Dream : Legend Maker
Pardon you?
WARNING: Any form of name, place, background is fiction
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Recently Raka was bewildered by Handoko's actions. Each time running the Raka fighting exercise is always placed in different positions. He was positioned as a striker when first the match practice was done. Even his teammates were confused and looked at him strangely.
The coach's decision is absolute. He is just trying to play the various roles assigned by the coach. Even he was positioned as a central defender and the result at that time he made a mess in the guard area made the opponent score easily.
Raka once asked Handoko why she was positioned in various positions that only Handoko answered with her not understanding.
“Your job is to observe, it is a clue for you.”
Handoko told him to observe. Since then Raka began to observe the course of the match from various positions although it is not yet clear what the goal is. Raka did it without complaining.
Raka began to pay attention to the position of his teammates and opponents on the field. Starting from the position to the path of movement everything was gradually imprinted on his mind.
Currently Raka is assigned to be an attacking midfielder in the attacking team. Handoko is still experimenting to find the right line up combination. This time the attacking team uses a 4-1-3-2 formation while the defending team uses 4-5-1.
On this occasion Beto and Alan were placed on the same team, it was time to try a combination of two sharp strikers as the spearhead . Budi striker second last season has also joined training as a striker of the defending team, previously he was absent because he was still in recovery period injury.
The game starts soon.
The ball was passed to the back and arrived at Ahmad's feet, he immediately dribbled forward while observing his surroundings. It just so happened that Raka was in an empty room unattended and the ball was immediately passed towards her.
Raka was getting closer to the opponent's goal, Kusno as a defensive midfielder ran over to Raka to steal the ball, but this was his mistake because Andre immediately cut in.
Flat operand by Raka received by Andre with his left foot. No one was guarding him, the two defenders still kept Beto and Alan tight. This brief moment was well taken advantage of by Andre, after controlling the ball with his left foot, he kicked the ball hard towards the goal.
Cahyo ran and jumped to stop the ball but his efforts were in vain even though his index finger hit the ball, the change in direction was still heading into the goal.
In just 5 minutes for the attacking team to lead the game. Everyone is clapping, it's a tradition in training when someone scores a goal or does something spectacular.
Raka was delighted to once again provide an assist. Andre gave a thumbs up to him then returned to his starting position.
The defending team does not want to make it easy for the attacking team. In the 20th minute Anton from the left side made a breakthrough past two attacking team players. Anton showed his quick sprint ability that is difficult to be pursued by others.
He crossed, Budi who saw the ball pointing towards him immediately jumped. Central defender named Sandi tried to compete in an aerial duel to win the ball, unfortunately Budi still won the duel. The ball headed by Budi goes into the goal without a fight.
The defending team managed to equalize. The game continued intensely both sides did not give up on scoring. Time went by quickly and almost towards the break of the match. The defending team who thought the score would be a draw for a while until the break was shocked by Alan.
Alan who received a pass from Andre took a long-range kick suddenly. Even Cahyo was not ready with the kick, he was ready to go out of the field when the whistle was blown by Handoko.
Alan walked back in arrogance, the applause from his comrades being background music as he walked. Handoko blew his whistle as a sign of the end of the first half after the defending team had kick off.
2 - 1
But everything was still vague for Raka, everything was just a random guess. He wanted to try once more when the second half started to prove his mind. Unknowingly the break was over, the players made their way onto the field once more.
The match was 75 minutes. At this time Raka gets a pass from Faiz. Once again the paths like when the first half re-emerged in Raka's view. To prove his thoughts, Raka would kick according to the path that was in front of him.
The ball is kicked and leads according to the path that is in his view. The goal is ten meters from the penalty box. Miraculously at the moment the ball had reached the ground, the figure of a young man appeared and instantly shot the ball. The figure he saw now was Beto.
A good opportunity was not successfully utilized by Beto because the direction of the ball is too clear for Cahyo so it is easy to catch. Beto could only hold his head showing regret. Although it did not produce a goal, Raka's guess seemed to be correct.
Raka became excited. With anticipation he began to follow these paths on occasion
subsequent. The opportunity came once again, the attacking team got a chance to do a corner kick. Cahyo punches the ball coming towards him, but the ball he punches happens to fall in front of Raka.
But this time the paths that had previously appeared were now gone. Raka was dazed for a moment as to why his path was missing but he was soon to refocus on the match. Although there was no path he kicked the ball towards the goal after seeing the gap.
At this time the conditions inside the penalty box are very crowded and crowded. The crowd blocking Cahyo's view to see the ball. As he was searching for the whereabouts of the ball, suddenly the ball led to him through the heads of the people. Cahyo was surprised and immediately ran towards the ball but when he ran he hit someone's body so that the ball was let into the goal.
Goal
Raka has scored. It was his first goal since he first arrived. The goal buried Raka's disappointment as the path she saw disappeared. He raised his hand in the air and shouted to express his excitement.
I finally scored a goal
As a striker is very embarrassing because he did not score a single goal. This goal boosted his confidence.
The game ended with a score of 3-2. After Raka scored, in the 80th minute Anton managed to score a goal to catch the catch. Budi did a trick kick in front of the goal to outwit Santo who in fact the ball will be passed to Anton who is behind him. Santo had lost his center of gravity so he did not manage to pull off a kick from Anton.
Handoko gives instructions for all players to cool down to reduce the level of injury. The training session will end after the cooling is complete. As the players are about to return to the locker room Handoko stops Raka and to follow him.
They both walked to the coach's office.
“Are you disappointed?”
Raka was surprised by the question that Handoko asked. He immediately shook his head. Without letting Raka answer him Handoko continued her words.
“I told you to observe because you looked chaotic. Your movements are irregular, you even disturb your own teammates. During the first training session, your movement confused your own teammates, you can't even find empty space to get a chance”
“But today you impressed me enough, I thought of throwing you away if you didn't see any progress in you. But it seems that you are not a brainless idiot, you start to see empty space when competing.”
Raka could not argue because all the words Handoko said were true. He is a little grateful that today he can make the coach satisfied with his performance.
“But honestly there is no position for you as a striker”
“Sorry?”