Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 73 - Ratingen United (2)

In other words, it is natural to focus on assists, but Raynaldi does not intend to deliver a smooth breakthrough pass from a back position like the organizing midfielder did before, he is back on the frontcourt.

"Ray's passing ability has improved greatly! To be honest, I've never seen him pass the ball like that before. Maybe such a player is truly a genius." Andrei continued to provide explanations for the fans, and he did not hesitate to comment on Raynaldi.

"In this game, his style of play has changed, and he creates more opportunities for his team-mates in midfield. I think this is the new thing that Ray brought to Koln Athletics. He is a loan player and will leave sooner or later. Before he leaves, he hopes to help the team grow deeper in scoring ability."

Raynaldi had no idea that he got the appraisal from Andrei, a loyal fan of Koln Athletics, as he was just playing to complete the task. Of course, he also wants to help the team, nothing can help the team more than winning games.

For the future, Raynaldi had not thought about it. He can't always play at Koln Athletics. At this stage, it is enough to help the team as much as possible.

It's very difficult to set up assists like a midfielder, so the way to change that is to feed the pie to the mouth!

Ratingen United and Koln Athletics are not much different in strength. Both sides have a chance to attack. Wiesgerhof did not break his pre-match promise. Under his defense, Raynaldi had few chances.

Especially Wisgerhof who did not expect Raynaldi would pass through. He blocked the route in front of him, which could be said to be very successful.

Buhari was holding the ball from the side, crossing into the middle. Raynaldi wants to take the ball. Wisgerhof was very fast and immediately circled behind him to steal the ball and immediately kicked to the front of the field.

"Well, I can see through your style of play. You can't get the ball." Wisgerhof talks a lot during the game. As long as Raynaldi was close to him, he would say a few words as he was fine. No wonder he talks a lot before the game.

Raynaldi did not notice it, looked back to see the defensive situation, and continued running.

Ratingen United's foul went through the first half and hit the Koln Athletics penalty area with a high ball. Centre Ratingen United, Tim Janssen is 1.9 metres tall and very threatening in the penalty area.

Janssen's header drifted to the back point, Tony failed to get the ball on the attack, and there was chaos in the penalty area.

Some of the attackers from Ratingen United were all concentrated in the penalty area. In that chaos, Promes barely kicked the ball out of the penalty area.

Kevin Kroos got the ball, he didn't dare ignore the pressing Janssen, he kicked the ball hastily to Buhari, who had been withdrawn.

This is an opportunity.

As Raynaldi makes use of his vision and field of vision not only helps when attacking with the ball, at first glance, opponents and teammates are almost imprinted on their heads.

By this time, Ratingen United's midfield attack had been pressed into the Koln Athletics penalty area. The middle line is untouched, which is a good opportunity to counter-attack.

Raynaldi, who retreated into midfield, immediately started and ran across the midfield line, with Wisgerhof following him closely.

Buhari did not delay a single second, Koln Athletics' counter-attack had begun, and the midfielder had a very important ball-conversion point Van Buren.

Although the distance was a bit far, but there was no one on the other bait route. Buhari kicked hard and the football rolled up to Van Buren's feet. The middle line forms a three-on-three trend.

As long as there was a delay of one second, that opportunity would disappear. The three players on the Van Buren, Raynaldi and Deschamp frontcourt all ran. Defender Ratingen United kept Deschamp while the others behind Wisgerhof were left with two men.

Van Buren thought of Deschamp's stoppage error just now, so he still gave the ball to Raynaldi.

It was just a short pass without much force, Raynaldi could only retreat to respond, and return it to Van Buren with his heel.

The wall-to-wall coordination did not pass Wisgerhof, he still survived.

Van Buren pushed forward with the ball and quickly crossed the halfway line. In an instant, three against three in midfield became three against three on the frontcourt.

Van Buren could see Deschamp's position. The opponent defender is trapped in a deadly position. Deschamp wanted to run to the center, but saw Raynaldi gesturing for him to back off a little.

Deschamp hesitated a bit. At this moment, he should try to run into the penalty area to block the opponent. “Why am I backing down?” Think Deschamp.

Raynaldi gets the ball and discovers that Deschamp is not running. He initially wanted to make a cross with the Frenchman, make wall-to-wall coordination and then use false moves to

getting some space and passing it to Van Buren's vacant spot to form a single shot, but still lacking understanding of tactics.

Half a second of doubt on the field could miss the opportunity. Raynaldi immediately changed his strategy. At this moment, another figure appeared in his field of vision, the black away jersey.

Someone came from behind, and Raynaldi soon did not have time to pay attention to the running position of the black jersey player because Wisgerhof came.

“This person is very dangerous.” Wisgerhof.

In possession in front of the penalty area, Wisgerhof was the most alert. Raynaldi has scored a lot of goals in this position, he knows this very well.

Wisgerhof had a high concentration of attention, he put his hands behind his back, his feet followed behind Raynaldi to prevent him from turning around, and at the same time, if he wanted to shoot, he said, he could block it for the first time.

But Raynaldi's choice still left him unable to react.

Raynaldi stepped on the ball with his right foot, held the ball with his back, and then picked up the ball with his heel.

This touch is very smart. Looks like regular back protection from the ball. Raynaldi's movements look like attempts to shatter and turn forcibly, but Raynaldi's choice was to take the ball with his heel to trick Wisgerhof and pass the ball backwards.

Wisgerhof was fooled by Raynaldi's actions, or he didn't expect Raynaldi to have a good possession in this situation.

The ball flew out from behind Raynaldi. Van Buren and Deschamp couldn't get the ball, but players who had just reached the penalty area at Ratingen United could get it.

This is Kevin Kroos, the 17-year-old running towards the Ratingen United penalty box. He didn't know if Raynaldi could pass the ball to him. He only wanted to increase the attack by adding one more person so that it could attract the attention of others.

Kevin Kroos didn't expect Raynaldi to actually pass him, and he wasn't guarded.

The ball was passed pretty well. Kevin Kroos landed right in front of his head as he rushed into the penalty area.

With a header, Ratingen United's longtime goalkeeper Barbos could only make a symbolic save and surrender.

"You said you knew me?" After kicking the heel of this free hand, Raynaldi turned around, smiled and spread out his hand: "I don't know myself."

Wiesgerhof is also very "worthy" in holding out this time around. He was too close to the penalty zone to make a defensive move against a player who was behind the ball. He's just stuck in position. He did not react at all when Raynaldi passed the ball too suddenly.

He had no chance to make any defensive moves, so he stood up steadily, as did Raynaldi.

Wisgerhof stood there with a puzzled expression. He didn't see how Raynaldi passed the ball, but when he reacted, Raynaldi passed the ball.

"I don't know myself." This sentence actually also revealed a little mockery to Wisgerhof, however Raynaldi could not continue to stick with his trash speech during the game to disturb him.

Most importantly, Raynaldi managed to make one assist and leave other assists to complete his mission.