That\'s our starting line-up,
For this match against France, we\'ll go man-to-man
against the forward, Napoleon, and Pierre the midfielder,
Soda, you take Napoleon,
Yes, sir,
We\'re counting on you, Ace Killer,
I got this,
And Misaki, you take Pierre,
I\'m counting on you,
Yes, sir,
Misaki,
The time to settle things with Pierre has come,
Wakashimazu,
Napoleon\'s shots have a spin all on their own,
It\'ll take all your effort to catch it, otherwise it\'ll get through,
Yeah, I know,
Why, Wakabayashi?
We won against Argentina, but I still gave up four goals,
Why aren\'t you playing this match?
You\'re all about earning your spot, so why just hand me the goalie spot?
All right guys, let\'s go out there and show \'em what we got!
Yeah,
Let\'s do this! It\'s the semifinals!
CAPTAIN TSUBASA: JUNIOR YOUTH ARC,
EPISODE 20 THE BATTLE BEGINS!! JAPAN VS, FRANCE,
All right, it\'s starting,
Finally,
Tsubasa, hurry up and make an appearance,
So sorry about the crowd, and so late,
Don\'t be silly, the more the merrier,
And our players are finally entering,
Go! France Junior Youth!
You have to win!
Don\'t lose to Japan!
Napoleon, let\'s get three matches and three hat tricks,
Home team France may have the advantage when it comes to cheers
but it\'s anyone\'s guess how this\'ll all turn out,
Will it be Japan or France to the finals?
Tsubasa,
Shoot, we\'re outmatched in numbers,
And those guys are cheering for France instead of Misaki,
Gah, I\'m so frustrated,
Captains, time to shake,
- Best of luck, - Best of luck,
JAPAN VS, FRANCE,
Both teams are in position,
The second match of the semifinals is about to begin,
Germany has already beaten Uruguay in the first match and is into the finals,
The match starts with France\'s kick off,
Who\'ll win and make it to the finals? Japan or France?
Of course, France goes with Captain Elle Sid Pierre,
- All right, it\'s Pierre, - How cool! Pierre!
Let\'s go, Pierre,
Misaki heads toward him,
Go, Misaki!
Misaki,
Take that!
Hyuga goes after the ball with a slide,
Pierre avoids it with a jump,
But Misaki is in the air,
The two are evenly matched,
It\'s just like that other time,
The ball is loose!
- Misaki! - Pierre!
Oh! Tsubasa intercepts midair!
Tsubasa!
Nice, Tsubasa!
Hyuga, Misaki, and Tsubasa\'s triple-tier attack
has already taken the ball away from France\'s pillar Pierre,
All right, Japan, Go!
Tsubasa!
Pierre lost the ball,
This has never happened before,
Then we just go get it back,
Crush them,
France is already challenging Tsubasa,
Roberto being in the stands
during that Argentina match really shook me up, and I made mistakes,
But Roberto taught me to first dribble,
All right, guys,
When we get to the hotel, don\'t get too comfortable,
We have to get ready to go home,
Okay,
Excuse me, Stop the bus,
Coach Ramines, watch over the team for me,
I\'ll head back to Brazil on tomorrow\'s flight,
- What? - Coach Roberto?
Tsubasa tries to get by with an aggressive dribble,
I mean, it looked like an aggressive dribble with a brilliantly light step,
He goes whizzing by the French players,
Amazing, Tsubasa,
To dribble well, always anticipate two or three steps ahead of the opponent,
And that requires steady balance and secure ball control at all times,
That\'s what Roberto used to say,
There goes his great ball handling skills again,
You guys can\'t even stop a dribble like that?
I, Napoleon, will put a stop to him,
Napoleon dashes and attacks!
Watch out, Tsubasa!
Got it,
Tsubasa with a back pass!
Why, you,,,
The ball goes straight to Misaki,
Tsubasa stands up right away,
Pierre goes after Misaki,
Oh, Misaki doesn\'t keep the ball, but passes it sideways,
All right,
Misaki,
We\'re going to the finals, Our one-on-one will have to wait,
The ball goes to Soda who overlaps,
We\'ll be the ones taking on Germany, the most powerful unit,
Will this be a last pass for Tsubasa as he heads toward the goal?
Go!
Mine, I\'m intercepting,
What?
Here we have Soda\'s signature move, a ball with horizontal spin,
Razor Pass,
The ball goes to Hyuga, who\'s running up the opposite side,
Nice pass, Soda,
He has the long shot, so watch out,
Tsubasa, I matched your Drive Shot,
and now it\'s your turn to match my Tiger Shot!
We can\'t lose, We have to get Germany back, Tsubasa,
Tiger Shot!
Hyuga lets loose his specialty long shot,
No, the direction is different,
It\'s a last pass for Tsubasa who is running in front of the goal,
But can he match the speed of this ferocious pass?
The defense goes to take him down,
No time to trap,
Please Tsubasa, you gotta make it,
Back when I was a center forward in elementary school, Roberto always said,
"Become a midfielder,"
That means keeping up the scoring skills
I had as a center forward, even now as a midfielder,
I need to be a midfielder who can plan out the match and score,
Only then can I really wear the ace jersey Number 10,
That
is the kind of player Roberto and I strive toward,
The Non-Trap Running Volley!
It\'s in, incredible!
Tsubasa Ozora brilliantly kicks
a difficult pass from Hyuga into France\'s goal,
The first point goes to Japan!
Oh no, France,,,
All right! We did it, guys,
You did it, Tsubasa!
The wizz kid of soccer does it again,
Let\'s hear it for Japan\'s captain, Tsubasa Ozora,
He did it!
Only Tsubasa,
- Impressive, - He\'s done it already,
Tsubasa,
All right, we got the first point,
We\'re up against the home team, but we can do it,
Fantastic, Excellent coordination,
In the first match it was Italy\'s famous goalie, Zino Hernandez,
Then it was Juan Diaz, the Argentine genius,
Tsubasa Ozora\'s managed to take both of them down,
Will he do it again now against France\'s Elle Sid Pierre?
Wonderful, I\'m definitely bringing him back to Argentina,
They got the first point,
I guess I have no choice but to bring out my shot,
I\'ve been saving it,
My plan was to save it for the final, but losing is unacceptable,
That Number 10 is better than we thought,
Better than me?
Will the final be with Japan led by that Number 10?
No, we can\'t tell yet,
Elle Sid Pierre, the French captain,
He\'s used Napoleon very well this tournament
and he\'s stayed in the shadows, but there\'s more to him than that,
I\'ve got the inkling that he\'s hiding something,
CAPTAIN TSUBASA: JUNIOR YOUTH ARC,
BIRTH DATE AUGUST 16 / HEIGHT 171 CM WEIGHT 62 KG / BLOOD TYPE B,
The match resumes with France\'s ball,
We have to win this match,
I\'ll make it so we can win, then I\'ll win against you, Misaki,
Pierre,
Napoleon, come up,
I\'m coming, I\'ll get back that point we just lost,
No way,
Soda guards Napoleon,
I\'ll get by you in a second,
Bring it back with a back pass,
Napoleon!
Looking the other way?
First was my Razor Pass, now for my Razor Tackle,
Watch out, Napoleon,
I\'m counting on you,
What?
Soda\'s power tackle ends up sweeping Napoleon\'s pivot foot,
What do you think you\'re doing?
The referee lets it slide, Pierre comes up dribbling,
Misaki marks Pierre,
Don\'t think you can get away with that,
I\'ll put an end to him,
Ishizaki comes to stop him,
Pierre goes at Ishizaki,
What\'s he thinking? It\'s mine,
What a brilliant jump! He floats like a butterfly,
Ishizaki is going too fast and slams into Misaki,
It\'s Pierre\'s signature move,
I\'ll show you, Get a load of this, world,
Get ready for my,,,
Slider Shot!
Pierre lets loose a long shot,
The ball heads straight for Japan\'s goal!
That trajectory doesn\'t have a drive spin,
It\'s slower than the Tiger Shot,
I can get it,
The goalie Wakashimazu goes for a diving catch,
What?
It\'s in!
He was so close, but it fell and with one bound, went into the right corner,
Wakashimazu!
What was that?
This is a brand new, one-of-a-kind shot by Pierre,
And just like that, France catches up 1-1,
See that? That, my friends, is my Slider Shot,
- Amazing Pierre! - Go France!
Slider Shot,
This,,,
You did it, Pierre, Nice shot!
What is wrong with you?
Oh no, we have a scuffle on our hands,
It\'s Napoleon and Soda,
Stop it, Soda,
Players from both teams are stepping in,
Stop it, Napoleon,
It appears Napoleon has retaliated against Soda\'s tackle,
But warnings go to both of them with yellow cards,
Calm down, Soda,
Both of them got a little too hot under the collar,
Napoleon,
What are you doing?
Pierre,
We\'re not here to have fun, and we\'re not here to fight,
For the honor of the mother land, for my own honor, I stand on this pitch,
and take this with the utmost seriousness,
Soccer is where each individual\'s effort comes together, It\'s a team sport,
I will not tolerate anymore selfish behavior,
Understand, Napoleon?
Pierre,
Elle Sid Pierre, From that excellent dribble to that shot,,,
Down to maturity as captain,,,
What an amazing player,
Don\'t get so worked up, Soda,
Yeah, I know,
Sorry, guys, I was marking Pierre, but I didn\'t know he had a shot like that,
No, it\'s on me,
I ran into Misaki,
No point dwelling on what\'s done,
Tsubasa,
We carry on, Let\'s get that second point and get back our lead,
That\'s right, what Tsubasa said,
All right, Let\'s go back and do it again,
All right,
Kick off by Team Japan who has now been tied,
Let\'s go,
Intercept the ball!
Let\'s go Misaki,
Okay, Tsubasa,
Team Japan attempts to use
the Golden Duo, Tsubasa and Misaki, to tear them down,
There it is!
A skilled pass that cuts down any momentum the French team may have had,
This is Japan\'s Golden Duo,
Their play,,,
All right, Tsubasa, Misaki,
Go!
Taro,
Tsubasa!
All right!
Oh, Tsubasa receives the pass from Misaki and shoots it,
Go!
Is it his signature Drive Shot?
No, the trajectory is straight,
I got it,
No, it falls straight down,
What?
It\'s the same as Pierre\'s,
It\'s Tsubasa\'s Slider Shot!
What?
Oh, but this one hits the goal post!
France clears it and escapes to the side,
Phew, that was close,
But that shot,,,
Shoot, the course was off,
It may\'ve not turned into a point, but Japan\'s very own soccer kid,
Tsubasa Ozora is nothing short of amazing,
He managed to copy Pierre\'s Slider Shot in mere minutes,
He saw it only once,
There\'s no way, I worked so hard to perfect that,
I was going to keep my Slider Shot hidden until the final,
How can he so easily,,,
I thought so,
BIG / DRIVE SHOT / LITTLE,
Just like the Drive Shot, you put a spin on the ball at the point of contact,
But with the Slider Shot, you push forward harder than apply spin,
LITTLE / SLIDER SHOT / BIG,
It doesn\'t curve as much as the Drive Shot,
but it drops slightly just in front of the goalie,
I see,
But to have figured that out so quickly and do it,,,
Only you, Tsubasa,
I don\'t think they\'ve gotten over it yet,
He hasn\'t changed at all,
Still the old Tsubasa, making his opponents\' strengths his own,
You hit the crossbar and then head it,
You came after all, Roberto,
Coach Barbas,
Hello,
That shot may be a variation of the Drive Shot,
but it\'s still amazing that he made it his own just after seeing it once,
If he comes to Argentina, we\'ll be great rivals,
Coach Barbas, you\'re still planning on bringing Tsubasa to Argentina?
Roberto, what happened between the two of you?
If you don\'t mind, I\'d like to know,
Oh, Misaki\'s dad,
Hey, everyone,
And the match resumes with Japan\'s throw in,
Izawa,
Misaki!
Tsubasa,
Tsubasa\'s Slider Shot took the wind out of France\'s sails,
giving the momentum back to Japan,
Hyuga,
And the ball goes to Hyuga in the front line,
All right,
Let\'s go, I\'ll be the one to get the winning goal,
Crush him!
Stop him!
All right, way to go, Hyuga,
Go Hyuga!
Oh, Pierre goes head on to intercept,
What?
Pierre is the one to get the ball,
Japan\'s Number 10, Tsubasa Ozora, You\'ve shattered my pride,
I\'ll get you back ten fold,
Pierre has gotten serious,
Pierre starts dribbling,
Misaki goes to mark him,
- Misaki! - Pierre!
Oh, this is,,,
Dazzling technique is usually Pierre\'s forte,
but he\'s using brute force now to get by Misaki,
That was some rough play, and practically a foul,
Misaki,
Where are you looking, Ref? That\'s a foul,
A chance for France, Will Pierre go after the goal with another Slider Shot?
Go, Pierre!
I\'ll get even for Misaki,
Tsubasa goes to stop him,
Will Pierre pass or go through?
He goes through! Another aggressive move,
Tsubasa with a hard tackle,
Oh, the two go at the same time,
The ball is loose!
Go, Napoleon,
Crap,
It\'s an overhead pass,
All right, I got it,
Not happening,
It\'s a header scramble,
They collide midair, completely entangled,
Napoleon can\'t shoot,
Japan manages to defend,
Nice, Soda!
Oh, a yellow card for Soda,
What?
During the midair collision, Soda\'s elbow seems to have met Napoleon\'s face,
The referee rules it as intentional,
This is Soda\'s second yellow card this match,
He\'s ejected,
No way, I didn\'t do it on purpose!
Why do I have to be ejected?
Soda didn\'t hit him on purpose,
Team Japan is putting up a fight, but rulings are rarely overturned,
What the Ref says goes,
Kick him out,
It\'s only ten minutes into the first half,
Team Japan will have to play with ten players for the rest of the match,
And it\'s a foul inside the penalty area, France is granted a penalty kick,
This is not good for Japan,
I didn\'t do anything to get ejected,
But Soda won\'t leave the pitch,
Tsubasa!
Referee, as captain of Team Japan, I object,
I understand that you have ruled the play a foul,
But Soda didn\'t punch him on purpose, It was an accident,
I ask you to withdraw the ejection,
You\'re still complaining?
The ruling of referees is absolute,
But a misinterpretation is a misinterpretation,
Tsubasa,
Oh, and this is the third yellow card,
A yellow card for Japan\'s captain, Tsubasa, for arguing with the referee,
NEXT EPISODE 10 VS, 11