Dream : Legend Maker
Competition Begins
WARNING: Any form of name, place, background is fiction
It had been a few days since Raka joined the training. If there was a proper word to describe, Raka would choose to say difficult.
Training is really hard. Especially when there was a considerable difference in physical strength.
Raka is 20 years old and has to face a physical battle with players aged 24 to 30 years.
Every internal match he would lose his balance when there is a physical fight with other players.
Therefore a physical training assistant named Mateo gives additional training to Raka to strengthen her core.
A player does not have to have a stocky body, the most important thing is how to be able to maintain his posture when there is a physical duel.
Raka will be in the gym with Mateo for 2 hours after the workout together.
Another problem is about ability. Although fairly good among sepantaran players, the technique looks quite rough when compared to other senior players.
Raka greedily continued to observe them during the training session. There were even moments when he was so focused that he didn't listen to the instructions of coach Sergio.
The outcome? Of course the caci maki of coach Sergio came.
Coach Sergio's style of play is very different to Handoko's. When Handoko focuses on close pass play, Sergio uses direct ball more often to the winger.
Coach Sergio this time did not bring new players in attack. He is trying to just polish the trident he has shaped like last year's competition.
Febri and Maru will be escorts on the side for Carl. From the supply of the ball from the middle is Jonathan.
Since ball supply Jonathan was injured, PSIS Semarang had enough difficulty to connect the back row to the front.
Fortunately, his injury has now recovered and he can return to practice together.
But while undergoing internal match practice, coach Sergio seemed dissatisfied with the performance displayed.
It seems clear when the opponent keeps Jonathan tight, the ball will always stop in the middle of the field.
On the other hand the midfielders do not have the ability to provide accurate long-range passes to the wingers.
And on the other hand Jonathan is less able to open space. While it is true that the strategy is centered on a wide-wing game, it does not mean that the middle side cannot give a stab.
He needs someone who can open up space with good passing ability. It would be even better if he could share the pressure with Jonathan so Jonathan would have plenty of room to move.
Coach Sergio continues to rotate and has finally found the final piece of the puzzle. The piece he needed was Raka's figure, but what was really bad was her physical ability.
Raka's body is difficult to be able to duel with senior players whose power is greater.
Raka also vaguely feels that coach Sergio has his own plans against him.
Therefore when coach Sergio told Mateo to give extra training he did not complain.
He really needs that too. Raka accepted it with pleasure.
But what needs to be known is that training like this cannot be done briefly. It needs to be done regularly and regularly, both diet and rest also affect.
As a result Raka remains a backup in the team. Coach Sergio will temporarily entrust the midfield with other players.
The time is almost into July and the end of the transfer window will be over. In addition, league 1 competition will be held soon.
A lot of things have happened over the past few days. Football lovers in the country are also confident that this year's competition will be more exciting.
Because football clubs in league 1 make a lot of big moves.
One of them is a lot of clubs that bring quality coaches from Europe. Some foreign players are also brought in to add ammunition.
The most striking foreign player is Somer, a pure striker from Ivory Coast. In his career in the Ivory Coast league, he has topped the top scorer with 32 goals and 5 assists.
As for Bali United in the transfer market this time is not too active. They only released players and brought in one Japanese winger, Noshida.
Unlike Bali United, Persija became the club with the most active status in the transfer market. Coach Dani is still trusted to win the club Tigers Kemayoran.
Long story short, today is the day where the inaugural match of PSIS Semarang against Persipura.
For Raka this was their second time fighting. But what was different was that he was just watching through the bench.
It's not entirely bad. Even when he was in Persija he was not selected as a reserve player.
There is still a chance to fight on the field. Raka calmly accepted coach Sergio's decision.
The match will be played at home at Jatidiri Stadium. The stadium with a capacity of 25,000 has been filled with blue sea.
The blue sea is because PSIS Semarang supporters who have the nickname 'The Panzer' use a blue jersey.
The chanting sounds of supporters were even heard from outside the stadium. They proudly sang their anthems.
Mahesa jenar, mahesa jenar
PSIS is always addressed
For me you are still a champion
PSIS is always addressed
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As for the Persipura supporters who came away only a few. Completely suppressed by The Panzer.
This is a new sight for Raka.
In the past Maung Raja only plagiarized anthem belonging to other clubs, but now the club he defended has its own anthem.
Prits
The referee blows his whistle to mark the start of the match.
PSIS Semarang did the first kick off. Carl passes the ball backwards and immediately rushes forward.
Jonathan who received the ball immediately made a pass to the right side.
On the right side there was already Maru who had done a sprint to catch up. The ball was eventually caught.
Persipura's wing-back tried to do the steals but Maru easily passed him.
The new match started for a few seconds but PSIS Semarang has got a golden opportunity.
Without waiting too long again, Maru crossed into the box.
There are already Carl and Rui who are physically dueling to get the ball. Goalkeeper Persipura also advanced to jump to join the duel.
In the end the ball is headed first before hitting the goalkeeper's fingers. But the ball continues to advance towards the goal, only the speed becomes a little slow.
Some Persipura players from the middle of the field ran to chase the ball. Dear thousand dear balls faster than them.
Prits
In just 1 minute 49 seconds.
The goal created by Carl is currently for a while the fastest goal in the league competition 1 this year.