Rise of a Football God

In the world of football, fans tend to hype new players up, dubbing them the new Messi, the new Ronaldo, or even attributing them to nations like the Turkish Messi. But all of them were fake, till now.

In his room, Sam got an upgrade that would make any offensive football player in the world incredibly envious, he became Cristiano Ronaldo's heir!

Sam was an avid Lionel Messi fan but who cared?

Which sane football player aiming for the top of the footballing world would pass up on an opportunity to inherit a legendary skill from Lionel Messi's rival?

Sam loved Lionel Messi, but he respected Cristiano Ronaldo.

At the peak of his powers, Lionel Messi was above every other footballer at such a stratosphere that it took a special kind of player to compete with him at this peak, and that special kind of player was Cristiano Ronaldo.

Like Messi himself once put it during a rating a world-class players, it was him and Ronaldo, then everyone else.

That was how high they were above everybody.

Against Messi's sheer talent and brilliance, the Portuguese legend became the first black mamba of football before Sam, challenging the legendary Argentine head-to-head for almost 2 decades through his sheer hard work.

Sam would be a fool not to respect him.

And now, he just became CR7's heir.

After the series of notifications that Sam got after the Liverpool game, this was how Sam's system player status now looked like.

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[Player status!]

Host: Samuel Moses

Current Career Status: Premier League player, EFL Cup reigning champion

Talent Rating: A+

Player Position: Attacking Midfield

Player Attributes:

*Pace: 81

*Shot: 85

*Pass: 80

*Dribbling: 78

*Defending: 38

*Physicality: 76

*Stamina: 84

Overall Rating: 83

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[Owned Football Skills:]

[Passive skill: Stalwart]

>You have proven your credentials as a reliable stalwart with well-rounded attributes in the middle of the pitch. You can score, you can assist, you can dribble, and you can press; you are the complete package<

>+10% to all 4 packages when on the pitch<

>All 4 packages refer to your shooting attribute, your passing attribute, your dribbling attribute, and your stamina attribute<

[Active skills:]

[Basic mastery level: Body feint; step overs; roulette; knuckle shot; overhead kick; rainbow flick; trivela shot, basic penalty technique, basic freekick technique]

[Intermediate mastery level: Elastico; Cruyff turn; La croqueta]

[Advanced mastery level: Spatial awareness; Power shot]

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[Legendary Inheritance: Elastico]

[Legendary Inheritance: Spatial Awareness]

[Legendary Inheritance: Power Shot]

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[Ability cards:]

>Shoot it like Lewy<

[Card uses remaining: 2]

>Thread it like KDB<

[Card uses remaining: 2]

>Bend it like Beckham<

[Card uses remaining: 2]

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[Title: Space Interpreter!]

[Title: Legs of Steel!]

[System Remark: An elite young talent playing in one of the best leagues in the world!]

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Looking through his player status, Sam could not help but feel that it was truly unfair to other players. 'It's just unfair'.

'While others have to work their whole life for it, here I am, in my room, chilling after a game and leveling up just like that'.

With the way he was before, Sam was already a menace in the premier league, terrorizing every opponent that he met but with now all of a sudden as CR7's heir, his threat increased to a whole other level.

Sam's shooting was already elite before now and though he didn't try it out yet, Sam believed that his shooting was now at a truly demonic level.

Looking at his ceiling with a smile gently nursing his features, he thought. 'Is this how it feels to be a genius?'

'Something that others struggle for, you get it effortlessly, the only facet being that I'm someone who became a genius through a system'.

Beating Liverpool in Anfield already made this day one of the best days of Sam's life and career, becoming CR7's heir increased his joy even more, but little did Sam know that his joy was yet to peak.

The electronic ringing sound of his house reverberated the next moment.

Immediately, Sam looked at the time.

[10:32pm]

'Who is visiting me by this time?' He thought, perplexed. 'Is it Smith Rowe? Or Ian? Did something happen?'
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To be on the safe side security-wise though, Sam decided to check his CCTV system first and that was when his jaws dropped in shock.

"…!"

The next moment, in a scramble, he quickly put on his slippers before charging towards the door and opening it.

As soon as she opened it, a familiar figure jumped into his arms.

"Congratulations babe!" Kayla hugged him tightly. "I watched today's game, haha, you were terrific!"

Sam had so many questions in his mind, like, 'what are you doing here? What about school? How did you suddenly come to England?'

Despite his many questions though, he shelved all of them aside simply because it felt incredibly good to meet his girlfriend again.

Together, they went inside as Kayla finally explained her impromptu visit.

She guessed that he would be in a good mood after his masterpiece performance in beating Liverpool, and since she was already a bit bored of school, she made the impromptu decision to embark on the trip and surprise him to celebrate today's victory physically with him.

And here she was.

Sam did not care about the details though; all he cared about was that his girlfriend was here with him. He was incredibly happy.

That night, Kayla decided to reward him with food as she went into the kitchen to make a new Nigerian food recipe that she learned.

It was already far past Sam's bedtime but for his girlfriend, he was ready to indulge for just one night.

That night, Sam ate with his girlfriend, enjoying her delicious food and having a nice time together.

And later into the night, they got intimate as Sam had a second intimate encounter with his girlfriend.

It was a feeling that he was never going to get bored of.

Truly, today ranked extremely highly in the list of the best days of his life.

By the time that Sam finally slept with his girlfriend in his arms, he felt like a fulfilled man who was successful and had achieved it all.

He felt on top of the world.