I'M Footballer
Chftr 48.

December 27, 2017,

Today was supposed to be Sean's happiest day because he had his 18th birthday.

Moreover, this is also the last game in the first season, after which the Pro League will rest for 2 weeks.

However, Sean was a little uncomfortable because he did not play again in this match.

The coach let him sit on the bench again. Sean is now sitting on the player's bench for not being played.

This match was a match between Arouca who was invited to Gil Vicente's team.

The difference in the green field has also entered the 37th minute, but the score in this match is Gil Vicente 1 goal ahead of Arouca.

The goal happened in the first minutes of the game in the beginning, Arouca kelekolongan and lost focus at that time.

For 30 minutes more, Arouca tried to equalize, but still could not score 1 goal even though the chances already many have.

Whether it's from Beto, Lopes, Kuca, Santos and Ericson who took a kick outside the penalty box.

Sean watched the match quietly with a smile, even though he felt uncomfortable because today he was not playing anymore.

For the last few days, coach Jorge Costa just let it go and not as usual.

Sean can only give up with the coach's attitude.

Time continues, the match on the green field has also gone to additional time, now Arouca is on the attack.

Kuca was dribbling on the left side of the field, where Sean used to play.

Kuca continued to dribble past 1 and 2 players, when it had entered the penalty box, Kuca did not pass on Beto or Lopes, but shot himself.

With the selfishness of Kuca who shot himself in a space that was a little impossible, the ball was only kicked slowly and easily saved by goalkeeper Gil Vicente team.

The goalkeeper immediately kicks forward, and when the ball bounces, the referee's whistle sounds a sign of the end of the first half.

The players returned to the dressing room while Sean entered the field as usual.

In the dressing room, though,

The players had a dissatisfied face as they were 1 goal behind and during the first half the attacking continued but there was no 1 goal.

The assistant coach who has observed all this whispers to coach Jorge Costa.

"Why not just play Sean?"

Coach Jorge Costa glanced at his assistant coach, "Not yet, he is now on his way up, I deliberately ignored him so that he understood the difficulties and bitterness of living in a football environment."

"I also know that he's fretting right now, but I was intentional about him developing better in the future."

"I don't want to see a player like him ruined by the media and an irresponsible player." Reveal coach Jorge Costa slowly with his assistant coach.

So the reason coach Jorge Costa didn't play Sean is because now Sean's name is booming among coaches, agents and also scouting teams.

Coach Jorge Costa did not want Sean too complacent with all this attention, he deliberately did not play it to lower the rhythm about Sean out there so that Sean can be calmer again.

Coach Jorge Costa also knows that Sean is now on the list of 50 talented young players, and he is also in the 4th position.

With plenty of praise from outside, coach Jorge Costa feared Sean would be lulled and lost control leaving his career in ruins.

"Is it not possible at all to bring him down?" Ask the assistant coach again worried.

"No need, we can score in the 2nd round."

"We also have to get used to it without him, because he's also just a loan player."

After a few short chats the coach began to give instructions to players who had been waiting for a long time the completion of the chat of their two coaches.

A few minutes later, the break was up and the game had to start.

..

Later that night, after returning home from a game with Gil Vicente, Sean gets a surprise from Silva who gives a gift for his 18th birthday.

Silva gave Sean the football boots, which were the shoes Sean saw at the sports store, and Sean told Silva about the shoes.

As Sean is happy with the prize, Sean asks Silva where the money came from but Silva replies that it was money from Sean's salary and Silva only adds to it a little.

To buy the shoes, it did not spend much of Sean's salary but quite a lot.

Not to worry about financial matters, Sean returned to the topic that Silva came up with and gave a surprise. Sean knew that Silva had come not only to give the prize.

"So what's up?"

"You didn't play again in today's game, after I thought more deeply I might understand what the coach meant." Silva.

Sean was silent, Silva continued and explained to Sean the same as what was said by coach Jorge Costa in the dressing room.

Sean was also silent, he did not expect the coach to think long and care about him very much, fortunately he did not think badly of coach Jorge Costa.

"Although the series team again, at least you already know the reason so do not get too bad."

"Good thanks."

"So are you going back to Indonesia?" Ask Silva.

"No."

"I'll be home later after the league is over."

"I'll practice here."

"Tell your parents first, I'm asking this again because I understand how your parents and your family are feeling far away, they're so worried about you."

"I understand."

"So what else?"

"There's some top brass from the club looking for me and asking about you." Silva said with a smile.

"Keep how?"

"They asked for details about you, I answered everything. They are happy too, they just want to see how you develop again in season 2. So for club business you don't have to worry." Silva.

"All right, thank you."

"So work hard."

"Okee, I'm going home."

With that, Silva went home and Sean died alone.

Sean in his dorm opened his phone and opened his instagram, he saw many message notifications that tagged their instagram stories.

Sean saw that this guy was saying happy birthday to him. Sean chose a few to repost their stories on his story.

Sean also saw that there was an Indonesian football media account saying happy birthday. He also reposted it.

Sean saw the football media account and this football account already talked about him.

Sean does not know where they got the news from, let alone one post that Sean posted while at school and compared it to a photo of him now in Arouca uniform.

"It seems like more and more people know about me, it's also a big responsibility for me as an Indonesian player who plays in Europe."

"I don't know how many young Indonesians there are in Europe, but there may also be many like me. Hopefully they also rise and can scent the name of Indonesia." Reveal it.