death /dɛθ/ stepping off point I. 21st Jan 2019 The goalkeeper was a considerably tall and menacing 20-year-old. Not eerie enough to scare my batch mates, but for me, he did the job. It was clear that the crowd of 15-20 people watching the match had predicted our loss the moment they saw us. My confidence had already dropped by 40% after locking eyes with the 20-year-old-menacing goalkeeper, and now it was drowning in the words of the spectators. My teammates couldn’t care less about what people said or foretold, but for me, they did the job. 15 minutes into the game and I haven’t touched the ball once. The predictions are now turning into reality and I have no control. “ What would he do?”, I ask myself. His decisions often confused the people around him , including me. “Who would do that?”, “That’s unnecessary.”...