Rise of a Football God-Chapter 306: First post-match interview in Spain

"El juego de Sam!" The beautiful female reporter brandished an enchanting smile at Sam as soon as the interview started. "The Sam game," she grinned. "That is what everyone is calling it!"

Sam smiled back at her. "Really? That’s great".

For his first post-match interview in Spain, the officials had mercy on him, sending an English-speaking reporter to take charge of it.

"Sam, what a game you played today!"

Sam only smiled, wiping away his sweat even as he breath heavily.

"Starting the game as an attacking midfielder and ending it as a striker, how does it feel like? Was it premeditated?"

Hearing that, Sam scratched the back of his head, his face an expression of confusion. "If I said I knew I would play as a striker today, then I would be Loki, the God of Mischief". He chuckled.

"Honestly, I never knew the coach would take such a drastic decision".

"I’ve never played as a striker in my whole life, none of my coaches have ever used me as a false 9, and I’ve never even thought of it before today".

"What’s most crazy is that the coach never told me of it. When I heard his instructions, I had to double check to make sure that he didn’t make a mistake".

"Wow!" The female reporter’s eyes widened. "You mean you didn’t even know about it? And yet, despite being caught off-guard like us, in an unfamiliar position, you still did what you did today on the pitch?"

Her jaws dropped in shock; this was not acting; she was honestly flabbergasted. "You are a different specimen man!" She laughed.

"Today really is El juego de Sam!"

After regaining her composure did she finally continue. "Sam, you were able to score a brace today after an incredible all-round performance, your first goals in Spain since completing the move from Fulham, what are your thoughts about it?"

Sam rubbed his chin, going over his words carefully before replying; he smiled. "I knew that part of the reason why the club bought me was for my goals".

"I’m used to scoring goals and creating assists so I was not really panicked, I knew that eventually, the goals and assists would come".

"All I needed was to go through a little period of adaptation".

"I’m still finding my feet but yeah, I’m ready for the challenge".

"Talking of your adaptation, after the 2 goals today, you still feel that you’re yet to find your feet? You’re still adapting?"

Sam chuckled. "Scoring 2 goals does not mean I’ve completed my adaptation; it was all in the moment. I don’t know if you know but I’m more of a moments’ player, I create my moments and try to steal the show with them".

"Today was a perfect example but no," he shook his head. "I feel that I still need a few games to perfectly gel with the team".

"Besides, today, I created my moments from an unfamiliar position".

"First, I’ll have to hear the thoughts of the coach from here on which position I’ll be playing in. It’ll help a lot in my adaptation".

"Does that mean you’re open to the idea of playing as a striker?"

"…"

Sam took his time to answer this time, he laughed. "I can’t really tell yet, it’s all still so muddled to me," but then he grinned. "Playing as a striker was closer to the goal though, which meant more explosiveness for me".

"I won’t lie," he chuckled. "I kind of enjoyed it".

"That’s what I’m saying!" The reporter laughed.

At that moment, she smiled again. "It’s your first man of the match award in Spain Sam, I wish you many more in the colors of FC Barcelona".

"Thank you".

"And thank you too for having us…," The reporter was interrupted just as she was about to complete her sentence.

One of her assistants showed her an iPad.

Smiling apologetically at Sam, she looked at the iPad and what she saw made her face change immediately.

Sam noticed that change, he also noticed that the eyes with which the others in this interview stand looked at him changed too.

’What happened?’ He thought.

Slightly excited but showing caution, the female reporter looked at Sam again, asking. "Sam, an unrelated question, but did you once have a girlfriend in Nigeria before making the switch to Europe?"

"Huh?"

…

About a minute later when Sam walked back to his team’s dressing room, he could not help but think back to the female reporter’s question.

’What a weird question’.

’A girlfriend in Nigeria?’ He scoffed. ’I was a miserable single mother*cker then, those materialistic money-driven ladies won’t settle for me!’

Thinking, he walked into the dressing room.

Sam could not help but notice…, the looks that his teammates gave to him was not what he expected after such a performance from him.

’Hmmm…, are we not supposed to be celebrating?’

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(ESPN News:)

(El juego de Sam!)

(Sam steals the show in matchday 4 of the Spanish La Liga! In a game when Barca needed their new talisman the most, the attacking midfielder showed up as a striker, saving Barca’s blushes and rescuing them a point in the Reale Arena!)

(Click this link to watch highlights of Sam’s performance=)

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(Supersport News:)

(Samuel Moses is a striker!)

(2-2 as Samuel Moses runs riot in the final 10 minutes of the game in Reale Arena, rescuing a point for FC Barcelona and ending the game in a stalemate!)

(Click to watch the best moments of Sam’s performance in the Reale Arena=)

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(Goal.com:)

(Is Samuel Moses the rock upon which Barcelona must build their hopes for a Robert Lewandowski replacement? Can the young Nigerian midfielder transform into a lethal striker?)

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(Barca Blaugranes:)

(A Sam masterpiece in Reale Arena!)

(A 2-goal man of the match display in Reale Arena! Watch the best moments of our new superstar=)

A lot of posts like this dominated social media immediately after the game in Reale Arena in San Sebastian but amid the mountain of congratulatory news, a certain news was building momentum, an extremely controversial one.

(BBC News:)

(Sam, the maverick footballer, or a notorious sexual assault?)

(Videos and images attached=)

A storm brewed online.