Chapter 100: FA Cup- third round

(FA Cup!]

(3rd round fixture:)

>Fulham – Rotherham<

>Date: 5th January, 2024<

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Sam did not make Coach Marco Silva's starting XI, but he was not that discouraged though. This was because even bigger names in the Fulham FC squad did not make the coach's starting XI for the FA Cup game.

The likes of Raul Jimenez, Willian, Alex Iwobi, Calvin Bassey, and even Bernd Leno, the Fulham no. 1 goalkeeper were not in the starting XI, telling Sam that the coach had no intentions of playing with his strongest squad.

In hindsight, it made sense, Fulham was playing against a club from the lower divisions; the coach would want to rotate his team.

(Fulham FC starting XI:)

(M. Rodak: Goalkeeper)

(K. Tete: Right Back)

(T. Adarabioyo: Right Center Back)

(I. Diop: Left Center Back)

(T. Castagne: Left Back)

(H. Reed: Center Midfielder)

(S. Lukic: Center Midfielder)

(H. Wilson: Right Winger)