Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 35 - DJK Wurzburg (1)

The next game is an opportunity for Koln Athletics to keep up their performances. The next opponent is DJK Wurzburg who is a newly promoted team this season.

In addition DJK Wurzburg who ranked fourth from the bottom after nineteen league rounds is definitely not a strong team. If they can continue to win, Koln Athletics can score 31 points, which can at least guarantee to overtake Leipzig Sport who are ranked 6th. If the team is third 1.Mainz ended in a draw or loss against league leaders Armina Oldenburg.

So this game is very important. From Koln Athletics' initial plans, the last away win against Dynamo Aue was a sudden stroke of luck. Three numbers were not in Thomas Sobek's original plan, but this game had to be won.

DJK Wurzburg are a team that is often confused in the German 3rd league, and they obviously do not want to return to where they came from after playing one season in the second league. So maybe, Koln Athletics will get a surprise when they play sometimes against them.

Before Raynaldi came into the team, Sobek thought he had three games left. This match was the most important of the three, and all three points had to be taken. Because the next opponent they have to face is not a weak opponent like DJK Wurzburg.

It has been more than a week since Raynaldi joined the team on loan.

Thomas Sobek observed Raynaldi's performance at the training ground. A common view of both including Danny Hooks is that Raynaldi was indeed very good as a young player, but very close to the bottom line to play a major force.

Maybe luck was better in the last game. The sudden release of a cold arrow in midfield showed that Raynaldi was good at long-range shots. He had a hard punch and a side volley, which showed that his body coordination was excellent. But to encourage team offense, both of these advantages are unclear.

Mainly, the team's main center, Robert, was a high center, and the distance between practice and practice was even greater.

In other words, Sobek felt that Raynaldi did not improve the offensive power of the team well. The last game was an accident. After Robert's main attacker was injured, Sobek believed that his team's strength had dropped by one level.

After all, one cannot always rely on luck, especially football. It is a sport that speaks about strength.

But he can't do anything. Now only Raynaldi has a striker in his hands. Other people who only play as guest attackers may not perform as well as Raynaldi. So in this game, Sobek can only “packing” Raynaldi in the starting line-up.

Since the victory over Dynamo Aue, Koln Athletics has recently had a certain level of conversation in the city. The fans are also very happy. The city has only one football team, the Koln Athletics, which is always struggling in the lower leagues, so they rarely have a chance to be proud.

Raynaldi is the most curious player of Koln Athletics fans.

There are players from the land that are rarely heard by ordinary people here, which is a strange news in itself. I'm afraid the Koln fans have never heard the name of an Indonesian player. Because no player from Indonesia had ever appeared in Germany, and Kurniawan's brief appearance in Europe seven years earlier was just a small wind that was easily forgotten. So they were quite looking forward to Raynaldi's performance.

The last game was forgotten, and there had been no recent public training days. Media interviews were all halted by Sobek, which also left fans yet to see their new help this week. These elements made the fans very interested in Raynaldi's home debut.

Koln TV, in the studio, Andrei prepared his comments excitedly, this time he was completely prepared.

After a brief opening speech, Andrei introduced Raynaldi enthusiastically.

"No. 99 us, Ray... Uh, his name is Raynaldi Indrasta! He is a junior player we have just hired from Bundesliga side Leverkusen SC. We all know that Robert was injured and Michelle was also injured. It fell on his soap, so the team chose to borrow from the other team as an emergency."

“Now I can introduce you all to Ray. What is surprising is that he is only 17 years old at the end of January! Ray scored a hat trick in the last game, which I confirmed on the official website 2.Bundesliga. He became the youngest hat-trick scorer in 2.Bundesliga!"

At this time, the broadcast at the venue also read Raynaldi's name, causing an explosion of cheers.

While not many fans have watched Raynaldi's performances in recent games, through newspapers and the internet, fans have also seen a hat trick and two wonderful Raynaldi goals.

And the attention from the last match was very high. There are also some factors outside of football, but that doesn't matter, the important thing is that Raynaldi is also known by most people.

As long as you perform well, the fans will not care who you are, they will cheer without hesitation.

In this game, the pressure on Raynaldi's side is not so great.

DJK Wurzburg are a team with stronger attacking capabilities than their defensive capabilities.

Maybe the ability to attack with 15 goals in 19 rounds is not considered strong, but the defense is right. They conceded 30 goals in the 19th round of the league. Only Dessau United are at the bottom of the league conceding more goals than them.In court, DJK Wurzburg's strategy is, “do I kill you or you kill me”, but unfortunately they were not that strong, so in the end they would be killed most of the time.

Therefore, in this game Raynakdi chose to be more active in the opponent's defensive line. The opponent's strength was relatively weak, and the possibility of the Athletic Koln being pressured to survive was almost impossible. So being more active on the opposing defensive line also helps the team defense indirectly.

As expected, Koln Athletics pressed opponents in this match.

Raynaldi's chances of getting the ball in this game are clearly increased. Raynaldi, who has gained recognition from his team-mates, became relatively easy on the pitch and his movements became more fluid, but facing a more experienced defender in this league, Raynaldi was actually a bit nervous.

It was his second senior team match in the Europa League, the first time he played with the support of so many fans.

In the last away game, Dynamo Aue's home game was largely not for his team. Besides, Raynaldi is an unknown person, and basically he has no say on the field with the ball.

When Raynaldi gets the ball, there are cheers all around. The fans seem to support him, Raynaldi thought.