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One of the matches for the semifinal is playing right now friends! - shouted the commentator with an energy out of the ordinary.
One of the most important matches of the year was being broadcast live.
The match that will give the winning team the place to play the final of the
Manchester, England 6 May 2028.
The German team Bastard Munch and the English team Machine play the round of the Champions League semifinals. A decisive match for both sides.
Both teams play one of the most important matches of their careers, as the winner will be guaranteed a place in the Champions League cup final. Having both the chance to be crowned as winners of this.
Whoever takes the victory takes the safe passage to the grand final of the Champion League.
-Today we find the semi-final match between the English team Machine against the German team Bastard, tell me mate how you see it- Said the first commentator as the players lined up towards the center of the field to greet the opposing team before the match began.
Respecting the tradition of each party.
-I don’t know what to tell you- the other one answers.
-Both teams have at their fingertips a wonderful squad full of stars in each of their positions, highlighting the incredible strikers that make up both teams. -
-The Bastard has its already old players and veterans Kaiser i Ness that according to the public and fans are the oldest duo on the court despite their young age. -
—Ness named as the magician by his fans, has the best data in terms of passes and dribbles and currently called the best midfielders all over Europe. The boy has a bright future. - he commented happily.
- Next to Kaiser, the young striker who is part of the new generation 11, where we find the most prestigious young people in European football.- added the other commentator waiting for the start of the upcoming match.
-On the other side is the team’s star striker, from Japan Isagi Yoichi who charmed people in the bluelock project with his ambition and ego for being number one in the world. - commented excited the commentator at the start of the match as they went out in parallel being cheered by the whole stadium, both by fans and opponents.
-This party promises friend- commented the other.
While the players lined up each with their team to hear the anthem of the Champions and then turn around to greet the other players before the start of the match.
The teams lined up holding hands with each other.
- Good luck selfish - said Reo as he shook hands with Isagi.
- I think someone is going to need it more than me- counterattack Isagi serious but determined surprising Reo who just laughed low and kept moving up to their positions for the start of the match
The referee is placed in the center of the field
The whistle starts the game.
The semi-final match begins.
It’s all or nothing.
The initial whistle stops the stadium’s murmur and the ball begins to roll.
First part. Everything is to be decided.
The Bastard is the first to attack directly with the first move of Kaiser which quickly counterattacks mocking the forwards of the Machine and later pass the ball to Ness to be able to start the play of this semifinal pressing from the first minute.
From the first touch, the German team sets its pace. The passes are fast, precise, almost mechanical, as if each player knows exactly where the other will be before they even look. In the center of the field, Ness receives and spins gracefully, lifting his head immediately.
-Calm down... - he mumbles. The game is just beginning.
Kaiser advances a few meters higher, walking between lines with a provocative calm. He does not run. He stalks. His blue eyes analyze the opponent’s defense as if he has already solved the puzzle.
The English defenders back, attentive to every gesture of the German striker. They know that if you give him a single meter, it will be enough.
Ness leads the ball, dragging a midfielder with it. Amaga to the left, then kicks the ball and changes the pace.
-That’s all your pressure? - He smiles.
Suddenly, Kaiser accelerates. A short, lethal offsetting, right to the space between the center and the side. It is a minimal movement, almost invisible... but deadly.
-Now, Ness -thinks Kaiser without looking.
Ness has already seen it.
The pass comes out of his foot with surgical precision, smooth and tight, breaking the defensive line like a blade. The ball goes through the exact hole that Kaiser has created with his move.
-Beware! - shouts one of the defenders. Kaiser comes alone!
Kaiser controls first, directing the ball towards his good leg without losing speed. The doorman comes out to shrink, opening his arms desperately.
For a moment, time stands still.
Kaiser is smiling.
-Way too slow.
His leg is armed and the shot comes out powerful, dry, straight to the bottom angle. The ball kisses the post and is embedded in the net with violence.
GOOOL OF THE GERMAN TEAM!
The stadium explodes in shouts and applause. Kaiser opens his arms, turning on himself with arrogance, while pointing to his chest.
Ness runs to him and clenches his hand with hers.
-Just as we planned -he says excited smiling-. Impeccable.
Kaiser leans slightly towards Ness.
-Keep giving me balls like that -answers-. I’ll take care of the rest.
In the band, rivals clench their teeth. They know that goal was no accident: it was a warning.
The German team returns to their field with a steady pace. The party continues, but the message is already clear.
Kaiser and Ness have set the pace of the first half for the German team.
Halfway through the match the Machine took the lead by a goal scored by none other than Chigiri Hyoma who could easily bypass the defense of the German team thanks to his speed.
Thus giving the advantage to the English team which got the tie on the scoreboard.
While the English team was still celebrating the goal that gave them the advantage Hiori approached slowly to an Isagi who was snorting in the band.
Staring into the grass knowing that if they did not act as soon as possible everything he had fought for would escape their hands in a matter of seconds.
-Do not let your guard down Isagi, we still have a chance- Hiori pointed to him staring at with a serious look nailed at the opponent’s goal.
-If we score now put the score in our favor given the result of the last match-
-We have the advantage that’s what counts- repeated Hiroi without taking our eyes off the field
-Giving us the victory by a point, unless you want to go to penalties, that you want Isagi- said Hiori lighting the striker who continued to breathe out of fatigue and overexertion.
-I’m not going to allow that and you know it- spat Isagi while still snorting from fatigue.
The score was currently 3-3 leaving the two teams with a total of 3 points each, which would take them directly to a penalty shoot-out where luck is one of the main points to win.
Leaving fate to chance was not an option.
The second half begins with the dominance of the English team.
Hiori raises his voice among the noise of the stadium, pointing to the electronic scoreboard.
-Isagi! Restart! - yell-. Three minutes... only three minutes left!
Isagi turns his head for a moment. The red clock seems to mock him as the seconds begin to fall one after another. Three minutes.
His chest tightens.
This is the limit...
Here everything is decided.
It’s all or nothing, they need to act.
The whistle cuts the air and the ball rolls again.
Isagi starts immediately, his gaze moving without rest. He doesn’t just follow the ball: he observes everything. The passing angles of his companions, the speed of withdrawal of the English, the shadows they leave when moving.
-Don’t just look at the ball... - he mutters to himself. Look ahead.
But the pass never comes.
Ness throws himself to the ground at the last second and manages to rub the ball, deflecting it just enough so that it comes out.
-Good! - roar Hiori-. Last move!
The stadium holds the breath.
Isagi stands still for a second, watching. His brain begins to work at a brutal speed.
If we restart... they know it too.
They will close the obvious roads.
-Ness... - think-. Will you be able?
Isagi turns and sees Ness’s face.
A mocking smile from ear to ear.
Isagi without thinking twice runs, without looking back and almost without thinking.
Kick off. Kurona quickly receives and returns to Ness who advances without worries between the opposing team.
Ness raises his head.
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Everything is slowing down.
Who do you see?
Kaiser is marked.
Isagi is too far back.
There is no clear line...
-Tch... - Ness smiles, eyes shining. Then let’s make it impossible.
Reo is the first to react.
-He’s going to get Kaiser! - Warn him. Shut him up!
Reo is the first to block the German along with another teammate, two other players are thrown on the German. Kaiser lets himself be scored, opens his arms, claims the ball with arrogance.
-Here, Ness! - yell-. Give it to me!
Ness arms the leggs and Isagi feels a chill. He knows
No...
That pass is...
The blow sounds dry.
The ball shoots out with controlled force, spinning in an unnatural way. It does not go straight. It is not curved like a normal center.
It floats. Lies.
-What...? - Reo opens his eyes. Pass away!
Kaiser barely smiles.
-heh... - whispers. So it was just the decoy.
The ball crosses the space that everyone had left.
Isagi is already there.
I saw it.
I felt it.
This was the blind spot.
The ball falls perfectly, as if it had been called by its name.
-Now... - says Isagi softly.
No control. No doubt.
His body aligns perfectly. The leg is strained. His gaze sticks to the goal.
-Isagi! - shouts Hiori. Shoot!
The world disappears.
Direct shot, without thinking leaving the luck to act.
The ball shoots out like a projectile, cutting off the air. The goalkeeper reacts late, stretching out in despair.
The ball touches the post.
The stadium is silent for an eternal fraction of a second.
And then-
The net is shaken violently.
The score changes.
Isagi falls to his knees, breathing with difficulty. His eyes tremble, but not out of fear.
The final whistle resounds.
And the stadium explodes.
GOAL
Isagi Yoichi scores the goal at the last minute that gave the German team the victory and the pass to the finals.
The entire stadium rises cheering for the young striker’s goal which gives the final victory to the Bastard. But while all the teammates go to hug the scorer the cameras capture the exact moment of the celebration of the striker.
This one goes to the corner of the field while looking at the starry night sky raises his hand kissing the ring finger where there is a ring, but it is not an ordinary ring, it is an engagement.
Isagi raises his hand to the sky with a look full of pride dedicating the goal to that person who belongs both half of the ring and the heart of the striker.
Leaving the whole world stunned.
...
Already after the match Isagi is received as a party star and is brought in front of the cameras while one of the reporters excitedly asks him about the celebration.
-We are with Isagi Yoichi the undisputed star of tonight’s match- said cheerfully the reporter as she approached the microphone to Isagi who was just looking at the camera nervous.
-Tell us how you feel after this incredible last second victory for the team and what is most talked about your celebration. -said all the time.
-Eh-eh well, I’m glad to be able to give this victory to the team- replied a nervous Isagi while scratching the back of his neck.
-It has been a difficult match but we have been able to press from the first moment and in the end win is what counts most. - said proudly.
-What about the celebration? The ring? Who is the lucky one who has taken your heart. - the interviewer asked with great emotion, as one of the star players from bluelock announced his marriage live in front of the world.
-What we’ve seen is an engagement ring? Is it some famous one? Someone known...
The questions kept coming from all sides, leaving Isagi even more nervous and unsure of what to answer.
-I can say it’s someone I really admire and trust - she said with a lost look at that ring. Completely ignoring background noise.
The answer came without more leaving the interviewers speechless and Isagi took advantage of the moment to switch places with Kurona dejandole to the head of the interview.
-ISAGI WAIT! - was the last thing I listened to before running away to the hallway.
…
That same day the headlines of both football and sports news are filled with the headline about the victory of the German team which won their pass to the final of the champions and especially of the celebration of the Japanese boy where the same Isagi Yoichi revealed this commitment.
All with the same question, who was the lucky one?
…
Isagi woke up quietly in his apartment the next day.
The sun gave him a good morning, receiving the light directly in his face.
Without moving from bed Isagi was watching the news while smiling with shame remembering the previous day, as he had not planned the celebration in that way but the ecstasy of the moment made him react in that way.
The morning continued with the usual schedules, get up, check nets, make breakfast...
And without breaking that routine day by day the message always arrived.
-GOOD MORNING YOCHANNN-
Followed by some typical funny sticker.
Isagi by inertia at seeing the message glides his gaze to that ring on his ring finger, shining with the reflection of the morning sun.
At that moment he knew it was all a good choice and would never change it for anything.
-Good morning ♡- answered simply before starting his day again calmly.