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Before the start of the match Makinde had checked the stats of their opponent who stood across from them on the field. Among them was someone who caught his attention, Makinde focused on him and his stats immediately appeared.
[Name:Jao Neves]
[Age: 9]
[Position: midfield]
[Talent: A grade Eagle Vision: able to spot every opportunity on the field from a birds eye view]
[A grade Recovery: quick recovery from fatigue and injuries]
[A grade Adaptive player: the perfect player able to play any style both defensive and offensive style ]
Makinde couldn't help but drool internally at the sight of this talent although they might just seem like ordinary talents and he had better talents, they were actually quite important. Neves felt a malicious intent directed at him and couldn't but shudder as a chill ran down his spine he took a step back after noticing Makinde's gaze who continued to stare at him brazenly and even his team mates noticed it but dismissed him as weird as he had being doing such things since they knew him.
Makinde immediately focused on the condition to steal Neves talent.
[Requirement to steal A grade Eagle vision: intercept Jao Neves pass 3 times during the game]
[Requirement to steal A grade recovery: defeat Neves's team in the match]
[Requirements to steal A grade adaptive player : beat Neves in a 1v1 situation]
The shrill sound of the whistle resounded as
And a fifteen minute a timer appeared on the huge display monitor for all the players to see.
"This game would last thirty minutes each half consisting of 15 minutes" The voice explained.
The captain for both sides went to the middle of the pitch for the coin tossed. The captain for Makinde's team was Park Min Son who stepped forward. The previous day they had a minor election for the person who would be the captain for the team and everybody voted for themselves and Makinde having no interest in becoming the captain voted for Park Min son who seemed to him to be the most responsible and best suited fot the position of the captain.
The captain of the opponent team was none other than Neves. The flipped the coin and Makinde's team won the coin toss starting of the game. Makinde sticking to his normal style of play sent a pass directly to Min Son as he charged forward into the opponents half.
Passing the ball between each other Park Min Son sent a pass back towards The goal keeper who pushed the ball forward a bit drawing the striker of the opposing team, before sending a long pass towards Makinde, who received the ball with a back foot touch.
Sprinting forward he approached his first obstacle which was Neves and Makinde knew if he could get past him, them breaking through the defense would be a piece of cake but within a fraction of a second Neves went for a slide tackle knocking the ball away from his leg and out of bounds. Makinde immediately realised that the system would never set such simple conditions to steal such a great talent, he had expected Neves to have a high defensive stat but he didn't he would be this good.
Ali threw the ball towards Makinde who this time without wasting time performed the La croqueta a move he had being practicing along with the elastico and the Maradona spin since he stole Ronaldinho's talent. And dribbled past Jao Neves as the ding sound of the system resounded in his ear but he ignored it.
Moving the ball forward Makimde swung his feet and immediately smashed the ball towards the goal, the ball spun Ungracefully and forcefully towards the goal, although the goal keeper managed to make contact with ball it rolled over his hands and bounced forcefully against the net of the goal.
Even though There were no spectators watching Makinde still ran to celebrate with his team mates. Unknown to All the youngsters all their activities were being broadcasted as a sport reality show, without them knowing that was the reason Makinde's mom easily accepted his request.
The game continued and this time the opponents didn't launch an offense immediately but instead play more organised football focusing more on control
And with a few precise passes the opponents broke through the midfield, Park Min son who immediately realised what was going on yelled
"Fall back" his voice loud and firm as it resounded through out the field through out the field, as he had noticed the opposing striker approaching their defence, Makinde also looking back immediately noticed the striker dangerously close to Ali.
Neves gave flashed a smirk at Makinde before sending a long pass towards the striker who used his speed advantage to get a head start on Ali who was persistently tried to pull him down without resulting a foul using his right foot smashed a shot towards the goal before finally being pulled down, the ball spun forcefully towards the right side of goal and Luke diving in the right direction managed to get his hands on the ball but it slipped through his finger rolling into the net.
GOOAAL
Neves and his team mates couldn't help celebrating with a hug and encouraging pats on each others back.Makinde couldn't help but kick himself internally he had being to focused on Neves and he didn't pay attention to his other team mates which Neves had capitalized on leading to them conceding a goal.
Whistle
Whistle
Whistle
The referees whistle resounded signaling the end of the first half.