After managing to get Morisaki back on his feet,
Tsubasa and Misaki began their skillful attack on Meiwa FC,
Not to be outdone, Kojiro stole the ball from Misaki with a powerful tackle,
Using his fierce, rough play,
he blows past everyone in his way and scores with a volley,
The match gradually becomes a competition between their styles,
Unrelenting, the two aces take the match to a draw until the final moment,
The stadium is loud and roaring with applause for the two of them!
This match, which started with a showdown between Tsubasa and Hyuga,
constantly featured exchanges between them,
Tsubasa slips on the mud and loses his footing!
Chance!
Now!
Hyuga can\'t shoot! Tsubasa kicks it away!
This guy faked his slip to trap me!
The final whistle —,
It,,, It\'s a goal!
Nankatsu loses the match!
Damn it,,,!
This guy,,, is crying?
You\'re Kojiro Hyuga, right?
I\'m here to scout you,
EPISODE 16: THIS IS ACROBATIC FOOTBALL!
Me? At Toho Academy?,
As you might know, Toho Academy
is a famous school that focuses on developing professional football players,
We are quite ready to invite you on board, ,
Besides your football skills, Hyuga, we\'ve also looked into
your personality and your daily life environment,
If you were to join our academy,
during Junior High, High School
and College —about 10 years
then we\'d cover all of your daily and academic expenses,
All of it would be taken care by us,
Are you for real?
Of course,
If you were to come to our academy,
you could be able focus on the football you love so much,
But, there are some conditions,
Conditions?
Conditions,
You\'re not the only one we\'ve kept our eyes on,
We\'ve been eyeing Tsubasa Ozora as a potential forward,
even before the tournament started,
We decided we\'d scout whoever won the previous match,
Meiwa, of course, was the winner,
But we think deciding whether you or Tsubasa was the better player
based on that match alone might\'ve been a little too difficult,
What are you saying?
There\'s no way I\'d lose to him!
It should be be obvious I\'m the best of the two!
We won the match, and that\'s the truth!
So: I am asking you to win the tournament,
Eh!
If you are as good as you say you are,
prove it by winning the tournament,
If you can manage to do that,
then we, then Toho Academy, will offer you a football scholarship,
You\'re serious?
Yes, I wouldn\'t lie,
Then I\'ll win this tournament!
You know, if you come in second place in the group stage,
you still advance into the finals stage,
It\'s possible you and Tsubasa will face each other again,
Meanwhile, Nankatsu SC, with Tsubasa as its captain,
shrugs off the shock of losing to Meiwa FC
and crushes Fukuoka\'s Osu SS with a score of 9-0,
giving them their first win of the group stages,
Yes, yes!
We won! We won!
Now we\'re 1 and 1,
Let\'s keep this up,
and advance out of the group stages!
Now, that\'s just too naive!
The heck,,,?
The winners of Group 1
are gonna be Meiwa and us, Hanawa!
Hanawa Youth Football Association, from Akita, right?
We played at noon against Osu,
that team you just beat —and we beat them 10-0!
They scored one more goal than us,
That\'s how it is!
Aren\'t they the guys that from the train platform?
Masao!
Nice pass!
Yeah, those two were perfectly in sync with each other, They made a great combo!
We\'re about to play! You\'d better watch our match closely!
Argh,,,
Hanawa Youth Football Association versus Shimabara FC of Group 1!
Hanawa\'s kick-off will start the game,
All right! Let\'s go, Masao!
Okay, Kazuo!
We did it!
Yeah!
SIGN: HANAWA FC 7 - 0 SHIMABARA FC,
Hanawa totally dominated that game, ,
That was awesome,
You know, now I\'m really looking forward to our match with Hanawa,
Yeah, I\'m looking forward to it too,
Win it!
You bet I will, Brazil is waiting for me after all!
The next day, Nankatsu won their matches before and after noon without any difficulties,
and their record is now three wins, one loss,
Yes, we did it!
That\'s three, now!
Now, preparations have begun for tomorrow\'s match with Hanawa, with advancement from the Group stages at stake,
However, that afternoon, Meiwa vs, Hanawa, the two undefeated teams of the group, clashed, And the result,,,
Yes!
We did it!
SIGN: MEIWA FC 5 - 5 HANAWA FC,
They drew with Meiwa?
Now, if we don\'t win our game with Hanawa tomorrow and get a draw instead,
we won\'t be able to advance to the finals,,,
We\'ll finally be playing against Hanawa Youth Football Association tomorrow,
If we don\'t win this match, we won\'t make it into the finals stage,
So, in order to prepare for tomorrow, I\'ll now review Hanawa\'s strong points,
Guys, please remember Hanawa\'s match with Shimabara FC,
The specialty of this team relies on the perfect combination of their forwards, the Tachibana Twins,
When they attack, they leave the offense to these two, while the team packs the midfield and concentrates on defending,
Those two alone set the flow of the game,
You\'re right, Shimabara couldn\'t do anything against them either,
The key to Nankatsu\'s victory is to figure out
how we can destroy those two\'s perfect teamwork,
I have a plan just for that,
Tsubasa,
Yes!
Misaki,
Yes!
I\'m giving you two a mission! ,
We have a heavy responsibility,
Yes,
But, I think that\'s a good way to counter that combination,
I\'ll be counting on you tomorrow, Misaki,
Likewise! I won\'t let Hanawa score even one go,,,
Were you surprised? ,
You should join us too!
A pillow fight! ,
All right!
Let\'s do this!
That hurt!
Nishio, I\'m sorry! ,
Goal!
You really are a striker, Tsubasa, ,
Oh, shut up! Take this!
How about this, Nishio!
I\'m an iron wall! ,
Would you dare say that in front of Wakabayashi?
Eat this shot!
All right!
Take this!
Nice shot!
,
Guys, let\'s use this power to beat Hanawa!
Yeah! ,
At the end of the second day of the tournament,
we were able to see all the promising players, right?
All save for Nankatsu SC\'s goalkeeper Genzo Wakabayashi, who didn\'t participate,
Right,
He\'s a genius who, despite being a 5th grader, lead Shutetsu Elementary
and made them champions without conceding a single goal last year,
No one comes close to him in this generation,
What about Naniwa FC\'s Taichi Nakanishi?
Well, he\'s a good goalkeeper,
Despite having a large build , he\'s surprisingly agile,
It\'s a shame, though, but there\'s just no comparing him to Wakabayashi, who\'s grown so much,
What do you think of the midfielders?
The ones who have left an impression on me are Nankatsu\'s Taro Misaki,
Furano\'s Hikaru Matsuyama, and Meiwa FC\'s Takeshi Sawada,
I\'ll consider the 4th grader Takeshi in two years,
but Misaki and Matsuyama are players that I want,
Hikaru Matsuyama,,,
Don\'t you think that he lacks technique?
He has huge potential and willpower, I value the fact he\'s the captain of a public elementary school football team
that he led all the way to the National Tournament much more than his technique, ,
We can always work on his technique after he joins,
That said, Musashi FC\'s Jun Misugi stands out the most of all the midfielders,
On top of having the qualities of a great playmaker, he is also a skilled scorer,
Coach Kitazume of the Secondary School section did mention
he wanted us to evaluate their ability to score,,
The prizes are without a doubt these two: Nankatsu SC\'s Tsubasa Ozora and Meiwa FC\'s Kojiro Hyuga, ,
Even though we\'d been eyeing Tsubasa since the prefectural tournament,
he\'s shined brightly enough that, in two days, he\'s atop our National list,
If he didn\'t do as much, he wouldn\'t be worth trying to get for our academy,
I really want to see them play each other once again, ,
Me too, In the finals,
It\'s the third day of the tournament and it\'s time for the last match of the group stage,
Furano has put everything they\'ve got in their play, and have advanced to the finals stage after winning all 5 matches,
Musashi FC have also made their way through the group stage, winning all 5 of their matches
while having the luxury of letting their captain Misugi resting on the bench,
Meiwa also showed their overpowering strength in their last game,
close the group stage by winning 4 out of 5 matches, with a lone draw,
All of Nankatsu\'s rivals have advanced to the finals stage,
The last game of the group stage, with the chance to advance out of the group on the line,,, Nankatsu vs, Hanawa is about to start,
On one side, we have Nankatsu who gave us a historical match
against the powerhouse Meiwa FC, with victory slipping away at the very end,
On the other side, we have Hanawa, a team who fought on equal terms with Meiwa,
The stadium is already packed to the brim with spectators, eager to watch this match,
Listen to me, boys!
Today\'s match is an important one, We have a ticket to the finals at stake,
We\'ll do whatever it takes, Win, and make it through the group stage!
Good! Stick to the plan, Misaki, Tsubasa!
Yes!
Both teams\' players enter the field,
I trust you, guys, ,
The representatives of Akita Prefecture, Hanawa, have 3 wins and 1 draw so far,
The Tachibana Twins are in charge of the offense, while the rest of the team focuses on defense,
This is a rather unique team with a particular divide,
On the other side, representing Shizuoka Prefecture, Nankatsu has 3 wins and 1 loss so far,
With their ace striker Tsubasa at the center, this one\'s a superb team with great teamwork,
Both teams\' supporters passionately cry out before the start of the match,
Amidst the loud cheering, the match is about to begin with Hanawa\'s kick-off,
Who will advance to the finals stage in the end, Nankatsu or Hanawa?
All right, we\'ll score today too!
Yeah! ,
Hanawa, as usual, gets to work on opening the score early with the Tachibana Twins\' attack,
Guys, it\'s just them attacking! Do whatever you can and stop them!
Let\'s go!
Can Nankatsu stop them here?
What?
It\'s useless!
Even the famous Nankatsu is having trouble stopping them from breaking through the midfield,
Why? Why can they get past us so easily?
Masao and Kazuo Tachibana are in perfect harmony today,
Will they be able to score a goal right after the start of this match?
Like I\'d let you!
Hey!
Nice pass!
We\'ll be your opponents!
What?!
,
What is this? Tsubasa was announced a center forward today,
but he\'s far back on the field!
He and Misaki are marking the Tachibana Twins!
This looks like it\'s going to be a fun showdown,
Masao, these two can do it,
Yeah,
What\'s this? The Tachibana Twins have paused their approach!
What are two you up to? If you won\'t come to us, then I\'ll just go to you!
Here\'s my chance!
Kazuo!
Damn it!
Nice, Misaki!
The ball is stolen away from the Tachibana Twins!
Did Masao and Kazuo just,,,?
Go!
Tsubasa fires off a long pass,
Nice pass!
The ball goes to the midfielder, Izawa,
All right, let\'s go!
Yes!
It\'s Nankatsu\'s famous Shutetsu Trio\'s turn to attack!
You know, I\'m from Shutetsu, too,,,
However Hanawa\'s defense is quite thick,
Will Nankatsu be able to break through and score?
Nankatsu is really strong, ,
Don\'t let your guard down!
Take this, Kisugi!
Hey, Taki!
Good!
Hey, Tsubasa\'s going to shoot!
Go after him, Kazuo!
Nankatsu, just a little bit more!
Hold on, Hanawa!
As expected, Hanawa\'s defense is tough!
All the courses are covered and Nankatsu can\'t quite shoot!
All right, mark them thoroughly!
Damn it!
Oh! Tsubasa, who was far back just a moment ago, rushes towards the goal!
Don\'t let him shoot!
Yeah!
Go!
It\'s no use! They can\'t keep up with him!
Tsubasa lets off a mighty shot!
It\'s in!
I did it!
That was awesome, Tsubasa!
We did it!
Tsubasa fired directly at the goal with no hesitation!
The defense that Hanawa so often boasted about couldn\'t do anything against Tsubasa\'s bullet shot!
The little football kid finally gets a chance to show his skills!
With this, Tsubasa surpasses Hyuga\'s 17 goals
and is now in the lead as top scorer of the tournament! "
Masao! That guy is really amazing!
You\'re right, But we\'re just getting started,,
Like hell we\'d lose!
After Nankatsu\'s goal, the match resumes with Hanawa\'s kick-off,
Let\'s do this, Masao!
Yes,
The trump card of Hanawa\'s offense, the Tachibana Twins,,,
Just as planned, their attacks are stopped by Nankatsu\'s aces, Tsubasa and Misaki,
The plan works without a hitch!
Right after conceding a goal to Nankatsu at the very beginning of the first half and letting Tsubasa take a single shot,
Hanawa defends with all their might against Nankatsu\'s fierce attacks,
And, even though Nankatsu continued to attack,
they didn\'t concede another goal,
Nankatsu! It\'s time to score another one!
What a drag! Their defense is so solid,
Keep your defenses up, Hanawa!
It looks like Nankatsu has the advantage after all,
On Hanawa\'s side, the Tachibana Twins are completely held down,
The referee\'s whistle marks the end of the first half!
In this last match of the group stage, Nankatsu vs, Hanawa,
the first half ends, 1-0!
Nankatsu holds a one goal lead over Hanawa!
You did well, boys,
It\'d be great to have another goal, but we still stuck to our plan
and stopped the attacks of the Tachibana Twins,
Yes!
All right! Let\'s widen the lead in the second half,
blow our opponents away and emerge victorious from the group stage! ,
Yeah!
Let\'s keep marking the Tachibana Twins in the second half, too,
Yes,
Nankatsu is dictating the flow of the match,
If they keep this up, there\'s no doubt they will win,
What should we do, Kazuo, Masao?
Should we join in the attack too?
Don\'t you trust us?
But we won\'t be able to score at this rate,
Don\'t worry, We still have an ace up our sleeves,
What? An ace?
Yes,
I really didn\'t want to show it during the group stage,
but it looks like there\'s no other way around it, Kazuo,
Yes,
If we use that, we can quickly turn things around,
I honestly had a lot of hope in Hanawa,
Well, they proved to be worthless in the end, ,
Eh?
I made sure we tied against Hanawa on purpose,
What!?
The only threat to us winning the championship is Nankatsu,
I understood that clearly during our first match,
So I tried to get rid of them before the group stage was over,
To do that, I purposefully made sure we tied our game with Hanawa,
I created a scenario where, even if Hanawa ties with Nankatsu in this game,
Hanawa can still advance to the finals,
But it looks like that won\'t work,
Nankatsu is coming through, right?
Yes, And there\'s something else that bothers me about Nankatsu,
Genzo, that is,,,?
I need to make sure I stay in shape for the finals,
What?!
I\'ll go even if you stop me,
Nankatsu will beat Hanawa,
and I\'ll return to protect Nankatsu in the grand finals! ,
The second half starts!
Will Nankatsu be able to maintain their rhythm?
Will Hanawa be able recover from the thorough marking of the Tachibana Twins in the first half?
We\'ll score a second goal—this time, for sure!
It seems Hanawa hasn\'t wavered yet, and are fiercely fighting back!
Attack, Hanawa! Attack, Hanawa!
Masao!
Nice!
Got it! Run for it, Kazuo!
Yes!
What\'s this?!
The Tachibana Twins, who have always remained close
and pushed through the middle field together are far apart from each other this time!
There\'s something at hand, here! ,
Can you really afford to something like that? Here!
You\'re about to eat your words! ,
Something is definitely going on here,
Masao, he\'s coming again!
I hear you!
Okay, I\'m good to go, Masao!
Okay!
Masao kicks the ball forward as hard as he can!
I couldn\'t make it,,,!
The ball is flying in front of the goal,
Kazuo is there, but Takasugi is nearby and Nishio and Tsubasa are strictly marking him!
Kazuo starts running,,, away from the ball!
What!?
Here goes!
What was that?! He used the goalpost to jump!
What?
Good!
Come, Kazuo!
Masao is dashing forward!
He shoots!
Goal!
Hanawa ties the game!
Did you see our Triangle Shot?
Watch out!
Move!
Oh, no! Kazuo Tachibana who had jumped high into the air, and Nankatsu\'s Nishio who had tried to make the block
crash hard into each other!
Hey, are you all right?
Yeah,
Nishio! ,
Nishio!
Hey, you\'re bleeding!
This isn\'t good,,,
It looks like Nishio won\'t be able to keep playing,
He\'s being carried away,
Nishio!
I\'m fine,,,! ,
At such an important time,,, This is so lame,
Ishizaki, you\'ll be replacing Nishio,
What? Me!?
All right! Then it\'s my turn to shine, ,
Player change for Nankatsu,
#14 Ishizaki replaces #3 Nishio,
Let\'s do this!
- Ishizaki! - Ishizaki!
We\'re counting on you, Ishizaki!
All right, leave it to me!
Ishizaki\'s on the field!
Do your best, Ishizaki!
I might be lacking in technique compared to everyone,
but I won\'t lose when it comes to guts!
,
COMING SOON, EPISODE 17:4 MINUTES LEFT! A DECISIVE BATTLE IN MID-AIR!
The smell of the grass when I stumbled,
the endless blue of the sky above,,,
This winding, back-and-forth path
is a map for our endless dreams,
Even if my hopes miss the goal
if I stand back up, my dreams will never end,
No,1! Race forth, faster than anyone,
Make a starting dash toward the world stage with your tricky plays!
Run & Run!
Aspirations are the one buzz, buzz, buzz that gets us moving
Blaze, blaze, blaze! Let\'s go, it\'s kickoff!
Leap out into a giant field of dreams
koronda toki no shibafu no nioi
aogimita sora no ao hateshinakatta
mayotte modori susumu kidô ga
hateshinai yume o miru boku-tachi no chizu
goal o soreta kibô ga atte mo
mata tachiagaru nara yume wa owaranai,
No, 1! Dare yori hayaku kakenuke
tricky na play de sekai e muke Start! Dash!
Run & Run!
Akogare dake ga boku-ra o chiri-chiri-chiri ugokasu yo
mera-mera-mera iku ze kickoff
tobidasô dodekai dream field
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!