My Goalkeeping System

The match was set to kick off by 8:00 PM and the time was nigh.

The big screen hanging over the area was showing the time to be 7:20 PM as the players from both teams kept warming up on the pitch.

"How about this one?" Mateo said before he sent the ball flying toward the left side of the goalpost.

Dave dived toward the ball but he seemed to be a bit late and wouldn't be able to get to it, he would have still saved it if he had used his ball magnet but he just decided to let it through.

"Your instincts and reaction are really sharp and quick, you've chased every single one of my balls no matter how tricky I tried to make them and you ended up saving almost half of them," Mateo said as he walked closer to him. "I don't care what anyone else says but you're currently in the top ten of the world's best goalkeepers."

"Thanks, Mateo, I hope that will happen someday," Dave replied.

"Trust me, it's going to happen sooner than you expect if you keep up this wonderful form of yours that is." The winger said.

Just as the time hit 7:30 PM, the players were told to head down the tunnel and go get ready for the match.

Unique FC were currently in their locker room, changing into the proper kit for the match while listening to what Norman was saying to them.

Today they were going to be putting on an away kit that they rarely use. It was a black kit with lemon-green polka dots used to form a half triangle below the shirt, the shorts on the other hand just had a few green polka dots on them.

The goalkeeper's kit was just an orange kit with no special designs added to it.

They met up with SD Eibar players right at the exit of the tunnel where they were supposed to wait until they were called out.

SD Eibar were putting on their home kit, their kit had a resemblance to FC Barcelona's kit, the red and blue stripes on the shirt, and the blue shorts.

It didn't take long before the players were called out to the pitch, and just as they made their way there, the fans broke into applause.

"We are here again, welcome everyone, it's your regular commentator Jim Waterson and joining me in the studio as you already know is Mr. Steve Jefferson," Jim said.

"It's nice to be back here again," Steve said.

"Both of these teams lost their last matches, Unique FC lost two goals to one to Benfica but they sure put up a fight and almost ended up turning the score around unlike Eibar who were once again trashed by the Spanish team they have the worst run against at the Camp Nou," Jim said. "Barcelona beat them six goals to nothing and there was absolutely nothing they could do in that match."

The players were heading to their side of the pitch after everything was decided.

Mateo was starting on the bench today as Merino was going to be replacing him on the left wing, Minino was also starting on the bench as Frankie was starting ahead of him once again.

Another player that was sitting on the bench today was Ferran who was being replaced by Martinez Alejandro as Norman had switched to a four-three-three formation with a defensive midfielder instead of an attacking midfielder.

The defense was being covered by the regular starters, Norman Kole, Aima, Adolf, and Roland. Fred Miles was starting in the striking position.

"I think the main reason why Unique FC lost to Benfica was that Dave Richards was on the bench in the first half, if he had been there in the first half, Benfica wouldn't have been able to get two goals but they could have gotten one at least," Steve said.

"Yeah, I think so too, but you never know what could have really happened," Jim said.

The Eibar player with the number seven written on the back of his jersey was standing over the ball waiting for the referee's whistle and as soon as he heard it, he passed the ball to the teammate closest to him.

"We are on the way now," Jim said.

"I don't know about you Jim but I think Unique FC have this match in the bag.

The SD Eibar players passed the ball around trying to look for an opening to do something but Unique FC seemed to have closed down every gap that made them vulnerable in their previous matches.

"Unique FC are doing great in shutting Eibar out so far but the Spanish side are still with the ball," Steve said.

"Borja," Jim said as soon as the player with the number seven written on the back of his jersey received the ball down the middle.

He seemed to be a bit slow to react as Martinez quickly closed up on him and muscled him off the ball before quickly passing it to Norman.

"Nice work from Martinez, it's his debut match and he's showing us what he can do," Jim said.

Norman had to quickly pass the ball back to Dave inside the box before both of the players quickly heading toward him could get to him.

The players had slowed down now as they knew Dave could pick up the ball as soon as they got too close, but the goalkeeper wasn't planning on doing that.

"Here goes nothing." He muttered before taking in a deep breath and letting it all out at once.

When the players saw that he was hesitating, they quickly rushed toward him as fast as they could.

Everyone expected him to pull the ball back and carry it, but he did the exact opposite.

"What's Dave doing?"

He pushed the ball toward them a little before he sent it flying toward the goalpost with a powerful shot just before one of them slid toward him.

The goalkeeper who was off his line followed the ball which was heading toward the right side of the goalpost.

He jumped up and tried to punch the ball out, but there was no point in that as the ball ended up hitting the crossbar before falling over for a goal kick.

"Oh my goodness! What was that?!" Jim exclaimed. "I have never seen anyone attempt a shot so casually from that far out and it was even close to going in."

"He did the same thing against Manchester United but it wasn't from that far out and Patti Moreno ended up saving it but this one would have definitely gone in if the elevation was a little lower," Steve said.

"I never knew Dave Richards had such monstrous shot power and the accuracy to back it up too," Jim said.

The shot seemed to have taken everyone by surprise as the fans in the stands were all talking about it now.

"I should have tweaked down the shot power a bit." The goalkeeper muttered.

<Then remember it next time, using that training method is making you forget that you don't need that much shot power to score from here>

'Alright, I'll remember it next time, after all, I'm not done yet.'

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New year mass release goals.

A magic castle= one extra chapter.

Two magic castles= two extra chapters.

Mass release for goals met last month will still be rewarded on the due dates.