Chapter 15: Simple Wins
On a Sunday in mid-May, the second round of the Tokyo Regional Tournament was held on a makeshift soccer field near Daifuku High School in Itabashi Ward, surrounded by several tiers of staircase stands that could accommodate less than 2,000 people.
"I thought that the home field that our school was looking for was the worst, but I didn't expect that there would be a lower limit."
Suhara, who has not played a few games, expressed his opinion that the two away games of last year's local tournament were held in a regular gymnasium.
"The support of Daifuku High School is still quite high, and it is all full."
Captain Nakamura pointed to the stands, most of the people watching the game this time were minors, the support group arranged by Hachioji High School was squeezed into the remote northeast corner, the orchestra and cheerleading team organized by the students, wearing uniform red uniforms, each high school team had its own cheering song, some were self-made, and some would borrow the songs that became famous.
"Now it's Hachioji High School varsity team, No. 10 Shikei Nakamura, No. 9 Tatsuya Suhara..."
The on-field commentary began to report the list of players, and there was sparse applause in the stands, and when the name of Fujii Shu was reported, there were obviously more, and it seemed that this kind of thing was a common problem in various countries.
And when the school team of Daifuku High School appeared, the atmosphere in the stands was several times warmer, and every little player on the field was encouraged by thunderous applause, and the band of Daifuku High School played the school song until the players on both sides stood still, and their respective captains stepped forward to toss a coin to choose a side to kick off, and Captain Nakamura's luck this time was a little worse, so that the Daifuku High School team grabbed the right to start the ball.
"Shh
The referee blew the whistle for the game, and the Daifuku High School team also moved in a formation of 442, their strength was relatively average, and the overall strength was not as good as the Adachi High School team in the previous round.
In the seventh minute of the first half, Fujii received a pass from Captain Nakamura, as in training, he immediately entered the opponent's backfield, was sandwiched by two defenders of the Daifuku High School team, attracted attention for a while, and then made a long pass to the feet of Suhara, the goalkeeper of the Daifuku High School team did not have the level of Ryunosuke, Suhara adjusted his attitude and shot from a distance, and the football crossed the goalkeeper, but it hit the crossbar and bounced out.
Fujii Tree predicted the landing point in advance, and used his knee to jack up before the football landed, thirty meters away from the goal, he tried to pick up his right leg, 1.3 times the adult strength allowed him to accumulate amazing strength, the same value of physique and agility allowed him to adjust the center of gravity of the body in time, stretch the body, like a longbow that was opened, and kicked the football in the air without stopping, and the sound of breaking the wind started.
The football was like a cannonball fired from the bottom fire, and it shot out at once, and the goalkeeper of the Daifuku High School team had just adjusted his posture to save when he saw a black dot enlarged in front of his eyes, stretched out his hand to block it, and wiped it from his ears at the next moment, with the sound of the wind, and he was startled into a cold sweat.
"No. 13 Fujii, a long-range shot, goal !!"
The on-field commentator suppressed his mood and said the name of the goalscorer on the loudspeaker, he tried to maintain a neutral attitude and did not belong to either side of the two teams in this game.
"Are you alright?"
The defender of the Daifuku High School team asked with concern when he saw that the goalkeeper was still standing in place after the goal was breached.
"I almost died! If this guy's ball hits me in the head, I'm going to be hospitalized. ”
The arm of the goalkeeper of the Daifuku High School team couldn't stop trembling, he hadn't faced such a terrifying shot, he couldn't understand his current mood, is this a long shot that a high school student can kick?
Forget it, if he shoots from a distance, I'll dodge it.
Seeing Fujii Tree with a calm face standing back in place and waiting for the kickoff, the goalkeeper of the Daifuku High School team was no longer able to raise his fighting spirit, and when the ball passed by his ear just now, his eardrums were faintly painful.
After taking a lead by one goal, the Hachioji High School team did not stop the momentum of the attack, and the 442 formation of the Daifuku High School team became a dense defense with kicking and kicking, but this did not stop their attack, and in more than 30 minutes, Suhara crashed into the enemy defender who was competing for the top, and a header opportunity knocked on the goal of the Daifuku High School team again, and the score was 2-0.
After that, the Daifuku High School team tried to counterattack, and was stopped by Fujii Shu to break the ball, interspersed directly from the midfield to the enemy's backfield, several tough physical confrontations, his body seemed to be thin, he easily squeezed away the defenders, shot directly at the goalkeeper, was blocked by the post, the ball fell at the feet of the fullbacks of the Daifuku High School team, Suhara stepped forward to jam the position, so that Fujii Shu had time to rush up, Fujii Shu stretched his leg to break the ball, turned his back to the goal, and pushed the ball into the goal with his heels.
3-0, although the first half of the game is not over, there is no suspense, at the beginning of the second half, Coach Fukai made one substitution after another, replacing Fujii Shu and Suhara, replacing two defenders, and did not plan to attack.
Until the end of the game, the score was still 3-0, although the players of the Daifuku High School team knew that they would most likely not be able to beat the team of the Adachi High School team, but they did not score a goal, which also made them inevitably break the defense a little, and they knelt on the ground and couldn't raise their heads.
"This forward of yours is really good, you have to have a body, you have to have a technique, and the speed is also first-class, you can play professionally, right?"
During the handshake session after the game, the coach of the Daifuku High School team complained to Coach Fukai.
"I heard that Horiko High School also found two U17 youth players from the J1 Pro League team, and in the future, he will have to find foreign aid to get results when he plays high school games, right?"
He was a little unconvinced, and invited the youth of the professional team to compete with amateur high school students, isn't this bullying? The Aomori Yamada team in Aomori Prefecture is a football school with a high school reputation, and you worms are not acting anymore, right? In the future, I will simply play Jinyuan football in high school competitions.
"I'm not a player...... Forget it, see you next year! ”
Coach Fukai originally wanted to defend himself, but suddenly interrupted and changed his words, this kind of thing would not be believed by himself, Hori Ko High School is also a team in Tokyo's A division, and has been the winner of a local tournament for five consecutive years, and has always had a tradition of being a strong football team, and it has been in the limelight in recent years.
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As soon as the match between Hori High School and Kawakami High School ended, reporters on the sidelines surrounded the stadium, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and the bright red 7-to-1 number was dazzling on the large-size electronic scoreboard.
"May I ask Yuya Furuzawa, how do you feel about participating in the local league for high school students?"
"Compared to the U17 team at Kashima Antlers, this kind of game is not difficult, right?"
"If you score five goals and one assist in a game, will you think that the game of a high school student is too simple?"
The reporters interviewed the subjects around a tall and handsome high center forward, the number on his chest is the absolute main number 10, and the sky blue short-sleeved team uniform clings to the strong and stylish body, showing proud physical fitness.