Chapter 12 : Team Prevails

Isagi sprinted with the ball and was now faced with 2 players of Team X to block his path, He made a run towards the left side and cut back to make a pass on the right to the Striker of his Team

Kira dropped back to fend off the defenders to receive the pass which he passed back to Isagi, Isagi got past the defenders who came to steal the ball from him and received the ball from Kira

Isagi dribbled forward to get near the penalty box, As he closed on to the Penalty box he felt a presence lurking behind him, He stopped and flicked the ball behind and took a few steps back only to see the perpetrator who tried to steal the ball from him, It was Raichi who came from behind at a speed to steal and score the Goal but with Isagi's sudden movements whih surprsed him and he fell on the ground

Isagi felt a little annoyed at that but didn't let it affect much and made a shot

However, The ball's trajectory was blocked by a burly leg which intercepted the shot and trapped it right away, This time it was Barou who left Kunigami behind to mark Isagi

He got the ball and immediately made a run towards the other half, He got past Gagamaru and Naruhaya, Others couldn't even reach him as he bolted through them all and made a powerful finesse shot which Igarashi could only see going back in the net 

'Seriously!, Even after making everyone play like a team, we are barely holding on to this match'

Isagi was impressed with Barou, Even though it was somewhat his fault since he ended up neglecting Barou's presence which is quite hard to do, The one who played the biggest role in that goal would be Raichi, Raichi had an Ego which most of the character here don't possess yet, He wanted to use that for at least sometime but Raichi might end up making all of them like the original Team Z in the first match, A Total Mess

Raichi just finished his argument with Kira who was blaming Raichi for tackling Isagi and bottling the lead, Kunigami and Gagamaru intervened to stop them as they had to start the game

Isagi wasn't hyped about this match since the way Team X was playing wasn't football to him and he didn't find it amusing anymore but now that the clock was ticking, They needed to start scoring more otherwise Team Z would be in the same situation as the Original

Kira kicked the ball towards Isagi as Isagi had been making opportunities for them, Isagi started abusing his lethal Ball Control and dribbled past everybody who came in his way, Barou tried to steal the ball but Isagi flicked it and ignored Barou but Barou wasn't done with Isagi and was now running after him

Isagi saw Barou who got right next to him on the left while pushing him with his shoulder to shake his balance to steal the ball, After a while Isagi understood that Barou's physical strength was better than his and he wasn't going to hold onto the ball for much longer

Isagi while running push the ball between Barou's legs and went after it on the left, Barou tried go after Isagi on his left but was surprised to see no one on his left side only to suddenly see Isagi on his right and ahead of him, He somehow got his balance and kept running behind Isagi who didn't waste much time and made another long-range shot to the the Goal, The ball made a beautiful curve as it went towards the right side of the net but changed its trajectory and rested on the left corner

Team Z regained their lead and celebrated wildly, Isagi got away from the overly excited teammates and left to his half as the intercom urged them to start the game

Team X began the game in their same messy format which held out for a while until the game came to an end, The final score was 2-6, Team X lost to Team Z, and Team Z now has 3 points as leading the chart

Team X left the pitch with dejected looks except one who was angry and irritated by Isagi, He didn't blame himself since as soon as he got the ball he scored but Isagi had dribbled past him and scored which left a sour taste in his mouth 

On the other side, Isagi didn't feel too happy about the Team points as it wasn't going to stay that way for long, He was happy about his Hat-Trick in both scoring and assisting

He distracted the Goalkeeper and gave the ball to Kira who slotted the ball into an empty net while Kunigami scored a banger from the edge of the penalty box

They entered the locker room with smiles, A group was formed in the Team which consisted of Isagi, Kira, Kunigami, Bachira, and Gagamaru while others who didn't contribute much were only trying to somehow get into the group

Raichi and Chigiri stayed out of this, Raichi was fuming with anger and couldn't hold himself anymore and chose to confront Isagi

"Hey, Why did you not pass the ball even though I was open?!"

Raichi yelled at Isagi, After the first pass Isagi gave to Raichi, Isagi didn't even considered passing to Raichi after that, Even though Raichi kept his run and was open many times but Isagi never passed it to him which frustrated Raichi which was the reason for him to try to steal the ball from Isagi near the Penalty Box

"Let it be Raichi, We won the match"

Kira stated to Raichi as he made his way toward the water bottle on the counter

"Team X had that bulldozer freak on their side and no one among us stopped his run in that entire match!, You think we would've won if they passed to him more often!?"

"What's your point?"

Imamura who was also irritated by Raichi complaining all the time said with an irritated tone

"What I mean is that there are two more teams stronger than them and if they play like a team would we win?"

Raichi's question made everyone remember Barou's terrifying presence which would've broken them if it weren't for Isagi who kept scoring and making chances for the Team

"If Team X kept passing to him, I would've stopped him and about not passing to you so I think you don't remember that I did"

"Once!? Even in a disadvantageous position while you passed to these three in a Goal Scoring Positions"

Raichi didn't like this situation, Right now Isagi was the Top-Scorer of the team and if they lost the games coming ahead, Only Isagi would advance from this Team, and everyone else would get eliminated

"Yeah? So What? I passed to Kira, Kunigami, and Bachira once as well and they scored, Kira and I played one-two to get past defenders as well which you could've done when I passed to you but you went in straight to lose the ball from the first defender, I passed to Bachira and he had two defenders blocking his path but he scored and you didn't

So your question was why I didn't pass it to you? You tell me Why I should pass to you, Raichi?"

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