My Goalkeeping System-Chapter 559: Last Fifteen

That goal right there was possibly Unique FC’s winner for the ongoing game and what a way to score it.

The Unique fans seemed to have suddenly lost control as their loud voices resounded through the stadium as they jumped and ran rampant in jubilation.

Too bad, this wasn’t the second half of extra time, or there would have been a large-scale pitch invasion at that moment.

The pitch wasn’t any less rowdy as Minino was currently riding on Merino’s back screaming at the top of his voice. They were also surrounded by their other teammates as they celebrated together.

Dave couldn’t run to the other end of the pitch to celebrate with his teammates but he had a warm smile on his face to show just how happy he felt at this moment.

<I said it. You guys better not blow this up this time>

’You speak as if the responsibility of that falls on me alone.’

Catherine didn’t respond to that as she couldn’t be bothered to talk to him anymore.

That goal from Unique FC left Norlin FC in low spirits so they didn’t get to do much before the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

"Well, that’s the end of the first fifteen minutes and what a blast that was." Jim articulated. "I knew we were in for a treat coming into this extra time. Now, we’ll just have to wait and see how Norlin FC will respond in the upcoming second half."

While Norlin FC were thinking of how to fight back in the second half, Unique FC were also planning how to protect their lead for the last fifteen minutes.

Norman didn’t really ask his team to change much except for instructing Minino and Frankie to be more defensive and try not to stray into the opposition half too much unless it was absolutely necessary.

As for the attackers, he instructed them to keep it up with the attack. A one-goal lead might be able to guarantee their victory, but no manager would reject the idea of getting a two-goal cushion.

That said, he also instructed them to try to help out with the defence as much as possible.

This last fifteen stretch, they had to make sure they would be able to see it through gloriously. Losing a three-goal advantage was already embarrassing enough; they couldn’t allow themselves to become more of an embarrassment.

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It didn’t take long before the players had to make their way back to the pitch for the last fifteen minutes of the game.

"Welcome back, everyone. The last fifteen minutes of the game are finally upon us. Unique FC has a chance to put an end to everything in these fifteen minutes but the possibilities are still endless. We might go into penalties if Norlin FC manage to find that equaliser or it could end in their favour if they manage to turn things around. It might seem unlikely now but this is football after all." Jim commented.

"No matter how it ends, it’s certain that we’re in for more treats....I hope."

At the moment, Fred was standing over the ball on the kickoff spot waiting for the referee to give the signal.

He didn’t have to wait long, though, as the referee soon blew his whistle.

Fred didn’t waste any time sending the ball rolling to Frankie who rolled it further down to Roland.

For the first three minutes, Unique FC played it safe, moving it around in their own half without making any big movements.

The match had just entered the one hundred and ninth minute when Norman almost lost the ball under intense pressure from Terry, it was a good thing that Codex was close enough to collect the ball and quickly send it rolling to Dave.

"Okay, Norman almost made a big mistake there, good thing Codex reacted fast enough," Jim commented.

Dave didn’t try to play around this time and just sent the ball rolling to Roland who quickly sent the ball rolling to Frankie before Dennison could get to him.

Frankie had an opposing player pounce on him the moment the ball got to him but he didn’t lose his composure and just played a back pass to Adolf.

"I understand that Unique FC are trying to play the safe game here, but still, playing around near the box like that can be really dangerous." Steve couldn’t help but comment.

It was as if Adolf heard that comment because the moment he got the ball, he quickly shifted the ball toward the right before he sent it flying to Merino toward the right.

The right winger was relatively free down the wing as he had yet to cross over to the opposition half, but the moment he got his foot on the ball, two opposing players quickly stormed over toward him.

The winger reacted fast enough, getting past the first player with a quick feint, and before the other player could get to him, he played a pass to Norman who had just run past him.

"Oh, Norman has a lot of ground to cover here."

The fullback wasted no time running toward the goalpost, the two players who had initially engaged Merino hot on his trail.

The ones ahead of him also pulled closer to try and cut him off.

Unfortunately, doing that meant that they had fallen directly into Unique FC’s trap.

The fullback spotted Fred closing on the D box at that moment with just two players ahead of him and quickly sent the ball rolling to him. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Norman sends it to Fred. Is he going to shoot from a distance?!"

It did look like he was going to shoot from distance but that was just a fake shot move just to rattle the defenders.

Although, it didn’t have a full effect as the defenders only reacted for a few seconds, that was just enough moment of distraction for the striker to chip the ball into the box.

"Fred with the chipped pass to Mateo. Can he put it away?!"

Mateo had already made his move the moment Fred chipped the ball, so he was able to get his foot on the ball right on time.

Sentes had already dashed out at this moment, but before he could get to him, the youngster had already pulled the trigger.

"Mateo!"