Football System: Classic Number 10
Chapter 172: The Competition That Has Been Anticipated

The moral condition of the Cananga FC Mining team on the day of the Indonesia Premier League final match is very high, they really want to get the trophy they have from that first.

They started the league very well, but in the second round of the league they had stumbled and even lost their touch until finally they could only finish third in the final standings. Their meeting with Tarakanita Jakarta FC which this season performed brilliantly with new ammunition and a new coach also became fuel for them all. They want to avenge their record in the last two meetings, which requires Mining Cananga FC to swallow a bitter pill by suffering two defeats against Tarakanita Jakarta FC.

That was the reason why, all the Cananga FC Mining players on the field were currently facing so seriously. They don't want to make their meeting record 3-0 for the season, at least they want to reduce the gap between the two of them.

Referee Muhammad Riski Abdullah blew his whistle, signaling the kick-off of the first half was started between Cananga FC Mining against Tarakanita Jakarta FC. The first ball was obtained by Tarakanita Jakarta FC players, they immediately tried to master the game from the beginning of the game. The central players Tarakanita Jakarta FC continue to do short passing to get possession of the ball while dismantling slowly, the defense that is trying to be built by Cananga FC Mining players.

As a playmaker, Marukawa's instincts immediately woke up. He was aware of Cananga FC Mining players trying to do full counters when they get the ball, Marukawa a little smile to see the Cananga FC Mining players who continue to keep their defensive ranks tight. "If you want that then I will fight your game" said Marukawa after finding a way to escape the situation they experienced.

Just giving eye contact to the other players, Marukawa could instantly give orders to his friends without having to tell them what to do. Even Hilmawan Yoga already knows what to do when Yoga makes eye contact with him, Yoga immediately moves forward without any care. The Cananga FC Mining players saw the movement, but they let it go because they felt it was not a threat.

Marukawa smiled obliquely at what the Cananga Mining player was doing, he gave the ball directly to the right side of the Cananga FC Mining team's defensive area. There is a Tarakanita Jakarta FC winger, Junior Sousa who has speed and acceleration qualified. The 28-year-old not only has acceleration, Junior Sousa also has a vision of playing and pass accuracy that is also dangerous, from all the league games he played, he said, Junior Sousa has 15 assists.

And sure enough, Junior Sousa is getting a chance from the acceleration he has. After getting a long pass from Marukawa, Junior Sousa immediately invited Galih sprint duel which is now in the plot as a wing-back. Galih actually has speed as well, but the speed he has is still considered less than Junior Sousa so Sousa was able to pass through it quickly.

Sousa after passing through Galih directly looking for the existence of the last executor, namely Yoga Hilmawan. He sees Yoga in a position that is quite profitable, so Sousa immediately provides a cross feed that is so mature on Yoga. It is a ball that is very much liked by Yoga. Yoga directly positioned his body in the direction of the ball, Yoga prepared to give a direct kick after receiving a mature pass from Sousa.

But Yoga did not get the ball at his feet, there was someone who did an interception to the pass from Sousa earlier. That figure is Rizaldi Fatah who has been waiting since. With his excellent eyesight, Rizaldi tried to project what Sousa would do before he let go of the pass. When Rizaldi had found the answer, Rizaldi was waiting for him. Because he knows, Sousa will give bait to Yoga Hilmawan, and the habit of Yoga Hilmawan is to do a hard first-time kick using his right foot. Rizaldi immediately read it very well, with expensive interceptions that he did.

"Damn!" Yoga cursed because his chances were thwarted by Rizaldi.

Rizaldi immediately pushed the ball forward, keeping the ball away from his team's defense.

The Cananga FC Mining Match against Tarakanita Jakarta FC is not just a regular ball game, it is a duel between two coaches who have a similar philosophy of playing ball. In addition, this match is also a duel of midfielders, because throughout the first half running the midfielders are very hard to build attacks or stem attacks that come to the line of defense of their team.

During the 25 minutes of the first half has been running, Adam Sala managed to do 4 important interceptions, 6 successful tackles and several times stopped the movement made by Marukawa and Yoga Hilmawan.

Adam Sala as a senior player and captain of a team that plays very well, managed to make his colleagues excited. He is not alone, when Adam Sala leaves his post then there will be some players who cover the position left by him. Sometimes Rizaldi Fatah does the cover, then there is Muhammad Fauzan, or Galih who sometimes does the cover. It makes Adam Sala feel always safe when leaving his post.

Cananga FC Mining Team has made 6 shots during the 25 minutes of the first half game began. Accuracy is quite bad, only 2 of 6 kicks are on target towards the goal, the rest are wide, sideways or even hit the opposing team's defensive body. Two of the six shots fired by the Cananga FC Mining player on target were both recorded by Rizaldi Fatah. Rizaldi took a long-range kick that can still be pushed aside by goalkeeper Tarakanita Jakarta FC, and also did a shot right in front of goalkeeper Tarakanita Jakarta, but unfortunately it can still be anticipated and has not been able to change the situation.

But that does not mean Tarakanita Jakarta FC team does nothing. They dominated the first 25 minutes. Tarakanita Jakarta FC recorded 9 shots, of which 5 were successful on target. Yoga Hilmawan is the player who shoots the most. Yoga managed to record 6 shots, 4 of which were successful on target.

And the intensity of the game is getting higher every time the ball rolls, the two teams attack each other because no one wants to budge in this top party. When the Cananga FC Mining team attacks and fails, then the opposing team Tarakanita Jakarta FC will counterattack no less dangerous.

The high intensity did not decrease at all even though the assistant referee started raising the electronic board which tells how many minutes of extra time was given by the official before closing the first half. The extra time is only 2 minutes, because there are no customers who waste enough time even though the tension of the match is so high.

In the last 20 seconds of the end of the first half, Tarakanita Jakarta FC got a chance from the counter attack when they managed to stem the attack of the Cananga FC Mining team.

Marukawa who got the ball immediately released the ball to a place that he thought could very well be used to counterattack, he said, he quickly moved the ball to the feet of Junior Sousa and Sousa immediately did his job as usual.

Very quickly Sousa combed the left side of the Cananga FC Mining team defense, Alfiandra who stood guard in that position was successfully tricked by Sousa by using the cut inside movement. Sousa scanned the area before making a decision on whether to kick directly into the goal, or pass the striker who was waiting for a pass from him. His brain quickly processed and got the conclusion that he had to make a direct shot at the goal by aiming at the far side, he said, because he sees Hilmawan Yoga in a state that is impossible to receive bait from him.

After doing the cut inside movement, with mepetnya time left. Junior Sousa shot with his left foot. A curling shot leading to the far post side of Cananga FC's Mining, guarded by Derry Yanuar. Derry moved carefully, he flew to brush the ball. The ball was successfully pushed, but unfortunately the rebound ball failed to be controlled by the Cananga FC Mining team. Yoga Hilmawan got the rebound ball, but his body was clamped by two Cananga FC Mining defenders, Galih and Diego Alaves.

In that state Yoga forced to duel and try to head the ball that came on him, unfortunately he was not able to do a header, the ball passed him and towards the figure of the person behind him. A figure that is not controlled at all, because it is unexpected that he will be in a position that is so fitting.

Raffi Putra felt this was his momentum, he also did a kick on the rebound ball that came to him. The ball was straight, leading right to Derry Yanuar so Derry managed to block Raffi Putra's kick and managed to make the ball out, not long after that the referee blew the whistle sign the first half game was over.