Dream : Legend Maker
Strategy Replies
WARNING: Any form of name, place, background is fiction
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The atmosphere on the Maung Raja training ground was very gloomy. All the players seemed to have been hit by the result of yesterday's match. There was no passion and passion like before they just moved like a machine being turned on.
The Maung King player had completely given up on pursuing promotion. Initially that seems close to the eye is now only a mere wishful thinking.
On the field only Raka did the training session in earnest. He has spent a long time doing nothing in Persija and he feels a little reluctant to achieve anything this year.
Raka wants in the future to have a career in a higher league therefore he has to get good results now when the opportunity is still there. He doesn't want to be forever buried in league 3.
Coach Handoko also realized that the current atmosphere was so bad. Initially he wanted to start the practice with some discoveries that would help them fight the Bireuen Galacticos in the second round. As he walked towards the field he was forced to bury his plan deeply.
The mental players have been hit, this will also be in vain even though he told them to do the strategy in his mind. The first thing to do is to improve the mentality of the players. But he also does not know how to improve the mental and spirit that has come down.
Handoko dropped her whistle to stop their training and immediately gathered in front of her. Handoko observed the player in front of him and resolutely said
“Don't be too protracted in defeat yesterday. There are still ninety minutes for us to turn things around. Today I don't want to see your les face in training, now go home to rest and start tomorrow's training with vigor. Understand?”
Getting a weak answer from the player in front of him Handoko frowned and said in a louder voice. Only then did the players reply in a loud voice.
“Understanding coach”
Then all the players started to leave the field one by one heading to the dressing room to pack home.
Raka did not plan on going home early at this time as it was still too early for her to go home. He planned to continue the long kick training to be more steady. Raka stopped Cahyo who was also going home soon.
“Captain, can you help me in training?”
Cahyo looked at Raka who was in front of him in a daze before nodding in agreement. At first he thought that the training Raka was doing would end in an instant but what was astonishing at this moment was that the clock was already showing at three in the afternoon.
Coach Handoko told them to come home at eleven and now it's four hours later they both continue training. Cahyo felt a strong determination from Raka as they trained together and this only made her even more embarrassed.
As the captain of the Maung Raja team, he was thinking of giving up, while the new boy who had just joined the team was still determined to win the game. This made him become serious while running training with Raka.
Cahyo also felt throughout this exercise the kick kicked by Raka became better and faster. No wonder that Andre who is usually a free-kick executor will leave the opportunity to Raka.
Next day
Raka who set out for practice early finds that she is not the first. Almost all the players have arrived in the dressing room. Raka turned her gaze to Cahyo who smiled back briefly.
After returning home from training with Raka, Cahyo tried to encourage his colleagues through private messages on social media. Of course the lure of the encouragement is a bonus that the manager will give them. The existence of the money factor becomes they rise up excited like a valiant knight.
They were thinking of at least showing some effort rather than accepting defeat without a fight.
Right now they had lined up neatly on the field. Handoko who was standing in front of them observed in satisfaction as the spirit of the player re-emerged. He immediately explained the strategy they will use in the upcoming second round.
“Actually we have implemented this strategy during the second half against them, however it is only that we have not practiced and are still too rough so we made a lot of mistakes. This time our focus will be on training with the focus of practicing a quick pass and also receiving it well.”
They often make mistakes while undergoing the exercise but slowly get better and Handoko also makes the training program more complicated.
Initially who only stayed in their position they had to keep running and change positions to form a triangle formation. They will advance towards the goal by always forming a triangle while still passing with a quick pass. Coach Handoko calls this a triangular penetration strategy.
Soon the match day for the second round had arrived. The 500-capacity King's Stadium surprisingly leaves no empty seats. It seems that this is a form of solidarity Maung Raja supporters to encourage them even though they will fail to qualify for the final.
The fans have even prepared a good choreography. The event was perpetuated by sports journalists from Jakarta News. He did not think too much about the end result, just with this choreography alone he was able to make good news.
Galacticos Bireuen players still wear a white jersey because their away jersey is the same blue as Maung Raja's away jersey. Galacticos player Bireuen has completely ignored the course of this league. According to them the Maung King could not defeat them even if they had extra legs.
This despising act had been completely fatal to them since this time the lion they were facing had sharpened its fangs. In the 10th minute after kick-off was done with a quick pass-off strategy player Maung Raja made Galacticos Bireuen's defense fall apart.
The ball that had been distributed into the penalty box was easily kicked by Alan with his left foot. After hearing the whistle of goal marks from referee Alan slid into the corner of the field with both knees greeted by the wild cries of the supporters.
Alan!Alan!Alan!
Handoko and his two coaches on the side of the field hugged watching the goal created. The results of their two-week training finally proved effective.
The downside of having a high posture is that their reflex movements naturally become a step slower. By the time they turn around to stop the ball, the ball is already on the pass to the other side.
Although the opening goal by Alan managed to surprise them but Galacticos player Bireuen still underestimated them because they still have a two-point advantage.
They do not realize that the goal created by Maung Raja is not luck alone but the result of a repetitive practice. Galacticos player Bireuen must wake up from their dream if they do not want to be torn apart by the fangs of the king of the forest.