Another 117: Painful first half end

TAKASUGI IS LATE, BUT HE'S STILL MAKING IT ON TIME TO BLOCK HYUGA'S HEADER!! THEIR CONFRONTATION IS VIOLENT!!


AHHH, BUT HYUGA IS STILL MANAGING TO PUSH HIM BACK WITH THE BALL!!


TAKASUGI IS FALLING, HYUGA IS IMMEDIATELY JUMPING TOWARDS THE BOUNCING BALL, BUT TSUBASA IS COMING BACK IN A HURRY!!

Eat this!! My...

Jumping Tiger Volley!!
Jumping Volley!!

JUMPING VOLLEY FROM HYUGA!! TSUBASA IS TRYING TO BLOCK HIM WITH A JUMPING VOLLEY OF HIS OWN, BUT HE'S BLOWN AWAY BY THE WILD TIGER'S KICKING POWER!!


TSUBASA STILL MANAGED TO SLOW DOWN HYUGA'S SHOT, MORISAKI IS REACTING THIS TIME...!! BUT HE DOESN'T REACH IT!! IT'S IN!!

Nooo!!

THIS TIME IT'S A GENUINE GOAL!! TOHO IS SCORING AGAIN 41 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF!! THIS GOAL IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR TOHO, AS NANKATSU MUST NOW SCORE 2 GOALS TO GET BACK INTO THE MATCH, AND A 3RD ONE IF THEY WANT TO LEAD! AND SO FAR THEY COULDN'T SCORE AGAINST WAKASHIMAZU!!


... It was only for a very short while... But...

What are you waiting for Hyuga? We must get back to our part of the field for Nankatsu kick-off!
... Yeah, I'm coming...

For a short moment... Really deep inside him... Hidden... As if sleeping...

Damn, my leg is numb again... Even though I tried to defend, now I'm only wasting chances...

I must attack, even if my leg is numb...!

EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT, NANKATSU AND ESPECIALLY TSUBASA DIDN'T SHOW MUCH INTENTION TO ATTACK... AH, BUT NOW HE'S STARTING TO DRIBBLE!


TOHO USUALLY HAS TROUBLES HANDLING TSUBASA AND HIS SOUTH AMERICAN DRIBBLE! THIS TIME HOWEVER, THEY'RE ATTACKING HIM AGGRESSIVELY!!


AND THIS TIME, TOHO'S DEFENDERS PREVAILS!! A NICE COLLECTIVE DEFENSE TO DEAL WITH TSUBASA'S SOUTH AMERICAN DRIBBLE!


TOHO TOOK THE BALL BACK, AND IT'S THEIR TURN TO ATTACK!! TOHO DID A NICE DEFENSE AGAINST TSUBASA, BUT NANKATSU CAN'T SEEM TO STOP THE YOUNG SAWADA THIS TIME!!


STILL, HYUGA AND SORIMACHI ARE MARKED, AND HYUGA ESPECIALLY CAN'T SEEM TO MOVE WELL


AND SO, SAWADA IS TRYING HIS LUCK!! HE ALREADY SCORED A GOAL IN THIS TOURNAMENT, INDEED IT'S A SURPRISE ATTACK FOR HIS OPPONENTS, CONSIDERING HE'S MOSTLY KNOWN FOR HIS ACCURATE PASSES!!


BUT SAWADA ALREADY SHOT AT NANKATSU'S GOAL BEFORE, THERE'S NO SURPRISE FOR MORISAKI WHO'S MANAGING TO CATCH THE BALL!!

I won't take another goal so soon that easily!!

NANKATSU IS CIRCULATING THE BALL, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TO MAKE MISTAKES! THEY'RE LOSING THE BALL IN THE MIDFIELD TO SAWADA!


IT'S A COUNTER FROM TOHO, SAWADA IS SENDING A PASS TO SORIMACHI, ESCAPING FROM THE ONE MARKING HIM!! BUT...! IZAWA CAME FROM THE SIDES TO DEFEND!! HE'S BLOCKING SORIMACHI'S HEADER WITH A DIVING HEADER OF HIS OWN!!


AND THE BALL GOES HIGH IN THE AIR AFTER THEIR CLASH...! AH, BUT FINALLY, HERE IS THE WHISTLE FOR THE END OF THE FIRST HALF! WHAT A PAINFUL ENDING FOR NANKATSU! THEY ARE BEING LED BY 2 GOALS! IT ALREADY HAPPENED AGAINST KUNIMI THOUGH, AND THEY MADE AN IMPRESSIVE COMEBACK! CAN THEY DO THE SAME AGAINST THE KING, TOHO!?