Football singularity-Chapter 402 Peneka

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[Saturday, 26/10/2019, 20:00, Zdzisław-Krzyszkowiak-Stadion, Poland]

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The attack wasn’t over, though. Kubo found himself free, tracking the descending ball, and attempted a first-time volley from just outside the box. Takefusa Kubo timed his strike perfectly, his body angling as he connected cleanly with the descending ball. The shot rocketed toward the top corner, its trajectory fierce and precise.

The crowd collectively held their breath as Luca Unbehaun launched himself into the air. The German keeper’s fingertips brushed the ball, redirecting it just enough to send it clanging against the crossbar. The rebound bounced back into the crowded box, where chaos erupted.

Players from both teams scrambled to gain control, feet flying in desperate attempts to clear or strike the ball. Niklas Tauer emerged victorious from the melee, hammering a clearance upfield to relieve the pressure. Riku Handa who had stayed back picked up the ball but did not immediately launch an attack but chose to retain possession instead.

He held the ball, allowing Japan to regain their shape as the German players retreated to their positions. He played a simple pass back to Kobayashi, who assessed his options under light pressure from Lenn Jastremski. Kobayashi sent a diagonal ball toward the left flank, aiming for Hiroki Abe.

Abe controlled it expertly with a first touch that drew applause from the Japanese fans. He cut inside, evading Simon Asta, before slipping the ball into the half-space where Takefusa Kubo was waiting. Kubo quickly turned and delivered a perfectly weighted cross over the top of the German defence, seeking Ayase Ueda.

Ueda raced toward the ball, his pace threatening to beat Bella-Kotchap, but Kevin Ehlers rose above both of them heading the ball out. Niklas Tauer one of Germany’s two central midfielders, received the ball close to the boundary of the defensive third. The midfielder only took a single touch on the ball before flicking it back to Angelo Stiller who was coming up for their box.

The two-midfield trio linked up with Rakim and started moving the ball amongst themselves. This allowed their team to get back into a rhythm as they started utilising the shapes they had been working on. They started passing the ball around in the backfield as they applied pressure on their opponents.

Now that they were playing their possession game their opponents formation compacted in the middle and at the back managing to keep Germany at for most of the first half. However, the German’s weren’t discouraged by the defensive prowess of the Japanese. They continued pushing and knocking on their door while being urged on by their fans.

Finally, in the 43rd minute, a goal-scoring opportunity appeared. Rakim who’d remained silent after scoring in the 23rd minute, suddenly dropped away from the middle and overloaded with Jamie Leweling on the right flank. He soon received a through pass from Niklas Tauer before racing towards Japan’s goal like mad.

He just exploded forward with speed, without any fancy movements, as he cut across the pitch towards the opponent’s goal like a bolt of green lightning. His approach was straightforward as he merely utilized his speed and ball control to weave through a couple of defenders trying to get in his way. Before long, he found himself at the edge of the box with only a couple of defenders in white jerseys between him and the goal.

Not losing composure, he took a page out of Ozil’s book and sent a bounce pass into the box hoping to connect with Lenn sneaking into the box. However, just after the ball had left his foot, and bounced up it met an obstruction in the form of a defender’s arm. Yuki Kobayashi one of Japan’s centre-backs, had just tried his utmost to block what he assumed was a shot but, instead, ended up handling the ball.

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The referee blew the whistle almost instantly and pointed at the penalty spot, thereby sending the entire Zdzisław-Krzyszkowiak-Stadion, into an uproar. The Japanese fans immediately booed the decision unwilling to accept it while the German side merely cheered in glee at the sudden pie that dropped from the sky. The referee didn’t care about any of this though as he proceeded to show Yuki a yellow card since he’d committed a direct handball offence within the boundaries of the 18-yard box.

The German contingent wasn’t going to miss this chance to double their lead as Rakim stepped up to take it. He was the teams set-piece taker as his technical ability and confidence was the highest. Even if he wasn’t the set piece taker, he wouldn’t let anyone wrestle the ball from his hands.

He was having fun in this game as despite feeling the pressure of representing an entire nation it also felt empowering. For him wearing the Germany colours made him feel like Steve Rodgers after they put that shield in his hand. Yes, he was already a super-soldier but carrying his country on his back gave him that swagger.

With that same swagger he picked up the ball and placed the ball on the dot. Sending a cheeky wink at Kosei Tani as he took five steps backwords while he pointed towards the right side of the goal. Kosei gave him a scowl probably debating whether to take him seriously but, in the end, decided to focus on his own game.

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"A chance to score a brace and put his team up by two," Gartner stated as Rakim took a deep breath before proceeding to sidestep 3 steps to his left.

Takin a large step forward he decelerated suddenly taking 3 short step’s that resembled a ladders drill before taking long lunge forward his left foot landing nest to the ball. While he was doing all of this his gaze remained fixed on Tani who remained rooted on the line.

At that moment, an abnormal wave of silence descended upon the entire stadium as the fans waited with bated breath to see the outcome of the penalty shootout. It was the moment of truth, and Rakim didn’t disappoint as he riffled a right-footed shot towards the top right corner. He rendered Tanis action mute as before they could even spring into action the ball pierced the back of the net with soft thud.

The silence didn’t last long as the Germany fans jumped up in joy as all their players all ran to the corner flag. This time Rakim performed his signature Griddy as he shook his dreads with a bright grin. By then, the cheers all around the stadium had already exploded into a mild crescendo.

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"He stepped up and did not disappoint Germany is up by two so close to the end of the half 0:2," Paul Gartner exclaimed in excitement as he proceeded to add his own sound bites to the commentary.

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The pressure the German side faced a barrage of attacks the moment the game resumed as for the first time in the match they found themselves budged down in their own third.

Ritsu Doan was the first to try his luck as he decided to fire a rocket out of nowhere after a cut inside. However, the German woodwork came to their rescue as the ball was deflected out for a goal kick.

It didn’t end there as the German side quickly lost possession following their goal kick as their opponents launched another attack. This time it was a one-two between Hiroki and Kub that saw the latter dancing past Angelo and try his luck at a 30yard pop. Luca was ready though as he jumped into the air fist first punching the ball out of his box.

The rebound landed at the feet of Ayase Ueda just outside the box, but the striker wasn’t lucky enough to get off a shot. He was quickly smothered by Bella-Kotchap who used his defensive acumen to wrestle the ball loose. Not taking the risk, he put his boot through the ball sending it up the right flank.

(Fweeeet Fweeet)

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To Be Continued...