Suguru Aizawa and Kakeru Aizawa.
The dream of these soccer-loving brothers
was to play in the World Cup together and win.
The older brother continued to improve
and took on the world wearing the blue 10 jersey.
He came to be known as the "treasure of Japanese soccer."
His brother, who frantically tried to catch up,
had almost realized their dreams.
Or so it should have been.
By an unfortunate accident,
the Aizawa brothers arrived at death's door.
Despite desperate treatment,
the older brother would not return.
The younger, Kakeru,
having sustained great injury to his heart,
straddled the boundary between life and death.
There was only one path to survival: a heart transplant.
I kept believing it. My dream. Our dream!
Kakeru received his brother's heart
and his proud will.
To realize their dream, Kakeru ran forward once again.
His life as a soccer player was only just beginning.
The Kanagawa High School Championship had finally begun.
Enoshima High defeated the talented Keisei High
and the top scoring player of the
first round of qualifiers, Naoki Akimoto,
with a crushing 6-0 score.
Kakeru claimed a hat trick
and the team moved forward into the Top 16.
Nadeshiko Japan also defeated Finland with perfect teamwork.
Mai-chan played a big role this time.
As we continue to win, the opponents get tougher,
but let's aim for the national championship
and do our best, Kakeru!
New Total Football
We're finally here, at the second match
of the Kanagawa Championship.
There are less than 10 minutes left in the
Atsukikita High versus Enoshima High game
and it's still tied up, 1-1!
Nakatsuka!
Take care of number 8 on the left side.
I'll take number 11.
Okay.
Kaiouji, to the front of the goal.
Got it.
Horikawa, mark number 10.
In the first half, Enoshima without Araki
claimed the first goal by breaking though the defense
with Aizawa's Phi Trick.
Subsequently, the Atsukikita ace, number 11,
Iwamura, claimed the tying goal,
making the score 1-1.
However, in the second half,
Enoshima took out the offensive midfielder,
Hino, and put in Araki.
Thanks to the efforts of Araki in his top form,
they've been able to push forward in this match.
I won't let you through here.
Oda stole the ball from Iwamura!
He sends a long feed to the right side.
Matoba receives it and heads up the sideline.
You're finished.
But changes his mind and sends the ball back towards the center,
to Araki!
With five minutes left,
the ball comes around to number 10 with his
numerous attempts at the goal using his outstanding passing.
Show us what you can do, magician Ryuichi Araki!
Don't let them get in front of the goal!
Number 14, mark Aizawa.
I'll take number 12.
Aizawa has leapt into the vital area.
His mark is desperately chasing him.
The pass was a feint!
Araki pushes forward with a dribble.
He's past the second!
Will the unstoppable Araki go all the way by himself?
Karizawa, mark number 8.
I'll stop Araki.
The Atsukikita defender, the sweeper,
Tamon Yoda steps up!
This is a one-on-one worth watching.
Will he go right?
There it is! Araki's specialty, the rabona feint!
Caught up by Araki's movements,
Yoda has completely lost sight of the ball.
Now this ball
moves into open space as a pass.
The receiver is...
Aizawa!
As if drawn by a paintbrush,
he leaps into the space created by the ace Araki!
Crap!
Goal!
All right!
2-1! Aizawa claims a goal with three minutes left.
A relay from Araki to the striker, Aizawa.
Enoshima has claimed a splendid goal!
We're moving into loss time.
That's the end of the game!
All right!
Enoshima High has moved into the Kanagawa Championship
quarterfinals for the first time in 10 years!
I just received a call from Coach Kondo.
How was the match?
Apparently Shonan lost.
What?
The first and only goal for Shonan
was scored by Hibino-kun's free kick,
but their four rows was completely crushed and they gave up three goals.
Our quarterfinals opponent will be Sagamigaura High.
Thank you very much, Araki-kun.
Thanks.
How's the Kanagawa Championship going?
Enoshima has finally made it into the quarterfinals,
but your next opponent is often referred to as
"Eye of the Typhoon Sagamigaura," right?
Without you, the ace,
are you worried that your team will be eliminated?
Enoshima won't lose.
Don't pig out!
If we lose here just because I'm not playing,
Take off for the world, Ryuichi Araki! Enoshima Soccer Club
we wouldn't be able to win the championship regardless.
Really...
That's too much.
Those are some big words, again.
If we beat Sagamigaura,
we'll take on Yoin, who we lost to before
because of my mistake in the penalty kickoff.
Once I claim a medal and return a new man,
I'll put a definitive end to this,
not in a penalty kick-off, but in the match itself.
All right, it's time! Let's go, kiddos.
Yes!
Araki-san! Yusuke!
Three days after we defeated Atsukikita 2-1,
where that rabona feint in his last pass gave us
the one goal that would move us into the quarterfinals,
Araki-san departed for his Asia tour.
It sure is a long way to Narita.
It's over two hours from Enoshima!
You might as well go to Osaka.
But now that Araki is gone,
I do feel a little concerned.
Against Shonan, who we only just defeated,
Sagamigaura claimed three points.
How will we face them?
It's natural that you'd be concerned.
Araki-kun was the mental cornerstone of the team.
Yes.
It's true that Sagamigaura's newly completely Total Foot
is completely different from
what it was in the inter-high games.
It could even be said to be the new Total Football.
I've only seen the video that Coach Kondo took,
but even though Shonan adapted the Total Foot strategy
that Yoin used to defeat them
in the inter-highs,
the results were still the same.
Even I was a little concerned.
So I took steps
to do something about it, as soon as possible.
They accepted quite generously.
Who accepted?
That's a secret.
Consider it a surprise for tomorrow after school.
Coach Iwaki,
who are we playing a practice match against?
Could you...
They're here.
Shonan?
Hey.
Hibino.
I'm Iwaki, the coach of the Enoshima Soccer Club.
Thank you for having us.
Since Aso retired at the end of inter-highs,
I'm filling in as the coach for Shonan, Kidokoro.
What is going on, Coach Iwaki?
I'll have you play against Sagamigaura's
Total Foot as best as possible by
playing a practice match against a
proxy Sagamigaura team.
Actually, I had the chance to
share a drink with the former coach, Aso.
When I proposed a practice match...
I'll tell the new coach, Kidokoro-kun, to make sure it happens.
Really?
I realized something as I watched his coaching
from afar in the Sagamigaura match.
That he may have been too caught up in the
traditional formation of the four rows,
and narrowed his chances for victory.
Coach Aso...
To be honest, Sagamigaura's Total Foot
was a bit of a shock.
Our school's eleven have seen it in person
and they may be of use to you all at Enoshima.
Thank you very much!
It's nothing.
That inter-high match against Enoshima
was one of my most memorable losses.
More than anything, I'm an Enoshima Soccer Club fan!
The kids in our soccer club
would be glad to help, too.
Aside from the frustration of losing,
they must have noticed something in the
Enoshima Soccer Club, an indescribable charm, perhaps.
Coach Aso...
Enoshima is going up against a tough opponent
without its ace, Araki-kun.
Here you go.
If you were to lose without giving it your all,
it would be unbearably disappointing.
I'm sure my players feel the same way.
Coach Aso...
In answer to their goodwill, too,
let's make this a productive practice match!
Yes!
The practice match of Enoshima High
versus Shonan High will begin.
Bow!
Thank you very much.
Hibino, we can play again.
Bring it.
Go, Kakeru!
Okay.
Why is the centerback, Hibino, attacking?
What are you spacing out for, Kakeru?
We're not the four rows Shonan right now!
We're the new Total Foot, Sagamigaura!
I'm number 14, one of the double aces,
Tsuguhide Tendo!
B-Ball hunting?
All right!
I'm number 10, Kazuhide Tendo, Hino!
Amazing.
Impressive, Shonan.
After just playing against Sagamigaura once,
based on their ball hunting I can tell
that they've recreated the Total Foot!
After they accepted my offer,
they probably practiced frantically,
so that we can experience Total Football.
Win, Enoshima.
Don't lose to the handicap of missing Araki.
Defeat Sagamigaura and...
Go on to Nationals!
How will Enoshima play?
I think we were able to convey to them
the fearsomeness of the new Total Foot, Honda-san.
It may have just been a practice match,
but against our proxy new Total Football
they lost 2-0.
And I thought the hole that Araki left behind was large.
On top of that, 40 minutes was our limit.
It was impossible to keep running after that.
Sagamigaura, on the other hand...
They can keep running.
That's not all.
I have a feeling that Sagamigaura has something
that we weren't able to see in just one match.
Something that even I, Michael Honda, couldn't see!
There it is!
"Even I, Michael Honda!"
It's starting.
Yes.
You can do it!
Kakeru.
I'll win, definitely.
I won't put to waste the practice match that Hibino
and the others gave us.
Enoshima supporters, your wait is over!
The nationwide High School
Kanagawa Championship quarterfinals,
Enoshima versus Sagamigaura
is only moments away from kickoff.
Ichiro Yamanashi
I'm the Enoshima supporter and announcer,
from the broadcasting club, Ichiro Yamanashi.
Momoko Fukushima
From the same broadcasting club,
hardly ever given the chance to speak,
I'm Momoko Fukushima!
Yamanashi, let her announce this time.
Aim for Victory!
Break through the goal net!!
Broadcasting Club
Uh... Then we'll have Fukushima announce
today's starting members for both teams.
Then starting with the Enoshima eleven...
The goalkeeper has recovered from an injury
and has been a regular since the inter-high games:
Akitoshi Ri, third year.
I'll be taking that spot back soon, Ri-san.
The now familiar two back system:
Horikawa and Kaiouji's bumpy combination.
The volante on the right side: first year, Yakumo.
On the left side: third year, captain Sawamura.
And in the middle, without the ace Araki,
holding on to one key of the match: the regista, Ryoma Oda!
Just as we planned,
we'll stay out of the booby trap formation
for the start of the match!
Yes!
The offensive midfielders: the all around player, Hino,
and the other is the usual: Hyodo.
Whether these two will be able to fill
in the hole left by Araki will likely be
the second key to this match.
Finally, the three top is the first year trio.
On the right side: Enoshima's speedster, Kaoru Matoba.
On the left side:
the easily recognizable Enoshima Tower: Michiro Takase.
Easily recognizable?
And the center forward,
having claimed four goals in two games:
the unstoppable Kakeru Aizawa.
Kakeru!
Kakerucchi!
Go for the goal!
Continuing with the introduction of the Sagamigaura
eleven under Coach Masami Akutsu:
First, the goalkeeper,
jersey number 1: Saito Muraki.
In two matches, he's only allowed one goal.
A pretty tough defender.
The defense is a four back.
Number 2: Ikki Sega.
Number 3: Tatsumi Fujikawa.
Number 4: Ichiro Tamagawa.
Number 5: Yuki Rindo.
This second year, who did not play during the
inter-high, is quite the player.
He was on the club youth team until spring,
and joined the soccer club just before the qualifiers.
He's a defender that Enoshima needs to watch out for.
Next are the midfielders.
Number 6: Makio Kurata.
Number 7: Goro Shigaraki.
Number 8: Inosuke Matsumoto.
Number 9: Muneo Kikuchi.
And the ace, number 10: Kazuhide Tendo.
He is one of the key players of this match,
and the older of the Tendo twins.
He is also known as the
number one control tower of the new Total Football.
Finally, the forward is Tsuguhide Tendo in a one top formation.
He's the second conductor of the Total Foot,
and the team's ace striker.
It could be said that Enoshima's condition for victory
would be to stop the Tendo brothers.
Fukushima just announced the Sagamigaura
eleven positions, but these only mark
where the players will stand at kickoff.
Regardless of position,
all players attack and all players defend,
like a pack of wolves hunting their opponent.
This is Total Football.
That's the whistle.
Will Enoshima move on to the semifinals
or will it be Sagamigaura?
This critical match has just kicked off!
New Total Football uses a ball hunting technique,
making use of numbers in a forecheck.
As long as the ball is in the center circle,
they'll just keep attacking.
Before then...
It's going as planned, Coach Iwaki.
Yes.
As Sagamigaura comes in for the ball hunting,
by making a slightly larger ring around that ring...
There it is. Ball hunting!
If they lose the ball here, they'll be in real trouble.
Watch out, Mako!
That won't happen.
It's a through pass past the defenders.
Okay.
Waiting just beyond the defenders is Matoba.
He keeps the ball and heads into a dribble.
What a fast check by Sagamigaura.
Matoba finds himself surrounded.
Damn it.
How many are there?
Kaoru-kun!
Thanks!
Matoba passes the ball to Aizawa who's broken free.
If he can take it into the vital area,
it'll be a straight line to the goal!
The offsides flag is up.
No way.
The back line was way up there?
Only just beyond the center circle,
he's already off sides!
An unbelievably high defensive line.
With just one mistake,
their entire defense can be bypassed
and it'll be just a one-on-one against the goal keeper.
Regardless, they set up an offsides trap.
Is this a part of the new Total Football as well?
Now a free kick.
We'll see Sagamigaura's attack pattern.
We're just getting started with our new Total Football.
Show them the soccer that will change high school soccer.
It's a light pass to number six, Kurata.
He goes into a dribble, no...
it goes straight to number 2, Sega, who's moving up the field.
Another pass!
So fast!
What dizzying passwork.
And it's accurate.
Avoiding chasing after the ball,
and instead forcing the opponent to use their weak dribbling
was the strategy that Yoin used in the inter-high match.
But using the same strategy,
Shonan gave up three points
and we don't know the reason.
Yes. We have to discover the new Total Football's
secret as soon as possible in this match.
Otherwise, we'll end up just like Shonan.
Damn it!
Why do we have to go up against such a
dangerous opponent when Araki-san isn't here?
I feel like if he were here,
he'd be able to do something about this.
If we rely on his genius intuition,
once they place a tight mark on him like Yoin or Kamakura did,
we won't be able to defeat the stronger schools.
In any case, the game has begun.
No matter what kind of flashy attack they use,
in the end it's a battle in front of the goal.
The key to this tough match might be...
the ability of the goalkeeper.
That might turn out to be the case.
Sagamigaura continues to pass the ball around.
Will they attack?
Even Shonan couldn't stop their attack.
They're probably looking for Enoshima's defensive weakness
by passing the ball around.
Aizawa, don't fall too far back!
If we get too conservative,
they'll send all of their players forward!
That's right.
Yes!
It's about time, Tsuguhide.
All right, Kazuhide.
They're about to start something.
It's about time you gave up that ball.
We're only just getting started.
Sagamigaura, who have been
sending around only short passes,
suddenly sends out a long pass for a side change.
Let the hunt
begin!
Next Episode Storm Warning!
New Total Football.
Enoshima continues to get sucked into
Sagamigaura's twin whirlwind.
Kakeru and the others weather harsh attacks,
but are inspired by Ri's unbreakable determination
to defend the goal.
Iwaki on the bench furiously attempts
to come up with a strategy to solve
the puzzle of the all-man soccer.
Will they be able to win?
Next time on Knight in the Area, episode 36:
"Storm Warning!"
There's something.
Something we haven't noticed yet.