Another 128: The supernovae

WAKASHIMAZU IS STILL DESPERATELY DIVING TOWARDS THE BALL, BUT WON'T REACH IT!! AHHH, NO, HE STILL BARELY MANAGED TO TOUCH IT WITH HIS FINGERTIP!!


BUT... HE ONLY MANAGED TO PUSH THE BALL TOWARDS THE GOAL POST... IS IT IN!?


IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S IN OR NOT!! HERE IS KISUGI WHO'S DIVING TOWARDS THE GOAL!! HIS WHOLE BODY IS GETTING IN WITH THE BALL!! TH... THIS IS ANOTHER GOAL FOR NANKATSU!!


THE END OF THE SECOND HALF IS DRAWING NEAR, BUT WITH THAT 2ND GOAL AFTER 32 MINUTES, WHAT WAS LIKE A ONE SIDED MATCH IS BECOMING COMPLETELY OPEN!! WITH SO MANY GOOD SCORING CHANCES IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AN EQUALIZER OR EVEN A REVERSAL GOAL FROM NANKATSU IS STILL POSSIBLE!!


How ironic... Are you sure you made the right decision, 3 years ago?
... Your doubts are understandable, so let me be more specific... 3 years ago, Katagiri and the JFA...

Had strong hopes for the japanese golden age. And so they decided to send the winner of the middle
school soccer tournament play against Jr. youth oversea clubs...

You already know that Hyuga didn't play this tournament because of an argument with Toho's
middle school coach... And that Sawada and Wakashimazu refused to play the finals without him. Which is why our Musashi won...

I've also already told you that the results of the oversea campaign were catastrophic...
Because the 'golden age' phenomenon didn't occur only in Japan... Many young talented players appeared throughout the world, we concluded that our golden age wasn't a match for theirs...

Thus, Katagiri and the JFA decided to manipulate the press. Keeping the matches' results secret,
making me a hero... In order to inspire the next generation and improve japan's level in the future... Because we gave up for this generation.

What you don't know is that we decided to give up when we were told that the oversea golden age was in
fact outshined by a few players who are even stronger... "Super novaes", true "miracles". If even their golden age was superior, how could we have a chance if they were led by even stronger players?

My point is that... Tsubasa can certainly compete with the players of the oversea golden age...
But... Data is absolute, even with him the japanese golden age can't compete against the oversea golden age and their supernovae...

And yet... I haven't seen you that excited to see someone else's play before...
.........

BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING? TOHO IS CIRCULATING THE BALL BUT IS HARDLY SHOWING INTENTIONS TO ATTACK... ARE THEY FEARING NANKATSU'S DEFENSE THAT MUCH, OR...?

No way, they're using our birdcage... They're wasting time!

Right... Because in the end, even if you're playing better, the score is determining the winner! You can
call us cowards or whatever... This is still the best choice for us! Seeing that, Tsubasa's fighting spirit might even fade away...

COACH KIRA, HOWEVER, MIGHT'VE DECIDED ON SOMETHING DIFFERENT, IF HE KNEW EVERY DETAILS, AND IF HE DIDN'T FORGET OTHERS...


FIRST OF ALL, THE FACT THAT THE FORMER SHUTETSU PLAYERS IN NANKATSU ARE USED TO THIS TACTIC, LIKE THEY HAVE SHOWN AGAINST TATSUNAMI... THEY USED IT, TRAINED AGAINST IT A LOT A LONG TIME AGO... IT WAS USED BY THEIR REGULAR KEEPER BEFORE HE WENT IN GERMANY...


THE SECOND WAS SOMETHING HE HIMSELF INITIATED... KOJIRO HYUGA IS HARD TO TAME, BUT IN ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, HE MIGHT HAVE FOLLOWED THIS PLAN... SINCE "VICTORY IS ALL THAT MATTERS".


BUT HERE, HE MADE SURE THAT HYUGA WAS A BLOODTHIRSTY TIGER, OVERFLOWING WITH FIGHTING SPIRIT... WHO WOULDN'T BE SATISFIED BY THIS KIND OF VICTORY!!


THEN, WAS TSUBASA'S FIELD SHAPING. EVEN THE EXPERIENCED KIRA DIDN'T NOTICE THAT THIS MADE HIM COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON TSUBASA... MAKING HIM DISREGARD THE OTHER PLAYERS.


LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, WERE SAID BY ROBERTO HONGO IN HIS LETTER... "FIGHTING SPIRIT CALLS FIGHTING SPIRIT".


LIKE A CHAIN REACTION... HYUGA'S AND TSUBASA'S FIGHTING SPIRIT WILL CALL SOMEONE ELSE'S... AND THE ONE KIRA ONCE CONSIDERED AS A POTENTIAL WEAK POINT IN THIS MATCH IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BEST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE JAPANESE FIGHTING SPIRIT...