Rise of a Football God-Chapter 415: Blitz

After the Atletico Madrid game and the interview that followed, Sam didn't have the chance to engage in anymore idle activities simply because this was still the deep end of the season.

And FC Barcelona was at the heart of it, competing in 4 different competitions still, trying to win every single one of them.

Sam didn't change anything, he continued his boring, monotonic schedule.

Every day, he tackled his daily system mission alongside his friends, jogging through the streets of Barcelona, working out at the Spotify Camp Nou gym, and being punctual for team training every single day.

Not just that, Sam organized personal training sessions with his friends.

Before now, Pedri, Gavi, Lamine Yamal, and Alejandro Balde were already billed and recognized as some of the best and most exciting players in their different positions in the world.

They were taking the world of football by storm since, but with Sam's crazy rise, their success was put into perspective.

The 4 Spanish players once thought they already hit their peak, the best form that they could reach, but playing alongside Sam and being friends with him but things into perspective.

Being privileged to train with him every day, they learned a bitter truth, the truth that they were not yet at their peak.

Maybe they were but heck, they could go further.

There was nothing like perfection, just a constant chase for it. That was what they learned from the Black Mamba himself.

Staying around Sam everyday has a way of affecting your psyche, you start developing the same mamba mentality that he has.

The mentality that everything is achievable with the right amount of hard work, the mentality that impossible is nothing.

And so, they worked, and worked, and worked again.

And the games kept coming, and they tackled them as they came.

It was almost… a blitz.

Well, it was, the well-oiled machine piloted by Hansi Flick took on the rest of the football world without fear, competing in 4 different competitions.

The first of them all were 2 La Liga clashes.

(La Liga:)

(Barcelona – Osasuna)

(Date: 27th March, 2026)

…

(Barcelona – Girona)

(Date: 30th March, 2026)

Hansi Flick approached both games cleverly, brilliantly rotating his team while keeping enough elite players on the pitch to pose a threat.

The first game against Osasuna was a breeze to the Barca players.

This time, Raphinha took matters into his own hands, scoring his first hattrick of the season. The game ended 4-0, a totally one-sided thrashing.

The first goal came as early as the 18th minute, and this time, it was tiki taka football at its finest. Raphinha played one touch football with Sam, cutting Osasuna's defense open like a hot knife through butter before eventually poking the ball past the goalkeeper.

The second goal came in the 23rd minute, this time Lamine Yamal receiving a pass from Pedri before dribbling into the box and passing it into the bottom right corner, deceiving the goalkeeper to score.

The first half came to an end 2-0 in Barca's favor.

Mere 3 minutes after second half started, Sam was tripped just outside the box and feeling it today, Raphinha requested from the striker to take the freekick.

Sam didn't argue, letting the Brazilian loose as Raphinha whipped in a perfect freekick, sending it into the top right corner.

In the 48th minute, 3-0…

And then in the 77th minute, Raphinha got his hattrick, lashing with a powerful volleyed shot after a silky Pau Cubarsi pass from deep.

And like that, Barca won 4-0.

Raphinha won the man of the match award.

Against Girona was not much different. At the Spotify Camp Nou, the Catalans put out an almost perfect display, clinching victory with a 3-1 score line.

This time, Sam was the star of the show.

The first 2 goals were absolute stunners, both sent from outside the box, beating Girona's goalkeeper with both his left and right foot.

Sam's lightning-fast double in the 12th and 15th minute doomed Girona, wiping away any hopes of an upset at the Spotify Camp Nou.

In the 2nd half, Gavi completed the route, scoring from an Alejandro Balde pass after an overlapping run.

Girona got a consolation goal late on but it didn't matter.

Sam won the man of the match award.

…

(Copa del Rey:)

(Semifinal:)

(Leg 2 of 2:)

(Atletico Madrid – Barcelona)

This season, the Catalan and Madrid clubs were at loggerheads with each other as this was already their 4th clash of the season.

In the first leg of the semifinal clash, Atletico Madrid secured a 4-4 draw at the Spotify Camp Nou. At the Metropolitano, theoretically, they were supposed to have the advantage but it didn't amount to much in the end.

Once again, a player was their doom… Samuel Moses.

Sam didn't score a goal neither did he register and assist but he was everywhere this game, helping Pedri orchestrate play from deep.

His imprints were in everything Barca, pressurizing the Madrid side.

The first half ended in a goalless draw but in the 2nd half, Jules Kounde whipped a cross in for Raphinha to lash in, scoring the first goal of the game in the 64th minute.

And then in the 78th minute, Barca completed their assignment, this time Frankie De Jong scoring the goal after a series of passing sequences that started from Sam winning the ball from high up.

And just like that, Atletico Madrid trailed 0-2 in their own home stadium, in the semifinal of the Copa del Rey.

The Atletico Madrid fans were incensed but they didn't let it show against their players, turning into furious support for their team instead.

They booed every touch that a Barca player made after the 78th minute, their voices rising loudest when Sam touched the ball.

It seemed to work, Barca failed to score a third goal but Atletico Madrid also failed to breach Barca's highline effectively.

Julian Alvarez was caught offside 6 times!

And so, Barca won.

Once again this season, in a high stakes game against the Catalan giants, Atletico Madrid saw themselves on the wrong side of a 0-2 score line.

This time, it was even more destructive as they were knocked out of the Copa del Rey tournament.

Barca progressed.

They blitzed through 3 opponents like they were not there.

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