Dream : Legend Maker
Kicking Iron
WARNING: Any form of name, place, background is fiction
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Susilo sat in his study while observing the computer screen in front of him. He was watching some football match footage and goal highligts. There is one thing in the video that he watched that everything was a match from Maung Raja.
While Susilo was focusing on watching the sound of knocking on the door made him take his eyes off the computer screen. The person who had just entered with the two cups of coffee was his assistant named Tejo.
Tejo walked over to Susilo and immediately handed Susilo a cup of coffee. They talk about a variety of life topics or work. By the time Tejo was about to say goodbye, he unconsciously saw a familiar figure on the computer screen.
The curious Tejo immediately asked Susilo.
“Are you interested in this child?”
“Lumayan, an attacking midfielder with a very good long-range kick. His entire goal was scored through long-range kicks and he is also currently on the list of top assists. Pretty good young.”
After giving his answer Susilo also looked at Tejo who was surprised when he heard his words and asked him a question.
“Why? Do you know him?”
“Yes I knew him quite well when I was running my errands to observe young Persija players who were training. All I know is he was the striker before.”
Covering his coffee that was in his grasp a little Tejo began to continue.
“It was almost half a year ago when he sent me a message asking me some list of the teams that did the trial. Looks like his luck ran out in Persija and joined the league club 3 Maung Raja.”
Susilo stroked his thick beard.
“I was thinking of recommending it to the club, what do you think?”
“I? Well it's okay if the club is interested in him, honestly I feel if he's like a fish that turned into a dragon since coming out of Persija.”
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Currently the Maung King players had fully refocused themselves on training. Too soon to fall asleep with
fun after the semi-final. At first they were not as ambitious as ever to achieve promotion to league 2 but after gradually approaching the final they became increasingly hopeful of getting promotion.
From the side of the field Handoko kept screaming at the players to do the exercises properly.
Their next opponent this time was the Galacticos Bireuen. A football club from Aceh that is still relatively young because it is only a decade old. Of course they were still considered seniors to the Maung King who was only half-life.
Throughout the night after they returned home from Maluku, he and his assistants watched various footage of the Galacticos Bireuen-related match. But to be honest Handoko had enough trouble handling them. It was extremely difficult to conduct aerial duels when Galacticos Bireuen players were taller than them. Their long legs are also great for steals or intercepts.
Soon their first round match against Galacticos Bireuen will be held. The match for the first round was on the road at the Galacticos Field Stadium, so three days before the match began they started from Jakarta to Aceh.
The 1000-capacity Galacticos Field Stadium is already packed with people watching. There is no live streaming or live streaming. The only way to watch League 3 is to come to the stadium directly or from the recordings of the audience from the stands.
The Maung Raja player who wore a blue jersey while the Galacticos Bireuen player wearing a red and blue striped white jersey slowly entered the field. Neutral fans and spectators welcomed them. Coach Handoko also shook hands with Galacticos coach Bireuen.
Raka who was at the very back of the row touched the grass first with a hand wearing a black bracelet.
The match immediately began when each of the club's captains returned to their starting positions.
All the Maung Raja players excitedly went through the match this time. However they did not get an easy win as this time against their Bireuen Galacticos was like kicking a pile of iron.
Throughout the journey passes they succeed in intercepting or if they dribble their own tackles from opponents will come to them. The long distance bait was also easily handled by them.
In the previous game although they were also quite difficult but the level of difficulty this time doubled. Even their attacking line was left unmoved. They are like a clouded tiger in front of their prey.
It was Galacticos Bireuen who first managed to break an egg into 1 – 0. Their striker took a hard kick from inside the penalty box but the kick was managed by Cahyo and produced a corner kick. This time Cahyo failed to save the net from a header from Galacticos striker Bireuen.
The Maung Raja players attempted to tie the scoreline before the break but their attack was once again easily thwarted. They get a throw in after the ball is tackled out of the field.
Hafiz throws the ball far ahead over his tacit communication with Anton. Anton ran hard to get to the ball and immediately cross into the penalty box. Both Beto and Alan were unsuccessful in aerial duels over the ball.
The ball was headed by Galacticos central defender Bireuen towards the middle of the field received by one of his colleagues. The referee blew his whistle before Galacticos player Bireuen counterattacked.
The Maung Raja player exited the field with a frustrated face. They actually kicked the iron this time. Handoko too could only fall silent because she did not have a good solution.
“Try to make quick passes to avoid intercepting opponents”
It was just Handoko's random solution to the player. Soon the break ended and the second half resumed.
Random solutions given Handoko do have the effect of preventing the ball from being intercepted but because they rarely do this sometimes the ball goes out of control of their feet because it fails to receive well or the kick is too hard so it rolls past the target.
The mistake created an opportunity for Galacticos player Bireuen to score back their second goal. Excellence for Galacticos Bireuen with a 2-point advantage over Maung Raja.
The match time was exactly 90 minutes and the referee blew the whistle without any extra time. Match score ends with 3 – 0. After the second goal was created Maung Raja players once again made mistakes in his quick passes. Long-range shots fired by Galacticos team captain Bireuen penetrated the Cahyo defense jarring.
The Maung Raja player returned to Jakarta with a gloomy atmosphere. They have been completely conquered by the club from Aceh. If they want to qualify for the final stage they must score at least four goals in the second round.
But today's game proved enough that one goal is very difficult to score let alone think to score four goals. Supporters of Maung Raja also think that their beloved team should be content with reaching the semi-finals this year.