The Enoshima High School traditional match
for school representation has begun.
We the FC, still without the conductor named Araki,
faced off against the SC.
We all fought as hard as we could together,
but the SC was strong;
we were immediately pushed into a corner.
Still, we gritted our teeth and fought
and we somehow managed to score a goal against them,
but, after that, we were unable to break through the SC's lead.
All the while, the time left in the match continued to tick away.
Goooal!
SC scores another goal.
The score is now 3-1!
Damn it!
Not yet! It isn't over yet!
We'll have the last laugh!
Trailing by two goals,
FC is starting to feel the pressure.
Coach, if things keep going...
I know. But don't panic.
We still have an ace up our sleeve.
What?
By ace, you don't mean...
We've been expecting you, King.
Can you play for the last 20 minutes?
Obviously.
That's why I've endured waiting in the stands.
Just watch. The show's about to begin.
Number 12, Endo, is substituted for number 10, Araki!
The magic show is about to begin.
Return Of The King
Enoshima High FC announces a substitution.
What do you know?! It's Araki!
Enoshima Broadcasting Club
Ladies and gentlemen, would you look at that?
In the match against SC last year,
he surprised the school with his magic-like plays.
Number 10, Ryuichi Araki, has returned!
Whoa!
He lost weight.
He might be kinda hot, now that he's thin!
Did you know Araki-san would come?
Yes, we had discussed it.
Please!
Allow me to join the team!
I cannot.
Do you think you can actually play
in a body weighed down like that?
Don't underestimate soccer.
Go lose some weight.
There are 10 days left until the match against SC.
Go get in your best shape by then.
If you can do that, I'll approve your return.
Look at that physique.
He managed to keep all his lean muscle
while dropping all his fat.
Probably the result of careful dieting
and rigorous training.
But why did you keep it a secret?
If he was on the bench the whole time,
everyone would depend on his presence.
"We have to win this match by ourselves."
I knew positive thoughts like that
would influence their playing.
This man really is amazing.
Seriously, look who finally showed up.
I'm sorry I made you worry, Mako.
I'm counting on you, King.
Yeah.
Araki-san, you came for us.
I have a big debt I need to repay to these guys.
The game will resume with SC's goal kick.
Araki, you're late.
You won't be able to overcome a two goal deficit with the time left.
You mean, if I hadn't shown up.
What can you do by yourself?
What's wrong, Sawamura-san?
Doesn't the SC prohibit dribbling for longer than five seconds?
Man, this guy hasn't changed.
I'd pass it if I could, but I can't get an opening!
We have a two goal lead.
There's no need to force an attack.
Shoot!
Got it!
Amazing! He intercepted it right away!
A first rate player responds to
the flow of the match
and takes advantage of his opponent's emotional state with his movements.
He was able to read Sawamura-kun's thoughts quite admirably.
What will the magician, Ryuichi Araki, pull out next?
He pushes into the SC's defense with his dribble.
Ladies and gentlemen...
We should probably score a goal, first.
Araki-san!
Bring it, Araki!
What?
R-Rabona?
Goooal!
Only minutes after stepping onto the field,
FC's Ryuichi Araki scores a goal!
You're amazing, Araki!
So cool!
3 to 2!
Ryuichi Araki claims a goal with amazing skill!
The second row magician is finally back in full form!
You bastard.
You did it!
Amazing. That was amazing, Araki-san.
The magic plays that inspired
Suguru-san are being realized.
One more goal. We can do it, definitely!
I let my guard down.
He's cunning.
As always, you never know what he's going to do.
Ryuichi Araki.
Even so, we will win.
We'll hold this one goal lead, no matter what.
Yes!
Araki-san, you're amazing.
You idiot.
We're still down a goal.
This is no time to celebrate.
Sorry, but I'm so happy.
This time, it's your turn.
What?
It takes two to create a pass
that tears down their iron defense, right?
Araki-san...
But, since the first half,
there's been something lacking in your plays.
You set the stage.
I'll direct.
Let's put on an amazing show.
Stage?
I won't let you through!
Yukizo. Back up Mako.
You're slowing down in the second half.
Okay.
Kaoru!
Uh... Yes?
Don't worry about the right side.
Move to fill the spaces.
Okay!
He must have been watching me carefully the whole time,
to have noticed that I was only playing the right side.
You there, with the spiky hair...
Yeah, what's up?
Not "what's up."
You can overlap on your defense,
but you're too slow to return.
The left side is wide open with a huge hole in it.
If they send a pass out, get back immediately, got it?
Right. Sorry.
Precise directions.
He only just got on the field,
but it seems like he's been playing the whole time.
Stay tight on Aizawa's mark.
Don't let him play in the penalty area anymore.
Okay.
Oda's getting all fired up, now that Araki's on the field.
Not that I don't understand how he feels.
Takase!
I'll take that.
All right.
Now that Araki-kun's back,
we're finally starting to look like the FC.
Kaoru!
Matoba!
FC pulls off a spectacular side change from right to left.
The ball has passed to the overlapping
first year sideback, Nakatsuka Kota.
What will you do, Nakatsuka?
I'll take it down the line.
Kota!
It's too soon to pass!
Take it!
Kakeru!
That was a run-with-the-ball.
Trapping the ball and, rather than feinting,
moving the ball into the space you've created
and rushing forward is more effective
at slipping past the defender.
What do you think you're doing?
Is he planning on pushing through with his dribble?
Looks like he understood what I meant.
That's it. That's good.
Don't let him through! Stop him!
If you've really got what it takes to be the
knight that Suguru said you would be,
then you can do it, Kakeru!
The thing that my plays lack...
Unfortunately, the ball rebounds off the goal post!
However, that was a spectacular middle shot
that clearly took the SC defense by surprise.
Number 9, Kakeru Aizawa.
A powerful right from the penalty area
that doesn't seem to match his small figure.
The SC had better not let their guard down.
He can hit middle shots like that?
He's bringing out his ranged weapons.
It's not like Suguru's rocket middle,
but it's not bad.
He may be able to set the stage with that.
FC still has a chance.
The corner kicker is none other than that man,
Ryuichi Araki.
Who will he use for this play?
I won't let you shoot!
I've got to go with my left!
The middle, Aizawa, comes back with another explosive shot,
this time with a powerful left.
We are really getting to see what the FC's first year, Kakeru Aizawa, can do!
His left is stronger than his right!
His control is little shaky, though.
That's right, Suguru was a lefty.
That was quite surprising,
to think that Kakeru-kun had a left like that.
Until recently, Kakeru couldn't use his left leg.
He was even going to quit during middle school because of it.
However, since then he practiced every day and...
Is that right?
This time it's Araki!
A long shot to wake you up.
He aimed for the gap that the keeper had shown before,
but the ball flew just above the bar.
You can't let your guard down around this man.
That guy gives me the chills.
Todo, don't go too far forward.
We have to crush them early.
Be ready for them to attack from anywhere.
Okay.
Coach, could this be...
Mishima-san, I see you've figured out what those two are planning.
It's all middle and long shots.
What are they aiming for?
Mako-san!
Don't rush, Kakeru.
The striker's stage.
Here comes the middle.
Now!
I won't let you shoot!
Why don't we get started?
Yours and mine,
our show without a scenario.
No! Check number 9!
Araki-san!
He's got it! He's got it!
A killer pass splits the field
and the one who receives it is the first year striker,
Kakeru Aizawa!
Goooal!
It's finally reached 3-3, tie game!
FC has stepped up to take this game.
Kakeru!
It was nothing less than spectacular.
The defensive line pulled forward to address the middle.
The keeper pulls back in fear of a long shot.
A large space was created in that gap.
The hotline from the conductor to the striker...
Those two made a huge goal.
They got us.
Yeah...
But it's still a tie game.
Let's change our attitude and—
Sawamura-san, it's not enough just to change our attitude.
The three goals that we lost were all
fast pass work or careful technique.
They scored in the blink of an eye.
Our defenses, which, up until now, had retreated
every time they took the ball,
can no longer stop their constantly changing attacks.
But, we can't change Coach Kondo's strategy now...
If we lose, we lose the right to play competitively.
I don't want to have any regrets.
If they take the ball, we need to take it right back
and stay in possession of the ball.
Sawamura-san, I need you to protect the front line.
Oda...
All right.
There are 10 minutes left. We will have no regrets!
Right!
Think.
Don't just repeat what we do in practice.
Make the plays that we think of ourselves.
Hiro, Kakeru, forecheck.
Kakeru, take the middle.
Don't let Oda get a pass.
Mako, back him up!
Playing from a high position, assertively trying to steal the ball
and increasing the chance for control.
This is how we, the FC, play soccer.
Teshigawara!
Sawamura! It's all yours!
Matoba intercepts!
Forecheck!
Kudo.
All right.
I won't let you by!
SC, who had fallen back as soon as the ball changed possession,
now goes into a quick check!
Have they changed strategy?
There didn't appear to be any sign from Coach Kondo.
What could this mean?
Matoba slips a pass past Takase!
He's...
Hino-san!
If it had gone through, that would've been a decisive pass.
Too bad. Kaiouji stops it.
Oda... What are you...
He dribbles.
From the base of middle field,
Oda breaks into a dribble.
He breaks past one opponent and makes it to the halfway line.
He's still going.
Is he going to take it all the way himself?
This is a surprising play we'd never expect Oda to make.
You!
Hey, you! Don't you have to obey the bench's orders?
If it's to win, I'll do anything.
Fine with me!
I'll never let you have it.
That's unfortunate.
Go! Go! Oda!
Araki-kun!
Oda against Araki,
a one-on-one between the two aces.
In the match which had
depended on tactics between FC and SC,
this is a spectacle we haven't seen before.
They're both amazing.
I can feel my heart beating, Brother.
I haven't had a match this exciting in so long.
Oda!
A heel pass?
It's the centerback, Kaiouji!
He's been on defense the entire time,
but he's going for an overlap.
What?
No way! No way!
Oh, defeated!
Horikawa sends the shot back with a sliding tackle.
I'm impressed again and again
by this man's quick thinking.
We're in overtime.
Five minutes have been added to the clock.
Will the winning goal be scored by SC or by FC?
Which team will represent Enoshima High?
I cannot take my eyes off the intense plays
that both teams are making, even for a second.
We're going to win!
A nice save by the goal keeper, Kurebayashi.
Nakatsuka makes a gutsy play, a corner kick!
I'll stop you this time!
Kakeru-kun!
Leave it to me!
I won't let you play in the penalty area anymore!
Hino-san!
This is amazing!
It's dramatic and drastic
and fantastic!
Both teams are performing splendidly.
I don't want either team to lose.
That's how I feel as an Enoshima High student,
from the bottom of my heart.
Go SC! Go FC!
Go! Go! Go!
How many minutes are left?
The sound of my brother's heartbeat is ringing in my ears.
My legs are heavy. It's like this isn't my body.
Here it is!
Araki's killer pass!
This time to Matoba.
Will this be the last attack?
But, for some reason...
I want to keep going.
I want to keep running.
I want to keep playing this kind of soccer,
keep playing with everyone.
What is this?! Kakeru Aizawa with an overhead!
Next Episode: Conclusion
At the end of the match, Kakeru hits an overhead.
The fateful shot carries with it the future
and hopes of his teammates.
Is the cheer that resounds on the grounds,
the ringing bell of redemption?
That which is born following a fierce battle.
With everyone's hopes on his chest,
what path will Coach Iwaki choose?
Next time on Knight in the Area,
episode 8: "Conclusion."
The ball's still in play!
Run, Kakeru!