Dream : Legend Maker
First Training

WARNING: Any form of name, place, background is fiction

His heart was pounding, not believing what he was hearing. He passed the trial session.

He clenched his hands and punched the air to express his excitement. To be honest Raka was pessimistic to qualify because as a striker he did not produce one goal for his team. Fortunately one assist he did capture the heart of coach Handoko.

In this trial session there were five people who escaped. Beto, Anton, Raka, Andre, and Ahmad. Andre is a winger who provides assists to Beto while Ahmad is a central midfielder.

Although Ahmad's performance did not appear to be fruitful, in fact he often provided key passes in building attacks.

"Let's go to my office, we'll sign the contract"

The coach's office is at the end of the stadium hallway. The room is quite small compared to Dani's office. The room is quite cluttered with piles of paper in various corners. Without caring about the reaction of the others Handoko opened the desk drawer and handed the contract sheet to them.

"This is a general contract made by the club for trial participants. Value and additional bonuses will increase depending on the performance you show"

Raka read the contract carefully, he already has experience when signing a contract with Persija Jakarta.

Common year contract duration and standard salary of white collar workers 1.5 million with bonus on winning championship or league promotion. It is rare to see a long-term contract in the Indonesian league. This is done by the club to reduce losses from certain factors.

Raka firmly signed the contract when he felt confident about the contract offered. Moreover, the current condition of Raka who cannot be picky.

Handoko was very satisfied with the results of the trial that had just been done. Especially Beto, all the coaches of course are eager to have a sharp striker.

"Pre-season training will be held three days later, hard work, I expect a lot from you"

Handoko relayed information regarding the upcoming pre-season training before expelling them.

Three days later

Raka had arrived an hour early. His body trembled either out of nervousness or over-excitement. He was very curious about his team-mates. A hand tapped his shoulder which made him look back. The man who patted her on the shoulder was Anton.

"You came very early, man"

"I just don't want to be late on my first day"

"By the way, yesterday was a very good pass, thank you"

Raka shook her head. He was too embarrassed to accept Anton's sudden praise.

"I'm just lucky haha"

"I know you young people always try to come early. Introduce my name Cahyo the main captain of Maung Raja. Follow me to the dressing room"

Raka and Anton just nodded and immediately followed Cahyo towards the dressing room. In the dressing room there were only a few people who came. It's only natural that they arrive an hour earlier than the training schedule. Time passed close to the scheduled practice hours, one after another the players came.

After , feel confident that everyone has gathered. Cahyo told the new players to move forward. Cahyo's hand clap made everyone in the changing room focus on her.

Cahyo introduced each other to the new members with the old ones. But their self-introductions were only responded to in silence. After all they are rivals and not necessarily see them again after a year. They need to prove themselves on the pitch if they want to get recognition.

Raka calmed herself down. He also had experience of being neglected in his early days in Persija Jakarta. It looks like all the clubs will be the same condition so he doesn't really care about that.

The door opened and Handoko told them to go to the field immediately. Handoko handed over the warm-up session and ran around the field to Cahyo. In the inaugural session of their training, Handoko focused on improving the endurance of the players in addition to maintaining the weight of the players who have climbed throughout the holidays.

This is what Handoko does not like. Many players have had their excess weight since returning from vacation. As an athlete, he must have self-awareness to maintain a diet to maintain their performance condition.

After circling the field for 20 rounds many players collapsed to the ground from exhaustion. Raka wiped the sweat off her forehead. Thanks to training crazy while in Persija Jakarta he was able to survive the training session Handoko. One of the benefits obtained by Raka for a year in Persija Jakarta is that it increases endurance and stamina.

Prits...

The sound of a whistle from Handoko indicates the break session is over. With reluctance in their hearts, the players gathered and started the next session. This time everyone pairs up two people and passes.

Raka's partner in passing coincidentally is Beto. It seems that God is fair to His creatures. Despite having a sharp goal-scoring ability, Beto's ability to pass rather poorly.

The direction of the bait is irregular, often Raka must run right and left because the Beto bait does not lead to him. Beto also realized that the accuracy of the feed was so terrible. He felt embarrassed and became hasty in passing the ball which made things more chaotic.

Handoko who saw this somewhat shook her head. He seems to be too hopeful for Beto.  His consolation is that at least he is very good at scoring a goal. He wrote something down in his notebook, thinking it would add an extra passing exercise to Beto.

Immediately the training session continued with dribbling. Once again Raka did it normally. Not bad and not too amazing. He is able to dribble the ball either dribbling back and forth with a straight track or winding between cones that have been neatly arranged.

Raka was quite satisfied with his performance. During training today he had been observing his teammates. Although there are some players who exceed his ability, he remains confident. His hard work will surely pay off. Motivated Raka continued her training.

The first exercise, which began at nine in the morning, ended after three in the afternoon. In today's training session the new players also become more familiar. Some friendly old players also start to open up and get closer to new players. Everyone will be aware of this because the sound of laughter is heard from the dressing room after the exercise.

Raka who was about to prepare to return home was stopped by Anton.

"Raka, let's eat together after this. We have to identify ourselves as a new player"

It was not something bad so Raka quickly agreed to eat together. They will be teammates for the next year, he should be familiar with them at least. Andre, Ahmad, and Beto also agreed. They excitedly discussed the exercises today. Although Beto was somewhat frustrated in the feed session he had a cheerful personality. He made a joke that raised the atmosphere between the five of them to be more pleasant.

Raka smiled. He thought everything would be fun from now on.