God Of football

Chapter 43: Tottenham Hotspur [1]



[COMMENTATORS]

"Hello lovely viewers. We are here at the Tokyo dome here in Tokyo and I'm glad to say that I'm excited to be in charge of this commentary."

"My name is Sakamoto daichi and I'm glad to be joined by Fuji Yamada"

"Thank you, daichi-san and I'm excited to be here too as its not everyday that we get to see a football match of this caliber"

"Okay football fans and those of you watching at home,we have a full house here in the Tokyo dome and its seems the fans are as excited as I am for the start of the match".

"Well lets not wait anymore and move onto the lineups starting with Valencia FC"

"It seems Giorgi Marmadashvili is in goal today and they seems to be playing in a 4-2-1-3 formation again for this match.

"Captain fantastic, Jose Gaya stands at the left back position and Thierry Correià stand at the right back position "

"Continuing in defense,the young player Mark who proved to be a gem when an injury crisis hit the team "

"Partnered up with Mark is Guinea player mouctar Diakhaby".

"Moving to the midfield is Pietro,another excellent youngster joined by Andre Almeida who played some good football last game".

"And serving as the number 10 for their side its none other than Izan Miura Hernandéz".

"You know Daichi-san,I'm excited to see Izan play live today. I recently heard of his possible dual nationality and it gets me excited at the thought that he could play for japan"

"Me too fuji-kun,me too"

"Okay Continuing , in Attack its Hugo duro at the forefront and the supporting cast is Diego Lopez and Mario dominguez on the wings"

"Its a very young lineup and I'm excited to see what they can do against a very bold Tottenham side".

"Valencia starting 11"

Gk: Giorgi Marmadashvili

LB: Jose Gaya RB: Thierry Correià

CBs: Mark Montes, Mouctar Diakhaby

CMs: Pietro Luis Cava,Andre Almeida

AM: Izan Miura Hernandéz

LW:Diego Lopez RW:Mario dominguez

FW:Hugo duro.

"Okay folks now let's move onto the Tottenham hotspur lineup".

"New manager Ange Postecoglou will be looking to make his mark with this match "

"Vicario starts in goal and his two centrebacks are Christian Romero and Japhet Tanganga".

"The fullbacks are Reguillón on the left and Pedro Porro on the right".

"The midfield is Oliver Skipp, Yves Bissouma,topped by England's James Maddison".

"Dejan Kulusevski is on the right wing and his counterpart is Manor Solomon,both new additions to the squad".

"Leading the charge is star man Harry kane who seems set to leave the club very soon as Bayern Munich have offered an all-time bundesliga record fee of 110 million euros"

"Okay folks,now that the pleasantries are out of the way lets get right into the match as Harry kane stands for kickoff"

Fweeeeeee, the referee sounded his whistle to signify the start of the match.

Harry Kane quickly kicked off the match as he passed the ball to James Maddison who was right behind him.

Madisson after receiving the pass made a quick search to see if there were any gaps in the opponent's formation that could allow them to make an early lead.

That however proved fruitless as the opponents had setup a stalwart formation that seemed like it wouldn't crumble. He opted out and passed to Oliver skipp who quickly sent the ball to Goal keeper Vicario.

Vicario didn't waste much time and also passed to Reguillón on the left. It seemed Tottenham had plans to settle into the game first before trying anything out.

This worked too for Valencia as they also settled nicely into the game. 5 minutes had passed since the whistle sounded and Valencia hadn't gotten a touch of the ball.

Tottenham were just passing at the back with no intention to attack. This made a few Valencia players try to press but Izan's Voice quickly sounded warning them not to go in.

It seems,Tottenham's plan had been seen through. They were waiting for Valencia to take bait so they could launch a quick counter but they fell short.

Or rather Izan had conducted his team well. The Valencia players began a man to man marking which proved effective as it forced a throw-in out of the Tottenham players.

Jose Gaya who held the ball in hand quickly threw it to Pietro who was alone.

Pietro after a quick look sent a pass to Andre Almeida.

Izan who had just been walking around the pitch scanning for immediate gaps on the pitch quickly moved into space to receive the ball.

Andre Almeida noticed this and sent a pass to Izan. Izan carefully looked back to make sure no one was on his tail before controlling the pass.

With a jog,Izan nudged the ball forward a bit before making a decisive pass to Mario dominguez on the right wing.

Mario didn't dissapoint and carefully trapped the ball before heading towards the opponents goal.

Mario wasn't an extremely pacey winger but he knew his strengths well as he wormed his way through opponents with his exceptional dribbling.

Mario looked up for passing options but he saw none. He once again came one on one with an opponent player.

This time it was Reguillón who was defending him. "Shit" he thought as Reguillón tried to tackle the ball away from him.

Mario not knowing what to do looked up after he had heard a shout. His saviour had come.

Izan came running towards Mario who didn't waste anytime. Mario passed the ball to Izan who had already set a target for the pass he was about to make.

Izan after taking control of the ball immediately sent a defence splitting pass that made the ball look like it had a mind of it's own.

The pass found it's way to Hugo duro who was on the edge of the penalty box.

Hugo controlled the ball with the inside of his foot and saw no room to make a pass.

He therefore decided to take a chance at goal. From the edge of the box,Hugo released a powerful shot towards goal.

The ball seemed to be in good trajectory as it was on course to being a goal. Vicario however made a perfectly timed save at the end.

Gasps of dissapointment could be heard from both fans and Valencia players alike.

They had almost come close to scoring.

Izan after the ball had went out for a corner quickly followed up and went to the corner flag to take the corner.

Izan after spotting numbers in the box quickly sent a cross into the box. Mouctar Diakhaby,jumped into the air and met the ball timely.

The ball moved sharp towards goal and once again Tottenham hotspur were saved by their keeper as he tipped the ball over the goal.

Izan went to the corner flag again and put the ball on a comfortable spot. Izan looked into the box once more before unleashing a cross into the box.

Japhet tanganga, this time rose to the challenge and cleared the ball away. His clearance however didn't go that far.

The ball hit the ground before bouncing perfectly infront of Jose Gaya who was outside the box .Time seemed to stop at that moment as Gaya looked at the ball.

It seemed that Jose Gaya was made for the moment as he released a thunderous shot from the half-volley.

The ball flew straight into the back of the net as it rustled it. The stadium went silent,albeit for a moment as the crowd suddenly exploded into life.

The Valencia fans amongst the Japanese people erupted into cheers. Jose Gaya immediately ran towards the corner flag where Izan was waiting for him.

Jose Gaya jumped and hugged Izan as that act sent them both tumbling down. The remaining teammates followed suit and jumped onto their mates who were already in the floor.

Coach Baraja on the sidelines was relieved as he unconsciously bumped his fist in the air after Jose Gaya scored.

Now his team was in the lead and although it wasn't anytime to relax,his team could at least play without pressure now.

Ange Postecoglou on the sidelines smiled wryly at the situation he had at hand. He was now contemplating a tactical reform but he decided against it.

He wanted to watch for a while to see what would happen. The players went to their respective starting positions after the goal celebrations.

The referee as soon as the players got into their positions restarted the match.

Kane kicked off once moreas the Tottenham players began attacking from the onset trying to level the score but Valencia's Defense proved a tough nut to crack.

Mark and Diakhaby where both doing a great job of snuffing out threats before they even became one.

Valencia FC was now seeing more of the ball as the players played optimally getting rid of any useless passes or movement.

Izan in the heat of the match made cool and clean passes and at the same time would help out in defending.

Tottenham finally got the ball back after a mistimed pass saw James Maddison get to the ball first.

He immediately began searching for passing options as he tried to make it count this time.

He looked around and saw a free Solomon standing a bit closer to the corner flag.

Maddison quickly sent the ball to Solomon who also ended up crossing the ball to kane in the box.

Mouctar Diakhaby sneakily grabbed and grounded kane who was about to take flight for the ball.

Mark headed the ball out but the ball out after kane couldn't but tha ball came back to a Tottenham player. Pedro Porro controlled the ball and looked inside the box.

Diego Lopez immediately rushed him but Porro sent the ball to Dejan Kulusevski who was on the right wing.

Kulusevski controlled the ball and tried breaking into the penalty box but it didn't work.

Kulusevski then faked a few shots which threw the Valencia defenders off their pace.

Kulusevski,as soon as he saw space open up sent a low cross to Harry kane who was in a optimal position.

Harry kane,deadly as always smashed the ball into the net pulling level for Tottenham.

Kane ran towards Dejan Kulusevski while pointing to him attributing the goal to the fact that he might not have scored if not for Kulusevski.

Izan stood there and watched on with a complicated expression. The Tottenham players soon enough were done with their celebrations.

The referee restarted the match again and it was the second time in 27 minutes.

Hugo duro passed back from the kickoff as the match continued. Both sides tried to pull ahead and came close to doing so on a few occasions.

One of them was Izan's perfectly released shot that was only thwarted by a well timed save from Vicario who had proved to be a lifesaver for Tottenham since the start of the match.

Tottenham also came close to pulling ahead as Harry kane also headed a ball that was headed for goal if not for the Timely intervention of Giorgi Marmadashvili.

The back and forth continued for a while until a turnover in play occurred. The beneficiary of this turnover in play was Valencia as they had been able to press and retrieve the ball from spurs.

Thierry Correià sent a pass to Mario dominguez after he got the ball. Mario also sent a pass the Andre Almeida who was near him.

Andre,after getting the ball sent the ball to Mark who laid off the ball to Pietro.

Immediately pietro got the ball,Izan moved into space and Pietro with his great vison sent a pass to Izan.

Izan took a touch before lofting the ball over to Hugo duro. Hugo continued on a run as he tried to pull his team ahead.

Unfortunately for Hugo,he was fouled about 30 metres from the goal post. Izan who saw the ball couldn't help but smile.

His eyes started glimmering as if he had seen gold infront of him. Izan walked up to the ball and took it out of the referee's hands.

The Tottenham goalkeeper Vicario was scrambling to make a wall to block the opponents endeavours. Izan took an appreciable amount of steps back before looking ahead.

The referee inspected the wall and seemed okay with everything so he blew the whistle.

'Fweeeeeeeeee' Izan heard as he began his run-up. Izan chose accuracy and precision as he smacked the ball over the wall.

The ball moved with a mad curl that mad anyone who saw it thinknif it was possible. The ball rose a bit after he kicked the ball.

The ball anti-climatically descended into the goal. The cauldron of emotions exploded into life once more as Izan had just pulled his team ahead.

"Wow,I could really use a player like that"thought Ange Postecoglou as his team fell on the backfoot again.

A/N: Thanks guys for you support. Its midnight but have a good day wherever you are. That's it for today. Have fun


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