Rise of a Football God

"Have you heard? That guy is Kayla's boyfriend".

"Really? The footballer guy? The one that's playing for a big club in England?"

"Yeah, that's him, you can search for him online. His name is Samuel Moses".

"Hmmm, ok".

{Samuel Moses- No. 11}

{Nigerian professional footballer}

{Professional Football Club: Fulham FC}

{Overview:}

{Age: 19 years}

{Current Season Stats: All competitions}

Games Played: 21

Goals: 18

Assists: 16

{Last Match: Chelsea 1-1 Fulham}

{Date: 26th December, 2024}

{S. Moses stats: 88 mins, 4 shots, 1 goal, 0 assists}

{Samuel Moses is a young Nigerian professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier league club Fulham and the Nigeria national team. Sam started his career in Enyimba FC, making 54 appearances and scoring 41 goals. Wikipedia=}

"Wow, it's really him!"

Well, it was safe to say that today, Kayla fully experienced the privileges of being the girlfriend of a big celebrity.

The English premier league was the most broadcasted and publicized football league in the world. In Netherlands, the Eredivisie was more popular but still, as one of the shining stars of the new premier league season, Sam was known.

For some time, rumors swirled around Kayla's university that one of their girls was dating a famous football player, and now it was confirmed because today, Sam insisted on following his girlfriend to school.

At first, Kayla vehemently refused.

It was not until he showed her that his legs were already strong enough to just walk did she accept, but nonetheless, Kayla was stunned by it.

What cursed speed of recovery was this?

They arrived in Netherlands 2 days ago. During their first day, both of them stayed indoors as they enjoyed quality lover's time.

But today, when Kayla informed him that she had a lecture to attend at the university, Sam insisted on following her to school and here they were.

Well, it was not just her schoolmates that gossiped her and her boyfriend, Kayla also gossiped them to her boyfriend.

"See that one?"

"Don't point at him, he'll know we're talking about him". Sam felt like covering his face in embarrassment as he chuckled.

Kayla smirked. "Well, he's that guy that asked me out that I told you about".

Hearing that, Sam's face quickly turned sharp as he looked at the guy again. "Hmmm," he nodded slowly, his face turning serious. "I understand now, you can point at him some more".

"No way!" Kayla laughed.

Kayla had 2 lectures to attend in the university that day, one was scheduled for morning and the other was for evening.

During the morning class, he sat alongside his girlfriend in the lecture hall even as he kept on being subjected to fiery gazes from all around.

"He's so handsome!" He thought he heard a girl shriek excitedly.

Even the male lecturer had an irked expression on his face due to how distracted his students seemed, Sam felt a bid bad for him.

But then, he was stunned when at the end of the class, this lecturer was the first person to walk up to him with a calm expression on his face before slipping a jersey into his hand.

He chuckled. "Mr. Sam, an autograph please, my son is a big fan of yours".

"…" Sam was stunned and speechless.

In the end, he chuckled. "Of course, lecturer". He signed an autograph for the excited lecturer and took a picture with him.

With their lecturer showing the first example, the students became emboldened as after the class, they swarmed Sam like the celebrity he was, demanding pictures left and right.

Some girls even secretly tried to separate him from his girlfriend but sensitive enough, Sam was firm and he did not let it.

In the end, it took some security interference before he was finally able to leave the university premises with his girlfriend.

"Hmph!" Kayla snorted. "Shameless girls".

Sam chuckled.

"What's funny?" She snapped.

"Nothing, nothing". He raised his hands in surrender, smiling.

After the morning class, Kayla took him to a restaurant where they had a nice local Netherlands meal and then later in the afternoon, she took him along for a modeling business appointment that she had.

News of Sam walking around in Netherlands with a girl already got to England long ago, and in the afternoon, he received a series of phone calls.

One was from his coach, one was from Emile Smith Rowe, another from Ian, while 5 staggering missed calls were from his doctor.

When he finally called back, they all expressed the same concern, was his leg strong enough to walk already?

His doctor displayed the greatest concern, the middle-aged man only calmed down when Sam reassured him that he felt no discomfort and also promised him that he would be extra careful.

Later in the evening, they finally returned back to the university for Kayla's last class of the day and this time, Sam was not idle in her class.

While Kayla focused on attending her lectures, blocking his ears with an apple air pod, Sam tuned in to DSTV where he watched the ongoing premier league game.

(Premier league:)

(Matchday 20 of 38:)

(Fulham – Ipswich Town)

(Date: 5th January, 2025)

The game already started.

Just like expected, amid the boisterous atmosphere in Craven Cottage, both teams started with their strongest lineups.

For Fulham, Raul Jimenez started up top while behind him was the trio of Alex Iwobi, Emile Smith Rowe, and Adama Traore.

Further behind them was the midfield duo of Lukic and Andreas Pereira. The 4-man defense comprised of Tete, Bassey, Diop, and Antonee Robinson who was recently being labelled as the best left back currently in the premier league.

FWEEEE!

After the referee's whistle, Ipswich Town started kickoff but the newly promoted premier league club were not allowed to take control over this game as with Alex Iwobi, Jimenez, and Emile Smith Rowe leading it, Fulham slowly took control over the game.

During the early proceedings, Fulham dominated.

They came close to scoring a few times, only the defiant performance of the Ipswich Town goalkeeper kept them afloat for now.

While he watched on his phone, Sam was all smiles till in the 28th minute, he felt like he was suddenly drenched in cold water.

After a lengthy period of relentless Fulham attacks, Ipswich Town finally won back the ball and went on a counterattack. Their first tangible attack of the game, their first shot on target and it resulted in a freaking goal!

In the 28th minute, against the run of play, Ipswich Town went ahead.

"…" Sam felt devastated again.