Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 56 - Chemnitz (1)

Since the league resumed after the winter break, the entire Koln Athletics team is in a good mood after their team recorded 4 wins and 1 draw in the last 5 matches. During this period, the 24th round of League 2.The Bundesliga will start, and Koln Athletics will challenge second-placed Chemnitz alongside 1.Mainz after they drew last week.

In the 23rd round of the league there was an interesting battle because the first to sixth ranked teams faced each other and it all ended in a draw that made the positions of all teams in the top six still the same.

Position standings 2.The current Bundesliga is Armina Oldenburg with 46 points at the top of the table, followed by Chemnitz and 1.Mainz with 45 points, Dresden 09 with 43 points, Wiesbaden with 40 points, and Koln Athletics in 6th place with 38 points. At the same time Leipzig Sport also followed with 37 points in seventh place.

Thomas Sobek is very serious. The road to promotion is still very difficult. Koln Athletics still have to fight hard to keep winning games and hope the team above him slip up and make mistakes.

In the 24th week of the match, the situation in the standings became a very important reference. For example, the difference between rank 1 and 6 is 9 points. The six teams in this range can be said to be the ones that have a promotion opportunity. Especially the opponent that will face Koln Athletics is Chemnitz who wants to return to the Bundesliga after being relegated 3 seasons earlier.

An der Gellerstabe Stadium, Chemnitz will play against Koln Athletics in League 2.Bundesliga, Raynaldi still continues to start the game and become a single arrow.

The current Raynaldi was completely different from the first time they had arrived. Each team will place a heavy warrior next to Raynaldi as they play against Koln Athletics.

They knew that with the Athletic Koln's weak offensive power, they only needed to limit the attacks that had emerged from Raynaldi. As long as the pass leading to Raynaldi is missing or there are players who can close it, then the win will be closer to them.

Although the strength of the Chemnitz paper was not too much stronger than the Athletics Cologne, but to limit the most threatening point in Raynaldi's attack, at least the chances of losing the ball would drop a lot.

In this game, Chemnitz's attack is very open to attack, and this is because they have confidence in a high striker, Ruben Becker who has scored 15 goals in the league. At the same time on the defense, they only made key placements for Raynaldi, and the other defense forces were relatively weak.

Raynaldi was very uncomfortable in this game. During the match, Chemnitz arranged for two defenders to keep Raynaldi, and one of them continued to stick to Raynadi without giving him space to receive the ball.

Belarus defender Kristov Hleb will press forward every time Raynaldi gets the ball. While the other defender will immediately close the front side Raynaldi when he managed to escape the guard Hleb. This is probably a tactic the opposing coach has thought of after seeing the last few games they learned from the other teams against Raynaldi.

The results have also been pretty good so far, as long as Raynaldi is not allowed to lift his leg to shoot, such placement has been successful.

Raynaldi did not have many shooting opportunities in the game, so Raynaldi only used his own running position to attract the attention of the opponent's defense and create chances for his team-mates.

In this way, Raynaldi seemed relatively calm, and Deschamp and Buhari beside Raynaldi were delighted.

It's just that the shooting skill of these two people is still inferior to Raynaldi. In the game, both can get a lot of chances, but also many waste them.

Head Coach Chemnitz was firmly convinced that his tactics were correct, as long as Raynaldi was watched to the death, they were equal to a half-win.

It's just that the Koln Athletics defense looks tenacious when facing teams of the same level, their defense is good.

So the Chemnitz attack looked very lively, but there was actually no chance, both sides were half-hearted.

Thomas Sobek is calm and relaxed. Players like Raynaldi are unpredictable, even he himself cannot see, let alone head coach Chemnitz.

For example, in the thirty-five minutes of the first half, Raynaldi's way of holding the ball this time exceeded everyone's imagination.

Following Chemnitz's main defenders, Kristov Hleb and Leon Hesse, Raynaldi was unable to hold the ball well. He avoids going head-to-head with the opponent's defensive line and hides in midfield. As soon as Raynaldi left the frontcourt, Chemnitz would soon be replaced with a guard.

His opponent is Iceland international Violasson. The Iceland midfielder has a typical Viking temperament, is high-spirited, energetic, and bold, but lacks a bit of skill and speed.

Van Buren passed the ball to Raynaldi, and then ran forward quickly. He planned to make a wall-to-wall match with Raynaldi, but Raynaldi surprisingly ignored him this time around.

As Van Buren's progress forced the other Chemnitz midfielders to stare at him and run backwards, the midfield space was slightly widened, but Violasson did not budge. His job today is very simple. As long as Raynaldi is in midfield, it is his enemy. He just needs to stay on his job.

After successfully opening up space in the middle, Raynaldi finally had another option to break through with the ball utilizing his space and speed.

Raynaldi suddenly pulled the ball and rolled it between two stiff Violasson, then used his speed to leave the unprepared Violasson.

Violasson subconsciously reached out her hand to hold Raynaldi, but she took it a little slower.

After being guarded for some time by Violasson, Raynaldi realized that this Icelander had poor and slow technique. So he managed to get through it easily and get a big space to shoot.

Chemnitz defender Hesse also reacted quickly and posted it when Violasson was passed by Raynaldi. The placement of their head coach before the game did not allow Raynaldi to shoot.

This distance was already Raynaldi's firing range, Hesse immediately rushed forward, his large body blocked in front of Raynaldi, as if telling him that he wanted to shoot, he had to ask if he agreed.

Raynaldi immediately abandoned his intention to shoot directly, because he did not want to waste the opportunity that was difficult to get, so he chose to pass the ball.

This bait is so deceptive. Raynaldi seemed intent on continuing to break through, but actually used his upper body movements as if intending to break through with force to interfere with Hesse's assessment of the ball.

Hesai crouched down slightly to expand the defensive area, and Raynaldi seemed to be preparing to break through from any side, and he could immediately turn around to interfere in that direction.

But Raynaldi passed the ball and sent a straight kick right into his crotch.

Only a soccer player with a wide viewpoint and good vision can pass the ball that way. Do not forget, Raynaldi has a vision and feeling of an extraordinary area, even the system assesses his vision with 18 points from 20 points which is almost maximum.

Buhari darted out of the wing, a penetrating puncture almost penetrated the entire defensive line, Buhari directly facing the goalkeeper alone, he chose to push the corner far.

The score with this changed to 0-1 for the Athletic Koln advantage.

This is Raynaldi's second assist in the sixth game played in 2.Bundesliga.

After Raynaldi came into the team, his overall outstanding performances pushed the offensive level of the team. Using Raynaldi to encourage the team's attacking ability may not be accurate. Most of the starting line-up players at Koln Athletics still have Bundesliga level, but they lost more and more. The more a person loses, the more they lose heart, and the performance of players on the field also decreases. Of course, the result would not be ideal.

The strength of the football field is certainly the most important thing, in that there is not much difference in strength, mentality and morale will determine success or failure.

Buhari's shot was beautiful, he is now the player with the strongest shooting ability other than Raynaldi.

So he's now the number 2 shooter. He scored three goals in 2.Bundeskiga, surpassing injured midfielder Robert.

“Assist is so imaginative! This bait, and the incredible action before it, made me have to doubt one thing, which is that Ray is famous for his technical weaknesses in the game! It seemed like this was not because his technical ability was weak, but Ray was waiting for the best chance to exert his strength!" Andrei did not know how to describe the ups and downs of Raynaldi, so he could only analyze it like this.

Not to mention, in fact, his half-and-half analysis still had a hint of truth, at least Raynaldi had this idea in his heart. Because what Raynaldi relies on is not technique but his vision and ability to read the game well.