It had been 2 months since Ryan making his debut with AC Milan. From 8 league matches, he scored 9 goals so far and assisted 15 goals causing him to earn a nickname as Cursebreaker; since the no.9 jersey in AC Milan was said being cursed after Pippo Inzaghi retired as everybody that wore that number will be flopped including once named the best young striker for Brazil, Alexander Pato and also Spanish striker; Fernando Torres. But, Ryan's achievements is not good enough for AC Milan as the club now only got 3 wins, 4 lost and 1 draw causing Giamparlo to be fired after 7 matches and was replaced by Stefano Pioli. That weekend, Ryan and all his teammates in AC Milan will face one of their toughest opponent in Serie A; Juventus.

"So, we're facing a team that have one of the GOAT player, huh?" said Cannon when he, Ryan and Paquetá are having lunch after their training is over.

"Yeah. You're good with that?" asked Paquetá.

"Of course I am. But, damn. I never thought that I'll have a chance to play against Cristiano Ronaldo" said Cannon.

"Yeah, but make sure you didn't get to overwhelmed though. It can kills you" said Ryan.

"That's true" said Paquetá then.

"Don't worry. I'll keep that in mind" said Cannon.

"That's good" said Ryan.

"By the way, Ryan. Do you heard a news?" asked Paquetá.

"What news?" asked Ryan in returned.

"It seems that if USA failed to win the friendly match against Costa Rica next week, Berhalter will resign as the head coach" replied Paquetá.

"Seriously? It just a friendly match though. Why so serious?" asked Ryan.

"Well, you know that last summer, he said that he had someone else that can replace you in the national team?" asked Cannon.

"Yes. Why?" asked Ryan in returned.

"That person he's talking about are Pierre Levesque, Kyle O'Hara and Wes Mewis" replied Cannon.

"What? I know very well that both Kyle and Mewis are good strikers but everybody knows that Kyle wants to play for Italy instead of USA and Wes will obviously chose New Zealand but there's a possibility for him to play for Australia too. While Pierre, I knew him since high school. He even declined the offer to play with U17 before. What's makes Berhalter thinks that he will be agree to play for the US" said Ryan.

"That's true. But, he had been try to ask them to play for USA since last summer. He said he can helped Kyle and Wes to apply to FIFA to change his national team" said Paquetá.

"What a desperate guy he is" said Ryan.

"He is. All supporters now is keep asking where is this new striker that he talked about and with your performance these 2 months, I'm sure he just got more pressure" replied Cannon.

"So, Ryan. If he's out, will you returned to your national team?" asked Paquetá.

"If the new coach wants me, I'll consider it" replied Ryan.

"I see" replied Paquetá.

Later on;

Ryan is just watching TV when he got a FaceTime request from Alex.

Ryan: Hi, sis.

Alex: Hi, baby. How you're doing?

Ryan: I'm good. What about you?

Alex: I'm good. So, how's your practice today?

Ryan: Nothing much. But everybody pumped up since we're facing Juventus this weekend.

Alex: Good. By the way, you heard about what Berhalter said he will resign if his team failed to defeat Costa Rica next week, right?

Ryan: Yeah. Why?

Alex: Well, if he steps down, would you coming out from your retirement and return to the national team?

Ryan: Well, it's depends. If the coach wants me to return, I will.

Alex: I see. So, you'll never said no, huh.

Ryan: Of course, especially when I might see you again at the joint training camp.

Alex: Is it because you miss me or you want to show off your skill in front of me?

Ryan: Kind of both actually.

Alex: Uggh, this boy. Anyway, I need to go now. Goodluck facing Juventus this weekend, cursebreaker.

Ryan: Thanks, sis. Bye, then. I love you.

Alex: Bye. I love you too.

Then, they hung up.

"Cursebreaker, huh" muttered Ryan alone.

That weekend;

All AC Milan players arrived at the Allianz Stadium, Turin for the match against Juventus. After changed into their training kits, all players made their way to the pitch for warming up session.

"What an envoironment this is" said Lewis.

"That's true. It made me excited and nervous somehow" replied Cannon.

"Don't worry. It will be fine after the reff blew his whistle" said Ryan.

"You're so optimist, bro. No wonder you can be called The Cursebreaker" said Piatek. Ryan just chuckled. Later on, all players making their way back to the dressing room to change into their match kits.

Starting Line-up of The Match

Juventus 1st eleven: Szczęsny (GK), Cuadrado (RB), Bonucci (CB), de Ligt (CB), Sandro (LB), Betancur (CM), Pjanić (CM), Matuidi (CM), Bernardeschi (AM), Higuaín (CF), Ronaldo (CF)

AC Milan 1st eleven: Donnarumma (GK), Conti (RB), Musacchio (CB), Romagnoli (CB), Rodriguez (LB), Saelemaekers (RM), Mihailovic (CM), Suso (AM), Paquetá (LM), Piatek (CF), Morgan (CF)

Later on;

All players already in their position on the pitch.

PRIIIITTT

The match begins with Juventus kicked off the match.

7th minutes of the match;

The ball is with Conti. He sent the ball to Mihailovic. Mihailovic then sent the ball to Suso. Suso then runs with the ball before sent it Ryan. Ryan then runs with the ball. As he tried to enter the penalty, de Ligt came and tackled the ball away. Ryan felt down due to being instable but quickly stood up before runs towards the ball causing Cuardado to panic and clears the ball away.

"Isn't it foul?" asked Ali.

"No, it's not. de Ligt's tackle is clean" replied Alex.

"Ryan didn't even tried to argue with the referee though" said Ashlyn.

"That's Ryan for you. If we called Neymar a diver, we can called Ryan as chaser because he will chased for the ball back instead of asking for free kick or penalty" said Alex.

17th minutes of the match;

Juventus with the throw-in. Matuidi takes the ball before throws it to Ronaldo. Ronaldo runs with the ball and made it into the penalty box before shoots towards the goal but Donnarumma managed to catch the ball.

27th minutes of the match;

AC Milan was awarded a freekick 21-yards from the goal. After the referee blew up the whistle, Ryan kicks the ball low piercing through Juve's defenders that jumped high. Szczęsny dive to make a save but he's a bit too late as the ball make it into the net for Milan to open the score.

"His freekick is so hard to be read" said Alex.

"That's true. If I'm a man player, I'll hate facing someone like him" said Ashlyn. The rest just giggled.

37th minutes of the match;

The ball is with Cuadrado. He sent the ball to Pjanić. Pjanić then runs with the ball before sent it long to Higuain. Higuain then shoots outside the penalty box but the ball hits the crossbar before went out of play. Higuain is disbelief.

"Both Higuain and Ronaldo failed to score despite having so many chances" said Ali.

"Not only them actually. Ryan and Piatek both are having hard time to score too" said Ashlyn.

"Yeah. All forwards were marked tightly by the defenders" said Alex.

45th+1 minutes of the match;

Juventus gets a corner kick. After the referee blew his whistle, Pjanić sent the ball into the penalty box before Matuidi heads the ball towards the goal but it hits the crossbar before went out of play. Then, the referee blew his whistle for half-time.

Later in the dressing room;

"Damn. It's so hard to pass their defenders" said Piatek.

"That's true. They don't event let me even be near the penalty box" said Ryan.

"We need to come out with something if we want to win" said Conti. Later, Pioli came in to brief about his tactical in the 2nd half.

Later on;

All players return to their position on the pitch.

Priiiittt

The 2nd half begins with Milan kicked of the match.

54th minutes of the match;

The ball is with Betancur. He then sent the ball to Bernardeschi. Bernardeschi then runs with the ball before passed it through to Ronaldo. Ronaldo then dribbled in passing through some Milan's defenders until he reached the penalty box before shoots the ball into the net for the equaliser for Juventus.

"NOOOOO" cried Alex.

"Alex, calm down" said Ali.

"Sorry" said Alex.

"Now, then. I wonder how will Ryan reacted to this" said Ashlyn.

81st minutes of the match;

Both teams are keep attacking each others as they both want to win this match. That moment, the ball is with Higuain. He tried to get into the penalty box but Conti managed to steal the ball before dashed with the ball. He saw Mihailovic is cleared. So, he through pass the ball to him. Mihailovic tried to find his teammates and saw Saelemaekers is cleared since Sandro that should marked him went to mark Piatek. He then sent the ball to Saelemaekers before Saelemaekers runs with the ball at the right flank before sent it into the penalty box when he nearly reached the goal line. Ryan that somehow managed to escape his markers jumped high before hits the ball into the net for Milan to take a lead once more.

"OH, YES!" cried Alex.

"What a goal by Ryan" said Ashlyn.

"He might surpassed you soon, Alex" said Ali.

"As I said before, I'll be the one that proud of him the most considered what he had been through in his life until he became someone that everybody can look up to" replied Alex.

87th minutes of the match;

The ball is with Matuidi. He tried to pass it long to Higuain but Paquetá managed to intercept the pass and quickly runs with the ball. He then passed it through to Ryan. Ryan runs with the ball passing through Bonucci until he only have Szczęsny. Ryan then runs towards Szczęsny before chipped the ball towards the goal. Szczęsny tried to chase the ball but he's a bit to late as the ball made it into the net to make it 3-1 and Ryan completing his hattrick.

"He deserved to be call the cursebreaker. 12 goals in 9 match. Wow" said Ashlyn.

"That's true. Scaroni might be so happy that he managed to sign Ryan from Cardiff City with just £2 Million" said Alex.

"He is" replied Ali. Later on, the match is over with AC Milan won the match 3-1. After went to thank AC Milan's supporters that came to the match, he went back to the pitch when he was stopped by Ronaldo.

"Boa partida, Morgan. Você me faz sentir que estou velho demais para jogar" said Ronaldo. (Good match, Morgan. You make me feel that I'm too old to play) Ryan chuckled.

"Se você é muito velho, pode usar drogas para brincar como está agora" replied Ryan. (If you are too old, you might taking drugs to play like the way you are just now) Ronaldo just chuckled.

"Estou ansioso pelo próximo jogo" said Ronaldo. (I'll be looking forward to our next match)

"Eu também" replied Ryan. (Me too) Then, they shook hands before walked to their dressing rooms.