Rise of a Football God

Compared to the game against Crystal Palace, Fulham faced Wolves in their home stadium. It was supposed to be a difficult game, a lot of neutral viewers even predicted Fulham to lose after their display against Crystal Palace.

But to the disappointment of a lot of people, in Molineux Stadium, just like Captain Cairney promised during his last post-match interview, Fulham entered a winning streak and in convincing fashion.

All the criticism seemingly didn't get to them as they put out a statement display in away ground.

From the first minute of this game, Fulham started on the front foot.

An Alex Iwobi brilliance opened up the game as he set up Antonee Robinson who was going on an overlapping run down the left flank.

After beating his man with pace, the left back raised his head, analyzed the situation before cutting a clever ball back to the Nigerian International.

Abusing his physicality after that clever pass, Alex Iwobi bulldozed his way into the Wolves 18-yard box before scoring from a low-driven shot.

The first goal of this game entered in the 15th minute.

10 minutes later, in the 25th minute, buoyed by the loud noise being made by the home supporters, Wolves finally created something of note and it resulted in a goal as their striker, Hwang completed the silky team move.

But that was the only moment of note from Wolves before Fulham took the game by the scruff of the neck again.

In the 39th minute, Alex Iwobi got his brace, scoring a volley from an Emile Smith Rowe pass.

The first half ended with Fulham leading 1-2.

In the 63rd minute of the second half, Sam finally left his imprint on the game after an impressive attacking display so far as his defense-splitting pass set up Muniz one-on-one with the Wolves goalkeeper who did not miss his mark, chipping the ball above him to score a cheeky goal.

The game ended 1-3 to Fulham after a convincing display.

Alex Iwobi won the man of the match award.

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After the Wolves game, Fulham's next game was the FA Cup clash against Aston Villa, a home game.

The result against Wolves in away ground left the Fulham camp in a happy mood, and this mood quickly translated in their preparations for their next game. Discover stories at My Virtual Library Empire

The mood in training was so good that the Fulham players felt optimistic for their next game and most importantly, Coach Marco Silva finally realized something.

In his next interview, the Fulham coach faced the camera with a big smile on his face as he responded to a question. "I have no idea if we'll win, I'm no prophet, but I believe that we'll win".

"Why?"

The coach grinned. "Because Sam is back to full health".

They asked other questions but refraining from answering, the coach trudged off into Craven Cottage as his team made their final preparations for the game.

With both teams eager to win this game, not caring that it was still the 5th round of the cup due to the knockout nature of the tournament, they started with their strongest lineups.

Both teams started with their regular 4-2-3-1 formation.

With the likes of Dibu Martinez, Morgan Rogers, and Ollie Watkins all starting for Aston Villa, they were a strong side but, in this game, Fulham put out another statement display to the rest of the premier league.

They didn't just win against Aston Villa, they thoroughly dissected them, tearing them apart limb for limb like a Lion does to its prey.

In front of their home fans, Fulham thoroughly dominated Aston Villa.

Despite going up against one of the best goalkeepers currently in the premier league, Fulham managed to put 4 goals in Dibu Martinez's net and it was all because of one player who was finally back to his very first.

After his ankle injury, despite the fact that he was playing well in games still, Sam still felt that there was something missing from his complete recovery.

That game sharpness was not yet there.

But a few days ago in training, he felt that it finally returned and, in this game, he was the spear that led Fulham's charge.

In just the 6th minute of this game, Sam opened the deadlock, scoring his first goal in how many games through an absolute rocket shot from outside the box.

6 minutes, 1-0 to Fulham…

"GOALLLL…!!!" The atmosphere in Craven Cottage was electric.

After that goal, Sam went on to put out a playmaking masterclass as in the 18th minute, he played a crazy trivela pass with the outside of his boot, setting up Muniz perfectly to poke the ball into the net past Dibu Martinez.

In the 30 minute of this game, Fulham supporters bore witness to a prime Sam again as like a ghost, he waved through Aston Villa players like they were not there with arrogant impunity.

Inside the 18-yard box, Carlos, the Aston Villa rapidly closed him down only for this center back to be left eating dust as Sam executed his trademark dribble, the elastico.

"Uhhh!" The commentator exclaimed, laughing. "That was diabolical from Sam! Damn! He's feeling it today!"

Sam had the chance to score it himself after cutting through the Aston Villa defense like a hot knife through butter, but he rather squared it across goal for Muniz to poke into an empty net, scoring his braze.

With that, Sam went to 1 goal and 2 assists this game.

But still not satisfied, in the 36th minute, Sam went on another mazy dribble, cutting through Aston Villa players with ruthless efficiency.

Utilizing his perfect dribbling technique, physicality, and vision, he set up Emile Smith Rowe this time as the Englishman rifled the ball into the net.

"GOALLLL…!!!" The home supporters roared.

They were receiving a treat.

With that, Sam got a hattrick of assists!

Coach Marco Silva was right, Sam was back to his best and trust the home supporters, they paid tribute to the return of the African Zidane.

"Sam!" "Sam!" "Sam!"

The Sam chants blasted out again around Craven Cottage.

In the second half, Fulham reduced their attacking intensity but still, they controlled this game from beginning to end and they excelled through the S factor that truly struck in the 2nd half.

Bam! Bam!

Tiki taka…

Pass, receive, pass, receive…, the S factor tore Aston Villa apart.

By the end of the game, the home supporters were filled with so much dopamine that they kept on singing at the top of their lungs.

Fulham extended their winning streak to 3 games.

They were in terrifying form.