I Can Do it!Zuly KristantoZuly KristantoHenny Yulianti

Aldo is excited to join Mitra Naga soccer club.He promises himself to practice hard so hecould become a good striker. Aldo has evenbeen working on a his goal celebration.

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Aldo practices his dribble skills.

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All children are doing their dribblingexercises, shooting drills, this and that,passionately.

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Now they are taking the tackling routines.That’s what Aldo is best at!

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It is time to assign the children a position fora friendly game. Aldo is chosen to be ...

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...a defender!

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Ugh!Aldo will prove the coach that he is capablefor playing as a striker. He will score a goal!

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The game begins.

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Aldo has to tackle that ball!

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He gets it!”Aldo, pass the ball to me!” Nafi shouts.”I’m ready here!” Dudi also shouts.”Pass it over, Aldo!” The coach also shouts.But he keeps dribbling the ball all the way tothe front.

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Suddenly...

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The opposing players rush through the backside ... and there is no one guarding to stopthem! And ...

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Goaaal ... !A goal is scored.

”It’s your fault!” Dudi blames Aldo.”Aldo, you should have guarded the backfield!”The coach looks upset too.

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The second half starts. This time Aldosuccessfully blocks the opponent’s strikes.

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Aldo tackles the ball now. He will make astrike. But all his teammates are closely man-marked, no one is free. Doubtfully, Aldopasses the ball to Dudi.

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”It’s impossible,” Dudi kicks the ball back toAldo. Aldo dribbles the ball while avoiding theopponents. His eyes are observing the chancefor a cross.

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There! Aldo passes the ball to Nafi. Nafi thenpasses it over to Rahman. Rahman is thenblocked by an opponent. Rahman kicks to balland it hits ... Aldo’s feet!

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What should Aldo do?”C’mon, Aldo! Shoot it!” The coach shouts.

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Goaaaaaal!!!Aldo shows off his celebration moves.

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The game ends with a draw score. NowAldo understands that score requires agood teamwork. All roles hold the sameimportance. And, the back player canalso score goals once and shows off thecelebration move. Why not?

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©2019, The Asia Foundation.This book was created through a workshopfor creating books in the local language thatconducted in collaboration between LitaraFoundation and The Asia Foundation. Theworkshop and professional development,along with the editing and design of thisbook, was conducted by Litara Foundation.

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