Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 70 - Velbert FC (2)

After the first half ended, Raynaldi walked straight into the dressing room with his team-mates. They did not greet Head Coach Thomas Sobek, due to his foolish decision to attack from the wings without a tall and powerful attacker.

Raynaldi himself in addition to feeling what he did in the first half was too stupid but he also could not ignore the Head Coach's orders as a new player. So his personal data in the first half was terrible. Only touched the ball 4 times and managed to make 3 passes, although the percentage of feed success is 75%, but the data 3 feeds themselves have been very sad.

After all the players entered the dressing room, the atmosphere turned quiet and silent. None of them were happy with his performance in the first half. However, neither of them could bear any blame in this regard.

The course of the first half match showed that Velbert FC was better prepared for this match than they were. The initial tactics and preparation of the opposing coach completely suppressed the line-up of the Athletic Koln players.

When the room was quiet, Thomas Sobek and his coaching staff entered the dressing room. No one welcomed them and the atmosphere still remained silent. Looking at the condition of the dressing room, Thomas Sobek understood that he had made a mistake in the first half by forcing an attack from the side.

Raynaldi is not the type of strong player who can be a pedestal in the front line, he is a poacher type attacker who can give a stronger effect in the movement in the box and his ability to score goals.

“OK, I know you guys were not satisfied with the performance in the first half and our whole tactic was successfully suppressed by the opponent completely.” Thomas Sobek started talking, but he still did not say that he made a mistake in the first half.

As a head coach, Thomas Sobek must maintain a dominant position in the dressing room. So even if he was killed, he would not admit that he made a mistake.

“In the second half we will start with more long-range shots to make more threats for the opponent. Ray, you're gonna try to get in the opponent's penalty box and take the second ball. If you manage to get the ball do not hesitate to shoot.” Thomas Sobek revealed his tactics in the second half.

“There are still 45 minutes of the second half, we will win this match!” Thomas Sobek shouted loudly and let his players prepare to return to the field.

. . . . .

In accordance with the direction given by their head coach, Koln Athletics began to take long-range kicks as the main method of attack. Unfortunately, their efforts have not yet yielded results.

Until the 51st minute of the game, Raynaldi who got the ball near the penalty box managed to make a shot into the top left corner of the goal. However, goalkeeper Velbert FC instead displayed a world-class save and threw the ball over the crossbar which only gave Koln Athletics a corner.

Edward prepared to take a corner, while Raynaldi, Buhari, Promes and several other players also prepared in the Velbert FC penalty box.

Raynaldi who only has a height of 179 cm becomes a neglected existence in this corner. Two high-backs of Velbert FC escorted Promes and Buhari who was the highest player of Koln Athletics in the penalty box.

Seeing his position ignored, Raynaldi gestured for Edward to lift the ball higher. He gave Edward direction to send the ball to the other side of the box and hoped to pick up a leak and centre-back Velbert FC.

Edward who saw Raynaldi's hint thought for a moment before deciding to follow him. Once all the players are in their positions, the referee blows the whistle for the corner.

Edward took the distance and immediately kicked the ball high into the penalty box.

“Sial, still rather high!” Edward thought at the sight of the ball soaring too high.

Initially, Edward intended to lift the ball high and take the form of a parabola to drop the ball on the other side of the penalty box, as he knew Raynaldi's ability in heading was just mediocre.

However, what he did not expect was that the ball that bounced past two high-backs of Velbert FC actually fell on the other side of the box.

At this moment, a red figure appeared in the corner of Jeremy's eyes. He thought the small-bodied Raynaldi should not be able to reach this ball. But the next moment, he realized something was not right.

But Jeremy doesn't have time to do anything. He had jumped and surely he had no way of freely maneuvering in the air. Because he's not superman!

Jeremy can only see Raynaldi jumping to reach the ball which is at a height of more than 2.3 meters.

Raynaldi's position is closer to football than he is, and he's also one step ahead of him. Shaking his head, Raynaldi forced the ball into the goal.

Goalkeeper Velbert FC stood in the middle of the goal. He initially thought Jeremy could push him, but he didn't expect football to fly here again. The loss from the crowd in the penalty area was reflected at this moment and his vision was impaired. It was too late to see the ball and react.

He subconsciously tried his best to save the ball, but he could only watch the football go into the net from his hands.

"GOOOOOOOOALS! Good Lord! Ray! He's amazing! He jumped too high!"

Raynaldi and Jeremy, who scored a header, collided in the air. Raynaldi lost his balance and fell to the ground, but the score on the field became 1-1.

Thomas Sobek stood on the sidelines, saw Raynaldi score, turned with open arms, and hugged Danny Hooks, who was rushing in.

"I know it!"

"You know farting! Ray is awesome!"

The two hugged and celebrated goals in excitement, but they did not forgive each other.

"I know it! That kid is a pure goalscorer! He is a player who was born to score!"

Danny Hooks was completely speechless with his words, but right now everything he said was true.

“This child has terrible jumping ability..." Jeremy stood in the penalty area with both hands on his hips, complaining to his team-mates: "I only took a few balls with him, and there was no such bouncing ability at all. "

"You gave him too much space, you have to stand in front!" Goalkeeper Velbert FC shouted at him.

Velbert FC's defensive line began to split, and they had to re-align strategy to develop a more complete defensive plan.

With this goal, Raynaldi's takeoff height reached more than a frightening 50 cm, and Raynaldi's 1.79 meters hit a high-altitude ball with a height of 2.3 meters.

The goal was replayed on the big screen. The fans who didn't see it clearly saw how ruthless Raynaldi's goal was. They stood up and clapped. They admitted that this goal showed Raynaldi's ability to compete with high balls.

After the score equalized, the first half ended. Both sides continued to compete in the second round with a 1-1 draw. Unfortunately, Raynaldi's guard was stronger in the second half, even he started to return to the rhythm of the first half and barely touched the ball.

In the 94th minute, the last moments of the game, Raynaldi who barely touched the ball finally got a chance, he got the ball inside the penalty box and prepared to shoot.

Revel who saw Raynaldi's action immediately made a tackle intending to block his shot. However, he was fooled by Raynaldi's actions.

Raynaldi picked up the ball with the inside of his left foot to send the ball to the other side of the goal. Edward who had prepared in an empty spot easily sent the ball into Velbert FC.

“GOOOOOAL!!! Edward! He turned things around! Ray's bait was perfectly turned into a goal by Edward!” Andrei who was a commentator on Koln TV shouted loudly when the goal occurred in the last minute of the game.

After Edward's goal the referee blew a legitimate goal-mark whistle and then blew a long whistle marking the end of the match.