Early Lead

The clock was showing 6:40 PM on the large screens all over the stadium as the players from both teams were still training on the pitch with the stands slowly getting filled up with fans.

"Hope you're not still worrying about what you told me earlier today?" Mateo asked as he nodded the ball way up and Luis jumped up and caught it with both of his hands before it could fly past him.

"No, I don't think there's anything to be worried about," Dave said before throwing the ball to him from the top.

"Yeah."

The winger got his head ready for the ball and as soon as it got in range, he sent it back to the goalkeeper, and this time he had to dive to the right before he could catch it with both of his hands.

"Nice catch."

Dave didn't say anything as he slowly got up from the floor before throwing the ball back to him.

The Pre-Match warm-up continued until 6:55 PM when the players were given the signal to head back to the dressing room and get ready for the match.