My Goalkeeping System

Dave had his gaze on the balls which he had lined up in front of him and after looking at them for a while, he turned his gaze to the flowers surrounding the area which were being moved under the influence of the wind.

[ Quest received ]

[ Hit the crossbar at least five times ]

[ Quest rewards ]

[ +50 exp ]

[ +2 skill upgrade points ]

After receiving the quest, the goalkeeper took in a deep breath before slowly taking two steps backward.

'The wind seemed to have slowed down a bit, that's good.'

He wasn't too quick to close up on the ball and fire it toward the goalpost, he stood there looking around, observing the wind's pattern and waiting for the right time to strike.

'Looks like it's coming from the east side now.' The goalkeeper said subconsciously before he quickly closed up on the ball and quickly sent it flying toward the right side of the crossbar.

The wind was coming from the east side and although it hit the ball, it wasn't able to push the ball out as Dave had aimed for the right corner.

All the wind managed to do was push the ball off its course a little for it to hit the middle point of the crossbar before falling into the goalpost.

"Yes!" Dave said with a cheerful voice.

<Your accuracy has improved quite well I must say>

'Thanks to all the practice I've been doing.'

The second ball was also on target as the wind had not changed its course yet.

"Yes!"

[ Quest progress: ⅖ crossbar hits ]

[ Tries remaining: 06 ]

'Just have to hit it three more times out of six to complete the quest.'

<You've gotten off to a good start, maybe you can do it this time around>

'What do you mean by maybe? I am definitely going to do it this time.'

<Alright then, go ahead and show me what you got>

He sent the third ball flying off in the same direction as the previous two but before the ball could hit the crossbar, the wind got heavier and pushed the ball off to get stuck in the flower instead of hitting the crossbar.

"That's just one miss, nothing to worry about." The goalkeeper muttered before turning his gaze to the next ball in line.

This time, the wind had slowed down so it wasn't able to push the ball off as it hit the crossbar for the goalkeeper to get his third hit.

[ Quest progress: ⅗ crossbar hits ]

[ Tries remaining: 04 ]

'Two more tries with four balls to go.'

He kept his gaze on the next ball in line before he slowly took two steps backward.

He didn't quickly close up on the ball and rather hesitated for a while before he slowly closed down on the ball.

His accuracy had gone off this time as the ball was sent flying toward the goalpost but it doesn't didn't look like it was going to hit any part of it, rather it looked like it was going to just zoom past the crossbar.

It didn't matter if the wind had any effect on it as it still managed to fly past the crossbar.

"Should have used less force," Dave muttered before bringing his gaze down to look at the remaining three balls.

<Yeah, but I think the wind played a role in that>

'Three more balls to get two hits, I am not going to fail the quest again!' Dave screamed subconsciously before folding both of his hands into fists.

He quickly took four steps backward this time before he quickly raced toward the next ball in line.

"All I need is enough shot power to break the influence of this stupid wind and then keep the ball in a good enough level to hit the crossbar." He muttered before he sent the ball flying toward the goalpost.

<This could be tricky>

Just like Dave wanted, the short broke the influence of the wind, and just like he wanted, the ball was flying in the right lane.

There was no stopping it now as it banged on the crossbar with great force before it was sent flying back toward Dave and fell on his feet.

[ Quest progress: ⅘ crossbar hits ]

[ Tries remaining: 02 ]

'Just one more hit with two balls remaining.'

The goalkeeper stared at the next ball in line for a while before he slowly took four steps backward.

<The style tried last time is quite tricky, more shot power means less technique, so you may not get it this time>

'I know but I'm still going to try it.' Dave replied before he quickly raced toward the ball and sent it flying toward the goalpost.

His shot power this time wasn't that great compared to the previous one but it was still able to maneuver the wind up to the point of getting close to the crossbar.

The ball was about to hit the crossbar when it was quickly pushed to the side by the wind but before it could fall, it made little contact with the middle point of the crossbar.

'I think it touched the crossbar.' Dave said subconsciously as he watched the ball fall into the goalpost.

[ Quest progress: 5/5 crossbar hits ]

[ Quest completed ]

[ +50 exp received ]

[ +2 skill upgrade points received ]

"Yeah," Dave said with a sigh of relief before slowly sitting down on the floor.

'That was really tough.'

After sitting on the lawn for a while staring at the goalpost, he slowly got up from there.

"I think that's enough training for today." He said before he slowly began to make his way toward the door.

[ Player Profile ]

[ Name: Dave Richards ]

[ Player Level: 5 ]

[ 100/100 HP ]

[ 225/600 EXP ]

[ Position: Goalkeeper ]

[ Goalkeeping Skills ]

[ Double jump: level(01) ]

[ Ball magnet: level(01) ]

[ Goalkeeping attributes ]

[ Shot stopper: level(01) ]

[ 70/126 Energy ]

[ Unused stat points: 8 ]

[ Skill points: 10 ]

[ Skill upgrade points: 3 ]

[ Physical Status ]

[ Strength: 30 ]

[ Dexterity: 34 ]

[ Endurance: 24 ]

[ Career info ]

[ Name: Dave Richards ]

[ Age: 21 ]

[ Height: 187 cm ]

[ Position: Goalkeeper ]

[ Strong foot: right ]

[ Developed qualities: Shot stopper ]

[ Developing qualities: Sweeper Keeper, ball playing keeper. ]

[ Current Team: Unique FC ]

[ Status: Starter ]

[ Market value: €10,000 ]

[ Matches played: 77 ]

[ Goals: 0 ]

[ Assists: 3 ]

[ Shots faced: 113 ]

[ Goals conceded: 79 ]

[ Saves made: 35 ]

[ Penalties faced: 19 ]

[ Penalties saved: 01 ]

[ Clean sheets: 01 ]

[ Career average rating: 6.2 ]

[ Awards ]

[ Man of the match awards: 01 ]

[ Trophies: 0 ]

[ Records set/broken: none ]

'I guess my market value hasn't increased a bit.' He said subconsciously before crashing down on the couch.

<If you keep up your performance, it may skyrocket one day>

"I hope so." The goalkeeper said before putting both of his hands on the back of his head. "I think I should get some shut-eye before Emma returns."

He had almost closed his eyes completely when he heard a notification sound come from his phone which was lying on the table in front of him.

He quickly opened his eyes and grabbed the phone to see that it was a text message from Mateo.

"I forgot." He muttered and slapped his hand into his face after reading the message.

After reading the message, he looked at the time on his phone to see that the time was 4:40 PM.

"I still have a lot of time left." He said before quickly making his way upstairs to freshen up.

After that, he quickly made his way outside and to his car, he hopped into his car and zoomed off toward Mateo's house.

_______ _______

Mateo was busy playing the newly improved FIFA 25 in his room when he heard knocking sounds coming from the main door.

'That must be mom.' He said subconsciously before he paused the game and slowly got up from his bed.

He staggered out of his room and toward the door and opening he could see that it was someone he was partially expecting to see.

"You didn't reply to my text, I thought you weren't coming." The winger said, looking at the goalkeeper.

"Sorry, I was busy and sort of forgot it," Dave said, scratching the back of his head.

"Oh, don't sweat it, I think you're in perfect time, I just finished my training session and needed someone to play FIFA with, it's boring playing against the computer," Mateo said.

"I see, so how's your leg?"

"It's healing fine, I'll be back to full shape in two weeks."

"That's good to hear."

"This way bro," Mateo said before he began to lead him toward his room.

"I thought your mom was supposed to be here?" Dave asked after entering the room.

"Yeah, she went out to buy something," Mateo said before tossing him one of the wireless controllers. "Here."

Dave didn't have any problem catching the controller before turning his gaze to the television to see that Mateo had restarted.

"Hope you have some skills on FIFA," Mateo said.

"I've only played it a few times and I used to beat Clark then but my skills must have gotten rusty now," Dave said.

"Okay, choose your team then."

As soon as those words left the winger's mouth, Dave quickly hurried to Laliga and chose Barcelona.

"Hmph, I was going to choose Barcelona but it turns out you beat me to it," Dave said before quickly scrolling through the leagues until he found Bilbeth Premier League.

After clicking the league, he went ahead to choose his team Unique FC.

"Really? You know Unique FC is one of the worst teams in the world right?" Dave said with a baffled look on his face.

"I know but I think I'll do just fine with them," Mateo said.

Dave stared at him for a while before turning his gaze back to the television.

'We'll see about that.'

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Sorry I could only do one chapter, this fever just keeps getting worse but I promise to make up for the incomplete chapter today by releasing three chapters in a day before the month runs out.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter?

If we can hit 1000+ privilege unlocks before the end of this month, I'll do five chapters mass release on any day between the 20-25th of January.