God Of football

Chapter 44: Tottenham Hotspur [2]:Masterclass

The stadium erupted into cheers after Izan scored that beautiful freekick. One might say the fans were expecting the underdogs to lose.

But they had proven them wrong with the stellar performance they had put on since the start of the match.

Manager Baraja couldn’t stop smiling on the touchline. ”Hey Moreno” he said drawing the attention of Assistant Coach Moreno who stood behind him.

”Make notes of Izan and give them to me after the match. I need to train him differently” he said drawing a confused stare from Moreno.

Assist. Coach Moreno did it nonetheless. The match continued and it seemed that Izan’s goal from the freekick had brought Tottenham to their senses.

Ange Postecoglou had put two players on Izan after the match restarted. The two seemed to be doing their work well as Izan was being deprived of the chance to even take a pass.

Izan didn’t mind as there is a saying, ’ silent but deadly’. He therefore kept trying to minimise his influence on the game whiles not putting his team at risk of conceding.

Tottenham hotspur,now on the ball were trying in earnest to level the score before half-time.

Oliver Skipp got the ball from tanganga after a foul. Oliver skipp didn’t wait around for long and started moving directly through center.

Hugo Duro tried approaching him in hopes to regain possession of the ball. Oliver however kept it safe and passed to Reguillón who was on his left.

Reguillón after receiving the ball passed the ball to Yves Bissouma who was near him.

Bissouma after controlling the ball decided to change the direction of play. He held the ball under his feet before sending a diagonal pass to Dejan Kulusevski on the right wing.

His pass was well played and found it’s way to Dejan Kulusevski who attempted to beat Jose Gaya but after a few unsuccessful attempts he passed back to Pedro Porro.

The match was going a bit dull and all Tottenham could do was play lazy passes at the back.

Valencia’s defense was that compact and coordinated. Unconsciously,the Valencia players started getting complacent and letting their guard down.

Even Izan who had a very high awareness also found himself under the radar.

He didn’t notice this until Pedro Porro sent an exquisite pass through the midfield to find James Maddison.

James Maddison took advantage of the opposition’s confusion and sent the ball to Harry kane.

Kane wanting to initiate a one-two pass with Maddison passed the ball back to him.

Maddison,understanding Kane’s intention lofted the ball over mouctar Diakhaby who was beside Harry Kane.

The pass got Giorgi Marmadashvili on guard. Harry Kane carefully trapped the ball with his chest before firing away at the keeper.

Giorgi Marmadashvili with his eyes on the ball adjusted his body before pulling of a spectacular save to keep his team in the lead.

Harry Kane couldn’t help but sigh at the missed chance. The ball was perfect but Giorgi Marmadashvili had proved even better with his save.

Maddison walked over to the corner flag after Harry Kane’s shot. He took the ball from the ballboy behind him before placing it on the spot.

James Maddison followed through with his run-up and sent the ball into the penalty box.

Giorgi Marmadashvili felt uncomfortable as the opponents players were limiting his space so he went ahead and jumped before punting the ball out of the penalty box.

The ball went a bit far as the players went chasing it. Pedro Porro however got to it first before sending a pass to James Maddison who was coming from the right corner flag area.

James Maddison took hold of the ball and faced his opponent. Jose Gaya who was now 1 on 1 with James Maddison tried to win the ball for his team.

James Maddison however expertly got away from the challenge before sending a cross in.

The cross however came in fast and sharp. The Valencia defenders all thought the ball would be going out of play and therefore didn’t really try to clear it.

Unfortunately for them, being the deadly striker he was, Mr. Harry Kane appeared out of nowhere to head the ball into the net.

Giorgi Marmadashvili who couldn’t even react to what was happening was rooted to the spot.

The Tottenham hotspur players all rushed towards Harry kane before jumping on him.

Pre-season or not,this was probably one of Harry kane’s last goals for Tottenham hotspur before he moved.

The striker,earlier that year had expressed his desire to leave Tottenham hotspur in pursuit of trophies to fulfill his magnificent career.

And it seems it was the end for him at Tottenham as Bayern and expressed their interest in him.

Izan stood on the edge of the box watching the tottenham players celebrate.

Izan couldn’t help but be angry at himself for failing to be more aware when the Tottenham players were trying to get them to let down their guards.

”I have to step-up my game. Mistakes like this could cost the team during the league and in important matches”.

If anyone heard Izan’s thoughts, they would be surprised that a 15 Year old was thinking like this.

He had already done incredibly well as what he was doing was even unheard of. A 15 year old who was already getting to being a key player for his team.

A 15 year old who was already playing this well against arguably one of the best teams in the world and had even scored a goal.

A 15 year old holding his own and even doing doing better against grownups that were even twice his age.

The Tottenham players finished with their celebrations and the match was restarted again.

Izan looked at the scoreboard before finally accepting that for a young team like theirs,they had done considerably well against a team that had the likes of Kane and Son.

[COMMENTATOR]

* ’What an exciting match this has been folks. Both teams have performed spectacularly well as they’ve unleashed a flurry of goals even before half time.

Its now Valencia Fc [2]:[2] Tottenham hotspur. The referee has restarted the match so let’s go continue with the match ’

Hugo Duro passed the ball to Izan who was behind him after the restart. Izan passed the ball back to buy time in order for Valencia to go into their attacking formation.

The Valencia players played passes back and forth trying to minimise Tottenham’s influence on the game and this continued for a while.

’43

Valencia got a chance in the dying embers of the first half. Izan who had been silent for a while moved into 5th gear and started making pinpoint passes to his teammates.

The sudden spark of life made the Tottenham players panic a bit. Izan took advantage of this situation and spearheaded an attack that would prove to be the last chance of the first half.

Izan with his pace started dribbling past opponents through the midfield. Without using any flashy skills, Izan got to the final third where he could make it count.

He was hurriedly scanning his surroundings looking for a gap or for a player to make a run.

Seeing that nobody was making a run,Izan decided to try on his own. Izan nudged the ball a bit forward as if to shoot after he had gotten a bit close to the penalty box.

The Tottenham players who had already witnessed his shooting prowess from long range moved to block his shot.

As they committed to blocking the shot,Izan cheekily rolled the ball to his left foot.

The players who saw this panicked at first but then they relaxed relaxed a bit as they had seen Izan using his right foot the whole match.

This meant he probably couldn’t use his left leg well. As if listening to their thoughts,Izan smiled before pulling his left leg back.

”Comet” he thought.

[Comet skill has been activated],the sweet sound of the mechanical voice rang through his mind.

As soon as Izan’s foot connected with the ball, that was all was needed. The ball left Izan’s left leg with a burst of speed that was way too fast for the keeper’s reaction.

The ball zoomed past the players and the keeper before hitting the inside of the post and entering the goalpost.

The sound of the ball hitting the post rang through the stadium as the players tried to comprehend what had happened.

The ball entering the net was all the fans needed to scream at the top of their lungs. Izan with a smile etched on his face ran towards the corner flag.

His team after coming to their sense ran after him as he slid on his knees. Izan then stood from the ground before facing the crowd.

At the instant,he remembered a Cristiano Ronaldo celebration he had seen.

He drew his shorts back a bit before pointing to his left leg to complete his celebration.

Manager Baraja almost ran onto the pitch if not for Assistant Coach Moreno holding him back.

”What the fuck was that” thought Viacario who still stood rooted to his spot.

”Was he trying to kill someone” he muttered.

[In the VIP room]

”Have you tried to contact his agent” a voice spoke as he looked on at the scenes infront of him.

”Yes we did and we also contacted the team but they said he’s not for sale right now” a small voice responded.

”But from what I heard,he signed a new contract right. How much was it?” the first voice asked.

”How much was what sir ” the meek voice replied.

*sigh* ” The release clause how much was it” the first voice said again.

”Its 60 million euros sir plus a few clauses sir,so it could come out as 80 million euros” the meek voice replied.

The first voice remained silent for a while before speaking again.

”Its not a bad deal for such a talent or ...”

”That would be the case but we can’t currently get him sir ” the meek voice replied suggestively.

”Why can’t we?”. ”Well sir,the release clause only activates in the second year of his contract so that would be the season after this season ”.

”Okay then,let’s try to gather funds and get him then. I don’t want to miss out on such a talent”.

”Okay sir”.

Daniel levy,the President of tottenham looked at Izan from the VIP room in the Tokyo dome. ”I’d like to have him” he thought as he stared at Izan

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The second half had already began and the score was now 3-2 to Valencia’s advantage.

It was now the 70th minute and Tottenham hotspur were still a no-show in the second half.

They eventually got their chance 7 minutes later with a well planned attack started by Harry Kane who was now playing as a number 10.

He found Dejan Kulusevski after receiving a through pass from Oliver Skipp.

Kulusevski began going on a blazing run before he eventually entered the penalty box.

Mark signaled to Mouctar Diakhaby to leave this one for him but the latter was in too much of a rush.

This resulted in a uncouth tackle that saw him getting sent off and the opponents getting a penalty.

Manager Baraja was livid with him as he got off the pitch. He recomposed himself after raging for a bit before making a change.

He took off Hugo Duro and brought on a defender to fill the gap that had been left by Mouctar Diakhaby.

Harry kane stepped forward and took the ball before handing it to James Maddison who was surprised by Kane’s action.

He however thanked Harry for the chance and stepped up to the spot.

A staredown was now happening between the two sides.

[COMMENTATOR Pov]

’ Its now keeper and player. Marmadashvili and Maddison. Who will gain the upper hand in this face-off. Now Maddison steps up to the penalty aaaanddd..... nicely done as he slots the ball into the bottom left corner sending the keeper the wrong way ’

The match dulled after the restart as it seemed neither team wanted to concede. Both teams looked like they wanted to settle for a draw and all the players on the field seemed to be in agreement.

Well,all except for one. Izan who didn’t want to relent approached pietro and Jose Gaya.

”One last attack” was all he said before walking off. ”This kid never gets satisfied ”Pietro said .

”Why do you talk like you’re that old,you just turned 20 and its not like you act that mature. Even the kid is more mature than you” Jose Gaya who was irritated by Pietro roared.

”Ouch” Pietro acted as if the words had physically hurt him. Giorgi Marmadashvili after a missed shot at goal by an opponent player,picked up the ball for a goal kick.

He saw Jose Gaya signalling for a pass and therefore passed to him. Jose Gaya after controlling the ball turned to face his opponent.

He saw Javi guerra who had replaced the left winger approach him. Jose Gaya passed the ball to him before moving behind him.

Javi guerra after he received the ball laid it off back to Jose Gaya who was now approaching the left wing.

Izan approached him and the two initiated a 1 - 2 with Izan being the last to hold the ball.

Izan after getting rid of the opponent with the 1-2 sent a pass to Pietro who had now moved up the midfield.

Pietro after receiving the ball moved to the right wing and passed the ball to Maxi Gomez who had also come on after they conceded the goal.

Maxi gomez with a beautiful display of skill got rid of Reguillón who was facing him before passing to Pietro who had gotten in space.

Pietro already aware of what was going to happen sent a pass back into space.

Izan magically appeared right before the ball surprising the Tottenham players.

Tanganga and Christian Romero tried to approach Izan and tackle the ball but Izan didn’t wait for them to get that near.

With his right foot, he sent a a ball which was well endowed with a mixture of power and curl.

The ball which seemed to be going out of play suddenly turned towards the top right corner.

”Fuck” Vicario muttered as he saw the ball coming. He took his steps and lunged towards the ball.

Unfortunately for him,the ball smashed the inside of the right post before homing into the top right corner.

Goooooooooaaaaaaaaaallllllllll!!!!!!!!!!

The stadium was sent into a frenzy as the fans and players alike erupted into cheers. Managaer Baraja this time couldn’t contain himself and celebrated the touchline.

Izan ran towards the section where the Valencia were and took a bow before them.

He had just finished with his masterclass!

A/N: Thank you guys for the support with the stones and comments. It really help me to know that there are other in the world that like my imagination. I’ll keep on improving and bring you more exciting content. Love you all.