THE MATCH INDEED TURNED INTO AN EXHAUSTING GOAL SCORING CONTEST... SOME OF THEM WERE PREVENTED BECAUSE DEFENDERS OR THE GOALKEEPER WERE ON THE WAY OF THE SHOOTING COURSES...
BUT ALSO BECAUSE BOTH STRIKERS' ACCURACY WAS EVENTUALLY FALLING. NITTA HAD TO ALWAYS RUN AT TOP SPEED TO SHAKE FREE FROM HIS MARKERS, AND SANO'S GOAL POST JUMP WAS A BURDEN FOR HIS LEGS... BUT IN ADDITION, NITTA AND SANO WERE STARTING TO PAY THE PRICE FOR THEIR SPECIAL TRAININGS...
NITTA HAD A SPECIAL TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR THE J-LEAGUE AND SANO HELPED JITO TRAIN AFTER HIS DEFEAT AGAINST THE RED DIAMONDS... BOTH TEAMS ALSO BECAME MORE PROACTIVE IN THEIR DEFENSES, TRYING TO PREVENT THE PASSES TO THE FORWARD RATHER THAN STOPPING THE SHOTS.
IN THE INTER HIGH, ONE HALF IS ONLY LASTING 35 MINUTES... THE FIRST HALF ENDED WITH A HAT TRICK FOR BOTH PLAYERS, 3-3... BOTH OF THEM EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO SCORE AN ADDITIONAL GOAL DURING THE SECOND HALF, BRINGING THE SCORE TO 4-4, BUT AFTER THAT...
... AND THIS IS ANOTHER GOAL POST JUMP FROM SANO! THIS TIME HE'S GOING TO SHOOT WITH...
... AH, THAT'S UNUSUAL! SANO DIDN'T JUMP HIGH ENOUGH AND IS MISSING THE BALL!...
THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE FOR SHUTETSU! QUICK COUNTER! NITTA IS RECEIVING THE BALL AND HE'S COMPLETELY FREE!! AHHH BUT!!
THAT WAS A WHISTLE! THAT'S IT! KUNIMI IS DEFINITELY USED TO SHUTETSU'S ATTACK PATTERN, THEY MANAGED TO TRAP NITTA WITH AN OFFSIDE!
AHHH, BUT KUNIMI'S ATTACK PATTERN CHANGED! IS IT BECAUSE SANO CAN'T USE HIS GOAL POST JUMP ANYMORE? INSTEAD OF THEIR USUAL LONG FEED, THEY ARE CIRCULATING THE BALL WITH SHORT PASSES!
AND THIS IS CONFUSING FOR SHUTETSU! EVEN THOUGH KUNIMI'S ATTACK PATTERN IS CLOSER TO WHAT THEY DID IN THE PREVIOUS MATCHES, SANO IS STILL RUSHING FOR THE GOAL, AS IF HE WAS GOING TO USE THE GOAL POST JUMP AGAIN!? SHUTETSU IS DISREGARDING HIS MARKING SINCE THEY CAN'T STOP HIS GOAL POST JUMP!
BUT NO! THAT'S NOT A GOAL POST JUMP! SANO IS RECEIVING A LOW BALL, AND COMPLETELY FREE, HE IS SHOOTING!!
... AND IT'S IN! SHUTETSU IS PAYING A HIGH PRICE FOR THEIR MARKING MISTAKE! KUNIMI IS FINALLY IN THE LEAD, 5-4! AND THERE IS ONLY 5 MINUTES LEFT IN THE SECOND HALF, WITH WHATEVER AMOUNT OF TIME THERE'LL BE WITH ADDITIONAL TIME!
SHUTETSU IS ATTACKING, BUT UNDER PRESSURE BY KUNIMI, DEFENDING WITH ALL THEIR STRENGTH, AS WELL AS THE TIME PASSING BY...
... THEY ARE A BIT TOO HASTY, AND THEIR PASSES ARE LACKING IN ACCURACY! NITTA IS GOING AS FAST AS HE CAN, EVEN SLIDING TO TRY AND REACH THAT BALL, BUT...
... BUT NO! HE CAN'T REACH IT! THE LACK OF ACCURACY OF THE PASS AND HIS EXHAUSTION FROM RUNNING SO MUCH RESULTED IN THIS INCOMPLETE PASS! AND IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW LAST OCCASIONS OF THIS SECOND HALF!
... BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, BEING IN THE LEAD, KUNIMI IS WASTING TIME, SLOWLY CIRCULATING THE BALL AND PREVENTING SHUTETSU FROM GETTING IT! 70 MINUTES... AHH, AND THERE WILL BE ONLY 1 MINUTE OF LOSS TIME!
AH, SHUTETSU IS FINALLY MANAGING TO INTERCEPT A BALL AND IS DIRECTLY SENDING A LONG PASS... AH! BUT THE BALL IS BLOCKED BY KUNIMI! THE PASS COURSE IS CHANGED!
... NITTA REACTED TO THE PASS, BUT WAS SURPRISED BY THE BLOCK! WITH THE COURSE CHANGED, HE CAN'T RUN FORWARD! AND KUNIMI'S PLAYERS ARE POSITIONING THEMSELVES TO HINDER HIM... HE WON'T BE ABLE TO KICK THE BALL IN A GOOD POSITION...!
