The Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium was now a cauldron of emotions as one side was celebrating delightfully whilst the other was sullen .
Izan’s goal in the dying monts of the ga had sealed the deal. The Sevilla fans who had so hope of at least drawing against Valencia had to accept defeat now.
"Would be nice if he played for us" a sevilla fan said and this statent drew a round of nods from the people around him.
The talent and prowess showed by Izan was unimaginable. Even ssi and Ronaldo didn’t show such prowess at his age.
’If one’s team were to acquire Izan how much would it cost’ were the thoughts of the Sevilla fans as they sat there watching the opponents celebrate.
The travelling fans saw Izan bow infront of them and that triggered another wave of shouts and cheering around that area.
Izan after his celebration,pointed to his manager and saluted. Coach Baraja who was on the touchline couldn’t help but smile at his player’s action.
The referee blew his whistle to restart the match after the players had gone to their respective halves and positions.
After the restart,the Sevilla players retreated to their side to try and minimise the damage.
They played the ball around their own half as none of the players had the urge to even attack the opposition.
This action drew boos and jeers from their own fans. "Cobardes [Cowards ]" a fan scread at the sevilla team.
The atmosphere was hostile and the players could feel it. The referee seeing this did the ho team a favour by ending the ga right on ti.
The Sevilla players quickly retreated to the tunnel. The Valencia players on the other hand went to the visiting fans and applauded the fans.
The fans returned the gesture by also applauding the players. The Valencia players also went back to their dressing room after the gesture with the fans.
As Izan was returning to the dressing room,he saw a fan who held a sign that read ’ Can I get your jersey Izan’.
Izan after seeing this removed the jersey and gave it to the kid and from the look and the kid’s face,you could tell how much it ant to him.
Izan smiled but as soon as he saw the approaching reporters he ran and entered the tunnel.
He had been told by the clubs marketing team to remain mysterious and avoid reporters as so sort of a persona.
Izan even had to be careful not to post too much on his Instagram and other social dia platforms.
"Well done guys" Baraja said after the players had settled down.
All those who were in the phone quickly put away the phones away imdiately Baraja began speaking.
"We could have done more,but nice recovery in the second half. We played with purpose and we were rewarded with the two goals".
"I hope we can continue like this and not get complacent, we good".
The players responded like soldiers and Baraja soon left them to do whatever they wanted.
Izan, imdiately after Baraja addressed them headed towards the shower.
After a while,he ca back and started organising his things and after he was done,he headed towards the bus.
The bus which was supposed to go to the hotel headed towards the airport.
They had been told by the club to return imdiately after they were done and they couldn’t refuse.
They could choose to go to Valencia with the bus but Coach Baraja wanted to avoid any stress or fatigue related injuries.
The players boarded the plane and within an hour,Valencia was in sight. The plane began its descent and within 15 minutes,they were on the ground.
After they landed,the team wasted no ti and proceeded to go to the bus that had been waiting for them.
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Izan opened the door to the house and after entering closed it behind him. He quickly went upstairs and took another shower.
He checked the ti and saw that it was getting to 1 am. He decided to get so sleep since he would be going to the airport the next day to et his mother and sister.
Izan woke up at 9 am and one could see the match had taken its toll. His muscles were sore and he knew he had to go for a recovery session at the club.
After completing the system’s daily mission,Izan made so breakfast for himself and headed towards the team’s training complex.
The recovery lasted for an hour and 30 minutes and as soon as he was done he headed ho.
He began preparing to et his mother and sister at the airport and after a while,he was on his way.
At 12 pm,he took a cab he had booked online and headed towards the airport.
He headed towards the arrivals and took a seat there.
He had arrived an hour earlier so he wouldn’t miss them. Whilst sitting,a piece of information on the news caught his attention and the attention of all those around him.
Izan looked up to see what was going on and at that mont his heart sank. A plane from Tokyo,Japan headed towards Valencia had crashed.
The pictures were shown on the screen and one could see that the plane had actually tore in half and was on fire.
This plane was supposed to arrive at the sa ti his mother’s plane was to arrive. Izan started sweating not knowing what to do.
"It couldn’t be them right". "It might be a different plane". These thoughts rang through his head making him panic.
Izan quickly composed himself and took his phone. He quickly searched his contacts and called his mom.
No answer ca. He called his sister too but it didn’t even ring. Izan was now starting to think the worst.
He searched again and found his grandfather’s contact. Izan quickly called the number. It rang for a while before it went through.
"Hello" his grandfather said in Japanese. Izan had no ti for pleasantries as he quickly told his grandfather what was going on.
The grandfather too was in shock because Komi and Hori had left and should be heading to Valencia on a plane right now.
Hearing these words,Izan found a place to sit to reel it in. Was his mother and sister really gone.
He didn’t know it but tears had started streaming down his face. For a while it felt like he was all alone in the world.
Suddenly his phone started buzzing. Izan who was in no mood to talk ignored it.
The phone buzzed a few more tis and Izan finally raised it to see who it was and when he saw the caller Id,he quickly picked up.
"Momm" Izan spoke. "Aish sorry Miura but we have been delayed. Your sister,had a stomach ache so we got removed from the plane" Komi said without knowing what was going on.
"I thought you were gone " Izan spoke. Komi could sense the tone and saw that sothing was wrong.
"Baby why are you crying" Komi asked.
"Th- the plan-, The plane that you were supposed to be on crashed " Izan said.
Komi who heard this was shocked and couldn’t believe it. She quickly turned around and saw that a group of people had gathered around a television.
She headed towards that area and finally saw the news. Komi put her hand over her mouth and also started crying.
She couldn’t believe her luck. If not for her daughter’s stomachache,she might have left her son all alone in this world.
Both mother and son cried a bit more before finally regaining enough composure to end the call.
It seed that due to the plane that crashed,all flights to Valencia weren’t available for the day.
Izan had to wait a bit more to et his family. The next day was an off day since they didn’t have a match until Saturday and today was a Monday.
School would be reopening in a about 2 weeks ti and he had to enjoy his Mondays before school ca around.
Izan not knowing how to spend his ti went out with a ball to the local park.
He played around with the ball for a while before he noticed a group of kids who seed to be around his age or older pointing at him.
Izan didn’t mind and smiled at them before he continued doing what he was doing.
After a few minutes,the kids approached him. "Hello, I’m Eric and these are my friends" the kid said.
"Hello I’m Izan" Izan said. "Yes we know you,everybody around Valencia probably knows you" he said.
Izan felt a bit embarrassed at that thought. "Should I start disguising myself when I go out" Izan thought with a smile.
"Yeah,we were going to play a match and we were wondering if you were up for it" the kid said. "You don’t have to if you can’t" he added.
Izan who had nothing better to do accepted their offer. He moved with the kids towards the pitch where the match was supposed to take place.
Izan took his place in the middle of the pitch after stretching a bit whilst waiting for the match to begin.
The chubby referee blew the whistle and it was a sight to see as Izanplayed with them.
Izan didn’t exert himself that much as none of the players were a match for him. To him it was like playing with a bunch kindergarteners.
Izan avoided any risky play though to avoid any injury because although he was better than them in all aspects,they were a bit larger then him and could cause harm.
The ga ended with a score of 9-2 for Izan’s team. Izan who had made 3 assists and 4 goals could be said to have carried the team.
The kids were in awe of him and could understand how he was a player for their local club Valencia.
Izan after the match went ho and after healthy dinner decided to rest as he had to train the next day.
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