Capítulo 33: Cancelled Goal
Nico was wide-eyed. The little record he had of Neo showed that he was only an averagely paced player, even in the last match that Neo played for Krystal Fc, he was not showing any remarkable speed. All this had changed in the blink of an eye, as Neo caught up to the ball before any one else did.
Now, Neo went even faster, the speed he displayed was no where inferior to that of the lightning of the Mavericks, Alex. Nico couldn't help but feel a slight wave of panic. The way Neo's knees shook, it was as if it couldn't hold the vibrations that was coming off from the leg.
The spectators were silent. None was cheering neither was anyone breathing, rather, they all had seized breaths as a larger part of the crowd prayed earnestly for a goal while the smaller part o the crowd could only pray otherwise.
It was surprising why very few marbles Fans were here, when they didn't have to travel all the way to another city to watch the match and cheer for their clubs. But in reality, the away team had a fixed number of people that tickets were available to, and that number was very small if compared to the large amount of fans that the home team could have. So while Krystal Fc may enjoy the benefits of a larger fan base in this match, in their next match, it was going to be very different because Krystal was going to be the away side.
To everyone's dismay, Neo suddenly hoofed the ball towards the far throwing line.
The disappointed sighs and hisses suddenly turned into sharp breaths of excitement and impressed claps from the fans as Neo suddenly appeared behind the ball. Now it was getting inhumane, Neo's speed was now nothing short of miraculous.
Marbles quickly panicked as they all scampered back to their defense lines.
Neo seemed possessed. He wasn't doing any unneccessary movement and his focus was top notch.
Neo suddenly drew his legs backwards and as if to confirm the allegation that he was crazy, he instantly released a shot from such a distance.
It was the floater shot that he had so painstakingly learnt to control. Even till now, his shots were still not fuly under his control, he could make the ball to go in a particular direction, but he couldn't pinpoint the exact location.
For example, if Neo was to target the upper left side of a goalpost, the ball would go in that direction, but he wouldn't be able to say where exactly it was going to hit, there was also a probability that the ball was going to hit the woodwork or even miss the goal by a small margin, the rest depended on his luck.
Harry stared at the ball that fell steadily towards him. This was the new style of Floater that Neo had stumbled on while trying to control his shot. The ball would move steadily at first, then it would suddenly take it's floating form and start to waver in the air.
Harry heightened his concentraton to the max, He knew that Neo's shots could be ver tricky and unpredictable, moreover, their main feature was to suddenly switch positions in mid air. he was looking out for any slight fluctuation in the ball so that he would have a clue as to where the ball would suddenly go.
Harry made a small jump, the ball was coming from an easy trajectory and it didn't seem to waver at all. He stretched his hands towards the ball, looking to make an easy save.
In that moment, the ball suddeny dropped. It was as if the all had suddenly lost all it's momentum and propellers. Harry's eyes followed the ball as it passed underneath his leg and continued it's journey towards the back of the net.
Pang!!
That was the sound that broke the hearts of many Krystal Fc fans, the ball had chosen to ricochet off the woodwork.
Their dashed hopes was instantly replenished as Aesop ran towards the ball, alone with an empty net and not being marked by anyone.
Thump!
Aesop released a powerful shot which found the back of the net easily. The shot was so powerful that even after it hit the net, it still stayed suspended in the air, spinning on itself.
Goal!!
Yeahhhh!!!!!
We got this!!!!!
The fired up shouts rented the air as Krystal Fc fans ran mad in celebration. Aesop on the other hand, took off running in the direction of the fans, looking to celebrate his goal and dedicate it to them.
Pii!!!
Aesop instantly turned around and on seeing the linesman's flag raised, signifying for an offside position, He le out a small shout and fell to the floor and covered his face as he mourned his canelled goal.
At the same time, Neo let out a cry of agonized pain and he immediately fell to the floor and held onto his knee while writhing in pain.'
The medics team was swift to react, it was very clear that Neo was in terrible pain and they rushed to render mediacal assistance to him immediately.
Among the spectators, one of them looked specially very bitter, his eyes was dark and his gaze was locked on Neo. And this person was the superhuman striker of the Galaxy stars, Destiny Xavi.
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