Another 166: Sabre noir

AH, BUT ISN'T THAT DANGEROUS? RATHER THAN CLEARING THE BALL, GERINI, BEFORE BEING MARKED, IS JUST SENDING THE BALL TO MISAKI, WHO'S GOING TO GET MARKED AS WELL...


AH, BUT THAT WAS FAST! WITHOUT EVEN CONTROLLING THE BALL, MISAKI IMMEDIATELY PASSED THE BALL AGAIN TO HIS RIGHT... THEN HE'S RUSHING FORWARD...


IT'S A... PERFECT PASS FOR ONE OF HIS TEAMMATES, WHO'S RETURNING IT DIRECTLY! A BEAUTIFUL ONE-TWO!


IN... INCREDIBLE!! MISAKI IS PERFORMING HIGH-SPEED, SUCCESSIVE ONE-TWOS, EACH TIME WITH A DIFFERENT PARTNER!


AND... IT GOES ON! MISAKI IS A PERFECT MATCH FOR EVERY PLAYER IN THE TEAM... EVERYONE IN THE OL YOUTH TEAM IS TAKEN ABACK BY THE RHYTHM OF THIS ATTACK!


FROM THE FRONT OF THEIR GOAL... PSG YOUTH, WITH ONLY ONE TOUCHES PASSES... WENT UP ALL THE WAY...


... TO THE FRONT OF OL YOUTH'S GOAL...!! ONLY THE LAST STRONGHOLD, THE CRIMSON KEEPER, LORTIE IS LEFT...!!

Damn it... It keeps going left and right... Moreover...

He isn't using field shaping... Does that mean he'll shoot in the end... Or is that a trick...?

AND THIS IS... ANOTHER PASS FROM MISAKI! TOWARDS THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T TOUCH THE BALL SO FAR...

Ah...! Damn it!

... PSG YOUTH'S FORWARD... BOSSI!! HE'S SWINGING HIS LEG FOR A VOLLEY SHOT...!!

Should I use "it"? Even though I've put a seal on it...

No! This'll do for now...
... What!?

IT WASN'T A SHOT! BUT ANOTHER RETURN PASS TOWARDS MISAKI! LORTIE, WHO WAS POSITIONNED TO CLOSE BOSSI'S SHOT COURSES, IS CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED!! DESPITE THIS, GREAT REACTION, IS DIVING BACK TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE GOAL TO CATCH MISAKI'S SHOT!!


VOLLEY SHOT FROM MISAKI...!! AH, BUT WHAT'S THIS, HE MISSED THE BALL!?

... Wh... What!?

NO!! HE HAS LET THE BALL GO THROUGH, TO TRICK LORTIE AND TO LET HIS TEAMMATE, N'DIAYE, SHOOTING! THE OPPORTUNISTIC FELINE HUNTER, THE "YOUNG BEAST", SMELLED THE PERFECT CHANCE!!

Beast shot!!

AHHH, BUT DESPITE THIS...!! LORTIE IS MAKING IT!! DESPITE BEING FLAT FOOTED, TRICKED... SAINT LORTIE ONCE AGAIN SAVED HIS TEAM WITH A GOD LIKE SAVE!!

Uhh... Uh!!

AH, BUT N'DIAYE'S SHOT WAS STILL TOO POWERFUL!! LORTIE HAS LET THE BALL GO, AND HE'S HOLDING HIS ARM, HE'S IN PAIN! THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE LOOSE BALL IS...


BOSSI! PSG YOUTH'S SCOREMONGER IS SWINGING HIS LEG...!!

This is it! No choice now...!!

AH, BUT HE MISSED THE BALL? HE ONLY GRAZED IT... AHHH... AS A RESULT, THE BALL IS SPINNING!


HE DELIBERATELY PUT A STRONG ROTATION EFFECT ON THE BALL BEFORE SHOOTING! THIS ROTATION EFFECT SEEMS SHARP! AND NOW...

Sabre noir!

IT'S SHARP INDEED! IT ISN'T CURVING MUCH, BUT IT LOOKS AS SHARP AS A BLADE!!


BUT ONCE AGAIN, LORTIE IS REACTING!!... AHHH, HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE SHARP ROTATION EFFECT OF THE SHOOT... AND SURELY, ALSO BECAUSE OF N'DIAYE'S PREVIOUS SHOT... THE BALL IS STILL GOING THROUGH!! IT'S A GOAL!!!