Soccer System: Legendary Goalkeeper

Chapter 154 - The Big Sixteen of the 2026 World Cup!

July 11, 2026

The much-anticipated match has arrived. Indonesia will play Spain in the last sixteen of the 2026 World Cup held at the magnificent NRG stadium in Houston, United States.

Before the game began, the NRG stadium was filled with a sea of white and red mixed with orange, the national color of Indonesia and Spain, from thousands of fanatical supporters who crowded the stadium stands.

Indonesian players are ready to compete with high confidence and burning spirit, wearing their white-and-white jersey that looks so clean. The backline is filled by three tough players namely Kakang, Haikal and Ferrari, who have proven their ability in previous matches, a wall that is quite difficult to penetrate.

Meanwhile, the midfield is strengthened by Rustamsyah on the right side, Marselino as an attacking midfielder in the middle who is required to be a regulator of midfield attacks, as well as a central midfielder, and Robi as a defensive midfielder who is able to cut the flow of the ball from the Spanish attack. On the left side is Samir, who is famous for his skill in passing the ball and creating chances.

In the front line, there is Sananta who will spearhead the Indonesian national team attack, supported by Kwateh on the left side and Witan on the right side.

Indonesia's flagship goalkeeper, Reza Kusuma, is also ready to provide a strong and almost impenetrable defense, thus allowing the Indonesian team to attack freely, so powerful under the crossbar, he said, it can hardly be destroyed.

The game started off very dramatically and was full of tension. Spain, who are the superior team, started the match by pressing the Indonesian defense in the early minutes. However, with solid cooperation between the back line and the goalkeeper, it was all broken.

“The left side is a bit empty, fill it!” exciting Reza.

In the middle of the stadium increasingly rumbling, Reza barely heard at all the screams from his colleagues, completely lost direction due to the noise that was too noisy.

“Have fanatical supporters, Ultras Garuda, it is magical because it adds to the spirit power of the players, but you are too noisy. Spanish supporters just drowned his voice,” muttered Reza while circulating his gaze.

Marselino who had the ball, immediately said, “Robi, back away for a moment! I have an idea!”

Robi nods in understanding who then replies, “Ya, safe, I will step back and see what your plan is!”

In an instant Robi until Reza was surprised to maneuver Marselino, he was so good at controlling the ball, passing Asensio, a striker from Spain.

Marselino glanced at some of his colleagues, it was because they felt the Spanish players would be lured to Marselino who played the ball.

As a result, Marselino immediately took a accelerating pose, then exclaimed, “Forward all!”

Like a spartan army commanded by its leader, about 8 Indonesian players advance in a coordinated manner, so pleasant to look at because it is so structured that it looks like an excellent war formation.

“Good, here it is, attack regulator besides me!” reza said as he advanced.

Now, the back line leaves Haikal, Kakang and also Ferrari. They are assigned as the most important player if the ball regardless of the flow of aggressive attack Indonesia, the three of them will be a substitute goalkeeper and no matter the red card.

They only made a high belief in Reza that in the event of a penalty, Reza was able to dispel the spot-kick, because it has all been proven since the beginning of Reza's professional debut.

In the process of this attack, all over the stadium rumbling, Coach Tae-yong also shouted very enthusiastically, some substitutes and other coaching staff began to stand so excited waiting for how a goal would be created.

In Indonesia, exclusively, throughout the television stations aired, making broadcasting rights very rare in Indonesia, various televisions broadcast the best matches of the century.

“Oh! Me–They attacked! Reza, Marselino, Robi, Witan everything, everyone attack!!” exclaim commentator Tubagus.

From all television shows, the process of the attack was shown, all of Indonesia was able to see this miracle where Indonesia was able to compensate or even try to become a strong team at this year's world cup tournament.

“Reza! Go, forward! Forward .. Akhh!”

Even so, the attack that woke up to the best momentum was finally broken by Gavi, with his shrewdness and ingenuity, Gavi was able to seize the ball controlled by Samir.

“No need to retreat, I have a trick!” peekik Reza's.

“Everything, Gavi brackets, create eight-sided star polygon formation, ah, yes Octagram!” exciting Reza.

When viewed from above, completely forming an eight-sided path when plugged in, the caged Gavi, was completely deadlocked as his other comrades were heavily guarded as well.

Reza, the forward made himself the center of this formation, immediately attacked Gavi quickly without cue, play foot games, until Reza legitimately and without offense able to seize the ball from Gavi's feet.

“Ah! Damnit!” gavi Ogat.

The fallen Gavi got up and tried to chase after Reza and his comrades who attacked again.

Pedri and Rodri, both central and defensive midfielders, are trying to make connections between their partners.

Several Spanish players moved to try to lock up eight Indonesian players.

From the back, try to approach Samir and also Marselino, central midfielder Soler and central defender Garcia, then Robi and Rustamsyah guarded by Rodri and Pedri.

Witan, Sananta and Kwateh, as well as Reza were immediately deployed with tight escorts, from centre-back Torres and left-back Balde zoned in.

Then from the front, there was Laporte and Gavi who added defense, remaining Asensio and Fati just in front.

This makes eight Indonesian players face eight also Spanish players.

However, the most different thing is, how slippery Reza is if he has controlled the ball, he is so agile, so fast that the opposing players often fall awake in overcoming how nimble Reza is.

Right now, when Reza is holding the ball, it is approaching the penalty box area from the front, Reza looked at goalkeeper Simon who was very focused in a position to get ready if at any time there was a long-range attack from outside the penalty box.

“Yap, this is exciting, I'm just dizzy if you wear the Eyes of the Future over time, so it must be done well. Spain is another tiki-taka team, even the originator of times, huh?” reza Gumam.

In front of him, there was Gavi who confronted him uncompromisingly, Reza said in English, “Oh, hi. What's up, Gavi?”

Gavi remained focused on the ball played by Reza at his feet, continued to move non-stop until unknowingly Reza did force the ball, this was a rainbow flick that made Gavi snort annoyed.

"Damn it!”

“Don't swear, it's not polite!” reza exclaimed for a moment past Gavi.

While the ball was still above ground level, about 30 centimeters, Reza swung his right foot firmly and firmly.

The collision between the ball and the foot really made the ball go past the two Spaniards guarding the shooting room.

However, the ball seemed not to want to stop, forming a strange shake in the air, it was a knuckle shoot that was lately trending because Reza always used it.

“GOOOAALL!!”

The whole stadium exploded, the cries of the supporters as the ball hit the net, truly a burst of boundless euphoria.

Reza ran expressively to the corner of the field, skating on her knees and directly cross-legged to perform her iconic celebration.

“That's him! The attack was coordinated and completed well by Reza, your one-two passes are good!” coach Tae-yong exclaimed from the bench, preferring to express his happiness there.