Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 109 - National Team Training

Time passed quickly, after arriving home. Raynaldi spends all his time with his family members, with Irene and Leona having fun with them.

Maybe because it had been a long time apart, Lisa was very attached to Raynaldi and almost followed him everywhere except when going to the bathroom. This made Raynaldi feel a little guilty towards his sister, but considering that the thing he did was for his own future, he could only continue on in his own way.

The whole day was spent by Raynaldi accompanying Lisa. They play puzzles, hide and seek, romp, at the same time the two brothers also drag Irene and Leona to play.

The whole day was spent watching her sister, Lisa play. Raynaldi penetrates lost time after leaving his sister for nearly 2 years.

The night had come, and as usual the dishes were already available on the dining table. After 2 years, Raynaldi again felt the warmth of the house, familiar room, familiar dishes and familiar atmosphere.

Raynaldi spent his entire day with his family without thinking about other things that were bothering him.

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The next day, Raynaldi went straight to the National Team training camp to prepare for the match against Qatar two days later.

In the contest of intra-team matches, both offensive and defensive teams were divided evenly by Frans.

Red Team (Defensive) :

Radgar Sinaga (JK),

Mario Dembele (CB) Muh. Ihsan (CB), Marco Dembele (CB),

Hasyim Sudrajat (CDM), Firman Huda (CM),

Victor Wanggai (LMF), Isaac Sulaiman (RMF), Bayu Pratama (CAM),

Shamsul Arif (SS), Lutfi Hakim (CF).

Yellow Team (Offensive) :

Mega Diary (GK), the,

Abdullah (CB), Ivan Jaguar (CB). Abdul Lestaluhu (CB),

Vincent Salossa (CDM), Adi Saputra (CM),

Kurnia Cahya (LMF), Arnova Eka Yulio (RMF), Rangga Saktiaga (CAM),

Raynaldi Indrasta (SS), Aji Pamungkas (CF).

Kurniawan, who previously served as team captain, retired from the National and Professional Football Teams in May after a recurrent knee injury.

Kurniawan currently serves as an assistant coach in the National Team and still helps Frans calm the dressing room. He has also talked about it with Frans and being the assistant coach of the National Team is the conclusion they have taken.

The match between the two teams went well, due to the forced division of the offensive and defensive system by Frans, making the ball more often restrained in the middle of the field. However, in the 6th minute of the match, the Yellow Team made the first attack under the Rangga organization, he managed to send the ball to Raynaldi's feet.

Radgar who was originally calm after seeing Raynaldi being guarded by the two completely fell silent. “S*alan, how can this guy shoot in that corner!” No matter how fast he reacted, Radgar failed to keep the ball that entered his net in a strange curve.

“Ray, how can you shoot a ball like that!” Radgar rushed at Raynaldi as if asking for an answer from him.

“If you do more shooting exercises, then this kind of thing will be easier to do.” Raynaldi said with a smile and turned his own side of the field.

Radgar was speechless with Raynaldi's reply, even while he was still at the Amsterdam Academy owned by Dutch giants Amsterdam Warrior. He had never seen such a strange arch, as if the ball had a radar navigation system to fit into the goal.

“Maybe this is what coach Louis meant back then, some people were born with unique talents.” Radgar returned to his goal and became more excited. Against a player like Raynaldi would obviously improve his abilities under the bar.

Frans and Kurniawan who were on the edge of the field were also surprised by Raynaldi's friends. “Hei, Bang Kurniawan? Is it just my feelings or is the boy Raynaldi improving his abilities again? And his shooting ability this time is also very outrageous.” Frans said unconsciously to Kurniawan.

“That's not your hallucination, Frans. Raynaldi's shooting skills have improved again, and the increase this time is much greater than the previous one. He seems to have figured out how to shoot his own.” Kurniawan.

Most of the successful attackers are those with special abilities that are better than most of the opponent's defenses. There are people who are able to perfect space, there are people with extraordinary techniques, there are also strange people with unique shooting skills.

For Kurniawan, Raynaldi was the first and third type. Because he is the perfect embodiment of ball intelligence to utilize space and ultimate shooting technique. “I don't even know where the limit belongs to this child.” Kurniawan.

The match again continued, both the red and yellow sides played quite well. The Red team who played defensively throughout the game also managed to stem the red team's relentless attack and only let them have 5 shots on goal.

But unfortunately they meet Raynaldi with Shooting abilities and run without a super level ball. Raynaldi always managed to find a gap in their defense by running without the ball and understanding his field.

His almost unstoppable Shooting ability also showed a frightening level. All of his shots made it to a difficult corner that was almost impossible for the goalkeeper to save.

Radgar who was in good condition did not have the power to stop his shot, and only managed to pull 1 ball from 5 shots made Raynaldi. The internal match ended with a score of 4 - 0 for the Yellow Team victory.

“It looks like the development of the players has been quite good, the most amazing thing is the development of Raynaldi which is too terrible. Previously his shooting skills were already outstanding, but it looks like he has progressed to another level after a few months in Europe.” Kurniawan.

“With this we can be sure to win two home games to lock in the top spot in the group. Next stay get ready for the last 16 world cup qualifiers AFC.” zone Frans also smiled satisfied with the development of his players.

“Playing in Europe really improves its capabilities by leaps and bounds. Earlier I heard he was not even glimpsed by a local club even after winning the National High School Football Championship with Rangga.” Kurniawan could not stop being amazed by the increase in abilities made by Raynaldi.

“I think it's not a matter of him being seen or not by a local club, but the local club itself being less insightful. Do you remember the recording of Raynaldi's match during training and the match at the SC Leverkusen Youth Team?” Ask Frans to Kurniawan.

“Does he have more points? I think besides his shooting ability he's a little bit lucky with being constantly in the right position? I think the centre-forward can't just rely on this right?” Answer Kurniawan.

“You're wrong, Raynaldi has an incredible ball IQ and space awareness. Every time the ball moves he will start to move to the most advantageous position for him. Sometimes I don't even know which way this guy will move, which is why I never set a fixed position for him on the front court.” Frans said with confidence.

“Forcing it in a tactical system is just a waste of its talent, the more free its movement then the more options in our attack. He is not a weapon, but a hunter, the king in the penalty area.” Brief Frans.

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