Football System: Classic Number 10
Chapter 82: Number 16

Just like before, when the players of Cananga Youth Mining watched the match of the team that became their rival, Sugar Crossed FC who at that time played against Medan United. Now they are back to watch the match of their arch-enemy.

Today they watched the match between Sugar Crossed FC against Don Bogor 1977 at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium. Gelora Bung Karno Stadium which can accommodate seventy-seven thousand people is quiet because I-Youth is not as attractive as I-LEAGUE so ticket sales are sometimes a little.

But even a little, there are still approximately five thousand or even more spectators who watched the match between Sugar Crossed FC against Don Bogor 1977 this time, he said, this proves that the development league of young Indonesian players is quite popular with the people of Indonesia.

The match between Sugar Crossed FC against Don Bogor 1977 is really exciting to watch, they are a team that cannot be underestimated at all. Sugar Crossed FC transformed into a black horse team after successfully beating Medan United at the beginning of the knockout phase, against Don Bogor 1977 who managed to defeat one of the representatives of the land of Papua, Manokwari Eagle Magnus surprisingly.

Don Bogor 1977 lunge in I-Youth this time is really surprising, they managed to win their group and managed to beat Manokwari Eagle Magnus which is one of the seeded team. So the title of today's match was "Match Between Surprise Teams"

How exciting the game was already seen in the early minutes of the game. The two teams that played together pressing since the beginning of the game and playing open really spoil the eyes of the audience who watched the game today.

Just entering the 10th minute alone there are 4 chances produced by both teams, but the defense and the prowess of the goalkeeper of both teams still make the score unchanged.

Sugar Crossed FC got a golden opportunity in the 14th minute. Through build up attacks from the flank side, the Sugar Crossed FC winger provided a steady cross into the penalty box of the 1977 Don Bogor team.

By utilizing his high and large posture, Yoga Hilmawan managed to beat the two defenders of the 1977 Don Bogor team who tried to flank him so as not to move freely. Yoga Hilmawan managed to defeat both of them and make him win the aerial duel and head the cross ball, cross it, but goalkeeper Don Bogor managed to block and the rebound ball was successfully swept clean by another Don Bogor 1977 player.

The ball was again controlled by Sugar Crossed FC players, they did once twice short passing, before they immediately launched a long ball that leads to Yoga Hilmawan.

The ball was easily read by defender Don Bogor 1977. The ball was controlled by Don Bogor 1977, they counterattacked so fast that the defenders of Sugar Crossed FC were overwhelmed because there were still many of their players who had not returned to their positions.

Situation 6 against 3, this situation benefits the players Don Bogor 1977. So much space that can be utilized by them, then they also give the ball to the side of the Sugar Crossed FC team defense flank.

Winger Don Bogor 1977 received the pass very well, he made a touch once before kicking the ball with a plesing kick technique.

The ball spun very quickly towards the top corner of Sugar Crossed FC's goal, lucky Sugar Crossed FC goalkeeper managed to brush off the kick and keep his goal from conceding. It was an incredible save, even the player Don Bogor 1977 was directly scrambled head because he did not believe his kick was successfully pushed over.

Until the first half ended the score was still glasses. The statistics of the first half of the two teams are not too much different. The ball possession is equal 50 percent, Sugar Crossed FC did 6 kicks of which 4 were right on target, while Don Bogor 1977 did 8 kicks with 3 on target.

Rizaldi was very fond of analyzing the course of the match, Coach Satria Hutama knew about it by looking into Rizaldi's eyes full of curiosity. Finally, because he could not resist the curiosity Coach Satria Hutama also asked Rizaldi Fatah about this match.

"Rizaldi, what do you think Sugar Crossed FC should do to escape this impasse?" ask Coach Satria Hutama to Rizaldi Fatah.

Coach Satria and the others already knew about this, they already about Rizaldi's ability to understand the situation on the field. This is also a plus for Rizaldi Fatah when they accepted him into the Academy, although Rizaldi was late in starting his football career but because of his extensive knowledge in football made him not too far behind from his other friends.

Rizaldi also expressed his opinion while staring intently at the field. "I think they should play more together. The distance between Sugar Crossed FC players is a bit tenuous and this was used several times by Don Bogor 1977 players to build a fast counter-attack"

Rizaldi did not stop there. "In addition to playing more docked, the movement of their flank in my opinion is less efficient and effective. In my opinion, Sugar Crossed FC should try to build attacks through the middle of the enemy defense because several times they get opportunities through such situations earlier" he said.

As usual Coach Satria Hutama smiled at Rizaldi's complete answer. He is very fond of the results of Rizaldi's analysis of the game in this first half, he believes what is thought by Rizaldi will be thought also by the coach who handles the Sugar Crossed FC team. Coach Satria Hutama has another answer.

"What you're saying is true, Rizaldi. But there is one more thing that you must pay attention to once again, which is the problem of the puzzle that is less than one more piece" said Coach Satria Hutama.

"Puzzle?" Rizaldi was a little confused. Rizaldi again reflected on the formation used by Sugar Crossed FC inside his head, and he could really see that there was something left behind in the scheme, like an unfinished puzzle and waiting for the final piece.

Coach Satria left Rizaldi in confusion, until the second half began finally what Coach Satria Hutama said was understandable by Rizaldi.

In the second half, Sugar Crossed FC made a change of players. The number 8 is replaced by the number 16. He does not look like an Indonesian in general, he looks like a handsome Japanese youth with blonde yellow hair and has hazel eyes.

"Who is he?" martin reflexes asked, perhaps this Martin question is a question everyone who sees the figure.

"He is the last piece" said Rizaldi suddenly and made the others a little confused with Rizaldi.

And what was said by Rizaldi was finally understood by all of them when the second half took place. After the entry of the number 16, Sugar Crossed FC game was very different from the first half as they had got the right formula for today's game.

In addition to actually playing more docked and managed to master the middle field so that Sugar Crossed FC controlled the course of the match, their attack is now more effective when the number 16 player is present and goes into the field.

In the 67th minute, the goal happened. Through open-play the Sugar Crossed FC players try to build an attack from the middle like what Rizaldi had said before. The last ball was at the feet of Hilmawan Yoga at the time, but instead of kicking the ball, Yoga instead gave a final pass to an empty point in front of the goal.

Goalkeeper Don Bogor 1977 also advanced to secure the ball, but he did not see a shadow that moved quickly grabbed the ball. All he could see was the ball that was in front of him, now it was flying past him and into his goal that was not controlled anymore.

The goal was scored by the player who just entered earlier, the number 16 player named Tori Marukawa. With that goal he showed all his opponents that he is a player they should look out for, because if not they will probably feel how miserable the feeling of defeat is.