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With a Top 4 position on the line,

Enoshima went up against
the powerful Yoin.

Once on the field,

I successfully pulled off the Phi Trick

and provided an assist to Araki-san
who scored the first goal.

However, under the control of

one the best high school liberos,
the Emperor, Asuka-san,

Yoin is really strong.

They tied up the game in an instant.

Then we gave up a second
goal in the second half,

but when the ball was entrusted to me,

I shot with all my might and scored.

At least, I should have.

G-Goal!

H-How?

A lightning attack and Yoin scores again!

The score is 1 to 3.

Yoin pushes past Enoshima again.

Tenacity to Win

It was over in an instant.

The Yoin defense, wary
of Enoshima's attack,

brought up their line and
Aizawa cut back behind them.

Then Araki, with spectacular
timing, fed a through pass.

With defenders hot on his heels,

Aizawa shot for the left corner.

Everything was going well up until then.

However, Asuka leapt out from
a blind spot and cleared it.

The ball became a counter
pass to Onimaru

who was waiting at the center line.

He slipped past his mark,

Nakatsuka, who was
distracted by the attack,

and moved straight into
a penetrating dribble.

He brought the ball in free
and finally Katsuragi scored.

What a painful goal.

Asuka read our pass.

Huh?

He knew that you were
going to break away

and where you were going to shoot,

and prepared a counter.

Damn, this isn't easy.

There are 20 minutes left,
but being 2 goals down

against the Yoin defense

under the control of Kanagawa's
number one defender,

Tooru Asuka, has got to hurt.

Remember what you just saw.

That was the frightening nature
of the man named Tooru Asuka.

You're saying that play was
inevitable for Asuka-san?

During middle school,

when we were on the same
junior youth team,

I spent a lot of time with him
and with his unique training.

We'd practice in a mini-game structure

with the keeper defending up front

while he was between the keeper
and the goal, clearing shots,

and sending passes to the front line.

We'd do it over and over again.

At first, I couldn't understand
what he was thinking.

We got into an argument about it once.

When he said,

Taka, what do you think about

when you go one-on-one
against the keeper?

Taking a shot, of course.

Right.

Since it's difficult to use a feint

against the keeper,
who can use his hands,

you'd choose to shoot.

A good striker will watch

the keeper's movements carefully

and, without lifting the ball too high,

aim for one of the
corners of the goal.

If he can do that, then he'd
be a first rate striker.

Right.

Another way to say it is,

if the keeper moves forward
as the striker shoots,

the 7.32 meter goal width
suddenly shrinks like this.

That may be true on paper,

but leaping out at the
attacker is a frightening thing

for the keeper.

He might be able to shrink the gap,

but it won't disappear.

If they aim here, it's over.

That's why as a defender,
I'll fill that remaining space.

What about a high ball?

Right now, I'm 175 centimeters

and I can jump 75 centimeters.

The height of the goal is 244 centimeters

so even without my hands,

I can basically cover the whole goal.

This way we can minimize

the threat on the goal.

And, instead of just clearing,

if I could connect it to
a forward line pass...

So it was all according to plan.

According to Asuka,

defense isn't just something
you do by yourself.

By calculating the positions
of all the defenders

and through complete and
repetitive practice,

he reduces the risk of
losing goals to a minimum

and connects it to a counterattack.

His job as a defender continues

up until the start of the attack.

What an amazing person.

He really is an emperor.

Enoshima has no choice but to attack,

but a bad attack will lead to a counter.

The match might as well be over.

But not going according to
plan is also part of soccer.

Kakeru.

Not yet!

It's not over yet!
Let's attack!

Yes!

Just one goal.
Let's take it back.

With every passing moment,
time is running out.

It won't be easy to topple
the hardened Yoin defense.

You've got no choice
but to attack, Enoshima!

Mako-san!

Nakatsuka is overlapping!

I'm counting on you.

Hyodo passes.

Move, move, move, move!

Nakatsuka kicks high.

The ball is loose.

Here's Aizawa! A chance for Enoshima.

It's Asuka again!

He really does seem to
just appear everywhere.

He's robbed Enoshima of their chance.

Damn it!

He's past Araki.
He moves up with a dribble.

Fore check!
Don't give him room to pass.

Asuka continues forward.

Is he planning to dribble it
all the way to the front line?

Asuka sends the ball
over to the other side.

Onimaru is running to meet it.

Get back!

I'll catch you!

Too easy.

Onimaru immediately
sends an early cross.

It's Asuka again.

No way, no way, no way!

Horikawa clears it.
That was a close one for Enoshima.

Sawamura-san.

The ball goes to Oda.

Move up!

Aizawa is running towards the space.

Will Oda send a long feed?

What I need to do right now is...

You were in the same
middle school, right?

Yes.

I heard from Hyodo.

His charge injured your knee.

Because of that, the club team
was dropped from selection.

It wasn't Hyodo's fault.

Of course not.
However, Oda-kun,

you need to think about your position.

If you re-injure your knee
before it's healed,

the damage could be permanent and
affect your career as a player.

You should avoid being a
below top player

who runs a high risk of taking
a charge from behind.

But I...

You're don't like the idea of changing
position over something like that?

Yes.

Then consider this:

I think you're a regista.

Regista?

The playmaker.

The defensive midfielder's position.

Even as you play go,

your judgment style has
an all encompassing view.

Listen, Oda-kun,
soccer is a lot like go.

How can you make space that
will lead to a goal opportunity?

How can you put someone in there

and give them the ball?

You need perspective, like in go.

Won't you come to our
high school, Oda-kun?

I'd like to invite you to our
team as a playmaker, a regista.

It's the job I've been given,

but now I finally understand
its importance.

I must do my job as a regista.

Oda is past another!

Araki-san withdrew from his position.

By drawing out his mark,
the defense is thinned,

and he's giving over the game
making position to Oda-san.

I don't know about that.

I won't let you.

Then, what is Oda-san trying to do?

I think,

that by drawing out his mark,

Araki-san creates usable space midfield.

But, instead of using it,

Oda-san is taking the
ball to the left side.

You'll see what this means in a second.

Oda!

Hyodo!

Hyodo is surrounded.

It's back to Oda!
What will he do?

He sends it to Hino on the
right side, who has a light mark.

A pinpoint side change!

The reason why Oda-san
avoided a long feed,

intentionally brought
the ball into a tight area,

and exchanged short passes with Mako-san

was to create a congested
area on the left side

and draw in the opponent's defenders.

As expected from the
Enoshima regista, Oda.

He set up the perfect
situation for an attack.

Plus, making space on the
forward line for Kakeru

and changing positions with Araki-san

was all to create this space.

Here's Araki. He's running
into the thinned middle area.

Too early.

With a smile that seems to
laugh at the pursuing defenders,

he sends a one touch pass.

On the other end of that pass is...

Aizawa!

Kakeru!

Kakeru!

Kakerucchi!

Kakeru.

Make it count this time, Aizawa!

It's no good!

Asuka suddenly intercepts
from Aizawa's blind spot,

completely crushing this chance.

Damn it...

An obvious result.

Huh?

No matter what play they attempt,

in the end, Araki and
Kakeru always join up.

Asuka is prepared for that
from the very start.

No matter what team play they
use to shake the Yoin defense,

as long as Asuka is there in the end,

scoring a goal will be difficult.

It's no good.

As long as I can't shake him,

I can't score a goal.

Time is just running out.

Crap, crap, crap!

Yoin's in control of the game

and the hand on the clock keeps turning.

Now you're in a pinch.

It's time to come out, Suguru.

Damn it! It's useless!

I can't score a goal this way.

Kakeru.

There's 11 minutes left.

Please do something, Enoshima!

It's no good.

Yoin has the amazing Asuka-san.

As I am now, I don't stand a chance.

There's no chance of...

No chance of winning?

Do you really believe that, Kakeru?

There are two moments when a
match is decided in soccer.

One is when the end of
the match whistle blows.

Do you know when the other is, Kakeru?

That guy again.

How's the game going, Kakeru?

You're late, brother.

Sorry. The plane was delayed.

I brought your Kama uniform,

but there's only 12 or 13 minutes left,

so you probably won't play, right?

First half | Second half

Yokohama
Kamakura

2-0.

Both were scored by number 9, Takajo.

That libero-like number 5 is good, too.

We've had chances, but so far...

How would you defeat them?

Huh?

You want to come to Kama for
middle school, too, right?

Yeah.

Then you're not just a bystander.

That's true,

but we can't even score a goal.

There's no chance of winning.

No chance of winning?

Do you really believe that, Kakeru?

Brother.

There are two moments when a
match is decided in soccer.

One is when the end of
the match whistle blows.

Do you know when the other is, Kakeru?

When the losing team gives up on scoring.

That moment.

Brother.

Aizawa isn't moving.
What's wrong?

Kakeru?

But what should I do?
I don't know.

Is that so?

Then I'll show you.

Just be quiet and watch.

It's finally starting.

What?

What could have happened?

Aizawa easily took the ball
from Emperor Asuka.

His swift movements are
completely different

from when he couldn't get around
Asuka's tight ball handling.

Kakerucchi!

Hold on.

It's not that he's gotten faster.

He's just reading his opponent's
movements, so he appears faster.

Asuka pulled the ball back to his
left rear with his right foot,

and intended to guard
the ball with his body

while the ball moved to his left,

but Kakeru read ahead
and attacked the ball

before Asuka-san could,
pushing the ball in

the opposite direction Asuka
intended, and claiming possession.

That wasn't just an accident?

No. Asuka is good,

but his technique has a
number of obvious moves.

Moves?

It's probably because,
rather than learning to sense

the ball from a young age,

he improved by practicing repetitively.

That's his weakness.

I see.

Learning your opponent's
movement and reading ahead...

To think that kid had
that sort of ability.

It isn't necessarily the little
brother that's doing it.

Huh?

Asuka lost the ball and, with his
pride on the line, goes after it!

Just as expected from Asuka-san.

A complete recovery.

By pushing him to the sides,

he prevents a dribble penetration.

I won't let you.

A blind heel pass!

It goes to Araki.

Shoot! Araki was free.

It's starting.

What should I do?
Should I go in myself, or...

Araki returns the ball to Aizawa.

All right. We've completely
shaken Asuka-san.

Kakeru.

However, the Yoin defense
has swiftly regrouped.

There are still three walls.

There's no space for
a dribble penetration.

Will he send it to the side?
No, he's still dribbling.

He's past one.

He's past the second.

I won't let you through.

Here's the third.

He's past!

The keeper jumps out.

It's one-on-one.

No, Asuka is going behind.

If he aims for the right side,

which the keeper is leaving open
intentionally, it'll be just like before.

Shoot!

If you don't know then
I'll show you, Kakeru.

Goal!

He shook Asuka, slipped
past three defenders,

and, in the end, sent the ball
through the keeper's legs!

Kakeru Aizawa scores!

I've wanted to see you, Suguru Aizawa.

Suguru-san.

It's 2-3. Eight minutes left.

One goal difference.

Hey, Leo. What was that just now?

You saw it.

This is the reason I came to Japan.

Through the goalkeeper's legs.

So that's where the hole was.

Asuka-san. That was just luck.

Things like this...

...happen in soccer.

This sort of unpredictable play.

Asuka-san.

Shake it off, Onimaru.

We still have a one goal lead.

Yes!

That's right.
If it ends here, we win.

You did it!
What was that?

You're amazing, Kakeru!

Where have you been hiding that dribble?

Kakeru, you...

We're still a goal behind.
Let's restart quickly.

That's true.

It's no time to celebrate, right?

All right!

Let's tie it up.

We still have time!

That play.

No matter how you look
at it, it wasn't Kakeru's.

Even considering divine possession,

or ignoring how flashy it was,
someone besides Kakeru must be...

It couldn't be.

It couldn't be, could it?

What is this feeling?

I can see, and I can feel,
but it's like it isn't me.

I can tell where everyone
is on this wide field,

as if they were standing on my hand.

I know what to do,
as if directions were

raining down from heaven.

Raining? No, that's not it.

My brother's heart inside my
chest is speaking to me.

That must be it.

Right now I'm running on
the field with my brother.

Kakeru.

That's not it.

Huh?

It isn't because of his heart.

This is Kakeru's own latent potential.

As an observer, closer than anyone,

of his genius brother's plays,
it should be possible.

Is that really it?

At least, that's what I believe.

That's it, Takajo-san.

What is?

Against Shonan, after taking

Hibino's Cannon Free Kick to the head,

he played as if he had
been possessed, like now.

Could it be because they're brothers?

It's as if I'm watching Suguru.

Or is it just a fluke?

I cannot believe that was a fluke.

Then what is it?

The game has changed,
hasn't it, Takajo-san?

As if being pulled by Kakeru's play,

everyone from Enoshima is playing better.

Close in and steal it!

Take possession of the ball!

Get the ball to Aizawa,
no matter what!

I'm counting on you.

Okay.

It's Aizawa.

Coming from the back,

diagonal and opposite of
where the ball came from,

a truly difficult to notice
blind spot, he's taken the ball.

You...

He's broken into a dribble.

He's fast, very fast.

A dribble so swift the ball
seems to be sucked to his legs.

With a long, beautiful stride,

he's once again headed into Yoin's side.

No matter how you look
at it, he's not Kakeru.

Push towards Aizawa!

First, kill his speed with numbers.

He shakes another!

Wait for me.

Who am I making a play for here?

Here comes Asuka.

He won't be shaken easily.

There's less than five minutes left.

With a tie goal on the line,
Kakeru Aizawa goes

one-on-one against the
emperor, Tooru Asuka!

He stopped?

Kakeru!

Inaba! Cut to the right.

All right, with this...

I can't move.

If I leap in, he'll slip
past me, but if I wait...

I'll challenge!

What?

It's a pass. Araki goes running in.

Who did I think he was?

That's Suguru! His pass
will definitely come here!

But the pass is hard! This is...

Believing in my speed,

believing in my direct play...

It connects! It's a direct volley!

Goal!

All right!

It's good!

The ace, Araki, scores the second
comeback goal and ties the game!

We did it! We did it!

And, with four minutes and
moments in loss time,

the score is 3-3.
It's anyone's game!

All right! Let's keep this up!

Until we take the lead!

Who will win?

Will it be Yoin or will we, Enoshima,

move forward into the Top 4?

Next Episode:
Fierce Battle! Finale

Kakeru blasts forward,

following the heart
of his brother, Suguru.

Enoshima and Yoin, neither
team giving a single inch,

both fight fiercely without
reaching the decisive goal.

Then entering
loss time still tied,

the last chance for Enoshima
comes at the very end.

On the verge of a goal,

Kakeru's answer to his brother
and the outcome of that shock.

The match against Yoin finally
reaches a conclusion.

Next time on
Knight in the Area,

episode 25:
"Fierce Battle! Finale."

Kakeru, Kakeru, Kakeru!