Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 15 - Second Round Begins (Gelserkichen FC Yunior)

Timo looked at the tired expressions of his players and then continued saying. "I know that everyone's physical fitness will reach its limit, but the other side is the same. As long as we insist, maybe they have a problem in front of us!"

The players nodded showing their understanding with the head coach's tactics.

"Alex and Matija, remember what I said before the start of the first half, you guys have to resolutely send the ball forward after successfully seizing the ball in the backcourt! You two didn't have a long pass at all in the first half, the second half had to be different!"

Alex as captain instantly nodded, and Matija, who was next to him, whispered dissatisfiedly. "It makes no sense after playing. The first half had a lot of attacking chances and we made a lot of shots but only one goal came up. Why just blame us the defenders."

Timo's brows furrowed, and it was true that Herman and Raynaldi's combined performances in the first half did not match his burning expectations, but did he deny his own vision and tactics?

"Not many good shooting opportunities in the first half of the game. Opponent defenders often take good positions in defense and many use small moves to knock us down." Herman was upset by Matija's words, he knew he was playing less well in the first half, but it wasn't entirely his fault.

"Enough!" Matija's mouth was about to rebut, and Tony who was holding the note board shouted to a stop.

If Timo will only be ferocious during the game but Tony is another thing, if they argue here then their training will be even more miserable.

"To analyse the game, wait until the game is over and we the coaching team will see it according to your performances. Do you have to question my line-up?" Timo was also somewhat upset at Matija's comments questioning his position as head coach.

After that, both Timo and Tony looked at Raynaldi. As if the two of them were asking, “Bokah, can you survive in the second half?” Raynaldi nodded as a gesture he could continue the second half.

After seeing Raynaldi longer to make sure no bruises are visible. Timo finally allowed him to continue the game. “If he keeps getting dropped by opposing players, I will replace him soon.”

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In the second half, Team Yunior Leverkusen SC, in accordance with the demands of head coach Timo, again carried out crazy attacks in midfield and forward to disrupt the smooth cooperation and defense of Team Junior Gelserkichen FC.

The head coach of Junior Team Gelserkichen FC who was standing in the command area was slightly surprised. “Is this trick still coming? Is Timo not worried that his team is running out of stamina?” Mumbled.

On the pitch, Team Yunior Leverkusen's madness still plays an effective role. Both sides launch melee attacks in midfield, and the balls are constantly exchanged. No one could organize an effective attack.

Team Captain Yunior Leverkusen Alex also started to launch some quick counter-attacks on the back court with long passes, but his long pass accuracy was not good enough, Herman and Raynaldi who were in front of the line did not get many chances.

Over time, the physical strength of Team Yunior Leverkusen began to decline, the success rate of midfield and frontcourt continued to decline, and Team Junior Gelserkichen regained control of the situation on the field.

Standing in the command area, Timo shook his head helplessly, and the coaching staff behind him also started to worry. However, he also could not change players just like that, so the decision he could take just continued in the same way.

And Team head coach Yunior Gelserkichen still had a calm face in the face of the overall situation. After all his team can still take the victory from here last season, and the same can be repeated today.

Timo also let Adriano give orders to transfer the ball more to the wing and try to find a breakthrough from the side. During the second half, Timo barely saw a breakthrough from the side as if his wingers were disappearing.

After listening to the head coach's arrangements, Raynaldi also understood what Timo meant. Raynaldi had originally intended to wait for Gelserkichen's defenders to lose focus at the end of the game, but if more balls could be sent to the penalty box directly, he could also pick up a leaky ball or rebound to score.

In the 23rd minute of the second half, Team Yunior Leverkusen launched an attack on the right. Ivan who got the ball from Victor crossed the ball to Raynaldi who was near the penalty box. Raynaldi only sent a one-touch pass to the right side of the empty penalty box.

Ivan received Raynaldi's pass after running at his full speed, immediately sending a triangular pass upside down after seeing the empty position from Herman.

Herman who received Ivan's pass without hesitation to do a hard finishing kick.

“Baaang!!”

The ball hits the left post of the goal and bounces to the other side of the empty penalty box. At the same time Raynaldi, who was already preparing for the empty position, saw the ball coming and kicked it to the near post to bring his team back to lead 2-1.

After the referee blew the goal-mark whistle passed, Raynaldi ran to the sidelines to perform an inverted salto celebrating his goal and shouting.

“Damn it, how did you get there?” Ivan approached Raynaldi and grabbed him by the neck.

“Hahaha.. of course I was there because the place was empty, actually this goal also still there is an element of luck as well.” Raynaldi laughed as he answered Ivan's question.

The rest of the team also gathered to celebrate, earlier when they saw Herman hit the post they were disappointed but their feelings turned to happiness with Raynaldi's goal coming suddenly.

The players of Team Yunior Gelserkichen stared blankly at the ball that was nestled in their goal. Earlier in the first half they lost a goal to lose sight of Raynaldi and now they repeat the same thing.

Meanwhile, head coach Gelserkichen asked his assistant coach. “Who's son number 99?”

"In our data, he's named Raynaldi Indrasta, 16, from Indonesia, as the attacker." The assistant coach was surprised by his boss's question, as he knew now that the number 99 player had caught his boss' attention.

“He's a great attacker, what he did was not luck at all. But he took advantage of the players' focus on the ball to open up space for himself. It is similar to hunting, he gets rid of the attention of his prey and then kills it with one strike.” Head coach Gelserkichen praised Raynaldi's performance.

“Is he really that strong?” The assistant coach is still skeptical of his boss' praise, but he also knows that his boss was a famous forward when he was still playing.

“I'm sure he will definitely surpass the peak of my career in the future.” Hearing his assistant's remarks, head coach Gelserkichen did not hesitate to give a huge compliment to Raynaldi.