Another 149: Cornered

MISUGI IS KICKING THE BALL!! IS IT A... AH, NO THE KICK IS SOFTER THAN A SHOT, IT'S...


THIS IS A HIGH, PINPOINT CENTERING...


TOWARDS AMARAL, BUT NAKANISHI IS STILL HERE... AH, BUT THIS TIME, AMARAL IS THE FIRST ON THE BALL...!!

Just as I thought! He's able to jump higher!!

BUT EVEN THOUGH HE LOST HIS ONE ON ONE, THE EXPERIENCED NAKANISHI SLIGHTLY PUSHED AMARAL... THROWING HIM A BIT OFF BALANCE AS HE WAS HITTING THE BALL...


THIS IS... AMARAL'S GOAL HUNTING HEADER!! POWERFULLY GOING DOWN TOWARDS THE GOAL...


AHHH! BUT THIS PERFECT CHANCE IS GOING TO WASTE!! IT'S ON THE GOAL BAR!!

Thanks to Nakanishi... Nice marking, even though he was defeated...

IT WAS A POWERFUL HEADER, THE REPELLED BALL IS GOING FAR AWAY FROM JEF UNITED'S GOAL...


AND THE FIRST ONE ON THE BALL IS ABE! NICE POSITIONNING, BUT HE'S ALREADY SURROUNDED BY FC TOKYO...

No... This is bad!

EVEN THOUGH HE'S SURROUNDED, ABE STILL MANAGES TO SKILLFULLY KEEP THE BALL!!


AND HE MANAGES TO SEND THE BALL FORWARD... HOWEVER, MISUGI MANAGED TO COME BACK TO HELP THE DEFENSE LINE AND...

HOWEVER, ABE SENT THE BALL TO SATO HISATO, THE FORWARD WHO REPLACED OSHIBA AT THE SAME TIME MISUGI GOT IN... HE WAS A NEWCOMER AND MISUGI HAD NO DATA ON HIM FROM THE MATCH...


AS A RESULT, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN FC TOKYO, HE WAS TRICKED... THEY ALL HAD IN MIND EVERY SHOTS THEY STOPPED SO FAR, AND WERE TAKEN ABACK BY THE FACT THAT SATO HISATO WAS A...


... LEFT FOOTED SHOOTER!!


AND THIS TIME, FC TOKYO'S KEEPER DOI IS DEFEATED!! THIS IS...


... THIS IS UNEXPECTED!! EVEN THOUGH MISUGI GOT IN... IN THE END, AFTER 35 MINUTES IN THE SECOND HALF... JEF UNITED IS TAKING THE LEAD! 1-0!


Coach Verdenik... Purposedly imprinted multiple right footed shots in our minds... Made his substitution
go unnoticed... Used a player I couldn't analyze... But the players had the skills to defend and make his tactic work... So this is the pro world...

And now, I'm cornered... If we lose... I'll be able to play the next match but... The sponsors...

If I'm using perfect copy, I'm confident I can win but... I won't be able to play many matches...

And if I play normally, if we tie... It'd be extra time... Making me play for more than 15 minutes...

It might not be as bad as using perfect copy... But I still won't be able to play full matches to recover...

There's... No good choices... Yes... This time I'm cornered...