After Team Z's goal, the game went into halftime, and both teams found themselves in their locker rooms.
Team Z Locker Room: "OH YEAH, these guys can't stop us," shouted Bachira as he hugged Igaguri. "TEAM Z IS UNSTOPPABLE!" affirmed Igaguri. All the Team Z players seemed extremely happy with how the game was going, except Chigiri, who looked a bit upset, noticed by Arata and Isagi. "Hey, what's your problem? We're winning," said Isagi. "...," Chigiri just stayed silent. "Relax, in the end, it's 1-1 between you two. He got past you once, and you got past him once. When we come back from halftime, you'll have your chance to show who's the real winner," said Arata.
The game resumed with Team Z in possession, with Raichi controlling the ball until a defender came at him, and to get past him, Raichi used his body to gain an advantage but ended up knocking him down after a shoulder-to-shoulder challenge. "WHAT? How's that not a foul?" asked Hirakazu Midorikawa. "You should go play chess since you can't even stand up after a body-to-body challenge, you piece of crap," said Raichi, who, after winning the challenge against the defender, passed to Isagi, who saw Chigiri running down the left wing and made the pass to him. Chigiri managed to control it and prepared to sprint at his maximum. "Where do you think you're going?" taunted Zantetsu as he came to mark Chigiri, who ignored him and sprinted full speed toward the endline. The speed he reached impressed everyone watching and was more than enough to surpass Zantetsu. When the ball was near the endline, he crossed it into the box aiming for Arata, but it didn't come out as he wanted because it was too strong, ending up with Kunigami, who was farther from the goal. But he had the idea to head the ball back into the area toward Arata, who was right in the middle of the penalty area. The markers around him were eager to see what Arata would do when he received the ball, but what they saw was him jumping before the ball reached him and touching it with his heel while doing some sort of karate move in the air, tapping the ball to Isagi, who was at the top of the Penalty Arc and received the ball surprised by Arata's play because it wasn't what neither he nor the defenders expected. But as soon as he received the pass, Isagi used his Direct Shot to score a goal for Team Z. 5-2 (Team Z)
Now with Team V's possession, Reo can be seen with the ball at his feet, but with a not very happy face. "Dang, nothing's going as planned. The plays down the flanks with Zantetsu aren't as effective because of that red-headed guy who's keeping up with him, and those double marks from those guys, along with Isagi's sneaky steals, aren't letting me create plays for Nagi. At this rate, we won't be able to win," Reo, absorbed in his thoughts, didn't notice Igaguri coming up behind him and stealing the ball. "HAHAHA, this guy's totally lost," said Igaguri as he ran off with the ball. "Hey, pass it here," said Bachira, who was on the right wing. After receiving the ball, Bachira ran toward his first marker who was hesitant to tackle Bachira, so, he was taking steps backward as Bachira advanced with the ball, and noticing this, he sped up the run, and the defender couldn't keep up. Another one appeared and was overcome with a dazzling elastico, now he was about to reach the endline when he was surprised by Reo. "I'm not letting you cross into the penalty area," said Reo. "That's fine then," said Bachira, cutting the ball to the middle toward the Penalty Arc, preparing to shoot, but Reo managed to follow the play and was stepping in front of Bachira so he wouldn't shoot, but Bachira just nutmegged him and at the same time entered the ball into the penalty area and shot it to the corner of the goal, scoring a great goal for Team Z.
Ending the game 6-3 for Team Z with goals scored by Arata (3), Bachira (2), Isagi (1). The Team Z players explode in celebration on the field for the great victory against Team V until the result of the first selection is announced. 1st Team Z With 12 Points (+23) 2nd Team V With 9 Points (+11) 3rd Team W With 4 Points (-7) 4th Team Y With 4 Points (-15) 5th Team X With 0 Points (-12) With all players from Team Z and Team V moving on to the second phase and Junichi Wanima, Ikki Niko, and Shoei Barou advancing to the next phase for being the top scorers of their teams. In the Team Z dining room: "Did you see my second goal? I destroyed that Reo," said Bachira, laughing while eating. "I dominated the midfield against those worms," affirmed Raichi. After dinner, the Team Z players fell asleep.