My Goalkeeping System

Chapter 221 Leaning About The Former System Holder

Unlike the last two free days they had, Norman decided that they were going to have a morning training session today before they face off against Dynamo FC on Thursday.

The training was set to last for ninety minutes only and right now the players were having their forty-five minutes break.

Most of the players were sitting on the sidelines getting some rest but Dave had not exhausted enough energy and stamina to be resting yet, the goalkeeper was still on the pitch practicing his long-range shots.

"His stamina is quite abnormal for someone who just stays in between the sticks," Roland said before turning his gaze to Mateo who was sitting beside him. "He has what it takes to be a forward, don't you think?"

"Yeah, but his spot is in between the sticks, that's the position he has trained in his entire life, it's his favorite position and he's currently one of the best in that position." Mateo expressed.

"Yeah, you're right, I was just saying, I wasn't asking you to try and convince him to become a forward," Roland said.

"I know."

'I'm not asking you to tell me the name of the system holder before me because it's pretty obvious you can't do that but can you tell me what he was like at least?' The goalkeeper asked before he sent the ball flying toward the goalpost.

The ball flew toward the left side of the goalpost, hit the angle, and bounced on the goal line before bouncing into the goalpost.

<Fine>

'Finally.' Dave replied before rolling another ball to the edge of the box inside the eighteen-yard box. 'So, start, what was this person like? Was he just like me before he got the system?'

<No he was the opposite of you>

'Huh?'

<He was known as one of the best goalkeepers in the Bilbeth Premier League>

'So, he was also a Bilbeth Premier League player.' The goalkeeper replied. 'That makes sense given the fact that I also got the system here.'

<As I said, he was a good goalkeeper even before he got the system and it just made him better, a force to be reckoned with in between the sticks>

'He does sound cool compared to me, so he's one of the greatest goalkeepers to ever exist.'

<Yeah but despite that, he was only able to win two European titles with his club and just a few league titles and league clubs>

'All that talent plus the system and he only won two European titles and I'm guessing it's Europa Leagues since no Bilbeth Premier League team has won the UEFA champions league to date.'

<Yeah, it was the Europa League and a UEFA Super cup title>

'I still don't get it, he could have won more with what he had but he ended with just a few titles to his name.'

<Yeah, but it wasn't exactly his fault>

'What do you mean?'

<He remained loyal to a particular team throughout his career but that team wasn't really that good when it came to contesting for European competitions, they qualified for the champions league a couple of times but ended up getting disqualified or dropping to the Europa, he was a goalkeeper so there wasn't much that he could do about it, his job was to stop their opponent's from scoring, just that, so he couldn't control the game or score a goal for his team and no matter how tough someone was, no one was invincible. Things were always tough for him against strong opponents that their defense couldn't deal with>

'And despite all that, he remained loyal to the team.'

<Yeah, and he finally led his team to a Europa League triumph, that triumph wouldn't have happened because of him, he still went on to lead them to the UEFA Super cup triumph making it two European trophies for his club>

'Which team did they face in the UEFA Super cup final?' Dave asked.

<I see what you're trying to do there, I'm not telling you>

'Fine, just continue saying what you're saying.' He said subconsciously. 'Winning two European titles is no small feat but he could have won more if he had just gone to one of the teams that had better chances with those competitions, I'm sure a lot of those teams wanted to sign him.'

<Yeah, but he chose not to leave his boyhood club>

'I guess he didn't care much about titles.'

<There is some truth to that but winning something with his club meant everything to him>

'How was his run in the national team?'

<I thought you would never ask. I think the best parts of his career was with the Bilbeth national team>

'Really?'

<Yeah, he won three Euros, the first two consecutively and the last one after six years, they got to the finals five consecutive times and won it thrice so he has three Euro gold medals and two silver medals>

'They could have won it five times in a row.' Dave said subconsciously with a shocked expression on his face.

<Yeah, but Spain and Germany were there to stop that from happening>

'I see, so they were beaten by Spain and Germany in those finals they lost.'

<Yeah>

'He had a very good run with the national team I see.'

<Yeah, did I forget to mention that he also has a Euro bronze medal>

'Cool, what about the world cup? Bilbeth doesn't have a world cup but how far did he go in the world cup competitions he participated in?'

<He only got to be part of the world cup thrice and during the first two times, they were knocked out in the round of sixteen and the last time, they made it to the semi-finals>

'Bilbeth has made it to the semi-finals eight times in history so which one was it?'

<I can't go into details>

'Yeah, you won't, looks like this guy before me had a pretty good career.'

<Yeah, but you're going to have a better career>

'Seriously? You just said he was a better goalkeeper than me before the system.'

<Yeah, but he didn't have the ambition to grow with the system, he didn't explore it to its fullest and reached his peak pretty soon, it took him a year to get to your current level with the system>

'Really?'

<Yeah, just don't slack off at anything point in your life>

'I don't think that's ever going to happen again with you in my head.'

<Hmph>

"Hey, Dave, over here!"

The goalkeeper raised his head to see Minino waving at him from the center of the pitch.

He had been lost in his mind for quite a while now but hearing Minino's voice from afar was enough to snap him out of it.

'Hey, Cat.' The goalkeeper said subconsciously as he got up from the floor.

<Yeah>

'You do know that I can find out who the former system holder was with everything you've told me just now. '

<Oh, really? Then you should also know that I can erase all those things from your mind whenever I want to>

'You're not being serious.' The goalkeeper said with a shocked expression on his face.

<JUST TRY ME>

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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.