HERE WE ARE IN THE RENE JARLIER STADIUM FOR THE FINALS OF THE YOUTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! AFTER LEADING IMPRESSIVELY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE GROUPS THE PSG YOUTH AND OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS YOUTH RESPECTIVELY DEFEATED SAINT-ETIENNE YOUTH AND NIORT YOUTH IN THE SEMI FINALS!

AND HERE IS THE KICK-OFF! PSG YOUTH IS OF COURSE ENTRUSTING THE BALL TO THEIR PLAYMAKER, THE JAPANESE MISAKI TARO! WITH 26 ASSISTS IN THIS TOURNAMENT, HE'S UNDOUBTEDLY THIS TOURNAMENT'S ASSIST KING!

BUT HERE IS FERRILLI! ONE YEAR YOUNGER THAN MISAKI, HE'S NICKNAMED "IL NUOVO CODINO" (THE NEW PONYTAIL) AS HIS HAIRSTYLE AND OFFENSIVE SKILLS ARE COMPARED TO THE FAMOUS ROBERTO BAGGIO, HE'S INDEED HOLDING AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD OF 22 GOALS AND 18 ASSISTS IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP... BUT HIS DEFENSIVE SKILLS ARE FEARED JUST AS MUCH!

HOWEVER, MISAKI ISN'T TRYING TO GET PAST FERRILLI! ONCE HE'S CLOSE ENOUGH, HE'S SENDING THE BALL TO THE SIDE!

EVEN WITHOUT THE BALL, MISAKI IS MARKED BY FERRILLI! PSG YOUTH'S FORWARD BOSSI, WHO SAW THIS, IS ATTACKING ALONE ON THE SIDES AND IS SHOOTING FROM AFAR! HE'S THE ONE WHO SCORED MOST OF THE GOAL FOR HIS TEAM!

BUT THE LONG SHOT FROM PSG YOUTH'S GOAL GETTER ISN'T ENOUGH TO THREATEN THE CRIMSON KEEPER! AMBIDEXTROUS, LORTIE IS EASILY CATCHING IT WITH ONLY HIS LEFT HAND!!

STILL, NO ONE WAS MARKING BOSSI! WERE THEY SURPRISED BY THIS UNUSUAL ATTACK... OR DID THEY LET HIM FREE ON PURPOSE? THAT MEANS THEY HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN THEIR KEEPER!

EVEN THOUGH HE'S EVEN YOUNGER THAN FERRILLI, IT'S TRUE THAT HE'S UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST KEEPER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP!... AND LORTIE IS OF COURSE THROWING THE BALL DIRECTLY TOWARDS FERRILLI... THIS TIME IT'S THE OPPOSITE, HE'S MARKED BY MISAKI!

FERRILLI, HOWEVER, ISN'T TRYING TO PASS THE BALL, HE'S TRYING TO GET PAST MISAKI WITH A FEINT! HE'S MOVING SO FAST WITH THE BALL!

AH, BUT HE'S KEEPING UP! IT LOOKED LIKE FERRILLI WAS GOING TO GET PAST MISAKI ON THE SIDE AFTER A FEINT, BUT MISAKI MANAGED TO FOLLOW HIM, PREVENTING HIM FROM BREAKING THROUGH!

BUT FERRILLI DIDN'T LOSE THE BALL! AH, HE'S GOING FOR ANOTHER FEINT! FASTER! TO THE RIGHT, THEN LEFT... AND RIGHT AGAIN! A DOUBLE FEINT!

BUT MISAKI STILL MANAGED TO FOLLOW HIM! FERRILLI IS NOW CLOSE TO THE TOUCH LINE... IT'LL BE HARDER TO KEEP THE BALL!

FERRILLI CAN'T GO FURTHER TO HIS RIGHT, AND MISAKI IS BLOCKING THE OTHER WAYS! AS A RESULT, MISAKI IS ASSAULTING THE CORNERED FERRILLI!

FERRILLI DODGED MISAKI'S TACKLE IN THE AIR, BUT PSG YOUTH'S SIDEBACK FRANCESCO GERINI WAS WAITING FOR HIM THERE!!

GERINI WAS STRONGER, BUT EVEN THOUGH FERRILLI IS BLOWN AWAY, HE STILL PREVENTED GERINI FROM TAKING THE BALL... BUT PSG YOUTH'S CENTERBACK MAMADOU N'DIAYE, FRENCH OF SENEGALESE DESCENT, IS THE FASTEST TO PICK UP THE LOOSE BALL!

IF THE OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS YOUTH HAS THE STRONGEST KEEPER, HUGO LORTIE, THEN PSG YOUTH HAS A STRONG DEFENSE LINE! THE CAPTAIN MAMADOU N'DIAYE'S BOLD AN INNOVATIVE DEFENSES WAS OFTEN A PROBLEM TO MOST PLAYMAKERS...

... THIS COLLECTIVE DEFENSE WAS MOST LIKELY HIS IDEA! THE ITALIAN FRANCESCO GERINI, DESPITE HIS FACE, IS THE SAME AGE AS N'DIAYE AND MISAKI, AND IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT ASSET, BOTH OFFENSIVELY AND DEFENSIVELY! MISAKI IS RECEIVING N'DIAYE'S PASS...