Rise of a Football God

"Wakanda Forever!!!"

As soon as the regular premier league show started, jumping and crossing his arms like the iconic Marvel character played by the legendary Chadwick Boseman, Max, the premier league pundit screamed, imitating Sam's celebration today.

"Charles, no need to ask," this pundit said with exuberant energy. "You wanted a highlight game? Well, there you have it, your highlight game!"

"Jesus, Sam was unbelievable today!"

"What a game!"

"What a f*cking game!"

"What a freaking game!"

"My God! The boy is just too good!"

"Heck! I think my expectations before now were too low, Sam has gone and exceeded my expectations again, this boy's football seriously has no limits!"

"Sam for the ballon d'or!!!" He screamed.

Charles, the show's host chuckled. "We've heard Max, can you calm down now, we have a show to…"

"This is the show Charles!" Max roared. "This is the show!"

"I mean, what else do you want?" He faced the cameras. "Come on viewers, are you not entertained?" He grinned.

"Were you not entertained by that iconic performance today?"

He turned to look at Charles again. "Come on man, don't give me that look, did you see that pass to Muniz?!" This pundit grabbed his head in disbelief as the unforgettable moment played in his head again.

"Before focusing on the skill involved in that sequence of play, let's take a moment to analyze the emotions and stakes involved in that moment".

"Just imagine the pressure that Sam would have definitely been under".

"You are playing against a high-flying Liverpool side led by a crazy Mohamed Salah, you're losing 1-2 at home, do you know the pressure involved in that?"

"Now, imagine this, with all of that pressure, you were surrounded by the likes of Virgil Van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Ibrahima Konate, and Ryan Gravenberch, I dare say that 90% of professional football players would freeze in that situation!"

"I mean come on, most forwards in the premier league halt when they meet just Van Dijk's imposing figure in defense".

"Most dribblers don't have the confidence to try dribbling past him, they'll rather pass, that's how intimidating that Dutch guy is".

"Now imagine the situation I just described, not just Van Dijk, but 3 other Liverpool legends surrounding you, pressing you, locking out all angles for you to shoot and pass".
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Max grabbed his head in disbelief again. "I was a footballer before Charles so I know what I'm saying, in that situation, Sam was like a frog stuck in a well".

"Nowhere to escape to, he was locked, trapped, shackled and yet, my God, the Fulham mother*cker did it against all expectations!"

"That flick to raise the ball up and behind him to open the angle for a pass, the creativity needed to think of that in such a pressure-filled situation is God-tier!"

"And the skill to execute it? Gosh, that's above world-class man, come on!"

"And pulling off that pass to Muniz successfully, even if I was a Novelist, I would have never scripted something that mind-blowing!"

"That deserves a gift, gosh, a Dragon, a Magic Castle, or even a Golden Gachapon!"

"That was the deciding moment of that game, and not just that, the other moments in the dying stages. Damn, thinking of it is giving me so much dopamine!"

"Salah was amazing, but Sam was just beyond amazing this game!"

"Salah almost won it for Liverpool in the dying stages of additional time and guess what, who saved Fulham? It was the same Sam".

"What I still don't understand is how after blocking that shot, Sam still had the stamina to run the full length of the pitch to the other side to score the winning goal of the game".

"Man, this boy is just too good".

"His winning mentality reminds me of Cristiano Ronaldo, he never gives an inch until the last moment of the game, until he wins".

"Sam is a winner!"

This premier league show was not the only place where Sam's scintillating performance was highlighted and given rave reviews.

After the game against Liverpool, Sam established himself as a superstar in England, rising to the status level of top stars of the English top tier competition.

Millions of fans watched the Fulham vs Liverpool game from all around the world, eager to see how it would play out since so much hype was generated before the game and after such a performance before countless eyes over the world, Sam solidified his status as a Fulham superstar.

Besides, he finally debuted the celebration that he spoke of since.

On all social media platforms, themes like #Zinedine Sam, #Samuel Moses, and #Wakanda Forever were trending like mad as the Sam hype train started.

After the game, Craven Cottage was turned into the arena for a wild celebration as the tens of thousands of fans present in the stadium celebrated the landmark victory with their players.

After such a grueling game, Sam felt like his legs were lead, he felt too tired to move and so his teammates carried him, parading him around the stadium.

With just this performance, Sam immortalized himself in Craven Cottage.

Coach Marco Silva also joined in on the celebrations as with tears all over his face, the emotional coach enjoyed the moment with his players and the fans.

The world had never felt brighter to fans of the Fulham persuasion.

On this day, all the stars in the sky seemed to align in their favor and they could not stop celebrating.

After his incredible 2-goal display that doomed Liverpool to such a painful and damaging defeat, of course, Sam won the man of the match award.

Before going for his post-game interview, Sam and his teammates finally relaxed after the high emotions of winning the game.

Like in every football game, while there was always a winning side that celebrated at the end of the game, there was also the losing side.

The Liverpool players felt devastated at the end of the game.

Most of them collapsed on the pitch, too tired and devastated to move. After their celebrations, led by Cairney, the Fulham captain who finally entered the pitch, the Fulham players showed sportsmanship with their rivals, going to console them.

At the end of it all, it was a sport, a game of football.

At the end of the game, the only feeling that the players of both teams felt towards each other was respect.

They swapped their jerseys as Mohamed Salah took the initiative to ask for Sam's jersey after getting over the sinking feeling of defeat.

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In the post-game interview, before answering the reporter's questions, Sam first did his new celebration again and grinned. "Wakanda Forever!"

"Is that the celebration that you said you'll show us?"

"Yes," Sam chuckled. "I told you guys I'll only debut it when the moment calls for it, and that goal, that goal definitely called for it". He grinned again.

After answering a few more questions including addressing his current popularity after his iconic display today, the interview finally came to an end.

With the end of the game, a few upheavals took place at the top of the English premier league table.