See You Tonight

Chapter 61: Futsal Games

"Tumben you went alone Lang, not with Ruben and Ahsan?" ask Aji who has arrived.

"Oh they said there was business first, so I set out on my own today" I replied.

"Oh so, by the way the others have not come yet," continued Aji again.

"Yes, I was in the parking lot and didn't see anyone. Maybe they will be Dateng when they meet later," said I.

"Haha yeah well, maybe," Aji laughed a little.

As Aji and I chatted, Renaldi seemed focused and occasionally stretched his muscles while warming up. He already looks complete wearing shoes, calf protection, and socks.

10 Minutes before 4 pm, there are already about 5 children who have come from our class, namely me, Aji, Renaldi, Agung, and Tomi. Agung and Tomi were seen coming together. Not long after, it was Ihsan's turn who now came alone.

Moments later, Fajr, Calvin, and Fahmi are seen coming together. Then there are three more people left who have not come, namely Ahsan, Ruben, and Risal.

It was about five minutes until the match started, but Ruben, Ahsan, and Risal had not yet arrived. While I was waiting for them to arrive, suddenly Tora passed in front of me.

"Well, it turns out your opponent is your class, huh Lang?" said Tora who just came.

"Yes Tor. How come you just came?" ask me.

"Hahaha used to get stuck" Tora replied.

"Oh that," I said briefly.

"I've been there first well, want to be ready too," said Tora while pointing at the crowd 10-9.

"Oh yes," I replied.

Then Tora immediately rushed to the children 10-9. From the 10-9th graders that were gathering, I already knew some of them. Of course because many children in the 10-9 class who participated in self-training with me on Wednesday.

Time finally showed at 16:00. We all started to enter the field. Until now Ruben, Ahsan, and Risal still did not show themselves. Could it be that they will not come today? I don't know.

Then we 10-7 began to discuss to determine who 5 children will play first. After a while of discussion we also agreed that the first ones to play were Aji, Renaldi, Fahmi, Agung, and Tomi.

The one who filled the position of goalkeeper is Fahmi. Aji becomes a forward, and Renaldi fills the post at the back. While Agung and Tomi adjust.

I decided not to play first because I saw that Tora had not played either. To be honest, I would love to play with him despite the team being different. Back in Junior High, Tora used to invite me to play futsal, but I always rejected her again and again. At least now Tora and I can play on the same pitch, even in different teams.

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At about 16:10, Reuben and Ahsan appeared to them. They seemed to come running. They also immediately wear futsal play equipment and immediately go into the field.

"Yes our sori is late. This is all because of the stupid Ruben," Ahsan said.

"Haaa? Why because of me?" ruben said he did not take the blame.

"Hahaha you always look good, well" said Ihsan.

"Who is getting along, too" Ahsan and Ruben replied simultaneously.

"Hahaha, right" Ihsan said with a laugh.

Not long after, we made a change of players. This time it was I, Ihsan, Dawn, Ahsan, and Calvin who were going to play. The score is currently 3-3. We also started to enter the field.

"Well, I can finally see you playing futsal, Lang hahaha" Tora said with a slight smile.

"I'm also happy to finally be able to play with you Tor, even though we're different teams" I replied.

The match is now resumed. The ball is now in the possession of the class 10-9. Although Tora does not like sports, but he looks quite good at playing futsal. I also now directly guard it so as not to move too freely.

This match is pretty good. We exchanged strikes and goals. Scores are almost always balanced. Both teams scored goals.

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We finally got to the last 10 minutes. This time the ones who will play are Me, Aji, Ahsan, Renaldi, and Ruben. While from the 10-9 class who will play in this match is Robi, Adit, Rizky, Ari, and Ilham. Almost all of them are children who participate in Soccer extracurriculars, except Inspiration. Inspiration also seems to be playing as a goalkeeper position as he has done from these matches.

As usual, Renaldi always looks serious. He looks very ready for this last match. The current score is 11-9 for a 10-9 lead. As usual Aji will play up front, Ahsan and Ruben will play in the back, while I will play a bit in the middle.

The whistle of the match continued. The ball starts from our side. We tried to open up their defensive space by playing foot-to-foot passes while constantly moving.

However, it is not as easy as imagined. Class 10-9 continues to press every player who is in possession of the ball. In addition, they also keep players who are not controlling the ball quite tight. As a result, we were very difficult to get into the 10-9 defense area.

After a while, we could finally score one goal to reduce the gap to 11-10. Starting from the 10-9 attack that was cut by Renaldi and then continued to be a very fast counterattack. Renaldi directly passed the length towards Aji. Aji also managed to control the ball and managed to pass one defender 10-9 before throwing a fairly hard shot towards the top left corner of the goal guarded Ilham.

The match resumed. Now, the tempo of the match goes so fast. The ball moves very quickly from one side to the other. The feeling of fatigue is now increasingly felt, but both teams still look very excited to be able to win this game.

Now Aji is seen often kick from a distance far enough. Maybe with stamina increasingly depleted, he found it difficult to get into the 10-9 defense which is now filled by 3 defenders.

When the game looks to be over for a 10-9 victory, Renaldi managed to score through a header that plowed heavily into the net 10-9. Starting from a corner, I passed with a ball that was rather fast and rather high. The ball that flew around Renaldi was directly in the header yes and finally a goal for us. The score was a 11-11 draw until the final whistle.

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