Huddled together on the touchline, parents, scouts and coaches were left mouths agape as the 14-year-old toyed with Blackburn Rovers while his body was hanging together by a thread.
Five minutes into the Floodlit Cup game, Manchester United's 'Kid Messi' JJ Gabriel suffered a heavy collision and dislocated his shoulder.
Gabriel is ultra-competitive and this was tournament football. As the best player on the pitch, he was not going off without scoring.
‘It was unbelievable,’ one onlooker that night last September said. ‘He popped his shoulder back in and went on to score a hat-trick and get an assist in a 4-0 win.