So, it\'s starting?
Unlike the preliminaries, Which were held in a league format,
the finals are a knockout tournament,
If you lose once, it\'s all over,
Each match is a decisive one,
And it goes without saying that none of the teams here are weak,
All of the matches will be difficult,
Hello, Wakabayashi? ,
Oh, is it you Tsubasa?
First, thank you for getting out of the group stages,
just as you promised,
You guys all did well!
Yeah!
Wakabayashi, how\'s the injury?
I\'m pretty much recovered from it, but,,,
It looks like I\'ll only be able to play in a single match,
Single match?
Yeah, and if I\'m going to play a single match, it\'d of course be,,,
The final, right?
I trust you guys to make it all the way there,
Got it,
We also made a promise yesterday, to win this whole tournament,
Yeah!
So, we are counting on you being in the finals, Wakabayashi!
Sure thing, See you!
So you\'ll be going no matter what, Genzo?
Yes,
EPISODE 18: HERE WE COME, FINALS!
It\'s the first day of the finals!
Every strong opponent has found its way to the finals,
The North Hokkaido representatives, Furano Elementary, led by
their Captain, Matsuyama, were the first ones to advance,
The Tokyo representatives, Musashi FC, also advanced
while having their ace, Misugi, resting on the bench,
As for the Saitama Prefecture\'s representatives, Meiwa FC,
Hyuga scored a hat-trick in just the first half,
Just outscoring Tsubasa, he and his team have shown their worth as favorites,
while simultaneously leading for the title of top scorer,
In their 3rd match, however, Nankatsu SC
has run into trouble against an unexpectedly strong opponent!
Go for it, Tsubasa!
Again?
His shot was stopped once again!
,
Nakanishi did not concede a single goal in the preliminaries of the tournament!
He is being considered the number one keeper of the tournament!
Is that true, Manabu?
Well, the Osaka representatives, Naniwa FC haven\'t conceded a goal in 5 matches,
and didn\'t lose a match,
They\'re the dark horse in this tournament,
defeating strong opponents with their incredibly strong defense,
What did you say?
It looks like you scored a hell of a lot of goals before,
but I won\'t be letting you score any today!
Lemme tell ya!
I am aiming for that record of 0 goals Wakabayashi set last year!
Wha-,
Let\'s go, forwards!
Nakanishi kicks a long, long ball!
The ball keeps climbing in the air!
What?!
Now, that\'s surprising! The ball is going directly towards Nankatsu\'s goal!
Caught off guard, the front of Nankatsu\'s goal is unguarded!
All right! Just get there!
It\'s in!
Naniwa\'s tall #11, Marui, scores with a header!
It was a quick counter-attack!
Nakanishi has a powerful kick, indeed!
It\'s strong enough to compete with adults,,,
Damn, his power is monstrous!
But it\'s just one goal!
Let\'s stay focused!
Sure!
But,,,
Eat this!
Oh!
The wall in front of Naniwa\'s goal was thick, indeed!
What?!
Here, forwards, go for it again!
All right! Let\'s get another one!
,
This long pass was intercepted!
The one who cut it is Misaki, who is in great form this tournament!
That\'s Misaki for you!
Damn it,
Now Misaki is advancing with the ball!
The shots done until now were taken from a short distance,
and consequently shot directly at him,
But with his body, he should be weak to shots at the corners!
Misaki aims for the low corner with a middle distance shot!
A surprisingly agile jump to the side!
This performance, surely as great as Wakabayashi\'s in his blooming era,
comes from Taichi Nakanishi!
I told you I won\'t be conceding a goal!
I am the number one keeper of this tournament!
Awesome, ,
What are you babbling about?!
Spit those words after you win!
Tsubasa,,,
It\'s all right,
What?
No matter how strong he might be, there just aren\'t any better keepers than Wakabayashi,
Wakabayashi! ,
Yeah, there is certainly no keeper better than Wakabayashi,
This time, I\'ll score for sure!
Naniwa switches to the offensive with a long throw from keeper, Nakanishi!
Damn, they\'re underestimating us!
Takayanagi, pass the ball to the left!
Okay!
Shirai, connect the ball to the sides!
It\'s brilliant!
Precise orders are coming from Nakanishi,
Yes! Since keepers are placed at the back line, they can observe other players\' moves the best!
Send a pass to the front line!
The ball is headed for Ogami, the forward!
Oh! Tsubasa, the center forward, has come back to steal the ball himself!
Ogami, pass the ball to left!
Okay!
Ishizaki, cut to the right!
Got it!
Ishizaki intercepts the pass!
Tsubasa is one step ahead of Nakanishi\'s orders!
What?!
We did it!
Take this, Kisugi!
Nice pass!
Looks like I finally did something good for the team,
Maeda, strengthen the right wing! ,
Sure!
Oh, the pass goes there though,
Aw, crap! ,
All right! This time, I\'ll score for sure!
That\'s right, there simply isn\'t a better keeper than Wakabayashi!
Wakabayashi wouldn\'t make that kind of mistake! ,
We\'ll back Tsubasa up, too! ,
Damn! Get around him, guys! ,
Block that squirt\'s approach! ,
Yes!
Naniwa\'s well-organized defense is waiting for him up front,
Tsubasa!
Behind you!
Tsubasa passes the ball back and breaks into a run!
Take this!
An excellent one-two play!
Even Naniwa can\'t read their movements,
They come from different elementary schools, and they used to be adversaries,
But, here and now, they are already in perfect harmony,
Nankatsu SC is a good team,
Tsubasa is in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper,
Come at me!
He gets in position to shoot from outside the penalty area!
That\'s too soon!
What a waste!
As if any other goalkeeper could surpass Wakabayashi!
I\'ll score from where I\'m standing!
Are you stupid?! Your shot was too early!
I got it!
Nakanishi catches it firmly with both hands,,,
No! It slips out!
Goal!
It pierces in to the goal!
Yes!
The ball had an incredibly rotation effect!
Nankatsu has caught up with Naniwa!
All right! You did it, Tsubasa!
So, he shot from outside of the penalty area?
Eh?
Speaking of which, Tsubasa stole two goals from you during the inter-school tournament,
but you didn\'t concede a single goal from outside of the penalty area,
Tsubasa wants to prove it, He wants to prove this goalkeeper isn\'t as skilled as you, ,
And with this, he won\'t be able to break your record from last year,
Damn,,, that Tsubasa! ,
You\'re awesome, Tsubasa!
With Tsubasa\'s goal, we\'re all tied up, 1-1!
Nankatsu\'s offense has livened up!
Misaki steadily attacks while skillfully controlling the ball!
Nankatsu\'s forwards are gathering in front of the goal,
The ball goes to Tsubasa,
Damn! Like hell I\'d let you score another one on me!
I\'ll stop you with my entire body! ,
What?!
Kisugi is unmarked! He shoots!
Here it is!
Nankatsu has reversed the score!
We did it!
The first half ends!
Nankatsu, who have put overwhelming pressure on their opponents
are in the lead against Naniwa with a score of 2-1!
All right! Keep this up, guys!
Yes!
Well, even my shot got in!
Our opponent\'s goalkeeper is not scary at all,
What\'s wrong with Nakanishi?
He conceded 2 goals,,,
Yes,
They scored 2 goals against me,
Frankly, it\'s not Naniwa\'s goalkeepers\'s fault,
Nankatsu is just that strong,
They\'ve already improved from the time they played against us,,,
Even in the second half, Nankatsu\'s attack continued,
Ever since this tournament began, the team\'s level has steadily kept rising,
Tsubasa must have realized that, so he is involving his teammates as much as he can,
You have grown so much, Tsubasa,
It\'s the fourth goal for Nankatsu!
Nevertheless, Nakanishi looks like he\'s lost all of his spirit
after conceding goal after goal to Nankatsu,
Damn it,,,
It looks like I\'ve completely lost,,,
But you, Tsubasa Ozora,,, you\'ve gone so far so as to embarrass me here,
I\'ll make you pay!
Tsubasa swiftly closes in on the goal!
Tsubasa gets ready to shoot!
I\'m gonna take that golden right leg of yours!,
Eat this!
Tsubasa evades Nakanishi\'s charge by a hair\'s width!
It\'s an excellent goal!
5-1! This goal from Tsubasa is the final nail in Naniwa\'s coffin!
We did it!
Nakanishi! Maybe if you\'d gone for the ball instead with that intensity,
you would\'ve stopped that last one,
I,,, have completely lost, ,
The game,
Nankatsu is among the best eight!
SIGN: NANKATSU SC:5 - 1: Naniwa FC,
One, two,,,
You did it, Nankatsu!
Go and become champions!
Nankatsu SC just keeps getting stronger and stronger,
You just can\'t take your eyes off of this team,
As expected of the captain,
Tsubasa has really managed to become the pillar of this team and keep everything balanced,
It looks like we won\'t be able to defeat Nankatsu unless I play full time,
Captain,,,
In the quarter-finals tomorrow, the best 4 among the 8 teams
who have won the group the stage will be decided,
SIGN: MEIWA FC: 5 - 1: KOZAI ELEMENTARY
Meiwa FC and Furano Elementary have made it through their fierce matches and continue on!
SIGN: FURANO ELEMENTARY: 3 - 1: BIZEN FC
Our boys at Nankatsu have faced Shinjo, heavily outscoring them
and securing a place for themselves in the best four,
SIGN: NANKATSU SC: 7 - 0: SHINJO FC
You did well, guys,
The winner of Musashi vs, Hitachi, which is to take place now,
will be our opponent tomorrow,
Well, it only makes sense,,,
Musashi will probably win it if everthing goes as usual, won\'t they?
You\'re right,
Musashi FC are the reigning powerhouse from Kanto, ,
Their regular players are elites chosen from a group of 1,000 players,
On the team, their standout player is their Captain, Jun Misugi,,
His high technical skill is so superior to the elementary school level,
that other players can hardly make physical contact, much less beat him, ,
And because of that elegant play style,,,
"The Young Noble of the Field", That\'s what they call him, right, coach? ,
Wow!
But you know, he hasn\'t played a single match in this tournament yet,
Maybe he\'s injured or something,
He\'s not, I don\'t know why he does it,
but Misugi has always been known for rarely playing in games, ,
What,,,?
And that\'s why the girls are so crazy about him! Like,
"Oh my god, Misugi is so mysterious! How awesome!"
It looks like he\'s just putting on airs to me,
Thanks to Musashi\'s power as a unit, they managed to easily get past the group stages,
but if it\'s us they\'re playing against, they\'ll be sure to have Misugi play,
That\'s what I\'ve been waiting for,
We\'ll win and advance to the final!
For Wakabayashi\'s sake too!
Yeah!
Hey, Misugi!
The semi-finals are upon us, ,
Misugi, do you plan to play?
Well, who knows,,,
If you win, you\'ll be playing against the champion contender, Nankatsu SC, next,
Nankatsu is strong, Especially Tsubasa Ozora,
I\'d very much like to have a contest of skills with him, ,
Oh?
So we can be sure that you\'ll play, then?
Oh no, Misugi won\'t play at all until the match against Nankatsu? ,
But if the team gets into a pinch, he might even play today,
So we need to have the opponent team work hard! Hitachi FC! ,
Hooray! Hooray! Hitachi!
Damn that Misugi! He makes it look like we don\'t even exist, ,
Let\'s show him what we\'re capable of! ,
What do you mean, Misugi?
Coach, this tournament is very special for me,
You know it very well, don\'t you?
I know myself the best,
Do you really want to play against Tsubasa Ozora that badly? ,
Yes,
Well, I can\'t say I don\'t understand how you feel,,,
But I can\'t let you play that easily,
For today, you will sit quietly on the bench, We\'ll talk more after that,
Understood,,
Manager?
Whew,,,
This is match is super crowded too,
It shows how much attention Musashi FC is garnering,
Tsubasa!
Yayoi!
I need to talk to you for a moment, ,
Will we take another trip via truck,,,?
What?!
- Tsubasa is with that girl?! ,
What are they discussing by themselves,,,?!
Tsubasa!
I\'m so jealo,,,
No, I can\'t forgive this!
I haven\'t even touched him yet!
I\'m begging you, Tsubasa!
Let our captain win! ,
To tell you the truth, he has a heart condition that won\'t let him play football anymore! ,
What?!
He can\'t play football?
His doctors are trying to stop him, but he insists on playing until the tournament ends,
Is that why he hasn\'t played any matches?
Only the coach and I know about this,
Please! This is the last tournament of his life!
So whatever happens, please, let him win tomorrow\'s match!
I can\'t do that,,
Tsubasa,,,
Winning this tournament is part of my dream,
If I do, it\'s decided that I\'ll go to Brazil with Roberto,
What? Brazil? ,
Yes,,, Brazil, the land of football!
Then I\'ll grow to be a professional football player there,
So, whoever my opponent is, I can\'t afford to lose! ,
I also think that Misugi will be much happier if I play my best against him,
Tsubasa,,, ,
Goal! Hitachi finally make their comeback in the 5th minute of the second half,
We did it! We did it!
Coach! I\'m going!
Misugi,,,
If we lose and everything ends here, I won\'t be able to play against Nankatsu,
Please,
It can\'t be helped,
But the moment you look bad out there, I\'m bringing you back here immediately,
Thank you so much!
Musashi, who have fallen into this disadvantageous position,
are bringing in their ace Misugi on for Yamamoto,
Misugi!
Captain!
Captain, take this,
Yes,
Misugi\'s finally out on the field,
Misugi,,,
Misugi! Do your best! ,
The ball finds its mark!
This boy is Musashi\'s #14, Jun Misugi,
It wouldn\'t be an exaggeration to say that Musashi\'s play
begins and ends with Misugi,
Damn, so what if he\'s Misugi?
No matter how great they say he is
isn\'t he just a kid our age?!,
His dribbles are so fluid!
What?!
His footwork is magnificent!
It\'s as if the players around him were frozen in place! What a strange sight!
Misugi!
GOOOOOOOOOOAL!
Misugi ties the game with this shot!
SIGN: MUSASHI FC: 2 - 2: HITACHI FC
He goes straight for the tie in the blink of an eye! This is great!
This is the true face of Musashi!
Musashi\'s forwards are all pressing the attack!
Musashi is dominating the pace of the game!
Ichinose!
Pass it to Honma in the wing right away!
Okay!
Give it back to Sanada in the mid-field!
All right! ,
With his dribbling, pass work and ability to control the game,
Misugi is proving why he\'s the keystone of Musashi,
Sanada, on your back!
Okay!
Captain!
Misugi runs forward and takes a long shot himself!
Goal! In the 10th minute of the second half,
Musashi\'s strikes brilliantly in the blink of an eye!
And yet, the level of Misugi\'s play continues to escalate,
He really is the Young Noble of the Field!
This is awesome,
He can play like that even with a heart disease?
The match is over!
In the last match of the quarter-finals, Musashi has defeated Hitachi, 6-2,
With this, we\'ll finally see Nankatsu and Musashi\'s match!
Tsubasa, I\'ll finally get to play against you,
Misugi,,,
Manager, did you go to see Tsubasa earlier?
Yes,,,
You didn\'t tell him about my heart condition, did you?
Of course not! I was asking him how he was doing, ,
You know, I learned that Tsubasa will go to Brazil if he wins the tournament,
Brazil?
Yes! Tsubasa says that he\'ll go to Brazil and become a professional football player,
I see, That\'s just like Tsubasa, ,
That\'s a wonderful dream,
They say Tsubasa\'s never been apart from the ball since he was a child,
His play style has a high ceiling, which really lets him exhibit his skills freely,
And above all, Tsubasa absolutely loves football,
I\'m sure Tsubasa can surpass Japan\'s borders
and become a known football player across the world,
Thank you, manager,
I\'m getting more and more fired up,
I\'ll finally be able to play against Tsubasa tomorrow,
It might be the last match I ever play,
I\'ll play the full time tomorrow,
There\'s no way we\'ll be able to defeat Tsubasa if I don\'t,
Of course, I\'m confident that we\'ll be able to win,
However, even if it means I can\'t play in the final because of it,
there\'s no helping it,
I\'ll play with everything I\'ve got,
I\'ll leave everything on the pitch in tomorrow\'s match!
Nankatsu vs, Musashi,
It\'ll be troublesome for us no matter who wins,
But before that, we have to deal with Furano tomorrow,
But our missing piece is finally here, ,
With this, victory will certainly belong to Meiwa,
,
COMING UP, EPISODE 19: FIERCE FIGHT! MEIWA VS, FURANO
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!