Rise of a Football God

(La Liga:)

(Barcelona – Sevilla)

(Date: 20th October, 2025)

It was an FC Barcelona home game.

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The atmosphere in the Spotify Camp Nou was electric as the fans of the Blaugrana gave the Sevilla players a sufficient welcome to their home stadium.

Like expected, both teams started with their strongest lineups.

For the home side, with Sam back from his international break, he was plunged straight to the lineup, completing Barca's 4-2-3-1 formation.

It was a 4-2-3-1 formation that most FC Barcelona fans were unused to. This was because this time, it was not Lewandowski leading the attack as the striker but rather the young Nigerian prodigy, Samuel Moses.

Marc Andre Ter Stegen started in between the posts as the goalkeeper, while ahead of him was a quadruple defense comprised of Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Inigo Martinez, and Alejandro Balde.

For this game, the German coach made the decision to rest the defensive prodigy that rose from the La Masia academy, Pau Cubarsi.

Ahead of the defense in midfield was a duo of Frankie De Jong and Pedri.

After a while of being sidelined from the starting XI by Marc Casado, the Dutchman, Frankie De Jong finally did enough to convince the coach, restoring his place in the FC Barcelona starting XI in midfield alongside Pedri.

Ahead of the midfield duo was the dynamic quadruple attack.

In this game, a fully fit Dani Olmo started, taking Sam's spot in attacking midfield even as Sam took on his false 9 role, leading the attack.

To his left and right sides were Raphinha and Lamine Yamal respectively.

Robert Lewandowski's injury was a disaster for the club, but still, the fans could not help but want to see how Sam would perform from the onset in the false 9 role in the squad.

FWEEE!

As soon as the referee's whistle sounded, the Spotify Camp Nou bore witness to a Samuel Moses masterpiece.

Having traveled to Nigeria and created such miracles, dragging his country to the FIFA World Cup, physically and mentally, Sam was in his best state and starting this game, it reflected in his gameplay.

Hansi Flick's Barcelona was a fluid and well-oiled offensive machine that could attack in various ways, and this machine became even more dynamic with someone like Sam playing as a false 9.

From the onset, Barca quickly set a marker, dominating this game early as their offensive players ran the Sevilla defense ragged.

Sevilla tried their best, clinging on.

The atmosphere in this stadium was electric.

The energy of the fans swept through the corners of the stadium in waves, converging on the pitch, pushing the home side players to do wonders on the pitch.

From the attacking midfield spot, FC Barcelona fans have bore witness to the Sam and Yamal partnership before but today, they witnessed it from the striker and left-wing positions, a telepathic chemistry on the pitch.

Playing as a false 9 meant that Sam had the privilege to roam.

He must not stay in the box like a target man, and that was exactly what Sam did, roam about the forward line.

BZZZ!

He was a menace, receiving the ball, dribbling, spraying passes, playing short one-two penetrative passes, his game was fluid and effortlessly natural.

It was almost like he had been playing as a false 9 all his life.

In the 31st minute of this game, Sam's hard work finally bore fruit as after a fluid combination play involving Dani Olmo, Yamal, and Raphinha, the Brazilian played the final pass to him inside the 18-yard box.

'My moment!'

Sam recognized his moment, and he seized it with aplomb.

Bam!

With his first touch, he ditched the imposing Sevilla center back, pushing the ball beyond him even as the defender slipped.

Evading the defender's sprawling arms that tried to grab and drag him back, Sam pounced on the loose ball and then…

BAM!@@novelbin@@

The Sevilla goalkeeper only reacted after the ball nestled into the net as Sam hit it with absolute venom.

"GOALLLL…!!!"

The Spotify Camp Nou quickly roared to life.

The first half ended 1-0 in Barca's favor. More goals didn't materialize not because Barca's offense was lacking, but because Sevilla defended desperately.

In the 2nd half though, the floodgates opened with Sam leading the charge.

FWEEE!

The game barely started after the referee's whistle as Barca kicked off the 2nd half when taking the ball, Sam embarked on a crazy solo run.

With his tall and imposing frame, and his silky footwork, he weaved through Sevilla players, cutting through them like they were not there.

"Oh my God! What is this?!"

"He goes through 1, 2, 3…, 4! My God! He's one on one with the goalkeeper! Can he do it…?!"

"Yes he DOES!" The commentator screamed.

"He chips it over the goalkeeper and its 2 nil to Barca!"

"Sam, what a player!"

Sam whirled off towards the corner flag in celebration, eliciting loud roars from the home FC Barcelona supporters.

In the 45th minute, just after the start of the 2nd half, Sam got his 2nd goal.

7 minutes later, in the 52nd minute, after a flawless series of play with Lamine Yamal, the Spaniard prodigy managed to slip the ball across the face of goal to the other side where Raphinha lurked in the right place at the right time.

Bam!

The Brazilian poked the ball beyond the goalkeeper and into the net.

"GOALLLLLL…!" The fans roared.

Just like that, 3-0…, FC Barcelona were running away with the victory.

Sevilla tried to make something happen but led by Ronald Araujo, the FC Barcelona defense was like a rock, keeping them out.

They weathered the sudden Sevilla momentum long enough for Sam to put an end to it in the 77th minute, scoring his 3rd goal of this game and making it a hattrick.

This time, it was a pass from Gavi who already replaced Dani Olmo in this game, setting the ball for Sam to volley past the goalkeeper and into the net.

In the 83rd minute, Ronaldo Araujo leaped highest, powering a header beyond the Sevilla goalkeeper from a corner kick to make it 5-0 to the Blaugrana.

By the time the final whistle blew, all that was left of Sevilla were ruins.

The Catalan club literally obliterated them.

Sam got his match ball, and also his man of the match award for this game.

At the end of the game, across soldier media, a certain term began proliferating across football communities around the world.

"The most in-form player in Europe is Samuel Moses!"