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

Whether that was an offside call or not was a bit controversial or at least it seemed that way until the referee moved to the screen to confirm from VAR.

It turned out, Tacky was indeed offside, his right foot was ahead of the center back trying to stop him by just a few inches, something like that could be neglected by the referee and nobody would even know but nevertheless, it was the right call.

"Well, looks like he was indeed offside, that could have given them an early lead to cause an upset but it was not meant to be," Tony commented.

"Yeah, but I think trying something like that from the get-go shows just how hungry and desperate they are to make sure this match goes their way, and from what I know, the fiercest teams never go down easily." Mike articulated.

Axel was a bit bummed out that his plan ended up not working because of the offside rule but he knew there was nothing he could do about it now.

Chapter 139: Not Like This