Football: King of Penalty Area
Ch. 84 - Qatar

“GOOOOAAAL! Raynald! The new match ran for less than 1 minute and Indonesia managed to score the first goal with a quick strike after kick-off!” Hadi Gunawan shouted in a National TV broadcast.

“This is a brilliant fast break strategy! After kick-off the ball moved quickly between Rangga, Raynaldi and Arnova on the left side of the field. Their quick combination managed to catch the Qatar defence hole which has not been in a standby condition!” Bung Kusnaeni commented on Indonesia's quick goal.

“The charge is out, 35.7 seconds! This is the fastest goal so far in this qualifier!” Sahut Hadi Gunawan's.

Meanwhile, Raynaldi who glided on the grass surrounded his teammates excitedly.

“Hai, I didn't think scoring an assist would be so easy!” Arnova laughed happily. As a winger many of his passes failed to score, but while playing alongside Raynaldi made him feel an assist was simply a matter of passing the ball properly. Raynaldi's efficiency to score was too terrible.

“Yeah, your feed is also good!” Raynaldi.

After suffering a shock at the start of the match, Qatar attacked Indonesia hard. Currently it is seen that the entire Indonesian team is still not integrated in one system. Some mistakes when doing high pressing made Qatar managed to make some threats to the Indonesian defense.

In the 11th minute, the Qatari Wings managed to break through the left side of the Indonesian defense. Utilizing the empty space Kurnia left in attack, the Qatari winger managed to get into the box and fired from inside the box.

Radgar managed to pull off the ball and Mario swiftly threw the ball forward to clear the ball.

Twelve minutes later, back through the flanks. This time it was the turn of the Indonesian right side that was used by Qatari players to tear apart the Indonesian defense line. The Qatari winger's cross feed from the right flank of the Indonesian defence, was managed in the horns by their attacker.

The ball was pulled over by Radgar. But the rebound ball created a mess in front of the Indonesian penalty box. Luckily the Qatari player who got the ball failed to take advantage of it, the ball his shot hit the left post of the goal before exiting the field.

Continuous attacking makes Qatari players unknowingly draw their defensive line further from the penalty box.

In the 45+2th minute, Firman Huda who noticed the widening distance between the penalty box and the last line of defense Qatar, firmly sent a hull pass into the empty area.

Raynaldi who managed to do anti-offside immediately rushed to the place where the ball fell and controlled the ball easily. Seeing Raynaldi unguarded, the Qatari goalkeeper could only choose to go forward and close Raynaldi's shooting angle.

However, his decision wreaked havoc. Raynaldi who saw him progress easily used two false moves to make him fall and shot the ball into the empty net. The score changed to 2-0.

The referee blew a legitimate goal-mark whistle, before blowing a long whistle to mark the first half game over.

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“OK, you guys did well!” Frans said he cheered his players.

“Although the first half was less pleasant for our team, because it was constantly depressed. But you still did well when you managed to seal your opponent's score remains empty!”

“Now what you need to pay more attention to is keeping the empty space on the side as our two wings advance! Don't repeat the same mistake in the first half!” Frans paused for a moment before continuing.

“In the second half, we will still do it according to the first half setting. Make sure our defense is stronger and crush the opponent with a sharp counterattack!” Frans closed the arrangement.

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The second half went almost the same as the first half, Indonesia were weaker in strength and were still in the process of a tactical run-in again suppressed by Qatar.

In the 51st minute, the long shot of the Qatari midfielder from outside the penalty box was again countered by the goalpost.

Five minutes later, the Qatar striker's header was saved by Radgar. The bounce ball is well caught by it and secured easily.

In the 63rd minute, Qatar managed to send a breakthrough pass through the Indonesian defense line. The Qatari attacker who got the ball directly faced off against Radgar one-on-one.

Radgar, seeing this, did not advance blindly. But choose to keep a certain distance with the goal and focus his gaze on the ball.

The shot ball of the Qatar attacker leads to the top right corner of the Indonesian goal. However, Radgar who was in agila performance managed to see the intentions of his opponent. He stomped his foot and jumped in the direction the ball was heading while stretching his hand to reach the ball.

The ball finally touched Radgar's two fingers and soared up the crossbar.

“Ohh!!! And radgar!!! Once he saved the Indonesian wicket! This was his seventh save in the match! If Indonesia finally wins this match, he and Raynaldi will be the biggest contributors to the win!” Hadi Gunawan shouted loudly in the National TV live broadcast room.

“Good salvation Radgar! Sorry I missed that feed!” Marco, who had returned to his position, helped Radgar to stand.

“No problem! Keep your position well after this, we just need to seal the ball and we will win this game.” Radgar replies casually according to his free and cheerful character.

“Oke.” Marco nodded and prepared to defend from a corner.

In the 70th minute, Qatar who was too pressing forward, back into the ball.

This time, Rangga who snatched the ball in the middle field sent the ball to Raynaldi who again managed to escape the offside trap.

Raynaldi dribbled quickly towards Qatar unattended. Without any intention of keeping his stamina, Raynaldi ran as hard as he could to the Qatar penalty box.

This time the Qatari goalkeeper did not advance to take the ball, but prepared in front of goal to stop Raynaldi's shot.

Unfortunately, he is not Radgar at his best and Raynaldi who has near-perfect shooting ability is also on a different level to the Qatar attacker.

Raynaldi, who saw his opponent not progressing to close his shooting room, freely directed the ball into the top left corner of the goal with his left foot.

The Qatari goalkeeper by relying on his reflexes jumped towards the ball, unfortunately boal managed to penetrate his ten fingers and slide towards the goal easily. The score again changed to 3-0 for Indonesia's excellence.

“Hattrick! Hattrick! Raynaldi scored the first hat trick in the group stage of the 40th qualifying AFC zone of the 2010 world cup! He also temporarily leads the list of top scorers of the AFC qualifying round with 5 goals in 2 games! Absolutely crazy, he can still bring his performance in the club into the national team!” Hadi Gunawan shouted excitedly.

After scoring Hattrick, Raynaldi was immediately pulled out and replaced by Kurniawan. The captain of this national team, can only be a complement to the team after the arrival of Raynaldi. But he did not complain, because Raynaldi also boosted the strength of the national team several levels.

In addition to his age of 34 years, Kurniawan knows the condition of his body. He can only play his maximum performance in half an hour at most. So the obligation now is to prop up the new twigs that are just growing so as not to fall early.

The 17-year-old's playing time still needs to be strictly regulated so as not to destroy his future, this is also the reason why Kurniawan still plays for the national team despite having chosen to retire from the national team. Just to share the burden with new players will be the new hope of the national team.

The match was back to run with full control of Qatar. However, due to the rush and lack of patience when finishing chances, no more goals were created until the end of the game.

The match ended with Indonesia's 3-goal lead over Qatar.

In another match, the United Arab Emirates which previously defeated Indonesia visited Guam. Similar to the previous match against Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates controlled the match completely. The difference, this time the United Arab Emirates managed to cut out his opponent 7 goals without reply.

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Group J Classification

1. Indonesia [6 points] [7-2]

2. United Arab Emirates [3 points] [9-4]

3. Qatar [3 points] [8-3]

4. Guam [0 points] [0-15]