Football System: Classic Number 10
Chapter 141: The 10th Game

Cananga FC's development today will undergo their tenth match of the season. There were some special things about their tenth game today, first about their 8 consecutive wins and only one draw that makes them second in the league standings at this time with 25 points. They are one level below Tarakanita Jakarta who still has a record of winning 9 consecutive times and getting 27 points.

Speaking of goal effectiveness, Tarakanita Jakarta is also very effective when it is in the opposing third of the field. They have recorded 26 goals which 10 goals scored by Yoga Hilmawan which makes him the top scorer while the league. The name Yoga Hilmawan even coincided with the names of famous and quite senior, such as Ednilson Silva who recorded 7 goals for Cananga FC Mining, which was also very popular, there was Samsul Hadi who scored 6 goals for Nusantara FC and Ferdi Pahabol who scored 4 goals for Jayapura Black Diamond FC. With the age of 16 years, of course this becomes one of the best achievements for Hilmawan Yoga.

And Rizaldi Fatah? Young player Cananga FC who is also one of the hot assets located in the Indonesia Premier League is also no less shining than Yoga Hilmawan. How to play Yoga and Rizaldi is indeed much different, but Rizaldi also shines in his own way. Indeed Rizaldi is not included in the top 5 best attackers in the league, but he became one of the best playmakers. Rizaldi Fatah recorded 6 assists from 9 appearances with Cananga FC Mining, besides that Rizaldi can also really be a team driver. He is still 16, but he is used to playing with his more senior colleagues and even becoming a central field general with Adam Sala who is the team captain and in charge of guarding the defense.

Rizaldi Fatah is always involved in the process of Cananga FC Mining goals, starting from looking for a way into the opposing team's defense room, looking for a gap, starting from looking for an entrance, make the most of the space or provide beautiful assists for his other colleagues. Even Ednilson Silva was very admiring the figure of Rizaldi Fatah who often gave him beautiful assists on him.

And on this day they will play their tenth game in the league, they will host the Surabaya Argento team. Surabaya Argento is one of the strong teams from the city of Surabaya, East Java. They are also one of Surabaya's rivals Verdy's one city with them.

Surabaya Argento's performance in Indonesia Premier League is quite good this season, they won 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. They sit in the 5th position of the league standings with 20 points. They can be one of the challengers if they can maintain their consistency until the end of the season.

There is one player who can be considered to be the backbone of Surabaya Argento. He is named Muklis Hadi Raharjo, the most senior player in the team and has been in the team since the 2020 season. The 37-year-old plays as a central defender, he is one of the sturdy walls that always keep the Surabaya Argento goal from their opponents' attacks. The player with the most appearances at the club aims to hang up his boots at the end of the season, but he doesn't just want to hang up his boots. He wanted to hang up his shoes after bringing Surabaya Argento to Indonesia Premier League champion, only then he could hang his shoes calmly.

Because that motivation makes Muklis play always fiery, even Mukhlis managed to get the title of best defender last month and is able to compete with other big names who are younger than him and still play more freely than him. This proves that his desire is not just a dream and an empty dream. Muklis Hadi really wants to see Surabaya Argento become the winner of the Indonesia Premier League as before the era of I-LEAGUE and Indonesia Premier League began.

Besides being supported by great motivation from Muklis Hadi. Surabaya Argento is also supported by a reliable tactician from Argentina. Julian Scolari, appointed as the main coach of Surabaya Argento since two seasons ago. Indeed Surabaya Argento with Julian Scolari still can not talk much during these two seasons, but that does not mean they do not get any progress.

Julian Scolari focused on developing the young talent in his team first, even some of them were loaned out to Surabaya Green Force who played in I-Youth, and after they had a lot of minutes to play, he said, they returned to Surabaya Argento and began to earn their place in the team. And the Surabaya Argento team really became one of the teams with the average age of their squad that many young players. The average age of their squad is 24, of which 12 are 24.

And the move by Julian Scolari is starting to show the fruit, now they are in fifth place in the league table, and many of their young players are shining in the league. One of them is Nico Prastyo Pratama, a player educated Surabaya Green Force has proven himself in this season, he managed to become one of the most talented young players Surabaya Argento.

"That's why we have to keep this guy so he can't do much in today's game. He's got incredible passing accuracy, he can even give beautiful passing from a long distance and make it a dangerous attack" coach Giovanni explained their strategy for today's game.

There are still a few hours before the game starts so Coach Giovanni deliberately gives direction to his children. "On our defense, we will use the same tactics because I think our defense still looks good but I will still give a little assessment. Two of our full-backs, should always be overlapping and what should be emphasized is the transition! We often miss out because of the slow transition"

After that Coach Giovanni also showed the names of the players he brought to play today and also who sat on the bench, he said, there is not much change because Rizaldi Fatah is also back to playing regularly and playing in a place that is usually played as an attacking midfielder.

But there is a new player name that goes into the list and will make his debut in today's game, his real name has been promoted to the first team along with Rizaldi Fatah but he just got a chance to play today. Two young players name, one will play directly from the first minute and the other will play from the bench.

They are the best goalkeeper of the Cananga Mining youth team, Derry Yanuar Pinto Rosario who will undergo his debut match today, replacing the main goalkeeper of the Cananga FC Mining team who experienced a slight problem in his wrist during the training session on Friday.

And there is the name of Martin who will undergo his debut match also today from the bench and has been confirmed by Coach Giovanni, who will be playing his first match, that he will play today's game because Coach Giovanni wants to slightly assess their three main calls in Cananga FC's first team.

"Hahaha you've finally got your hands on the ration!" said Rizaldi Fatah who could not hide his happiness after hearing the news.

"You were ahead of both of us, but still we're both the best, because we're going to play at national team level hahahaha!" martin said