Riley woke up relaxed on Saturday, he was looking forward to tomorrow's game. Today they had to go to do technical analysis on the opponent and also draw up the starting lineup.
Riley just realised it will be a busy day when Mary asked him and Jaco to accompany her to pick her older sister. Beth will be coming home for the old man's birthday and their parents will come later. Riley naturally agreed to do this with her since she has been good to him.
-Borussia Dortmund U19 training facility-
Riley had arrived a little earlier so he got the ball and practiced his shots. Unbeknownst to him a middle aged man was watching him doing those shooting drills. The other players started showing up one by one. August came to Riley and gave him a big hug.
Finally everyone was present and Coach Mike called everyone into a dimly lit room. The players took their seats, August unsurprisingly sat next to Riley. "Okay team, the match against VfB Stuttgart is really important. We win it, we are 6 points off the top with a game in hand." Mike said.
The players eyes lit up, they realised that if they win this game and win the game in hand, they will only be 3 points behind Bayern who they will play, so there is a possibility of being equal on points come the second half of the season. Coach Mike liked the look in his player's eyes. He nodded.
"Okay, now for the starters. Same starting lineup we had against Copenhagen u19 with only one tweak." Mike said and the players got confused. 'Didn't you just say same starting lineup?' The thought. Mike continued, "Vasco will be rested and Riley will replace him." Mike said and waited for everyone's reaction.
They were all surprised but not that much, when Riley was introduced in that game he had a great impact. They ended up winning that game comfortably because of him. Riley was also surprised, he looked at Coach Mike and he just flashed him a smile.
"With that, to incorporate our little magician, the formation we will use is the 4-2-3-1. August our sole striker. The reason I kept you is the growing relationship between you and Riley may be integral in us going all the way." Mike said matter-of-factly.
Coach went on to tell the players what he thought about the opponent, telling the team about their strengths and weaknesses. He even played Stuttgart previous matches. The analysis eventually came to an end. Mary and Jaco had been waiting for Riley, as soon as they saw him they requested uber to take them to the train station where Beth will be coming off.
-Hotel NH Dortmund-
"Mom, so what is big brother like?" Alisha asked her mother. Kiara flashed a sad smile and couldn't help but being embarrassed, "He is very kind and he loves football a lot." She finally responded. Aaliyah was not paying attention to her mom and sisters talk.
"Ma'am, after word of this meet up gets out won't you be criticised by the media for hiding a child all this time?" Alisha and Aaliyah's nanny asked. That question got to Kiara and she immediately got angry, "I don't care about the media Kim. And for your information, I wasn't hiding Riley. It's all Diogo's fault." Kiara finished her words and went straight for the bathroom.
Kim was startled at Kiara's outburst but than she looked at the bathroom door close with an apologetic look. As soon as Kiara entered the bathroom, she went straight for the mirror and looked at her reflection. Her face was really red from anger, what Kim just said really got to her. She took a deep breath and flashed a sad smile.
"I've always loved you Riley. No one can change that." She muttered.