Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 04 - Pass the Trial

After the game ended, the players started to hang out and laugh. However they might become teammates in the future, so of course they need to get to know each other.

Raynaldi, who scored 2 goals in this test match, got a lot of attention from his team-mates and made it quite easy to blend in the team, even though he had just arrived at the club.

“Hai, Ray. I heard Mr Andre brought you here, is that true?” A white boy asked Raynaldi.

Raynaldi still knows the name of this man, after all he is vice-captain of Leverkusen SC Youth, and also in the test match he also captained the Black Team, his name is Joshua Klinsman.

“True, Joe. Mr. Andre recruited me.” Raynaldi.

“Wow, that's amazing Ray! It's rare for Mr. Andre to introduce a junior player, let alone hear that you're from Asia. I'm sorry, I'm not racist or dismissive, but you know? It is rare for an Asian footballer to thrive in Europe.” Joshua was straightforward, his character was like this. He always says what he has in mind without covering up.

“Well, I know what you mean Joe. But I know the reason why there are rarely successful Asian players in Europe is not because they are not talented, but because the training methods Asian players undergo are very different from those in Europe.” Raynaldi replied to Joshua with a small smile, he knew Joshua didn't mean anything bad.

“Really? Honestly, what you said confused me. What is the difference between our training? Isn't the point together playing ball?” Joshua who did not understand Raynaldi's words turned around to ask.

“Yeah, it's hard to explain. But when I got the training record from Andre, I knew that the training provided by Andre was better than the training I did before.” Raynaldi tried to explain briefly.

“Oh, so.” Joshua was somewhat familiar with what Raynaldi meant.

“Hai, what are you guys talking about? Coach already called us to get together soon.” Shouted Alex Khan who is none other than the captain of the Leverkusen SC Youth team.

Hearing Alex's shout, all the players immediately gathered as he commanded. After that, Timo Mayer and Andre Thomas stood in front of the young players, while Tony Wener brought a clipboard with a record of player contributions and judgments in it.

“Alright, first of all thank you for playing well in this match. You guys have displayed an amazing game this time, but unfortunately I will only say sorry for the 4 people who did the trial there will only be 2 people accepted.” When Timo Mayer finished speaking, the atmosphere of the stadium was somewhat down.

Seeing the happy mood of the team somewhat decline, Tony Wener stepped up to announce the players who will join Leverkusen SC Youth and play in the German Youth Championship.

“I will announce two players who passed the trial selection this time. First is the Middle Attacker Position : Raynaldi Indrasta, then next is the Defensive Midfielder : Victor Ogbona.” Tony Wener announced the results.

Raynaldi and Victor, who heard Tony Wener's announcement, are very happy. Even for Raynaldi this moment was very happy, in his previous life he had dreamed of becoming a football player, but never got the chance to make it happen.

After announcing the results of the player's test this time, Timo Mayer and Tony Wener immediately disbanded the players. Both of them and Andre Thomas intend to immediately arrange the administration of the club to sign both players.

After the dissolution, Raynaldi and Victor jump in and celebrate full of happiness, the other two children who failed to escape tears venting their grievances before being placated by their parents and guardians respectively.

On the other hand, Leona, Anita, and Lisa who saw Raynaldi pass the trial were also happy. Even unknowingly tears of happiness flowed down Anita's cheeks. He was really happy for his son, however his son often got ridiculed because his learning ability was considered ‘poor’ by the teachers at his school.

Raynaldi also ran and hugged Anita happily, he really did not expect to get the opportunity to become a professional player, let alone this is one of the German Bundesliga clubs.

“Bu, I made it through.” Raynaldi hugged his mother happily.

“Ya, congratulations Ray.” Anita also smiles happily due to Raynaldi's success.

“Oh, look... Now we have a prospective soccer superstar here.. hehehe..” Leona chuckles while teasing Raynaldi.

Meanwhile, Lisa just jumped up and down excitedly. She doesn't know what's going on, but since Raynaldi and the others look happy, Lisa jumps up and down and celebrates their happiness.

Raynaldi and his family just laughed cheerfully at Lisa's funny behavior. After a few moments of celebrating with his family members.

After laughing and celebrating with his family, Raynaldi saw Victor and the black man walking on crutches approaching them.

“Hai, Ray. Introduce this is my father N'golo Ogbona.” Victor introduces his father while propping him up to help him walk.

“Ah, Victor. Congratulations on successfully passing the test. And introduce also, this is my mother Anita, my sister Leona, and my sister Lisa.” Raynaldi introduced his family.

“Hm, same for you Ray. To be honest at first I wasn't very confident to pass this test, but maybe I was lucky to be your teammate and make it through.” Victor laughed happily while showing white teeth that contrasted with the color of his skin.

“No, Victor. Your own ability is also amazing, you have good defensive ability and also a comfortable stomach feed to receive.” Raynaldi only chuckled at Victor's praise and turned to praise his superiority.

“Alright, I hope we can make good friends in the future.” Victor stretched out his hand to shake hands.

“Of course, I also hope to be friends with you too.” Raynaldi shook Victor's hand before the two of them laughed together.

“OK, Ray. I still have to help my dad work, see you in the future.” Victor says goodbye to Raynaldi and his family.

“OK, hope your work is smooth.” Raynaldi replied politely.

Afterwards, Victor and his father walked out of the stadium. Raynaldi had seen them picked up with a 90s car, Mazda Vantred. In the view of Raynaldi can judge that the Victor family must not be a family with good income. Maybe Victor is trying his luck in professional football for ‘dig gold’. There are a lot of African players who do the same.

However, Raynaldi did not think too much about it. He immediately packed up and prepared to return to Leona's house in Cologne.