Kick Off|Book 1

Chapter 14

I woke up in the morning at 2am. I woke up because of my. Leg, I had so much pain in my leg. I called the doctor to come in and he gave me a panadol, I then fell asleep as soon as I had it.

I woke up the next morning to see my mum looking at me with a big smile, I asked her what happened. She told me that she got a job as half time massager, I was so proud of her, I gave her a big kiss and a huge hug. Her smile grew bigger. She said that she would buy a house with the money next to Wayne's house, she said that I could come and stay with her. She was so excited.

Joel came into the room with Isabella, they both asked me how I was and they gave me pancakes from Maccas for breakfast. The team and boss then came into the room and asked how I was, I said my leg wasn't broken but it wasn't in the best condition and I can't play for 3 matches, 10 days. They seemed really disappointed. Wayne came up to me and gave me a get well card, he told me we were still first on the ladder with 58 points, we had Chelsea second with 56 points and in third was Man City with 53 point. I told everyone I'll be back on my feet in just 9 days. They were all happy to hear that, I put the card next to and got up. Mum asked me what I was doing, I told I was going to walk. I got out of the bed and tried to walk but there was too much pain in my leg that I fell but luckily Joel caught me. He told me to never do that again unless I knew I was ready to walk. I just smiled at him. I always take things he says as a joke and that's not very nice of me.
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9 DAYS LATER
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Today I was playing a match with my leg healed and ready to go, actually I wasn't ready, but I didn't tell anyone that, my leg was still in pain but I tried to hide it.

The whistle blew for the start of the match against Southhampton.

My leg was hurting like hell, I played a small pass to Wayne, who passed back to me, I passed to Matteo who then dribble past the defenders and got the ball into the box, he passed it to me, I chipped the ball over the goalies head and it went and hit the net, it was a goal.

Ouch, my leg, it was hurting bad, I couldn't walk any more. I just fell on the ground. The boss ran from his cheering and came to check what everyone was crowding around, he realised it was me, my eyes were open. Boss and Wayne helped me up and took me to the bench, I didn't get to finish the match, I had let the team down even though I scored a goal and it was 1-0.

The whistle blew for half time.

Boss asked if I was alright to go on, this time I spoke the truth and said no. The boss said its okay, you scored. I looked at him and told him I had let the team down. He said its fine, you got hurt and we need to look after you. I was happy when he told me that. Mum, Joel and Isabella were still in the stadium sitting, I gave them a thumbs up and they gave me one too. I smiled

The whistle blew for the next half.

Southhampton started with the ball and there passing was terrible. Schweinsteiger got the ball of the defender, passed it to Wayne to then dribbled up to the goals and passed to Matteo who then went for the the shot, but the keep had just reached the ball in time. Now 80 minutes had scored and we were still in the lead with one goal.

The whistle blew for the end of the match.

We had won. Now we had 61 points and we were in first place, in seconds was Chelsea with 59 points, and third was Man City with 57 points. We only had four more matches until the end of the season and one was in two days. We were going to play against Aston Villa.