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Chapter 31 Counterattack starts now

At the beginning of the second half, to Fujii's surprise, the Horikoshi High School team still did not give up its focus on him. Central defender Maeda Yukihei, who was born in youth training, was still staring at him closely at all times.

A mistake occurred during a pass at Hachioji High School, and the ball was intercepted by Yuya Furuzawa. Fujii turned around and rushed towards his own backcourt. Maeda Yukihira, who had always been inseparable, chased after a few steps and was pulled away. His eyes widened, and this

The guy wasn't that fast in the first half?

"Horikoshi's No. 10 Furusawa stole the ball and rushed towards the Hachioji team's backcourt. Behind him, Hachioji's No. 13 Fujii Shu caught up. So fast! So fast!"

Yuya Furusawa easily passed two defensive players. He heard the footsteps coming from behind. He was about to protect the ball, but found that his feet were empty. Fujii's comprehensive skills in the late LV3 were nearly 1.7 times that of an ordinary person at the top level of the Premier League.

He cut the ball from his feet as naturally as breathing, turned around and exploded with amazing dribbling speed, breaking through the Horikoshi backcourt.

Maeda Yukihira made a decisive tackle. At such a speed, he only had one chance to intercept.

Picking up the ball, Fujii used a simple rainbow pass, jumping to avoid Maeda Yukihei's tackle. A Horikoshi full-back came up to grab the ball. He no longer saved his strength and made a reasonable charge with his back, directly.

Knocked people away.

He rushed into the penalty area with the ball, faced the goalkeeper, picked up the football, and volleyed sideways. The ball went into the upper right corner. The goalkeeper watched the goal and was unable to react in time.

"It was a counterattack based on personal ability. No. 13 Fujii of Hachioji team regained one point."

Fujii picked up the ball from the goal, carried it to the kick-off point, put it down, waved to Maeda Yukihei who was guarding him, and then waited expressionlessly for the Horikoshi team to kick off.

"Be careful, he is a little different. I guess he is saving energy in the first half and using more energy in the second half."

Yuya Furusawa reminded Maeda Yukihei in particular that the full-back who had been knocked away by Fujii just now recovered and looked at Fujii with a hint of fear in his eyes.

After the restart, the goalkeeper kicked the ball towards the midfield. The Horikoshi team once again launched an offensive. After several exquisite short passes, Furuzawa Yuya got the ball again. Fujii Shu got rid of Maeda Yukihira in time and blocked the opponent. This time

He no longer intends to play as an attacking midfielder in the game. He has a chance of winning only by becoming a free player. The average strength of the two sides is too different, so he can only serve as the fire captain and fill in the position in time.

Planning on going one-on-one?

Furusawa Yuya also became energetic. He wanted to test the defensive skills of this guy who was much more handsome than him.

He was obviously not as fast as Fujii, and physical confrontation would probably not be an advantage. He pedaled his bicycle, intending to use his rhythm to pass Fujii.

The first touch of the ball was very successful. Furusawa Yuya felt that he had used his best bicycle pedal. When he changed his feet to touch the ball, Fujii Shu predicted the route, stretched his legs to hook the football, and bounced the ball with his toes.

, turned around lightly and passed the ball to his captain Nakamura.

His timing and judgment of making a move are much better than Maeda?!

Yuya Furusawa was a little confused. Players who are good at offense are generally poor at defense. Outliers like Fujii Shu are really rare. Moreover, looking at his long passes, he also looks very accomplished. What kind of monster is this?

Captain Nakamura took the ball for a while after receiving the ball, and passed it to Suhara before being surrounded. Suhara wasted a few seconds in receiving the ball and was blocked by the Horikoshi defender. His dribble attempt failed and the ball was intercepted instead.

The Horikoshi team regained control of the ball and the offensive pace slowed down. They played a conservative 541 formation, relying entirely on Yuya Furusawa as a center forward to attack. Center back Yukihei Maeda in the backcourt was the core of defense and was often effective.

Contain the opponent's star player.

Such a lineup would naturally be invincible in ordinary high school competitions, but when faced with a monster like Fujii, it no longer seemed effective.

Thanks to Fujii's active running, the Hachioji team successfully defended against several waves of Horikoshi's attacks. Taking advantage of an opportunity when the opponent's attack failed, Fujii received the ball and started to speed up. Maeda Yukihei, who was guarding him, directly grabbed his hand.

Jersey.

"Hiss!"

The school team jersey of mediocre quality tore off one sleeve, but Fujii kept walking and surpassed Maeda Yukihei. A Horikoshi midfielder came up to take over. He turned around and performed a Marseille slalom, which was even faster than Furuzawa Yuya's movement.

Light and agile, passing through defenders.

"Stop him!"

The three remaining defenders of Horikoshi's backcourt all surrounded them. Suhara and the others who arrived at the same time ignored him and focused on defending Fujii.

Fujii attracted all the defenders and didn't seem to intend to pass the ball to Suhara. He rushed into the crowd and sent a long pass diagonally, which landed in front of Suhara without him having to adjust the ball.

This guy…

Suhara also didn't expect that Fujii would choose to pass the ball. There was the goal more than ten meters in front of him, and the opponent's goalkeeper was also staring at Fujii with all his concentration, not noticing his presence for the time being.

Obviously so capable...

Suhara raised his right leg, tensed his muscles, and launched a powerful shot with full power.

why would…

The football flew straight towards the goal, and the opponent's goalkeeper moved his eyes and opened his mouth in surprise.

What if you don’t play professionally?!

The football penetrated the net and caused waves. Applause and cheers erupted from the stands. Suhara did not celebrate. He knew that the applause was probably for Fujii, who had traveled a long distance and attracted all the defenders.

The game was suspended, and Fujii put on a substitute jersey on the sidelines and continued the game. When passing Suhara, he saw him stunned and patted his shoulder, giving him a rare word of encouragement.

"It's a good game. I wish I had played like this earlier."

"If I win this game, can you teach me how to become stronger?"

Suhara mustered up the courage, put aside his prejudices, and asked Fujii, who was walking towards the court with his back turned.

"Then you've taken a big advantage." Fujii Shu turned around and replied with a smile: "You won't lose if you have my competition!"

In the 22nd minute of the second half, the Horikoshi team, which had conceded two goals in a row, began to shrink its defense, leaving only Furusawa Yuya in the frontcourt. With the participation of Maeda Yukihei's command, the team set up the bus, somewhat clinging to the score until the end.

Fujii scored again with the ball, but was stopped by the Horikoshi team for a decisive foul. Although the fouled Horikoshi player fell to the ground, the referee still gave a free kick.

Captain Nakamura takes the kick. His footwork is second only to that of Fujii Shu and he is the team's top free throw shooter. The position of this free kick is not very good, so it is unrealistic to score it directly.

Let's pass it to Fujii.

Captain Nakamura kicked off his run, and the football was thrown high into the air, then slowly fell down towards Fujii's direction.

Fujii ran and changed direction, temporarily throwing away Maeda Yukihira who was on defense. He subconsciously lay down on his back, hooked the ball upside down, and kicked the ball towards the goal without landing. The opponent's goalkeeper made the save in time, but the angle was too tight and the ball was too fast.

Too fast, the football shot into the blind spot on the left, the score was three to three, tied!

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! No. 13 Fujii of the Hachioji team performed a miraculous performance and evened the score with one person!"

The commentator roared with great passion, and the sports camera on the sidelines played back the hanging golden hook in slow motion on the big screen of the open-air stadium.

(End of chapter)