Reincarnated As A Footballer - 13 TEAM!! Assemble

As soon as the match was over Vinod heard

[Special Conditions met. Recording Directory added to System Menu. Congratulations to the host for being in “The Zone”. The Zone contrary to public expectations is not sparks coming out of eye matching your hair colour with motivations/triggers to go into it be like not being able to see your teammates sad and cry or not being able to have faith in your team mates that they will be able to help you win the match and yes, it is definitely not a region which is locked by a door or two that can open through your sheer awesomeness and willpower and through your team work with a nearly invisible team mate (who incidentally acts as the door keeper to the second door). No! Zone is basically a high concentration condition a person gets into where your dynamic vision gets improved temporarily along with your awareness. You were lucky enough to go into it this early into your career. Generally, only extreme talents go into the Zone when high stakes are in place. A popular example that could be given to you is Ronaldinho in the famous match against Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu, when he got a standing ovation from the Madridistas. So there is no specific “trigger” or one to go into the zone, the person in question generally does it subconsciously.

Due to the fact that the host was able to be in the zone, all your skills are increased by one and your perk Mr. Cool has been upgraded to Mr. Iron Heart. To check the perk, do visit the Status Page.

As for the Recording Directory, the system has an incoming message for you that explains it: Yo! This is the Almighty, yours truly! Hmm.. Recordings right? Heard it somewhere? You used it in your game against the XYZ Academy! Remember?? Of all the people I gave this chance to, the only one who neglected this feature is you! I know that before, the recording could only be viewed once after the match was over, but no! Neither did you use it after getting a coach, you completely forgot about it you moron! Talk about not using a reincarnated life to the fullest! Do you know how long I waited for a person with system to be a sports person? Arghh… (Inhale)(Exhale).. Okay! Now listen with your ears open! I did not wish to waste such precious time of mine just to lecture you on how to use a system. To make things short, you can use the Recording Directory everyday for one hour, during which time, you will be sleeping in the real world. It has every match that you have played till now, official and unofficial. Yours truly has also kept the match recording that you so specifically asked the system to delete (Why on earth do you want to delete a match recording? Was it costing you any money or life?) and so from now on do utilize this to the fullest extent and give me a show that is worth the history books! ]

Vinod did not know how to react to that. He did not expect the creator of the system to be such a …..(A/N: Dear readers,just fill in the blanks whatever you think would be appropriate here and just fill up the bank in the comments section!) Still, he was shocked on forgetting the recording feature and after such a display from you know, the God himself, there was no way he could forget it again!

Vinod and team then finished their cooldown exercises and as they were about to leave, Vinod heard someone calling him. It was Lizziero. He was conused as to why he came to meet him. Lizziero then started speaking

“I hope you don’t mind what happened in the pitch. I mean, I am sorry if I hurt you, but that was in the game where you were my opponent and we were specifically asked to crush your team systematically. You were the key player for the attack so I made it my duty to do so. But I hope you forgive mefor that but, what was that final dribble! A pity you did not get to score the goal. Still I hope to play with you during this training camp and exchange some pointers between us even though you are an attacker and I am defensive mid. Well, it was nice talking to you but you see our coach asked me to come to him as soon as possible, so bye then! See you next week!”

Everything was told in less than fifteen seconds and lo he was gone! For the second time in less than one hour, Vinod did not know how to react. He got called by Karl and so got distracted. When he asked Karl what the matter was, he told Vinod that he, Karl, Ivan, Aksel, William and Chidera were asked by the coach to go to the Training Ground Number 1 after dinner.

So they went. After having a good amount of food thanks to the match, The six of them went to the Training Ground No. 1 only to see some twenty to thirty more players, whom Vinod noted were U-14 players too and they were the last group to assemble there. As soon as they got in, the manager Martin along with a translator came in and asked them to stand in accordance to their positions and they did. He then counted the number of heads and then started by dropping a bombshell

“Congratulations! You are now officially in the team of Vålerenga FC in the Under 14 Club Championship in the 2011 season!”

This shocked many of the players standing there as they did not expect their numbers to get cut off to less than half of their previous number within a span of one week. Sensing their expression, he said

“I did not joke when I said that you had to work really hard last week. We scouted people from all over the country and some are from foreign countries too. You had talent, the necessary talent that our scouts thought will be necessary for us winning the title in Norway and challenge Europe. But despite all the talent, what good will it be if you do not have the ability to fight back in dire straits to turn the match around? That was what happened to Brazil in finals of the 1950 World Cup. It is all good when you are leading by one goal or two. But what will happen to you in a disadvantageous position? Will you just crumble down and lose? That should not and would not happens to my team, and I am pretty much sure that it won’t happen to you guys now after the mental hell you have faced your respective matches. So do remember, it does not matter if you concede a goal early in the match or not. What does matter is the manner in which you respond to the conceded goal or two. And yes, with you being the roster of the U-14 Championships, you are the Vålerenga FC representatives in the Under 14 category in the training camp and do utilize this next one week to the maximum.”

The atmosphere seemed to relax a little bit when the Manager then announced

“Yes, you are now in the team, but I do hope that you did not forget the fact that only 17 out of the 35 players here get to play in the tournament! Your performance from now onwards would decide whether you make the cut or not! So, do enjoy your free day tomorrow, as for the next one week, it will be your personal hell, I can guarantee you that.”