At about 10 o'clock, the referee who hosted the game blew the whistle of the official game, and the cheers of 40,000 spectators filled every corner of the field. By guessing coins, Humboldt University team obtained the kick-off rights, and it was Ras Junikel and Marco Topek who drove the ball in the middle circle.

"It's started!" As Lars Junikel pushed the ball under his feet to Baylor behind him, Humboldt University kicked off the offensive. Maybe he wanted to give his opponent a warning, or maybe he wanted to establish a leading advantage with his strong offensive ability as soon as possible, Humboldt University's offensive formation was generally pressed. The Cologne Sports Academy team has long determined the tone of this game, which is to play defensive counterattack. When defending, except for No. 9 striker Nakati staying alone in the frontcourt to restrain the opponent's back line, all midfielders must actively return to defense, form dense defense around the penalty area, and limit the opponent's shots outside the penalty area.

Ten minutes after the opening, football basically stayed at Cologne's half. Except for the two teams behind the middle, even Humboldt University's two side and back positions assisted.

"Okay! Baylor shook away the defender of the Cologne Sports Academy and was about to shoot!" With the excited voice of the commentator Eiger of this game, Baylor pulled his feet outside the penalty area and shot, completing the first shot of Humboldt in this game.

"Hey! It's a pity that Baylor's ball has a great power, but the angle is too straight, and it is firmly held in his arms by the No. 1 goalkeeper of Cologne!" Baylor's shot is actually very beautiful, but Li Tian has been paying attention to his long shot. The moment he shot, he judged the angle of his shot, quickly moved his body and stood on the football's shooting route, waiting for the ball to enter his arms directly. To outsiders, it seems that Baylor shot the ball too straight and flew directly into his arms.

"Hey! It's still a pity that Junikel's shot was too straight and there was no threat."

"Even Marco Topek's shot made the same mistake!"

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"It seems that the Humboldt University players are not in good condition today. Several long shots were shot directly at the opponent's goalkeeper. The Cologne goalkeeper easily confiscated the ball." In these ten minutes, Humboldt University team got five long shots, but there was no result.

"Hmph! The commentator today is simply an idiot. Haven't you seen Li Tian move before they shot? That's not something that ordinary goalkeepers can do." Old Coach Videk hummed disdainfully on the sidelines.

"Damn it, this idiot commentator, what shot was too straight. It was clearly the Chinese who made predictions before we shot. He moved while we shot, and then waited right at the landing point of the football." Junikel is a player with rich game experience. When he and his teammates had the same situation one after another, he felt something was wrong. Sure enough, through two careful observations, Junikel confirmed his guess.

"This Chinese is not simple. It is definitely not the useless Chinese that coach Wink said. Will the goalkeeper who has the ability to make accurate predictions be weak? At least I have never encountered it in the German Second Division for so many years." Just as Junikel was thinking about it, the Cologne Sports Institute finally launched a counterattack. After being besieged for ten minutes, they have adapted to the opponent's offensive routine. With Li Tian's excellent performance, Humboldt University's offense is not threatening. Although he seemed very passive on the scene just now, the players were not worried at all.

At the 12th point in the first half, when Li Tian held Baylor's long shot firmly in his arms again and immediately threw the ball to Bensk, the captain of the midfield organization. Bensk had long observed that Humboldt University's defense was too high, and the two dragged defensemen stood up and did not stop, so they immediately passed the ball directly from the midfield. The football was very precisely through the defensive gap between the two dragged central defenders. At this time, Nakati, who had been staying in the opponent's half and waiting for the opportunity and was anxious, finally seized the opportunity. He was not too tall but very flexible, and also had a very amazing speed. Although the two dragged central defenders were tall and strong, they obviously had the disadvantage of the German defender's turning speed and slow start speed. In an instant, Nakati was thrown away two or three positions by Nakati, and the distance became larger and larger.

Nakati finally caught up with the football, and there was an open penalty area ahead of him. He touched the ball carefully and did not make the mistake of being destroyed by Li Tian last time alone. The opponent's goalkeeper did not hesitate at all and rushed out decisively.

After a quick stop and moving horizontally, Nakati lightly tweaked the ball to the outside of the right with his right foot. His body moved a big step to the right, and passed the goalkeeper who was flying towards him, speeding up to catch up with the ball again, without making any adjustments, and rushing hard to volley the two central defenders who caught up. The football led the despair of Humboldt players and the sadness of the fans on the scene, and hit the ball in the goal net hard.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The goal was No. 9 of the Cologne Sports Institute - Nakati!" The commentator on the scene was dragging his long roar, and the terrifyingly quiet court seemed particularly harsh.

"Yeah!" The moment the goal was scored, the substitutes and coaches of Cologne jumped up and hugged each other excitedly. Nakati on the field also ran back to his half to accept everyone's congratulations.

"Everyone must keep working hard, I believe this will not be the final result!" Captain Bensk took the opportunity to cheer up the players.

Humboldt University, who was successfully beaten and counterattacked, began to take some consideration on the court, and the Cologne pushed the two forwards to the front, attracting four opponents of the opponent's defense to help.

In the 20th minute of the first half, Humboldt University midfielder Baylor intercepted the ball and passed it to Junikel in the right front. Junikel used his personal skills to break through to defend his defender, successfully went down to the bottom of the opponent's line and passed the ball high back to the front of the Cologne goal. In terms of height, they have an advantage. Marco Topek is 1.88 meters tall, the tallest person on the court, and heading is his specialty. Junikel's pass is what he is looking for.

Nester is the backbone of Cologne's defense. As soon as Marco Topek entered the penalty area, he pestered his opponents to the point of being on the way forward. However, regardless of height or strength, Nester is now unable to compare with Marco Topek, who has been tempered in the Bundesliga for many years. He was squeezed out of the position by his opponent when he was competing for this header.

"Okay! There is!" After years of tacit understanding with Junikel, he knew the route of the ball. He believed that this time he would definitely break through the goal close to him. His thick arms were placed on Nester's shoulders, making him unable to move, jump and shake his head. Everything was very smooth. The next second should be the football lying in the opponent's goal.

However, this wonderful moment did not appear. Just when his head was about to have the closest contact with the ball, an uninvited guest, like a sudden lightning, cast a high wall between the people and the ball. Marco Topek looked blankly at Li Tian and took the football away from his head, successfully resolving the threat in front of the goal.

"Next time, just don't let him jump smoothly. Please see my remaining work." Li Tian walked to Nester and colluded for a while. Nester nodded understandingly.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Humboldt University made a comeback. Through a series of short passes from the midfield players, he finally handed the ball to Marco Topek on the forward line. He realized that Li Tian was very good and he knew very well that he wanted to rely on long shots to score and did not have such a chance. So he used his ability to force a breakthrough. Nester, who was defending him, had no choice but to knock him down and gave the opponent a free kick on the edge of the penalty area.

The free kick was taken by Marco Topek himself. When he put the ball down, he found that there was no "human wall" in front of him. Li Tian's amazing free kick tactics were also moved to this field.
Chapter completed!