Another 104: I don't want it to end

See? Your captain isn't chasing the ball because he believes in you!! He knows you'll get the ball!! All you have to do is live up to his expectations!!
Woah! Now she's shouting even louder than me!! Don't lose to them guys!!

BUT INDEED, MUSASHI IS THE FIRST TO GET THE BALL! MISUGI'S BET MIGHT PAY OFF!! THAT IS, IF THEY CAN GET THE BALL TO HIM, BECAUSE NANKATSU PROBABLY WON'T LET THEM DO AS THEY PLEASE!!

If I can get the ball, we have a chance!!

TSUBASA IS TRYING TO GET THE BALL BACK, BUT NO GOOD!! TOKYO'S ELITE PLAYERS ARE SHOWING THEIR INDIVIDUAL SKILLS!!

N... No way!!

MUSASHI IS QUICKLY SENDING THE BALL TO MISUGI!! DESPITE THE DISTANCE AND HIS UNUSUAL RUNNING SPEED, IT'S AN ACCURATE PASS!!

Come then! No matter if you're copying our previous opponents... We defeated them all in the end!!

AND MISUGI IS GOING TO KICK THE FALLING BALL!! THE TIMING IS PERFECT!! IS IT GOING TO BE ANOTHER DRIVE SHOT? A RAZOR SHOT? OR...

Perfect...

... Cop...!?
Here's the payback for the header duel!!

BUT AS MISUGI WAS GOING TO SHOOT, KISUGI, WHO WAS WAITING IN AMBUSH, PUSHED THE BALL AWAY!! TAKASUGI IS THEN CLEARING THE BALL!!

Uooh!!

THIS IS GETING DANGEROUS FOR MUSASHI!! THIS TIME TSUBASA IS THE FIRST TO GET TO THE BALL...


MISUGI IS ALSO SENSING THE DANGER AND IS COMING BACK AS FAST AS HE CAN!!

So fast... Even in the endgame!!

AND TSUBASA HAS TROUBLES WITH THE PLAYERS MARKING HIM!! WHILE THEY DO NOT MANAGE TO TAKE THE BALL FROM HIM, SMARTLY PREVENTING HIM FROM PASSING OR SHOOTING, THEY'RE BUYING ENOUGH TIME TO ALLOW THEIR CAPTAIN MISUGI TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF THE GOAL!!


INDEED, WITH THEIR CAPTAIN AT THE CORE OF THEIR DEFENSE, NANKATSU NEVER MANAGED TO SCORE TO MUSASHI IN THIS MATCH!! EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CIRCULATING THE BALL, IT LOOKS LIKE NO ONE IN NANKATSU HAS A SOLUTION!!


IT'S TRUE THAT EVEN TSUBASA'S DRIVE SHOT WAS BLOCKED WHEN MISUGI WAS IN DEFENSE!! IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S JUST NO SOLUTION FOR NANKATSU!! AND WE ARE NOW GETTING INTO LOSS TIME... WILL THIS MATCH BE SETTLED WITH A PK SHOOTOUT? TOKYO'S ELITE VERSUS THE GOOD INDIVIDUALITIES IN NANKATSU... THIS COULD GO EITHER WAY!!


TSUBASA, NEAR THE LEFT SIDELINE, ALMOST CLOSE TO THE CORNER POINT, MANAGES TO SLIP AWAY FROM HIS MARKER FOR ONE SECOND, GIVING HIM ENOUGH TIME TO SEND A LONG BALL WITH HIS LEFT LEG, NOT HIS FAVOURED ONE! THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A CIRCULATING PASS!!


THIS IS PROBABLY FOR ISHIZAKI WHO IS OVERLAPPING, BUT HIS DASH IS SOMEWHAT... SLUGGISH? ISN'T HE TOO TIRED?

Man, 90 minutes is really... Really... Hard!!

Tsubasa's pass is too long... Ishizaki is underperforming and too tired... The data says... It's impossible...

But even if it's a one on a million chance...

I'll go!! Perfect cop... Uh!!

AND INDEED, ISHIZAKI IS EXHAUSTED!! IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 90 MINUTES ALREADY, AND HIS LEGS ARE CRUMBLING!! MISUGI IS GOING TOWARDS THE BALL TO CLEAR IT...

Ah... Ah...

BUT... BUT ISN'T HE... WAY SLOWER TOO?

Using perfect copy so many times... Has taken a toll on my body...

THAT'S IT! NOT BEING ABLE TO RUN ANYMORE, ISHIZAKI IS FALLING!!

For a guy like me... Getting so far in the tournament... Being cheered on by strong guys like them... It was.. Fun...

That's why I don't want it to end!!

AHHH, BUT ISHIZAKI USED HIS HAND TO DIVE TOWARDS THE BALL!! A... MONKEY DASH!!