The Malaysian squad are having lunch at the arena.

"So, boys. How do you feel about the semi-final match later?" asked Azlan.

"To be honest, I just want to beat up Indonesia. 2 years ago in U19 World tournament, they beat us in the semi-final", said RG.

"That's true. We'll show them what are me made of this time", said FH.

"Yes. That's all matters right now", said Zarep.

"What about you, Libas?" asked Azlan.

"For me, beating Indonesia is something that I must do if I want to achieve my target", said Hariz.

"What is it?" asked coach Luqman.

"To defeat Thailand. That's all", said Hariz.

"Such ambitious statement there", said Isa.

"Well, you can't be a Malaysian player if you never want to do the same", said Hariz.

"That's true", said Azim.

Later on;

All players gather around coach Luqman to know the line-up of the match.

"Okay, boys. Here's the line up for today. Regu A will be FH, Libas and Zarep. Regu B will be Zuwe, Azim and Danny and Regu C will be RG, Isa and Ike. Now, then. Bring the team to the final", said coach Luqman.

"Yes, coach", replied all players.

Later;

All players and coaches from both team already inside the assigned court and ready to be introduce. After shaking hand with the umpires and opponent team players, Regu A takes their place inside the court.

"Never thought we will face those 3 again", said FH.

"Yes. What a reunion", said Zarep.

"That's true. Let's win this", said Hariz. FH and Zarep nodded. Then, all of them being in their position. Indonesia used their best regu; Ivandi (Tekong), Firman (Killer) and Bambang (Feeder). They are the same regu that the Malaysian trio defeated 2 years ago. The match started with Indonesian's service game. Firman tossed the ball to Ivandi before Ivandi hits the ball with a horse kick serve. The ball reaches Hariz that later lifts up the ball with his head before Zarep sets it high. Hariz then jumped high before hits the ball with a 72km/h role spike. Firman tries to block it but the ball passes through him and landed inside Indonesian's court to give Malaysia the first point.

"What a role spike that is", said Boonsak.

"Yes. Just like us, he's improved too", said Tumulak.

"It won't be fun if he's not", said Arif.

Then, Firman tossed the ball to Ivandi before Ivandi served it but the ball stucked at the net. Firman and Bambang cool down Ivandi a bit before the final serve of their service game. All players then back at their position. Firman then tossed the ball again for Ivandi to hit the ball with a horse kick serve. The ball reaches FH that lifts up the ball with his foot. Zarep then sets the ball before Hariz hits the ball with a sunback spike. Firman and Ivandi tries to do a double block but the ball passed through their blocking and hits Bambang's knee before went out of the court giving Malaysia the 3rd point.

"NICE FINISHING, NAMDONGSAENG!" cried Gyuri.

"Someone is so happy right now", said Sohyun.

"Of course I do, omma. I always want to show him a support in anything that he does but I can't find him anywhere until he DM's me few months ago", said Gyuri.

"I see. Well, to be honest, I'm kind of glad he decided to stay in Malaysia after me and his mother getting divorced", said Seoung-deok

"If followed either of you, he might not being a great player like he had been, right", said Sohyun. Seoung-deok just nodded.

Then, it's Malaysian's turn to serve. After getting a signal from FH, Hariz tossed the ball to FH before FH hits the ball with a 72km/h horse kick serve. The ball then reaches Firman. Firman tries to lift up the ball with his head but the ball just bounce on his head before went out of the court. Then, FH served the ball again but this time he hits it with a drop service that landed just in front of the net at Indonesian's side giving Malaysia another point. For the 3rd service, FH served the ball with a horse kick serve that reaches Ivandi. Ivandi managed to lift up the ball with his foot before Bambang sets it high. Firman then jumped high before hits the ball with a role spike. Hariz tries to block it but fail as the ball landed on Malaysian's side to give Indonesian a first point. Then, Indonesian's coach asked for a time out.

"Damn. They're tougher than they use to be", said Firman.

"Of course they are. It had been 2 years after all", said Ivandi.

"Boys, focus please. You're our best regu. If you lose, the morale of others will be down", said their coach, Syaiful. The players nodded. Then, the match resumed with Indonesian service game. 15 minutes later, Malaysia wins the first set with 21-10.

"Malaysian's players are tough", said Arif.

"Yes. If there is no chronism in PSM, those 3 might be the ace of Malaysia at such a young age right now", said Suebsak.

"That's true", said Boonsak.

Then, the 2nd set begins. The second set ended in about just 15 minutes with 21-7 giving Malaysia just a win away from make it to the final. Then, it's time for the 2nd set. Zuwe, Azim and Danny are ready inside the court while Indonesian is using Ramdan (Tekong), Chandra (Killer) and Wijaya (Feeder). Meanwhile, at the other court, Thailand is also won their Regu A match against Vietnam.

"Malaysia faces Indonesia while Thailand faces Vietnam, huh. What a rare sight", said Hariz while he, FH and Zarep are cooling down.

"That's true. Nations with netizens that always fighting online are facing each other", said Zarep.

"Let see what will be the end of result", said FH.

Then, Regu B from both nation are ready. The match will begins with Malaysian's service game. After getting the signal from Zuwe, Azim tossed the ball before Zuwe served it with a 69 km/h horse kick serve. The ball reaches in between Wijaya and Ramdan. Both of them didn't take the ball as they thought that one another will take the ball. That's give Malaysia the first point of the match. Then, Zuwe serves the ball again. The ball reaches Chandra before he lifts up the ball with his head. Then Wijaya sets the ball. Chandra then jumped high before hits the ball with a role spike but Azim managed to block the ball causing the ball to return back to Indonesian side. Ramdan lifts up the ball but he accidentally sent the ball Malaysian side that reached Danny. Danny then control the ball with the head. He then sets the ball high before Azim jumped high and hits the ball with a role spike giving Malaysia another point. Then, Zuwe serves the last Malaysian's service with a drop serve. That ball then landed on the Indonesian side just nearby the net for Malaysia to take a lead. That match then ended after 35 minutes later with Malaysia win a straight set 21-11 and 21-9 to send Malaysia through to the final.

Later;

After said his goodbye to his family, Hariz and his teammates are about to leave the arena when they came across the Thailand players.

"See you boys tomorrow", said Boonsak.

"Yeah. Let the best team win", said Hariz. Then, they shake hand before walk away.

"So, that is Thailand players, huh. I can sense how strong they are", said Danny.

"They can sense how strong we are too", said FH.

"Yeah. So, everybody. Let's play with everything that we got tomorrow morning", said Zarep.

"Oh, yeah", said all players. Then, all of them returned to the hotel.