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

No matter how people wanted to see it, scoring that goal was quite easy for Axel, his problem with shooting directly at the goalpost has always been the goalkeeper, and since there was none that time, he just sent it in before the goalkeeper could get there.

That goal happened just as the time hit the fifty-first minute, and the game now in the fifty-third minute, play had already resumed.

United were still with the ball after restarting play but Manchester City were holding them off well.

After attempting to dash past Andrea near the halfway line, Jonas turned and quickly sent the ball rolling to Arlan who seemed to be ahead of him a little down the middle.

Axel quickly closed up on him at that moment, but before he could do anything to take it from him, he quickly flicked the ball to Emino who quickly linked it to Felix down the middle.

Chapter 41: It Happened