Another 114: Battle of keepers

THE BALL REPELLED BY HYUGA IS GOING TOWARDS SORIMACHI, BUT HE'S MARKED EVER SINCE HE ENTERED THE FIELD... AH, BUT HE'S LETTING THE BALL GO THROUGH!!

What!? But...

AND SAWADA IS THE ONE SHOOTING IT!! WITH SORIMACHI AND HYUGA BEING MARKED, THE LITTLE TECHNICIAN IS TRYING HIS LUCK! MOREOVER, MORISAKI IS FLAT FOOTED, TRICKED BY SORIMACHI'S THROUGH BALL!!


OH, NICE REACTION!! MORISAKI IS BARELY TOUCHING IT, BUT THIS IS ENOUGH TO DEVIATE IT AWAY FROM THE GOAL!! IT'LL BE A CORNER FOR TOHO, THOUGH!!


SAWADA IS USUALLY THE KICKER FOR TOHO'S SET PLAY... IN ADDITION OF SETTING UP THE ATTACKS, THIS YOUNG PLAYER HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES, OH, AND HE'S KICKING IT QUICKLY!!


AND THIS IS A HIGH BALL... EVEN THOUGH HYUGA AND SORIMACHI ARE MOSTLY KICKERS, THEY SCORED MANY GOALS WITH THE HEAD, ALSO THANKS TO SAWADA'S PINPOINTS CENTERINGS!!


SAWADA AIMED FOR SORIMACHI AND HYUGA'S AREA!! ONLY HYUGA IS JUMPING THOUGH!! HOWEVER...

!! Again...!!

HOWEVER, BOTH TAKASUGI AND IZAWA JUMPED TO BLOCK HYUGA'S HEADER!!


THEN, ISHIZAKI IS IMMEDIATELY CLEARING THE FALLING BALL!!


So... Do you think Sorimachi is still injured? And Kira is just using him as a decoy?
Well, that's the trick he said he could use... But that's the frightening thing with Kira...

If he's injured and just used as a decoy, then it's useless to mark him... But You can never be sure... What
if... Sorimachi is just faking in the first place? Not marking him would be a huge bet...

Is he a decoy or a bait? Even I wouldn't be able to decide like that...

BOTH TEAMS ARE FIGHTING HARSHLY FOR THE POSESSION OF THE BALL! NANKATSU EVENTUALLY MANAGES TO TAKE THE BALL AND CIRCULATE WELL AMONG THEIR MEMBERS!! THEY'RE SENDING IT TO TSUBASA...


AND HE'S ATTACKING WITH HIS SOUTH AMERICAN DRIBBLE!! TOHO STILL HAS TROUBLES TO DEAL WITH IT!!

No matter!! Mark their forwards, if it's a drive shot it'll be alright!!

AS SOON AS HE IS FREE, TSUBASA IS SWINGING HIS LEG!

We're being too hard pressed! I must reverse the flow of the game!!

GOING OVER ALL THE FIELD PLAYERS, THIS IS OF COURSE A DRIVE SHOT!!

Over there!! I got this!

BUT THIS TIME IT'S A PERFECT CATCH!! THE FIRST TIME WASN'T A FLUKE!! ONE OF TSUBASA'S WEAPONS, THE DRIVE SHOT IS NOW USELESS AGAINST WAKASHIMAZU!!

N... No way!!

THEN, THIS IS A QUICK COUNTERATTACK! WITH TSUBASA ON THE OFFENSE, TOHO IS QUICKLY CIRCULATING THE BALL TOWARDS SAWADA, WHO HAS NO TROUBLE ANYMORE IN THE CENTER OF THE FIELD, STILL...


TOHO'S FORWARDS ARE MARKED!! NANKATSU IS MARKING SORIMACHI WELL, BUT TAKASUGI HAS TROUBLES TO STICK TO HYUGA!!

That's the third time, now I'm sure of it!! Mark Hyuga! Sorimachi is just a decoy! He's still injured!

AS MORISAKI IS GIVING INSTRUCTIONS, SAWADA IS SENDING A PASS!! AHHH, BUT...

Wh... What!?

NANKATSU STOPPED MARKING SORIMACHI, AND THE LATTER SUDDENLY DIVED BEHIND NANKATSU'S DEFENSE LINE, TOWARDS THE BALL SENT BY SAWADA!! HE'S HITTING IT WITH THE HEAD...!!

Wakashimazu gave good directives and defended his goal...

... AND MORISAKI IS DIVING BUT TO NO AVAIL!! TOHO IS SCORING AGAIN AFTER A HUGE MARKING MISTAKE BY NANKATSU!!

While it's the opposite for Morisaki... Nankatsu is also losing if we compare goal keepers...