Football System: Classic Number 10
Chapter 49: The Trequarista

On Friday, after coming home from school. Rizaldi and Dery went straight to the training ground as usual, but things were different today. Today is their last day of training, as on Sunday they will have to face their last foe, Buceros FC, in their final match titled "The Deadly Party!"

Indeed this is the last path of Cananga Youth Mining if they want to qualify for the knockout phase, there are only 32 teams that will go into the knockout phase of some groups that are in I-Youth. They need a victory, a draw they must set aside first, let alone a defeat.

What they face is also not just any team, Buceros are included in the team that likes to destroy a strong team. They play as if there is no intention, but in fact they all underestimate every opponent and assume there is nothing worth them at this level. So it is clear, they also consider Cananga Mining is one of the gravel that they can easily get rid of from their way.

Therefore, today the Cananga Youth Mining players train earnestly and do not play games at all. Even for this time they came earlier than their entry schedule and Coach Satria was also happy with the attitude of the students.

Coach Satria blew his whistle excitedly, all the players immediately gathered and formed a line, leaving the activities they did back there. "Well the kids it's time to start our practice this time. But before we warm up first, the warm-up will be led by the team captain!" coach Satria.

Without a doubt Martin came forward, his hair was slightly curled red sunburned in the afternoon, moving with the gleaming wind covered like a coconut tree on the beach.

"Good guys let's start stretching. Starting at the shoulders, the count begins! 1..2.3" Martin begins muscle heating.

Warming up is important in starting any activity, especially about sports. In any sport, muscle stretching is always emphasized by the sportsman. Because he wants to be as good as the player, if he does not warm up before training or playing, it is likely that he will be injured and worse, he can experience serious injuries that cause problems in his career.

There are a lot of disorders in the muscles if not warming up, can be discolored, sprained or the muscles become tense. Even for football players who always run non-stop for 90 minutes of matches, their feet will be a soft food for diseases called injuries. That's why warming up is so important.

"Now lift his knee, the count begins!" Martin gave a new movement, he raised his knees to the ground and pressed for a few seconds.

Other players follow behind, they count to eight to two, then they warm up another.

In less than 10 minutes, the warm-up session ended. Coach Satria told them to clap at each other. It was done by Coach Satria to give a booster shot to all of them to undergo the training today.

Before entering the training menu today, Coach Satria spoke a little about what they will do today, this afternoon. He explained in advance about the training menu today to all of them.

"So the opponents we faced this time really underestimated us, they like to think of all of us like a group of amateur boys who often play football in the narrow alleys, on the side of the road, or in the street, or on the shop pages. They assume we're not a class to play in I-Youth!" Coach Satria's eyes bulged once, as if it could have slipped out of place. He was really angry and upset, so much so that his anger and resentment were transmitted to his students who heard what he said.

"So we'll prove to all of them who they're dealing with. We are not David in the story of Jalut. We are not Achilles who defeated the giants. We are the army of Alexander the Great who will destroy the enemies that are in front of us!" Coach Satria's oration heated up the situation even more, but the students loved his words.

"Yes, let's prove to them who is the most elite among the elite!" Martin is influenced by Coach Satria's oration, but unfortunately no one understands what he is saying. Only his group understood the meaning of Martin's words.

Coach Satria slightly nodded towards Martin. "Thank you Martin!" he thanked Martin, rather appreciating what Martin had done earlier even though it was unclear where he was headed. "In essence, on Sunday we will defeat them and make them go home with empty hopes and incredulous gazes!"

"Yes we beat them!"

"We hit them all!" Rizaldi, who is usually calm, was also influenced by the oration of the previous Coach Satria.

All eyes were on Rizaldi, they were all staring at Rizaldi after Rizaldi uttered a slightly provocative and hot sentence in the ear for them. Rizaldi became embarrassed himself, he immediately lowered his head to avoid the murderous gaze of all of them.

But it turned out that they were laughing out loud, only this time they heard the voice of Rizaldi who was slightly raised and seemed so fierce. Rizaldi's level of closeness with all the players in the dressing room increased slightly due to this incident.

Coach Satria also laughed a little happily to see him, then he continued his explanation. "So to make that happen, I've prepared some tactics for Sunday's game. In this tactic, the key to this tactic is you Rizaldi!"

"E-eh I'm Coach?" Rizaldi was surprised.

"Sheap you! I'll plot you as *Trequarista!"

"Trequarista*!" say all the players who were surprised by the term.

The term has not been heard in the ears of today's players, so the players are surprised because they do not know the term.

Martin who knew the term tried to explain it to the others. "Trequarista was one of the most popular tactics of the 90s. Not a tactic, but rather the role of one of the players in the team. People who play as Trequarista must have broad creativity, be able to find space and create space, have good individual skills and also be agile. Examples of players who play as Trequarista are like Zidane, Del Piero, Totti and Michel Platini. This player is often referred to as a 'Motorized Classic Player 10'"

The letter O was instantly formed in the mouths of all of them, they only knew the term. Naturally, because modern football has slightly forgotten the Trequarista figure that is considered too ancient. The 4-3-3 scheme often used by Europe's elite clubs further marginalized Trequarista, but coaches such as Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp had made the Trequarista of the modern era although it was far different at all.

"What Martin said. It's only natural you don't know about Trequarista. So for that I hope you are Rizaldi, you are ready and able to carry out this heavy duty" Coach Satria hopes a lot for Rizaldi.

Rizaldi who was given the task a little thought because of it, he felt not ready but he had to take the opportunity or not at all. Rizaldi is certainly a person who understands the odds very well, he knows that the chances do not come twice.

When Rizaldi was about to answer a question from Coach Satria. Martin immediately interrupted him, he was a little confused by the reason Coach Satria who instead hoped Rizaldi could adapt to Trequarista in too short a time.

Coach Satria casually answered Martin's question. "That's because I wanted to try something" that's all he answered.

Martin was astonished, he was still inexhaustible with Coach Satria's way of thinking, but before he could further refute it, he was still in disbelief, Coach Satria had already told them to get ready for role deepening exercises today.

Rizaldi also underwent training to become a number 10 player today, no one will know whether Rizaldi can realize the expectations of Coach Satria or even he failed to meet the high expectations of Coach Satria and instead made his team fail to qualify for the knockout phase.