“... The players did a great job. ”

"They all played a good game with their own strong will."

In an interview with reporters after the game, Kataoka told them.

"Although... The outcome of the game is everything, and whatever the losing side says, it sounds like an excuse—"

"But I still want to say it, the players are really amazing!"

"Instead, they taught me a lot of things..."

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"The game was exciting!"

"Everyone... Puff up your chest! ”

"You're doing a great job."

The students who came to support gathered outside the guardrail after the competition to comfort and encourage the Qingdao runners who were sad because they had lost the race.

"Philosopher!"

"Don't cry, Izaki!"

"What a shame!"

"Masuko..."

Tetsuya Yuuki, who had sorted out his emotions, walked out of the group and apologized to his classmates who came to support them.

"I'm really sorry that I couldn't meet your expectations!"

"Thank you very much for your support!" Tetsuya Yuuki said as he bowed to the students in front of him to express his gratitude.

"Thank you very much !!" Seeing this, the others also followed and bowed to the classmates in front of them.

"Slap, slap, slap...", the students responded with a round of applause.

"Don't apologize! Yuuki! ”

"You guys are great!"

"I'll be here to cheer you on again!"

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"If you keep going, they'll be the ones who win... As a result, it was overtaken in the first half of the thirteenth innings. Takahiro Hirakawa said in a somewhat helpless tone.

"We were defeated in a similar way to theirs." Oshima took over and spoke.

"It's really unwilling."

"And as time goes on, the feelings of remorse will grow stronger."

"Hey..."

"Whether you regret it or don't admit defeat, the losing side can only move forward to the next goal." Takahiro Hirakawa walked out of the crowd and prepared to leave.

"Whether it's us or Qingdao, even if we don't want to, sooner or later we will understand this."

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"Mr. Mine, as a reporter, maybe I shouldn't have said that," Ota and Akiko said to their colleagues as they looked at the Qingdao runners who boarded the school bus and left.

"But I really don't know how to say-"

"The two teams are evenly matched, so I think it's a really good game."

"But what is the most crucial factor in making today's game a winner..."

"Well, that's a tough question." Minefushi also thought hard about this question for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a satisfactory answer.

'It wasn't a game full of mistakes and both teams played to their own strengths.

"yes!" Ota and Akiko nodded in agreement with their colleagues.

"Even if Qingdao insists to the end and wins the conference, it is completely reasonable."

"Even so, if I had to name one cause of defeat, it would be in the final stages of an important match for Koshien's right to play..."

"I had to let the annual players stand on the pitcher mound, and the pitcher strength of Qingdao was a problem."

"Huh!?" Ota and Akiko felt a little strange about this, after all, Nagumo Shiichi's strength and performance were beyond doubt.

"If Nagumo can start the board like Yagami did last year and hand over the game to the ace after the middle game, Seichi may not be so passive in the second half of the game... Whether Inami can tie the score between the two sides and drag the game into a playoff is not certain. ”

"It's a pity that Superintendent Kataoka chose to let Kimura, who is also a year-old, play first... He must have anticipated this risk. ”

"They originally relied on the succession of Tamba and Kimura all the way to the decisive victory in this conference, and the risk of rashly changing tactics may be greater..."

"Aomichi, who relied on the relay of three pitchers to survive the crisis in front of him, and Inami, who has always believed in the trump card and fought to the end-"

"Because Yagami was injured and couldn't play, Qingdao didn't have an absolute ace pitcher, and at the last moment, maybe it was such a little gap that made the game between the two sides win or lose."

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At 3:15 p.m., Yagami said goodbye to his family after watching the game, and trotted over to the school.

Although Seido lost the match against Inagi Koshino, it does not mean that they will not be able to participate in Koshien next spring, even if the election committee gives the Tokyo + Kanto quota to other teams, and because next year is a commemorative meeting, the number of places will be increased, and as long as Inagi Koji reaches the final at the Meiji Jingu Conference, Seido will be able to get the right to appear in Koshien.

Therefore, I didn't care about the team's defeat of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in the fall, and I was ready to play in the school's soccer club again.

The Qingdao soccer club is very similar to the wild ball club of Shizuoka Gakuen where Yagami Night was before.,The number of members is no more than 15.,It's a weak team in the area.。。

The only difference between the two sides is in Yagamiya's view, that is, the difference in atmosphere, he firmly believes that the Seido Football Club will become a strong team in Tokyo after the precipitation of time, and the Shizuoka Gakuen Wild Ball Club will still be a weak team ten years and twenty years later.

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