25.3.23

"who the fuck- HANA?" he exclaims as his eyes instantly brush away any tiredness 

"happy birthday"

"how do you know where i live?"

"marcus was with Talia last night so i just asked him where you live"

"oh alright, come in then" he smiles

she walks into his flat and they both sit on his sofa

"so whats the plan today?"

"well obviously i have the match today, are you coming?"

"yeah im allowed in for sky sports, im doing the player interviews after"

"now im just going to try and get the man of the match thing so i can speak to you"

"im sure we're going to see each other after"

"yeah we will, i've got a whole plan"

"okay then don't get man of the match"

"Hana- are you telling me to play shit?"

"nah, i meant like save it for Judeee"

"oiii"

"have you even opened my present?"

"not yeah nah"

"go on then open it"

he rips the wrapping paper off the present and smiles when he sees it

"no way, that's so cool!"

"thats not exactly the reaction i was expecting"

"what?"

"well i thought you'd get confused that i bought you a burrito blanket then i'd give you your actual present"

"i love the burrito blanket" he says as he wraps it around him 

"you don't want your other present?"

"nah this is lovely" he says as he scrunches himself on the sofa as i take a picture of him

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"take this" she says handing him his second present

"ooh"

"d'you like it?"

"its really nice you know" he says as he looks at the new boots in the box in front of him "i'll play in them today"

"don't you need time to get used to them?"

"not for me, the warm up will do"

"alright then"

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"are you sure you don't want to be in the box"

"Jadon i have to be with sky sports"

"pleaseee"

"you'll be fine, besides, you know where the sky sports box is, just come there after, or look for me"

"alright, but you better not leave during the warmup, at least until i've waved to you"

"alright then"

he smiles

"you have everything?" she asks him as she pulls up to st. james' park where she'd be dropping him off

"yeah, i think"

"if you've forgotten anything or you need anything, then just give me a ring, i'll drive it over if you need it, or i'll bring it to the stadium with me"

"thank you so much Hana"

"no worries Jadon, i'll see you later yeah?"

"of course" he smiles as he gives her a hug and exits the car

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"taliaa" she says as she see's her best friend

she'd finished her section of the match preview, so she'd decided to go and check on Talia at the family and friends box as it was right next to the sky sports box

"hanaaa, where have you been?"

"girl i told you i was just at the office picking some stuff up to bring here"

"i do not believe that"

"fine i was at Jadon's, i asked Marcus where Jadon lives last night when you was in the bathroom"

"oh my god"

"its only his birthday, i just gave him a present"

"hmmm"

"have you even seen my instagram, i thought you'd be calling me all day after seeing that"

"about that, i broke my phone this morning"

"then how did i call you to get in?"

"been using Marcus' spare phone, i took it to get fixed before this, should be done soon"

"of course you are, anyways, i can't believe you're at a football match"

"don't remind me, i only came for Marcus"

"i think we all know, but don't you want me to at least tell you how that game works?"

"they kick the football into the goal?" she says confused

"its a little bit more complicated than that love"

then Hana's phone starts ringing

"carragher, he prolly wants me back in"

"i really don't understand how they can tolerate your football waffle" she jokes as he friend rolls her eyes at her and laughs as she walks away

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she stands in the balcony, watching the players warm up, but her eyes only see one boy, the one with the number 17 on his back

the boy dominates the small sided game he plays in, he dribbles through the defenders and kicks it into the bottom left corner of the goal, faster than pickford can get hold of it

he smiles and gives pickford who was still on the ground a hand

as he turns around he looks up, and he sees Hana on the balcony

his smile widens even more and he gives her a wave

she waves back and smiles, but as they lock eyes, reiss nelson, jumps onto Jadon's back, jumps off and begins to run away, with Jadon chasing him across the field

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the match begins

the England team looked good, and the Ukrainian team they were playing against clearly didn't stand a chance

 beautiful cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold into Harry Kane in the 22nd minute sets the England team 1-0 ahead

just before the break, a lovely assist from Jadon to Rashford who makes it 2-0 by chipping it over the keeper

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the second half begins

not even a minute in, Rashford is on a great run, but instead of shooting, he tricks the defenders by passing to Jadon Sancho who strikes it into the bottom corner

Hana was ecstatic, he heart felt joy as she saw him score a beautiful goal, she knew how much this meant for him and his confidence, and she was proud

minutes later, Jordan Pickford picks up the ball from a corner, and throws it far, to r Jadon Sancho who sprints faster than ever, and dribbles through 2 defenders just to hit it perfectly into the middle of the goal

4-0 to england, it was beautiful to see the team doing so well, and even if it was just a qualifiers game, it meant more to everyone, to the supporters, the team, everyone was proud

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the 89th minute

a foul was commited

Jude Bellingham on the ground in the penalty box

he wasn't injured but it looked a bit like a penalty

the referee comes back from the VAR monitor and signals to a penalty for England

Harry Kane picks up the ball as they begin to get ready for the penalty

instead of walking over to the spot, he walks over to Sancho and gives him the football

her pulse is raised as she sees him take the ball and put it on the spot

the referee blows the whistle

he takes a few steps back and runs up to kick the ball

the goalkeeper dives to the left a bit to early and Jadon chips the ball into the centre of the goal

chaos ensues in the stadium, beers fly into the air and its madness in the stands

he'd just scored a panenka and a bloody hattrick on his birthday

it was a memorable night for everyone in the stadium, but for Hana, it meant more, even if she didn't have a clue why

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