My Goalkeeping System

'Finally, a quest that doesn't require a clean sheet, plus the system is being nice today and offering another attribute point. That said, I still want to keep a clean sheet.'

<Well, keeping a clean sheet is going to be tough in this match so you probably would have failed the quest and that will be three fails in a row, but it's not like the ones you got are easy, that's why there's an attribute point>

'Yeah, and I'm not failing this quest.'

Roland quickly sent the ball rolling to Pelcao as soon as he heard the whistle but the midfielder had to push the ball to Foden just before Edward could get to him.

"There's the whistle and we are on the way."

Foden tried to push forward with the ball but he had Martinez in his way so he had to push the ball back to Roland who quickly sent it rolling back to the defense just before Harry and Edward could get to him.

"Supreme United looked pretty lackluster in their first meeting with Unique FC but they still managed to drag out a draw from that match," Jim commented. "I know they're going to be better just from what I've seen already."

"Well, to be fair, Unique FC almost had that match in the bag but they just lost focus in the last minute and blew it." Steve expressed. "I'm still trying to make logical sense of why Norman won't start Ferran and Minino in midfield for a match like this, those two have been the key men in his midfield since the start of this season."

"Precisely what I'm saying, this might cost him this match or maybe there's something that we're just not seeing."

The first minute had already passed and Supreme United were still with the ball.

Unique FC still had zero percent ball possession and that was because their opponents were doing pretty well in keeping the ball away from them.

However, their heatmap so far had been mostly in their own half and near the halfway line.

Unique FC had done a pretty good job of stopping them from making any quick attacks by holding down their attacking trio and canceling every possible route for them to make a quick run and take them by surprise.

Roland had to close up on the halfway line to receive the ball from Conan and as soon as he got his foot on the ball, he quickly sent it rolling to Carlos to the left to avoid having to deal with Martinez who was right behind him.

"Carlos Rodriguez."

Harry quickly closed up on Carlos to try and take the ball from him but the winger managed to swiftly get past him with the ball and now he was racing down the wing with a wide space to cover before getting to Norman.

He didn't have any intention of taking the right back on, at least for now, so just before he could run into him, he sent the ball rolling down to Pelcao who immediately tried to link it up to Roland.

However, he seemed to have overhit that pass a bit and now it was a race between Martinez and the striker to see who was going to get to the ball first.

They got to the ball just at the same time but Roland managed to get his foot on the ball just before they crashed into each other.

He wanted to push it forward and get past the midfielder but it ended up making contact with him before rolling off toward the right as the two came crashing to the floor.

Roland Ryle was the closest person to the ball and he was quickly closing up on the ball but Roland Hills just couldn't let him have the ball.

The striker sprang up from the floor before Martinez and now it was another race between him and the left back.

"Roland quickly gets up from the floor and now it's a race between two Rolands."

It looked like the left-back was going to get there first and Roland Hills, being aware of that, quickly stretched out his leg just to make sure he got to the ball first.

"No." The left-back muttered under his breath before quickly boosting his speed with a slide.

His plan was to sweep the ball away from the striker and prevent him from passing it to any of his teammates but that didn't work out quite well for him as he ended up sweeping him off his feet just as he got back on them.

He made slight contact with the ball during that process but the referee still considered it a foul as he blew his whistle before quickly making his way to the area.

"The first foul of the game, Roland fouling Roland," Jim commented.

Anyone else might have said that with a little bit of chuckle but I guess too much screaming has made him immune to laughter.

"You know it's sort of funny how we have two players from both sides sharing the same names, we have Roland Ryle and Roland Hills then we have Carlos Oman and Carlos Rodriguez." Steve articulated.

"Yeah, and those aren't the only things they share."

Supreme United had a free kick in an okay spot, it wasn't in the best spot for anyone who wanted to go for a direct kick but going for it would still work from there.

However, that might not be the best idea against a goalkeeper like Dave.

"A free kick twenty-nine yards away from the goalpost, will they be able to put this chance to good use?"

Diego was standing over the ball now with both of his hands on his waist.

Unique FC had to form their four-man wall a few feet away from the ball and everyone else was just running around the area.

With everything now set, the referee blew his whistle and now it was time to see if Diego was going to float it in or go for the kill.

The winger was already standing a good distance away from the ball so all he had to do was close up on it, and just as soon as he got there, he sent the ball floating in.

That was the best decision because sending it to Roland might produce a better outcome.

The striker was his target but Unique FC weren't going to make things that easy for them. Adolf was in the area, and just before the striker could get his head on the ball, the defender got his head on it and sent it flying over the bar.

"Wonderful defending from Adolf, can't let Roland have that space or he'll punish you."

"Yeah, but they have a corner kick to deal with now."

Foden picked up the ball as soon as it came bouncing back and quickly made his way to the right corner spot with it.

"The first corner kick of the game, Supreme United are just grabbing the first for everything in this match," Jim commented.

"Hopefully they don't grab the first red card or things might end terribly for them."

"Hopefully we don't get to see any red cards in this game," Jim added.

The players were running around inside and around the box now waiting for Foden to send the ball flying in but he needed the referee's signal to do that.

It didn't take long before the referee blew his whistle, and as soon as he heard it, he quickly sent the ball flying in.

"Sends it in."

He made sure to keep the ball away from Dave and place it a little close to the edge of the box.

His teammates Roland and Diego were in that area but none of them managed to get his head on the ball as Edward jumped in right on time to stop that from happening.

However, his header came with quite the error as he sent the ball flying toward the left side of the goalpost while Dave was still on the right.

"No, that's the wrong way. Oh, it hit the post."

The post managed to come in clutch for the home team but things weren't cleared yet.

The ball was still in front of the empty net and Carlos wasn't going to let this opportunity slip past him.

He quickly stretched his leg toward the ball as Norman stretched his leg to stop him all while Dave was already diving to the area.

Norman just didn't have the strength to stop the winger as he ended up pushing the ball into the goalpost just before Dave could get to it.

"And he makes no mistake with the rebound!" Jim exclaimed as the winger took off to the side with his teammates right on his trail. "Make a mistake like that in front of your goalpost and they will make sure to punish you for it!"

"They grabbed the first free kick and corner kick, looks like they've grabbed the first goal too."

Dave was still sitting on the floor after watching that ball go in and he didn't have the happiest expression on his face.

This was one of those matches where he knew his skills were needed more but there was nothing he could do in that situation even with ball magnet activated.

'Well, looks like we're starting with a deficit.'