After conversing with Takeshi for a while, Hiro then made his way to the location where his teammates and coaches were gathered at the moment.
Even coach Makoto and other coaches were letting them lose today. Celebrating their triumph while laughing and singing loudly, everybody looked very happy.
Almost the entire stadium was filled with the sounds of laughter and cheers of fans.
“Champions!! Champions!!”
“We are the champions”
Big wide smile on his face, manager Makoto’s already wrinkled face was now even more wrinkled.
And while he was joyously celebrating the triump of his team, he seriously looked like laughing buddha because of his huge belly and round face. Even his already small eyes were now almost non existent.
Players smiling, fans cheering, the already festive mood in the stadium was getting even more festive with every passing second as if a huge carnival was taking place in the stadium. And for a while, it felt like the only thing which seemed to be lacking was some fireworks and music.
Even with the presence of 300 fans, the sounds which were echoing in the stadium was giving the vibe that there were more than 1000 people present in the stadium at that moment.
Dun!! Dun!! Dun!!
Thundering sounds of applause and drums filled the entire stadium as almost every people present in the stadium immersed themselves into a celebratory mood.
Old folks were cheering at the top of their voice while locking arms with their compatriots while young fans also didn’t hesitate to spare efforts.
It was a pure show of passion.
Seeing the joyous expression on the faces of his teammates, Hiro too couldn’t hold back himself as he immediately joined them and blended together with them.
Singing and jumping while locking arms with each other, Hiro and his teammates continued to celebrate their triumph infront of their fans.
And the fans too didn’t shy to resonate their feelings.
For once, Hiro too let him lose as he celebrated his team’s achievements along with his teammates.
And while most fans of Kiryu Daichi High School team started to exit the stadium after staying for a while, some fans stayed behind and continued to spectate the celebration taking place in the stadium.
Even with that many people, celebration of Kawasaki Frontale U-18 team’s achievements looked quite grand.
And even though their team lost the game, those away fans who stayed behind felt like they should cheer the opposing players for their deserved victory.
There was no denying to the fact that their team had lost fair and square.
A part of them was bitter about their team’s loss but even so they were also happy that such talented players had emerged in their country.
Those away fans who stayed behind were looking at the bigger picture. Instead of being narrow-minded and grieving the loss of their local team, they were cheerful that their country had gained so many talented players.
“The future of Japanese football looks quite bright” mumbled one of the fan of Kiryu Daichi High School.
“Even though our team didn’t make it to the playoffs, I’ll definitely buy the tickets to see them play”
“If not for that number 10 kid, our team wouldn’t have lost the game.”
“Just when can our team get such talented players?”
Some optimistic, some envious, fans of Kiryu Daichi High School who stayed behind to spectate the celebration of Kawasaki Frontale U-18 showed different reactions.
However even though Hiro’s team had won the east league, they hadn’t won themselves any trophy. They had merely won themselves a spot at the playoff final.
After this they’d clash against the champions of the west league and compete for the trophy of Prince Takamado Premier League.
And only after defeating the west league champions will they get their hands on the trophy of the Prince Takamado Premier League.
“Keeping their lead since the begining of the league, Kawasaki had maintained their lead for 8 whole months. And Hiro who had topped the goalscoring chart since the first day is by far the most outstanding player in the entire tournament. That’s right, I said entire tournament and not only the east league.”
“Be it in east league or west league, he has scored the most goals. With a record breaking 37 goals under his name, he has outscored the top scorer of west league by a huge margin of 17 goals. As a matter of fact even Kawasaki’s second top scorer Tatsuki has scored one more goal than the top scorer of west league.”
“After 9 days in the National Stadium, Kawasaki will face Sagan Tosu U-18 in the playoff final to compete for Prince Takamado Trophy. The winner will be crowned the champions of U-18 league while the loser will go empty handed. I’m sure champions of both league will give their all to grab the ultimate trophy. It’ll be an amazing match to witness, so everybody I hope you all can make it to the match.”
As mentioned by the commentator, Yutaka’s team failed to qualify for the playoff.
Speaking of Yutaka, despite joining the league only in the second of the season, he still managed to become the top assist provider in the west league by recording a record breaking 11 assist in 11 games.
While the winner of the east league was pretty much determined even before the end of the season, the winner of West League was only determined after the final match of the season which happened just yesterday.
Tied in terms of points with both teams having 52 points each, crown of west league was going to be decided between Vissel Kobe U-18 and Sagan Tosu U-18. .𝒎
However at the last match of the season, Vissel Kobe drew their game while Sagan Tosu managed to win their game.
Thus at the end of the season, Vissel Kobe U-18 lost the title of the league champion by a narrow margin of only 2 points.
Coming out victorious from their league, Sagan Tosu U-18 was now going to face Kawasaki Frontale U-18 for the crown of the Prince Takamado Trophy on sunday, December 11.
𝑖𝘦𝑎.𝗇t