Chapter 41
Instead, they passed the ball to Damien.
And immediately Damien tried to run with it, but he got tackled down immediately.
And the ball dropped on the ground.
At that moment Kelly pounds on it, the star player from the Knights team, grabs the ball. And without thinking twice he ran super fast towards the goal line.
All of the tiger backline tried to stop him, they threw in tackles but Kelly invaded all of the tackles.
Mike ran as fast as he could to stop Kelly from getting a Touchdown, which is six points, which would be bad.
He ran as fast as he could but upon getting close to Kelly, his jaw tightened ready to commit a flying tackle, but at that moment, Kelly released the ball to the other knight running back who was completely free.
"Oh no"
Mike said to himself slowly.
At that moment the other running back caught the ball perfectly, and did a Touchdown.
Kelly smiled knowing he totally fooled Mike thinking he\'s going to make the run, But he played right into his plans now his teammate has scored a touchdown for the Knights!.
The Knights fans cheered so loud seeing what just happened.
At that moment the tigers fans went quite immediately they couldn\'t believe none of the Tigers could catch him. And now the game is back on, 12-9 is a very close margin.
The coach at that moment clapped to his team\'s direction encouraging them to fight.
The game continued and the Tigers positioned themselves and they had the ball again.
Mike was open ready to receive as usual, but his teammate that received the ball first still would not pass to him. Instead they gave the ball to Damien.
Upon receiving the ball Damien ran fast with it, to catch the backline unaware however he could not run fast enough. The Knights kept tackling him and retrieving the ball.
It was becoming viable the tigers were not working as a team anymore.
And The Knights took advantage. They stole the ball from Damein again and again.
Kelly has already gotten three touchdowns and scored some more other points through Field goals.
Ethan and Mike at that moment looked confused. They couldn\'t believe what was happening anymore. Everything was going on smoothly some minutes ago. How come everything is turning outside down?
They did not know why their team stopped passing to them and he was so clear they refused to pass the ball to either Mike or him.
And now they are losing, and it was all Damien\'s and his friends\' fault.
At that moment the commentator couldn\'t hold back anymore.
"We\'re back at Tigers Stadium, and things are looking bleak for the home team for the tigers. After Ethan\'s stunning punt return touchdown, his teammates have done the unthinkable and it\'s clear for everyone to see. They\'ve cut him and Mike out of the offense entirely, refusing to block for him or even give him the ball."
the other added.
"I can\'t say this is the coach idea, moment ago things were going fine and I thought the tigers would be running away with it, but I was wrong, everything changed immediately they stopped passing the ball to Ethan and Mike,and now knight had completely capitalize on it and now they are leading"
"It\'s such a pity after a good opening performance some group of individuals as decided to Sabotage everything"
He nodded his head in disappointment.
The coach at that moment couldn\'t say anything but he watched, he knows Damien is the cause of everything.
His deadly gaze was focused on him and the most painful it was his captain that has decided to act childish.
Ethan stands on the sideline, his helmet was on his hand he couldn\'t understand what is going on anymore,
With the look on his face one could tell he\'s confused and frustrated.
"I don\'t understand"
He said to himself.
"I\'m trying to help the team win. we are a team, me scoring means we did it together and we can win game, but why won\'t they let me?"
And we have thrown away a 12-3 lead and now the Knights have taken full advantage of the situation.
Their quarterback, Kelly, is having a field day against the demoralized Tigers defense. Touchdown pass after touchdown pass, and now it\'s 36-12 for the Knights.
In the huddle, everyone could see the Tigers offense was in disarray.
And Mike couldn\'t take it anymore.
He walked closer to the other receiver.
"This little game you and your friends are trying to play is not going to help the team, we need to get Ethan the ball."
Mike said angrily.
"He\'s the only one making things happen out here"
Seeing Mike talking to Jeff.
Damien shoots a deadly glare at him.
And immediately he walked closer to Mike.
"We stick to the game plan, the coach isn\'t complaining which means we are in the right track"
He growls.
"I expect you to defend the backline properly not you trying to defend the rookie who managed to score some points, you now think you have a new toy, but let me remind you, I\'m Damein the captain of the team and the best player."
You needs to learn your place, and so does the rookie"
On the sideline, Coach Johnson couldn\'t take it anymore, he said.
"What are you doing out there?"
he screams at Damien.
"We\'ve got a weapon like Ethan and you\'re not using him but instead you\'re being Selfish?"Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn
Damien just shrugs, he knew Mike is the cause of this. The coach wasn\'t complaining earlier but Mike forced it.
Without holding back he said to quietly.
"We\'re going to win my way, Coach. Ethan\'s a showboat. He\'s not a team player."
Mike heard what Damien just said.
He wanted to say something but he kept his mouth shut.
Coach Johnson shakes his head in disbelief he knows Damien said something but he didn\'t know what he said. He turns to Ethan who was closer to him.
"You\'re in my team\'s starting lineup from now on. I don\'t care what anyone is thinking . I don\'t care what Damien says to the team, I\'m going to correct everything. we need you in this team."
Ethan at that moment nodded, and with a determined look on his eyes. "I\'m ready, Coach. I won\'t let you down."
Ethan put back his helmet, his jaw was already tightened.
" Since they had refused to pass me the ball, I\'m going to fight for the ball myself and score without the help of anyone, I need to prove a point."
Ethan said to himself.
The Knights have to punt, and Ethan is back to receive.
As he settles under the kick, he sees his blockers drifting away, leaving him exposed.
"They\'re really not going to block for me"
he realizes they didn\'t see him as one of them, At that moment he had a sinking feeling in his stomach.
But Ethan pushes the thought aside.
"I\'ll do it myself then, I will catch the ball and take it upfield myself"
And he does. Juking, spinning, fighting for every inch, Ethan single handedly takes the ball to midfield. The crowd at that moment were on their feet, cheering him on.