The semi-finals match against Nankatsu is almost here,
I can say that today, we\'ll face our biggest hurdle in this tournament,
Don\'t think about tomorrow, Just give everything you\'ve got today, and face them head on!
Yes, sir!
Good,
Coach!
What is it, Manager?
You see, Yoshiko made headbands for everyone,
Oh,,,
Well, no other team had them, so,,,
Come on, let me see them,
Wow,,, Making this many must have been hard,
By the way, you\'ll be in the US in the second semester, right Fujisawa?
We swore to become the national champions to give you a great memory as a parting gift,
All right! We\'ll put these on in today\'s match!
Yeah! Agreed!
These are nice! ,
These look cooler than I thought,
Gotta stand out sometimes, right?
Yeah,,,
Here, Oda,
Yes,
Yoshiko embroidered your numbers on each of them,
Wow, you\'re right!
Here you go, Matsuyama,
Okay, thank you!
All right!
We\'re finally there, Nankatsu,
Furano will definitely win!
NANKATSU MIDDLE SCHOOL SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE
Will you really be all right, Tsubasa?
Yeah, If my ankle\'s properly taped, I\'ll more or less be able to play as usual,
My shoulder\'s feeling much better, too,
Anyway, just 2 more matches to go,
Even if my body\'s torn to pieces, I\'ll do this,
If you\'re this fired up, Tsubasa, you leave us no choice but to go full speed ahead! ,
Yeah!
All right!
Let\'s do this, Matsuyama,
EPISODE 44: # 10 VS, #10,
The game will begin shortly,
The second semi-finals match of the National Middle School Football Tournament
will be between Hokkaido\'s representatives, Furano MS, and Shizuoka\'s representatives, Nankatsu MS,
In the end, which team will advance to meet Toho in tomorrow\'s grand final?
Amidst the loud cheers, both teams have shown up on the field,
What\'s this? All of Furano\'s members are wearing headbands as they step out onto the pitch,
On the other side, Nankatsu are wearing their away team uniforms,
Furano is led by their captain, Hikaru Matsuyama,
He\'s the one wearing #10,
Nankatsu\'s leader and captain, Tsubasa Ozora, is also wearing #10,
For this game, we have two midfielder captains wearing the #10,
Which one of them will dominate the midfield first?
Even if you\'re injured, I won\'t hold back, Tsubasa!
Two more to go,,,
I will definitely win!
I can\'t afford to lose to anyone in Japan!
It looks like Nankatsu will start with the ball after the coin toss,
Tsubasa, Furano\'s football is all about taking Nankatsu down, and we\'ll fulfill that goal today,
Matsuyama, I won\'t lose!
Please win, Matsuyama,,,
Tsubasa, I hope your injuries don\'t get worse,,,
Fight! Fight! Furano!
Good luck! Good luck! Nankatsu!
With the referee\'s whistle, the game finally begins!
Here!
The ball is passed to the playmaker, Tsubasa,
All right!
Tsubasa, if you send a back pass again, we\'ll all rush towards Nankatsu\'s goal at once,
We\'ll show you Furano\'s Avalanche Attack!
Here I go, Tsubasa!
Matsuyama ferociously attacks Tsubasa!
As I expected, Tsubasa,
You knew you couldn\'t send a pass here,
But the thing about this tackle,,, is that the first one is a decoy!
Here\'s the real deal!
Matsuyama quickly tackles him again!
You did it! You\'ve got this!
Our captain invented that! ,
It\'s his Feinting Tackle! ,
All right, let\'s go!
Yeah!
Damn it! Well played, Matsuyama,
But I can\'t lose!
Tsubasa gets right back on his feet and chases after the dribbling Matsuyama,
Captain, watch out!
What?!
Thanks to his comrade\'s warning, Matsuyama dumps the ball away in time!
Tsubasa,,,
Take this!
What?!
Nice!
Ishizaki!
I won\'t lose to Tsubasa!
Tsubasa, you really do become a wild beast once you set foot on the pitch,
If I start being considerate of your injuries in this match, we\'ll wind up being bitten, instead,
Then, I will ignore your injuries in this match!
Here!
Nice pass, Tsubasa!
All right! Go for it, Kisugi!
Kisugi\'s shot deflects off the defender\'s leg!
And the ball ends up right in front of Tsubasa,
Good!
Will we see Tsubasa\'s Drive Shot this soon?
Like I\'d let you!
Matsuyama cuts through and blocks it!
Matsuyama!
I can\'t have you firing off Drive Shots, no matter what!
Matsuyama goes on the offensive himself,
And Tsubasa\'s right after him again!
This has truly become an intense showdown between these two midfielders, these two #10s!
Tsubasa,,,
Matsuyama,,,
Go, Matsuyama!
Stop him, Tsubasa!
They clash their kicking legs!
The ball goes in the air!
Matsuyama,,,
Tsubasa!
I won\'t let you rule the midfield!
I WON\'T LET YOU RULE THE MIDFIELD,
Go!
Two tall players clash!
Who will get the loose ball?
All right!
Go for it, Izawa!
Football is all about teamplay,
If we consider Tsubasa and Matsuyama as equals,
since Nankatsu has another playmaker in Izawa,
they might just hold the advantage here,
Fall back, guys!
We have to defend!
This is for you, Kisugi!
Take this!
A sliding shot from Kisugi!
Damn it!
But Furano block it!
They completely block off their goal!
Clear it!
Furano are out of this predicament!
Crap!
Before Matsuyama has a chance to stop him, Tsubasa sends a pass towards Furano\'s goal,
Hold on, guys! We will get out of this!
Izawa takes the pass and fires off a jumping header!
It\'s also blocked!
The goalkeeper, Kato, barely manages to punch it away!
Nice one, Kato!
Captain!
You\'ve defended our goal well!
Everyone get up front!
We\'re using Furano\'s Avalanche Attack!
Yeah!
What?!
Did he just say "Avalanche Attack"?
Furano break for a fast counterattack, despite their disadvantageous position!
All of their players are heading towards Nankatsu\'s goal!
All right! Let\'s do it, guys!
I will send the ball to you,
What a bold tactic!
Do they trust in Matsuyama\'s ball control skills that much?
He passes Kisugi and Taki in the blink of an eye!
That\'s Matsuyama for you!
He\'s said to be #1 in ball control skills in the tournament!
Oh, Tsubasa is almost there too!
So, before that,,,
Matsuyama fires off a long pass!
Let\'s go!
Yeah!
No matter how many of they come, there is only one ball! ,
Just kick it away!
If they kick it before us, we\'ll follow up!
Damn, clear it!
Cover it!
What?!
It\'s useless!
Even when we clear it, they keep coming one after the other!
If you steal the ball from one of us
every single one of us
will cover for each other!
This is,
Furano\'s,
Avalanche Attack!
It\'s Furano\'s Avalanche Attack!
Will it break Nankatsu\'s defense down in one go?
Take this!
They finally send the ball over the goal!
The goalkeeper Morisaki punches it away!
He narrowly escapes this crisis!
But both Tsubasa and Matsuyama are running towards the loose ball!
Which one is faster?
Captain, leave it to us!
Okay!
Matsuyama is heading towards the goal!
Damn it!
Crap!
All right, I\'ve got this!
,
The Big 2 of middle school football,,,
Nankatsu and Toho,
Compared to them, what Furano clearly lacks is scoring ability,
To remedy it, if I want to score goals as a midfielder, I\'ll need to be able to fire long shots, all while setting up the game,
I\'m not naturally gifted, like Tsubasa and Hyuga,
That\'s why I\'ll keep practicing!
The untalented have no other choice but to work harder than everyone else!
Matsuyama puts everything he has into this long shot!
Matsuyama!
He used this against Minamiuwa!
Crawling along the earth and leaving a trail of dust in its wake, this is Matsuyama\'s thrilling long shot!
It\'s in!
Goalkeeper Morisaki was too slow to react!
Furano gets ahead first!
All right!
I scored one, everyone!
,
You did it, captain!
Furano finally takes the lead!
It was a splendid long shot, created through training his legs on the rough ground of the snowy land!
Starting with Furano\'s Avalanche Attack and ending with captain Matsuyama\'s "Northern Country Shot",
they have finally won themselves the lead!
They did it, Yoshiko!
Yeah,
Nice!
They got me,
From the looks of that shot,,, You must have trained very hard, Matsuyama,
Damn it!
We were the ones piling on the pressure, and yet,,,
Damn it all,
Guys, ,
Let\'s refresh our mood,
If we lose today, there is no tomorrow, ,
Let\'s give it our best to defeat Furano today,
We will win that unprecedented V3 with our own strength! ,
Yeah!
Even though they conceded the first goal,
Nankatsu\'s players shrug it off and move to attack!
They\'re able to quickly recover their morale,
That\'s the scary part of Nankatsu,
Keep yourself focused!
Sure!
Captain Tsubasa dribbles forward with the ball on his own!
All right, leave Tsubasa to me!
Matsuyama!
Tsubasa!
Take it!
He sends the ball to Taki before Matsuyama can reach him,
That\'s it,
Go for it, guys!
It Nankatsu\'s famous offense!
It\'s just one goal! Quickly pay them back!
Furano did their homework,
Kondo is here to mark,
One guy is no problem,,,! ,
Kondo stops him!
Nice one, Kondo!
Wha-,
Now here\'s Ishizaki with a brave overlap,
Watch me, guys!
Here\'s what you\'ve been waiting from Ryo Ishizaki!
Nice overlap, Ishizaki!
Send it before the goal,
Here you go!
Izawa and Nagano who are known for their headers are near Furano\'s goal,
Tsubasa is also running in behind them,
Take it!
Great!
Tsubasa takes a diving header!
Oh!
It won\'t go!
Matsuyama blocks the shot!
Fools, don\'t get ahead of yourselves!
The ball is still in the game! ,
Ishizaki shoots the deflected ball from a hard angle!
Oh, crap!
It was so close!
The ball falls out of bounds,
Damn, it was such a good chance, too,,,
Furano resumes the match with a goal kick,
Here!
He sends the ball to his captain, Matsuyama,
Good,
Tsubasa, I won\'t lose to you when it comes to controlling the ball,
This time, I will break past you!
Nankatsu send their Captain Tsubasa to mark Matsuyama,
I will take back the goal we conceded because of my bad decision,
Will Tsubasa steal the ball?
Matsuyama is not giving up the ball though,
Captain, pass it to us!
Please guys, count on me about this one,
If I can get past Tsubasa here, the rest of the match will flow in our favor! ,
No other players involve themselves in this battle,
Did they leave this to these two?
That\'s Matsuyama for you,
What awesome possession skill,
He\'s giving me no chance to steal the ball,
Damn, that\'s Tsubasa for you,
He won\'t let me get past him so easily,
At this rate, this will never end,,,
It\'s time to sink or swim!
Tsubasa has lost his balance!
Great, here is my chance!
Matsuyama won\'t let this chance go by,
What?!
He stopped him with his leg!
It\'s a trick tackle from Tsubasa!
That\'s a high level feint he made his own after entering middle school,
He heads towards Furano\'s goal, full throttle!
Get back, guys!
Damn!
Matsuyama feverishly pursues Tsubasa after having the ball stolen,
Tsubasa is getting ready for his Drive Shot!
I won\'t let you shoot that!
What?!
Matsuyama\'s sliding block stops it once again!
He won\'t let Tsubasa score,
Tsubasa\'s Drive Shot,,,
The fact that it takes time to get the shot ready,
leaving him exposed, has been revealed,
I\'d expect no less from Matsuyama,
But Matsuyama is not in any position to jump, yet!
Here I go!
What?!
Here it is! Tsubasa\'s favorite move! After a long time, his Overhead Kick flies once again!
It\'s in!
The ball pierces the right corner of the goal!
Tsubasa\'s Overhead Kick is exquisite, indeed!
You did it, Tsubasa!
Nankatsu have tied the game in the 28th minute of the first half!
Whoa,,,!
This is bad!
He\'ll hurt his shoulder again!
,
Matsuyama!
Tsubasa! ,
Tsubasa!
Captain!
Tsubasa!
Matsuyama!
Damn, you got me bad,
But, it\'s still just a tie!
I will never give up!
Matsuyama,,,
Matsuyama firmly caught Tsubasa as he was falling, saving him from further hurting his shoulder,
A brilliant friendship between two players who are giving their best in a fair match,
Thanks, Matsuyama,
It was nothing,
I just want to beat you while you\'re in peak condition,
The first half ends here!
The score is 1-1,
Moreover, Tsubasa\'s injury that everyone was worried about
has not visibly affected his play, which is a relief!
An injury isn\'t something you can just get over in a couple of days,
He may not be showing it, but he\'s run a lot during this match,
His left foot must be bearing quite the burden,
NANKATSU MIDDLE SCHOOL SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE
You did well guys,
Tsubasa, can you continue?
Yes! All good, sir,
,
FURANO MIDDLE SCHOOL HOKKAIDO
All right, keep doing your thing and hang on this second half, ,
Don\'t let this measly heat get to you!
Yes, sir!
If we unite our strength, I am sure we can win this,
When the time comes, I\'ll score again!
I need to answer their trust in me,
I will settle this with the Drive Shot I completed yesterday,
Tsubasa,,,
Don\'t tell me, you\'re,,,
Yoshiko! They\'ve caught up with us,
Yeah,
Don\'t go "yeah" on me, at this rate, you,,,
Matsuyama,
The second half is about to start,
The clash begins once again and 30 minutes remain!
All right, let\'s go, everyone!
Yeah!
These two forwards, Kisugi and Oda, fiercely clash with each other, right off the bat!
Nankatsu takes the ball!
Tsubasa\'s clearly been playing while hiding his injuries,
Izawa!
The pass makes it to the shadow playmaker, Izawa,
We\'ll have to make up for Tsubasa\'s share too!
Fine post-play by Nagano, the giant forward, with his skillful header!
Damn it!
However, Furano blocks it off!
Here!
Ishizaki quickly sends the ball up!
All right! You\'re doing great, Nankatsu!
We\'re no slouch when it comes to teamwork!
There\'s no way they can win this just with Tsubasa\'s strength,
So, in the end, this was Nankatsu\'s true strength all along,
Take this!
As expected, the ball goes to Tsubasa, at the goal!
I can\'t allow you to get to this pass!
Everyone created this chance for me,
Even if I can\'t shoot, I\'ll create a pass!
Tsubasa gets to the ball a second earlier than Matsuyama!
Counting on you, Izawa!
Even when Tsubasa\'s injured like he is, he still shows us his best play!
I will definitely score this one!
I will reach!
A desperate diving header from Izawa!
It\'s in!
Izawa demonstrates his jumping skills, and his Five Meter Diving Header pierces the net!
Nankatsu finally turns the tables around by demonstrating teamwork that rivals Furano\'s own!
2-1!
This time, Furano will be chasing after Nankatsu!
You did it, Izawa!
Did you see that?
This is our team work!
Wha,,,
Tsubasa!
What?!
When Tsubasa sent that pass to Izawa, he crashed into Matsuyama,
It looks like they tripped over each other and fell, and he took a hit to his injured left leg,
Tsubasa,,,
Are you all right, Tsubasa?
I\'m fine, ,
More importantly,,,
We got ahead of you now, Matsuyama!
Tsubasa,,,
I was supposed to be completely marking him, but he used a mere few centimeters to send an assist,
I had made up my mind before this match started,,,
I would have no mercy on Tsubasa because he was injured,
Tsubasa, as of this moment, I will definitely forget all about your injuries,
I initially managed to stop the pain by thoroughly taping my foot, but it feels like it is flaring up again,
The game resumes,
Let\'s do this, guys!
We can\'t give up just after falling a goal behind!
Yeah!
Damn it!
Is this how an injured player supposed to play?!
I don\'t have the strength to properly try to score anymore,,,
What I can do is persistently mark him!
Furano one-sidedly continue their attack!
However, they can\'t even get a step closer to Nankatsu\'s goal!
Hold on, Furano!
Furano can keep their attack up even without Matsuyama,,,
But, they just have no scoring ability,
Right now, Matsuyama is completely being marked,
Getting a goal off of Nankatsu will be incredibly hard for them,
Nankatsu clears the ball again,
Both captains fight for the loose ball,
If I can arrive just a few seconds before he does,
just a few centimeters of space will be enough!
I won\'t let you shoot!
Tsubasa blocks Matsuyama\'s shot!
Did Tsubasa hurt his left leg again?!
Tsubasa,,,
Tsubasa!
Are you okay?
We don\'t have much time left,
Nankatsu is truly strong,
Even though we keep attacking, we can\'t,,,
Oda, you\'ll take the entrance exam for Furano HS, right?
Wha— where did that suddenly come from?
Yamamuro, you\'ll go to an agricultural high school,,
You like messing with machines, Wakamatsu, So you\'ll go to a technical high school,
After middle school, you\'ll be helping your family at your farm, right, Kondo?
Captain,,,
I thought about this before this tournament started,
We\'ve all been playing football together since elementary school,
But the summer of our third year,,, This very tournament would be our last time,
If we lost, that match would be the last match we\'d all play together,
Captain,,,
So,,, So let\'s put everything we\'ve gained so far into our play, and keep fighting!
Guys!
Captain!
Are you all right, Tsubasa?
Yes, I won\'t lose,
There\'s no way I\'ll lose,
,
COMING UP, EPISODE 45: TEARS AT THE AIRPORT
Ai! Ai! Ai!
Moeru you ni hitori demo
ikiteyukeru to usobuite hashiritsudzukete
unubore no morosa wo kimi wa shitteta no ni
kokoro made uchinomaresareta kono yoru ni
kimi no koe sagasu
kono yowasa ga nikui yo
ima sugu torimodoshi ni ikanakya
baka darou?
Ai,
Kizudarake no ai wo shinjite
nagareochita namida sae mo tsuyosa e to kaete
ai,
Kizudarake no ai da to shite mo
bokura no sekai wo tomoshiteru
kono ai mo ichido taritomo
hanasanai,
Love! Love! Love!
I keep running, lying to myself
that I can live alone, though the loneliness makes me burn ,
You knew how fragile my self-conceit makes me,
In this night that even shattered my heart
I hate how weak I am
yearning for your voice
"I\'ve got to get you back right now!"
I\'m stupid, right?
Love!
Believing in my scarred love
I will turn these shedded tears into strength,
Love!
Even though it is a scarred love
it lightens up our world
I will not let go of this love
for a single moment!
Chotto are mi na ace ga tooru
suguremono zo to machijû sawagu
chô-chô samba, zigzag samba
aitsu no uwasa de chamba mo hashiru
sore ni tsukete mo ore-tacha nan na no
ball hitotsu ni kiri-kiri mai sa,
Dash, dash, dash! Kick and dash!
Itsuka kimeru ze inazuma shoot
son toki ore ga super hero sa,
Dash, dash, dash! Kick and dash!
Moete seishun kakenukero,
Hey, look over there at the ace passing through,
He\'s the best, and the whole town cheers him on,
Butterfly samba, zig-zag samba,
Even little old ladies go around talking about him,
So, even if we have him, who are we?
The ball spins round and round,
Dash, dash, dash! Kick and dash!
One day, I\'ll score with a lightning shot!
When that happens, I\'ll become a super hero!
Dash, dash, dash! Kick and dash!
This fierce youth is on the field!