Daniest vs Lourdes (II)

"we have also gotten the line-up of Daniest FC as they start the four youngsters that they had recently signed but what are your thoughts on these Sly"

"Though they are great players with good and clean record, I still don't see them fit for today's match especially Happy Petra", Sylvester Alex said as he scrolled through their stats on his tablet.

"What makes you think so", John asked with a raised brow.

"They got signed from a relatively low league and for Happy Petra this is his first major match and second official soccer match in his life, them being in the starting line-up I have no problem with that because I think the coach wants them to get accustomed to the mentality and style of the major league but I would still prefer them to come in the second half of the game", Sylvester answered.

"Strong point you have stated there but we should see the miracle these young boys would create here and we have the starting lineup of Daniest FC. Fidelis, Frank Anyaim, Samuel Esate, Eric Ekeng, Godson Effiong, Hanson Udioto, Ash Sharma, Luis Shane, Luke Marcus, Happy Petra, David Akpama.

And they are using the 4-3-3 formation with Fidelis as the goalie, then in the defense we have Ash Sharma, Eric Ekeng, Godson Effiong, Luke Marcus. In the midfield is Luis Shane, Happy Petra, David Akpama. Then the attackers for Daniest FC are, Hanson Udioto, Samuel Esate and Frank Anyaim.

Substitutes: Gideon, Mfoniso, Fortune, Prince.

And this lovely match up is held in the home stadium of Daniest FC 'auctor pugiles' meaning creator of champions"

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Standing in the tunnel way, Happy took in a deep breath a he spotted a slight smile on his face and looked at the opposing team that had lined up at their side and said

"today we slay dragons"

The jersey design of Daniest FC was a black phoenix flames with the edges having an intricate blue dragon design, while Lourdes spotted on a white and red striped jersey and every soccer player wore an energy reading band in their hand so as to know their superpotentia energy level. After the usual soccer formalities, the match was under way with Lourdes taking the the kick off.

15 minutes into the game...

Lourdes looked threatening as they mounted pressure on the Daniest defense as the isunguyo twins doing some deadly damage there. Emmanuel Isunguyo drove the ball from the left flank after beating Godson with a scissors feint, he continued forward and reached the edge of the Daniest penalty box due to his huge body size he was unstoppable. Fidelis shouted and beckoned of the defense to be tightened as the threat from Emmanuel wasn't neutralized but as he was about to cross the the ba into the penalty area, he was tackled by Ash. Emmanuel Isunguyo was at the edge of the penalty box and when he was brought down, he took a dive into the penalty box. Ash stood up from the ground after the challenge and received a yellow card from the refree, but was clearly displeased by the penalty awarded to Lourdes. Happy rushed in to calm Ash down so that he won't get a red card.

"Dude calm down", Happy tried to calm Ash down.

"I will calm down but if he scores, then I will give him a season long injury", Ash swore without caring if the refree heard it or not.

Fidelis stood calming as Emmanuel Isunguyo placed the ball at the penalty spot, closing his eyes Fidelis remembered what Happy had told him.

'Lourdes is a monotonous team as there only goal scorers are the Isunguyo twins, so if we stop the source of the river it dries'

As he opened his eyes Emmanuel taunted.

"This will be an easy win"

"Oh really, but I that was what I was about to say to you", Fidelis said with a smirked as he was ever ready to catch the ball. Emmanuel Isunguyo took in a deep breath as he took few steps to kick the ball before he did a feint to see which direction Fidelis will go but Fidelis didn't react in the slightest which made his tactic break down as he kicked the ball at the lower left of the goal post.

Lourdes players were ready to take the second ball but Fidelis didn't give them the chance as he caught the ball and before they could react he had already threw the ball upfield for a counter attack.

Godson chested the ball before giving a sublime pass to Luis, Luis drove the ball forward but seeing Iwa-Eni rushing to stop him, he activated his superpotentia technique.

"Time laspe", Luis muttered softly as the world seemed to turn grey around Iwa-Eni. Iwa-Eni felt his body reacting very slowly to his mind and he looked on in horror as Luis dashed pass him.

"Here make it count" Luis shouted as he crossed the ball to Happy at the right end of the field.

Happy made a run for the incoming ball with Saul Lennon at his heels, Happy had a slight smile as he immediately volleyed the ball into the penalty box after tricking Saul into a false run. Before the goalie could react Frank had already slotted the ball in with a soft header.

Goal! Goal!! Goal!!!

(28 minutes Goal Frank Anyaim, assist: Happy Petra)

The fans of Daniest FC roared in excitement with the opening goal of the game, while Frank celebrated the goal by pointing two fingers to the sky.

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Lilith had a smile that ran a marathon across her face as she unknowingly hugged Mrs Petra while celebrating the goal, but when she came to her senses she felt a stinging pain on her forehead as Mrs Petra flicked her there.

"Seems like your are becoming seriously uncultured by the second, how can you just jump on some like that or should I call the twins over to teach you some proper etiquette", Mrs Petra berated.

"No no no, it won't happen again" Lilith quickly pleaded as she felt a colld sweat drip down her back as the smile of those transformed scimitars flashed in her memory.