Football System: Classic Number 10
Chapter 161: Towards the Final Round of League

As a result of the defeat suffered by the mining forces at Kashima Antlers headquarters last week, now the team atmosphere is dark like a day that will fall heavy rain. All the players are so frustrated with this problem, the problem is that they played well enough in the game that day, even had to make the distress of a team that already has a number of prestigious achievements throughout Asia. Cananga mining can be proud of the achievement, but of course they are still heartbroken because their goal is to defeat one of the giants from Japan.

Even in the training this time, there were no smiles at all visible from the faces of the Cananga Mining players. Their faces were dark, gloomy, slightly disturbed by something that irritated them. From their faces can be seen the writing 'do not be disturbed', if ignoring the warning there might be one terrible thing happening to anyone who ignores the message.

It's not just the players who feel that way. The coaching staff also experienced something similar, especially for Coach Giovanni and Coach Satria who seemed to have not slept for days. His eye bags were already as big as mini market plastic bags, their eyes were as empty as their hearts, the itchy red eyes were eager to close but still blocked by the selfishness of the two of them. What a picture of a man who has lost his way.

"Gather together!" Coach Giovanni gave the order after looking at his stopwatch.

Quickly the Cananga FC Mining players gathered, made three rows. One for the core players who often enter the starting line-up. The second row is for players who sit on the bench. And the last line up for players waiting for their turn to play arrives approaching them.

Everyone already knew why they were gathered today, no-no this was different from the usual day. It's special because first, they all saw Coach Giovanni's really creepy-assed-up face. Second, they are in a state of decline. And third, is related to the last round of the league.

With the new league format system, league winners are no longer determined with results at the end of the standings until the season is over. But now, in the Indonesian league the league winner will be determined through the top four scheme. So, teams ranked 1-4 in the final standings will go into the last four and play home and away matches until they reach the final round. The 1st position team will meet the 3rd position team, and the 2nd position team will meet the 4th position team.

And here's the bad news. Adam Sala cs who finished second at the end of the standings, they will meet the 4th position which is one of the dark horses in the Indonesia Premier League this season. With a record of 27 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. The team also has the record for most home wins in the league, from 36 appearances they managed to get 26 home wins. This makes them the team that has won the most home games in the league, they are Borneo Putra FC.

Yes, Cananga FC will undergo the Borneo derby in the final round later, and of course they do not want the bad results to repeat. Their goal of becoming league champions this season is still warm in their hearts, they will continue to fight to realize their goals together.

"Do you understand why I gathered you all here today?" Coach Giovanni opens his voice. All players are silent, it does not mean they do not understand what the Coach means, but they already know the reason.

"Because of our poor results last week, even in the league we lost the last two games. Lucky we can still keep our position, otherwise we might fail to get into the play-offs and get thrown in the middle" Coach Giovanni continued, he was silent first before continuing his words. He tries to look one by one at the eyes of his players.

Indeed, Cananga FC's expansion suffered two league defeats towards the end of the season. Their last two games went through with a defeat, although they only lost 1-0 but still it gives a huge injury for the whole team. Since the defeat of Kashima Antlers, the performance of Cananga FC Mining was not the same as some time before against Kashima Antlers. They like it has no direction, even a few times their finishing is arguably very chaotic. There is overlap between sectors and even systems that do not run at all.

For that, Rizaldi is a little less confident at the moment, about selection today. He feels he will be replaced by Coach Giovanni later, without him knowing actually Coach Giovanni considers Rizaldi is the heart figure of the Cananga FC Mining team.

Coach Giovanni replaced Rizaldi with a similar player in the second half, the result was not in line with what he expected. The game was so chaotic, the rhythm was irregular and impressed so hastily. Coach Giovanni will not replace Rizaldi no matter what.

"The names I call, can walk into the line I'm going to determine" Here it is, a determination gong.

"Starting from the Galih! Get in the middle row!"

Galih walked into the line of substitutes who occupied the bench. Quite a bit surprising because judging how important the figure of Galih at the back of the team, but the coach's decision must be obeyed no matter what the circumstances.

The player who replaced Galih was Azka Putra. The player who just arrived mid-season from Balikpapan Solar FC. The 6-foot tall player was quite influential when played in the last two games, for which he was chosen to replace Galih.

"Rafli Mirzan!" Coach Giovanni again called out one name, this time from the third row.

Rafli Mirzan, the original player from Cananga FC Mining who has long studied at Cananga Mining Academy, finally has a chance to shine. Coach Giovanni chose him to be on the bench, so Rafli walked into the second row.

Rafli Mirzan plays as an anchor midfielder, and it looks like he will fit into the new system that Coach Giovanni will implement later to face Borneo Putra. Then the last name called by Coach Giovanni is Alex Moreira who must march to the second row, who replaced him is M. Masran.

Hearing his name not on the list, Rizaldi breathed a sigh of relief. But Coach Giovanni reminded again, if anyone can be replaced if they play less than the maximum. This is for the preparation against Borneo Putra, so Rizaldi will inevitably have to continue to show the game that makes Coach Giovanni stunned to ensure a place in this team.