God Of football

Chapter 50: A Visit

The following days passed in a flash. Izan had already welcomed his mother and sister back from Japan.

Due to the previous occurrence,the trio had a bit of an emotional meeting. Izan on the way home clinged to Komi and Hori all the way.

It seemed the previous experience had made him extra appreciative of his mother and sister. The duo looked at Izan with a smile.

The Family arrived home and over the course of two days,seemed to have bonded a bit more. Izan who had gotten over what happened could now set his sights on the next game.

”Hey mum” he said whiles helping his mum in the kitchen. Komi turned her head to see what Izan needed and found him holding two tickets.

”I got two tickets for the next game,can you come?” Izan asked. Komi smiled and looked at her son.

”I haven’t missed a home game of yours and I’m not going to miss it now okay” Komi said.

Izan gave the tickets to her and proceeded upstairs to get ready for training.

The team had an intense session yesterday and today was given to them to recover a bit but Izan didn’t actively participate in that session so he was looking to put a bit more work in so he still went ahead to the complex.

Izan after arriving at the complex headed towards the u19 side. The players were yet to arrive for the afternoon session so he went to the office of the coach.

Izan after opening the door to the office was met with the smile of manager Oryazabal,his previous u17 coach who had been recently promoted to the u19 coaching position.

”Hey,miura,what a pleasant surprise ”Coach oryazabal said. Izan shook his head at the acting of the grown man infront of him.

He had already informed Coach Oryazabal that he would be coming here today. Izan shook hands with his coach which turned into a hug.

”Wow,you’re getting bigger and taller” Coach oryazabal said. ”Guess that’s what happens when you are growing ” Izan retorted.

”Ahhh,getting cheeky are we”Oryazabal said with a light jab to Izan’s shoulder.

”Anyways Miura,you’re getting better and better. I thought I was seeing someone else with your brilliant display against sevilla”.

Izan smiled not knowing how to deal with the compliments. ”So how’s the senior team treating ya” Coach oryazabal asked, pulling a chair for Izan.

Izan sat down and proceeded to talk.

”Welll.... ”. The two talked for a while before ending it when the players started coming in. Izan and Coach Oryazabal stood up and started heading towards the pitch.

[The pitch]

”Hey,Cunha,why do you suck so much” a dark skinned boy said with a laugh. ”You wish you were as good as me Wissam” a lanky guy said.

”Hey hey,we all know that’s not true,even Coach says it” Wissam replied.

”Who,coach,he raised one player and he thinks he’s Pep Guardiola don’ttake him seriously” Cunha said jokingly, drawing laughter from the squad.

”Cut it out,thats not how you talk about your manager” a voice said. ”Ooohh, sorry captain ” Wissam said mockingly.

Sosa Herrera took a boot and hurled it at Wissam who couldn’t dodged it time.

”Stop being a clown” Sosa added after the boot had smacked Boateng in the head.

’Coach’s coming ’ someone said which made the players stand up to stretch. The players saw a figure walking side by side with Coach Oryazabal.

”Wait isn’t that Izan” Wissam who was standing beside Sosa and Andrich said.

The two turned to look at the person beside their coach.

”Wait that is Izan” Sosa said before dropping the ball and approaching the duo.

Wissam and Andrich plus a few guys who played with Izan in the youth team approached him.

”Hey guys” Izan who saw them approaching said with a wave.

”There’s our star” Wissam said after Izan waved. Sosa pulled Izan in for a one sided hug with the remaining players doing the same.

The other players who had heard of Izan looked over at the reunion between him and their teammates.

”Thinks he’s it” one player muttered with a smug expression. ”What is he even doing here anyway” he added.

”What did you say, Rena” the player standing beside the player called Rena said.

”Nothing,just mind your business,Gabi” he said before walking away. ”Whats up with him” Gabi said looking at Rena as he stormed off.

Coach Oryazabal,after a while ordered the players around Izan to join the rest of the team.

Some of the u19 players looked at Izan with admiration,envy and jealousy. He had accomplished most of their dreams which was to make their debut and he had done so whilst being younger than them.

”Boys,as you already know this Izan and he decided to train with us since the senior team didn’t train today”.

The players nodded with a look of realisation on their faces as many were wondering what he was doing here.

”Bet he’s just here to showoff” Rena mumbled. ”What did you say Rena” coach oryazabal who heard the noise asked.

”Nothing Coach” he said with a mild voice. Oryazabal didn’t linger on that matter and soon started the training.

Izan did a bit stretching before starting with some speed drills. After that,he passed the ball around with Sosa and a few other players before running the cones.

Coach Oryazabal who wanted to showoff Izan as he had used the latter to berate his players a countless number of times called the players back for a training match.

”Okay guys so we’ll be playing a scribble so starters to one side and the bench too to the other”.

As soon as Coach Oryazabal finished,the players started splitting into starters and reserves.

Izan looked on as this happened and soon enough they were done. ”You can join the substitutes ” Coach Oryazabal said to Izan.

Izan didn’t refute and joined the reserve team. Izan introduced himself after he got to where the reserve team were.

The players quickly surrounded him and started asking questions. Although they were older than him,the way Izan carried himself made it seems like he was the older one.

Izan got to know the players and their positions and after much deliberation,he decided to play on the wings.

The players who didn’t get into both teams sat on the sidelines as substitutes.

The other Coaches also stood on the sidelines to watch as most of them didn’t get the opportunity to Coach Izan and so wanted to see what he was made of.

Coach Oryazabal acted as the referee and soon got the match underway as soon as the players got into their positions.

The main team started on the strong foot as the played around the reserve team.

Izan stood in place and looked at how his team would react to the early confrontation. His team wasn’t bad albeit the other side were good.

The main team failed to capitalise in the early minutes and the reserve team soon got the ball.

They also tried to possess the ball for sometime but the main team pressured them into making mistakes.

A player on the reserve team got the ball and saw that Izan was free.

His immediate thought was to pass to him but seeing that he looked uninterested he didn’t but continued to hold onto the ball.

The main team pressured this player and forced a throw out of him. Andrich approached the ball and picked it up.

After looking up,he spotted Sosa making a run. He went back and with a run launched the ball with the intent to find Sosa.

Sosa who found the ball coming his way adjusted his body to control the ball. As he looked at the ball expectantly, Izan rushed infront of him and took the ball.

Sosa was a bit surprised at first but recovered quickly and tried to challenge for the ball.

Unfortunately for him though,Izan had already passed the ball upfront. The reserve striker was late in reacting to the pass from Izan but he recovered and followed the ball.

The striker,determined, rushed and got to the ball. After getting to the ball,he looked up and saw the keeper of his line.

Without much thought,he smacked the underside of the ball sending the ball up.

The keeper who wasn’t fast enough looked as the ball went over him and entered the goal. The reserve team erupted into shouts and approached the striker.

Izan stood there with a smile on his face. After the celebration,the striker approached Izan and thanked him for the ball.

The starting players were stunned after the goal. What happened. They all turned to look at the culprit which was the striker.

Sosa and a few other players had their eyes on Izan. They all knew if it wasn’t for him,that goal wouldn’t have happened.

Coach Oryazabal stood there nodding at the situation. It seems Izan had improved greatly.

The match restarted and the players on the starting team this time weren’t taking things lightly.

The immediately tried to counter. After Sosa received the ball. He turned and quickly passed to Andrich who was beside him.

Not wasting time,Andrich sent the ball straight to wissam who was on the wing.

The latter quickly got rid of his marker after he saw the ball approaching.

After controlling the ball,Wissam sped up with the ball on the wings,before sending a low cross into the box.

The u19 striker appeared to tap it in,but the ball was cleared away by a defender on the reserve side.

”Nice clearance Thomas” the other players said after the clearance. ”Get into position ” Thomas roared at his teammates.

The players heeded his words and quickly began marking the players in the box.

Andrich,the designated thrower,picked up the ball before launching it into the box.

The players all rushed for the ball but Thomas was the one who got to it first, heading the ball out of the box.

The player started to chase after the ball but the ball found its way to Izan’s feet. Izan after controlling the ball,quickly sped away with the ball.

Wissam who was undoubtedly the fasted player on the team started to chase after Izan but even with the ball at his feet which was slowing Izan down to some extent,Wissam couldn’t get near him.

Rena who had stayed back started approaching Izan after he saw the latter coming his way. He saw this as an opportunity to show others that Izan wasn’t that good.

”Come to papa” he said after he got near Izan.This caused Izan to slow down a bit. ”Is he trying to provoke me” Izan thought.

Rena tried to tackle Izan after seeing that he was distracted but Izan moved the ball to the side evading his tackle.

After his missed tackle,Rena grabbed onto Izan’s bib. This made Izan unable to move.

Coach Oryazabal who saw this was about to blow the whistle but stopped as he saw Izan come one on one

with Rena again.

Rena was somewhat of a revelation for him this season as he was a spectacular defender. Coach Oryazabal therefore wanted to see what would happen when he went against Izan.

Izan kicked the ball around Rena after after the latter got up from the ground. Izan went around him to get to the ball with Rena following closely.

Izan who saw this flicked the ball back nutmegging Rena in the process. Rena who had approached Izan with momentum tried to follow Izan after he had nutmegged him but fell flat on his ass.

Coach Oryazabal smiled after he saw the result of the confrontation.The other players however laughed at Rena’s situation.

Rena who was on the ground was fuming after seeing Izan going with the ball.

Izan got to the box and saw the keeper approaching. The keeper tried to make himself seem big as he approached Izan.

Izan wasn’t faced by this as he performed an Elastico to get away from the keeper.

The keeper who wasn’t expecting this couldn’t get near Izan and looked on as the latter passed the ball into the net.

The reserve team rushed towards Izan and jumped on him.They had always had it tough when facing the starting team but today was the start of their redemption arc.

The Coaches were all surprised by Izan’s composure infront of goal. Even though this was only training,it was still hard to do what he did.

Coach Oryazabal just stood there nodding approvingly. The match ended with a score of 4-1 for the reserve side.

Izan had proceeded to make another 2 assists. Sosa on the other hand pulled one back for the starting team.

Izan,after the match chatted with the Coaches and players for a while before heading home.

A/N:hello guys,sorry first and foremost for not updating. my laptop got ruined so I’m looking for a new one. bear with me for a bit okay, thanks