Team Z walked towards the training ground where the match between them and Team Y was about to happen, They entered the field and glanced to the left where Team Y players were standing
Isagi's eyes scanned them as he spotted Niko, The 2nd Isagi, He wasn't sure if he could do those intense plays of manipulating the field and all but it was still Isagi's body so he might be able to, He wanted to at least experience it once
While Isagi was having these thoughts, Every player on the field got into their positions, Isagi in the Mid-Field stood while observing Team Y's formation
He stretched his gloves while staring at Niko, Okawa kicked off and sent the ball to Niko, Okawa slowly but efficiently made his way toward Team Z's defense line, Niko passed the ball around with his teammate and as Okawa got in the position, He didn't wait and launched the ball towards Okawa and leaped out of the defense line
'Score It, Okawa!'
Niko saw how Okawa was already ahead of every defender of Team Z and would have only the Goalie to beat which was very easy for Okawa
"What!?"
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Flashback
Last Night during the formation discussion meeting
"Gagamaru, Your job is to cut off all the passes to Okawa, There will be some lofted passes towards him, So you have to use your height to cut off all those Passes"
"Got It!"
Gagamaru said as he tried jumping around, Practicing how he would stop Niko's pass
Flashback Ends
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"Good Job, Gagamaru!"
"Nice Block!"
Gagamaru headed the ball to Chigiri who quickly passed it to Isagi in front, Isagi also didn't hold the ball and passed it to Bachira on the Right
"Break their defense!"
Isagi commanded Bachira to wreck the back line of Team Y
"Aye Aye, Commander!"
Bachira complied with the orders perfectly as he got past 2 defenders easily, He scanned the front side to pass but Kira and Kunigami weren't totally open, Team Y knew the threats these Strikers could produce from the footage they had studied, Especially Kunigami
"Ah, You want it here, Right?"
Bachira's eyes flickered as he saw Isagi running towards the Penalty Box which was still far from the Goal, but not too far for Isagi
He passed it to Isagi, Isagi smiled as he could experience these curved passes of Bachira which were although wasn't rare still hard to accomplish for many, He smiled as he shot the ball from around 43 metres towards the Top-Right Corner, The Goalkeeper dived to his left to get the ball as the ball's trajectory was quite obvious but the speed that ball had and the aim which went straight for that top corner, All he accomplished to touched was the air created by the ball's speed
Niko helplessly stared at the ball which went past everybody who could only stare at the ball go to their net, He didn't expect Isagi to start with the Goal this early, that too from such a long-range
"What the heck are you doing, It was such an obvious shot!"
"Ha! Why don't you try to save that then!"
Team Y started arguing among themselves which was stopped by Niko, While Team Z was celebrating wildly with Isagi being the center of it
"That was Terrific!"
"I knew you could do it, But to this extent is just crazy!"
While he was being showered with praises he tried to get them back to their positions, While doing that he praised Gagamaru for his interception of Niko's pass
He needed Gagamaru in that position which ease his worries and he could focus on the front
Team Y started the game and as they were trying to ease up their play, Niko was calculating while scanning the field which seemed hard as this formation was unexpected for him, He expected them to play the same formation as last time, But they changed it in a way which was troubling for his strategy, He chooses to observe for while and passed the ball to his teammate who now was facing Naruhaya on the left, Naruhaya tried to steal the ball but his small build couldn't keep Team Y's player who got past him
When Niko made that pass, Isagi ran to the left as Naruhaya wouldn't be able to steal the ball and as soon as Naruhaya got beaten by Team Y's player, Isagi tackled him with a slide and also pushed the ball towards Naruhaya
"Attack!"
Isagi said as he got up to Naruhaya
"Don't need to tell me twice!"
Naruhaya ran straight on the left, shifting his position from LM to LW, Kunigami and Kira also made a run panicking the entire Team Y to get on defense
Naruhaya didn't wait much and made an early cross which Kira and Kunnigami pursued, It seemed to be going for Kira who smiled as he could finally score a Goal that would display his skills
Kira jumped to head It but as the ball was heading towards him, He saw a leg reaching for the ball
"What the hell!?"
Kira couldn't believe that such a fast counter attack was read by this Player, The effort didn't go to waste as the ball's Trajectory was changed and the one who read that play was Niko
However, Niko didn't notice that somebody else also read him going for that ball and now he had the ball at his feet
It was Isagi, He saw Niko going after Kunigami and Kira simultaneously but changed it to Kira after seeing the trajectory of Naruhaya's cross
Isagi positioned himself to catch the loose ball and it paid off
'Man, Maybe this 'Chess Type' of Football can only be played at Blue Lock, But I love it!'
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