Dream : Legend Maker
Debut National Team

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

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"Ricky"

"Brian, Nice, Hardcore, Edo"

"Nando, Aldo, Raka, Andreas"

"Daddy, Raymond"

Coach Indra used a 4-4-2 formation this time to face Singapore. This was also one of the formations that they trained during the training concentration.

Combining Aji as a target man, Raymond leaning more as a fox in penalty area can hide the presence better.

In terms of midfielders also he has paired Aldo with Raka. Aldo who has a fit and tenacious physique is positioned as a defensive midfielder. In addition, his ability to close the space when the team is building the room is also very good.

Raka is positioned as an attacking midfielder. His job is to provide creative passes to build attacks.

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A woman with a camera in her hand is now walking down the stands to the nearest seat from the field. That person is Jihan, after graduating a year ago from university she had a career as a reporter in sports.

At first she wanted to enroll in the fashion field but was rejected because it was full. Now he is at the Maguwoharjo Stadium watching the Indonesian national team match against Singapore.

He aimed his camera at a very passionate Indonesian supporter. He is actually quite surprised why many supporters continue to support tirelessly despite the circumstances are not as optimistic.

His attention has now been shifted to the field as players from both Indonesia and Singapore slowly enter the field. They were greeted with great fanfare as they waved red and white flags.

The situation became more lively when it was Indonesia's turn to sing the national anthem. All players on the field and all Indonesian supporters who attended compactly sang the song Indonesia Raya.

Although it is not the first time Jihan went to the stadium to work today it is completely different than usual. Even he was slightly stimulated by their blazing spirit.

There is a different energy when you see a football club playing against a national team.

His camera continues to target players on the field and supporters in the stands while singing along.

Kick off was first done by Indonesia for winning the coin bet. When Jihan saw the captain of the Indonesian national team she felt a little familiar like she had seen him.

Coach Indra completely overhauled the entire national team this time around. Even the captain's position was removed from Ricky's hands.

He gave the captaincy to the one he thought had the mentality and personality to match. This is also done so that there is no gap between new national team players and old national team players.

The captain of the national team this time is held by a man with the number 12. The person is Raka, he was unexpectedly entrusted by coach Indra to be captain of the team.

Raka was even a little in disbelief when coach Indra pointed him out. According to Raka it would be better if given to others but coach Indra firmly gave it to him.

Raka could only accept it, fortunately no one objected either from other players or Ricky the former U-20 captain.

Singapore uses the same formation as Indonesia which is 4-2-2. The match was quite boring but the fans continued with the spirit of singing together.

Garuda in my chest, garuda kudawaku

I'm sure today will win~

It had been thirty minutes of the match and the score was still maintained 0 - 0. Many opportunities were created both from the Indonesian and Singapore side but no one has managed to break the opponent's goal.

Concentration is raised to the maximum.

A fatal incident occurred in the Indonesian defense in the 43rd minute because of a Good pass while building the attack was successfully guessed by the Singapore striker.

As a result the ball was captured, the Singapore striker immediately dribbled the ball into the penalty box. Ricky came forward to get the ball.

As the distance between the striker and Ricky drew closer, the striker immediately kicked the ball using the back of his foot.

The ball creates a beautiful arc past Ricky's head. The ball was moving slowly so that Tegar who ran unyielding to chase immediately did a tackle to achieve it.

The ball was stopped 1 cm before the goal line through tackles done by Rigid. He quickly got up and threw the ball into the middle of the field.

The Singapore striker immediately held his head showing remorse. Just now was a good opportunity for Singapore but failed to produce a goal.

On the other hand the heart of Indonesian players and tense supporters was immediately saggy. They really thought they would concede before the break.

The second half immediately started, everything was the same as the first half nothing changed from both sides.

Singapore who kick off immediately intensified the attack on Indonesian defense. On the instruction of coach Indra earlier, Raka also retreated to help the defense.

His role in the national team in addition to organizing attacks is also to help the defense. He plays a box to box player. A role that physically demands the player to keep running back and forth from front to back.

What Raka does in the concentration of training is to build stamina and practice defensive techniques so that his ability to defend also increases.

The Singapore attack was thwarted and it was Indonesia's turn to counterattack.

Raka who was behind immediately ran forward to help the attack line. Soon he gets a decoy coming from Aldo.

In front of him was Aji who ran slightly to the left to create space. His role as a target man has been well done.

Raka immediately gave a bait to the empty space that Aji had created. At that moment the player with the red jersey with the number 11 appeared to welcome the ball.

That person was Raymond.

His short posture and rarely getting a supply of the ball makes his presence a little forgotten Singapore defender.

Before the ball touched the ground Raymond had already kicked the ball towards the goal. The ball is now in the goal.

Raymond ran towards the corner of the field and did the celebration while patting the emblem of the garuda on his chest.

You can imagine how excited the fans who were present at the stadium because a goal was created. They screamed even crazier to celebrate.

In-do-ne-sia, In-do-ne-sia

Through a volley made Raymond in the 70th minute Indonesia led the game with a score of 1 - 0.

During this match Raymond only touched the ball six times and four of them were a kick to the goal. Of the four kicks, three of them went to the goal and one led to a goal.

A terrible statistic for a striker.

Ten minutes later after the goal was created, seeing that the increasingly fierce Singapore attack coach Indra decided to replace Raymond with Tojim.

4-5-1 formation with two defensive midfielders. Coach Indra is already quite satisfied with the slim advantage and hopes that his foster children on the field can maintain the score until the end.