England?
I'm sorry, Shoot.
But I'll come back!
I'll come back to you!
Shoot!
And then we can run together, okay?
We can play soccer again.
Okay! Go! Go!
Me, too! Me, too!
Why?
Let me join in, too!
Me, too! Me, too!
Nobody wants to play soccer with you.
Hey, you!
What's this crap about the team working together?
You mean you want everybody else to do all the work?
Maybe... Maybe I'll quit soccer...
Just one point, right?
If I don't give up, it'll work out!
Yeah!
But... even though I didn't give up...
Why won't you come after me, Shoot?
Come on, let's run!
Let's aim for the goal together again, okay?
I...
Shoot!
Shut up!
Shoot's not coming after me...
Kohei...
Shoot's not coming after me...
Kohei...
Shoot's not...
Shoot...
Kohei, I actually... quit...
Liar...
Liar!
That's five points.
Shimizu Academy's getting destroyed.
Shimizu made it all the way
to the quarterfinals this year with only one point scored against them.
Kokubo's throwing them off their game all by himself.
Hazawa, Furuse!
Nice!
Get back!
Can he teleport or something?
The way he's passing...
That's the same formation Shimizu was using in the first half!
Stop him! Stop him!
They're using our formation!
Stop him!
I won't stop.
I always make the game by myself.
That's how I've always won.
Kokubo!
You're not getting through.
Damn it! Damn it!
What's wrong?
His face never used to look like that.
He used be more, I don't know...
He was...
Kokubo hasn't taken a single shot on goal in any of his games...
But he's involved in every point they score.
He's got complete control over where Matsukata, with his incredible ball control,
and Hattori, with his striking power, end up.
Nomada never gives their opponents an chance to react.
They control the game and win.
They're the undisputed rulers of the field.
No normal team can stand up to them.
But that's also what makes them vulnerable.
It's Kokubo that's the issue.
If we can lock him down...
But the way he moves is unbelievable!
He's completely unpredictable!
But Kokubo himself probably knows exactly how he's going to move.
Tsuji gives us orders that change based on the flow of the game,
but Kokubo looked like he was guiding the other players along a route
he already had in his head.
It's like he drew a plan on the field that led straight to the goal.
A plan...
Yeah.
He's always two steps ahead of where the ball goes.
He may go in the opposite direction of the ball at first,
but the ball always ends up where Kokubo thinks it will.
I can't move like that...
Kurokawa, there's no need for you to become Kohei Kokubo.
You need to fight Nomada as Subaru Kurokawa.
Yes, sir!
Is there really no way to beat that guy, though?
So, what? Are you just going to lose?
Then nothing will have
changed since the practice game when he pulled an eleven-man dodge on you.
Are you the same Kakegawa Soccer Team you were then?
No!
We're closer to the goal than we were then!
That's right!
Once you have the ball...
Go forward!
And then...
Get as close to the goal as you can!
We won't let there be a repeat of what happened last time!
We'll pull off an eleven-man dodge on them!
We're not gonna lose to Kokubo!
This is obvious, but don't take your eyes off him!
That's it!
It's the only way.
The way to beat Nomada is to mark Kokubo,
then throw them off their game!
Throw them off their game?
That's right!
Nomada's done the same thing in every game: get an early lead
and then destroy their opponents mentally by building on it in the second half.
Mess up that plan and the tide will turn in our favor!
Mess up their plan? How?
We score the first point!
We bloody their nose and break their momentum!
Yeah!
Aah, jeez!
Stop looking at me, Hideto!
We need to use your timing!
But...
I need to get the ball where you want it,
or we won't be able to do the Short Impact shot!
Okay. I'll let you handle it.
Match my movements, then.
Okay.
Jo, do that again.
That's, uh... new.
Is that really Kurokawa?
He's acting like a drill sergeant.
Let's go!
Hideto's shot is the key to getting that first point.
Subaru!
I need to get it there!
Go!
Too close!
Damn it! Again!
Okay!
Get it there...
Too far?
Next!
Okay!
How about...
Here?
Go!
Yes!
It worked! It worked!
It worked!
Shoot, here we go!
Shoot, you're amazing!
Damn it! Damn it!
Poor guy.
There's nothing we can do about it.
That's how the game works.
Yeah, but...
Kohei's so nice.
Hey, is that Tsuji?
Tsuji!
It was good to talk the other day.
So, your team's ace striker is here doing some research himself?
It doesn't bother us.
Kohei...
Is soccer fun for you?
Are you enjoying playing soccer?
It doesn't feel like the way I know you play soccer...
It's not your problem.
But Kohei... Your soccer is...
It's all your fault, Shoot!
What I'm doing now is how I play soccer!
I threw away the soccer I played with you!
You don't know how I felt when I came back at all!
But even without you,
I'm achieving things! Even by myself!
Kohei!
What the hell is wrong with you?
Did you come here to pick a fight?
Are you trying to ruin our mental game or something?
Knock it off.
But we've got our game tomorrow...
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
I'm sorry our ace is being such a weirdo!
Knock it off.
It's fine. Let's all do our best tomorrow!
Totally! Bye!
Ow!
I was so nervous! I was really nervous!
That doesn't make it okay to kick me!
Subaru said you might be at Nomada and I was like,
"No way!" but I came and you were actually here!
He looked like he was thinking about something all day in class today,
and he left right after practice.
Are you two best buds who can read each other's minds now?
Let me join in, then!
Don't be creepy!
Hey, Hideto...
What did Kokubo mean by that?
Where did that come from?
It's all your fault, Shoot!
I threw away the soccer I played with you!
But even without you,
I'm achieving things! Even by myself!
I have to win.
Of course you do.
And I need to get back the soccer I had with Kohei...
Sorry! Can't come tomorrow 'cause of work Will definitely come to nationals tho
Dad, we don't know if we're going yet.
Muscles will never betray you!
Listen, Kazama...
We don't play soccer for the sake of somebody in the past.
We do it for our own sake.
Dad, we need to talk.
There's no point saying sorry.
I'm okay now.
Okay, here we go!
Kohei!
With my dad!
With Jo and Hideto and me!
We will win!
The first time I saw you, you had the faces of losers.
But if the me from that day were to see you now, he'd say,
"Who are you people?"
That's how much you've changed!
I'm proud!
You're making me blush, Coach!
The game hasn't even started!
Fools.
I'm proud of myself for training you into the team you are today.
So you're just bragging about yourself?
You should be bragging about us!
I guess we couldn't expect that...
I was ready to cry for a minute, too.
There, there.
That kind of makes me mad.
Calm down.
He's just trying to relax us.
Go out there and win.
No... Let's win together!
Yeah!
Hideto!
Subaru!
Dad!
Is he a little kid?
Group up!
Okay, everybody but Sonoda goes on the attack!
Put everything you've got into getting us that first point!
Everybody, follow Tsuji!
They'll be doing all they can to mark him.
Okay, don't let them near Tsuji!
No. If they want to mark him, let's give them the opportunity.
Hideto! Hideto!
Go!
You're up against Nomada.
It might seem like there's more than eleven of them out there.
But remember... you've been outnumbered many times.
Each of you can play as hard as two... No, three people!
Kohei... I...
It took me time, but... I'm back!
I'm here once more, with my comrades!
We'll defeat you and go to nationals!
You can't, Shoot!
Because in front of you is...
Go!
Sahara! Matsuhashi!
Go to both sides!
They're going on the offensive and leaving #8 behind!
So they opened the path for their ace striker? But...
That means he's wide open!
Come on! Come!
Kohei!
Score!
Kazama!
#10! Pin down #10!
Kakegawa always uses the same equation: #7 to #9, then have Shoot go for the goal.
But now #7 is going for the goal?
Just like I expected!
Kokubo's on the move!
He's coming for me?
Wait! It's too soon, Tsuji!
Subaru, this way!
It's too soon!
Subaru!
Hideto, look around you! At your team!
Why are you running off on your own?
Tsuji!
Where did you decide your soccer was?
My soccer is...
Go!
With them!
With my team!
Shoot!
Your movements are giving away the game.
Kohei, it's just getting started.
This is where I... where we all open a path forward!
A path to the goal!
This is the beginning!
Subaru!
What? #9's going straight for the goal?
#10 was a decoy?
It wasn't Shoot?
What?
Go!
There we go!
If Shoot's not your attacker, then it will end with #7 doing a header.
Yeah, that's what you'd think, right?
But Hideto's plan was...
#9 is going for it himself?
#10! Kokubo! Get on #10!
Shoot is...
Open?
No!
Hideto!
No...
He did it perfectly, without an assist from me?
Yes!
Yes! Yes!
We scored the first point!
Okay, don't let your guard down!
Now Nomada will get serious!
This is when the game begins!
Be ready!
Get on Kokubo!
Kakegawa!
You shouldn't underestimate Nomada by putting so many players on Kokubo, right?
Sonoda!
If we need three players watching Kokubo,
the others will just do the work of three extra players.
That's how Kakegawa plays.
I'll remember that.
Be careful!
Nomada's coming for real!
Don't let them get the ball!
Go all-in on defense!
That's right. All-in on defense.
Nomada will start to panic. I know it.
And that's when... you can win!
What the hell?!
Okay, that first point is starting to pay off!
They may not realize it, but they'll start to panic!
Keep moving!
With three players on Kokubo, they'll get tired before we do!
So stay calm!
Hey! #10! Watch #10!
Okay!
This is what we've been waiting for!
Kurokawa, counter!
Subaru!
Go!
Hideto, go!
Okay, it's going in!
Shoot! That shot's close to being world-class.
But... I can stop it.
Kakegawa won't be scoring any more points.
Kohei, you don't get to decide that!
Tsuji!
Get back! We'll stop them!
Kokubo?
What's he doing here?
How is he so fast?
Shoot, you think you can defeat me?
Try it.
Kohei!
He's laid down his plan for the goal.
Get on Matsukata and Hattori!
Which is it? Who's coming?
Matsukata! Or Hattori?
I'll stop Kohei before he can pass!
Here it comes!
Kohei!
Kohei went for the shot?
First Half
You shouldn't underestimate me,
Shoot!
What's gotten into you?
You never go for the shot.
Matsukata, I'll be the one to crush Kakegawa.
I love it!