The sun cleared the sky, pushing away the clouds. It was the perfect condition to play football.
"Nice weather for the match, guess the weather forecast was wrong, " Emmanuel pointed out.
"Don't worry about the match, I know you will be picked," Tommy replied.
Emmanuel scanned the stadium, trying to work out what scouts are for which clubs. He could recognize such as West Ham, Leicester and Bournemouth.
"Hope we both get picked by the same club, " Tommy hoped.
"Are they all in the premier league?" Emmanuel asked.
"Of course not, some are in the championship and league 1. So it matters how you perform, " Tommy responded.
"We better warm-up our muscles or we could get injured, " Emmanuel commented.
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After Coach Johnson led the scouts to where they sit, he gathered the coaches to discuss the plans.
The scouts all had a notebook and a pen, the coaches had given a list of players names. They had reports of the physical testing, the scouts analysed who they thought were gems.
There were also agents trying to find their next clients. It ranged from experienced and old to young and inexperienced. There was an agent who was looking at Emmanuel and Tommy. His name was Shawn Chapman, he was somewhat young but had experience from learning from his mentor, Stephen Mccarthy.
" I am thinking about targeting Emmanuel Gompel and Tommy Perri, they look like unpolished diamonds that a few people had spotted, " Shawn declared to Stephen while looking at their files.
"Let's see how they perform before offering to be their agent, " Stephen responded.
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Everyone stretched and did quick practices to warm their muscles. When they finished the exercises, they all gathered in a circle.
" Good morning to everyone, we are about to start the matches, " Coach Johnson announced.
"We will begin the trial matches shortly. We've grouped you into four teams that will face off against each other and the winners will play each other."
"Each match will be 60 minutes, 30 minutes for each half, " he concluded.
The coaches had already separated the players into groups and had given them jerseys colours.
Coach Johnson posted down the charts with team formations on the running track, giving a chance to the players to learn their positions before heading to the pitch to commence the match.
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->Group 1 (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper; No. 1, Jackson East.
Right-Back; No. 2, Ben Franklin Left-Back; No. 3, Daniel Bennett
Centre-Backs; No. 4, Bailey Ryan . No. 5, Frank Weaver.
Centre -Midfielder; No. 6, Freddie Mecury . No. 8, Paul Francis. No.10 Lucas Oiler
Left-Winger; No.11, Joel Bolton. Right-Winger; No. 7, Alexander Wells.
Forward;No. 9, Luke Harper.
{*Subs; Leonard Holden, Dan Brown .}
->Group 2 (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper; No. 1, Cade Roberts.
Right-Back; No. 2, Jeff Freeman Left-Back; No. 3, Bill Howells
Centre-Backs; No. 4, Mason Bourn . No. 5, Grant Hutches .
Centre -Midfielder; No. 8, Cade Hunt . No. 6, Emmanuel Gompel. No.10 Morton Kain.
Left-Winger; No.11, Rowan Paul. Right-Winger; No. 7, Tommy Perri.
Forward;No. 9, Tyler Hector.
{*Subs; Arnold Warner, Georgie Love.}
He had been placed in the number six position, in the middle of the park. The number six suited him well since it involved distributing through passes, dictating the play of the game and deadly assists to the striker and wingers.
Tommy Perry was on the right-wing, where he could dribble past players and cut inside to shoot on his favoured left foot.
The teams seemed to be well-matched on paper but he was sure he could be a decisive factor.
Immediately a notification popped up.
#NEW MISSION: Trial Matches
*Task 1: Win the match against Group 1.
*Task 2: Win match against the winner of Group 3 vs Group 4
*Task 3: Get an assist or a goal in both matches.
*Rewards:
-> One skill lottery roll
-> 50 XP
[AI: This is your first step for becoming a football legend.]
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