KUNIMI BLOCKED THIS LONG PASS, CHANGING ITS COURSE, IT BECAME A HIGH FLOATING BALL... HIS POSITIONNING HINDERED BY THE OPPONENT, NITTA WON'T BE ABLE TO KICK IT WITH AN OVERHEAD OR A VOLLEY SHOT! A HEADER WOULD BE DIFFICULT AS WELL, EVEN IF NITTA ISN'T REALLY PROFICIENT WITH THEM, HE JUST CAN'T BE IN A GOOD POSITION TO HIT THE BALL!
WHAT, NITTA IS JUMPING!? THAT'S A NICE FIGHT, BUT NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT... HE'S JUMPING TOO SOON AND NOT ON THE CORRECT SPOT...!!
AHHH!! IT'S IN!! NITTA MANAGED TO UNLEASH HIS SHOT IN A VERY UNORTHODOX SHOOTING STANCE! IN THE LAST SECONDS... SHUTETSU IS TYING, 5-5! WITH THIS... THE MATCH WILL GO INTO EXTRA TIME!
EXTRA TIME IN THE INTER HIGH CONSISTS OF TWO HALVES OF 10 MINUTES, IN OTHER WORDS 20 MINUTES... BOTH ACES DID THEIR BEST TO SCORE THE VICTORIOUS GOAL, BUT SANO'S REPEATED USES OF THE GOAL POST JUMP MADE HIM UNABLE TO USE HIS FUTSAL DRIBBLING FEINTS EFFICIENTLY TO SHAKE FREE FROM HIS MARKERS ANY MORE AND COULD NEVER USE HIS TOE POKE FOR THE REST OF THE MATCH...
NITTA WAS ALSO HEAVILY MARKED AND TIRED, BUT COULD STILL USE HIS SHOT, AND EVENTUALLY KICKED A DESPERATE LONG FALCON SHOT, THAT KUNIMI'S KEEPER REPELLED... INSIDE THE GOAL. SHUTETSU WAS LEADING 6-5... AND MANAGED TO KEEP THE SCORE LIKE THAT FOR 3 MINUTES, UNTIL THE END OF THE MATCH.
THIS TIME, THIS IS IT! THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT WASN'T NEEDED AFTER ALL! THE OTHER TEAM QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS IS SHUTETSU!
AND SO, THE DAY OF THE FINALS CAME! AS SAWADA EXPECTED, EVEN BEFORE THE MATCH BEGAN, TOHO LOOKED MUCH MORE LIVELY AND CONFIDENT THAN SHUTETSU...
SHUTETSU VERSUS TOHO! IF KUNIMI VS SHUTETSU WAS A CONFRONTATION OF STRIKER, THIS TIME SHUTETSU WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE TINY TECHNICIAN, THE PLAYMAKER SAWADA TAKESHI! WITH AN OVERWHELMING PRESENCE IN THE MIDFIELD THROUGHOUT THIS TOURNAMENT, TOHO, THANKS TO SAWADA, COMPLETELY DOMINATED ALL OF THEIR OPPONENTS!
MOREOVER, SHUTETSU PLAYED A VERY HARD SEMI FINAL! WILL THIS AFFECT THEM IN THIS FINALS? WE'LL FIND OUT SOON, THE KICK-OFF IS ABOUT TO BE WHISTLED!