Oh, crap!
Everyone! Fall back!
The roles are reversed!
This time, it\'s Shutetsu\'s counter-attack!
Like I\'d let you pass!
Taki!
Okay!
All right, let\'s go for the second goal!
What?!
Tsubasa steals the ball back from Taki,
He\'s going to shoot!
Shoot!
What?
Can this be,,,
Tsubasa takes an extra long shot from Nankatsu\'s own side!
Wakabayashi firmly catches the ball!
What a surprise!
Who would have thought that he\'d shoot from such a place?
But it didn\'t become a goal,
Are you panicking, Tsubasa?
You were too focused on shooting,
Football is played with eleven people,,,
You won\'t score a goal if you\'re fighting alone!
Episode 8: THE BIRTH OF NANKATSU\'S GOLDEN DUO!
He cut through!
Tsubasa has stolen the ball again!
He\'s the only one Nankatsu can rely on, ,
Don\'t bother marking anyone but Tsubasa!
What? ,
Nice pass!
Wow! Tsubasa lures the defense in before executing a wonderfully precise pass!
Everyone, this is our chance!
Remember our special training with Roberto!
Okay!
Calm down,
Take a good look around you,
All right, inside! ,
Let\'s go!
Hey!
Once more,,, go!
These guys,,,
Even though they\'re just Nankatsu,,, ,
Nankatsu\'s passes are connecting for the first time!
Shutetsu, lured in by Tsubasa, can\'t react in time! ,
That Tsubasa,,,
Was this what he was aiming for, drawing all that attention with that shot? ,
If that\'s really the case,
his sense of the game is excellent!
Take this!
All right!
Tsubasa\'s long pass barely stayed in bounds!
Stop him!
Damn it!
Nankatsu\'s got a great rhythm right now,
Go!
Ishizaki crosses the ball! ,
That\'s a nice cross!
Wakabayashi\'s off-balance from the decoy! ,
Tsubasa runs in for the ball!
A diving header! ,
Is it the game-tying goal for Nankatsu?
Oh, the ball bounces erratically!
Nankatsu can\'t score the game-tying goal!
Tsubasa! That was close!
That\'s the spirit! Keep going like that!
What a pity,,,
That was close!
Everyone, we\'re on a roll!
Let\'s keep this up!
Okay!
Luck is also a part of talent,,, ,
Sorry, Tsubasa, but we\'ll be winning this match,
All right!
It\'s time for the "birdcage"! ,
Eh? The "birdcage"?
Wait,,, Are we really doing that? ,
Did he say birdcage?
Birdcage?
Time is ticking away,
Who would have thought about such a turn of events before the match?
How many times has it been now?
Tsubasa is going to steal the ball again!
Here he comes!
Make sure to keep an eye on him!
Pass the ball quickly!
Yeah,
All right, There!
This isn\'t good,,,
I can\'t steal the ball like this!
Here I go, I\'m crossing,,,
Nah, like I\'d do that!
Shutetsu is defensively passing the ball around, away from the Nankatsu players!
They have absolutely no intention of attacking,
Birdcage,,,
I wouldn\'t have expected an elementary school\'s team to use such a tactic,
You start by keeping the ball on your side,
Once you lure the opponent in, you pass the ball around center field,
and prevent them from moving around,
This tactic is used by pros to buy some time,
With this, it\'ll be difficult for you to do anything until the game is over,
Like birds trapped in a cage,,, ,
That\'s cheap, Shutetsu!
Don\'t you know how to play fair?
They did it again!
They turned the ball around again,
Shutetsu might be the national tournament\'s reigning champion, but,
is it really okay for them to show such half-hearted play?
Say what you will! ,
It\'s precisely because we\'re the reigning champions,
that we can\'t afford to lose,
Espcially to you, Tsubasa Ozora, ,
Wakabayashi,,,
Tsubasa! I\'ll get the ball back!
I\'ll send it to you as soon as I get it,
so get in front of the goal!
We have no choice! ,
Okay!
We\'ll be playing against Ishizaki?
Well, I couldn\'t ask for more,
I\'ll definitely get it back!
Ishizaki just can\'t steal the ball! ,
The score is still 1-0,
and there\'s very little time left!
Still, if they all press together,
they will leave their defense weakened,
and Shutetsu might score their second goal, ,
Ishizaki, you are the captain, right?
Hang in there just a little longer!
Yeah! Hang in there, Nankatsu!
You\'ve come this far against Shutetsu!
Just hold out a little bit longer!
What do you mean "you\'ve come this far"? ,
It wasn\'t us,,, it was him!
It\'s all thanks to Tsubasa that our lame football team
was able to come this far,
Winning against Nishigaoka,
practicing that hard, seriously believing we can beat Shutetsu,
and keeping it to just a one-goal lead in this match,
isn\'t that all thanks to Tsubasa?
So, at the very least,
I have to take this ball and pass it to Tsubasa,
Otherwise, all of our work will have meant nothing!
Oh, the referee is looking at his watch,
Time is almost up!
Damn it, this can\'t go on like this,
It\'s now or never!
I\'ll go and save our captain,
Me too!
And me! ,
What?
Let\'s change sides,
Got it,
Changing sides?!
Then,,,!
I\'m counting on you, Taki!
Ishizaki predicted the course of the pass!
That\'s dangerous!
My foot,,,!
That\'s an intense clash and, ball goes,,,
We won\'t get another chance if we can\'t get the ball here!
Tsubasa!
The pass reaches Tsubasa! ,
Ishizaki!
Finally, Nankatsu breaks free of the cage!
That\'s all I can do!
I\'m counting on you!
Ishizaki put his body on the line and passed this ball to me,
I won\'t let it go to waste,
Here I go!
Is he coming?
With this, we\'ll finally settle our score,
The one who\'ll win,
is us, Shutetsu!
It\'s time to score! ,
If you can\'t score here,
your father\'s disowning you! ,
And so is your mother! ,
We\'re deep into stoppage time, ,
This might be Nankatsu\'s last chance,
Is he for real?
Tsubasa has set his eyes on the goal
and advances alone,
All right!
I\'m almost there!
Not so fast!
We\'re still here,
We won\'t let you beat us by yourself,
We\'re going to crush you!
Take this!
Tsubasa jumps and evades Kisugi\'s sliding tackle,
However, the giant Takasugi,,,!
Tsubasa!
No one can catch up to him!
He\'s one-on-one with the goalkeeper,,,
Wait, not yet!
There\'s another one there,,, Izawa, the midfielder!
I won\'t let you pass!
Which side will he attack from?
What?
He has finally managed to shake everyone off!
Tsubasa Ozora,,,
What a guy he is!
No matter what we do, we can\'t stop him at all! ,
Tsubasa,,,
Just come closer,
Oh, Tsubasa immediately prepares to shoot,
Why are you not shooting after entering the penalty area, Tsubasa?
This guy,,,
He just wants to shoot outside of the penalty area,
Tsubasa\'s decisive long shot! ,
The same course, again?
It\'s useless!
I don\'t concede goals from outside of the penalty area!
Fine play, Wakabayashi!
However, the ball is still in play!
- Go in! - Don\'t go in!
The ball hits the crossbar!
I win!
Nankatsu couldn\'t tie the game!
Tsubasa,,,!
He\'s flying! ,
Is this,,,
It\'s an overhead kick!
It\'s the game-tying goal!
I did it,,,
I did it!
All right!
Tsubasa,,,
This can\'t be,,,
Woah!
SIGN: Shutetsu vs, Nankatsu,
This marks the end of the match,
Neither team were able to settle the score in 40 minutes,
Therefore, after a 5-minute break,
we\'ll have two more 5-minute halves of extra time for this match, ,
Everyone, you did well,
Still, Tsubasa,,,
I\'m surprised!
That trick I showed you the first time we met,
that post-rebound overhead kick, ,
It could have been a coincidence,
I wouldn\'t have expected you to use it in an actual match,
But I\'ve been practising for it so when the ball hit the post I was able to jump at the same moment,
That\'s so cool, Tsubasa!
Overtime, huh,,,
That\'s no good,
Oh right, Ishizaki,,,
Is your foot all right?
What are you talking about?
It wasn\'t a big deal,
See, I am standing just fine,
Look, I can do thi— ,
Ishizaki!
Ishizaki, you can\'t play like this!
Stupid!
Such an injury would never,,,
It won\'t do,
Who the hell are you?
I\'m Taro Misaki, ,
Captain,,,
It\'s over,,,
Ow!
As I thought, it\'s a sprain,
It\'ll take at least three days to heal,,
Why do you know stuff like that!?
I read a lot on the train, since my father travels often for work,,
A book I read about football had first-aid techniques inside,
Football?
Yeah,
Well, now what do we do? We only have 11 players,
What? Ishizaki\'s injured?
Yeah, Can anyone come as a replacement?
Can anybody here play football?
Football? ,
No way,
Impossible,
If that\'s the case, then I\'ll,,,
Boss!? ,
If I do that, I can play with Tsubasa after all!
What!
All right, then! I, the great Hanji Urabe, will go! ,
No, I\'ll go, Surely, I will be of more use than him,
Wait, This is a match between Nankatsu and Shutetsu,
people from other schools are,,,
I\'ll go,
No, I\'ll go,
Captain! Where are you going?
I told you,
This was a match between me and Tsubasa to find out if he could score against me,
I lost that match,
You guys can handle the extra time,
Captain!
Wait, Wakabayashi,
Ah!
Mr, Mikami!
Stop acting like a spoiled kid, Genzo!,
You give up a single goal, so now you\'re running away?
You should be ashamed of yourself, ,
This isn\'t how I\'ve coached you!
From now on, I won\'t be your coach anymore, Genzo, ,
Wakabayashi, I\'m the one who made you captain,
But, these guys are the ones who have
trusted and supported you this far,
Are you going to turn your back to them now?
It\'s a showdown! Whoever wins joins the match!
No hard feelings!
Bring it on, don\'t come crying later!
Those guys,,,
Say, would it be okay if I go?
What? Don\'t be stupid, you\'re not in Nankatsu either,
I\'m in Nankatsu too,
I got transferred today,
Ah!
Eh! You\'re,,,
I\'m going in for the injured, Taro Misaki,
Don\'t joke around!
The one playing is,,,
- Us! - ,
He\'s good,
That,,,
Woah!
It\'s a little big but bear with it,
Okay, Let\'s get along, Tsubasa,
Yeah, Same here, Misaki,
I lost to Tsubasa, ,
But, before that, I\'m Shutetsu\'s captain,
We\'ll definitely win this!
Captain!,
Yeah,
It\'s time for extra time to begin! ,
Let\'s go! Shutetsu\'s football starts from now!
Yeah!
All right! 10 more minutes! Give your best!
Yeah!
I\'m counting on you guys! Do your best in my stead! ,
That\'s more like it, Genzo, ,
The first half starts! Nankatsu kicks off,
What? Now there\'s yet another guy we don\'t recognize,,, ,
Yeah,
Can you hear it? All this cheering,,,
Let\'s win this, together!
Oh,,,!,
Hey, I wonder how the next town be like,,,
I see, Tsubasa and I are the same,,,
Tsubasa, I have a request,
As soon as the whistle blows,
give me the ball and run forward,
Move wherever you want after that,
Okay,
I\'ll take the ball,
Who the hell is this guy?
What,,,
Is he?
Amazing! Right to my feet!
A through pass! And a gentle touch, keeping his target in mind! ,
Eh! You,,,
You\'re awesome, Misaki,
You know what I\'m thinking just by looking at my eyes!
You too, Tsubasa!,
That #11 is Taro Misaki, He apparently transferred to Nankatsu today,
They still had a guy like this in their arsenal,,,
What are you worried about? It\'s okay,
Huh?
Genzo won\'t concede a goal when he\'s like this,
He only saw Tsubasa as his opponent until now,
But, right now, his eyes are those of a captain, aiming to win with his team,
Now, Genzo is keeping track of the movements of both the players
and the ball, as if they were in the palm of his hand,
And since he\'s no longer distracted,
he can react to anyone\'s shot,
Taro Misaki, you\'re good too,
You\'ve grown again thanks to this match, Genzo,
You\'re the real deal,
We did it, coach!
We\'re dictating the pace this extra time,
Tsubasa and Misaki,,,
Nankatsu can\'t lose as long as we have these two!
If I knew this would happen, Ishizaki,
I would\'ve had you get hurt earlier!
Eh,,,
That\'s mean, coach,,,
That marks the end of the first half in extra time!
Genzo, nice leadership,
Mr, Mikami!
Everybody, hang in there,
Just a little bit longer,
Five more minutes, They\'re also struggling,
Give it your all!
Yes!,
It\'s too late to turn back now, Five more minutes and that\'s it, ,
Everyone, give it your all! Leave no regrets on the field!
Yes! ,
That\'s right! Five more minutes!
We\'ll give it everyting we\'ve got!,
All that\'s left is five more minutes of the second half!
Shutetsu starts the second half with their kick-off!
Run, Taki! Let\'s go for a blitz!
Shutetsu goes for it right away!
The playmaker Izawa sends off a thunderous long pass!
Wha,,,
The lead attacker Taki dribbles forward in his characteristic style! ,
Oh? He sends the ball back to the midfielder Izawa,
Is he going to shoot?
No, he chips it over the defender!
Kisugi gets to it first and goes for a volley!
The deflected ball goes over the crossbar! ,
It\'s the first corner kick in this extra time!
It\'s a chance for Shutetsu!
Everyone, be careful!
Shutetsu\'s set-play is something you need to be wary of!
Captain!
Here, Taki! ,
What?! Wakabayashi, the goalkeeper, has come forward to join the attack!
It\'s a cross to Wakabayashi!
He shoots!
The power is much greater than any field player\'s!
Nice shot, Wakabayashi!
Yeah!
It\'s 2-1! Shutetsu leads!
The game\'s winner might have been decided with this goal! ,
Captain, If we look at the remaining time, birdcage,,, ,
What, do you guys like birdcage? ,
That\'s enough, That\'s a strategy to run away,
Rather than protect this one point,
let\'s score another and secure our win, What do you say?
Captain! ,
Amazing! Wakabayashi,,, really is amazing!
But the match isn\'t over! It\'s our turn now!
Yeah! ,
I won\'t let them say they lost
because I came in,
All right! Time to counter-attack!
COMING UP, EPISODE 9: A HAPPY ENDING
,
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! Go, our kicks!
Leap out into a huge TV
koronde toki no shibafu no nioi
aogimita sora no ao hateshinakatta
mayotte modori susumu kidou ga
hateshinai yume o miru boku-tachi no chizu
goal o soreta kibou 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 kick o
tobidasou dodekai TV
chotto are mi na ace ga tooru
suguremono zo to machijuu sawagu
chouchou 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!