Monster (P3)- Unique Dominance

Longwei and Yuga stood over the ball once more sharing a look before exchanging passes; Yuga took the ball upfield this time dribbling down the right flank at Callum, Adam and Hanzo. Callum closed in on Yuga but didn't attempt to put in a challenge, instead he guided Yuga's advance towards the incoming Adam stone. Adam then took Callum's position guiding him towards Hanzo while Callum trailed behind to cut off any extra options, they had essentially pinned Yuag to the right-most flank, unlucky for them he was hoping for this and immediately went for a switch cross towards the left-most flank before darting at the Box; with him, Luo Ji, Longwei and Gareth approached Yufeng's 18-yard box as well with Xu Ron perfectly controlling the cross on his lap from 35 yards out on the Left-wing.

Scanning the field now Xu Ron couldn't find any viable options, Yuga was being marked by Adam and Hanzo; Luo Ji was being hawked down by Jaden and Ricky, Shin was taking Gareth on alone and Longwei was being marked by John and Marcus. He gritted his teeth, cut in behind Longwei and began dribbling towards the penalty spot. John peeled off from Longwei to close in on Xu Ron and that was when Xu Ron played a precise through-ball into the space that John had just created.

Longwei left Marcus behind on pace and got the ball first but Ricky was already there and had cut off his shooting angle, tempted as he was Longwei swallowed his temptation to finish the shot himself and sent the ball towards Lou Ji who was trying to muscle Jaden off of him. Lou Ji trapped the ball on his inner left thigh and played a backheel to Gareth, who played a pass out to Yuga down the Right flank.

Yuga peeled away from his markers and sent a wide curved high cross towards the centre of the penalty area. Longwei ran towards the cross bringing John and Ricky with him leaving a single figure to dart down the free space behind him. Xu Ron had entered the Zone and was through on goal with Marcus barely keeping up with him, at least that's how it was supposed to be. Just as Yuga's cross curved back in and dropped in Xu Ron's Direction, Callum ran past Xu Ron and trapped the ball on his chest before spinning and sending a cross towards Sora in the middle of the field.

"Dammit!!", Longwei cursed as the Asura attack force ran back to at least help slow down this brutal counter, unfortunately for them nothing of the sort would help. Sora, Antonio, Adam and Hanzo were already at the centre pitch facing Pisu and the Asura back line. Sora and Antonio easily broke past Pisu with a quick one-two play before Sora crossed the ball to Adam, after Callum, this guy was the best striker the squad had as his precise finish devastated the weaker teams in the league and cup matches, especially those who naively assumed Yufeng was somehow only a powerhouse team because of Callum when frankly he hardly ever did much in the everyday matches.

If Callum was the ace that saved Yufeng when they bit off more than they could chew, Adam was the one who held the throne while Callum was lazing around when he wanted to. Adam held the ball at 20 Yards out with Tantai closing in to mark him while Mo Xu covered weaknesses in his mark. Adam tsked in annoyance at how relaxed Tantai's mark on him was when compared to Callum and wound power a power shot which he drove at the top right corner, unfortunately for him Hyung Ji dove for it and caught it easily with both hands before collapsing on the ball to stop any rebound ball. Hyung Ji was going to rush for a quick counter but stopped himself when saw Callum hanging on the halfway line, there wasn't a single layer he believed could beat Callum one-on-one, not yet at least.

Hyung Ji bounced the ball twice as he waited for Asura to reset before dropping the ball at his feet, "Let's see if this nonsense will work", Hyung Ji muttered as he began running upfield with the ball, confusing Yuga and the members of Yufeng's team. Pisu and Tantai joined him for a three-way passing build-up before letting Hyung Ji go on his own once they advanced to the halfway line. Just as Callum closed in to steal the ball Hyung Ji sent a precise needle-threading cross to Longwei who redirected it off his shoulder into space in front of the penalty area.

Gareth picked the ball up and dribbled down the left half of the penalty area, he motioned for a shot and cut back just as Shin slid past him, He sent a through-ball for Yuga but he dummied it taking Ricky and John with him, leaving Luo Ji through on goal. He went for a first-time finish that Lucas palmed beyond the goal post for a corner. "Dammit!!", Luo Ji cursed with an annoyed frown before sighing, he knew for a fact that if he delegated himself to an assisting role he would be significantly more efficient than Yuga or Gareth could ever be, but his pride simply would allow him to limit himself like that, he would essentially be abandoning himself to immature brats who weren't remotely worthy of his passes, and that included Longwei.

Gareth wasn't needed back when Longwei first got signed, If Luo Ji decided to he could make plays so efficiently that they would significantly boost Longwei's quality of play. He was a genius of playmaking like no other, but as things stood he would never take on that role again as long as he could help it. With that in mind against his better judgement he went into the box to receive the cross from this corner.

Yuga groaned in annoyance as he knew that play likely wouldn't work a second time and was running out of options to keep Asura on the attack, With Hyung Ji in the mix they had more time to create more fluent patterns but once they got used to him as well Asura would be ripe for the picking with no means forward. Little did he know that Luo Ji was a genius who could realise his vision in full, in the end, Yuga decided to go all out and try to force himself into more goal-scoring positions to take heat off the rest of the attack so that they could create more chances without him.

Gareth stood over the right corner flag scanning the penalty area for options to play this cross, Callum and Shin were marking Yuga and Longwei respectively; Jaden and Ricky stuck to Luo Ji and Xu Ron while John stood at the near post and Marcus stood at the far post. Sora and Hanzo were on Pisu just outside of the Area while Adam and Antonio directly faced the whole of Asura's defence and Hyung Ji who stood at the edge of the penalty area's semi-circle. 

As the whistle went off Yuga suddenly broke out of the penalty area and ran straight at Gareth to receive the ball short, while Callum was the only one who had followed after him, he had momentarily snatched everyone's attention giving the Asura attackers room to move now; Gareth wasted no time sending a high cross into the Yufeng penalty one that Pisu ran and leapt up to meet with his head, unlucky for him Ricky also managed to react in time and Blocked Pisu's header with a header of his own, sending the ball off of the crossbar back into the air, seeing this Callum abandoned Yuga altogether and motioned himself to the best place to interfere with Asura's attack and begin the counter attack of Yufeng instead.

The ball dropped to Luo Ji who stood 16 yards out and 6 yards to the left of the penalty spot, In front of him stood Xu Ron to his immediate left, Jaden in front of him, Marcus not far behind Jaden, Shin to his left and Hanzo behind him. Luo Ji tsked before playing a pass into space for Xu Ron which he had to run to meet dragging Jaden and Hanzo with him. Xu Ron realising what Luo Ji was doing played a back heel through-ball towards Marcus which Luo Ji slipped behind Jaden to receive with Shin trailing not too far behind him.

Luo Ji cut back sharply and turned around Shin the other way before cutting back across Marcus who had rushed out to tackle him, leaving him near the Goal line just to the right of the goal post. Just as Lucas rushed out to sweep the ball away Luo Ji cut back and spun, taking the ball from his right foot to left, and in that same motion sent a threaded pass with the outside of his left foot into the box. 

With all the rabble out of the way the ball cut cleanly towards Longwei who was running towards the penalty spot and leapt to finish it with a clean flying volley, that was at least until Callum leapt beyond Longwei and flicked the ball just above Longwei's foot making him miss the volley, "Any striker worth his salt would be able to read that play", Callum mocked as motioned to take a shot from here while Hyung Ji didn't have a clear view yet and was still between the halfway line and the Asura penalty Area, it was no longer a matter of if his shot would make it from here, but If Hyung Ji would get to it on time.

Callum spun sharply and took the shot Just for Yuga to block the shot at the last second throwing the accuracy way off but not doing much to affect the power and speed. "That goes for you too", Yuga mocked in turn hoping his influence would be enough to save Asura the panic of a comeback from Yufeng this late in the game. Unfortunately, there was no such luck as the ball simply went higher than it should have; Ironically while Hyung Ji knew to rush back and could keep up perfectly, the ball was now directly between Hyung Ji and the sun meaning that the goalkeeper couldn't even see the path the ball was taking. Only at the last second did the ball drop out of the sunlight allowing Hyung Ji to get a hand to it, but it was too little too late, The ball hit the inside of the crossbar, bounced off of the ground and planted itself in the roof of Asura's net Making the score 7-6 with 20 minutes left in the games, Yufeng were officially back in the match with time to spare.