Ibuki vs Tenryu I

The venue for the match was at Ibuki school ground. The place was packed, couldn't expect more from the first match of the preliminary stage.Students, teachers, parents and other individuals came around to watch the match.The starting line up was the usual this time around Aoki was on the bench. "Welcome back to the sidelines partner" Kobayashi teased him "Shut up" Aoki barked furiously he was restless and wanted to get into that pitch by all meansAnd Aoki was warming the bench Inuoe was in the game making his first appearance in some monthsThe kick off was in Ibuki favour and as the referee whistle sounded the game started. The mission was simple, win at all costs.Within the first few minutes into the first half Ibuki lost the ball in the hands of Ito and a quick counter was launched.Ibuki had two defenders being their two Centre backs marking Tenryu three forwardsWith his acceleration and pace Eita makes a gap between him and the midfielders he plays a long pass to the other side of the field where Inuoe was."Aoki!!" The coach calls out "I want you to learn a thing or two from Inuoe" The coach said stunning Aoki"Learn something from Inuoe senpai? But what's there to learn?" Aoki asked "Watch and see, and you'll see why you were subbed and in order to play in this team you need to best Inuoe" The Coach said Inuoe traps the ball with leg and begins to move to the penalty box. As Inuoe draws closer, Shota, Tatsuya and Sato also went further from Inuoe creating a big space around Inuoe.Inuoe bends his body and uses the inside part of his leg to curl the ball inside the net scoring the first goal of the game. Ibuki 0 : 1 Tenryu Goal scorer Inuoe.After a quick celebration the.game started again. Inuoe got the ball again, but this time in a tight position, at the centre of the pitch he was being tackled by three players. The marked him perfectly that he couldn't see a space to pass to any body around him unless he takes it back to the defence Inuoe makes a quick scan around his surroundings, he makes attempt to go back to the defence but flicked the ball up, using his laps to give the ball more height he throws his body up and does a bicycle kick passing the ball to Ito who was totally free "Have you figured it out yet" The Coach asked "humm… he is good, he looks for the free people and passes to them" Aoki said cheaply "No, he is decisive and calculating…" The Coach said "...He makes options in his head and looks for the best amongst them, that's why he is so clinical and that makes him and outstanding playmaker"Ito played the ball to Sato who was on the right wing and was marked by one of the defenders. Sato stops at a spot facing the defender head on, he begins to do his signature step over confusing the defender, as he was about to cut the field moisture betrays making him sleep and fall ass first on the ground.Seeing his poor situation the opposing fans began to make fun of him. "Arghh I'll show you all" Sato grunts and heads back to the game.Around twenty minutes into the match Ibuki made a counter that got Tenryu defence off balance.Ibuki were playing an attacking 4-4-2 formation, having two centre forwards, two central midfielders and two attacking midfielders. It was risky, living big spaces at the side and a wrong choice to play against Tenryu which their power houses are wingers This time Tenryu had three defenders guarding the post and on the other hand Ibuki had four strikers going towards the post As they drew closer to the defence they split up, two plays spread to the side widening Tenryu defence and the remaining two attacked from centre.Even after spreading the defence they still found it hard to push forward, Yamamoto was cautious and carefully timed his step. Without thinking much into other opportunities the striker played the shot from just some metres outside the penalty boxThe ball had enough power but was deflected by Yamamoto and unfortunately for Yamamoto the ball confused the keeper and headed for the other side of the post.As the rate of anticipation grew watching the ball enter the post, Fujita who was at the other side had already started running to the ball, as the ball reached be line Fujita slide and kicked the ball away Some complained saying it was a goal but the referee didn't bother listening to their complaints and unfortunately this and just a high school game no VAR was present.Ibuki won a corner from it. Everybody clustered in the box looking for space to drive the ball into the net while other sought to remove it from the box The ball was curved into the box with a perfect height, but Yamamoto jumps up and heads the ball away to Inuoe who was outside the penalty box Inuoe traps the ball and takes a quick look around and begins to run at the Ibuki post.As he approached the centre he played a curl pass to Sato, it was almost identical to Trivela.Sato traps the ball and knew it was time to redeem himself, this time he does snake bit(Elastico) and passed the defender leaving only one defender in his path, but as he was about to dribble again, he uses his side eyes and spot Tatsuya was moving outside the box and had enough space around him, Sato plays the ball to TatsuyaWith one touch Tatsuya drives the ball into the net making it two for Tenryu 

A/N: Stone please