Soccer System: Legendary Goalkeeper

Chapter 34 - Training Ahead of the Game

Reza has finished cleaning his room. From inside the suitcase, Reza took out a brown photo frame with beautiful carvings.

On the inside of the frame, there is a photo that is no less beautiful. Seen a pair of parents who were hugging a child who was so cute between the two.

“Dad ... where exactly are you?” muttered Reza, after which the photo was placed.

Reza then moved towards the door of the room. The moment he opened it, Ashura looked as if he was raising his hand forward like he wanted to knock.

“New also want to call. That ... all players are told to get together!”

Reza only nodded lightly as he followed Ashura away towards the training ground. There, there are already some coaches that Reza does not recognize. There are those Reza knows, one of which is Bima's coach.

All players start one by one gathered on the field and lined up so neatly according to the direction of the coaches.

“Well, some of you must be asking about who is the new player besides Reza, right?” Coach Bima swept his gaze across his foster children.

Without waiting for an answer from everyone, coach Bima went towards one of the buildings. A while later he came out with a young man who was looking down. Her dark night hair was long enough to cover her eyes. His body is quite tall with a sturdy posture.

“This is it.”

Everything was in a state of confusion, only Reza knew firsthand the identity of the new young man.

“Call?” reza said, all eyes staring at him.

“Reza?” This time the young man showed his eyes.

The black eye color was elegant, but on one side it stared coldly at some people. The young man named Gilang approached Reza, then a fist was thrown towards Reza.

Reza's face was hit by the fist until he slightly shook and almost fell. Reza then stared gloomyly at Gilang.

“Your profile since SD has not changed,” said Reza so cold.

Amidst everyone's astonishment, coach Bima himself did not expect the two new members of the team to know each other and have a complicated-looking past. Not wanting the situation to get worse, coach Bima immediately pulled Gilang in front of everyone.

“Include yourself!”

“I Gilang Pratama. Reliable attackers were born in Palu, but wander with their parents to the land of Java. The person who broke into 16 times the goalkeeper, then topscorer Youth Tournament sector of Central Java,” said Gilang while widening his hands so haughty.

“Coach, why bring him that way. I know the coach's vision of ability cannot be underestimated, but I know the coach is able to see the nature of a person.” Reza interjected while pointing at Gilang.

“Yes, it's okay. Let's just try.”

Coach Bima's words were only responded to by the bewildered gazes of everyone. Even some coaching staff also feel confused about the choice of coach Bima.

Which makes everyone confused again, how Reza can concede 16 goals as long as he becomes the best goalkeeper early in the season Youth Tournament in Central Sulawesi sector.

“Enambelas the goal when SD first,” said Reza while continuing to stare intently Gilang.

Regardless of the situation being so bad, coach Bima started to open the initial training session of Training Focusing.

In this session, several things must be done with a physical trainer. Starting from seeing how good their bodies are and so forth.

As a result of InBody tests conducted by the coaching staff, especially physical trainers, almost 70 percent of players have excess fat in their body and less muscle mass. That's what made the trainers start doing ‘weight training’ for a few days afterwards.

Everything is done so tight, after which other rigorous exercises wait. Some goalkeepers also trained so hard with goalkeeper coach Markus.

Markus is one of the best goalkeepers Indonesia has ever had. His best performances were between 2008 and 2010 during the AFF Cup.

Returning to the training area of the goalkeepers, currently Reza, Andrika and Ikram are training reflex power, jumping power and so on for the benchmark later.

Reza whose goal did not concede at all in reflex power training also amazed many people. Everyone feels the choice of coach Bima invited Reza is not wrong.

Moreover, everyone also paid attention to the Youth Tournament of Central Sulawesi sector. The Harapan High School team was the most dominating, conceding only 2 when Reza controlled his goal.

“Good!” praise Markus.

“Well, after that, try to make a rescue movement after it moves in the direction of the second ball.

It was difficult when there was chaos in the box. You guys must be firm, instinct run!”

Coach Markus continues to explain things that are important to the goalkeeper.

Reza, Andrika, and Ikram listened to all these things and studied as deeply as possible. The exercises they undergo are also so strenuous so try to understand as much as possible what the coaches explain.

All the players keep training. Day after day lived with so heavy, of course not only exercise, healthy food portions and enough sleep they must do without compromise.

Everything is so tight done by coach Bima. He wants to make his students succeed again in the Asian Cup Qualifiers later, not only succeed in Southeast Asia, but also succeed in the entire Asian arena.

Reza also communicates with her mother every night about such strenuous exercise. Her mother could only support her son from afar while praying for the best for his son.

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The morning had come, but the sun was still hiding behind the skyscrapers. The sky was still slightly dark with a reddish glow on the East.

That early morning, Reza woke up early to do a morning run around the training ground. Already 5 days he was in this Training Center, he was also getting familiar with all the team members.

Today is Saturday, October 1, 2022. Soon the first match will be held.

The U-17 national team itself is in group B with Malaysia, Palestine, Guam and also the United Arab Emirates.

Not so easy for the U-17 national team actually, but of course with a fiery determination, will opponents anyone will certainly exert all their energy and great strength.

In the first match on October 4, Indonesia will play Guam. Quality-wise, Guam is way below Indonesia, but the ball is round. Anything can happen.

Therefore coach Bima did not want his students to underestimate the state of Guam. Because Guam could surprise many parties by appearing brilliant, who knows, right?

Back to Reza who was doing his morning running activities while listening to some soothing songs. In the middle of his morning run, he found Gilang trying to get ahead of him.

Reza slowed his pace to the equivalent of Gilang.

The two of them ran in silence without a word. When Reza was about to open his mouth, Gilang quickly cleared his throat and immediately said.

“Your goal, don't concede again.”

After that, Gilang immediately increased his running speed until it was not overtaken by Reza. Reza also felt Gilang's running speed was above David Si's fastest Runner of the club.

“Alright, the 4th is the proof!”

From that day on, Reza continued to familiarize himself with the new capabilities of the system. Although it has used that ability for approximately 4 months, but his body is not too able to use it and difficult to adapt. However, in the eyes of many, Reza is truly magical as a Goalkeeper.

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