SCHESTER IS SENDING ANOTHER HIGH BALL TOWARDS MARGUS... BUT IT'S REPELLED BY WAKABAYASHI!
AHH! AND IT WENT RIGHT TOWARDS METZER, WHO ISN'T MARKED! HE'S KICKING...
... HIS SPECIALTY, THE TOP SPIN PASS! IT'S ALREADY FALLING...
... IN PERFECT SYNCH WITH KAPPELMAN'S... AHH! BUT IT'S BOUNCING IRREGULARLY!?
BREMEN YOUTH IS COMPLETELY ON THE OFFENSIVE NOW! HOWEVER THEY AREN'T SHOOTING AT THE GOAL... RATHER, THEY ARE CIRCULATING THE BALL AROUND THE PENALTY AREA, LETTING HAMBURG DEFENDERS' CHASE THE BALL!
AND HAMBURG'S KEEPER WAKABAYASHI ALSO HAS TO SHIFT HIS POSITION BECAUSE OF THE CIRCULATING PASSES! CREATING GAPS IN HIS DEFENSE... AHH! BREMEN YOUTH IS UNEXPECTEDLY SHOOTING DURING ONE OF HIS POSITION SHIFT, MAKING HIM FLAT FOOTED! BUT HE'S ON TIME TO PUNCH THE BALL AWAY!!
TIMES AND TIMES AGAIN... WAKABAYASHI IS CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED BY BREMEN YOUTH'S CIRCULATING PASSES ORCHESTRATED BY BREMEN'S COMPUTER SCHESTER! BUT STILL... HE'S HOLDING ON! WITH A FIRM GRASP ON HIS DEFENSE LINE AND GREAT REFLEXES... HE'S PUNCHING AWAY DANGEROUS SHOTS!
HOWEVER... EVEN THOUGH WAKABAYASHI IS REPELLING THE BALL... THANKS TO HIS OUTSTANDING SOCCER SENSE, BREMEN'S COMPUTER SCHESTER IS ABLE TO PREDICT WHERE THE REPELLED BALL IS GOING TO GO! AS A RESULT, BREMEN YOUTH IS EFFECTIVELY ATTACKING ALL THE TIME... WHILE HAMBURG YOUTH IS ALWAYS ON THE DEFENSIVE!
METZER SEEMS EXHAUSTED, UNABLE TO EVEN PURSUE SCHESTER!... AS FOR KAPPELMAN, HAMBURG'S SCOREMONGER, HE'S WAITING IN THE FRONT LINE FOR A COUNTER... THAT ISN'T COMING SO FAR!
SCHESTER IS ONCE AGAIN SENDING... AH, BUT NO! FAKING A PASS, SCHESTER IS STARTING A DRIBBLE BREAKTHROUGH! HAMBURG'S DEFENSE LINE, STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF FATIGUE, AND AFTER HAVING TO DEFEND SO MANY TIMES AGAINST SCHESTER'S LAST PASSES, IS COMPLETELY TAKEN ABACK...!!
... EXCEPT WAKABAYASHI! LOOKS LIKE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO PREDICT SCHESTER'S INTENTION, AND HE CAME OUT OF HIS GOAL!
... AND SCHESTER CAN'T DODGE WAKABAYASHI'S CHARGE! HE'S SUCCESSFULLY TAKING THE BALL!
WAKABAYASHI WAS FINALLY ABLE TO TAKE THE BALL! HE'S IMMEDIATELY LETTING IT GO TO KICK IT FORWARD... THIS IS... A COUNTER! A LONG AWAITED COUNTER FOR HAMBURG!
IT'S JUST A HIGH, LONG BALL THOUGH, SINCE METZER CAN'T USE HIS ACCURATE TOP SPIN PASS ANYMORE... KAPPELMAN HAS TO COMPETE WITH BREMEN YOUTH DEFENDERS FOR THE BALL... STILL, HIS POSITIONNING IS THE BEST AND... AH, BUT THIS IS A FOUL FROM BREMEN YOUTH!
THE REFEREE IS WHISTLING! BREMEN YOUTH CLEARLY DIDN'T GO FOR THE BALL AND JUST CHARGED KAPPELMANN TO PREVENT HIM FROM CLAIMING THE BALL!!
IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A WELL-PLACED FREE KICK FOR HAMBURG YOUTH... NEAR THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST CHANCE FOR HAMBURG YOUTH!