042. First Game Part 1

11 minutes of the first half.

The ball was falling from the zenith. Adam was running to get it. In front of him, Fox stopped and seemed to want to transform himself to be his human form.

But Adam was faster, before Fox got it, Adam pulled his jersey and then jumped. In the air, he headed the ball, so the ball bounced off the field.

Fox fell, he looked at Adam hatefully. It had been his eighth opportunity that was wasted because of the man in front of him.

"You!" Fox glared.

Adam just smiled at him.

The match was in death lock after the first goal that was created by Haldir. Eve forbade him to use his power again and kept it for the right moment. Although he didn't use his power, Windart was always vigilant. Don the CB was always inside the penalty box. He didn't want to make the same mistake.

But, although he wasn't allowed to use his skills for the time being, he was still a threat to Windart defense, after all, he was quite fast and could dribble pretty well. With the help of Logan, he endangered Windart a few times.

On the other side, Cleon didn't contribute too many, he couldn't do much with a beastman marked him. His opponent had never let him free for more than 5 seconds. He wanted to ask Adam for help, but Adam was always too deep at hellcat's territory.

It was not that he didn't know Cleon's problems, but he was also always on the edges because the majority of Windart's attacks were focused on his side, so he didn't dare to move to the middle line.

As for on the right side, Ural guarded a psychic perfectly. Facing the aggressive Ural, the psychic could do nothing, as Ural's roar made his skill was canceled every time.

As for Gavin, he was spotted yawned a few times. With Pete as CB, there was nothing he could do. Pete could always solve the danger of Hector's action.

***

"It is the 29th minute since the game started. With two teams chose to play conservatively, we don't have too many topics," Andy said.

"Not really. There are some things interesting we can talk about. Like, why they become conservative. After all, with the advantage that Windwart have in quantity, they should attack aggressively. But the fact was like this. What do you think?" Frank said.

"Of course Windart wanted to attack with full power. But with Haldir's existence, they are helpless. They have to put a player in the penalty box, to prevent Haldir's first goal is created again. That how much threat that Haldir possessed," Andy said.

He continued, "And Hellcat's defense works for the time being. The orc Ural is pretty aggressive while defends, and so far he hasn't made any mistake, Pete's smart defense prevents Hector to act. The only way Windart thinks feasible is on the right side, as Adam has a speed disadvantage over Fox. But so far, Fox couldn't make any worthy achievement."

Frank nodded, "And I see that Hellcat players don't look working hard. I just counted, Gavin has yawned three times, I think, he was bored. See! He does it again. It's the fourth time."

Andy laughed, "Hahaha, but it can't be helped, right? They don't have any substitutes. They have to preserve their stamina and mana. The real match will begin in the second half.

Or not... Looks like the substitutes of Windart aren't patient anymore."

***

After the ball was out of bounds, Fox was going to do the throw-in. As he wanted to get the ball, Donald came, picked the ball, and while giving the ball, he said, "Tell your captain to change players, you suck."

"What did you say?" Fox shouted, dropping the ball, and then pushed Donald.

"What? Are you crazy?" Donald seemed never imagined, Fox who had a good friendship with him became so angry with him.

"Shut up and sit! We don't need you," Fox then took the ball and throw it to right FB.

"What...," Donald could just stand there in astonishment.

'Damn! Who do you think you are? I will show you,' Fox said in his heart.

***

After the conversation, Fox's playing became more aggressive. He ran more frequently. Adam was surprised at Fox's changed playing, not like before when he always ran in fox form, he transformed into beastman. It made him no longer agile as before, but he got confrontation ability. He often made a body coalition with Adam when they fight over the ball. Adam still had an advantage over him in posture, as fox beastman was smaller than him. But continuous coalitions and then running made him consumed more stamina than before.

Adam's situation became awful. Other than had to run more frequently, he also had to confront Fox who became more aggressive.

In the 35th minute, Adam's luck was over. He made a mistake when chasing Fox. maybe because of exhaustion, he slipped and fall.

At first, Fox didn't realize Adam's situation, as he chased the long pass with all his strength. After getting the ball, he realized Adam wasn't there to chase him. He then dribbled the ball entering the penalty area.

Pete knew the situation was not good. He then left his marking over Hector and tried to intercept Fox.

Looking at Pete's choice, Hector sneered. He then gave a signal to Fox. Gavin knew Hector's signal and then focused his attention on him, although he also anticipated if it was just deception.

As he looked at Hector's signal, Fox made a short pass to him. Pete tried to intercept the ball, but he failed. Gavin also tried to catch it, but because his hand was stiff as he was too relaxed before, he couldn't catch it, and only deflected it to outside the penalty box.

***

Actually, when Adam slipped, other players were also surprised. But the beastman who guarded Cleon could react faster.

After he saw Adam fell, he transformed becoming a wolf and ran toward the penalty box. Cleon realized it was dangerous, he then transformed himself to become a panther, but he was a beat late.

When the ball got deflected, the wolf was lucky enough to be near it. He then transformed back to be human, came to the ball, and shot.

***

"Goal!!! A blunder made by Adam cost hellcat a goal. And Sam became the hero of Windart," Andy said.

***