Another 164: The turning point

18 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF AND NOW... THE PACE IS COMPLETELY REVERSED...!! PSG YOUTH IS NOW COMPLETELY SETTING THE PACE, EVEN THOUGH THEIR ATTACKS, SET UP BY MISAKI, ARE KIND OF STRANGE...?


SOMEHOW, MISAKI IS LOOKING SOMEWHERE, BUT... HE IS ALWAYS SENDING THE LAST PASS WHERE HE ISN'T LOOKING! NOW... A NO LOOK BACKHEEL PASS!

D... Damn, as expected, if he's looking at me directly, I can't get into his blind spot... And he can still see
his teammates with his "artist's eye"!

BUT IN ANY CASE, THIS IS EFFICIENT! BECAUSE EVER SINCE HE'S DOING THAT... FERRILLI HASN'T MANAGED A SINGLE PASSCUT! AND IT'S A VOLLEY SHOT FROM BOSSI...!!


HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL LORTIE...!! EVEN THOUGH HE ISN'T MANAGING TO PERFECTLY CATCH THE BALL LATELY, HE STILL ISN'T CONCEDING ANY GOALS! HE HAS SAVED HIS TEAM TIMES AND TIMES AGAIN!


But I can do the same, if I'm looking directly at Gerini, then he can't... What!?

FERRILLI TRIED TO ATTACK, HOWEVER THIS TIME HE COULDN'T SENSE MISAKI COMING FROM BEHIND, HE'S CLEANLY STEALING THE BALL FROM HIM!!


No way... He's found my blind spot too!? Then I can't... Prevent them from taking the ball...

BUT THE TRUTH WAS THAT JUST LIKE LAST TIME, EVEN THOUGH HE TRIED TO BE IN FERRILLI'S BLIND SPOT, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY SHARED THE SAME FIELD OF VISION... MISAKI ONLY HAPPENED TO BE IN FERRILLI'S BLIND SPOT OUT OF LUCK...


MISAKI WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIND THE ARTIST EYE'S BLIND SPOT WITHOUT MUCH MORE TRAINING... A FACT THAT FERRILLI IGNORED, BUT WOULD HAVE A HUGE INFLUENCE ON THE MATCH...


AND THIS IS ANOTHER NO LOOK HEEL PASS FROM MISAKI, AS FERRILLI WAS GOING TOWARDS HIM TO MARK HIM!!

Even though I can't stop him, he still can't use the full extent of his passing abilities like this!

AH, BUT THIS IS A FAST... THROUGH PASS! ON THE VERGE OF THE OFFSIDE... IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT MISAKI COULD PULL THAT OFF LIKE THIS!!

N... No way!?

BUT LORTIE CAME OUT OF HIS GOAL...! BOSSI IS TRYING TO DODGE HIM, BUT NICE REACTION FROM THE CRIMSON KEEPER WHO'S RAISING HIS ARM TO TAKE THE BALL AS BOSSI IS JUMPING!!


THE TWO OF THEM ARE ENTANGLED! AND BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE BETWEEN BOSSI'S LEG AND LORTIE'S HANDS, THE BALL IS LOOSE... IT'LL BE A CORNER KICK FOR PSG YOUTH!!

Damn it! This guy... Even though he's distracted by Misaki's field shaping...!!

THE ONE WHO'LL KICK THE CORNER IS OF COURSE THE PLAYMAKER MISAKI!!

Damn... I'm distracting him, but his defense is still great... A chance might never come, even though he's only
repelling my teammates' shots...

Maybe... The only way is to...

... AND MISAKI IS FINALLY MAKING HIS APPROACH RUN...!!


IT'S CONFUSING IN FRONT OF THE GOAL! SOME OF PSG YOUTH'S PLAYERS ARE DODGING OL YOUTH'S MARKING... BUT THANKS TO LORTIE'S DIRECTIVES, THEY ARE QUICKLY MARKED CORRECTLY AGAIN...!!


THIS IS GOING TOWARDS BOSSI...! BUT HE'S MARKED BY FERRILLI, AND THE CRIMSON KEEPER ALSO CAME OUT OF HIS GOAL!


AH, BUT NO!! THIS IS... THIS IS DIFFERENT!!

Wh... What!?

IN MID AIR, LORTIE IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO REACH THE BALL THAT SUDDENLY CHANGED ITS COURSE... BUT CAN'T REACH IT...!!


AND... THIS IS A GOAL! 1-1!! 24 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF, PSG YOUTH... FINALLY CAUGHT UP!


Focusing on my movements, Ferrilli can't focus on the ball... And Lortie couldn't focus on the
ball either, to counter my field shaping... Moreover, he was convinced that I'd make a pass...