Rise of a Football God

After the Tottenham game, once again, Fulham FC was on the spotlight due to the impressive overall Fulham display but more importantly, because of Sam's incredible display, overshadowing the likes of Heung Min Son and Maddison.

And most of the attention was focused on his heel flick assist.

Once again, Sam was trending on multiple social media platforms as YouTube editors edited the life out of his heel flick assist.

At some point, when the noise grew too loud for him to ignore, Sam went to YouTube to watch it himself and he had to admit, he would become a fan too if he saw something like that.

This YouTube guy was so good he made the perfect video edit.

From the background music, to the light effects, to the vibration, everything was perfect, making it a short video that stayed stuck in your brain after watching it.

Sam left a like for the YouTube guy, once again creating another storm.

He didn't care about this new storm though. After leaving a like and saving the video on his iPhone, he left online and focused on recovering from the game.

Winning against Tottenham was not the end of the world. Sam was still a long way from achieving his goal, Fulham needed to do more, much more.

Fulham's next game was another league away game, and it was against Sheffield United.

(Premier league:)

(Sheffield United – Fulham)

(Date: 30th March 2024)n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

This game was scheduled to take place 14 days after their last league game, which was literally like a holiday to the players.

This was why the English FA finally rescheduled the Manchester United match, rescheduling it in-between this time in a day Manchester United was free.

And just like that, the Fulham players got another hard game to play.

They were not deterred though. Since Sam became a starting XI Fulham player, part of his mentality was already rubbing off on his teammates.

These players no longer feared anyone or opponent.

A few more days of intense training and preparation later, Sam finally made his first trip to the most iconic stadium in England, Old Trafford.

Old Trafford was exceedingly loud as the fans in red sang and cheered their team on, making the noise rise above the roof in extremely loud decibels.

Like usual, both teams started with their strongest line-up.

With Muniz upfront, Alex Iwobi, Sam, and Wilson behind him, Fulham started with their best attack. Lukic and Reed were the defensive midfielders today.

The 4-man defense comprised Robinson in left back, Bassey and Adarabioyo in central defense, while Castagne as the right back. And of course, Bernd Leno started in between the posts.

Compared to them, Manchester United had a much scarier starting XI.

Just like Fulham, Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Marcus Rashford started up front as the striker, and behind him were the trio of Alejandro Garnacho on the left, Bruno Fernandes, the Portuguese enforcer in the middle, and Forson on the right.

Behind them were the duo of Casemiro and the young prodigy, Kobbie Mainoo. Behind them making up the 4-man defense were Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Harry Maguire, and Victor Lindelof.

Andre Onana started in between the posts for Man U.

FWEEEE!

From the first minute, it was clear that this was going to be an intense encounter.

Both teams were experiencing contrasting forms in the league.

Manchester United were going through a rough patch in the league, barely winning games but write them off at your own peril. Their history alone made them a fearsome opposition to every opponent in the league.

It seemed so too today at first as in the first half, Manchester United dominated this game in Old Trafford with a string of impressive plays.

Everything offensive in this Manchester United side went through Bruno Fernandes, and the player on the left was the rod of destruction with which Fernandes controlled this game.

Alejandro Garnacho had a crazy first half as he constantly beat his man, turning Castagne inside out. He hit the post, setting up Rashford 3 times in the first half alone only for the English star to fluff his lines.

Manchester United heavily dominated the first half yet they had nothing to show for it, the first half came to an end 0-0.

During second half though was when the atmosphere in Old Trafford truly changed. Not for good though, but in woe.

In second half, led by their young Nigerian prodigy in attacking midfield, Fulham FC came back roaring like a Dragon that finally awoke from its slumber.

Your journey continues on empire

And again, Sam was at the center of everything good for his team.

The Manchester United team completely lost cohesion under this pressure, their captain, Fernandes visibly showing his frustration on the pitch as he shouted at his teammates and that discord finally proved costly.

After a simple corner routine, Wilson floated the ball in as Calvin Bassey, the Nigerian international rose above every other player, planting a firm header into the Manchester United net.

"…!" Old Trafford was silenced.

65 minutes, 0-1 to Fulham.

That goal definitely seemed to bring the frustrated Manchester United players back to reality. But they didn't try to play like a team at all, rather going alone and trying to do everything themselves individually.

Rashford barely passed the ball when he got it, Garnacho seemingly being content with turning Castagne inside out with no end result, while Fernandes took outside the box shots at every opportunity he got.

It was clear that it was desperation driving them on now, but sometimes, even desperation yield results.

In the 89th minute of this game, when their fans already started leaving the stadium, Manchester United finally equalized this game also from a corner.

Harry Maguire, the English international defender was the one who leaped highest this time, planting a powerful header towards the top right corner.

And with it, Man United came back into this game, but the status quo lasted only 7 minutes.

Another moment of magic, another Sam assist, and another Alex Iwobi late goal doomed Manchester United fans all over the world to a painful defeat.

In the 90th plus 7 minute, Alex Iwobi scored the final goal of this game as he picked up crumbs from another defense splitting Sam pass.

Fulham FC managed to steal all 3 points from Man United in Old Trafford.