# Chapter 51: Creating Goals, Breaking 10!
September 25th, the eighth round of the EFL Championship, an away game against Leeds United arrived.
Gilbert's suspension penalty was announced yesterday. The length of the investigation and trial showed that it was related to Gareth Speed's efforts.
In the end, he was suspended for three games and fined £3,000.
This was a lenient punishment, basically sticking to the minimum. Gareth Speed and the club must have put in a lot of effort.
In the division of responsibility for this farce, the referee in charge was also punished for unfavorable decisions.
He was suspended for two games. The FA ultimately believed that his hesitant judgment was one of the main reasons for the subsequent 'retaliatory behavior'.
With this, the incident came to an end.
To compensate his brother for the loneliness of not participating in the game, Maël wrote Gilbert's name on his shin guards and promised that if he scored in the next three games, he would celebrate by throwing his shin guards.
With this expectation, Maël sat alone in the back row of the club bus for the first time this season, silently heading to Leeds United's home stadium.
The game started at 3:30 p.m. that day. Leeds United was slightly stronger than Sheffield United, but the latter had a higher morale, so they didn't suffer on the field.
"Only three minutes into the game, Leeds United's Snodgrass received a yellow card. He's very hot-tempered, and his movements are a bit reckless."
"They have to be careful with this kind of movement. Judging from what happened in Sheffield United's last game, provoking them won't do them any good!"
"..."
"Another yellow card! Still Leeds United, McCartney pulled down Maël, who was breaking through, from behind. Sheffield United gets a free kick opportunity! Cleared out of the penalty area! No threat! Both sides are defending well, and the game is still a bit dull."
"It seems that the first half will end like this, zero to zero. The home fans clearly have dissatisfaction on their faces, while the traveling Sheffield United fans are calm, seemingly accustomed to the team's ups and downs."
"..."
"The second half begins, both sides switch sides and start a new round of competition. Hopefully, this will be a good half."
"Snodgrass's long pass! Johnson catches the ball, and Karl Way is on him! He's past him, a beautiful breakthrough, Johnson is advancing rapidly towards the inside."
"A shot!! Oh!! One to zero! Johnson showed the qualities of a top EFL Championship striker, using his personal ability to give the team the lead!"
"..."
"Time slowly passes 70 minutes, does Sheffield United still have a chance? They urgently need consecutive victories to increase confidence. Winning one game and losing one game may affect morale."
"Maël, physical! He withstood McCartney, who has a card and doesn't dare to use his hands! He's past him! Maël broke into the penalty area! Evans retreats to receive the ball, can Maël observe the position of the inverted triangle? A beautiful pass! A push shot... Goal! One to one!! Sheffield United finally equalized the score, Evans scored for the team with excellent shooting skills, and Maël's excellent vision was also indispensable!"
"..."
"The referee finally blows the whistle to end the game, a one-to-one draw! Both sides take one point! We can see from the broadcast that there is dissatisfaction on the faces of both players. Indeed, they are only one goal away from three points, and there were obviously many opportunities just now."
"Hopefully, they can achieve better performances in the future."
After the game, Maël sat on the field stretching, slightly regretful.
Looking at the shin guards on his calves, he felt very sorry for not seizing a goal opportunity in the first half.
But fortunately, he had an assist, which was considered a qualified performance.
His current strength is already outstanding in the EFL Championship, but there should still be some distance before he can completely crush it.
Continue to grind and strive to grind all skills to lv3!
He wants to comprehensively and evenly suppress the EFL Championship defenders, and then accumulate enough capital to rush to the Premier League! Four days later, on September 29th, another round of away league matches came.
Sheffield United went to Nottingham Forest's home stadium to face this team that had won two consecutive Champions League titles and had a glorious history.
They had a good start to this game.
"Bonodanovitch! Received Lotton's cross in the penalty area, a clean turn and shot! It hit! Beautiful!! One to zero! Sheffield United took the lead away from home, a good news for them just 6 minutes into the game!"
"..."
"Sheffield United maintained the lead until halftime, they are expected to win this game and draw a satisfactory conclusion to September!"
"The second half begins! Sheffield United replaced Bartley with Karl Way. Gareth Speed did not abandon this very experienced defender because of his poor performance in the last game."
"..."
"Bertrand! A cross! There are three Nottingham Forest players in the middle, here is... Pong!!"
"A header! Pang has equalized for Nottingham Forest! A goal in the 70th minute, Sheffield United is in trouble now! "Pang didn't celebrate; he picked up the football and ran back to the center circle. They haven't given up; they still want to fight for victory in the last twenty-odd minutes! That's an admirable spirit!"
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"The match has entered injury time. At this point, any goal could determine the final result, sending one side into a frenzy!"
"Sheffield United gets a throw-in. Karl Way comes up to take it, throwing it to Janu Hans, who's supporting in the center!
"A one-touch pass, finding center forward Evans! Nottingham Forest players don't want him to turn around, marking him tightly. A quick back-heel pass, a beautiful one-two, Janu Hans is rushing up!
"No support point, Maël quickly moves towards the center. Janu Hans pushes it sideways! Very light, he's setting up Maël!"
In the shot, Maël glances at the goal and then lowers his head, focusing on the football.
He doesn't choose to stop the ball, but lowers his instep, meeting the incoming pass with a direct Brutal Long Shot.
*"Bang!!"* The on-site recording equipment captured the sound of that brutal shot, as if it would explode the football.
After that, people saw the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper flying out, saw his empty hands, the football smashing into the net with a 'whoosh', and the Sheffield away fans rising behind the net.
"Yeah!!"
Amidst the celebration of thousands, the on-site commentator's voice also became excited, with a very high pitch: "Wow! Maël!!!"
"A thunderous shot!! Maël has sealed the game! This supernova from Arsenal has once again dragged back 3 points for Sheffield! "You can't help but love these young reinforcements; they represent all possibilities. No opponent wants them to receive the football at this crucial moment! It's a night of celebration; the emotions of Sheffield United fans have instantly soared to heaven!"
In the shot, Maël trembled as he rushed towards his team's fan zone, dodging and weaving along the way, avoiding several Sheffield players who wanted to tackle him.
He came to the advertising boards, took off his shin guard from his right leg and held it in his right hand, then made the classic pose of shooting a big eagle with a bow, and at the climax of the fans' emotions, he threw the shin guard into the fan zone with force.
"Oh!" This action once again stirred up a wave of cheers in the fan zone, and someone grabbed the shin guard and held it high.
Before Maël could make another move, he was pounced on by many teammates who came later.
"You still want to dodge!"
"A game-winner! Your first game-winner! Hahaha!"
Many people came up and shamelessly lay on top of him, playing a game of human pile.
When they had had enough fun and gave Maël a chance to get up, he smiled and walked to the camera, making a double 5 gesture.
The meaning was obvious: 5 goals, 5 assists!
To date in his professional career, he has created more than 10 goals!
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