"Alright lads this is the real deal" Coach Alphonso said to the players who were seating around in the dressing room.
"Your match jersey is in your closet and your names has been written at the back of the jerseys, you'll have a single match commentator for all three matches and before you move out to the pitch I have four words for all of you, PLAY AS A TEAM" he continued loudly emphasizing the play as a team part.
" I guess this is all you get for 700 dollars" Denim muttered while trying to calculate how much 700 dollars x almost 50 players equals to while fiddling with his jersey which was probably made out of inferior materials, it felt like it could tear if he tugged at it too much.
" Fair enough " the young man behind Denim said seemingly having heard what denim muttered.
" guy I kind of like worry for the guy that's gon be marking you, you were so good with dem drills" the boy continued.
"I know some good drill players who aint cool on the pitch, so man so what's your name" Denim asked.
" you sound like my dad"
" ouch that hurts"
"Sorry man name's James by the way, James Kiddman"
" hehehe" a guy chuckled at their conversation from the other line beside them which consists of their opponents.
" geez man you sound like an old lady, who the fuck laughs like that and what's funny" Denim asked and James bursts into laughter.
" Anything the issue Mr Denim?" A voice came from the side.
" ah shut up man I've got no gist for you....." Denim was still talking when he turned his neck and saw coach Alphonso staring back at him.
"Um coach, what I said before, it's kind of like a line from one of my favorite rom com movies it helps to calm me down when I'm nervous" Denim said frantically trying to salvage the situation.
" stop bullshitting boy and keep your mouth shut, you sound like a bitch" the coach said eliciting a giggle from the other players.
" silence boys remember only few makes it" the coach said and that sentence immediately brought silence and nervousness to the room but it also brought determination to their faces.
" feeeeeeh" the whistle sounded from outside and they all matched out onto the pitch with group A donning a white jersey and group C wearing a red jersey.
And then a screeching sound came from the speakers causing discomfort to the ears before it gave way to a cool and loud commentator voice.
" Good Morning ladies and gentlemen we have here before our very own eyes a bright and a beautiful morning, this is a game that serves as a test, a result of which the winners graces the footballing world and the losers go home, so what will it be, the group in white or the men in red let's see" the voice continued while the players started moving to their positions.
"So both groups are going with a 3- 3 -1 -3 formation,it seems the coach here is trying a well balanced approach with an extra man in the final third, ladies and gentlemen for the men in white we have.
Keanu Blunt ( as the goalkeeper)
Lewis Coleman , Ander Reynold and Rafael Coleman( in the back three)
James Kiddman, Anthony Reeves and Jonathan Alba ( as the three defensive/main midfielders)
We have Denim Sterling as the only attacking midfielder and
Gareth lawman, Daniel Areola and Akinola Davis in the front three.
And for the Men in Red, we have.
Ronald Kempe in the post
Nicolas Evra, Patrick Chuks and Howard Watkins in the back three, they look formidable and I think they'll pose a real problem for the A team, we have
Abdul jassim, leandro Tallman and Oliver Chrisman as their main midfielders.
Raheem jassim as their attacking midfielders and finally,
Davis Wright, Eric Matthews and Cory Lawrence as their front three."
Immediately the Players were completely in position the ref called both captains for a toss which group C won so they'll touch first and the match started.
Denim stood for a bit observing the position and other details off the opponents not letting any detail go while the opponents had started passing the ball in their half and his teammates were already looking for a means to intercept the ball.
16th minute, Commentator: "Raheem with the ball, he tries a long pass to Lawrence Oh it was intercepted, kiddman has won it back for the A group".
Kiddman passed the ball back to the center back hoping to bring some balance to the game as they had previously discussed, the ball was passed to and fro the midfield and the defense in a classic tiki taka style for a while in a bid to lure the opponents in and at the 23rd minute the opportunity came.
Lewis Coleman connected a long driven pass to Denim, before Denim got the ball a midfielder ran up to snap the ball from him but Denim nodded it back to Anthony who immediately returned the ball into the space the midfielder who wanted to mark Denim had left behind and immediately Denim ran up to the ball and slots it between the legs of chuks their center back who had ran up to mark him before looking up to briefly to access the situation and in a split second he laid a through ball to Areola in the front and the tall striker comfortably slots it past kempe to put group A in front.
Commentator "wonderful, what a fine transition, he slots it into the net, the goalkeeper could do absolutely nothing to stop the shot, Areola will be the first to go into the score sheets today and Denim with a beautiful assist, a moment of brilliance for denim and some pinpoint accuracy from Areola and the ball is in the net, what a day, what a game, 1 nil it is and at the 20th minute group A goes ahead let's see if they can hold on to the lead" while the commentator was going absolutely wild, Areola was also going bunkers, he ran up to the corner side and did a back lift before running back to hug Denim, the only thing that felt missing was the stadium Chants which Denim had missed so dearly...