Rise of a Football God

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(La Liga:)

(Celta Vigo – Barcelona)

(Date: 23rd November, 2025)

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Sam spent approximately a week in Nigeria, after which he took a flight back to Spain, Barcelona.

Kayla didn't follow him this time though.

Afterall, she was a university student, she had her life to attend to.

And so, after over a month since helping her boyfriend solve the scandal case that she was involved in, she finally felt comfortable enough to leave him in Barcelona.

With Kayla gone, Sam's full attention returned to football.

He had 7 days after the game against Ghana to prepare for his next club football, another Barcelona away game, this time against Celta Vigo.

Sam returned to his normal monotonic schedule. Alongside his training buddies, jog in the morning, work out in the gym, go for team training, engage in personal training, go home, sleep, wake up the next day, then reset.

It was monotonic, it was boring, but Sam was used to it.

His new friends were not exactly used to it though.

Alejandro Balde was the one who suggested it first. Training for 7 straight days in preparation for their next game and not doing anything else was just too boring, and so the Spaniard invited his friends for a birthday party.

It was the first big birthday party that Sam had attended in a long time.

As heroes of Spanish football, superstars of FC Barcelona, they got a big welcome on arriving at the birthday party venue.

Unlike what he expected, Sam had a nice time with his friends there.

And when he returned home, he felt even more refreshed to keep up with his schedule. 'Wow…, I never knew going out once in a while could be so refreshing'.

That was the only break in his schedule.

In no time, D-day was here and the FC Barcelona squad traveled to Celta Vigo, taking on their opponents in their home stadium.

FC Barcelona's hot winning streak continued, and so did Sam's goalscoring streak, highlighting the truth that he was the most in-form striker in the world again.

The game ended 2-5 in FC Barcelona's favor.

The first half was a bit tight, Celta Vigo playing a low block that frustrated the visitors, ending the first half in a 1-1 draw.

But in the second half, FC Barcelona exploded.

Sam scored the 2nd goal, giving FC Barcelona the lead and Pedri put out another masterclass from the middle of the pitch, Lamine Yamal being electric as usual as they took the game from the grasp of the home side.

Pedri scored the 3rd goal, courtesy of a Raphinha assist.

Lamine Yamal scored the 4th goal, while Raphinha scored the 5th goal, courtesy of an assist from Sam. Celta Vigo got a consolation goal, but it had no consequence to the overall disposition of the game.

Pedri won the man of the match award.

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3 days later, Barcelona took on Sporting Lisbon in matchday 5th of the UEFA champions league group phase.

It was a tight game for the Catalans despite the fact that they played in their home stadium, the visitors from Portugal pushing them all the way.

Sporting Lisbon got the first goal in the 17th minute but a moment of individual brilliance from Lamine Yamal in the 28th minute leveled the game, as he scored a brilliant curler after a dazzling solo run.

In the 34th minute, Lamine Yamal did it again, setting up Gavi to score the 2nd FC Barcelona goal to give them the lead.

The first half came to an end 1-2 in Barca's favor.

But just 1 minute after the 2nd half restart, Sporting Lisbon did it, their star striker, Viktor Gyokeres scoring an absolute banger to level the proceedings again.

46th minute, 2-2…

The game continued like this till the 90th minute.
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After maintaining their winning streak for so many games, Sporting Lisbon was on the verge of breaking it but a defiant striker refused to give up.

After being tightly man-marked out of this game for the majority of the game, Sam came clutch for FC Barcelona again, something Fulham fans were very used to.

These days, Barca fans were also getting used to it.

Sam scored from a header in additional time to steal all 3 points for FC Barcelona, dooming their Portuguese visitors to go back home with 0 points.

Lamine Yamal won the man of the match award of this game.

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4 days later, on 30th November, Barcelona took on Elche at home.

On this game, Sam put out an attacking masterclass at the Spotify Camp Nou, registering a hattrick of assists and a goal to doom Elche to an absolute thrashing.

He was in terrific form.

The first goal came late in the first half, in the 43rd minute as the visitors managed to tame Barca's rampant attack for over 40 minutes with their low block.

But the energetic Gavi broke the momentum.

Like a relentless shark, he burst into the Elche 18-yard box, putting his energy to good use to be at the right place at the right time to receive Sam's pass, quickly poking it past the goalkeeper to get the first goal.

In the 45th plus 2 minutes, Sam did it again, spraying a pass to the left which Raphinha took in his strides, beating his man before cutting in and rifling a shot into the roof of the net with absolute venom, leaving the Elche goalkeeper no chance.

In the blink of an eye, from a goalless draw, Barcelona now had a 2-goal cushion, comfortably winning the game already.

This was how FC Barcelona was this season.

Just when you thought they've been tamed, they strike.

This season, they seemed inviolable.

It just felt like they had the ability to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and a draw no matter how tight the game was. And the difference maker, that X factor carrier, it was Samuel Moses.

Sam was not done though.

After 2nd half started, he continued his impressive play, smoothly combining with his fellow forwards and midfielders to devastating effect.

In the 56th minute of the game, he finally got his goal.

Receiving a pass from Lamine Yamal in the box, he twisted and turned, using his elastico dribble to cut past 2 defenders that marked him before cooly slotting into the bottom right corner, leaving the goalkeeper standing, stunned.

56 minutes, 3-nil to FC Barcelona.

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

The Sam chants broke out again in the Spotify Camp Nou stadium.

FC Barcelona fans across the world were having the time of their lives. When the club purchased Sam, they had high expectations for him, but not this high.

Sam already far exceeded all their expectations.

To cap off his incredible performance, Sam set up Ferran Torres next who replaced Raphinha in this game, scoring the 4th goal of the game.

Marc Andre Ter Stegen kept a clean sheet as Barcelona got another 3 points.

They were running away with the La Liga title.

Sam got another man of the match award and with that performance, he took his statistics for the season to 26 goals and 15 assists in just 18 games!

Incredible!

Sam was now leading the football world in the European golden boot race, having scored more goals than any other forward across the top 5 European leagues.

This season, he was in a level of his own.

FC Barcelona truly struck gold by getting his signature.

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(Barcelona fixtures:)

(La Liga:)

(Mallorca – Barcelona)

(Date: 3rd December, 2025)

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(Real Betis – Barcelona)

(Date: 7th December, 2025)

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(UEFA Champions League:)

(Fulham – Barcelona)

(Date: 11th December, 2025)

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(La Liga:)

(Barcelona – Leganes)

(Date: 15th December, 2025)

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(Barcelona – Atletico Madrid)

(Date: 21st December, 2025)

The season was ramping up, the games were coming thick and fast.

The FC Barcelona players were not overwhelmed though as Hansi Flick cleverly managed his team, rotating them across the games as they came.

The game against Mallorca was not as straightforward as expected.

Going to their opponent's home stadium, again having to face a low block, FC Barcelona was frustrated for almost 90 minutes of this game.

But once again, their star striker struck.

By now, it felt like a lifetime ago when Sam was known as a world-class attacking midfielder, his identity was now full-blown striker.

Most young fans only knew him as a striker, not his days as an attacking midfielder. It was crazy.

It was almost as if Sam was guaranteed to score every game.

After Mallorca managed to hold the Catalans for 88 minutes, in the 89th minute, Sam broke the voodoo, scoring an incredible volley goal from an Alejandro Balde assist.

In the 2nd minute of additional time after Mallorca finally left their low block, aggressively chasing the equalizer, Sam added salt to injury, winning the ball back and kickstarting a Barca counterattack.

He played the ball high, to the left where Raphinha charged.

Taking the ball in his strides, the Brazilian ate yards of space like they were not there before cutting in and roofing the ball into the top right corner.

2-0 to FC Barcelona…, another game with a Sam goal and assist.

The 20-year-old was in unplayable form.

The best striker in the planet!