It had been fifty minutes and Westminster F.C. were struggling to win the ball from Bush Hill Rangers F.C. They had better possession of the ball. Trying to bait Westminster under twenty-one. The coach of Westminster F.C. told his team not to fall for the bait and should play with the line.
When the Bush Hill Rangers lost the ball with a poor pass. Oswin passed the ball back across the field to the right midfielder who trapped the ball with his chest, passed it to the midfielder, and the youths did a tick tacker with each other. The ball landed on Maximilian, who tried to make a turn and saw that two midfielders were about to box him in.
When he looked, he saw Oswin who was on the left side waving his hand. When he passed the ball to Oswin, dribbled along the left side of the field his pace had improved, his acceleration and trigger run control allowed him to leave the left back chasing Oswin dust, Oswin stepped over with his left foot and tapped the ball between the legs of the left back. Winston stretched his head, seeing how Oswin was able to penetrate the defense with his dribbling skills. Oswin delivered a low cross, and Maximilian's instantaneous shot ricocheted off the goalpost. And went out.
Oohhhh!
Whole stadium erupted with applause and excitement. The cheering of the crowd made Winston's back head hair stand. The Bush Hill Rangers goalie did not delay the game by hogging the ball. One midfielder who was waving to the goalkeeper. He headed the ball to the midfielder who passed the ball straight to the strikers who were running behind the Westminster defenders as he triggered the ball inside the Westminster goal area one of the Westminster defenders pushed the striker out of the striking position. A low pass was played by the striker behind the centre back, and a first-time shot was taken by the other Bush Hill Rangers striker.
Thwack!
The whole stadium erupted with noise mixed with a chant meant to boost Bush Hill Rangers. The Bush Hill Rangers were celebrating over the corner with their fans. When Maximilian restarted the game, he passed the ball to Oswin, who dribbled past one midfielder who was closing in on him. He passed the ball back to Maximilian who dashed with pace into the defenders looking for a way to shoot from long distance.
Crunch
Lukas Hickman slid tackle the ball out of Maximilian and threw the ball into the left midfielder who was running along the left midfielder who triggered the ball into the corner and stepped over the ball and took a chance to cross it. One defender headed the ball.
Thud.
The Westminster goalkeeper fist punches the ball out for a corner kick, Winston looked over at Maximilian, who was shaking his head.
The Bush Hill Rangers players are not joking, their defense is truly the best in the under twenty-one. And their quick counter is much more effective compared to ours.
Winston overheard their coach and assistants talking about changing the formation since Maximilian is struggling and the defense is now putting pressure on Oswin. Winston observed that the left-back, tasked with marking Oswin, who often pushes forward, shifting the formation from a four-three-three to a three-three-four. And they relied more on Hickman to put pressure on the defense. Winston also saw that their attention shifted in two ways: two players were now pressuring Oswin, a defender and the left midfielder. Right there Winston understood why they are calling the best in the league they cover each other better.
Fweeeet! Fweeeet! Fweeeet!!
As halftime approached, Winston walked in the tunnel last, taking in the beautiful scenery of football fans chanting dancing. Winston's eagerness to play in the second half stirred in his heart. Inside the changing room, hot air greeted Winston, a product of the youth players' breathing. Sitting next to Oswin, who smirked and leaned in.
"I didn't get my answer. Are you still coming to the arcade?" Winston nodded his head, "sure bro, I'll be there." Oswin let out a small laugh.
"Shout, you won't be disappointed with the spot. I know has different games, I will hold you to it."
"Oswin, we are losing and you have time to celebrate, you need to focus. Okay, the other team seems to play offensive and defensive tactics, so I have changed the formation and tactic. Oswin, you will play centrally, and your target man will be Maximilian, Winston." The head striker coach whispered something to the head coach. He pointed to another attacking midfielder. "Winston, you will sit back, okay? The formation we will go with this formation four-two-three-one. The target man is Maximilian. And defense, I need an aggressive defense line and also offside traps. C'mon team."
Winston felt disappointed because the coach didn't put him in for the second half. When he checked his system, the daily challenge remained unchanged and was still blinking. Putting his head low, he felt a hand patting him on the back. "Don't worry, man, don't let this situation put you down, I will still score for you." Winston flicked his gaze upward and saw Oswin with the huge smirk and his thumbs up. Winston felt happy that there was someone who's cheering him up.
When the game resumed it became more intense the other team also changed their formation, they were playing four-three-three into a four-one, four-one the formation has a fluid attack and it can push the wingers high in position and it can be adapted into a four-three-three, it can also let the left and right wingers have room to pursue a crossing position.
Westminster under twenty-one formation was also a formidable the four-two-three-one formation emphasizes on the attacking powers with the help of the left winger, right winger and attacking winger. Assisting the central forward, the formation still held a heavy defensive line since the head boosted the defense with two central midfielders. Passing the ball amongst each other, Westminster under twenty-one attempted to bait the Bush Hill Rangers youth players to be out of position, but the other youth players could cover their positions.
As one of the Westminster youth players try to pass the ball, the central striker over power the other youth player and passed the ball back into the middle fielder and they passed it back and to the goalkeeper who passed it to the left back vice versa and he also passed it to the right back, the bait worked it forced the Westminster under 21 to pursue the ball which in the blink of an eye they one touched the ball until it reached the right midfielder.
Thud!
Oswin predicted the play and was able to intercept the ball, and it was out for a throw-in. "The formation they play is too flexible, it can adapt with both quick counter and defense," said the coach who looked over Winston. "I think we should add Winston, we need more attacks. The position Oswin is playing is too restrictive. He was better playing on the left side or the right side." As the head coach listened, he called Winston over. As the striker coach tried to voice his opinion, the head coach put his arms around Winston.
"Listen, you will play attacking midfielder. You will assist Maximilian. He is the target man. And tell Oswin to change his position, he will now play eight midfielder. You need to bait Hickman, he is the strength on the defense, you got okay."
Thwack!
When they looked over, it was now two—nil on the score line, as the other team celebrated their goal. Winston instructed Oswin to change position. Oswin, breathing a heavy sigh of relief, he fist pumped Winston, who was pumping himself up.