Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 60 - Wiesbaden (1)

Britta Arena Stadium is one of the oldest stadiums still in use and works well. The stadium was built in 1935 in preparation for the Olympics to be held in Germany at that time. The stadium underwent two renovations in 1959 and the second in 1986. It has 25,750 seats and a good drainage system. It is one of the symbols of the city of Wiesbaden.

Many fans are already on the field. The dark blue representing Wiesbaden covered the entire stadium. Wiesbaden is the oldest football club in Germany, the club founded by some students who came home from England was founded in 1864, exactly 7 years after the first football club in Sheffield was founded.

They are also the only team to have won all levels of the German football league from the seventh level amateur league to the Bundesliga. This makes Wiesbaden a unique team in Germany, although they have only won the Bundesliga once in 1974.

The number of Koln Athletics fans who came could not compete with the number of fans Wiesbaden very much. Outside the stadium, Wiesbaden police sent many policemen to maintain order. Because as the oldest club in Germany, Wiesbaden has a large number of fanatical fans. Police are concerned about friction between fans in the stadium.

The match has not yet begun. The fans on both sides had already scolded each other in the stands. Wiesbaden fans also made slogans about Raynaldi.

Many insults and insults came out when the names of Raynaldi and his teammates were mentioned. Not infrequently racist insults also come out of some fans. A very different scene with boisterous cheers as the Wiesbaden players are mentioned.

Raynaldi was a little dumbfounded as he entered the field, this was the first time he had seen fans yelling insulting, berating, and even racist. He was a little unfamiliar with this kind of scream.

Buhari who saw Raynaldi was dumbfounded just patted his shoulder and said. “Why? Are you surprised to see it? This kind of thing sometimes happens when we play away. You wouldn't expect all your opponents' fans to be good people would you?”

“Well, it's the first time I've seen a situation like this. Maybe I'm a little bit unfamiliar.” Raynaldi who had calmed himself down chuckled.

“Ray, your talent is the greatest I've ever seen in person. I'm sure you can definitely play on a higher stage. So get used to it, okay?” Buhari cheers Raynaldi.

“Ya, thanks.” Raynaldi nodded and started running into his position.

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Adinda was also on the scene today. Now he has left his part-time job at Cologne and become a dedicated football reporter to follow up and report on Raynaldi. He was also appointed as a permanent sports reporter for New Compas Corp.

The match will start soon. Both teams have announced the starting line-up of the match. Wiesbaden's starting line-up was pretty strong. Defending captains Antonio Heitmar, Hofland and Vlaar, the former Germany international and midfielders Arthur De Guzman and Shaheen, the two are Belgium U-21 national team players and Turkey U-21 national team respectively, and there is Dutch veteran Roy Mackay at the forefront.

The formation of the Athletic Koln was much worse compared to that. One of the few internationals, Buhari, is only an international player for Morocco, and Deschamp has only ever been called up to the French national team, but played only one European cup qualifier in 2003.

Britta Arena Stadium, under the supervision of over 15,000 fans. The match that determines the future of both teams officially begins.

Raynaldi raised his head, every position he saw was occupied by enthusiastic fans. There were also some Koln Athletics fans, all behind Wiesbaden's goal but the most were home fans for Wiesbaden, facing off against Koln Athletics, they were constantly booing.

The mockery made by at least 10,000 people enlarged with active speakers they placed at the end of the stands bordering the field was so deafening that they even flooded the sound of large horn commentators.

Raynaldi also watches football in Indonesia, and there are also teams with this presence in the Super League, but with a frenetic atmosphere, he said, at least Raynaldi who was sitting in the stands felt not too crazy.

But, sooner or later, I still have to get used to a stadium like this. In my previous life, I watched big teams from the five major European leagues on TV. Isn't that the scene of the match? If you can't adapt to this, how can you become a superstar?

Raynaldi saw his teammate steal the ball and immediately started moving forward, while grabbing the ball.

Centre-back Promes drove forward with big feet, and Raynaldi saw the ball and ran towards the landing point. Defender Wiesbaden Vlaar just follows him, pulling Raynaldi with a hidden motion in his hand. He held the ball very well, Raynaldi turned around and stopped with his chest as the ball landed.It was difficult to turn around under Vlaar's defence, so he would give Buhari in midfield.

This is performance enhancement technical capability. In the past, Raynaldi easily lost the ball under such intense pressure. Both his confrontation ability and ball control had improved quite a lot. So now, Raynaldi can still be a target man in the front line of Koln Athletics although not as strong as the center with a strong body.

"Ray controls the ball beautifully! Now Koln Athletics is starting to counterattack!" Andrei. I don't know if that's an illusion. Just now, he felt that Raynaldi's technical level had improved greatly.

This wave of counter-attacks failed to score. Buhari, Raynaldi and Lindbergh advanced, passing three consecutive passes in the middle and front. Lindbergh realized that Raynaldi's running position was ready to be thrown behind him. Vlaar stopped him immediately.

The young Belgian centre-back made his debut for the Belgium national team last year, but now he has never been recalled as his debut was arguably terrible.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't have the strength. After all, being selected for the national team was already a testament to his strength. His ability to play in 2.The Bundesliga is enough.

After Vlaar stole the ball, he pulled the ball and instantly found the core of midfielder Shaheen. The Turkish teenager missed Van Buren's grip and calmly controlled the ball. Wiesbaden began to dominate the attacking rhythm again.

Shaheen uses a beautiful long bait to prove the truth of the speaker. It's a pilling near the center line. The football stretches all over the piece and lands at the opposite corner. In front of Mackay outside the penalty area .

Mackay held the ball with his back, turned around, but suddenly sent an unexpected cross. Wiesbaden captain Antonio Heitmar has assisted and appears in an open space behind Drew. Mackay turned around without hesitation. Hurry to the forbidden area!

The cooperation of two veteran players and Shaheen's long pass really broke the tight Koln Athletics defense. Antonio Heitmar sent a close pass from the edge of the box, and Mackay rushed into the box to snatch it!

"GOOOOOO!!! Roy Mackay!!!" The loud horn on set finally overwhelmed fans and echoed at the Britta Arena Stadium.

There was a thunderous cheer among the spectators. Although the former Bundesliga and Eredivisian Golden Boot is already 37 years old and getting older, he is still a fearsome super killer at 2.Bundesliga!

The time had only reached seventeen minutes, and not long after it had started, the Athletics Cologne was already behind.

“This game is hard.” Thought Raynaldi.