My Goalkeeping System

"You guys did your best today, especially in midfield but the defense had a few leaks that slowly turned to holes in the last minutes of the match, if it wasn't for Dave, they would have beaten us like they've always done in the past." Norman expressed before turning to face the exit. "I thought I was starting to fix it but it looks like our defense has to go under renovation."

"What does he mean by renovation?" Mateo said as soon as he left the room.

"Get new defenders, maybe," Dave muttered.

<None of your right backs are that good, you guys need a new center back that can do his job properly and apart from Adolf, the other two center backs aren't that good>

'You've been observing, huh?'

<Of course, that's what I do during every match, the data of all your teammates are registered in my memory, I know who's faster, has more stamina, and many other things that define a player's style>

'Seriously? You know all that?'

<Yeah, just yesterday, Mateo's pace increased from eighty-six to eighty-eight>

'All that running must have caused it.'

<You're right>

'What about mine?'

<I can't show you because it's not part of the system functions but I can tell you>

'Okay.'

<Two aspects of your stats improved, your pace improved by one to make it eighty-seven and your shooting power improved by two to make it ninety-four>

'I didn't know my pace could improve without me having to add any stat points to my dexterity.'

<Dexterity isn't just your pace, it measures your agility which is pace, reflexes, and balance, anytime you add a point to dexterity, it goes to any of those three attributes but you can train them differently and improve them without having to add any stat points to what the system displays as your dexterity stat points, that is why your system has gotten so good but if you look at your dexterity stat points, it's not supposed to be that good, the same goes for your agility and balance>

'Oh, I get it now, training and improving physically and improving with the stat points the system offers me are two different things but the stats correspond well in making me better.'

<Exactly, that's why you've gotten so good so fast, you've been improving at a double rate just like Mateo said>

'Yeah, it all makes sense now.' He replied. 'With the way I've improved, I never knew Mateo was faster than me.'

<You guys were equal in terms of pace earlier that morning but right now he's faster than you>

'I see, what about shooting power?'

<His shots can't get that powerful but it's enough for him to get the ball into the goalpost, he relies more on technique and placing more than shot power but that doesn't his shot power isn't strong enough, his shooting power sits at eight one currently>

'That's nice, I guess he doesn't need an enormous amount of shots to finish with the way he plays.'

<Yeah>

'So, I have a shooting power of ninety-four, who has more?' He inquired.

<Currently, none of your teams has more shot power than you>

'It's funny to think the player with the most explosive shooting power in the team is the goalkeeper who rarely ever gets involved in the attack but you used the word 'currently' so, what's up?'

<There are four players in the team whose shot powers are closer to yours and may soon surpass you in that department from what I'm seeing>

'Really? Who are they?'

<Ferran Phil has a shooting power of ninety-one, Fredinho also has a shooting power of ninety-one and Fred Miles has a shooting power of ninety-three just one behind you>

'If Fred Miles is that close to me, doesn't that mean that he can score from the goalpost too?'

<I think you meant to say that he can shoot the ball from that far but scoring from that far requires accuracy which is something he has to work on big time>

'Oh, I see.' The goalkeeper replied. 'What about the fastest, who's the fastest player in the squad? I mean just tell me the top five fastest players in the team.'

<Okay, in the matter of speed, you sit at that fifth place with eighty-seven pace, Mateo sits in fourth place with eighty-nine pace along with Christian Merino, the second spot goes to Ferran with ninety pace and the fastest player in the team is Roland Ryle with ninety-two pace>

'Of course, he's really fast when he breaks free with the ball.'

<Their pace was judged by how fast they can move without the ball, a player can be faster than his teammate without the ball but be slower than his teammate when they're both with the ball>

'So, who sits at the top in that category?'

<Roland still sits at the top in that category followed by Mateo but it's pretty close between the two, you're not really that fast with the ball, Dave>

'I know, what about the other players?'

<I'm still processing their stats in that department, I'll tell you when I'm done>

'Wow, Catherine, you're really something else, you told me the stats of my teammates, I never knew you could do that.'

<It takes a while before I can get that information from the players but once I complete it, I don't need to do anything else>

'You're the best, Cat.'

<Thank you>

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The training session had been shifted to the evening and right now, Mateo and Dave were both lying on their beds thinking of what their move was going to be for the day.

"I want to go train for a little while but I wish at least four more of them would agree to come with us." The goalkeeper muttered.

"You do know that most of them have already gone out and the few that are left are probably playing video games," Mateo said.

"Yeah, the coach told us to rest and have fun today and that's what they're doing but I don't really feel like doing anything relaxing today." The goalkeeper said.

"Same here, I didn't even get up to thirty minutes of playing time."

"I see you're still pretty upset about that but the coach was just making sure you don't get injured like Merino who has one week left before he recovers fully."

"I know that, I just wish coach had brought me on earlier like in the sixty-fifth minute." The winger said.

"Don't worry, we'll meet them twice in the league and the super cup maybe, you'll probably start in those matches ."

"Maybe."

The winger heard the notification sound from his phone and quickly picked it up to see that it was a message from someone.

After reading the message which was a brief one, he turned his gaze back to Dave.

"Hey, since our teammates don't want to train, how about we go somewhere with people who want to train?" The winger asked.

"Are you talking about the place Sofia took us to the other day?" Dave asked.

"Yeah," Mateo replied.

"So, that message was from her, right?"

The winger responded with a nod and an awkward smile on his face.

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New year mass release goals.

A magic castle= one extra chapter.

Two magic castles= two extra chapters.

Mass release for goals met last month will still be rewarded on the due dates.