Penalty of the Heart

CHAPTER 1: Víctory The immense pressure, booming loud noise and cheers, the audience and the players under the cold weather, as the event partake in a huge stadium. The players in the field are giving their all to decide who wins the match. “It’s the last five minutes! Now we're nearly at the end of the second half!” “Let’s see in this match if the Blue Panthers will reign again this La Liga!” Everyone’s eyes were promptly focused on the field. A player in red uniform quickly passed the ball to his teammate and kicked it off aiming to the left upper side of the net but the keeper instantly reacted saving the ball with both of his hands. “Woahh...that keeper is amazing!” “...Incredible! He managed to save it from that difficult angle! He's totally hyped with five minutes remaining on the clock!" The keeper threw the ball hard passing it to his teammates in black. The attacking-midfielder caught it by his chest and dribbled it running past the center field, one of the opponents with full speed quickly slid to tackle him but he immediately dodged him and passed the ball back to the center forward as their opponents caught up to him. “Lorenzo!”, the center forward shouted as he passed it to him who was at the penalty box of the opponent's field. As he received the ball, three opponents immediately marked him. Not fazed by their pressure, he kept the ball under him not giving them a chance to steal it. The players in red closed the gap, tightening up the space between them not letting him do whatever he wanted but Lorenzo took that opportunity and rolled the ball between one of the opponent's legs as he escaped their cage. As he was about to shoot, the keeper at once jumped up blocking his shooting course. Lorenzo immediately reacted while no one was still stopping him, in about 3 inches he planted his left foot to the right side of the ball bringing his left foot behind his right one, striking the ball. “Alejandro struck a ~rabona~…!”, the commentator eagerly remarked. The ball was about to hit the net but it hit the bar instead and it bounced back to the field. “Ugh!...unfortunately it hit the bar!...” One of the red players caught it and was about to pass it to his teammates but Lorenzo intercepted, stealing the ball back and Lorenzo seized the opportunity to pass it to their striker who was free. The striker was supposed to send it home but he changed his course because of the bad angle, passing it back to Lorenzo nearly a few meters away from the net goal, with enough precision of the angle he swiftly flipped his body up and kicked it hard in the mid-air. For a moment, the viewers held their breath. The slow-motion of the players running hard and the keeper extending his hand to reach the ball. The split-second rapidly returned back to normal with intense pressure on all the people in the stadium. “GOOAAAALLLL…. ALEJANDRO!”, the host roared as the ball went flying straight into the net, crazy loud cheers and shouts suddenly erupted from a large number of audiences who were eagerly watching from their seats in the stadium under the piercing cold weather. Players wearing a black jersey began to hug and celebrate on the field leaving the other team with disappointed faces as they met up with their teammates. “Nice ~hat-trick~…”, his teammates happily said, crashing their bodies to him, embracing him and slammed their fist with him. “ALE-JAN-DRO!”, another host uproared this particular name who was the star player of the game. “….what a perfect and powerful bicycle kick, he never ceases to amaze the people….and with that, he ended the match scoring 5-0 leaving their opponents Tigre Real scoreless, and of course what’s more astonishing is that their team score….that 5 points of the entire game are his own goals...he earned another hat-trick especially in the second half at the end of this season... this 21-year-old Lorenzo Alejandro is unstoppable...he is an unbeatable forward!”, the host couldn’t contain his excitement as he sang praises to this man named Lorenzo Alejandro. “This man is really amazing no matter how you look at it…” “Yeah!...he dominated the final match yet again!” Some of the Blue Panthers’ players ran around the field removing their uniform showing their muscular build and happily waving their shirt to the crowd. (^In reality, many players received a yellow or even a red card for celebrating without their shirt on.^) Exhausted from screaming and running, some lied down on the field. “We won!” “Yeah!” “We won again this year's La Liga tournament!” For the past 3 years, they’ve been winning a back to back season and for the next year's season, they are aiming for the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup. Four years ago, they’ve been winning some of the tournaments in Spain (^home^) and some countries (^away^) but then end up losing in the qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA World Cup, major world tournaments. With their exhausted bodies, they raise themselves up as the others helped the ones lying and breathing hard on the field. Both teams lined up on the center field and bowed. The tournament cup and flowers were handed to the winning team, The Blue Panthers. Congratulatory words and handshakes began to overflow to one side while the other side shared their greetings leaving their frustrations for later. “And that concludes today's La Liga Football Tournament between the Tigre Real and Blue Panthers here in Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona!”, the host announced. As the hosts continued their chattering, the fans jump to the field for pictures and some extended their hands hoping to be able to touch them, and the media with their cameras were focused on the winning team busy making their reports. The reporters flocked to the Blue Panthers and asked hundreds of questions but before they could get answers the security team blocked them preventing them from further contact with players. They made way for them to their room lockers. ~Rabona~ [ is a move that involves wrapping a leg behind the one you are standing on and kicking the ball with it. ] ~Hat-trick or Hattrick~ [ a hat-trick in terms of football is earned when a player gets to score three goals in one game.]