Rise of a Football God

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL…!!!" The commentator screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Zinedine Sam!!!"

"ZINEDINE SAMMMM!!!"

"ZINEDINE SAMMMMM…!!!"

"The Nigerian Zidane has struck a dagger straight into the heart of the champions a second consecutive time in the premier league".

"Last season, it was all him as Fulham rallied to a draw against the champions at home! This season again, it is him, he is HIM!"

"Sam has rescued a point again for Fulham in the 90th minute!"

"What a goal! What a play leading to the goal!"

"He stole the ball from Nunes, he sent Nunes to no man's land, he sat Kovacic on the ground! He rainbow-flicked Rico Lewis! …leaving the poor boy on the ground".

"He turned Ruben Dias and John Stones, 2 of the best defenders in the world inside out, and that trivela…, oh my wife's left nipple!"

"John, profanities are not allowed in commentary…"

The over the moon commentator ignored his partner, rambling on. "That was straight out of the top drawer!"

"That is a goal that can only be thought of by the legendary Quaresma himself, the lord of trivela shots!"

"That is stuff of legends, stuff attributed to legends of the game like Luka Modric and the likes, that is what this young 19-year-old is doing, my God!"

"Show me a better 19-year-old in the world and I will show you a mad man!"

"Sam is insane!"

"Sam is out of this world!"

"Sam is currently in a level of his own! This is Messi-class!"

"He is the John Wick of football!"

While the commentator raved on about him, it took a moment for Sam to realize that he just scored a goal and when he did, he let loose.

Charging towards the corner flag, Sam was not patient enough to remove his jersey as he simply ripped it apart, reminiscing of a prime Cristiano Ronaldo in the champions league stage.

With his jersey ripped apart, exposing his fit body and perfect abs, Sam arrived at the corner flag and jumped.

All the veins in his legs were exposed as he stretched his body.

He jumped 3 times, stomping the ground hard in excitement every time even as he pumped his fists in ecstasy, basking in his moment.

His teammates soon arrived the next moment, jumping all over him.

The Manchester City fans could not even bring themselves to boo him as Sam did all these antics before. All of them could tell that they were witnessing something special, they could tell that they were witnessing greatness.

Perhaps, he really was the John Wick of football.

In the away fan section, a familiar chant broke out, a chant that no one expected to hear in the Etihad stadium.

"Sam!" "Sam!" "Sam!"

Sam felt on top of the world.

While the Fulham players celebrated, the Manchester City players reacted in baffled manners, ruing the manner in which that goal was scored.

Mateo Kovacic remained on the ground, wondering how on earth he ended up there in the first place. 'This guy…,' he thought.

Ruben Dias and John Stones were left wondering even more, trying to piece together the insane logic behind that goal. What was the probability of it even ending up in goal, that shot? Probably below 5%.

But 5% was just enough for Sam to work with, to create his miracle.

That day, the duo of Manchester City center backs learned to believe in miracles. They could not bear witness to what just happened and still be unbelievers, it would be a blasphemy.

When the celebrations eventually died down, it was clear that all energy was already sapped from this high-octane game.

The referee added only 3 minutes of added time.

In that time, both sides just tried to create something, trying to get the winner but they were too focused defending to put too much bodies upfront.

This resulted in a tight affair that ended after 3 minutes of additional time.

This high-octane game finally ended.

Just like Max, the pundit predicted before the game, it ended in a draw and just like Charles, the host of the show predicted, Sam did get his name on the scoresheet so both of them were right in their predictions.

All in all, it was by far the most exciting game of the matchday.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

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A day after the exciting clash at the Etihad stadium, the rest games of matchday 7 of the English premier league were finally concluded and the premier league table was updated again to show the current team rankings.

(Premier league matchday 7 results:)

(Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool)

(Date: 5th October, 2024)

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(Arsenal 3-1 Southampton)

(Date: 5th October, 2024)

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(Brentford 5-3 Wolves)

(Date: 5th October, 2024)

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(Man City 3-3 Fulham)

(Date: 5th October, 2024)

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(West Ham 4-1 Ipswich Town)

(Date: 5th October, 2024)

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(Leicester City 1-0 Bournemouth)

(Date: 5th October, 2024)

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(Everton 0-0 Newcastle)

(Date: 5th October, 2024)

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(Aston Villa 0-0 Man United)

(Date: 6th October, 2024)

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(Chelsea 1-1 Nottm Forest)

(Date: 6th October, 2024)

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(Brighton 3-2 Tottenham)

(Date: 6th October, 2024)

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(Updated premier league table standings:)

(1. Fulham GP: 7/ W:6/ D:1/ L:0/ Pts: 19)

(2. Liverpool GP: 7/ W:6/ D:0/ L:1/ Pts: 19)

(3. Arsenal GP: 7/ W:5/ D:2/ L:0/ Pts: 17)

(4. Man City GP: 7/ W:4/ D:3/ L:0/ Pts: 15)

(5. Chelsea GP: 7/ W:4/ D:2/ L:1/ Pts: 14)

(6. Aston Villa GP: 7/ W:4/ D:1/ L:2/ Pts: 13)

(7. Brighton GP: 7/ W:3/ D:3/ L:1/ Pts: 12)

(8. Newcastle GP: 7/ W:3/ D:3/ L:1/ Pts: 12)

(9. Tottenham GP: 7/ W:3/ D:1/ L:3/ Pts: 10)

(10. Brentford GP: 7/ W:3/ D:1/ L:3/ Pts: 10)

(11. Nottm Forest GP: 7/ W:2/ D:4/ L:1/ Pts: 10)

(12. Bournemouth GP: 7/ W:2/ D:2/ L:3/ Pts: 8)

(13. West Ham GP: 7/ W:2/ D:2/ L:3/ Pts: 8)

(14. Leicester GP: 7/ W:1/ D:3/ L:3/ Pts: 6)

(15. Everton GP: 7/ W:1/ D:2/ L:4/ Pts: 5)

(16. Man United GP: 7/ W:1/ D:2/ L:4/ Pts: 5)

(17. Ipswich Town GP: 7/ W:0/ D:4/ L:3/ Pts: 4)

(18. Crystal Palace GP: 7/ W:0/ D:3/ L:4/ Pts: 3)

(19. Southampton GP: 7/ W:0/ D:1/ L:6/ Pts: 1)

(20. Wolves GP: 7/ W:0/ D:1/ L:6/ Pts: 1)

Fulham retained their spot at the top of the premier league table.