Another 109: Back and forth

TOHO IS BACK IN POSESSION, AFTER CIRCULATING THE BALL IN THE BACK, IT'S FINALLY REACHING THEIR PLAYMAKER SAWADA, BUT...


BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO BE MARKED BY TSUBASA! IT'S TRUE THAT IF TOHO'S HOTLINE, THE SAWADA-HYUGA COMBINATION CAN'T CONNECT, HYUGA WON'T BE ABLE TO SHOOT!

He's strong, and he's managed to defended well some times but... He's still offense oriented, moreover, if
I can get past him, Nankatsu will be shocked!

AH, BUT THERE WERE IN FACT TWO PLAYERS MARKING SAWADA! FOCUSED ON TSUBASA, SAWADA DIDN'T NOTICE IZAWA BEHIND HIM, WHO IS TAKING THE BALL FROM HIM!! SAWADA FELL FOR NANKATSU'S TRAP, DESPITE HIS SKILLS, THE LITTLE TECHNICIAN IS STILL NAIVE COMPARED TO THE EXPERIENCE OF IZAWA, A VETERAN OF THE WINTER'S NATIONALS, AND TSUBASA, PLAYING IN SAO PAULO'S YOUTH SECTION!


LOOKS LIKE IZAWA IS LEADING THE ATTACK! WHILE TSUBASA IS NANKATSU'S DEDICATED PLAYMAKER, IZAWA ALSO LAUNCHED CRITICAL ATTACKS ALL ALONG THIS TOURNAMENT!! 4 GOALS AND 3 ASSISTS IS DEFINITELY A GOOD RECORD FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS A DEFENSIVE MID FIELDER POSITION!


IN FRONT OF HIM, KISUGI IS HEAVILY MARKED... AHH, BUT TAKI, USUALLY ON THE SIDE LINE, IS JOINING THE CENTER, IN A SPACE LEFT OPEN BY TOHO'S DEFENSE!!


IT'S A LONG, HIGH BALL, BEHIND TOHO'S DEFENSE LINE... AND TOHO'S DEFENDERS, CONFUSED BY TAKI'S SUDDEN CHANGE IN POSITION, ARE LATE TO MARK HIM!! HE'S RUNNING PAST THEM, ON THE VERGE OF THE OFFSIDE!


Wakado style, low reverse roundhouse kick!!

BUT NO GOOD! WAKASHIMAZU, COMING OUT OF HIS GOAL, IS REAPING THE BALL FROM TAKI'S FEET WITH A LOW CIRCULAR KICK!! THE MOTION WAS SO SMOOTH THAT TAKI CONTINUED TO RUN EVEN THOUGH THE BALL WASN'T IN FRONT OF HIM ANYMORE!!


AND THAT KARATE KICK WASN'T JUST FOR SHOW! NOT ONLY WAKASHIMAZU PREVENTED NANKATSU FROM SCORING, THAT ALSO ALLOWED HIM TO PASS THE BALL TO TOHO'S RIGHT SIDEBACK!


OH, AND TOHO'S RIGHT SIDEBACK IS IMMEDIATELY OVERLAPPING! IT'S TRUE THAT NANKATSU ISN'T OFFERING MUCH RESISTANCE HERE!

Eheheh... We are merely using the weakness Misugi saw before...

Except for Taki and Ishizaki, most of Nankatsu's key players are in the center... We'd be
dumb not verify if Ishizaki is still a weakness like yesterday, even though he scored the victorious goal...

AH, BUT THIS DANGEROUS ATTACK IS STOPPED BY NANKATSU'S CAPTAIN ISHIZAKI, WHO IS TAKING THE BALL FORCIBLY!

As if a soon-to-be pro player could lose to a highschooler!

Well, only in the J3, but still...


AND ISHIZAKI IS IMMEDIATELY SENDING IT TO THEIR PLAYMAKER TSUBASA!!

This time...!!

TOHO, ON THE OFFENSE JUST A MOMENT EARLIER, NEGLECTED TSUBASA'S MARKING, AND AFTER TRAPPING THE BALL, HE'S ALREADY IN SHOOTING POSITION!!

No need to panic, for now, play like usual...

DRIVE SHOT FROM TSUBASA! GOING OVER THE PLAYERS ON THE FIELD, TSUBASA CAN SHOOT AND IGNORE OBSTACLES!!

That's it!!

AHHH, BUT AFTER MORISAKI, WAKASHIMAZU IS THE SECOND KEEPER WHO MANAGED TO STOP THE DRIVE SHOT!! JUST LIKE HIM, HE'S STILL CONCEDING A CORNER!!

Wh... What!!

The ball also has some kind of rotation effect making it hard to catch...
So that rotation effect not only gives power, but is making it hard to catch...

TAKI IS SHOOTING THE CORNER KICK!! NANKATSU HAS SOME GOOD JUMPERS...

Yeah, their centerback destroyed our "tower reaching heaven" defense...

AND THIS IS INDEED A HIGH BALL!!

And their second playmaker who made a 5 meters dive...

BUT WAKASHIMAZU FORESAW THIS!! AND HE'S CATCHING THE BALL BEFORE IT CAN EVEN REACH TAKASUGI OR IZAWA!!


AHH! AND AS SOON AS WAKASHIMAZU IS LANDING, HE'S DROPPING THE BALL AND DRIBBLES AWAY FROM TOHO'S PENALTY AREA!!

Their players went up for the penalty, their defense is weakened!!

AH, BUT AFTER ATTRACTING NANKATSU'S PLAYERS WITH HIS SURPRISING OVERLAP, WAKASHIMAZU IS JUST SENDING THE BALL FORWARD! THIS IS FOR...

Let's go...! For Toho's V3!!