After the commotion died down, all of the players gathered around the referee began to disperse.
The referee then took out his vanishing spray and walked towards the spot where the foul was committed.
Spraying the white liquid on the pitch, he marked the spot to position the ball for the freekick. The spot was about 30 yards away from their goal-post.
And as the referee finished marking the spot for the freekick, he walked a few steps forward and drew another straight line with the vanishing spray.
Standing behind the straight line, five players of Kawasaki stood tall to form a wall. 𝘪𝑟𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝘤𝑜𝓂
“Tatsuki mark him” Shouted Tomoyasu while pointing at one of the opposing player who was completely unmarked.
While Naoya was preparing to take the freekick, Tomoyasu was instructing his teammates to mark the opposing players and cover the gap.
Standing a few steps away from the ball, Naoya was inhaling and exhaling deep breaths to calm him down while awaiting for referee’s whistle.
Except two of their centrebacks who were behind the half-line, every other players of Maebashi Ikuei HS were positioned above the half-line for the freekick.
Beep!!
Upon hearing referee’s whistle, Naoya let him lose and rushed towards the ball. Kicking the ball with the inside of his right foot, he went for a shot packed with power.
As the ball got released from Naoya’s foot, the five men wall of Kawasaki jumped at the same time.
The ball however flew above their head, towards the goalpost.
[Beautiful freekick from Naoya, the captain of Maebashi Ikuei HS. Packed with power, it swiftly evaded the reach of five men wall of Kawasaki Frontale.]
However although it got past through the heads of the five men wall of Kawasaki, it still couldn’t get past through the insane reach of Akimasa Nakahara, the aerial duel specialist of Kawasaki Frontale U-18 team who had positioned himself inside the penalty box.
With an height of 5.6 feet, Nakahara could jump more than 3 feet above the ground.
[Did he get his gene from kangaroo?? Just how high can he jump? With that ridiculous jumping ability, he should be playing basketball, not football.] Sounding all excited, the commentator made his comment on Nakahara’s ridiculous jump.
[Obviously I’m joking. If every player with excellent jumping ability were to play basketball then Cristiano would be a basketball player instead of a football player. Hahahaha….]
Nakahara then headed the ball away from the box. Players of Maebashi were all stunned by Nakahara’s ridiculous reach.
The ball then flew towards the five men wall of Kawasaki. Getting hold of the ball, Akihiro began to dribble the ball forward.
Tatsuki and Hiro being the fastest player in their team, sprinted upfield at the same time.
Maebashi’s players too began to fall back. However they were still no match for Hiro and Tatsuki.
Akihiro then quickly released the ball towards Hiro who was making his run from the centre.
To block Hiro, one of the opposing centre back rushed forward towards Hiro. Hiro however performed a simple body feint and dribbled past the defender.
[How could Kumagai fall for such simple trick?? That mistake could cost his team a lot. With one simple body feint, Hiro has left behind Kumagai.]
With only one centre back and a goalkeeper standing infront of him and the goal, Hiro moved the ball forward.
‘What should I do? Should I engage! Or should I wait for my teammates?’ Vigorously shifting his gaze between Hiro and Tatsuki, the only defender present in the defensive third of Maebashi Ikuei HS began to think.
His teammates were all rushing towards him. But it still seemed like it would need them about 5 to 6 seconds to reach him.
Meaning he’d have to hold his ground for 5-6 seconds, until his teammates arrival.
While he was pondering over his decision, Hiro was rushing towards the goal like a cheetah. And to his left, Tatsuki was also rushing forward.
He was in a dilemma.
“Block his shoot course. Leave the other one to me.” Yelled his team’s goalkeeper.
Heeding the advice of his team’s goalkeeper, he decided to engage. And thus, he began to rush towards Hiro.
However just as he left his position, Hiro supplied a stunning through ball to Tatsuki.
Maebashi’s keeper tried to block the pass by rushing forward. But the pass was simply too fast enough for him to reach on time.
In an open post, Tatsuki tapped the ball and netted the ball inside the post.
[Gooooaaaaallllllll!!! A killer pass right when the defender left his position. And a beautiful combination to make that goal happen. Kawasaki Frontale are making use of every opportunity that has presented itself.]
At 14th minute of the game, Maebashi Ikuei HS conceded another goal.
And as time progressed, their situation got only worse.
At 27th minute, they conceded another goal because of the mistake of their defensive midfielder.
At 45th minute, just as the first half of the game was about to end, they conceded yet another goal from outside the box. About 22 yards away from the post, Hiro made a powerful shot towards the post, which the goalkeeper of Maebashi failed to stop.
And as such the first half ended with a devastating score of 4:0. Kawasaki Frontale 4 and Maebashi Ikuei HS 0.
Despite conceding four goals, they still didn’t lose their will to fight. And thus after making some changes in the second half, they tried to turn the tables.
However second half turned out to be even more hopeless for them. With a huge lead of 4:0, Kawasaki attacked even more aggressively instead of slowing down.
Shot after shot, Hiro and his teammates showered Maebashi Ikuei HS with barrage of shot, nonstop.
And thus at the second half, Maebashi Ikuei HS ended up conceding yet 3 more goals. Combined with the 4 goals from first half, Maebashi lost the match with a total score of 7:0.
Beeeeeeeep!!
[And the referee has blown his whistle. Finally the nightmare of Maebashi Ikuei HS has ended. Devastating result which players of Maebashi would definitely want to forget.]
[It was a totally one sided match. Even looking at the statistics, one could tell how much one sided this match was. In whole 90 minutes, Maebashi Ikuei HS has registered only 4 shots and only two of them are in target. Compared to Kawasaki Frontale who has made a total of 27 shots of which 17 are in target, they managed to convert 7 of those shots into goal.]
[Contributing 5 of those 7 goals made by his team, there’s no doubt that Takahashi Hiro is the true MVP of this match. Delivering four goals and one assist, Takahashi Hiro has clenched the award of MVP.]