My Therapy

Chapter 11

Madison POV

The game started slowly on both sides, to be honest, I got 2 decent shots on goal but nothing that was going to put us on the board.

Then in the 19th minute,  Hinato Miyazawa gave Ella a great pass right into the box and a defender came out of nowhere to bodyslam her.

We got given a PK but I didn't care. Ella was down and looked hurt. I ran over to her and knelt next to her.

"Ell. Ella. Ell," I said tapping her.

"Madi. Madison. Madi," She said.

"Are you okay? What hurts?" I asked bringing my head to her level.

I probably looked completely stupid but I didn't care.

"Just got the wind knocked out of me that's all," She said as I helped her sit up.

"Arms up," I said helping pull her up.

"I got it," She said lifting her arms above her head, I looked over to see the ref giving the defender a yellow card and she and her team fighting back.

"She's getting a yellow," I told Ella.

"Leave her alone. It was a clear yellow now let's get on with the game," I said to the defender.

"Why don't you mind your own business?" She said.

"Stoppage time kills," I said referring to the last time game Liverpool played in which they lost in stoppage time.

"Why do you care?"

"Why do you ask so many questions?"

The ref then came to us to break it up and so we split.

But here comes our payback.

The manager left it up to us to decide who would take the PK because Ella had been taken off by the medics for a minute and she'd be back on but not before the PK had to be taken.

"You take it, Madison," Melvine Malard said.

"Are you sure?"

"Very," Aoife Mannion said and we all got in position for me to take the kick.

I stared at the ball on the spot just standing right over it. I took a deep breath and then the whistle was blown signaling that I could kick I back up straight back.

My best PK tactic was to go straight back because then it's harder to read where I'm going to go.

Then I ran up the ball and took a strike with my right foot, my non-dominant foot, right to the corner where the goalie didn't have a chance.

The first thing I did after the ball went in was turn to look for Ella and I did 2 thumbs up as everyone crowded around me for the goal celebration.

Ella came back on and the game went on as usual.

In the 34th minute, I had a breakaway but was shut down with a slide tackle from the defender that took out Ella.

I fell forward saving myself by somersaulting when I hit the ground. I got up and went to get back in the play without a word but she smirked and laughed.

That made me angry because I'm not gonna be perfect all the time. I also got past her twice already.

I brushed it off and waited for the throw-in. And it fell right to my feet, so I turned the ball around and guess who was behind me?

I took out my best moves and faked her out, but then she caught up to me, I quickly nutmegged her and gave Ella a perfect pass, which she used to put the ball to the top right corner.