Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 76 - Ratingen United (5)

In the 78th minute, Kevin Kroos sent a long pass from the backcourt, Robert jumped high, headed the ball, and gave the ball to Raynaldi who was behind.

Wisgerhof was about to step forward, but he discovered that Edward was speeding up and running behind him. His defensive partner Olsen has just been competing with Robert and has no time to look after Edward.

He could only let go of this idea. Vadoc, the Hungary international who advanced against Raynaldi.

Vadoc is also a high player. Raynaldi had no physical advantage in fighting. He could only touch the ball forward. Robert immediately retreated to catch the ball and then passed it back. Buhari came to get the ball.

Previously, the team did not play a ball of height like this. Even if the ball is kicked from a height, it is an overhead shot to break through the defensive line. Rarely, it was a direct shot from a height like this.

Now that there is a center, things are different.

Buhari sent the ball to Edward who came in from the side. Edward stopped and got the ball in midfield.

The situation where Robert and Edward took the lead, and Raynaldi also returned to respond.

It's just that Raynaldi is very smart in a running position. Edward was direct. He kept testing the limits of the offside line. The speed is very fast. He could go through and form a single shot, but the chances of succeeding were too low.

On the other hand, Raynaldi is between midfielder and defender Ratingen United. Vadoc. Vadoc, who was not very fast, played throughout the game, obviously dropped a lot.

Raynaldi observed the ball running, Robert passed the ball from midfield, and Raynaldi suddenly accelerated.

Raynaldi moved quickly, even if there was no advantage in a quick run against Wisgerhof, there was still a chance of getting rid of Vadoc, who was a slow big player.

Robert stops the ball and observes that Raynaldi is out of position, and passes the ball immediately.

Wisgerhof realized the danger and immediately stepped forward to stop Raynaldi.

When Raynaldi received the ball, only Wisgerhof was left in front of him. Robert and Edward did a good job of blocking Ratingen United's defensive line. Raynaldi and Wisgerhof face off one on one.

There was still a distance between the two sides, Raynaldi did not intend to force the opponent, the speed advantage was not great.

Since Wisgerhof claimed to know Raynaldi very well, he must have known this as well, so he must have let his guard down.

Raynaldi paused for a moment and slowed down. Then kick the ball to the unguarded side with his left foot. Raynaldi also has the advantage of having relatively better control with both feet.

By lowering his center of gravity to maintain balance, Raynaldi could see that behind Wisgerhof had a large space.

Wisgerhof naturally also knew this, he did not immediately steal the ball, but planned to follow Raynaldi.

Taking advantage of this moment, Raynaldi inserted the ball with his left foot and pushed it between Wisgerhof's legs.

The ball returns to his right foot, when Raynaldi is completely in motion. Opportunities on the field quickly pass.

Passing Wisgerhof through ************, Raynaldi understood that he actually did not have an edge in position, Wisgerhof was actually still in front of him, but his position was slightly changed.

But because of this change in position, the whole offense opens up another way of thinking. Robert was tall, but his speed was not slow.

At least compared to the other centre-backs at Ratingen United, he is faster.

Pass Wisgerhof, and Raynaldi has more room to pass the ball than to break through.

Without hesitation, Raynaldi took his foot and picked up the ball with the outer instep of his right foot. The ball crossed a banana-like bow in the air and passed Ratingen United defender Olsen, who was 1.96 metres tall.

The ball was stuck in the middle of the range controlled by the centre-back and the goalkeeper, and appeared less than twenty centimeters ahead of an unguarded Robert.

Robert greeted the ball with a loud header and sprinkled all the stubborn energy he had accumulated for over two months on this ball!

The ball darted over the goal, slammed under the crossbar and bounced into the goal!

"GOOOOOOOOOS! Dario's... Robert!" Andrei's long shout echoed in the home of every Koln Athletikn fan.

Unlike the Degerfeldt Stadium, the fans are very sad.

1-2, the home team is the first.

Ratingen United themselves were not a good offensive team, eventually equalised the score, and are now trailing. Based on past experience, it could be said that this match had ended earlier.

Robert was very happy after the goal. Before his injury, he was the team's top scorer. After the injury, the team called Raynaldi who scored a lot of goals. He was initially worried about his position, but upon his return, he did not expect to score 2 goals in the 2 games he had followed as a substitute.

The defeat left Ratingen United's morale low, and the old Hungarian Barbos goalkeeper was deeply dissatisfied with the defender's performance.

Both balls are not very important to save. Kevin Kroos and Robert had vacant positions. Whether they can pounce on the ball or not is basically a problem, especially the latter. Wisgerhof played through*********** and Olsen who followed Robert did not follow closely, and Robert had the best shot odds in front of him, almost half empty.

Wisgerhof is not a good stubborn person, according to him there are also problems with the position of Barbos, Raynaldi is blocked, Barbos must focus on Robert.

Ratingen United's showdown, of course, is what the Koln Athletics players want to see. Ratingen United lost its spirit at the last moment, and the morale of the player was disrupted and failed to play a decent attack.

Raynaldi, who followed his teammate to celebrate briefly and left the field, suddenly slapped his forehead, thought of an assist today, and even he forgot to shoot the ball into the net.

Seeing Raynaldi's annoyed expression, Robert was a little confused, so he approached him and asked what had happened.

"I forgot to score today!" Raynaldi said while complaining.

Robert had a desire to strangle Raynaldi to death in an instant.

“I work hard half-dead and have scored two or three goals, can this kid score when he thinks about it.” Robert was upset.

After the game, the press conference was very exciting.

Thomas Sobek was full of spring breezes, head coach Ratingen United entered the press room with a dark face, and he did not bring captain Barbos or vice-captain Wisgerhof.

After the reporters asked a few questions as usual, they focused their weapons on Ratingen United's remarks before the game, as well as the episode of the match, the conflict between Ratingen United's main centre-back, Wiesgerhof and the main goalkeeper.

Judging from the expression of Ratingen United coach Mario Benn, the reporters realized that something must have happened in the dressing room, and they were staking out the situation.

Benn was able to answer questions patiently at first, but in the face of reporters' difficulties, he slapped the table angrily and left the scene.

Thomas Sobek looked at the play and smiled and saw another coach leave.

After the game, local media at Ratingen United paid little attention to Wisgerhof's remarks before the game, but made big headlines.

"Ratingen United is on fire, Benn is screwed."

I have to say that even though Benn was not very polite at the press conference, he managed to change the subject and focus the media attention on the conflict between the player and himself.