In the middle of the pitch, the two captains exchange banners,
Let\'s make this a good match,
We\'ll give it our all,
And in this final, Japan has a surprise with their starting lineup,
Genzo Wakabayashi will be protecting the goal today,
It\'s his first appearance in the tournament,
Wakabayashi?
Wakabayashi is playing?
Play for me too, Wakabayashi,
Finally an opportunity to go one-on-one has come,
Schneider, I\'m not going to lose,
CAPTAIN TSUBASA: JUNIOR YOUTH ARC,
EPISODE 28 A SHOOTING STORM,
And it begins,
It\'s Japan versus Germany, the final match of this first,
International Junior Youth Tournament in France,
Go, Japan!
The stadium is absolutely buzzing, and we haven\'t even started yet,
All right, let\'s go, guys,
Yeah,
The old jerseys are off, folks, Germany Junior Youth is ready for battle,
They\'re now donning their green visitor uniforms for the final,
On the opposing side, we have Japan Junior Youth in white,
huddled now in front of the bench,
All right, guys,
As I wrote in my report, defenders should go all out and mark Schneider,
If it\'s from far out, you can let the other guys shoot without marking,
But try and block as many passes to Schneider as you can,
He can score against me
about 50% of the time from outside the penalty area,
Hyuga and I have never scored against Wakabayashi
from outside the penalty area,
Karl Heinz Schneider gets it 50% of the time,
Okay, don\'t forget, Just keep marking Schneider,
Yeah,
About the new goalie, Deuter Muller,,,
I have no data on him,
The only thing I got from watching him throw in the ball from the Uruguay match
is that he\'s left handed,
What I can say with certainty is that the addition of Muller
has made Team Germany utterly flawless,
The only one who can contend with that kind of team is Tsubasa,
The combination of you and Misaki
is as good as Schester and Kaltz, the German midfield,
To sum it up, two things you have to keep in mind this match,
Control the midfield and don\'t let Schneider get within shooting range!
Board Muller with lots of shots,
Germany is tough,
We have to pull off these things, and it\'s our only chance!
I\'m counting on you, Tsubasa,
Yeah,
All right, team,
It\'s time,
Give it everything you\'ve got,
and go out there and fight with no regrets!
Yes, sir,
Let\'s go, guys!
The only way to no regrets is victory,
Tsubasa,
Let\'s go out there and win to be world number one!
Yeah!
When I first saw them in that tournament,,,
I knew this generation would change Japanese soccer,
So I did my best to make them stronger,
Especially, Tsubasa Ozora, He didn\'t go to Brazil, but stayed in Japan,
That was probably the best thing that could\'ve happened for Japan\'s soccer,
Tsubasa became the ultimate goal,
His mere presence is inspiring, and pushed everyone to polish
their own techniques in an attempt to one day take him down,
Three years later, Kojiro Hyuga finally caught up with Tsubasa,
While in his rival\'s eyes, Tsubasa improved so much
that he no longer had a worthy opponent in Japan,
Tsubasa will be heading to Brazil next spring,
These last three years has seen the entire team develop, with Tsubasa at the center,
Also three years ago,
Wakabayashi and Misaki moved to the homeland of soccer, Europe,
to train in Germany and France,
They\'ve helped make this the true Japan Junior Youth,
You\'ve finally made it,
But you can\'t rest on your laurels now,
I\'m counting on you, guys,
Team Japan has scattered onto the pitch and is ready to go,
JAPAN TEAM FORMATION,
LIVE FROM FRANCE FINALLY KICKOFF!!
Beneath this beautiful blue sky
lies the road to big dreams and big futures for Team Japan,
This final match to declare the best in the world,
Japan versus Germany is about to begin,
In the center circle is Germany\'s Schneider and Kaltz,
GERMANY TEAM FORMATION
who\'ve chosen the ball in the coin toss,
Schneider, give us another hat trick!
Get the first goal, Germany!
Karl,
It\'s 3pm on the dot, France time,
JAPAN VS, GERMANY,
Germany kicks off,
Schneider is fast! He dribbles and moves ahead,
- Come at me! - We won\'t lose, Germany,
All right, let\'s go, Misaki,
Yeah, Tsubasa,
Schneider with a back heel!
He doesn\'t cut in,
And that pass is going to,,,
Schester!
As they always do, Team Germany designates midfielder Schester as playmaker,
Schester!
And it\'s nothing but screams and shouts for Schester again,
Ever popular with the ladies,
will he and his handsome moves make \'em swoon today?
Let\'s go,
And waiting for him is Captain Tsubasa of Team Japan, another playmaker,
Come on, Schester,
Give me a pass in front of the goal,
I don\'t care if it\'s Wakabayashi, I\'m going to score,
I\'m getting a pass to you, Schneider,
To do that, first,,,
A battle at the midfield, a showdown with Tsubasa Ozora,
Tsubasa!
I think it\'s safe to say this match hinges
on the midfield battle between our two playmakers,
In this first showdown, who\'ll emerge the victor?!
Tsubasa!
I\'ll go first! Let\'s put Wakabayashi\'s research to the test,
Got it,
Misaki holds Tsubasa back and he goes up against Schester,
All right, go, Misaki!
It doesn\'t matter who you are! You can\'t get the ball away from me,
With brilliant footwork, Schester gets around Misaki easily,
Schester, number 10,
For 80% of the time when he goes around someone,
he goes to their left,
and then for just a moment the ball leaves his foot,
It\'s exactly as Wakabayashi wrote,
Oh! Just when Schester gets around Misaki, Tsubasa intercepts the ball,
It\'s like he knew exactly what was going to happen,
What!
Nice, Tsubasa,
Good going, Tsubasa!
It\'s just as Wakabayashi\'s report shows,
Schester had the ball taken from him so easily?
Tsubasa, Misaki!
This is Wakabayashi\'s,,,
They flinched, now\'s our chance,
Tsubasa takes the ball and dribbles forward,
And easily gets by three of Germany\'s players to start,
- What! - Oh no!
Whatcha gonna do now, Team Germany?
Tsubasa Ozora won\'t be stopped that easily,
I\'ll stop him!
Tenacious Kaltz blocks Tsubasa\'s path,
Can he break through?
Misaki,
He evades Kaltz\'s tackle in the nick of time and passes!
What?
Tsubasa!
And it\'s a quick return by Misaki, That is some lightning fast pass play!
Behold Team Japan\'s pride and joy, the Golden Duo,
Tsubasa Ozora and Taro Misaki,
Together they weave the best combination plays in the world!
All right, Tsubasa, Misaki!
Go all the way!
We\'re still here,
The most powerful German defensive players stand in the way,
Take that!
Magath, with an all-out tackle against the ball holder Tsubasa,
Tsubasa!
Hurry, Mom!
Karl\'s match has already started!
Okay,
Misaki!
Tsubasa evades at the last second and passes to the side,
I expected no less from Germany\'s defense, What a sharp tackle,
The ball goes to Misaki,
Take this tackle!
Hardwich on defense,
Here, Tsubasa,
Oh, The slide goes in deep and sweeps Misaki\'s pivot foot,
Misaki!
The referee doesn\'t blow his whistle, and calls advantage,
Japan\'s chances continue, so he allows the match to move forward,
Got it!
Hain goes against Tsubasa now,
Here!
Oh, Tsubasa traps the pass with his chest and gets it over his opponent\'s head,
Nitta!
What?
Nice technique,
Tsubasa\'s sliding pass is for Nitta running towards the goal,
I got it!
Nitta is unmarked and goes for a direct shot,
Shoot it, Nitta!
Nitta doesn\'t shoot, and passes to the left,
- Nitta? - Huh?
Hyuga, the other forward for Japan, takes Nitta\'s pass,
and goes for the goal!
What?
Tiger Shot!
Take that, Team Germany!
Tiger Shot explodes!
The first shot of the match is from Japan!
- All right, there it goes! - Nice shot, Hyuga!!
H-He got it!
The Phantom Keeper, German goalie Deuter Muller,
He easily side catches Kojiro Hyuga\'s fierce Tiger Shot,
CAPTAIN TSUBASA: JUNIOR YOUTH ARC,
BIRTH DATE JULY 4 / HEIGHT 174 CM WEIGHT 58 KG / BLOOD TYPE O,
H-He got it!
He easily side catches Kojiro Hyuga\'s fierce Tiger Shot,
Nice catch, Muller,
What a play by the Phantom Keeper from Germany, Deuter Muller,
That wasn\'t luck when he stopped,
Victorino\'s unmarked free kick in the Uruguay match yesterday,
What reflexes from Muller!
H-He\'s,,,
Hyuga,
Not bad, Muller,
The only way we\'re gonna win is to keep on shooting,
They may\'ve been stopped by Muller\'s fine play,
but Japan still had a good offensive run from midfield to forward,
So close, so close,
Good offense,
Go, Japan!
The match has only just begun, There\'s a lot to look forward to,
Nitta,
Why didn\'t you shoot?
You\'ve only ever played forward, and you\'re a striker to the bone,
Is that why
you felt that?
Hyuga,
And now, Muller with a long throw back to Hain in the middle,
Here, Schester,
- All right, - Ball goes to Schester,
Schester, you can do it!
I let my guard down for a second, but that won\'t happen again,
All right,
And again Misaki goes up against Schester,
All right, go Misaki!
Misaki, get it this time,
Just like last time, I can get by you no problem with this feint,
That was to test Wakabayashi\'s report,
Now Misaki intercepts,
- What? - I won\'t let you get by this time,
Once again, Japan easily gets the ball in midfield,
Yeah, Misaki,
Misaki is so skilled,
Germany is having trouble connecting with Schneider,
the sure top scorer for this tournament,
Twice against Schester,
N-No way,
Defend!
Quit fooling around!
You\'re witnessing Japan\'s true strength,
We have to take them seriously, or it\'s gonna hurt, First, we defend,
O-Okay,
- Let\'s go, - All right,
Impressive, Captain Schneider,
They were falling apart and he rallied them back,
The ball goes from Misaki to Tsubasa,
But this time, the Japan forwards are closely marked,
If I can\'t pass then I\'ll dribble,
Oh my, Tsubasa has two players on him!
We won\'t let you dribble through,
What\'s Tsubasa going to do?
Tsubasa goes into position for his specialty long shot, the Drive Shot,
- Go, Tsubasa! - Tsubasa!
- Shoot it!
That goalie,
What\'s wrong? Tsubasa\'s not moving!
Tsubasa?
What\'s wrong, Tsubasa?
Tsubasa is also a striker who goes after the goal,
So he gets it,
That goalie doesn\'t have a weakness,
Right before you take the shot, you get this feeling
that he\'ll stop it, no matter where it goes,
I\'ve never in my life met a goalie like this before,
What are you fumbling around for? Take that!
Kaltz with a blazing sliding tackle as Tsubasa hesitated with his shot,
I can\'t chicken out now!
Even if I can\'t find an opening, I have to take the shot!
If nothing else, it\'s to find Deuter Muller\'s weakness,
To find a path to victory,
Take that!
Drive Shot!
Tsubasa\'s deadly Drive Shot!
Will it work against the Steel Giant?
The two goalies who beat Tsubasa\'s Drive Shot, Wakashimazu and Hernandez,
Both of them stood just on the goal line so the shot wouldn\'t go over their heads,
As the Drive Shot descended, they stopped it with one hand,
Then, close to the line, they put the other hand on the ball
to keep it from sneaking in,
A two-step approach,
How will Muller defend?
Muller retreats to near the goal line!
He\'s defending like us!
And he jumps from there!
Oh, he\'s making an arc!
He\'s moving his colossal arm towards the Drive Shot as he would for a throw-in,
And he grabs it one-handed!
Nice, Muller!
Th-This is,,,
Muller with a shocker,
Instead of a two-step approach
like Wakashimazu or Hernandez, he keeps it simple,
With pure power, he stops Tsubasa\'s Drive Shot head on,
M-Muller,
Tsubasa\'s Drive Shot doesn\'t work either,
He stopped his Drive Shot like it was some ordinary shot,
Deuter Muller, I guess he\'s the number one goalie in Europe, and not me,
That wasn\'t so bad,
Tsubasa,
All right, who\'s going to go next?
What?
First he puts a halt to Tsubasa\'s shot,
then he throws it to the other team like it\'s no big deal,
M-Muller?
Blast it, he\'s taunting us,
Nitta of Japan runs to the spot,
Take that! Falcon Shot!
If I aim for the corner, he\'s big enough that his reaction should be slow,
It\'s no good, he\'s a fast one!
Muller reacts swiftly to the left and the right,
N-No way,
Such agility for such muscle! Nitta\'s Falcon Shot doesn\'t work either,
And again, he casually gives the ball to the other team,
This looks like taunting to me,
Why you, you\'ll pay for this,
Matsuyama?
Oh, Matsuyama on defense overlaps,
Matsuyama!
Tsubasa went upper left,
and Nitta aimed upper right, which didn\'t work,
Then I\'ll go lower left!
If he\'s a left-handed goalie,
then the lower left shot should be the hardest for him,
Take that! Eagle Shot!
There it is!
Matsuyama\'s ground-hugging long shot, Eagle Shot!
He aims for the left corner of the goal!
All right, go!
Oh, but he catches that too!
That spot should\'ve posed a challenge, but it didn\'t,
Wh-What?
Muller once again throws the ball away,
He\'s making fun of us,
You jerk!
Soda overlaps this time,
Team Japan is furious at Muller\'s antics and is attacking in waves,
If a straight line won\'t work then how about a curve?
My Razor Shot!
Soda\'s curve ball shot!
The Razor Shot makes a big curve to the right,
This time it\'s the lower right corner,
And Hyuga is moving into that spot as well,
Nice dash, Hyuga,
Our ace striker!
If Muller can\'t catch this shot and punches it,
then Hyuga can easily shoot the loose ball,
He,,,
He\'s stopped it with just his left arm!
What?
Hyuga, with a powerful lower body shoots from close range, and yet,
Muller stops it with just his left hand,
What arm strength!
That\'s the Steel Giant!
Deuter Muller\'s true strength,
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