THE STANDS THAT WERE SO FIRED UP BY TOHO'S MATCH UP UNTIL NOW IS STARTING TO SWITCH TO SUPPORT NANKATSU... BECAUSE TOHO'S INTENTION IS TO CLEARLY WASTE TIME FROM NOW ON!

TOHO AND COACH KIRA ARE CLEARLY USING ANY TRICK THEY CAN, CIRCULATING THE BALL ALL AROUND, A TERRIBLY LONG SUBSTITUTION, TOHO'S PLAYERS FALLING TO INTERRUPT THE GAME, TAKING ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD FOR GOAL KICKS, THROW-IN AND FREE KICKS...

BUT TO BE FAIR, THE WHOLE TOHO TEAM IS PLAYING THIS TIME WASTING GAME QUITE WELL, SINCE EVEN IF NANKATSU CAN GET THE BALL SOMETIMES, TOHO IS STAYING STRONG IN DEFENSE...

IT ISN'T JUST TATSUNAMI'S BIRDCAGE THEY'RE USING, THEY ALSO ADOPTED THEIR DEFENSIVE FORMATION, WITH SORIMACHI PLAYING AS A SIDE HALF...

AND THERE'S ALSO WAKASHIMAZU, WHO IS EVEN MORE RELIABLE THAN TATSUNAMI'S KEEPER! EVEN AGAINST TSUBASA'S EVER CHANGING DRIVE SHOTS, THAT DEFENSIVE FORMATION IS FORCING HIM TO SHOOT FAR AWAY, ALLOWING WAKASHIMAZU TO CATCH THEM PERFECTLY!!

AND ONCE HE'S CAUGHT IT, OF COURSE HE'S WASTING TIME TO PUT IT IN PLAY...

EVEN THOUGH NANKATSU IS GIVING IT THEIR ALL TO CHASE THE BALL, AND THEY ALREADY DEFEATED THE BIRDCAGE BEFORE, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THEY'RE TIRED, CONSIDERING HOW HARD THEY PLAYED AND WE'RE CLOSE TO 90 MINUTES OF PLAY...

AH, BUT IZAWA IS ALSO STARTING TO PLAY IN SYNC WITH TAKI AND KISUGI'S PRESS!! TOHO IS STARTING TO PANIC!!

THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS TO PASS FORWARD TO HYUGA!! TAKASUGI IS TOO FAR, ALL HYUGA HAS TO DO IS PASS TO SOMEONE WHO'S FREE TO KEEP THE BIRDCAGE GOING...

AH, BUT WHAT'S THIS, HYUGA ISN'T CIRCULATING THE BALL, HE'S GOING TOWARDS THE GOAL AT FULL FORCE, HE EVEN MANAGES TO BLOW AWAY TAKASUGI WHO DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO CHARGE!!

HYUGA IS GOING TO SHOOT!! IT WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED FOR NANKATSU...!! BUT TSUBASA IS HERE!! HE'S TOO FAR TO TAKE THE BALL, BUT HE CAN BLOCK IT!!

AH, BUT HYUGA IS STOPPING HIS SHOOTING MOTION TO AVOID TSUBASA'S BLOCK!! WOULDN'T HE SHOOT FORCIBLY USUALLY!?

AHHH, BUT TSUBASA... TSUBASA IS... LIKE TOHO'S SLIDING TACKLES...

... TSUBASA USED HIS LEG TO DIVE AGAIN THE OTHER WAY, MAKING IT ON TIME TO BLOCK AGAIN, BUT THIS IS GOING TO HURT MUCH MORE LIKE THIS!!

BUT HYUGA STOPPED HIS SHOOTING MOTION ONCE AGAIN, HE'S SWINGING HIS LEG FOR THE 3RD TIME NOW!! AHHH BUT!!

BUT HYUGA DIDN'T SEE ISHIZAKI DIVE BEHIND TSUBASA!! HE'S TAKING A FULL POWERED TIGER SHOT RIGHT ON THE FACE!! THERE'S BLOOD!!

THE SHOT WAS BLOCKED, THOUGH, THE BALL IS HIGH AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CORNER KICK FOR TOHO... THE GAME IS STOPPED, BUT THERE IS OF COURSE, CONCERNS FOR ISHIZAKI... NANKATSU'S PLAYERS AND STAFF ARE GATHERED AROUND HIM...