Another 132: Goal to goal

EXTRA TIME IS BEGINNING WITH TOHO'S KICK-OFF! AH, BUT TAKI AND KISUGI ARE RUSHING TOWARDS HYUGA IMMEDIATELY!!


AH, INDEED, THEY KNOW HYUGA CAN SHOOT FROM NEAR THE CENTER CIRCLE, AND HE'S IN FACT ALREADY TAKING A SHOOTING MOTION! THEY'RE BOTH... GOING TO BLOCK IT!!

Fu... Furano's double leg block!

AH, BUT WAS HIS SHOOTING MOTION A FEINT? HE'S DODGING THEM BOTH!


Even if Nankatsu's double leg block was perfect, his shooting power would be enough to blow them
away, like he did against Furano... But then, he may not be able to score if his shot was weakened... So he smartly dodged them...

HYUGA IS LANDING AND GETTING INTO A SHOOTING POSITION AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS ANOTHER TIGER SHOT!!

If it's for shooting, his soccer sense, technique...

... and accuracy are as high as his shooting power!!

TSUBASA MANAGED TO CLEAR THE BALL SOMEHOW! HE'S STILL PUSHED BACK BY THE POWER OF THE TIGER SHOT, THOUGH!! WHERE DID THE BALL GO?

I won't lose!!... Guh!!

AH, IT WENT ABOVE... THIS WILL BE A CORNER KICK FOR TOHO!!


SAWADA IS KICKING THE CORNER FOR TOHO! IS THIS FOR THE ACE HYUGA, OR ANOTHER SNEAK ATTACK WITH SORIMACHI, OR EVEN SOMETHING ELSE?


BUT NO GOOD! WITH IZAWA, TAKASUGI AND TSUBASA IN DEFENSE, NANKATSU HAS COMPLETE CONTROL IN THE AIR!!

Tower reaching heaven!

TOHO KEEPS ON ATTACKING FIERCELY, BUT AS A LIBERO, FAR TO THE BACK, IT LOOKS LIKE TSUBASA CAN ANTICIPATE THEM, HE'S GIVING GOOD DIRECTIVES TO DEFEND...! IT'S LIKE MUSASHI'S "YOUNG NOBLE" DEFENSE!

This is somewhat humiliating...

You don't like being copied, despite being a copycat yourself?
I do copy techniques... Individual techniques...

But I'm not talking about Tsubasa only... Not anymore... The whole Nankatsu team is copying collective
techniques of other teams, Jito and Sano's misdirection shot, Furano's double leg block, Tatsunami's tower reaching heaven and now Musashi's young noble defense... This is of course more effective when Tsubasa is included, but...

It's humiliating to see them use those with ease... When we worked so hard for it...
So, you'd say Nankatsu has the edge?

No, Toho is resourceful too... They copied Tatsunami's birdcage... Let's see...

AH, BUT SEEING THAT NANKATSU ISN'T ATTACKING, EVEN TOHO'S DEFENDERS ARE JOINING ON THE ATTACK!!

Th... This is our...!!

AH, EVEN THE KEEPER WAKASHIMAZU IS OVERLAPPING! HE'S RECEIVING THE BALL...

Even their keeper! Their avalanche is stronger than ours!

WAKASHIMAZU'S SHOOTING POWER IS UNDENIABLY IMPRESSIVE, HE EVEN SCORED AGAINST MUSASHI IN THE TOKYO PREFECTURE TOURNAMENT!! IS HE GOING TO SCORE AGAINST NANKATSU TOO?


NO!! WAKASHIMAZU'S SHOT WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF AN ACE STRIKER, AIMING FOR A FREE SPOT AND LEAVING MORISAKI MOTIONLESS, BUT TSUBASA MANAGES TO STRIKE IT WITH AN OVERHEAD, LOOKING LIKE A JUMPING VOLLEY!!...


... AND THAT IS ALLOWING HIM TO CLEAR THE BALL FAR AWAY... AHHH, BUT...


... THE BALL IS FALLING AND... WITH THAT KIND OF COURSE, ISN'T IT GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE GOAL LEFT EMPTY BY TOHO!?

Wh... What!! Damn it!!