Another 184: The 4 falling stars 2

THE DAY AFTER, THE RESULT OF THAT MATCH WAS ALL OVER SPORTS MAGAZINE... WITH THE GAP LEFT BY SODA, THE WELL OILED MACHINE OF THE RED DIAMONDS EASILY WON 3-0...


THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THEIR OPPONENTS WAS AVISPA FUKUOKA... AND THEY ALREADY HAD A TACTIC, WITH ONCE AGAIN, THE GOLDEN AGE AS THEIR MAIN TARGET.


... That brawn for brains will surely fall for it. I'm counting on you.

ONE WHO DIDN'T ASSIST THE RED DIAMONDS MEETING WOULD THINK THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE UPPER HAND, AND THAT THE MATCH WAS A STALEMATE... BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH THE RED DIAMONDS HELD ON, THANKS TO THEIR GOAL KEEPER YAMADA MICHEL, AND THE "LONG LEG" DEFENSE OF THEIR DEFENDER SAKAKI YUJI...


JITO WAS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AT MARKING THEIR ACE STRIKER EMERSON... HE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE ZONE, SO HAPPY TO PLAY AGAINST SOMEONE WHO PLAYED IN BRAZIL LIKE TSUBASA, WITH A SHOOTING POWER SIMILAR TO HYUGA...


... BUT THAT DEDICATION WOULD ACTUALLY BECOME HIS DOWNFALL... BECAUSE NEAR THE END OF THE GAME, AS EVERYONE WAS EXPECTING A DRAW...

Do it now!! Emerson, Yumikura!!

AH, BUT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A SWITCH BETWEEN EMERSON AND YUMIKURA! IS THAT TO ALLOW EMERSON TO SHAKE FREE FROM JITO? IS IT GOING TO BE A BACK PASS FROM YUMIKURA?

!!... You won't escape from me, Emerson!!

AH, NO, YUMIKURA ISN'T PASSING TO EMERSON OR ANYONE ELSE, IT ISN'T A BREAKTHROUGH EITHER, IT'S... A MIDDLE SHOT!!

Go!!

AH, BUT... NO WAY! IT'S A DRIVE SHOT! THE SAME DRIVE SHOT AS THE GENIUS, MISUGI...!!

What!? No way!!

AND IT'S IN! AVISPA FUKUOKA MUST HAVE THOUGHT OF COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST THE DRIVE SHOT SINCE MISUGI CAN USE IT, BUT NOT ONLY NO ONE EXPECTED A PLAYER OF THE DIAMONDS TO USE IT, THE GAP LEFT BY JITO GAVE NO CHANCE TO THE KEEPER AND THE OTHER DEFENDERS!

See Jito? Emerson isn't the only one who can score in our team.

AND HERE IS THE WHISTLE FOR THE END OF THE MATCH!! ONCE AGAIN A MEMBER OF THE GOLDEN AGE IS FALLING TO THE REDS! THE DIAMONDS HAVE, CLOSE TO THE END OF THE MATCH, CUT EVEN THROUGH A ROCKY WALL TO GRASP THE VICTORY, 1-0!!

AFTER THIS, EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR THE CLASH BETWEEN THE DIAMONDS AND THE TEAM LED BY THE GENIUS, THE INSPIRATION OF THE NEXT AGE, MISUGI JUN... BUT AS THE MATCH WAS DRAWING CLOSE, RUMORS WERE STARTING TO GROW...


THAT MISUGI WOULD MISS THE MATCH AGAINST THE RED DIAMONDS, FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM... THOUGH NO MATCH, OFFICIAL OR FRIENDLY, WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM THAT WEEK... THE RUMORS GROWING BIGGER, GAMO DECIDED TO USE THE SAME WEAPON AS KATAGIRI...


So, coach Gamo, how are you feeling, hearing the rumors that Misugi won't play the match against the
Red Diamonds?
I guess that you're expecting me to say that I'm relieved, or diappointed...

Well, I'll be clear, I don't care. We've already defeated all the other members of the japanese Golden
age... His cowardly attitude towards this match is proof that we had nothing to fear anyway.
!! B... But... It's common knowledge that Misugi is the inspiration of the next age, the best player of the golden
age, the strongest of them!

Your "genius" played around 10 minutes against Gamba Osaka, after a single tackle from Soda... While we
dealt with the latter just as swiftly.
B... But Mister katagiri of the japanese soccer association said...

He's the one with sunglasses not you... So open your eyes and look at things clearly for once...
...!! Uh... Wh... What are you...

It was the same against Avispa, one bump against Jito was enough to put him out of the match.
... But he also showed magnificent plays, surely you...

Flawed plays, that are once again preventing him from playing full matches...
Are you saying that even if he wanted to transfer to your team, you wouldn't use him?

Indeed, this cowardice, this flawed play, this frailty, he isn't fit to be a diamond, he's...

... Just common glass.