𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 the training ground as it was now time for the team to play what was probably the funniest game of the whole season,

It was the first team match,

Girls vs Boys and whoever won had bragging rights for the rest of the season.

"You must meet some of the boys before we start." 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗬𝗔 𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗞 smiled as she pulled the girl into the main room,

"Wait can you first explain this to me," Avalon begged as she didn't understand what was going on,

"Okay so we basically play a fifteen against fifteen," the midfielder explained causing the girl to choke on her water,

"Why fifteen?" The striker asked as she tried to do the math.

"Makes the game harder." The Russian smiled remembering how it is on the defending side of things during these games.

"And guess what," she added as she looked at the lineup for each team,

"You're our starting striker." The older girl smiled as she turned to her,

"Wait no," the American shook her head as she wasn't impressed.

"Yeah, it says your name right there." Valera pointed out,

"But I don't want to die, I'm tiny." Avalon let out a groan as she wasn't prepared.

"You're five ten!" The midfielder shook her head,

"So," the striker mumbled as she picked at her nails,

"Have you seen the body's some of those boys have?" She added as she watched the boys arrive.

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The game was about to end and it was clear that the boys were not impressed,

They were about to win as the new striker scored a double.

"You were meant to defend her!" 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗛𝗨𝗔 𝗞𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛 groaned as he watched the young American run to the corner flag and kick it.

"I just scored against Manuel Neuer twice!" Avalon quickly came to the realisation,

The first goal 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗘𝗥 wasn't even in the box for as he didn't realise how quick the girl was so he assumed that he didn't need to be that close,

It's a shame he hasn't seen her in training because that's where her long balls into the goal thrive.

"That's the same amount that Barcelona did." She added with a giggle,

"She's going to be the one who doesn't let us live this down." 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗡 𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗭𝗞𝗔 let out a groan as they all started shaking hands,

Although they would be petty for the next year it didn't mean that they didn't have to show sportsmanship.

"Oh you can bet on that," the striker nodded as she grinned,

It wasn't every day you get to say you beat the champions of Europe,

"You played well today," 𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗦𝗞𝗜 smiled as he turned to the girl,

"Thank you," the American was in the middle of fixing her hair when he wanted her attention,

"Next time try to get the ball on your stronger foot more often, you could have easily scored a few more goals today." The older striker explained,

"Don't help her, we still play this next year!" Joshua let out a groan as he was now not looking forward to any of it.

"Thank you for the advice," Avalon nodded as she sent the older boy a smile,

"Just don't use it against us." He warned in an amused tone,

After all, they played for the same club so he wanted to watch her do well.

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Avalon had walked back into the main building as she was meant to go and see the physio,

"Can you believe that game?" Avalon asked as she turned to see that Valera was walking with her,

Even though she was assigned to help her out she was actually really enjoying it and liked the time she spent with the young American.

"I don't remember the last time we actually won against them." Valera smiled as she got to finally make up for all of the time that the boys called her out for being on the losing side.

"Well now you do," the striker grinned as she still couldn't believe what had happened.

"Where did you learn to change your speed like that?" The midfielder asked curiously as the younger girl was rather good at it now,

"Oh um I saw a girl do it in the MLS when I first started and wanted to try it out." The American explained with a smile on her face,

"The good thing about it is that you don't always have to speed up so people never know what you are going to do." She added knowing that it was usually a part of the build-up to her goals and assists,

She would draw in a couple of players and then either clear the ball or find a way through,

Her favourite was once when she managed to get the ball over a group of defenders to the point where she just ran through them to get back to the ball on time,

Somehow it had worked for her.

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𝐀𝐍: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨𝐨!