Chapter 44 - Second Half

"Simmic, Ben Carter, I want you guys to be more active in the second half. Don't just stand still, help the others to attack. Simone, Dallas, and Kazuki, you three have to be more fierce in grabbing the ball, you could use physical confrontation to steal the ball.

Osmund, don't just wait for the ball, press the opposing defender. Everton is a strong opponent but I'm sure you guys can win this game," George explained what Southampton players needed to do.

A few minutes later, the second half of the match Everton's against Southampton will start. Players from both teams walk towards the field.

The team that started the kick-off was Southampton. After the referee's whistle sounded, Southampton players started the second half. In the second half, Southampton played aggressively. They launched an attack in the early minutes from the beginning of the second half.

Fortunately, Everton's defense is still solid. They were able to break the attack that was built by Southampton.

In the 49th minute, Everton started the attack. Jagielka passes the ball to Tony Hilbert. Hilbert takes the ball across the halfway line.

Osmund dashed to the side and put the pressure on Hilbert, while Simmic guarded Rodwell. Hilbert passed the ball into the middle of the field, Fellaini and Kazuki ran to get the ball. Fellaini managed to get the ball first, he gave it to Louis Saha.

Saha was blocked by Simone, he gave a long pass to the left side. Drenthe ran and got the ball, however, Hugo made a clean tackle and managed to push the ball off the field.

Baines throws the ball back onto the court, Drenthe takes it and controls it. He gave the ball to Leon Osman.

Osman clashed physically with Dallas, he managed to receive the pass, then Osman gave Fellaini a flat pass, the Everton midfielder immediately kicked the ball forward, he provided a through pass to Louis Saha.

Saha did not control the ball because Simone was still guarding it, he immediately send a lob pass into the penalty box. The ball floated in the air, Belliand and Jimmy duel for the ball. This time Jimmy won the duel.

Simone receives the ball from Jimmy's header, he passes it to Dallas. The Southampton midfielder received the ball from Simone, he then provided a straight pass into the right-wing area.

Hugo and Drenthe ran at full speed. This time, Hugo managed to win the duel. Hugo kicks the ball into midfield, Osmund runs past Jagielka and Distin, he gets the ball.

Osmund takes the ball into the Everton penalty box. He then provided a cut pass to the right. Kazuki came and shoot the ball strongly. The ball goes to the top corner of the goalpost. Howard failed to block Kazuki's shot.

A goal was created in the 53rd minute. Southampton managed to equalize.

Kazuki hugged Osmund celebrating the goal with him. At that moment, Osmund should have scored, but he preferred to give Kazuki a pass. Because of that, Kazuki was grateful.

Kazuki's goal made the Everton fans sad, their lead finally vanished, but soon, the fans cheered on the players again. Time is still long, so Everton still has a chance.

In the 60th minute, George pulled Dallas out and replaced him with Rudolf. Apart from the fact that Dallas was too old so he didn't have much stamina, George also pulled Dallas because he didn't want Dallas' yellow card to turn into a red card.

In the 65th minute, Everton got a chance. Ben Carter hits the ball with his hand while blocking Rodwell's shot. The referee blows the whistle and points to the white dot. The Southampton players protested the decision. The referee didn't listen to the Southampton players' protests, he stood by his decision.

The one who will take the penalty is Belliand. Dean Smith took a deep breath and looked at the former Southampton player. He tried to remember Belliand's taking penalty habit.

The referee blew his whistle, Belliand walked slowly and kicked the ball to the left. But Dean Smith guessed the direction of the ball correctly, he managed to catch the ball. Belliand's penalty habit was to the right, but Dean Smith guessed that Belliand realized he knew his habit, so he changed the direction of the shot to the left.

Dean Smith immediately threw the ball forward. Jimmy accepted it and gave the pass to Rudolf. Rudolf passed the ball to Kazuki.

Everton goalkeeper Howard was far in front of the penalty box, so Kazuki took this opportunity to kick the ball from half field. Howard saw the ball go straight into the Everton goalpost, he ran towards the goal to block the ball, but Howard was too late, the ball entered the Everton goalpost.

"Goaaalll! Super longshot from the half field! Kazuki managed to score the longest goal of the 2011/2012 season. With this goal, Southampton is 3-2 ahead against Everton," shouted Jim Kaglin.

Odson who saw the goal could only say in annoyance, "Belliand, a failed transfer. If Dusan had taken the penalty, Everton would have scored."

"Super longshot like that is very difficult to do, players need to give the right power when shooting the ball. He also needs to have good accuracy. There is no need to argue that Kazuki won the duel against Belliand," Carragher gave Kazuki applause.

The game continues, Everton going crazy after Southampton ahead of them with Kazuki's goal. However, George quickly made adjustments. First, he brought out Osmund and brought in a center-back.

In the 70th minute, George pulled Kazuki off the field and put in a defensive midfielder. Although Everton continued to control the ball Southampton had used park the bus strategy, it was very difficult for Everton to penetrate the Southampton penalty box. The Everton players' shot was blocked by the Southampton players' bodies.

From the start of the 70th minute, the ball was always under the feet of the Everton players. However, Southampton defended their penalty box area. The game continues and Everton has not been able to find the net against Southampton.

The best chance came in the 83rd minute, where Belliand managed to head the ball towards Southampton goalpost. However, Dean Smith was able to catch the ball.

After that, Everton could not score a third goal until the end of the second half.

"Congratulations to Southampton, they managed to win the match week 29, between Everton vs Southampton at Goodison Park Stadium. The Saints managed to beat Everton with a score of 3-2. With this victory, Southampton managed to move Blackburn in 16th position. I think the man of the match this time is Kazuki, he scored 2 goal and 1 assists. This is Kazuki's 8th goal, in 6 matches. So far he also managed to record 3 assists.

Thanks to Odson Vernan and also James Carragher for accompanying me to watch this match.. Goodbye and good night."