
CHAPTER 26: REGU EVENT SEMI-FINAL: MALAYSIA VS SOUTH KOREA
After the quarter-final match is over, all players and coaches having lunch together with chef de mission.
"Okay, everybody. First of all, let me congratulate all of you that participate in regus, doubles and quadrants events as both men and women team managed to make it through to the semi-final. So, in the semi-final, for regu; men's regu will face South Korea and women's regu will face Myanmar. No more easy games for both if you asked me. For doubles, men will face Indonesia while women will face Thailand. And finally for quadrants, men will face Singapore while women will face Vietnam. To be honest, all of it is a very tough match. I hope you will do the best", said Azlan.
"So, my destiny is to kick the country I was born out from this tournament, huh", said Hariz.
"Well, it can't be helped. You need to be a traitor for South Korea for the sake of Malaysia", said Isa.
"You was born in South Korea?" asked the women tekong, Amanda.
"Yes. Not only that, my father is a pure Korean", said Hariz.
"So, it's true that Park Gyuri is your sister", said Alice.
"Yes", said Hariz.
"You must have many fans, right?" asked the killer, Raihana.
"Yes, but he chased them away", said Isa.
"Let me guess, they're bunch of bimbos right?" asked Alice.
"That's true", said Hariz. The girls chuckled.
Later after the lunch;
All players gathered around coach Luqman.
"Okay, boys. This will be the line-up for today's semi-final match. For this match, we will use FH, Libas and Zarep in this match. You might defeated them twice already but they have a home crowds supports. So, don't get careless", said coach Luqman.
"Yes, coach", said all players. Then, all players making their way to the stand-by area.
"I hate this match", said Gyuri.
"Why is that?" asked Tiffany.
"You can't cheer for your namdongsaeng, right", said Yuri.
"That's true", said Gyuri.
"Just bear with it", said Seungyeon.
"Yes, it's not that I have much choice though", said Gyuri.
Later, all players, coaches and team manager making their way to the assigned court. Just like Malaysia, South Korea is using their former U19 players in that match.
"Never though we'll face them twice this year", said Hariz.
"Yes. Let's defeat them again", said Zarep.
"Yes. We have no choice but to defeat them here in the semi-final if we want to face Thailand in the final", said FH.
Then, players from both team is ready inside the court. The match will begins with Malaysia's service. After getting the signal from FH, Hariz tossed the ball towards him. FH then kicks the ball with a horse kick serve. The ball reached General that managed to lift the ball up before sets it high. Scissors then jumped high before hits the ball with a role spike but Zarep managed to lift up the ball before Hariz sets the ball by his own before he himself hits a role spike. Scissors tried to block it but failed as the ball landed on Korean side to give Malaysia the first point. Then, FH served again but this time he increased the speed of the serve with 74 km/h. Both Scissors and Missile tried to pick it up but the ball hits their foot before bounced out from the court to give Malaysia another point. Then, FH served the final serve of that service game with another horse kick serve. Missile managed to lift the ball up before General sets up the ball for Scissor to hit it with a role spike. Hariz jumped and blocked it causing the ball to return back to Korean side. Missile managed to get the ball before sets it. Scissors then hits it with a role spike but his position that quite far from net and the ball setted by Missile is quite low causing the ball to stuck at the net giving Malaysia another point. Then, it's South Korea's turn to serve. After getting the signal frim Missile, Scissors tossed the ball towards him. Missile then kicks the ball with a horse kick serve. Zarep managed to get the ball before sets it up high. Hariz jumped and hits the ball with a sunback spike. Scissors tried to block it but his blocking is quite low, so the ball managed to get through him and landed on Korean's side to give Malaysia another point.
"He uses role spike and sunback spike whenever he wants to. Libas had really became like Khairol Zaman", said Isa.
"That's true", said Dam.
25 minutes later;
Malaysia is leading with 19-14 and it is their turn to serve. After getting a signal from FH, Hariz tossed the ball towards him. FH then served the ball with a horse kick serve that reaches Scissors. Scissors then lift up the ball up with his head before General sets it. Scissors then jumped high before Scissors hits the ball with a role spike. Hariz jumped high before send the ball back to Korea's side with a header. This managed to surprise Korea's players as none of them are ready to take the ball. The ball landed just on the sideline before bounced out giving Malaysia to be at the game point. Later, for the 2nd serve, FH serve the ball with a drop serve. General managed to read it. So he quickly dashed to the front and takes the ball with his foot before sets it. Scissors jumped high and hits the ball with a role spike. Hariz jumped and tried to do the blocking but the ball hits his leg before went out of play to give South Korea the 15th point. Then, for the final serve, FH served the ball with a horse kick serve that the speed reads by the camera is 75 km/h that Korean players failed to take it giving Malaysia a win for the first set.
"75 km/h? It's was just 5 km/h slower than my father's first horse kick serve", said Boonsak.
"Damn. I think they didn't used their full power just yet", said Tumulak.
"I don't think that's the case", said Suebsak.
"Then what is it?" asked Supachai.
"They are just like you, all of you grown-up in every match. As a players, I'm glad a younger generation still had the potential in yourself", said Pornchai.
"That's true. With that, it's not possible for this sport to be play in Olympic Games in the future and that is a hope for every sepak takraw players in the world", said Suebsak.
Later, the 2nd set begins. This time, Malaysia chosed to take out Hariz and FH to bring in Zuwe and Azim.
"Bring in the fresh legs, huh. You're lucky that you brought all good players in 1 team", said Suebsak.
The 2nd sets begins with South Korea started to serve. After getting the signal from Missile, Scissors throws the ball to him. Missile then kicks the ball with a horse kick serve. Zuwe managed to lift the ball up before Zarep sets it high. Azim then quickly jumped and hits the ball with a role spike. General tried to pick up the ball but ended up to kick the ball out. Then, for the 2nd serve, Missile used a drop serve. Zarep managed to read it and quickly lifts up the ball with his foot before sets it up high. Azim then jumped high and hits the ball with a role spike. Scissors tried to block it but fail as the ball hits his knee before went out of play to give Malaysia a 2 points lead. Then, for the 3rd serve, Missile's serve was stop by the net to give Malaysia the 3rd point. Then, South Korea's coach chose to change both tekong and killer for this match.
"Bad decision by South Korea's coach", said Suebsak.
"Why is that?" asked Tumulak.
"Those 2 fresh leg are not on par with Malaysia's players", said Pornchai.
"Wait, aren't they the same players that was trashed by FH, Libas and Zarep in the team regu quarter-final before?" asked Boonsak.
"Yes, they are", said Suebsak. What the Thailand's coaches said were true because after 15 minutes, Malaysia wins the 2nd set with 21-6 to send Malaysia to the final of regu event to face Thailand that defeated Indonesia in another semi-final match.
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