The mythical feint born from a coincidence.
I tried again and again,
but wasn't able able to pull it off in the match.
Still, Enoshima High's soccer club
continued to win in the qualifiers.
Meanwhile, I met up someone I once seriously injured,
my childhood friend, Koichi Hibino.
Hibino continued to play soccer on his unrecovered knee.
In the end, we never quite connected.
Strong Opponent?! Tsujidou
The time has finally come!
The Kanagawa province final regional match
Enoshima High versus Tsujidou!
Up until now, our Enoshima Soccer Club
has won 3 matches against other schools
with incredible strength.
If they can defeat Tsujidou,
Enoshima Broadcast Club
they will be entered into the Kanagawa qualifier:
the final tournament.
Shut up! Go home.
You're annoying!
What a cheering squad, right Kota?
Fight!
Show 'em!
Man, I really want to play!
You'll have your chance.
I have a feeling that today's match will be a little different.
Right. They just don't look like a team that
could've defeated the powerful Zennichi.
They're late, and they aren't even warming up.
Don't underestimate them.
In the past matches, when the whistle blew
they got it together and played unbelievably well together.
I think they've already warmed up.
It's evident. Look, their shirts are sweaty.
They look like a gang or something.
Indeed.
Coach!
I've strategized all I could strategize this last week.
Let's be confident and play.
Yeah!
From Enoshima High...
the goal keeper, Leo Kurebayashi!
Leo-kun!
Thanks!
The two-back system we've seen in past matches is here again.
First, the physically strong, Go Kaiouji.
Kaiouji!
We're with you!
Just the guys?
The sniper with the cruel smile, Akito Horikawa.
Horikawa's creepy!
Those girls... I'll kill you.
The defensive midfielder with amazing physical fitness,
in the center, Ryouma Oda
Oda-san!
On the left side, the captain, Yuuji Sawamura.
Sawamura-san!
On the right side, today we have the tall Sakamoto.
Who's that?
The offensive midfielders, of course, are those two.
They can protect and attack,
the stable Makoto Hyoudou and the pride of the Enoshima,
the fantasista, the magician on the second line,
number 10, Ryuichi Araki!
Mako-kun!
Araki-kun! Lose some weight!
I have lost quite a bit!
The forwards...
On the right side, the technician, Kaoru Matoba.
Kaoru-kun! You're cute!
Don't call me cute.
The center forward, with three goals,
the ace striker, Junpei Hino.
And on the left, the huge forward,
Michio Takase.
Enoshima Tower!
I'll present the line-up for the opposing Tsujidou.
Goal keeper, number 1, Michio Onizuka.
The defenders are in a four-back layout.
The right side is number 4, Kei Ishikawa.
The centerbacks are number 2, Tooru Akagi
and number 3, Shou Sudama.
The right side is number 5, Kenta Honda.
The defensive midfielders, number 6, Keichi Fua,
Number 8, Tazuo Fukuda.
Three offensive midfielders, from the right,
number 11, Shintarou Seta.
Below the top, number 10, Desun Kimu.
On the right, Nobuaki Shindou, number 7.
The forward is number 9,
Kyousuke Hasegawa, in a one-top formation.
The Tsujidou Eleven look like they're ready for a figh-
I mean, they look physically strong!
Hey, Shou! Back up. I'll kill you.
Shut up, Kimu. I know.
Hey, if it isn't Jun Hino.
Huh?
Left the group and went back to soccer?
Oh, it's Fua.
What's someone like you doing here?
Keep talking. I'll never let you get your job done.
Let's go Junpei. It's kick-off time.
It's Enoshima's ball for the first half kick-off.
Hino passes the ball to Hyoudou right away,
and leaves the center circle aggressively.
Here come Tsujidou's Fua and Fukuda yelling!
What energy!
What's this?
I'm counting on you.
Araki!
I'll take that.
He's lost the ball!
Isn't that a foul?
No. He approached his mark from a blind spot
and cleanly went for the ball.
All right.
Here comes Shindou up the side.
He's bringing it in with a dribble.
I won't let you!
Watch out, Sakamoto!
Huh?
Tsujidou's Shindou miskicks.
He's hit Sakamoto with the ball and created a throw-in.
What's this?
Kimu comes upfield for the throw-in.
What could be behind this excitement?
The centerbacks started running.
It's started.
Takase-kun, cover the goal!
Okay!
What could these movements be?
Hasegawa leaves his forward position,
and two tall centerbacks are sprinting at full speed
towards the Enoshima goal.
What could this be about? I have no idea!
Number 10, Desun Kimu.
approaches and throws...
There it goes. What?!
It really went.
What is this throw-in?
The ball traveled over 30 meters!
It's mine!
Takase clears it!
Wait, the ball's still in play.
No way. No way. No way!
Nice defense by Horikawa.
Enoshima is saved.
Shit!
So close!
Even so, that throw-in was like a laser beam.
That was close.
We all saw it in the video, but I couldn't believe it.
Looks like you did your research,
but our truly frightening stuff is still to come, Iwaki.
Kimu's corner kick!
All right!
Hasegawa jumps!
You're easy.
However, the goalkeeper, Kurebayashi, securely catches it.
Show us a comeback, Enoshima.
Fly!
Got it.
Araki-san!
It's Araki!
Will it be a dribble penetration or a throughpass?
When this man has the ball,
you get a feeling something's going to happen.
Let's stop him!
Fore-check, Shindou!
You're persistent.
Come at me!
They've got an unexpectedly organized defense.
I'm counting on you!
Yeah!
What happened, Araki-san?
Show us your god-like feints!
For a feint to work he needs either a one-on-one or speed,
but Araki-san has at least two defenders marking him
and one is in his blind spot waiting for an opportunity.
Even Araki-san won't be able to easily penetrate with a dribble.
But they have the same 11 players, right?
If they're putting two or three players on Araki,
then they're missing players elsewhere, right?
That's true.
That could be why the Tsujidou defenders
are gathered in the center,
leaving the sides wide open.
Then that's where we should aim
and go for a sideline penetration!
Go up the sides!
All right!
Sawamura-san and Sakamoto-san are running up the sides.
Matoba is going to the sideline as well.
With Oda-san's long feed, this might be a chance!
That's strange.
Huh?
Indeed. I didn't notice in the last Tsujidou match,
but now that I think about it, the opponent at the time,
Zennichi, didn't attempt a side penetration...
Could the open sides be a trap?
A trap?
This is bad!
Go!
The sides are no good!
What?
There it is!
Oda's pin point long feed.
It's a straight shot to Matoba!
This is an opportunity.
Okay.
We're not letting you through!
Good.
If we can stop them in the middle of their break through...
Takase!
Tsujidou's Kimu intercepts!
All right!
Here we go!
It looked like an opportunity. Tsujidou's forward, Hasegawa,
and midfielder, Seta break into a run.
They've broken into the penalty area.
Seems a little over-eager.
Take it back!
Kimu miskicks and it's a side out.
Not with Tsujidou still in the penalty area!
Go!
Here it is again!
Number 10, Kimu's laser beam throw!
Hasegawa received it in the penalty area!
He's obviously off sides!
There's no flag?
Horikawa is trying to chase it down.
Goal keeper Kurebayashi jumps out as well!
They've scored a goal!
Wasn't that offsides?
I see. So that's what it was!
It was not offsides.
That shot was good.
1-0 at 15 minutes into the first half.
The first goal is made by Tsujidou!
That had to be offsides, right?
Kota...
But,
when that Kimu guy threw in the ball,
number 11 and number 9
were past the defenders last line.
The defensive line doesn't matter.
Why not?
Offside rules don't apply to throw-ins.
I didn't know. Really?
Kaiouji and the others should have already known
that you can't be offsides on a throw-in,
but even if you imagined that a throw-in from that position
could reach the penalty area like a free kick,
their bodies just didn't respond in time.
That was my mistake.
Coach Iwaki.
Predicting the opponent's strategy
and reacting immediately is the coach's job.
Don't aim for the opponent's sidelines carelessly.
Also, even if the forward, number 9 is offsides,
Kaiouji, stick to him like glue.
All right.
Araki!
Our ball control is far better,
but we never know when their laser beam is coming,
so we can't let our guard down.
They have a considerable defense.
The four defenders have left the sides open
and concentrated in the middle,
so Araki can't find a gap for a throughpass.
Meanwhile, the wide open sidelines might be a trap.
Triple teaming?
Araki!
Take it!
Fua!
I told you I wasn't going to let you do your job, Jun Hino.
You!
That was a dangerous tackle!
The ref raises a card!
Number 9, Junpei Hino receives a yellow card.
Hey Junpei, don't get hot-headed.
Shit! He's riling me up.
Don't get mad so easily and foul me.
Why you...
Junpei, stop it!
That number 10 again.
Just in case, I'll mark the forward.
Shoot! Kaiouji, bring up the line!
Oh, no!
Kimu swiftly free kicks!
He's aiming for the space between Kaiouji,
marking the forward Hasegawa,
and Oda, who was upfield for the attack.
Shit, shit, shit, shit!
Horikawa sprints back on defense,
but Seta is one step ahead of him.
Hasegawa is signaling for the ball,
but Kaiouji is marking him.
Will Seta go for it?
Come at me.
What? A pass to the side?
What's this? The centerback Sudama overlaps!
It's mine!
Kurebayashi gets a touch.
Is it a goal? Is it safe?
Goal!
2-1!
Too cautious of Kimu's long throw,
Enoshima High's defense had holes,
which Tsujidou spectacularly aimed for!
They're strong.
Huh?
Tsujidou is really strong.
Kakeru?
I want to get into this match.
Brother, I want to fight, too.
Our team is in trouble, but...
I can't help feeling excited.
It seems like my brother's heart is saying,
"I want to play against this team," to me.
Kakeru.
What is it, Seven?
Do you remember, Kakeru?
What?
When the opponent scores a goal,
and it feels like the game is over,
Suguru-san would...
2-0. We're in a bind, Kakeru.
Yeah.
Idiots! It's only just starting.
Things are only just starting to get interesting.
He'd say that, and look so excited.
Then, he'd always score a goal.
What's going on, Seven?
Why are you bringing this up?
The game is only just starting, right?
Yeah. Of course!
Araki!
Hino!
There it is! Araki's throughpass!
It's going to Hino...
No! He's brought down by Fua's tackle.
Is there a foul?
No, the ref let's it go.
That's how you do a tackle.
You...
You! Fua!
Cut it out, Hino!
That's no good.
Enoshima's forward, Junpei Hino,
was riled up by Tsujidou's Fua, and grabbed him!
That's his second yellow card this game which means...
You're off.
No, but this guy...
Junpei!
He's been removed!
At two goals behind, the loss of their ace striker,
and with only 10 players, Enoshima's in a pinch.
That's the end of the first half.
2-0, and only 10 players in the second half.
This is a disastrous situation for Enoshima.
Kondou-sensei!
You idiot!
If you just kept yourself from losing your temper so easily,
even when you were on SC,
you would have undoubtedly been a regular from your first year.
But they were playing dirty!
Tsujidou's plays were dirty?
Take a look at the scorebook.
In the first half, including the yellow card you just received,
we had five fouls.
Tsujidou, however, hasn't been called for a foul once!
I'm sorry.
They may come off as somewhat rude,
but Tsujidou's soccer is clean and organized,
and, more than anything else, truly strong!
Acknowledge that and, in the second half,
fight as a challenger!
All right?
Yes!
Coach Iwaki?
Mishima-san, I'll be right back,
so take care of water.
Yes.
I've got to do something... something...
It's like this because...
It's your fault!
Uryuu.
That's what you were thinking, right?
You've always been like that.
You take everything on and try to do it yourself.
10 years ago, in that match, as well.
I'll tell you one thing, Teppei.
If you think it's all your fault,
it's because you don't trust your teammates.
Don't let me down in the second half.
Coach!
Among the reserve players,
if there's anyone who really wants to play,
raise your hand.
Yes!
Me, too!
Oh, Lee-kun, too?
Please use me.
I won't let them have another goal.
I see.
Then, as of the second half, you're in for Kurebayashi-kun.
Yes!
Kota-kun, Kakeru-kun, start warming up.
You're in for the second half, as well.
Yes!
I'll be changing our system and strategy in the second half,
but, more important than anything, is your fighting spirit.
Change the flow of the game with your fighting spirit.
I trust you guys.
Yes!
Did you wash your face and feel refreshed, Iwaki-kun?
Uryuu set me straight.
Uryuu did?
He asked me if I was going to keep swinging at windmills.
"If you blame yourself,
it's because you don't trust your teammates."
That really hit me.
Iwaki-kun.
Thanks to him, I remembered.
I remembered the regret I had left behind in high school soccer.
It's all right now.
We still have plenty of time.
To start off with, let's have our wonderful teammates get to work.
I plan to try my best to come up with something in the mean time.
A strategy...
that will take down my greatest rival.
We're approaching the second half kickoff.
Enoshima suffered the loss of their ace striker, Hino,
and put in the forward who's had two goals so far,
the first year, Kakeru Aizawa.
On the left side, with the aggressive attack,
also a first year, Kota Nakatsuka,
and the goalkeeper, Kurebayashi, who's let two goals through this match,
is out for the third year, Akitoshi Lee.
Go get them!
Comeback!
C'mon, Tsujidou!
I've got to get forward somehow.
With two goals down, just defending won't...
Give me the ball! The ball!
What's with this guy!
He's so persistent!
Instead of throwing in, he sent it to the middle?
Side change!
The ball goes to Shindou on the left side.
I won't let you through here.
Shoot!
They went for the throw-in again.
Could this again be...
I'll do it!
Shit! Here it comes again.
Kaiouji, leave number 9 to me.
Keep an eye on number 2, number 3 overlap.
Got it.
There it is! The laser beam throw!
A distance of 40 meters
covered instantly and heading for the goal.
It's Lee! He's high!
Nice one, Lee-kun!
The ball goes straight back onto Tsujidou's side.
The first chance in a while for Enoshima.
All right. Let's go, Kakeru.
I'll put it away!
As if I'd let you!
All right.
In a harsh contest for a header,
both players somersaulted and fell.
Are they all right?
Kakeru?
The ball is Tsujidou's.
Kimu heads in with a dribble.
They're pushing in! Enoshima's in a pinch.
We won't let you into the area.
No way, no way, no way.
Kimu!
Shindou!
Wh-What?
Whoa! And the one who intercepted it was...
Aizawa!
This first year!
Kakeru...
Next Episode The Empty 3 Seconds
The match against Tsujidou.
The change that occurred in Kakeru.
and the plays that seem to belong to another person.
Making fun of both opponent and teammates alike,
Kakeru, caught up in the moment,
makes the comeback goal.
Not wanting to give anything to their opponents,
both teams fight hard.
Heading into the remaining time with a tie,
Kakeru's mythical feint finally becomes reality.
Next time on Knight in the Area,
episode 16: "The Empty 3 Seconds."
You finally did it, Kakeru!