Rise of a Football God

(Premier League fixtures:)

(Fulham – Everton)

(Date: 30th January, 2024)

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(Burnley – Fulham)

(Date: 3rd February, 2024)

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(Fulham – Bournemouth)

(Date: 10th February, 2024)

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(Fulham – Aston Villa)

(Date: 17th February, 2024)

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(Man United – Fulham)

(Date: TBD)

After the FA Cup game against Newcastle United, despite the fact that Fulham FC lost the game, it announced Sam to the spotlight as Fulham's newest star player.

With his performance against Newcastle United, Sam seized his moment, solidifying his spot as a starting player ahead of Pereira in the Fulham team.

After the Newcastle game, their next game was against Everton in the premier league and just like before, not underestimating their opponents, Sam trained hard in training, preparing to his best ability for the game.

For this premier league game, Coach Marco Silva reverted back to his strongest lineup, starting the likes of Raul Jimenez, Bernd Leno, Palhinha, and Castagne again with the biggest omission being Pereira.

Sam already monopolized the attacking midfield spot for himself.

And again, it was a home game for Fulham FC.

Buoyed by the loud noise being made by their fans and their endless energy, Fulham FC came attacking aggressively from the very first minute of this game but from the first minute, another thing was clear.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Everton approached this game with a defensive mind-set.

For almost 90 minutes, Everton frustrated Fulham, thwarting attack after attack from the team in white, black, and red as they occasionally threatened on the counter.

This game was supposed to end in a draw, but a certain player disagreed.

In the 89th minute of the game, Sam dribbled with the ball into the opposition 18-yard box, wriggling past Everton players and just before he could shoot, he was dragged down in the Everton box and immediately, the referee blew his whistle, awarding a penalty kick to Fulham.

After playing admirably for most of this game already, Raul Jimenez stepped up to take the penalty before expertly sending the Everton goalkeeper the wrong way, converting to give his team the lead and win the game.

Jimenez won the man of the match award for this game.

Fulham's next game was against Burnley on 3rd February, another league game. And this time, it was an away game.

On away ground, Fulham FC dominated the newly promoted team as 2 early goals from Palhinha and Muniz who replaced Jimenez for this game in the 17th and 21st minute set Fulham up for the win until a 2nd half collapse cost them.

2 late goals from Burnley at the 71st and 90th plus 1 minute from Fofana doomed Fulham to a draw, until a familiar defiant player reared his head again.

When the stakes were highest, Sam proved his quality, scoring his first premier league goal when it was most needed.

Sam scored an absolute rocket in the 90th plus 5 minutes, sending Burnley hearts across the stadium to despair as he dragged his team to victory.

The game ended 2-3 in Fulham's favor.

And just like that, after back to back victories, Fulham started climbing the league table after some eye-catching performances.

Fulham was suddenly unrecognizable, they played like an entirely different team to the one that played during the first half of the season.

After the Burnley game, 7 days later, Fulham welcomed Bournemouth in Craven Cottage for another premier league game.

And this time, Fulham didn't fumble, dominating from beginning to end.

De Cordova-Reid opened the scoring early in the 6th minute, sending Fulham ahead and Muniz who started ahead of Jimenez for the second consecutive game sent the dagger through Bournemouth hearts, doubling the Fulham lead in the 36th minute of the game through a Sam assist.

The first half ended with Fulham leading 2-0.

When second half started, Bournemouth improved and after 5 minutes, they were rewarded for their efforts in the 50th minute as they pulled one back through Senesi but Fulham did not lie waiting.

Just 2 minutes later, in the 52nd minute of the game, Sam played an unreal defense-splitting pass, prying the Bournemouth defense open for Muniz to run one-on-one against the Bournemouth goalkeeper and the striker did not make a mistake, scoring the 3rd goal for Fulham.

Sam got his second assist of the game.

And just 8 minutes later, Sam added the nail to the coffin, scoring another rocket from midfield in the 60th minute of the game to make it 4-1 to Fulham FC.

With 1 goal and 2 assists, Sam won the man of the match award of this game.

He was adapting to English football like fish to water.

Fulham's next game was another home game but it was against a difficult high-flying Aston Villa side. The Fulham squad was in good spirits though, they approached the game confidently.

In just an hour though, Aston Villa shattered their hearts after an Ollie Watkins masterclass in Craven Cottage.

Scoring 2 goals in between both halves of the game in the 23rd and 56th minute of the game, giving his team a 2-goal advantage, the game seemed sealed till Muniz reduced the lead by half in the 63rd minute.

For the 3rd consecutive game, he started ahead of Jimenez.

Muniz's goal changed the momentum of the game as the Fulham fans went behind their players, roaring them on to make a comeback and the player at the center of it all was a familiar name.

Samuel Moses orchestrated the proceedings, leading the fight for a comeback.

"Sam!" "Sam!" "Sam!"

The familiar chants blasted through Craven Cottage again.

Sam tried his best, using every trick in his books to try helping his team claw themselves out of defeat but Aston Villa was just too tenacious and most importantly, Dibu Martinez, the Aston Villa goalkeeper put out a goalkeeping masterpiece, keeping the Fulham forwards silent.

The game ended 1-2 in Aston Villa's favor.

Despite the defeat, the feeling in the Fulham FC camp was still positive, the club was still experiencing the best run of their campaign this season so far.

After the Aston Villa game, Fulham FC was supposed to take on Manchester United in another premier league game on the 24th February in Old Trafford, the red devils' home stadium but the game was postponed.

The premier league game was postponed because the next day, 25th February, on Sunday, Fulham FC would be taking on Chelsea FC in Wembley Stadium to play the Carabao Cup final.