Chapter 199: A Dangerous Situation?!
"Te, don’t push him that way! Look behind you carefully!"
"No, Jun! Just put pressure! No need to tackle!"
"Co on, corner him more! Don’t let him send a cutback!"
"SHIT!"
BAM!
"HELL, YEAH!"
It was another dangerous attack from the ho team, and this ti, the cutback from the half-space area on the right flank managed to reach the attacker behind. All of Hakodate Nishi’s defenders were attracted by Abraham Nori’s movent, making it easy for that player with the jersey number 11 to shoot. Fortunately, Higo was still there, deflecting the ball off the pitch.
"Good job, Chibi!" Makino gave a high-five while still trying to keep his breath steady. "The attack is coming again, don’t shut your eyes too quickly."
Higo himself just had the corner of his lips twitching furiously. In just 20 minutes since the second half started, he had already received three more shots-on-target, and each one of them was so close to his goal. The number had already reached the sa as what the ho team got in the first half, and yet, they still had 25 more minutes to go.
"Oi, Te, we cannot survive too long if this keeps going on." He grabbed his captain’s shoulder rather violently. "It is either your defense needs to be better, or we have to score one more goal to seal the deal. Either way, pick one, because this stagnancy is killing . If we don’t change anything, I don’t know how long I will last today."
Makino paused for a mont before giving a stiff nod. He couldn’t deny that he and Jun on the back didn’t do well enough so far. They let the opponent’s attackers get away so many tis, giving them any chance to face the goal directly without any wall. This was definitely a failure for the team’s defensive line, and he had to rectify it before Kumiko took action.
After this, another corner kick was thrown, and this ti, Higo didn’t even have a difficult ti picking it. Abraham Nori and one of Hokkaido Science High’s defenders tried to disturb him, but once he leaped into the air, those two backed down imdiately, knowing that it was within his territory.
The ga continued, and after this, Hakodate Nishi tried their best to slow down the ga, not giving the possession too quickly to the opponent’s side. However, they also had one problem looming in the air.
As the ga entered the 75th minute, their stamina also started to decline. Their movent was not as sharp and quick as before, and sotis, a mont of loss of concentration was enough to bring danger to their own side.
The one who suffered the most from this was, of course, the midfielder who had been running since the beginning of the ga. Both Fujinaga and Usami seed to be drained at this point, not as active as before.
They were quite decent, though, and haven’t made any mistakes so far. That was why they were still staying on the pitch. However, when everything seed to be calr, when their brain sent a false sense of safety, that was the most dangerous mont that could happen in the ga.
Unfortunately, Fujinaga suffered from this, as when he received the ball, his control was a bit off. The boy tried to recover, but the opponent’s midfielder pounced like a wild beast, snatching the ball out of his possession.
"FUCK!" The boy cursed, starting to rush back to repay his own mistake. "Captain, close down the lane! Don’t let him pass!" He shouted, not forgetting to remind his captain, who was also on the backline.
However, the ho team was quicker here. Before Hakodate Nishi could fix their defensive shape, three more players rushed forward to join the attack, overwhelming their area with a 5v4 situation.
Jun, Makino, and Ishinori kept moving back to shrink their defensive area, trying to prevent at least a direct shot. They also did so to make sure that they were able to react quickly once the ball went wide.
This was the textbook defense response, and they wouldn’t be able to do any better than this if they had to face another similar scenario in the future. However, Higo, who was on the back, frowned imdiately, hating how his teammates did this.
’What the fuck are they doing? This is sothing we have been training for so many tis, and yet, they still leave a big hole like this? Are they fucking drunk or what?!’
What Higo ant by that was the fact that the defenders were outnumbered right now. No matter how good their defensive shape was, the attackers only needed to pass the ball wide and spread it thin, and that was when the hole would appear.
That was exactly what the Hokkaido Science High’s players did right now. They waited carefully, and once the opponent’s defense shrank further, they used the flank to shake Hakodate Nishi’s defenders off once again, and with a triangle pass, the ball went so quickly to the other flank where no defender was guarding that spot.
"HA! Nice pass, Muto-kun!" Abraham Nori, who had been quiet for a while, grinned as he saw the ball coming into the space in front of him.
Even though his position was at a slightly difficult angle, considering that he didn’t have any defenders around him, this was definitely the best scenario that any striker like him could hope for. He had so many options right now, from chucking it straight to the top bins or keeping it low to the far post that was so sure to be a goal.
However, before he could make any decision, a figure suddenly slid in front of him. Abraham Nori didn’t even know how he fell, because right after this, his world seed to spin around madly, and before he knew it, the boy was already knocked to the ground violently.
Brugh!
"Ouch!"
However, the scene didn’t stop just like that. No, the ball was still alive, and the next thing everyone knew, a shout echoed throughout the pitch, one that gave a shiver down all the ho team players’ and supporters’ spines.
"A COUNTER! QUICK!"
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