HERE WE ARE IN AN OVERCROWDED OLYMPIC NATIONAL STADIUM, FOR THE FINAL OF THE WINTER'S NATIONALS, OPPOSING NANKATSU HIGH SCHOOL, REPRESENTATIVE OF SHIZUOKA, TO TOHO ACADEMY, FIRST REPRESENTATIVE OF TOKYO!!

NANKATSU APPEARS AS THE DARK HORSE HERE, AS THIS TEAM NEVER PARTICIPATED IN THE WINTERS' NATIONALS! IT SHOULD BE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT MANY MEMBERS ARE TRANSFER STUDENTS FROM THE SHUTETSU HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WERE ALWAYS, UNTIL NOW, SHIZUOKA'S REPRESENTATIVES!!

AND OF COURSE, LET'S NOT FORGET THEIR ACE, PLAYING IN THE YOUTH SECTION OF SAO PAULO, IN BRAZIL, OOZORA TSUBASA!! ONLY 2 GOALS BEHIND HYUGA AND MISUGI, AND 1 ASSIST AHEAD OF MISUGI AND SAWADA!

AND HERE'S THE WHISTLE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE MATCH! AMONG THE CHEERS FROM THE CROWD, HYUGA IS PASSING THE BALL TO SAWADA BEFORE GOING AHEAD...

SAWADA IS IMMEDIATELY SENDING IT BACK TO HYUGA... AHH!! BUT HE'S ALREADY GETTING INTO A SHOOTING POSITION!! IT'S A SHOT FROM THE CENTER CIRCLE LIKE IN HIS RETURN MATCH!!

IT'S A FRIGHTENINGLY FAST SHOT FROM HYUGA, GOING TOWARDS NANKATSU'S GOAL, LEAVING EVERYONE MOTIONLESS, EXCEPT TSUBASA WHO IS DIVING TOWARDS IT!! BUT EVEN IF HE FORESAW IT, HE'S TOO LATE!!

BUT IT'S CRASHING INTO THE GOAL POST!! LUCKILY FOR NANKATSU, BECAUSE MORISAKI DIDN'T EVEN MOVE!!

THE BALL GOES FLAT, AND THE WHOLE STADIUM IS CHEERING AT HYUGA'S AMAZING OPENING SHOT!! IT'S THAT SHOT THAT ALLOWED HIM TO TIE, 2-2 AGAINST FURANO!! LOOKS LIKE THE TIGER IS GOING ALL OUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THIS TIME!!

THE BALL IS REPLACED, NANKATSU IS SLOWLY CIRCULATING THE BALL TO GET THEIR BEARINGS BACK AFTER HYUGA'S DAZING SHOT, AND NOW TSUBASA THEIR ACE AND MAIN PLAYMAKER, IS GETTING THE BALL!

AND TSUBASA... OH, HE'S DRIBBLING AT FULL SPEED, STRAIGHT TOWARDS HYUGA!! LOOKS LIKE TSUBASA IS FIRED UP TOO!!

BUT AS HE IS GETTING CLOSE TO HYUGA, TSUBASA IS TRIPPING AND... NO!!

THIS IS TSUBASA'S SPECIALTY, THE HEEL LIFT!! TSUBASA ALREADY GOT PAST SODA AND MISUGI LIKE THIS, NOW IT'S HYUGA'S TURN!!

AND... AND THIS ISN'T OVER!! AFTER GETTING PAST HYUGA, TSUBASA IS GOING TO DIRECTLY SHOOT THE FALLING BALL!! THIS IS...

THAT'S IT!! IT'S TSUBASA'S DRIVE SHOT!! BOTH ACES HAVE SHOWN THEIR FIREPOWER!! HOW IS WAKASHIMAZU GOING TO REACT!?

IT'S DESCRIBING AN ARC HIGH IN THE SKY, TOWARDS TOHO'S GOAL, NO FIELD PLAYER IN TOHO COULD BE ABLE TO BLOCK IT...!!

WAKASHIMAZU IS JUMPING, BUT TOO LATE!! HE'S DEFEATED!! AHH... HOWEVER TSUBASA'S DRIVE SHOT IS HITTING THE GOAL BAR!!

TOHO IS GETTING THE BALL BACK, BUT AGAIN, THE STADIUM IS OVERJOYED!! THE MATCH HAS JUST BEGUN AND WE'VE SEEN DARING, EXPLOSIVE OFFENSES ON BOTH SIDES!!