My Goalkeeping System

Chapter 227 Weak With Aerial Balls

The match had just entered the twentieth minute and so far, things were still leveled between both sides according to the scoreboard.

However, Unique FC were the ones dominating the match so far but it was only by a little bit as Wolfsburg had used every opportunity they had gotten to put the Bilbeth Premier League side on edge, they had fired five shots toward their goalpost so far but all of them had been off target, the only shot that had come close to becoming a goal was the one that hit the left post before rolling off for a goal kick but Dave was on it anyway so there was high doubt that it would have gone in.

Unique FC had gotten two shots on target but there had been poor shots from Fred which were easily saved by the goalkeeper.

"Both teams have been getting their chances but they need to work on their finishing although one thing is quite certain," Jim said.

"What?" Steve said.

"Both goalkeepers have not been given the time to relax and that's how a match should be."

"Yeah, you're right."

Unique FC were slowly building up their play to Wolfsburg's goalpost when Ferran suddenly lost the ball to a neat but aggressive tackle.

"That seemed aggressive but it doesn't look like the referee is going to do anything about it," Jim said.

"Yeah, and now Wolfsburg are attacking in a nice condition as Unique FC seemed to be a little light on the back," Steve said.

The midfielder quickly sent the ball to Michael who quickly raced down the right wing with it while being chased down by Roland from behind.

He knew the youngster was going to catch up to him soon so he had to offload the ball to one of their attacking midfielders.

Who quickly sent it to their striker who was close to the edge of the box now.

"Kendra."

The striker maneuvered his way past Pirlo to create enough space for him to be able to shoot from and just before Roberto and Aima could get to him, he sent the ball flying toward the goalpost.

"Kendra!"

The ball was sent flying a little to the right from below and all Dave needed to do to block the ball was stretch his left leg toward the area.

"Nice block from Dave but he's sent the ball toward Michael now!"

The winger forced his way past Roland to get his leg on the ball but because of the slight pull on him from Roland, his shot ended up being a weak one which was easily blocked and caught by Dave.

"That was a close call there, Unique FC would have been one goal behind now but it's always a good thing for them to have Dave in between the sticks," Jim said.

'If he had sent that ball toward the top with all his shot power, I'm not sure I would have been able to stop it.' Dave said subconsciously before getting up from the floor.

"Well, I didn't expect scoring against you to be that easy, I'll just have to try again," Michael said before he began to make his way out of the box slowly.

'They're attacking more just like we're doing, I just hope they get worn out before us, or else the coach will have to come up with something better with what we're currently doing.' The goalkeeper said subconsciously before he threw the ball up and sent it flying toward the other side of the pitch.

The match continued with both sides doing their best to get the goal in their opponent's goalpost.

After seeing how offensive Wolfsburg were being, he switched from an all-out attacking style of play to a more defensive style of play and just like that, Wolfsburg's frequent burst attacks were reduced.

"Looks like Unique FC has figured out a way to stop Wolfsburg from getting past them easily but let's see which side will figure out how to score against the other first," Jim said.

"Telling Merino to lie deep and help Martinez out while moving forward whenever he got the chance was a brilliant idea from Norman, he's intercepting Wolfsburg's attacks flawlessly, he's currently their number one nuisance, they are going to have to find a way to deal with him." Steve expressed.

Minino quickly caught through the middle to intercept a pass being sent toward Kendra and quickly rolled the ball to Dave.

"Nice interception from Minino."

The goalkeeper didn't even wait for the ball to get to the edge of the box as he quickly raced toward it and with a single touch, he sent the ball flying toward their opponent's goalpost.

"It's Dave!"

Wolfsburg's goalkeeper quickly retreated to his goalpost while keeping his eye on the ball.

'This isn't good.'

He jumped up to get his hand to the ball before falling into his goalpost but it was no use as the ball ended up hitting the crossbar before falling over for a goal kick.

"Oh, that was so close!" Jim exclaimed.

"Where does that guy even get the power to do something like this?" The goalkeeper said before slowly getting up from the floor.

"Oh, come on," Dave muttered before crashing to the floor.

The fans had gotten rattled by that shot, even the opposing fans couldn't help but acknowledge how wonderful what they had just seen now was.

"Dave was so close to giving his team the lead from so far away but his accuracy was slightly off today," Steve said.

'That was supposed to be my second career goal.' The goalkeeper said subconsciously before sitting up on the floor.

<You'll get that second career goal, just keep trying that shot in this match>

'You told me not to overdo it in the last two matches and now you're telling me to start overdoing it, what's up?'

<That goalkeeper is not so good with aerial balls, that's why he's pinned on a spot almost every time one of your teammates sends the ball flying over the bar, if that shot had been on target it would have gone in for sure>

'Yeah, I know that but are you really sure that he's not that good with aerial balls?'

<Yeah, tell your teammates about it if you want to, this could be your ticket to winning this match>

'Of course, I'm going to tell them about it, there's a lot that you can do that I don't know yet, Catherine.'

<Yeah, you'll get to know them slowly>

'Is that the only weakness you pointed out from their side?'

<I'm afraid so>

'That's okay, I think this will be enough to give us the lead.'

Just as the clock hit the fortieth minute, Mateo received the ball from Minino after a tremendous run from way back, the winger didn't even try to get through with his dribbling or co-ordinating a pass, he pushed the ball a little further to position it well before he pulled his right leg back and sent it flying toward the goalpost.

"Dave!"

The ball was sent flying toward the top right-hand side of the goalpost as the goalkeeper dived toward it but he wasn't able to get his hand to it as the ball ended up hitting the crossbar and bouncing on the goal line before flying into the goalpost.

"Oh, what a magnificent finish from this young boy here!" Jim exclaimed. "A shot from that far out and he finished it exquisitely!"

"Looked like the crossbar was about to deny him there but the ball won this time and they have the lead now."

"That worked like a charm," Dave muttered with a smirk on his face.

<You're welcome>

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