of the second half.
The second half ended with the same result as the first half and Lindsay Academy are happy that they're taking the match to extra time and would eventually lead to penalty if none of them was able to score a goal.
Unbeknownst to them, that's exactly what Royal Maniac wanted, they wanted to drag the match to penalty shoot out, that's why it seems like Lindsay had the upper hand in the second half. What others didn't know is that Royal Maniac keeper is the best and the most dangerous keeper in the tournament.
His ability is a powerful one, with his ability, he can create almost anything out of thin air, once his imagination is wild and versatile, he can create anything, either modern or ancient. One of the most useful abilities in science and technology. He hadn't show his ability in a match since the tournament begins, he's just showing his natural keeping skills.
But at the last minutes of the first half in the extra time, he showed his ability which has immediately put Lindsay team in a strange situation as they quickly disregard the thought of dragging the match to penalty shootout.
He showed his ability when their midfielder attacked Karim from the back with a sliding tackle making the referee blew a free kick against them. Emmy was to take the free kick and he had activated the 'David Beckham Cross' skill before firing a shot.
The ball moves like a rocket going above the defenders in an arc motion, it head to the top right corner of the post which the keeper had reacted to it immediately by jumping towards it but his hand won't get there in time as it was the last angle. The keeper had no choice but to use his ability as a large iron fist came out from the post and punch the ball away.
Everyone was stunned.
(What! Is that the keeper's ability? Man this is crazy, I was about to comment on Emmy's heavenly cross but the keeper's save is just too crazy. This is going out of place, the match might very well end with a penalty shootout and I don't see how Lindsay Academy will win this with their opponent's ability)
The second half of the extra time begin but Lindsay Academy didn't make the pressure show on their face as Emmy had told them to calm down that he has a plan. Once again, they started firing shot from outside the box and the keeper is now using his ability casually as different stuffs were appearing out of nowhere blocking all their efforts. Different machines and gadgets were appearing out of no where to block their shot, Emmy used the David Beckham Cross once again but his goal was still blocked.
As it was 5 minutes before the extra time ended, Emmy initiated his plan.
He activated the Acceleration skill to increase his speed and when his was just a dozen inches away from the opponent's defense lane, Presence of Mind skill came into play with the Absolute Ball Control skill. He had once used this set of skills to infiltrate their defense in the Local Tournament and he's going to do the same here in the APST.
With the two skills active, he was able to go past the three defenders but he suddenly felt all his skills deactivated when he got close to the fourth defender, the last man but that didn't stop him as he continue moving forward. He speed decreased but still, he dribbled the defender out of the way and was now left alone with the keeper.
The ball left his leg and move straight to the bottom left corner of the post but the keeper got their in time sending the ball out with his punch. Emmy had expected this and just as the ball flew past him, Russ suddenly got before the ball just behind Emmy in the opponent's box, he sent it straight into the top right corner of the post aiming for a last minute goal.
But unfortunately for them, a long tennis iron bat appeared hitting the ball out of the field, to a corner kick.