Whose moral was at an all time low and they were even somewhat afraid of Makinde. The players from the both sides were already feeling tired and Makinde's legs hurt due to all the clashes and the stress of the game moreover this was his first official game with the team, Makinde opened the system panel to check his progress on the talent he has to steal.
[Requirements to steal B grade Power header: score a header in the game]
[Requirements to steal A grade positioning: block Hamads attempts at goal 5 times 4/5]
[Requirement to steal A grade brute strength: score a hat trick in the game.2/3]
Th game continued and George Campion FA launched an attack in the 46th minutes of the game Rasmus got a pass from Kyle the full back and he sprinted forward getting into the right position before taking a shot. the ball towards the goal but the goal keeper managed to get his hands behind it knocking it back, Makinde who was behind immediately launched is body forward and manged to get his head on the ball scoring a diving header and an hat trick.
[Ding]
The system prompt sounded which was like a melody to his ears
[Congratulations to the host for meeting the requirements to steal B grade Power header]
[Congratulations to the host for successfully meeting the requirement to steal A grade brute strength]
Makinde couldn't help but sigh contentedly at the sound of the system but just the few minutes remaining was enough for Hamad to score another goal, clutching a win for Hammers FC.
"You played well so don't feel bad about your loss" Suddenly a Voice interrupted Makinde who had fallen on his back taking a breather and opening his eyes he saw Hamad who was looking over him blocking the rays of the evening sun
"What" Makinde asked confused but Hamad just ignored him and walked away. Makinde was extremely exhausted after the game as he fell asleep right after his head hit the pillow.
George Campion FC played two more games with Makinde scoring a brace in the first one and giving one assist, they managed to snatch a win of three to two over their opponent Valors United with the win George Campion FA advanced to the knockout stages in their next game they drew Valencia city the previous year champion of the competition.
The week before the game the tension in the locker room was at an all time high with the coach Mr Jackson was making the players endure gruelling training that he surely couldn't handle with his bulging stomach.
The day of the game finally arrived and the expression of all the George Campion FA players was solemn. The coach Mr Jackson knowing the kind of opponent they were up against used the most defensive formation ever 6-3-1 while their opponents Valencia city were opting for a 4-3-3 attack with a CAM.
George Campion FA won the coin toss against Valencia city their opponent in the knockout stages.
"And George Campion fa are starting the game after winning the coin toss" The commentator said through the mic his voice as loud as ever.
The Game kicked off and George Campion FA launched an all out attack immediately they got the ball with swift and precise passes Rasmus managed to get a deep pass using his initial momentum to break through Valencia cities defence and into the box one on one with the goal keeper.
[A beautiful setup for the attack and Rasmussen the Campion striker now in the box through the defense and one with the goalkeeper. We might be witnessing the first goal for the game now] the commentator's voice resounded through out the arena.
The Valencia goal keeper without missing a heartbeat and with a serious expression on his face rushed out to make a diving save but Rasmus unleashed a shot towards the top corner and with unnatural agility and flexibility the goal keeper stretched to his limit and swung his hands sending the ball flying over the bar for a corner.
[Oh what an incredible save that was from Ever Paredes he has denied George Campion their one nill lead in the early minutes of the game]
Makinde immediately checked his talent with the system and a blue system panel appeared in front of Paredes.
[Name:Ever Paredes]
[Position:goal keeper]
[S grade goal keeping talent]
[S grade Ariel king]
[A grade handling]
[S grade height growth]
[B grade concentration]
Makinde couldn't help but marvel at Paredes's talent, the guy was like an absolute wall in front of the goal and almost no weakness to exploit. With his talent he definitely should have made it pro as a world class goal keeper but Makinde couldn't help but wonder why he had never heard of great talents like Paredes or Hamad in his last life .
The players all went into position for the corner but unlike the game against hammers FC where the defence was somewhat flacid and full of chances to exploit the Valencia defence was different, it was like a steel fortress that could crush any offence and this time there was a defender marking Makinde constantly putting pressure on him.
Even though Makinde had managed to steal a physicality and stamina talent, he still needed to train to adapt to the talent even though they had being ingrained. The corner ended flopped as Paredes got his hands on the ball and sending it long to the striker Valencia striker who sped up leaving the George Campion defenders on a back foot.
Getting the first attempt at goal had loosen the George Campion defence which Valencier exploited and Jason, the Valencia city striker exploited and scored a goal
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