Another 165: The artist's curse

PSG YOUTH IS REJOICING! AFTER BEING LED FOR SO LONG, THEY FINALLY MANAGED TO DESTROY OL YOUTH'S STRONGHOLD...! EVERYONE IS SURROUNDING MISAKI TO CONGRATULATE HIM!!


That shot was incredible Misaki!! Thanks to you, we're even!
Yeah, just one more and it's our win! Let's keep this up!

......
... What's the matter, Misaki, you don't seem happy even though you just scored...

I'm always saying that soccer is a team sports... That a goal is everyone's goal... That this is my soccer
creed... And yet I can't help but feel that I've scored in an incredibly selfish way... On my own... I feel like I've betrayed my soccer creed... I didn't enjoy it...

I could tell you that this goal was in fact everyone's effort... That your shot went in because everyone
kept all the opponents' players busy... Or that it doesn't matter as long as we win... But it's true that you're not being yourself lately.

That guy "cursed" you so easily... And even though you fought through it, you look like you're not having
fun today... If that's how you feel, then my only advice is...

Stop thinking... And have fun! This is just a game after all.

HAVING JUST TAKEN A GOAL, THE OL YOUTH ELEVEN IS TRYING EXTRA HARD TO SCORE ANOTHER ONE... BUT THEIR ATTACK PATTERN SOMEWHAT CHANGED...


USUALLY HEAVILY COUNTING ON FERRILLI'S BREATHROUGH AND SHOTS, THE LATTER IS NOW JUST QUICKLY CIRCULATING THE BALL...

If I'm not holding the ball too long they can't exploit my blind spot...!!

That's it... Just like Misaki before him, he's starting to doubt his own usual playstyle... Falling for his own
trap... The artist's curse! He can't know Misaki found his blind spot by chance, and can't know that's it's pretty draining for me, who doesn't have an artist eye, to exploit his blind spot correctly...

All we need to win now is a little something more...!

THIS IS ONCE AGAIN, A STALEMATE! EVEN THOUGH OL YOUTH IS PUTTING IN AN EXTRA EFFORT TO GET THE FLOW BACK IN DEFENSE AND OFFENSE, EVEN THOUGH THEIR CIRCULATING PASSES ARE WORKING, THEIR ATTACK PATTERNS ARE LACKING THE EDGE THEY NEED FOR THE FINISH! AS FOR PSG YOUTH, NOT SETTING THE PACE LIKE BEFORE, THEIR FEW ATTACKS ARE EVENTUALLY RUINED BY THE CRIMSON KEEPER, LORTIE!


SHOOTING CHANCE FOR OL YOUTH! BUT BLOCK BY PSG YOUTH...! AHH BUT... THE BALL IS GOING OVER...

Ahh! No! Not this!!

A CORNER KICK! BUT FOR OL YOUTH THIS TIME! HEAVILY MARKED, FERRILLI COULDN'T SHOW HIS STRONG POINTS... BUT WITH A CORNER KICK, HE CAN SHOW THE FULL EXTENT OF HIS ABILITIES!


FERRILLI IS MAKING HIS APPROACH RUN... JUST LIKE WITH MISAKI BEFORE HIM, PSG YOUTH IS PANICKING IN FRONT OF THE GOAL...!!

Field shaping...!! Is he really going to make a pass... Or is it just a trap like what I did before!?

PSG YOUTH IS GETTING THEIR COMPOSURE BACK THANKS TO THE DIRECTIVES OF THEIR CAPTAIN N'DIAYE!!

Right, like N'Diaye told me, stop thinking... Have fun...

THIS IS FERRILLI'S ARTISTIC CORNER KICK...! DRAWING A BEAUTIFUL CURVE...

I have fun attacking... I must help my teammates defend, but...

JUST LIKE WITH OL YOUTH'S FIRST GOAL... FERRILLI'S SHOT... IS BOUNCING ON THE GROUND... ONLY THIS TIME...

The defense specialist... Isn't me!

ONLY THIS TIME THE BALL ISN'T BOUNCING BACK TOWARDS THE GOAL, BUT TOWARDS A TEAMMATE, WHO'S NOT MARKED... IT WAS A PASS IN THE END!! AHHH BUT...!! GERINI... SURGING FROM BEHIND HIM, HE'S OVERTAKING HIM AND IS INTERCEPTING THE BALL!!

Hidden passcut!

No way, I... I didn't see him!? There's no way he could exploit my blind spot from my position during a corner kick!!

Right... I couldn't get in your blind spot if you were kicking a corner... So I created one... I hid behind a
player... It was a bet... Even if your current negative mindset wasn't enough to completely shut down your artist eye... I certainly hoped it would be weakened enough for me to hide!