Life ain't no friendly match

...it's more like the final of a World Cup with goals, fouls, a ball, the pitch, and players who give their all. But for Tsuki, the dream of playing in such an event as a goalkeeper feels like a distant star, shimmering just beyond her reach. She's passionate, determined, but her lack of experience and petite stature seem insurmountable obstacles. Then there's the daunting task of assembling a girls' team in a sport dominated by boys. Finding girls who share her passion for football feels like searching for a needle in a haystack. And when a certain goalkeeper with a red cap is given the most hopeless task in the world by his coach Mikami as a punishment, namely to turn Tsuki into a decent goalkeeper, many of them realise that their lives are not as great as it always seems....

Thank you for reading! Started this ff when I was fifteen, years ago, and now decided to finish and translate the whole story. Have fun. I try to update as often as possible.