Football singularity

Chapter 318 318 FOOTBALL!

"They started out shaky, falling behind, but they quickly showed us why they are Scottish champions. A dominant offensive performance all around today," Callum McDonald's voice carried over the stadium as the celebrations below continued to unfold.

"Absolutely, Callum," Roy Townsley chimed in. "Hearts gave it everything, but in the end, Celtic was resilient enough to battle out a win. The super sub of the day is for sure Rakim Rex who came in after an unfortunate injury from Johnston. He was a game changer for sure with a goal and an assist to his name."

"And what a goal it was," Callum added, his voice brimming with excitement. "I bet Van Persie would be proud, his assist was no less impressive finding Forrest from such a tricky angle,"

The two continued to chat about the notable moments in the match, finding great joy in it. They had been genuinely entertained in today's match and couldn't fault the outcome of the match. The match was filled with the right amount of tension, a pinch of drama, and most importantly a lot of goals.

Despite their chat being interesting most viewer's eyes were focused on the players that would be shown every now and then on the screen. The Celtic players after calming down from their initial moments of celebrations had started showing their sportsmanship. They were all players after all, and it wouldn't hurt to say a kind word after coming out victorious.

Rakim In particular could be seen talking with the Hearts Czechian goalkeeper. For Rakim it was more about talking to the best keeper he's gotten to play against since making his debut. As for Zlamal, he found himself enjoying the chat he was having with the 15-year-old who had made his life hard in the two games they played against each other.

"You know how scary you are kid," Zlamal stated in perfect English with a heavy Czech accent, but Rakim was still able to understand him perfectly.

"The water is just different in Florida old man, don't know what they put in it, but they create monsters over there," Rakim responded in a joking tone causing the older keeper to chuckle lightly despite not fully understanding his insinuation.

"Don't slow down, continue working hard and stay hungry for victory that's the best advice I can give you. Otherwise, I'll be ashamed to tell my grandkids I faced you in a cup final." The older keeper stated in a serious tone causing Rakim's joking expression to instantly straighten up.

He knew that the keeper's words made sense, and he wasn't one to ignore the advice of his elders without seriously considering them. Thus, he simply nodded at his words before proceeding to take off his kit indicating a shirt swap. The keeper didn't hesitate to do the same as he also handed his top over with the prominent number one on it.

The fans who happened to catch this scene erupted in applause after seeing the heartwarming moment between them. Both quickly posed for a picture before joining their respective team's camps.

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Walking around the pitch with Zlamal's top slung over my shoulder I tried to find people I knew. At the end of the match the pitch was quickly flooded with press, VIP's, staff and much more creating quite the crowd. After posing for many pictures with my teammates and doing my best to avoid some of the impromptu interviews.

'I feel a little lost as to what I should do at this moment' Rakim watched as most of his teammates were with their family relishing in their victory. Not that he minded since he already knew that his family couldn't make it to the match in person, as Emma and the girls had quite a hectic weekend ahead of them. They have to visit college campuses and do interviews for some of the Ivy schools just to secure their entry.

'Sigh how long do you think it will take for them to set up the awards podium,' He asked Eva as he caught a glance of a few of the staff working hard to set things up and by the look of it, it'll take quite a while. Not knowing what to do he absentmindedly pulled out his phone which he had kept in a bag at his team's bench.

{Does it really matter just go give an interview or go to interact with the crowd,} She retorted, and he did just that as before he knew it his legs carried him towards the edge of the edge of the pitch without prompt.

Not even questioning it he started scrolling through his looking to check out some of his fan's reactions on Twitter and Instagram. As expected, his fans titled The Rex Nation were going crazy with reactions blowing up his Twitter feed. Not only that he even found a few Superman, I believe I can fly memes with Videos of his flying header being showcased.

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@TrueREXFan22: Our boy unlocked the ability to fly, yall believe me now when I say he is different?

@BatmansJoker: Never mind flying, y'all see Shaughnessy's legs hit the two step before @Rex22 decided to set it up on a plate for @Forrest?

@GreenInsurance: Does anyone have Shaughnessy number I would like to offer him our first-rate car insurance. We usually only insure rally drivers but seeing his leg reaction speed we see potential in him.

@TrollingIsAnArt: @GreenInsurance, I'll give you a 4/10. "Go home right some shit and don't come back until something dope done hit you."

@RakimsWife: Congrats Hubby, I'm so proud of you!!!!

@Rakim'sWife2: Always knew you could do it, never doubted you for a second that's why I bought you two victory cakes.

@Rakims-BabyMama: Congrats on bringing it home babe, enjoy the moment and hurry up your milk run it has been 5 years now.

@No1SugarMomy: Well, done cute, call me up I have a big surprise for you to congratulate you.

@RakimsMother: You think sleepy Baiden will let me borrow the FOOTBALL! I promise I'll use it for the good of humanity?

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Rakim almost tripped reading that part of his Twitter feed not knowing how he had managed to pick up such crazy female fans. Especially since he refrained from posting pictures or videos for the sole purpose of sexual appeal. Matter of fact his YouTube only has him vlogging at matches he watches or him actually playing. The occasional reaction video also appears but he's never posted anything that would result in him getting brain-dead Twilight fans.

Not that he hated the movie just the fact its main appeal is good-looking people showing off their abs and flexing. Lost in thought about how he managed to become a thot magnate Rakim did not notice the figure in front of him. Before he could even realise what was happening, he bumped into a slender figure who immediately lost her balance.

Reacting instinctively his left hand snaked forward clamping firmly around that figure's slender waist halting her fall as his legs moved to steady his stance. Only after doing all this did, he get a chance to look at the girl whom he had almost sent flying to the ground. The girl he'd caught looked up at him, wide-eyed, as time seemed to slow in her brown eyes that twinkled like Dimond's hidden behind her round glasses.

She wore a black baseball cap to protect herself from the heat, but that wasn't able to hide her long black hair. It cascaded down her head perfectly framing her face matching her auburn eyes which twinkled more now that she had a little flush going on. She brushed it aside, clearly flustered, at the intense gaze those green eyes were now giving her. Embarrassed she muttered a shy, "thanks," barely audible but Rakim still heard it. Despite the hustle and bustle all around him, he somehow could still pick up her soft tone which oddly reminded him of his Zeus when he was still a puppy.

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To be Continued...