The Dreamers
Harder
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A week after the FIFA friendly.
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The clear sky above Heerenveen City became an additional spirit for Hiro to train today. In a few days the league will be back in the starting line-up, Hiro will have to prepare for it.
Hiro wants in the future he can improve his performance so that in the future Yamamoto can call him back to the national team for the next big event.
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"Huffttt..huffttt..!" Hiro's breathing panted after running back and forth the field five times, as part of the warm-up.
"Okay all, the league will be back in four days. We need to re-shape our physical fitness and understanding of new tactics. I'm sure our opponents have dictated the way we play!" Eduardo to his players.
Hiro and his friends must be able to defend, and if they can have to improve the quality if they want to stay in the top flight of the Dutch League.
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Right now all the players are standing in the middle of the field listening to Eduardo who gives an explanation of the tactics and training that will be done today.
"It's appropriate that Eduardo asks us to train hard. It's been a long time this team is not in the top 10 of the standings." Tirap Matthew.
Some of the players who heard him laughed a little, Hiro was no exception.
"Hahaha, for so long, it seems that Matthew has tasted the bitter and sourness of playing here huh?"
"Hehehe, use your question," Matthew felt amused at being teased by his junior. "But for some reason, this year it feels like this team can talk more than previous seasons."
"Why can you be so sure?" Hiro continued his conversation.
"I don't know.., I just feel. Not for sure, but sure."
"Huh, there's-there's just. I seem to doubt your beliefs," Canda Hiro.
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"Hey! Hiro, Matthews! I noticed you guys joking around while I was explaining!"
It seems that Eduardo found out that Hiro and Matthew were not paying attention to his direction.
"Push up 30 times! hurry up!" Snap Eduardo.
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Light to heavy exercises re-forged Hiro's body. Physical excellence is the obligation of every player. Heerenveen will return to play after a few days' gap for a FIFA friendly. Hiro is ready to give his best for his team.
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This week, FC Almere will be the next opponent for Heerenveen. As predicted, Heerenveen managed to defeat Almere's forces with a score of 0-4. Hiro has again registered an assist.
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The following week, precisely week 9, Heerenveen then played against Vitesse at home. The victory was successfully re-acquired despite hard work. 3-2 is the final result of this match.
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Two consecutive victories made Eduardo's troops slightly off guard against his opponent. In Week 10, when Heerenveen travelled to Feyenoord, they had to concede a 3-1 home advantage, becoming Heerenveen's second defeat of the season. Hiro finally scored his first goal for Heerenveen despite not being able to save his team from defeat.
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Defeat and victory Hiro had already felt. How the atmosphere of the game in the Dutch League is so different from in Japan. The environment and different atmosphere now began to look at Hiro one by one.
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It doesn't feel like it's entering May now. This means that Hiro has been living in the Netherlands for five months. There are many valuable experiences he has gained.
Currently Hiro was lying in his room with both hands folded behind his head, he was waiting for Saki to finish making them dinner.
In the depths of his heart, Hiro actually wants to look for a new challenge, in other words he wants to move clubs. Although not even a season at Heerenveen, but Hiro is looking forward to the next journey in his career.
"It hasn't been half a season, but I don't feel like I've done my best yet" Hiro murmured.
1 Goal and 5 Assists from 10 games is not a bad stat for a newcomer like Hiro. But of course Hiro has his own standards that determine whether he is worthy of being said great or not.
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"Hiro.., dinner's ready! Comeondown!" Shouted Saki from the kitchen breaking the silence Hiro made in his mind.
"I'm coming" Hiro said.
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Day after day, training after training, everything feels so smooth, but not with what happens on the pitch. Don't forget that the ball is round. If you can win, defeat can also come.
Week 11, Week 12, Week 13, and Week 14, were the defeats Heerenveen suffered in May. It means they haven't won for a month. Each week they lost to PSV Eindhoven 2-1, Utrecht 4-2, Waalwijk 1-0, and Volendam 1-0.
Of course this is a serious problem for Eduardo and other coaching staff to improve the performance of the team. What's wrong? Now Heerenveen must be mired into the 12th position of the standings. Hiro was in the public spotlight for appearing to stamp on the four games.
A strong mentality must be needed by great players. Do not let the words of others enter the mind. Keep listening to them but strain before accepting them. That's what Hiro is trying to do right now.
"Don't feel it, just listen. Let them talk what they want, while we have to give what we have."
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A week later, another match is waiting for Heerenveen in the Dutch Premier League. Zwolle was his opponent. This should be a turning point for Heerenveen. Therefore, every day Eduardo added an hour of exercise as much as an hour before exercise and an hour after exercise. All done for the sake of getting back a slick performance like the beginning of the season.
Against Zwolle who is a mediocre team is the best time to put all the frustration on the previous four defeats.
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On the day that the match between Heerenveen and Zwolle took place, as usual Hiro became the main player. Hiro also came out of the stadium hallway to the field before the game began. Hiro saw many banners bearing words ranging from ridicule, zeal, ridicule, or support. Everything meets Hiro's view.
Hiro is not convinced, but supporters have different views in the current situation. Hiro understands that.
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PRIITT!
When the match began, Heerenveen's players received directives from Eduardo to continue to apply pressure to the heart of Zwolle's defense knowing that Zwolle's defenders easily panicked and lost the ball.
Sure enough, in the 27th minute of the first half, the mistake of Zwolle players who lost the ball on the edge of the penalty box was finally punished by a horizontal kick Hiro who made the score 1-0 to Heerenveen's advantage.
Minutes later, it was Hiro's turn to serve his partner to score the second goal against Zwolle. The 2-0 score lasted until the end of the first half.
In the second half, Heerenveen played more aggressively, they were aiming for more goals to come. But this aggressive tactic left Heerenveen's defense a little hollow. When 4-0 up, Zwolle had reduced the lag to 4-2, but in the end Heerenveen managed to overcome Zwolle's resistance by again scoring two additional goals.
This 15th weekend is over. Hiro played the full 90 minutes and scored 1 goal and 1 assist. A 6-2 absolute victory over Zwolle became a beautiful gift Hiro while making Heerenveen rise to 10th place in the standings with 21 points.
Finally, since April, Heerenveen can again win in June. Eduardo smiled back at his son. "We have to keep up this hard work."
Hiro was happy too. He could not hide his happiness over this victory. Additional goals and assists in this match made Hiro change his statistics to 2 goals and 6 assists from 15 games. Hiro is not satisfied yet. This statistic was still far from the 'standard' he wanted.