Greatest Of All Legends
Chapter 837: Instant Impact
Davison Sanchez quickly sent the ball over, but the ball was not the only thing that rushed towards Jason.
The pass didn’t have enough pace on it to outpace the running Mura players and one Mura player rushed after the ball while two others rushed towards Jason.
Moving towards the ball, Jason suddenly turned back as if to receive the ball on his inside and turn with it and his opponents seeing that tried to block his sides.
But on receiving the ball, Jason who had been moving as if to turn suddenly bounced back, flicking the ball back and jumping through the space between the two players on his side, but he wasn’t out of trouble yet because there was one more guy who hadn’t reached him yet earlier but was now within kicking distance of the ball.
The Mura player immediately put out his leg, trying to steal the ball, but Jason was faster and flicked the ball between the space that opened between his legs instead.
{Oh wow! Pressure doesn’t mean much to this man, does it?}
{Who needs defending when they can’t get the ball off you, really}
With the Mura players having surged forward on the press, the danger wasn’t over yet, but for Jason, he saw an opportunity and after using a la croqueta to dodge another tackle, he sent the ball curling into the path of Son’s run on the left with a trivela pass.
Making it to the ball, Son wasn’t able to reach it before it bounced, causing him to have to curve his run a bit, but he managed to reach it on the left side of the penalty box and sent a cross into the center where Kane was waiting.
{Kane!!!}
Kane hit the ball with the side of his foot first time and sent it into the far left where Obradovic couldn’t hope to reach, sending the net bulging and the Tottenham fans to their feet.
Kane ran down to the sidelines,hugging Son who was waiting for him and the other Tottenham players came running over.
{From back to front! I doubt it’s been ten seconds and Tottenham have reversed a situation that looked like it could end badly for them!}
{It’s this man again!}
{The previous leg, he scored an hat-trick and now he has two!}
{And I dare say, this goal wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of Jason back there}
{Escaping the high press like he did with such finesse and picking out the perfect pass to create the opportunity}
{Such precision, such skill, such beautiful football}
Jason finally reached the players celebrating and got a lot of appreciation from his teammates for his play.
High fiving Son and Kane, Jason blew a kiss to the few Tottenham fans in the stadium before turning back as well and heading back to his team’s half.
While the Tottenham side was happy at finally completing a comeback, the Mura players and fans were distraught after all their efforts the whole game evaporated in front of them without them being able to stop it.
They hadn’t suddenly begun playing badly, rather, they had been focused all game and put in as much effort as they could, but even then it wasn’t enough.
The gulf in quality between them was truly vast, but after managing to trouble Tottenham for this long, their spirits weren’t broken just yet.
As soon as the game resumed they switched to attacking football.
There was nothing left to defend for.
They had played four games so far with this being their fifth one on the group and they had lost all four and were on track to losing their fifth game.
It was impossible for them to qualify at this point so at least they didn’t want to feel like they hadn’t given everything.
There was just one small issue with their thinking.
With how vast the difference in quality was, releasing the defensive pressure that had kept Tottenham in check all game was a mutually destructive decision.
Just four minutes later, Tottenham caught them on the counterattack after stopping a Mura attack and the ball was quickly sent up the field into Mura’s half and before long Tottenham was in the final third.
{Tottenham’s looking to get a third and bury this game!}
Mura had managed to get back quickly enough to slow down Tottenham so the counter attack had stalled with Moura now on the ball looking for options, but not seeing any options leading to goal, he passed to Jason who was making an overalapping run at minimal pace.
{Out to the flank, spotting the overlapping run from the wingback}
Receiving the ball and pushing it forward at jogging pace, Jason squared off against the one Mura player directly in his path.
{Can he get through, it’s only one man in his path at the moment!?}
Seeing how firmly the guy was following his movements, Jason immediately determined that the guy wasn’t trying to stop him by holding him off, but rather was looking for an opportunity to make a tackle even if it meant getting booked.
Taking advantage of that, Jason feigned as if to cut inside before suddenly turning back to the outside.
Klemen Sturm saw Jason’s initial move and then sudden change but luckily he hadn’t committed to Jason’s earlier move and immediately made to tackle if he made an outside run, but suddenly Jason changed direction one more time.
It was a feint inside a feint that no one could predict, not even the camera man shooting from up close.
With Klemen tackling the wrong direction, Jason cut in from the right, reached the edge of the penalty box and without much thought unleashed a blitz curler, aiming for the top left corner of the post.
{He’s away and he hits it!}
Obradovic leaped as powerfully as he could, following the ball with his eyes, but he couldn’t hope to stop the ball that smashed into the top left side of the goal.
{Oh it’s in!}
{Surely this is it! The one to settle it all!}
{Impact! Instant Impact!}
{His first game back after three months of injury, playing in an unfamiliar position, but he won’t stay silent and he’s had his say!}