Isagi knew that convincing a Striker to play Goalie would be difficult but Iemon wouldn't be any better at that position, Gagamaru although he is the best pick would he be willing to play that position or not this soon is hard
"Why me?"
Gagamaru asked with his usual stoic face
"Because you are the tallest and can jump really high, Also you react to the situation very quickly, I have seen you play before coming here and thought that you would make a great Goalie"
Isagi said as he wasn't lying when he said that he saw Gagamaru's matches, But he only saw a highlight where Gagamaru showed his acrobatic body moves
"Oh that's why, No, I don't want to play as a Goalie"
"I figured, so we can go with this formation..."
"Kira, since you're the 1st ranked in the team, Choose your position"
Kunigami said to Kira, showing his decision to agree with the setting Isagi suggested
"I want to play Centre Forward"
Kira said without wasting much time
"Since I'm Ranked 2nd, I will choose to play as a CAM"
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Isagi explained to everyone about their formation which everyone seemed to agree, What they would actually do is still a mystery though
Team Z entered the pitch with all 11 players, Igaguri ran to the Goalpost as he was chosen to be Goalie, He didn't like this position but he was supposed to rotate with Iemon per match which made him reluctantly agree to this
Team Z was getting in their positions when Team X, and the leading star of that Team Barou walked towards the pitch, He was just like Isagi imagined would look, Burly like a Gorilla
Both teams got into formation and Kira kicked the ball towards Bachira on the Right Wing Who passed it to Isagi behind, Isagi
started to dribble toward the other half but was faced with 3 players running at him, Isagi wanted to dribble past them since these kids weren't even planning to defend properly but were competing with each other to steal the ball from him
Trying to get the ball as soon as possible so they could score their individual goals, They weren't alone who were thinking like that though, Raichi also came to steal the ball from Isagi, Isagi nudged the ball with his heel and made a nutmeg on Raichi and ran towards the Right Wing
"Nutmeg..? Damm It!"
Raichi not being able to steal the ball and instead getting humiliated let out the frustration and ran behind Isagi who had already passed the half-line
Bachira saw Isagi's run towards him and got past the Mid-Fielders to receive the ball, Team X defenders also saw that and two of them ran towards Bachira to cut off any passes
While Isagi was running towards the right, Barou cut in front of him to take the Ball
"Give it here, Peasant!"
Isagi smiled at Barou's words and tried to get past him with simple touches, Barou wasn't falling for those and made an aggressive tackle which became a mistake as Isagi chipped the ball above Barou's head and got past him
Barou wasn't done and ran behind Isagi but Isagi wasn't holding the ball anymore, The ball was at Raichi's feet who received the ball from Isagi
Kira, Kunigami, and Bachira were open as all the Defenders left their positions to mark Raichi, Raichi wasn't expecting Isagi to pass to him but didn't let it get to him and chose to take advantage of this situation
Now that 5 players were running towards him to steal the ball, Raichi wasn't confident in breaking through them, He could see Isagi on the right, expecting a pass same goes for the 3 attackers of the team who were open to receive, Raichi wasn't sure if he should pass because that would lead to others scoring from his pass where he wouldn't gain anything
Isagi kept running while looking at Raichi, Isagi wanted to confirm if Raichi would at least consider playing a little team like according to the situation, if he didn't then Isagi wouldn't feel bad about disregarding him from any other attacks from now on
Raichi tried to dribble but was faced with multiple aggressive pushes which led the ball to Team X's Star, Barou
Barou made his run while Dribbling past anyone of any team to get in his shooting range, As he stepped into that range he made a power shot on the right top corner which entered the net, Giving Team X a lead of 1-0
"You trash players cannot stop the King"
Barou started walking to his half while looking at Isagi as he was the one he got outperformed by
While Barou was making a remark to Isagi, Kunigami, and Kira were arguing with Raichi
"What didn't you pass, I was wide open!"
Kunigami was the first to show his frustration, Raichi though didn't like that tone and got to Kunigami's face with anger
"Yeah!, and why should I pass to you anyway, Do you not get that the top scorers can advance, Do you think the team which is the weakest in the entire building is capable of becoming the top 2 between these 5 teams?"
Raichi shot back at Kunigami, Isagi got in the middle to stop the fight while pushing Raichi back
"Isagi, Why did you pass to him, He tried to steal the ball from you right after the game started"
Naruhaya who was on defense spoke up but before Isagi could answer the speakers instructed them to resume the game
Kira passed back to Isagi, Isagi didn't trap the ball instead kicked it forward and ran after it, Barou again got there and tried to steal the ball but was nutmegged by Isagi, Isagi didn't stop there and kept breaking through the Mid-Field of Team X, and now was faced with 4 Defenders
"Give it here, Isagi!"
Raichi got to the right, standing next to Bachira who was positioning himself to receive the ball, Isagi smiled and kept his run and made a run to the right which the defenders followed, Isagi drew them and changed his direction to the left, 2 players who sprinted on the right tried to catch up to Isagi but lost their balance and fell on the ground
Isagi nutmegged the Defender on the left and right past the other, reaching near the penalty area, Kira kept showing his presence to Isagi as he was open
Isagi didn't show any sign of passing and instead made a finesse power shot from distance to the top right corner
Exactly the way Barou made his shot, Barou saw and recognized the way Isagi copied his move with perfection
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