Trials 2

"Sorry I made a mistake concerning the red team and green team. You guys should take it like this for now".

For the next ten minutes, the game continued in favor of the green team. The boys in green dominated the midfield and had the majority of the ball possession.

Both Albrecht Klaus and Christopher Luciano had already set Rodolf Sklaer and Laurato Gimenez loose three times in the red team's penalty box. Their deadly through balls could have easily turned into goals if not for the brilliant performance of Jack Bart, the goalkeeper.

Alex already had a clear picture of what was wrong with his red team. His high game-intelligence enabled him to deduce that some of the players were choosing to isolate him. Maybe they saw that he was good and would outshine them. Since he was the one who scored the first goal, his teammates' behavior was proving costly.

In his previous life, he had faced similar isolation during matches in soccer trials. Such matches were extremely competitive making it difficult for players to show off their skills. The main reason for this was the fact that players on the same team were still competing with each other. They all sought the attention of the scouts or coaches in attendance. Players would be less inclined to pass the ball to teammates who they viewed as competition. But what surprised Alex was the appearance of such behavior in trials involving teenagers.

[Tsk, these kids] He said in his mind.

His red team was already facing another attacking threat from the green team. Alex had resolved to move further back and counter the pressure mounted by the opponents.

But in the twenty-first minute of the first half, Johannes Tim made a rough challenge on the ferocious Rodolf Sklaer at the right side out of the penalty box. The referee blew his whistle for a foul and awarded a free-kick to the green team.

"What are all of you doing over there?" Jack, the goalie shouted at his teammates. "Put up a wall and defend."

The red team players did not mind Jack's rudeness and went ahead to put up a wall to defend the free-kick. Alex saw that this might be a chance to counter attack.

The referee blew the whistle, signaling the green team to take the free-kick.

Albrecht Klaus, the attacking midfielder, sent a superb cross into the box where Laurato Gimenez was lurking. The boy, who was very tall latched on to it, and from around the penalty spot, he planted a header past Jack Bart. The ball bounced off the bottom of the left post before sliding into the back of the net. Laurato had displayed his eye for the goal.

The score was 1:1.

Akex stood with his arms akimbo, watching the others. The red players all had dejected expressions with their shoulders slumped. He saw some of the scouts on the sidelines talking amongst themselves as they looked at Laurato.

DING

SYSTEM MISSION

Help your teammates win this match by scoring at least two goals and providing at least one assist

Reward

A random player skill card and a level up for any of your stat you choose to improve(Also you would get scouted to the club)

Alex saw this and quietly went and to his teammates.

"You guys should try releasing the ball quickly to the wings so we can try and win this game," he said, his goalie nodded and said "They have taken over the whole midfield! So try and release the ball to the wing, let's try wing play?" He said.

"We need to feed the ball to the strikers fro the wing, trust on this" Alex intoned.

*FWEEEEEE!*

The referee blew the whistle and told them to get into formation.

The boys on red jogged to their positions.

*FWEEEEEE!*

The game restarted and the boys on red started dictating the game until the first half finished.

Then they went to the bench, Coach Johan came up to them and said "Nice play, but I'll be substituting some of you now".