My Goalkeeping System

"Our next match will be against Tereville United, they're not in form at the moment so I think we'll be able to take all three points but before that, we'll be praying that Supreme United drops at least two points tomorrow, that would put them at the top of the table alongside Dynamo FC, catching up to them won't be hard that way." Norman expressed. "You guys performed superbly today and I hope we can keep this up, winning the league title isn't impossible, I think we can get there if we keep playing like this."

After telling me that and a lot of other things, the players were finally allowed to head home.

Dave got home by 11:00 PM, and after parking his car in his usual parking spot, he got down from it and made his way to the door.

'I wonder what she's doing now.' He said subconsciously before placing his hand on the door.

<Under normal circumstances, she should be sleeping, I'm pretty sure she's sleeping>

The goalkeeper didn't reply to her as he opened the door and walked into the house to find her sitting on the couch fast asleep.

"I guess you were right." He muttered as he slowly walked closer to her.

Her breathing was calm and peaceful but it was a bit loud compared to other times as he could her from where he was standing.

He kept his gaze on her for a while before he shrugged and began to make his way to the kitchen.

"I'm thirsty." He said before he opened the freezer and pulled out a smaller bottled water compared to the one of a liter that he had switched to since his daily quests got revoked.

He opened the bottled water and slowly consumed it as he made his way out of the kitchen.

"This nose still hurts." He said as he slowly pressed his nose before turning his gaze to his wife who was still fast asleep on the couch.

'I don't want to try moving her upstairs and then she'll wake up and start nagging me.' He said subconsciously before turning his gaze to the staircase.

After finishing the contents of the container, he threw it into the bin by the side before he began to make his way to the staircase.

He quickly made his way upstairs and after about three minutes, he returned with a brown blanket in his hand.

He slowly used the blanket to cover her body before he slowly took two steps backward.

"She's still asleep, I think I should go take a shower now." He said before he turned and slowly began to make his way upstairs.

After about fifteen minutes, the goalkeeper returned downstairs putting on a purple robe that looked quite silky.

He walked to the fruit basket on the dining table and picked up an apple before he made his way to the couch and slowly sat down beside Emma to avoid waking her up.

"For some reason, I don't really feel like sleeping early tonight." He took a bite from the apple he was holding before he picked up the remote and turned on the television.

<Sleep early? You got home by 11:30 PM, that's way past an early bedtime>

'I didn't ask for your opinion.'

The goalkeeper kept switching from channel to channel as he bit down on his apple, and just a few minutes after he was done with the apple, he was already fast asleep.

Emma let out a soft moan as she slowly opened her eyes.

"Who's on my body?" She mumbled before looking down to see that it was her husband's head that was on her body.

"Dave, you've been back for a while now." She mumbled.

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The match between Supreme United was set to kick off by 2:00 PM and since he didn't have anything to do that day, the goalkeeper decided to watch it together with Mateo who came for a morning visit and ended up staying till noon.

The time being displayed on the wall clock was 1:40 PM which meant that they had just twenty minutes to wait for the match to kick off.

They were a few snacks on the table which Emma had dropped for them, but she wasn't there at the moment, today was Sunday so she couldn't be at work.

The two were having a little chat in the living room while waiting for the match to start when someone suddenly knocked on the door.

"Who could that be?" Dave said before quickly turning to the door.

"Don't worry, I'll get it," Mateo said before he got up from the seat and made his way to the door.

The winger got to the door and opened it to see someone he wasn't sure he had seen before but he could remember catching a glimpse of that face last night.

A blonde-haired girl with an oval face, a straight and slightly pointed nose, thin pink lips, hazel-shaped green eyes, and medium-length eyelashes.

She had freckles below both of her eyes, her body was quite slender, her chest wasn't that big which was normal for her age and she was only slightly shorter than the winger.

Mateo was lost in his thoughts for a while but luckily he was able to snap out of it before she could say anything.

"Oh, hey, there." The winger said.

"Hey, you're Mateo Smith." She said with a bright smile on her face.

"Yeah, that's me." The winger said with an awkward expression on his face.

"I can't believe I'm standing face to face with Unique FC's superstar." She said, sounding like an excited high school girl.

"Yeah, so what do you want?" He asked before placing his hand on the back of his head.

"Oh, yeah, I should have asked you that from the beginning, I got carried away, I'm sorry. Is your big sister here?"

'She sure talks a lot.'

"Um…she disappeared a few minutes ago, I don't know, she may be upstairs." The winger replied.

"Okay, but I think she has to be at home."

"Yeah, but why are you looking for her?" He asked.

"Um…she's the one that told me to come here so that we can take care of things today, it's work-related." She explained.

"Work-related? You're the new employee." The winger said in realization.

"Yeah, I'm Amber Green." She said with a nod.

'I knew I saw that face last night.'

"Amber." The winger said before fully opening the door for her to come in. "Come on in then."

"Okay." She said before slowly stepping into the house.

She had her bag pressed against her chest with her left arm, there was something inside, something that had the shape of a laptop.

"Oh, there you are," Emma said as she slowly made her way downstairs with her laptop in her hand.

"Oh, Mrs. Emma, good morning," Amber said abruptly after turning her gaze to Emma who was making her way to the dining table now.

'Suddenly nervous all of a second.'

"Over here, Amber."

"I guess this is bye, Mateo." She smiled before she began to make her way to the dining area.

Mateo didn't say anything as he turned and began to make his way back to the couch.

"What took you so long at the door?" Dave asked.

"I was confirming who she was." The winger said as he sat down on the couch.

"Okay, the match's going to kick off anytime soon now."

Just two minutes after kick-off, Supreme United put the ball into Black Roz FC's goalpost.

Dave was about to react angrily when he realized that Mateo wasn't paying attention to the match, his gaze wasn't even on the television.

​ "You know, I didn't know you were that into blondes." The goalkeeper said.

"Huh?" The winger said before quickly turning his gaze to him. "What are you talking about?"

"You have your gaze elsewhere."

"No.."

"Supreme United just scored."

He quickly turned his gaze to the television to see the replay of Roland lobbing the ball over the goalkeeper and into the goalpost.

"Oh, that was fast." He muttered.

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Mass release goals.

A magic castle= one extra chapter.

Two magic castles= two extra chapters.