"Haha anyway the reason we approached you all is that you all seem very good so how about you take this card and go to liverpool? They will enroll you in the academy right away!" Said Salah.
"We would love to! But... we are already enrolled in the Benfica academy..." Said Elias.
"That's a shame well then we have to get back to our hotel. Take these cards anyway in case you decide to switch sides." Said Salah again.
"O-Okay nice to meet you.." Zeb managed to utter, still in shock.
The boys then left after the two libero greats, still not being able to believe what had happened to them.
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While returning to their respective dorms the boys noticed a new paper stuck onto the notice board.
"Hey guys what's this? I don't think this was here before." Said Angelo.
After reading the full thing Angelo explained " Ohhh I get it it's kind of like an exam to determine your position in the U18 team and if you do really well you might even be able to train with the first team."
' I remember this! I did absolutely horrible at every single one of these and was pushed out of the academy after a while of not improving but this time I will make my debut for the first team faster then EVER!' Thought Zeb.
"Really!! Today is shaping out to be the best day ever!!" Exclaimed Elias.
"I know right! But this is tomorrow so let's get good sleep and train with the first team!" Said Angelo again.
"Yeah he is right we should really rest and then..... beat the stupid butts of everybody else!" Said Zeb.
After saying good night, everybody went to their dorms and slept in preparation of the big day that awaited them.
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Zeb was woken up by Elias at 7 in the morning with a slap to the face.
"OW wh- what the hell?!?" Screamed Zeb in suprise and pain.
"WAKE UP WE ARE LATE TO THE TEST!!" exclaimed elias.
"Huh what? Test- WE ARE LATE FOR THE TEST?!?"
"YES WE ARE YOU LAZY SLOTH SO GET UP AND COME WITH ME FAST!!" Sreamed Elias.
Thankfully Zeb had been too tired to change out of his jersey after he came to his dorm and slept in it so he didn't have to change. They both ran towards the training ground and reached just in time to see the first candidate step up.
His no. was 26 and he was a defensive midfielder. He dribbled through the cones but accidentally hit the ball too hard near the end and the ball bounced off out of his control though this was near the end of the cones and actually did better than expected.
Next was the passing test. He easily pulled off his short and mid passes but was unable to put in neither accurate long passes nor crosses.
The defending test was next. He got two second year attackers to come and stage 1v2 or 1v1 scenarios. One of the attackers was a technical winger and the other a lethal striker. He did really good at this test blocking any attempts at a cross using his height and managed to cut out most of his passes and pocket the winger denying any attempts of the winger to get the ball tothe striker. Though he did slip up some times and let in a couple goals, he did really well overall.
And finally the shooting test. A few targets were placed on the goal post, some on the crossbar, some in the corners and some in the or near the middle. He shot the ball hitting the bottom targets accurately but not so much the top ones. The only ones he actually hit in the top were by heading them in as he was really tall for his age at 6 foot 2 inch.
The coach named Bernardo oversaw these results and announced the new of the player position to be a inverted full-back.
The coach kept on announcing the positions of the players some were happy with their position some were disappointed.
.... central defending midfielder! .... advanced striker! ...box to box midfielder! .....
Finally it was Elias's turn.....