127 Zinedine-Pirlo Mental Juju in Action I

*FWEEEEEEE*

All the players had taken their starting positions on the field. The referee looked around the pitch one more time before blowing the whistle and motioning for the match to restart.

Leke James, one of Aalesunds' forwards, kicked the ball back to his half, starting the game once again. Jason Morrison, the defensive midfielder in Aalesunds' 4-4-2 diamond formation, picked the ball up deep in his half—and instantly played it towards Hugues Wembangomo, the right-back. For the next few seconds, the Aalesunds players passed the ball around their backfield, trying their best to slow down the game's tempo.

However, Rosenborg was having none of that. Their players swarmed into Aalesunds' half like locusts and closed down nearly all the passing routes of the opponents. They played like they had consumed a dose of some freakish energy-enhancing elixir. They were in overdrive.