Last Attack

Nico bit his lips.

The match had taken a turn for the worst.

Nico changed the formation. He didn't still introduce any subtitutes as he felt that the substitutes would only further ruin he rhythm of the game.

Liam and Miles returned to the defense lines, they were to stay there permanently regardless of what was their teammates were playing.

Adrienne stayed in his own halve but Nico moved him a bit forward, to the midfield. He was also not supposed to move any further than that, if his team lost the ball, he was to fall back at full speed.

This was the crazy defense formation that Nico came up with in the space of two minutes.

Nico had ten to zero hope in this his strategy, but since there was a chance of hope, he was going to let them play.

At the same time, Nico wouldn't hesitate to bring in substitutes if they flopped.

Eva took a stance to take the free kick.

He had been quiet this second half, maybe it was because Alex was substituted. Even Cole too, was quiet.

Pii!

Eva hit the ball cleanly. The ball swerved towards the outer part of the left post.

As everyone eyes followed the ball that had been too high in the middle area, they all turned their heads only see Cole suspended in the air.

Shit!

Neo cussed loudly, he was alarmed to see Cole unmarked.

Cole kicked the ball softly.

He chose placement over power, the ball spun speedily as it aimed for the lower right corner.

Mph!

Zuri groand slightly as he got a hand to the ball, knocking it towards Eric.

Clark charged towards the ball even faster than Eric, Clark was way faster so he got there first. But Eric still managed to get a foot to the ball.

The ball ricocheted off Clark and fell towards Mike.

Mike didn't wait for the ball to land, he decided to go with a volley.

Krystal Fc players drew in a sharp breath as they saw he trajectory of the ball and they instantly knew where it was headed.

Zuri had no chance for the save.

Time was no longer on their side and they certainly couldn't concede a goal right now. If they were to concede a goal, they were surely going to lose the match. After all they were already on a red card.

The clock was on 89 mins. They had less than a minute left.

Thud!

The spirits of Krystal Fc's players were rejuvenated as Neo stuck his leg to the ball, totally blocking the shot.

The ball hit leg and went upwards, it went very high and that showed just how much power that the volley shot carried.

The ball fell back to Cole again.

Cole jumped, but this time he couldn't reach it. The ball was just too high.

A huge shadow was suddenly cast on the players on the left side of Krystal Fc's goal post.

Kelechi's towering figure leaped into the air, his stunningly igh jump reached the ball perfectly. he was unsmiling as he sought to finish the goal.

Kelechi's head made a clean hit. The ball bounced on the floor and went for the edge of the post.

Zuri gritted his teeth as he stretched his entire body, he knew that this was a ball he couldn't miss, he couldn't afford to miss it.

I must save the ball!

The worst happened for the goalie.

Zuri's hand barely missed the ball that was moving very fast.

Zuri landed heavily on the floor, he was slow to get up. He didn't land with the usual joy he did whenever he save the ball, he had missed the ball this time and he was terribly disappointed in himself.

F*cking Hell!!!!

Liam roared as he put his body on the line to save the ball. Liam procceeded to get entagled with the net.

Zuri felt strength charge into him and adrenaline circulated inside him like blood.

Zuri immediatey followed the ball's trajectory and he blocked that part of his goalpost.

Mike controlled the rebound flawlessly. He immediately made to move into the eighteen yard box but he was blocked by Eric.

Mike moved the ball repeatedly in quick succession. This confused Eric and Eric ddin't know when his legs parted.

Mike gently passed the ball between his legs.

As the nutmeg went in, Mike was suddenly behind Eric. He had accelerated so fast that it seemed to Eric like he had disappeared.

Mike used the tip of the outer part of his foot to give Clark an inward spinning pass.

Clark controlled the ball, he raised his leg to take a shot but the path to goal he saw was suddenly shrouded by a bunch of legs.

Clark immediately cancelled the Shot and let the bunch of legs move over to the other side of the pitch.

Clark flicked the ball towards Cole immediately. Cole was in a better position to shoot the ball, Clark was surrounded by many people and his path to goal wasn't clear.

Cole let ball bounce once, he didn't let it bounce twice.

Cole delivered a rocket-like shot that moved very fast. His shot was very accurate and it's destination was pre-destinated.

Zuri didn't move. He saw the ball close in on the back of the net but he didn't move an inch.

Pang!

The ball hit the woodwork and fell back into the crowd of players.

Maybe it was because they were on a red card and short of players, But Mavericks just seemed to win every rebound.

The bal fell back to Clark.

Liam charged at him but the repercussion of the charge was swift and cool.

Clark nutmegged him easily and procceeded to take the shot.

Yawn.

Clark heard this word as the ball was knocked off him and he stumbled to the floor.

Still on the floor, Clark turned around only to see Neo speeding away with the floor.

Just then, it was announced that only one extra minute was added to the game. and that one minute was already thirty seconds down.