life morals with special kids

The Next Ronaldo Part 3

So it's been 3 weeks since I joined this football club, and today is my first game with the team since it's the first game of the season I think it's only natural that the couch will start with the regular players, but he said that he will use the new players in the substitutions in the second half.

In the changing room, I noticed Zain making prayers and shaking so I placed my hand on his shoulder and asked " are you, OK man?"

He lifted up his head and in a shaking voice said " yeah, I'm totally fine, just a bit nervous, I've never been in an official game before that's why I'm a bit nervous"

I smiled at him and said "well it's my first official game too, but I'm sure we will do well, besides my parents are coming to watch the game and support me"

He turned to me and said, " but my parents aren't, my dad is busy with his job and my mom has my twin baby brothers to take care of, and what makes me this nervous is the fact that I must become a starter before mid-season!!"

I was taken back by his statement so I asked " what do you mean? "

He took a deep breath then said "I used to work in my father's shop, we don't get by well and my dad needs my help because he's crippled... I told him that I will become a successful player if he allowed me to join this club, he said that he won't allow me to waste time and money we don't have, so we made a deal... If I became a starter by mid_season and an important player by the end of the season he will allow me to play football for as long as I wish, but if I failed I will stop playing football for good and help him in the shop instead "

I didn't know what to say, if I had been in his position I would definitely feel nervous with all this pressure too!
Then we heard the captain of our team telling us to stand in line cause the match is about to begin.

The first half wasn't the best, the other team scored 2 goals in a row against us!
Before the end of the first half, we managed to get a penalty and our captain scored it perfectly!

So the result of the first half was (1_2), in the changing room our coach changed the plan and said that he wants the team to switch from 4 4 2 plan to 4 3 3.

He told the forward to run more and stop the unnecessary dribbles and told the defenders to keep an eye on the other team's striker.

And so the second half began and the game was on fire, we had a number of counterattacks but unfortunately, they all failed, and at the 65 minutes of the game our left-back got injured!
After checking his injury our couch had to replace him so he told Zain to get ready to take his position immediately!

Zain zoned out for a second then I shook him to wake him up and said " Come on man this is your chance to get up and do your best!!"

He got up and wore his jersey and a few seconds later he entered the field as a substitute ... At the final 15 minutes of the game, our coach seemed to have gotten tired of our forward players and called me and other players and told us to get ready!!

Unlike Zain I didn't waste a second and started warming up immediately, and as soon as the coach said it was time for the substitute I was ready to play.

We only had 10 minutes left and the score was still( 1_2), we needed 2 goals to win the game!

One of our midfielders managed to steal the ball from the other team and passed it to me, I went for it as fast as I can, but there were 3 defenders ahead of me... Then I saw Zain coming I noticed that his side was clear so I passed him the ball, two defenders went toward him and one stayed with me, as we got closer to the other team's goal Zain passed me the ball through an impressive backheel, the goal was clear ahead of me so I kicked it with enough force to make sure it goes in and luckily it did!!

I jumped at Zain and all our teammates joined us in the celebration too, but our job wasn't over yet, we still had a match to win.

At the last 4 minutes of the game, we kept pressing on the other team and all of their players stayed back at the defense... One of our players lost the ball and they had a counterattack but Zain was there in time to get the ball back and then he passed it to our left midfielder who dribbled through 2 players and then passed it to me through a cross, I received the ball with my chest and kicked it with my right foot and it went in again!!!

The score was (3_2) now and there were only 2 minutes left!!

They tried to score but our defenders were like a wall, at last, the match ended and we won!!

Our captain high-fived me and Zain and said that we did a great job, Zain was named man of the match and the couch was so proud of him and promised to make him a starter if he kept going like this!!

I ran toward my parents who were calling my name and cheering me through the game, I hugged them both then I looked up and asked in excitement " did you see the last goal!
It was insane I didn't know he was going to pass it to me!... When he did I acted unconsciously and it just went in!"

My dad stroke my hair and said " yes we saw that you were great just like Cristiano Ronaldo!"

I giggled happily and said
" You know dad how I always say that I want to become the next Ronaldo, well today I changed my mind, I want to become the first Adam Mustafa instead!"

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