Football System: Classic Number 10
Episode 27: Playmaker
Not noticeably, the league will soon roll. Today, we had our last training before the league. Although still a league class for young players, but still the competition in it is so hot and tight.
In the last practice, the attacking scenario training, I managed to finish pretty well and impressed coach Dodi Surian a bit. He was a little pleased with my improvement, and he hoped that I would continue to grow even better.
"Your observation is now sharper than before, as well as your attacking instincts there is also an increase. Your record is only in how to survive, not bad but there is still a lot to improve" coach Dodi commented on my training results today.
Indeed, I am satisfied with that value, but after all it is the result of my hard work these few days. After listening to some input and assessment from coach Dodi Surian, the, I also went to rest because after this Coach Dodi Surian will tell us all who are the players who will be the starting line up of Team B in this season.
I only drank a little because I was so impatient to wait for the upcoming announcement, I hurried back to the field after coming from the locker room to get drinking water.
I see all the B team players are lined up neatly on the field. In team B, there are 17 players and their reserve players. There's not much I know, only Ardi is very imprinted in my memory. He was the captain of B team against Sugar Crossed FC some time ago, chances are he will be back captain in this season.
Coach Dodi Surian came, pushing a pushboard. On the blackboard I caught a glimpse of several names, as well as the arrangement of formations that would be used to wade through the seasons. I only caught a glimpse so I was still wondering if I was going to start, or even sit on the bench.
Before revealing what was on the board, Coach Dodi Surian first gave us a few words.
"Thank you for your hard work over the past few days, this way we'll be preparing for a new season in Team B. Remember that! If your game continues to improve every day, it is not impossible that you will be called up to team A or the first team in the near future" heard the words of Coach Dodi Surian, who was the first team player, I saw all the players' faces start to turn bright like they had just gotten a living light once again, and so did I. I will fight to catch up with Axel, Derry and Zaki.
Coach Dodi Surian I saw smiling looking at us who started to get excited again, after that he turned around and turned the blackboard earlier. "This is the arrangement of players who will play as a starter or backup in the league later" he said after turning the board in front of us.
Start to be seen clearly, anyone who will be the main player and reserve player in team B. My eyes were instantly focused on a name that played in the middle, yet was a little more advanced. That's the attacking midfield position, I'll play in the attacking midfield position.
That position is not my original position, I play more often as a central midfielder who controls the rhythm of the game and gives passes forward, but now I have to play as an attacking midfielder who has a different task. Is it because I am less able to survive, so Coach Dodi Surian does not want to take the risk to play me in my original position?
"We will play with a 4-2-1-3 strategy, with a double pivot in the middle and a playmaker that will be our motor of attack. And that's your job Rizaldi Fatah as a playmaker in this team!" Coach Dodi Surian explains the team formation.
I was immediately shocked to death when I heard that I was going to be plotted as a playmaker, it was obviously very different from what I learned in recent times. I learn how to be a good midfielder, and usually I only learn from a pure midfielder like Ward Prowse, or James Henderson from Liverpool.
The playmaker? I am still confused by this task. I've reviewed a few of Kevin De Bruyne's video games, but I still can't find a way to be like that player. Moreover, KDB is not an arbitrary player, he is indeed a genius in the middle of the field. Just give him a narrow space, then he will make very good use of that space. That is the ability that KDB has and is not owned by other players who are as similar to him.
Coach Dodi Surian asked me."Are you willing to carry out this task, son? If not then I will give this task to another player"
I hesitated a little to answer the question, but someone's hand clapped my back to give me confidence. I saw Ardi doing that, he smiled at me and gave me a look of confidence, so I became a little motivated to answer the challenge.
"I'm ready coach!" I replied very firmly and clearly, there is no longer a way back!
All the players applauded me, their gazes were like the gazes of people hoping for a Messiah, and that Messiah figure was me.
I don't want to disappoint those who expect a lot from me, like Ardi who believes in me so much that he can fill the role of playmaker very well.
Coach Dodi Surian also smiled after hearing my strong determination, he then patted me on the shoulder several times because he had hoped for me a lot, it felt like the weight on my shoulders felt so heavy that it was hard for me to lift but I still had to carry it until I reached the last place later.
Coach Dodi Surian has also announced. Ardi is back in the belief as team captain, and I as his deputy. After listening to all the things that day, we were welcome to go home and rest for 3 days, because in 3 days we will have an early game in the league. The enemy we will face first is Palangka United.
With the league soon to roll, I became very excited. In those few days off, I spent watching how to play KDB or even learning the strategy of the enemy team in the room all day, until I forgot to teach Keisha about PR which she didn't understand a few days ago.