The screamer from Ferran was the last goal of the first half, a goal that made sure Unique FC at least had one foot in the Bilbeth Super Cup final.

The current Bilbeth Super League leaders dragged out the remaining few minutes of the match with nothing particularly eventful happening.

"Well, that was a first half to remember." Jim gasped in satisfaction. "We witnessed two very impressive goals from their young striker and then Ferran came on later to score a screamer."

After saying that, Jim turned to Steve.

"What's your opinion on the first half, Steve?"

"Norlin FC started out strong, and I thought they were going to put up a really tough fight against Unique FC, but it didn't take long for Unique FC to show why they're the superior team." Steve articulated. "That said, Unique FC were never really able to truly drown out their threats in this game. They're leading by three goals, but who knows what will happen in the second leg? This is football, after all."

<So, how do you suppose you guys are going to play for the second half of the game?>

This was Catherine's question to Dave as he made his way down the tunnel alongside his teammates.

'What do you think?' Dave threw a question back at her.

<To be honest, I think it'll be better to consider the safe option, you guys allowed them too much ball possession in the first half, there might be problems in the second half>

'Hm, I agree with your opinion but we'll have to wait and see what the coach has planned.'

While Norman's thoughts appeared to be in line with what the goalkeeper thought on the surface, he didn't want Unique FC to just play the safe game.

He wanted more goals, and in order to achieve that he wanted his team to attack more frequently than they did in the first half.

Except that, instead of relying on counterattacks, he wanted his team to start creating their own build-ups, and because of that, certain players who were currently on the bench were required to make an appearance.

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"Welcome back, everyone, the second half is about to kick off as we can see the players making their way back to the pitch." Jim articulated. "The first half was interesting but I have a feeling this half will be even more interesting."

"I also get the feeling that something might happen in this half."

Just like Jim said, the players were now back on the pitch, and Gregory could be seen standing over the ball on the kick-off spot.

It didn't take long before the referee blew his whistle to kick off the match.

Gregory quickly sent the ball rolling to Henry who quickly sent it rolling further down to Martinez before the opposing player close to him could reach him.

Martinez feigned a pass to the left, swiftly drawing the midfielder's attention in that direction before he turned and sent the ball rolling to Frankie.

Frankie had a bit of space to cover so he slowly pushed forward with the ball.

Unfortunately, before he could figure out what to do with it, the player hot on his trail acted swiftly, sweeping the ball off his feet.

Unique didn't make any changes going into the second half but Norlin FC did.

The newest player on the pitch was a player with the name 'Lopez' above the number seventeen on the back of his kit.

"Oh, that's a swift and neat tackle to get the ball away from Frankie."

That was indeed a neat tackle, but the midfielder's boots dug into the ground, uprooting some of the grass in the process.

Seeing the ball get taken away from him, Frankie stretched out his leg to try and take it from him but Lopez had already taken off with the ball.

"Oh, could this be a chance for Norlin FC to come up with something?"

The Norlin FC fans screamed in anticipation as the midfielder raced toward the box with the ball.

He had Frankie right behind him and Martinez in front with Norman blocking any possible chance of escape.

The midfielder had no chance of taking them all on, he had a better idea instead.

Sai Ahmed made a move toward the box at that moment, slowly getting behind Sima while their left winger kept Adolf occupied. All of this was happening while Roland unknowingly kept the striker on side.

Lopez quickly sent the ball flying in toward the box before any of the Unique FC players got the chance to take it from him.

Ahmed quickly dashed forward at that moment, getting his head on the ball and pushing it forward toward the top right corner.

"Sai Ahmed!"

The closeness of that strike, coupled with the speed of the force behind it, almost made it impossible for Dave to anticipate.

He was barely able to react on time, getting the tip of his glove on the ball to send it flying over the bar for a corner kick.

"Oh my goodness! What was that?!"

Even Dave couldn't help but crash down on the ground and break out in cold sweat after barely making that save so it was easy to see why Jim was excited.

"What a goal that could have been." Steve clicked his tongue. "But as always, it's not easy to score against Dave, that guy is out of this world."

It wasn't just Norlin FC fans, even Unique FC fans couldn't help gasping in shock after witnessing in that.

Sai Ahmed was obviously disappointed that his attempt couldn't pull one back for his teammates but at least they still had a chance to do something with the corner kick.

"What's wrong with this Dave guy? Can't he just allow a single goal?" A Norlin FC fan couldn't help but sigh in frustration.

"Your team just doesn't have the capability. If you did, you would have scored by now." A Unique FC retorted from the other side. "Dave isn't the best goalkeeper that Bilbeth has ever seen for nothing."

"And who gave him that title?"

"Your team can try scoring against him if they doubt the title's authenticity." The Unique FC fan responded mockingly.

The Norlin FC fan found his words stuck in his throat so he could only scoff and turn away in anger.

"You'll see."

At this point, Norlin FC were about to take the corner kick as Dennison could be seen standing over the ball while everyone else was lurking around inside and around the box.

<If you had reacted just a second slower you might not have been able to save that initial shot even with ball magnet>

'I know, I felt it.' Dave responded as he adjusted his gloves.

With the referee's signal, Dennison wasted no time sending the ball flying into the box toward the far post.

Norman initially had the area covered and it was supposed to be a fairly easy clear for him.

That was until Lopez quickly dashed toward the area.

The midfielder jumped higher than the fullback, getting his head on the ball and heading straight into the goalpost from the top left corner.

Dave didn't even get the chance to react.

"Oh my days! Norlin FC has just pulled one back just a few minutes into the second half."

The Norlin FC fans were in an uproar as Lopez picked up the ball and started running toward the kickoff spot with it while urging his teammates to keep it up.

The Norlin FC fan who was arguing with a Unique fan suddenly turned to him at this moment.

"What do you have to say now?" He said with a proud expression.

The Unique fan still maintained his stand as he scoffed.

"What's there to be proud of, you guys are still losing."

Meanwhile, back on the pitch, Unique FC certainly didn't like the feeling of conceding just like any other team.

"There was nothing I could do about that," Dave muttered as he shook his head.

<Looks like this Lopez is going to be a handful>

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