Extraordinary // Blue Lock Fanfic

6: Team Z vs. Team Y

The third match in wing 5 came to an end.
Team X and Team W played and it ended with Team W's victory with a score of 4:1.
That means the point difference for Team X was now -3.
And now it was time for the fourth match, Team Z vs. Team Y.

"Look, here they come."
"Yeah."
"They lost 0:8 to Team V..."
"They should be desperate as another loss for them means the end.", I commented.
"Right. And the one we should watch out for is definitely number 9. He's Kumamoto prefecture's top scorer and has an exceptional shooting technique, Okawa Hibiki.", Kuon explained.

"That's true but we have a new strategy.", Isagi exclaimed.
"We'll win this no matter what.", I replied.
"Let's go Team Z!"
"Yeah!!"

Our new formation rotates the striker position after a set period of time.
Going first was Bachira with his weapon, exceptional dribbling.
Bachira kicked off and quickly made his way through Team Y.
"Are 2 defenders supposed to stop me?", Bachira asked cheekily.
Before he could pass through them, a third player joined the fray. Number 7?
Didn't Kuon say to watch out for number 9?

"Not bad Mr. Bangs. I'll send it back for now.", Bachira did as he said and passed back to Iga-guri.
Team Y seems to have a solid foundation going with a 4-5-1 formation.
Not for long though. I smiled.
No matter what Bachira tried he just couldn't get through Team Y's defense.
"Hey! Time's up!", Raichi reminded.
"Kay!"

Now it was Kunigami's turn. With his weapon, his finesse shot with his left leg, he's definitely a force to be reckoned with. He passes the ball and runs up the field so he can concentrate on his shooting.
Just as he kicked the ball with full force, a Team Y member received it to his shoulder making the ball go off-course landing at Isagi's feet.
This happened again. We passed the ball up to Kunigami and someone jumps in his way again which throws the ball off-course. This time however it didn't land near any of us at all.
It was number 7 who received the loose ball and immediately number 9, Okawa ran up our half of the field.

The heart of Team Y... number 7.... Niko Ikki... He has a pretty decent vision. Not bad.
But not anything I can't deal with.
I immediately accelerate to Niko and had almost stopped his pass to Okawa if it weren't for a certain monk head.
"I'll stop him!", Iga-guri shouted enthusiastically as he planned to kick the ball away from Niko's grasp but his foot connected with my leg instead.
"Iga-guri! You bastard!", I shouted absolutely pissed.

"Lucky.", Niko commented as he passed over to Okawa. He quickly blitzed through our defense and scored a goal.
"Team Y: 1:0.", the speaker announced.
"Hell yeah!"
"Okawa! Nice goal."
"We can win this!"
My eye twitched with every comment and at Iga-guri's dumbfounded expression as he stood there. I tried to stand up only for it to fail and me expecting to fall down when someone caught me.
"You good, Asher?", Chigiri asked as he held on to my waist.
"Thanks for the save, princess.", I thanked him to which his cheeks turned into a shade of red.
I tried standing again and this time I found my balance again.

The pain right now was only subtle so I could still keep playing.
I looked up at the score.
Team Y: 1:0

It was Team Y's kickoff. However instead of playing offensive they switched to playing defensive and passed the ball around to make us run out of our stamina.
Just before the ball was received by another Team Y player I intercepted it and ran straight for the goal. Team Y who was taken off guard scrambled to get the ball back.
Niko who was already on my tail underestimated me and thought I didn't notice him yet.
Just as he was about to steal the ball I jumped up and flicked it with my heel over 2 other Team Y players. Another incoming player tried to read me to which I just did a roulette and spun with enough force to kick the ball up. It was a 1 on 1 with the goalkeeper.