Franklin_Nwakamma

"As a footballer, what do you desire the most?"

For most footballers, the answer to that question was very simple, they all wanted the same thing.

Besides the goalkeepers, they all wanted to score more goals and win more awards because that was the criteria used to judge the best players.

However, Axel was different, just like every other footballer, he wanted to become one of the GOATs of the game if not the goat but he wanted to do it his own way.

Why do all the great players and legends have so many goals compared to the assists and none of the so-called great playmakers has been able to reach five hundred assists while a good number of great goal scorers has crossed that number for goals?

Is it because assists are harder to pull off compared to goals? No, it's because they are neglected.

If most players were to choose between a goal and an assist, they would pick goals all the way but assists are just as important, they all lead to the same result which is contributing toward winning the game.

If they are going to put goals ahead, then I am going to put assists ahead, I will surpass all their assists records and put an unbelievable gap between me and them.

I will become the first player to reach an unimaginable number of assists, I will become the god of playmakers and no one will ever come close.

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This is my second attempt in trying to write a good football novel so please give this one a read, thank you.

The God Of Playmakers

That missed free kick was the last good chance City got in the first half. No, it was the last good chance of the first half.

Manchester City went straight back to hoarding the ball after Anderson sent it out and they managed to win it back.

However, throughout the last five minutes of the game, they failed to do anything impactful with it.

The closest they came to doing anything impactful was when Axel played Peterson through from the halfway line, it was a lob but the winger failed to get to it on time as the ball ended up bouncing on the line before going out for a goal kick.

The sound of the referee's whistle pierced through the air for the second time, and that being their signal for their break, the players began to make their way down the tunnel.

Chapter 39: Serious Halftime Talk