Another 102: Goal keeper's promise
THE MATCH IS RESUMING WITH MUSASHI'S KICK-OFF!! THE ONE LEADING THE ATTACK IS, AGAIN, MISUGI JUN!! HOW IS THE YOUNG NOBLE THE FIELD GOING TO REACT!?
Time to use this!! Look and taste despair, Tsubasa!!
Perfect... Copy!!
AHHH BUT... THIS IS YET ANOTHER DRIVE SHOT!?
This is it...!! It's now or never!!
Come on Tsubasa! Again!!
Morisaki, haven't you had enough? I don't want you to lose confidence...
Me? Lose confidence? No matter how many times I lose, I'll never give up!!
That sure is some determination you've got...
Truth is, there was this one time I wanted to give up...
Really!? What happened?
Well, I wasn't always Shutetsu's first keeper... At the time, it was this really strong keeper I was
really looking up to... But no matter how much I trained, I was never even close to his skills. And so, I've told him I was gonna quit...
But then he told me he had a chance to play oversea, in Germany. That he was going to let me defend the
team in his place. Because he saw in my eyes the drive to never give up, that same drive that brought him so far, and he knew he could trust a guy like that... But if I was already giving up, maybe he was mistaken.
That's why, on that day, I promised him... No matter the odds, no matter the hardships, no matter
the challenge... I'd never give up ever again!!
YES, THERE'S NO DOUBT!! THIS IS A DRIVE SHOT!!
No way, this time the power...
The sharpness of the curve...
You can't call that a copy anymore, this is... Completely, and really Tsubasa's Drive shot!!
AHHH, BUT MORISAKI IS DIVING AND IS MAKING IT ON TIME TO PUNCH THE BALL!! HE IS... HE'S THE FIRST KEEPER MANAGING TO REPELL THE DRIVE SHOT!!
Wh... What!?
IT'S GOING TO BE A CORNER KICK FOR MUSASHI, BUT STILL! MORISAKI IS DOING REALLY WELL AGAINST MUSASHI COMPARED TO THE OTHER KEEPERS OF THE TOURNAMENT, AND NONE OF THEM HAD TO DEAL WITH DRIVE SHOTS BEFORE HIM!!
Ah... I did it guys!! But stay focused for the corner kick!!
MUSASHI IS PLAYING IT QUICKLY! IT ISN'T SENT ON THE PENALTY AREA, BUT ON THE BACK... AH!! AGAIN...!
NANKATSU, GATHERED IN FRONT OF THEIR GOAL, DIDN'T NOTICE THAT MISUGI STAYED IN THE BACK!! THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER DRIVE SHOT!!
No matter how many times you're going to kick that, I'll stop them all!!
AAAHH!! NO!!! THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT!!
Perfect copy!!
I've seen that shot twice already!! It won't get past me!!
AHH, BUT THIS TIME, NICE REACTION AND FINE SAVE FROM MORISAKI!! HE'S PERSISTENTLY DEFENDING HIS GOAL!!
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT NO KEEPER, EXCEPT FOR WAKASHIMAZU IN THE FINALS OF THE TOKYO PREFECTURE TOURNAMENT, EVER HAD A SUCCESS RATE ABOVE 50% WHEN FACING MUSASHI! BUT HERE, THE KEEPER MORISAKI IS AT 70%! AND AGAIN, NONE OF THEM HAD TO FACE THE DRIVE SHOT BEFORE HIM!
AND, AS IF REWARDING NANKATSU FOR RESISTING MUSASHI'S RELENTLESS ASSAULT, THE RAIN IS FINALLY COMPLETELY STOPPING!! WE'RE 25 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF, AND IT'S STILL 3-3!!
I knew it. Just like Nitta, Soda, Jito and Sano before him, Misugi is playing beyond his abilities...
But my teammates as well! That's what you wanted me to realize Roberto... Right? That there is a way to play even better, despite our limits...
But I tried against Kunimi... And it didn't work... Everyone's "key" to trigger it is different... What is this
ability they all share? How do I trigger it?