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[You havepleted system mission: It is your debut game; make your mark, make it memorable!]
[You managed to give an assist during your debut professional game for Enyimba FC, your first professional football club!]
[Mission penalty has been voided!]
[Congrattions! You have awakened real-time game experience umtion!]
[NOTE: Real-time game experience umtion is the ability of host to develop real-time during professional football games and training without the system while being recorded by the system, including improving your skill masteries on the pitch and even leveling up your attributes!]
[NOTE: The progress of real-time game experience umtion on host is based on a few factors!]
[NOTE: You have finally unlocked skill and skill mastery tab!]
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[Owned Football Skills:]
(La Croqueta)
(Skill Mastery Level: Basic)
(Skill progress to intermediate level: 31/100]
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(Body Feint)
(Skill Mastery Level: Basic)
(Skill progress to intermediate level: 12/100)
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(Cruyff Turn)
(Skill Mastery Level: Basic)
(Skill progress to intermediate level: 89/100)
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(Power Shot)
(Skill Mastery Level: Basic)
(Skill progress to intermediate level: 2/100)
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[You havepleted matchday system mission: Win the game!]
[You yed only a few minutes of this football game as a substitute!]
[Calcting reward…, please wait…]
[Calctionplete!]
[You have been rewarded with 1 Skill Point!]
[Avable Skill Points: 2]
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Seeing these system notifications, the first emotion that Sam felt was ecstasy. ''Damn! Finally!'' He eximed in his mind, the fact that he was not alone in this room was the only reason why he didn''t erupt yet.
For a long time, he had wondered about the reason why he couldn''t see the football skills that he already mastered.
Despite the fact that he was still not a professional football yer, Sam was confident in his football skills, even from when he was just 14 years old.
As an attacking midfielder, he may not be up there with the best yers in the world yet but against his peers, Sam was confident in his skills.
This was why he was baffled by the reason why his system didn''t disy his football skills before now. At some point, he thought it had a separate perk for that and he needed to level up the system to unlock it.
But now, he knew the reason why.
Apparently, he had toplete his first professional football game to unlock it. At this moment, he truly realized how much of a milestone his first game against Nasarawa United truly was.
Another reason for his ecstasy was because personally, he already confirmed that the system was right.
Among the myriad of football skills that he tried his hands out with during his little purple reign of football love after the 2011 Champions league final, these 4 skills indicated by the Ultimate Football System were truly his strongest traits.
On his day, on a football pitch, Sam could see himself easily executing the Cruyff turn and croqueta skills against other yers of his caliber.
He also had a great shot, evident from his first and only training game with Coach James in preparation for the Christmas Game.
He may not be as proficient with his body feint skills, but he was d his system acknowledged it nheless.
Despite this, Sam was pretty sure that there were other skills that he had some knowledge of, no matter how small.
He understood why the system didn''t disy them though. ''My mastery level with these skills is not yet up to the basic mastery level''.
For a few seconds, he reflected, simply appreciating how much this revtion from his system could affect his football career. ''Damn! The system is the OG!''
''With it, I can literally track my growth with practicing football skills!'' Sam was giddy with joy.
Another factor that left him excited was the simple fact that he finally learned how to earn more skill points consistently.
To earn skill points, he simply needed to y games. ''The more games I y and the more ying time that I get, the better''. He thought, excited at the possibility of earning more skill points.
After all, to make use of the skills market, he needed skill points since it was the only currency epted by the system so far.
At this moment, his system beeped with a notification.
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[WARNING! You are past a professional football yer''s bed time!]
[System penalty: No penalty]
[System Remark: To get to the top of the football world, you need to have a disciplined schedule to avoid career-ending injuries and to always be in top shape to perform at the top of your game consistently.]
[System Hint: Go to sleep]
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Sam was stunned. ''This is new''. He almostughed.
Yawning, he finally paid attention to the time. He could not afford to stay awake any longer, it was already past 12.
''Damn, I miss the times when I could sleep anytime I wanted''.
''But like the system said, if I want to achieve my dreams and rise to the top of the football world, I need to be disciplined''.
With a big smile on his face, Sam finally dismissed his system interface.
He thought. ''I''m living the dream''.
And then, he finally beat the excitement of experiencing his very first professional football game, falling asleep.
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Sam sleptte but the next morning, he managed to keep to his early waking schedule, waking earlier than his captain.
Sneaking out of the room, he went on a job.
Unlike the others, he had a system daily quest toplete.
About an hourter, he finally got the notification that he was looking for.
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[You havepleted Daily Quest: Get back in shape!]
[You have been rewarded with a low-grade physical conditioning elixir!]
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With a slight smile on his face, Sam jogged back to the hotel room drenched in sweat. He found his captain standing idly outside the hotel. "Where are youing from?"
Sam grinned. "I went on a jog".
Hearing that, Austin dapo grinned. "Good," he nodded. "Do you want to go on anotherp?"
"Why not? You want to jog with me?"
"Yeah, I like this dedication of yours, keep it up". Austin smiled. "You''re the first teammate that''s willing to go on a jog in away ground since I started ying football".
Hearing that, Sam smiled cheekily. "Ok," he agreed readily, eager to build a closer rtionship with his captain.
They jogged for another 30 minutes before finally calling it a day. Taking turns, both yers entered the bathroom to take a bath and freshen up once they were back in their room.
They soon got an SMS message from Coach Yemi Daniel indicating that the bus would depart in 45 minutes.
Sam and Austin met up with the schedule and alongside their teammates, they finally embarked on their journey back home after their first football league game of the season.
Later in the day, after all the games were yed, Coach Yemi Daniel sent the results of all the matchday 1 fixtures to his yers, Sam included.
Coach Yemi Daniel also sent the fixtures for matchday 2 to his yers.
With his phone, Sam essed the results.