Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 59 - Hagen SV

In the Koln Athletics dressing room, Thomas Sobek scolded his players who played like sleepers walking the field.

“What are you doing in the field? How could we not have a shot on goal at all?!”

“Also! Didn't I tell you to stay focused from the start! How can you guys concede so fast! Don't tell me all our previous victories made you soar?!”

“In addition, I also did not see you guys running properly! Almost everyone walks like an 80-year-old! Nah! Even an 80-year-old can run better than you!”

Thomas Sobek's furious shout left all of Koln Athletics players speechless.

“Van Buren! What did you do in the first half? Just walking around like a fool? Why don't you go to the beach or the mountains! Isn't the view there more beautiful than our field!” Thomas Sobek points to Van Buren.

“Lindbergh! What about your defense? I told you not to be easily fooled by their feed and you have to stay focused!” Thomas Sobek points to Lindbergh.

“Deschamp! Buharis! When the ball can't get to you, you should back off to pick up the ball and don't just wait on the frontcourt like a fool!” Thomas Sobek appoints Deschamp and Buhari.

“Good, don't just duck because you feel guilty. Our task in the second half was to score.” Thomas Sobek revealed his position clearly.

“First we will change the formation to 3-3-3-1, Buhari will move to the position of attacking midfielder, Henrik will retreat to central midfielder, Emerson will be a central defender, he said, Giuly will advance to the position of right midfielder.”

“Secondly, our goal is to stack a lot of people in the middle to increase the defense and midfield quantity in order to be able to pressure opponents in the middle, so the book of isa sends the ball to Ray.”

“Three, while defending Van Buren and Lindbergh will retreat to backcourt and reduce the midfield space that can be used to attack.”

“Do you guys understand?” Thomas Sobek asked after explaining.

“Ya, understand sir.” Answer the players in unison.

. . . . .

However, after fifteen minutes of the second half in the starting there was no change in the score in the match. If there is a good thing for Koln Athletics, after they have piled up a lot of people in midfield the amount of possession they increase and start being able to deliver a pretty good pass to the frontcourt.

Koln Athletics' first attack in the second half began from Henrik's breakthrough pass received by Giuly who combed the left side of Hagen SV's defense. After approaching the box, Giuly sent a 45-degree hull pass into the box and Raynaldi greeted him with a volley but unfortunately his shot hit the right crossbar of the goal.

Koln Athletics' second strike in the second half began with Buhari's breakthrough pass which Raynaldi managed to receive after escaping from an off-side position. Raynaldi was one-on-one with goalkeeper Hagen SV shooting into the far corner, but unfortunately the ball hit the crossbar again and out of the field.

So far, Raynaldi has had two shots and all of them hit the crossbar disappointing. Maybe his luck is too bad today.

The player is still of Indonesian descent from the former Dutch colony of Suriname. In that small tropical country, most people speak two languages, one Dutch, the other Indonesian, and more precisely Javanese.

The match was again in progress and in the 78th minute, Raynaldi who managed to get the ball in front of the penalty box again shot hard. This time Robert Soeharto also blocked the ball from Raynaldi, but unfortunately the ball bounced and hit his hand.

The referee who saw him immediately awarded a penalty for Koln Athletics.

Buhari as the first penalty taker Koln Athletik executed a penalty well. He managed to outwit goalkeeper Hagen SV who moved to the right and shot the ball to the other side. The score changed to 1-1.

After scoring, Buhari did not perform any celebrations and took the ball back to kick-off point.

The match resumed with Hagen SV's attack. Hagen SV goal scorer Miralem Soleimani tried to set the attack slowly which kept the ball stuck long enough in midfield.

Until the 93rd minute, Lindbergh managed to steal the ball in midfield. Raynaldi took advantage of the negligence of the defense line Hagen SV and managed to escape the guard.

Lindbergh who saw Raynaldi position free immediately sent a hull pass to the other side of the field. Raynaldi received Lindbergh's hull pass and immediately ran towards Hagen SV's penalty box.

Unfortunately because Lindbergh's pass was slightly off the mark, Raynaldi's ball control was also a bit poor which kept the ball rolling a little closer to the position of Hagen SV's attacking goalkeeper going forward.

Raynaldi who thought his shooting position had disappeared saw Deschamp who followed him from the right side of the Hagen SV defense. Without hesitation Raynaldi passed the ball towards Deschamp's run.

Goalkeeper Hagen SV who was too focused on Raynaldi was caught off guard with Raynaldi's sudden pass. At the same time, Deschamp firmly put the ball into the empty net and turned the position into 2-1 for the victory of Koln Athletics.

Meanwhile, Andrei who was a commentator on Koln radio began to shout furiously. “Lindbergh... Ray's in there! He got the ball! Uh! Poor control darling! Goalkeeper approaching... Ray managed to pick up the ball first! Ball on the pass to the left! Who's there! Deschamp he ran for the ball! Shoot it!!! GOOOAAAAL!!”

“Great goal! What a classic counterattack! Although Linbergh's pass was a little bad and Ray's ball control was also a bit chaotic. But Ray also managed to complete this attack perfectly! In no time he could make the best choice to complete the attack!”

“Haha... I doubt he has any other eyes on his head! How could he see Deschamp coming from behind? This shows that in addition to his speed and good shooting ability, Ray also has a broad vision!” Andrei really believes Raynaldi has a broad vision because in previous matches he also managed to send the same imaginative bait.

At Koln City Stadium tens of thousands of Koln Athletics fans shouted in delight after the referee blew a whistle marking the end of the match. The home team that was barely visible in the entire game made a surprising epic reversal.

Although the process is a bit sad but the result is still a win and 3 points for Koln Athletics. So all the fans who were present shouted happily because at the same time an hour before Dresden 09 and Wiesbaden both suffered a defeat that made Koln Athletics shot to 4th place in the standings after winning the difference goals from Dresden 09.

Position standings 2.The current Bundesliga is Armina Oldenburg with 52 points at the top of the table, followed by 1.Mainz with 51 points, Chemnitz with 48 points, Koln Athletics with 44 points, Dresden 09 with 44 points, and Leipzig Sport in 6th with 43 points. At the same time Wiesbaden with 41 points was thrown into seventh position.