BUT OF COURSE, THE MEMBERS OF THE GOLDEN AGE WOULDN'T LET THINGS END LIKE THIS...
ON THE OTHER HAND, IN THE J-LEAGUE SECOND DIVISION, THE GOLDEN AGE WAS NOT ONLY DOING WELL, THEY WERE BLOSSOMING! THEIR TEAMS WERE THE LEADERS OF THE J2...
MORISAKI FINALLY RECOVERED FROM HIS INJURY. NOT PLAYING FOR A WHILE PAID OFF, AS HE CAME BACK IN PERFECT CONDITION AND WAS QUICKLY CONSIDERED THE BEST KEEPER OF THE J2. TAKASUGI ALSO EVENTUALLY CAME OUT OF HIS SLUMP AND QUICKLY ROSE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FEARFUL SWEEPER OF THIS DIVISION, NOT ONLY FOR HIS COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE, BUT FOR HIS FAMOUS LONG THROW AS WELL.
KISUGI WAS THE CURRENT BEST SCORER OF THE J2. HOWEVER, DESPITE HIS INJURY, SORIMACHI WAS MAKING A TREMENDOUS COMEBACK... BUT WAS HE REALLY INJURED OR WAS THAT JUST THE SAME TRICK HE AND KIRA USED AGAINST NANKATSU?
AS FOR TAKI, HIS FAVORITE ATTACK PATTERN AWARDED HIM WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF ASSISTS. EVEN IF THEY TRIED TO TAKE THE BALL, IT WOULD CROSS THE LINE TO LET HIS TEAM BE IN POSESSION AGAIN. NO ONE COULD STOP HIM IN THE J2, ONLY BUY SOME TIME LIKE THAT.
THE MOST SURPRISING THOUGH, WAS IZAWA. PLAYING ON HIS OWN AS THE DEDICATED PLAYMAKER OF HIS TEAM MADE HIM DEVELOP A SKILL HE DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE, BUT WAS OBVIOUS TO EXPERIENCED SCOUTS...
URABE AND ISHIZAKI KEPT ON WINNING THEIR MATCHES IN THE J3, ISHIZAKI'S GOOD MOOD, EXPERIENCE OF THE WINTERS' NATIONALS AS WELL AS RESULTS IN MATCHES EVENTUALLY AWARDED HIM THE ROLE OF TEAM CAPTAIN.
NITTA, SAWADA AND SANO, STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, SWIFTLY WON THEIR RESPECTIVE PREFECTURE TOURNAMENTS FOR THE UPCOMING INTER HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS FESTIVAL. AS FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T IN JAPAN...
IN THE UNITED STATES... SEATTLE, THOUGH RECEIVING LESS PRECIPITATIONS THAN OTHER US CITIES, WAS KNOW FOR IT'S LIGHT DRIZZLE, THAT COULD GO ON FOR DAYS... BUT THAT DIDN'T BOTHER MATSUYAMA, WHO WAS USED TO TRAIN EVEN IN THE SNOW... IT EVEN MADE HIS INDIVIDUAL TRAINING EVEN EASIER.
AND WHILE HE WASN'T ABLE TO USE HIS EAGLE SHOT WITH A ROTATION EFFECT THE WAY TSUBASA DID IN THE FINALS OF THE WINTERS' NATIONALS, HE WAS SLOWLY AND STEADILY IMPROVING IT HIS OWN WAY...
AFTER THEIR RESPECTIVE VICTORIES, WAKABAYASHI AND MISAKI WERE OFFERED CONTRACTCS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CLUBS... THOUGH NOTHING WOULD GUARANTEE THEM A SPOT AS REGULARS. WOULD THEY FACE THE MIRACLES THIS YEAR?
TRAINING WITH THE JUVENTUS PRIMAVERA FOR THEIR UPCOMING COMPETITION, HYUGA WAS FRUSTRATED TO NOT PLAY IN A MATCH YET... HE WAS USING THAT ANGER TO BE A STEP AHEAD, TRAING TO BE READY FOR THE SERIE A EVEN BEFORE HE HAD A PRO CONTRACT... BECAUSE OF COURSE, HIS OBJECTIVE WAS BEYOND... OUT OF HIS REACH FOR NOW.
... FAR AWAY, IN BRAZIL... WHERE A LONG-AWAITED CONFRONTATION WAS GOING TO HAPPEN...
... ALTHOUGH SAO PAULO PLAYED SOME MATCHES WITHOUT TSUBASA, FACING OTHER PLAYERS OF THE BRAZILIAN GOLDEN AGE LIKE INTERNACIONAL WITH BLANCO, AS WELL AS PALMEIRAS, WITH SENARDO...
... RADUNGA, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE PREVIOUS GOLDEN AGE, HAD AN ADVANTAGE AGAINST THEM. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS POLISHED TO THE UTMOST. AS A RESULT, THESE MATCHES WERE ALSO WON BY SAO PAULO.
NOW, WITH HIS INJURY HEALED, AND BEING WELL-RESTED, TSUBASA WAS IN TOP CONDITION...
... TO FACE THE STRONGEST OPPONENT OF THE BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP A SERIES! FLAMENGO, AND ITS YOUNG LEADER ALBERTO, AS WELL AS THE SOCCER CYBORG, THE BRAZILIAN MIRACLE CARLOS SANTANA!