AH, BUT THE REFEREE ISN'T WHISTLING FOR THE GOAL? THE LINESMAN RAISED HIS FLAG... ACCORDING TO THEM HE WAS OFFSIDE...
Are you kidding!? That's the third goal he's refusing! I'm sure I wasn't offside!!
DESPITE TOHO'S PROTESTS, IT'S NANKATSU'S BALL AND THE SCORE IS STILL 1-0 FOR TOHO! NANKATSU PLAYED QUICKLY, BUT TOHO PUT THEIR MIND RIGHT BACK INTO THE GAME AS SOON AS THE BALL WAS IN PLAY! SEEING THIS, NANKATSU IS POSTPONING THEIR ATTACK AND CIRCULATES THE BALL INSTEAD...
That was close, they're safe for now...
But you can't just brush aside the psychological impact...
If you look at the data, Wakashimazu's save rate is 100%, giving Toho a sense of stability, making them
more daring... While Nankatsu is more on the defensive, because even if these goals vanished, their image in their mind isn't...
Data says Nankatsu had an advantage in midfield, the number of shots, corners... But the numbers are
starting to turn because of their defensive mindset... Data is absolute... And it's saying Nankatsu is losing...
AND THIS IS ANOTHER PASSCUT FROM SAWADA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD!! THE TINY TECHNICIAN IS SETTING THE PACE MORE AND MORE IN THIS MATCH!
They're marking both forwards again, and Tsubasa is staying behind more to help them mark Hyuga...
Well it can't be helped since Sorimachi isn't injured...
He isn't, really? What if Kira's massage only allowed him to do this single play? Nankatsu won't make that bet...
That made me remember... The first time you lost to Toho...
Hyuga and you both scored a goal... It was a stalemate. Kira made a substitution in the last minutes...
He was never a starter. Everytime he got in, he never did anything. He even made mistakes, because of
him we were able to win the prefecture tournament. But here... He scored the victorious goal.
Yes, you're right. All of these failures were for the sake of scoring that goal. I never thought a
player could go as far as ruin his accomplishments just to set up a trap thought by his coach...
Not to mention that loss in the prefecture tournament must have pissed off his teammates, especially
Hyuga... That's the kind of devotion any coach would like to see in every player. Kira and Sorimachi together, are ambush masters.
THE BALL IS FINALLY REACHING HYUGA, BUT ONCE AGAIN, TSUBASA IS GOING TOWARDS HIM! IS IT GOING TO BE ANOTHER CLASH BETWEEN THEM!?
You want some more!?
AH, BUT TSUBASA IS AVOIDING HIM AT THE LAST MOMENT, MAKING HYUGA KICK THE BALL WITH NO OPPOSITION, AND TAKASUGI, BEHIND THEM, IS TAKING THE BALL BACK!!
Wh... What!!
He avoided the duel! What kind of ace is this!? More like a coward!
What did you say!?
Don't fall for his provocation! We got the ball back, let's attack!!
Hmm... Yeah, got it.
Right, I don't care if you're calling me a coward, I won't jeopardize everything with a duel and risk an
injury, I have an objective and I must be smarter than that to win!
"Victory is all that matters". Usually I'd say you're right to avoid a duel in order to win... But since the
beginning, that attitude has jeopardized all of your matches...
Your opponents gave you troubles because they aren't like that! Your teammates saved you because they
aren't like that! I kept up with Roberto Hongo because I wasn't like that! I faced Roberto Hongo's superior technique with... The Japanese fighting spirit!
No matter your objectives, if they aren't fueled by the fighting spirit to fullfil them, always
playing safe, stuck to the limits imposed by reason, you can't perform better!! Even if I was only a bamboo sword and Roberto Hongo's technique was like the sharpest blade, my fighting spirit made it happen!
They say a candle burns brightest just before it goes out, since I was going to retire, that's why my
fighting spirit was at its strongest. Roberto Hongo made a mistake, taking you away to Brazil at such a young age! It isn't something you can learn, it's something you must feel! Just like Roberto Hongo you're lacking this, while my pupils grew with that feeling!