When the overtime ended, the players helped each other move and then fell to the ground exhausted. They were all too tired. The game had been more than 130 minutes. The players on both sides had done their best, and the match had miraculously ended up like this. It was already beyond everyone's expectations. At this time, it did not matter who won or lost. The audience fell silent with reverence. There was no doubt that they had the honor of witnessing an unforgettable game. What followed was an even more exciting and challenging penalty shootout.
At this time, the fans who were watching the game in China sighed. The Chinese football team might not have a chance to beat the Japanese team in 10 years. The level of these Japanese primary school students had exceeded the level of the current Chinese national team players. The commentators were also surprised to find that the tie score of 5:5 was completely similar to the battle between Kenshin Uesugi and Takeda Shingen on Chuanzhong Island. At that time, they had also fought five times over the years without a final victory. They also appreciated each other and thought of each other as divine friends.
Everyone knew that the outcome of a penalty shootout was like tossing a coin to determine fate. The outcome was entirely up to fate. It could be said that no one was a loser in this competition. They did not disgrace the illustrious reputation of the two famous generals. The entire audience also spread the word that this score was the fate of the showdown between Qian Xin and Shingen. They were all famous generals and no one was a loser. Therefore, everyone became serious. Today, they witnessed the most exciting match between the famous players of the Warring States Period. Although they used football, history would bear witness to this moment.
The substitutes on both sides were desperately trying to relax the leg muscles of the players who had fallen to the ground. The official players were desperately drinking water. There was not much time left for them. The penalty shootout was about to begin, but almost no one had the strength to stand up. Coach Noguchi was nervously setting the order of the shots. He knew that the next step would be to test everyone's mental fortitude. The audience did not dare to shout anymore. The atmosphere became tense, and everyone was afraid of affecting the children's minds.
The entire Capital City Police Department was also attracted by the game, so much so that many police officers forgot their original tasks. The police department in charge was so angry that they scolded the group of men and told them to get ready. Once the penalty shootout was decided, they had to prevent fans from causing trouble. However, the police officers who loved football knew that no one would cause trouble. The final outcome of the game was no longer important. Everyone only wanted to see the final efforts of both sides. No matter which famous player's supporters were moved by the players on both sides.
At this moment, the captain of the Imperial Pill Division, Sky Ape, stood up and asked the team doctor to remove the bandages. Everyone was stunned. Yuan Ye smiled." My injury isn't particularly serious. This is the opportunity I've been dreaming of. The reason why I wore the bandage earlier was that I hoped I could last until the end. Now, the time has finally come. Only by removing the bandage can I perform to my full strength. This is also my respect for my opponent.”After saying that, Flying Sky generously waved at the goalkeeper." Remember, I'm your captain now. Please believe me. The winner will be decided after the first round of penalty kicks. No one can beat me as the goalkeeper. Absolutely not."”
Looking at Flying Sky, who was full of confidence and in high spirits, everyone's confidence was boosted. Yes, their captain's arm should be fine after such a short while. Flying Sky saw that everyone stood up and continued to encourage them." Everyone, don't worry and go ahead with your kicks. Don't feel pressured. I'll throw all the balls that the opponent kicks at me. Haha, all you need to do is to score a goal.”Everyone remembered that Flying Sky had specially trained to save the ball. They all felt that they would definitely win this time, so they relaxed.
Coach Noguchi thought to himself," This captain of Flying Sky is really awesome. With just a few words, he can reduce everyone's pressure. Maybe we can really win today's game." Only Flying Sky knew how much trouble his arm injury had brought him today. He was the captain, and the football team was his many years of hard work. He could not let the team lose the game because of him. Flying Sky was confident in himself, even though he knew that the other team's goalkeeper was also very good. On the other side, Yamahara Elementary School was also ready. They were cheering each other on. No one wanted to lose in the end, even though no one would blame them. The penalty shootout was indeed all about luck. In addition, the psychological quality of the players was also crucial.
Seeing the bandages removed and Sky Ape walking towards the goal, the entire stadium burst into thunderous applause. They were all full of respect for the heroic captain, Didan. Only the couple and his sister in front of the TV were full of worry. At this time, both sides tossed a coin to choose which side to start the penalty shot first. In the end, Di Dan's luck was bad, and Shan Yuan drew the right to start the penalty shot first. Everyone knew that in previous statistics, the team that took the first penalty had a much higher chance of winning than the team that took the second penalty because the pressure on the team that took the second penalty was greater than the first. Qian Jun sighed. Was the luck of Martial Monarch Realm pills always bad? He hoped that the lucky stick Xiaolan gave him would be useful. The penalty shootout began. The audience on the field and in front of the television held their breath. It was time to test them.
The first player of Yamahara was the striker who had scored a goal earlier. He shot a tricky ball. Unfortunately, Flying Sky could not reach it, but his direction was correct. The audience on Yamamoto's side cheered, and the cheerleaders also congratulated loudly. Next, the referee signaled for Didan to make a free throw. Kudo Shinichi, the ace player in the team, was naturally the best choice. The ball was kicked out and flew high into the air. Shinichi covered his head in annoyance and squatted down. Yamamoto's goalkeeper jumped up happily. He was originally the most worried about Shinichi's ball.
With this, the score became 5:6, with Yamahara temporarily in the lead. Qian Jun pulled Shinichi up and asked where the lucky draw was. Shinichi then realized that it had dropped after overtime. Qian Jun couldn't help but sigh. This was too exaggerated. Seeing Shinichi fail his free throw, Xiaolan felt conflicted. She knew that Shinichi must be feeling worse than anyone else because he was the team's ace and was under the most pressure.
The second round began. This time, Flying Sky didn't disappoint everyone's expectations. He stopped the forward who had scored a goal from Yamahara Elementary School. Flying Sky roared into the sky, and everyone was happy. The fans on the side of Di Dan were relieved. The forward who had lost the ball looked no better than Shinichi. He crawled on the ground and refused to get up. When it was Didan's turn to make a free throw, Tozen Puli, as the second striker, steadily shot the ball into the net. The Shanyuan goalkeeper made an error in judgment and pounced in the wrong direction. The score became even again, 6:6, and the entire stadium became nervous.
In the third round, Yamahara's center back hit the ball into the goal. Flying Sky threw the ball out of his hand, but the injury on his arm still affected his performance. Didan's Chiguchi Fumiyoshi also successfully hit the ball. Similarly, Yamahara's goalkeeper also failed to save the ball, and the score became 7:7.
The pressure on the players at the back was even greater. In the fourth round, one of the players from Shanyuan shot a penalty kick. The ball flew to the far corner. Flying Sky flew up and threw the ball out of the goal. The ball did not go in. On the Martial Monarch Realm's side, there were cheers for Feixiao's wonderful save, while on the Shan Yuan side, there were sighs. However, Didan's penalty shot was confiscated by Yamahara's goalkeeper because the angle was too right. This time, it was Yamahara's turn to cheer, and the imperial pill's side to sigh. Everyone pulled up the frustrated Taguchi Tachiaki and kept comforting him.
The score had not changed, and now it was time for the last round. The captain of the defenders of Yamahara personally took the last penalty kick. Everyone was extremely nervous, and the ball ran to the top left of Flying Sky's beam. Flying Sky tilted his body and stretched out his long arm to hold the ball firmly. Then he knelt on one knee and shouted happily. The captain of Shanyuan's team had a gray face as he sat on the ground. Everyone on the Martial Monarch Realm Pill's side was happy. There was still hope. Now, it was time to see if the final penalty kick could be scored. Qian Jun heard the referee's whistle and shot. The ball flew to the bottom left corner of the goal. The Shanyuan goalkeeper couldn't save it in time. The ball went in and the score became 8:7.
At this point, Imperial Pill Primary School had won the national competition. Cheers filled the stadium and the stands. Yamahara's goalkeeper lay in the goal with tears streaming down his face. Didan's substitutes cheered as they threw their captain, Akino, high into the air and caught him. At the last moment, Akino successfully saved three penalty kicks to defeat Yamahara Elementary School. The opposing goalkeeper only saved one penalty kick.
Shinichi and Libin, who were originally depressed, were also happily clapping and celebrating. The rookie 4th graders were also exceptionally happy and hugged each other to congratulate each other. Jing Yang and Naoko hugged each other again, but this time they didn't kiss. However, from the garden's perspective, they must be hiding something. Yuan Zi happily ordered the cheerleaders to bring the flag and image of Takeda Shingen's Wind Forest Volcano to the leader's platform. Everyone rushed over to celebrate. The members of the Imperial Pill Division were lying on the ground or sitting on the lawn, drinking water. The team doctor was nervously putting bandages on their captain, Flying Sky, who was sitting on the ground.
Qian Jun was the only one who ran over excitedly when he saw them coming. He gave them a hug, then let go and shouted at Lan," Lan, thank you for your lucky charm. I guess you must be the darling of the lucky goddess. We won the competition." Our dream of six years has finally come true.”Looking at Qian Jun's happy face, Xiao Lan blushed. She was also very happy." No, that's the result of your own hard work." Qian Jun, you did very well today. You scored the final goal in overtime and penalty kick. Congratulations.”Qian Jun winked at Xiao Lan and dragged Shinichi over." Xiao Lan, I'm handing you the hero of today's hat-trick. You have to take good care of him. He doesn't have any strength left. You can torture him however you want, haha."”Shinichi's face was filled with black lines. He had made a bad friend by mistake. Xiaolan was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to do.
After Qian Jun finished laughing, he ran over to hug Jing Yang and Naoko. He was so happy to feel the unique aura of the two girls. It was not easy to have such a legitimate opportunity. Of course, he had to hug them for a while longer. His hand unconsciously touched Naoko's buttocks. Jing Yang, who noticed his bad intentions, punched him and asked him to put Naoko down. Qian Jun took the opportunity to kiss Jing Yang and Naoko on their foreheads, then ran away. Jing Yang was furious and chased after him with Naoko.
Coach Noguchi looked at Qianjun, who was still alive and kicking, and secretly admired Master Shinsho, who taught him martial arts. He wondered how that master trained Qianjun to have such amazing physical strength. He was also very happy that he had finally brought the team to the championship. This game made him feel that he had no regrets in his life. At this moment, Yuan Zi was sitting on the ground, taking a bottle of water and gulping it down. Her voice was like it was on fire, and she was practically shouting commands from the stands. Sonoko suddenly looked up and saw the captain, Hiroyuki Saruno, walking up to her and bowing." Suzuki-san, thank you so much for your support."”Yuan Zi quickly stood up and returned the greeting. She said embarrassedly," You're too kind, Captain Ape. Your performance today was really great. I'm afraid the entire nation's audience will remember your name."”
At this time, the results of the championship and runner-up battle were announced on the platform. Didan Elementary School was the champion, and Yamahara Elementary School was the runner-up. There were a total of 36 players (11 players and 7 substitutes for each team) and two coaches who participated in today's game. The team flags of both teams would be recorded in the National League journal. This championship and runner-up battle would be recorded in the history of Japanese football as a classic battle. The best player of the National League was won by Shinichi Kudo of Didan Elementary School, and the captain of Didan Elementary School, Hiroyuki Saruno, was named the best goalkeeper.
Just as Didan was celebrating their victory, the entire Shanyuan was already sobbing. Finally, the captain of the rear guard stood up and pulled his teammates up." Thank you for your long-term support and guidance. The summer of our sixth grade has ended here. I have no regrets, nor do I have anything to regret. The responsibility for today's defeat is on me, the captain. Please don't take it to heart. In the future, you must continue to inherit General Qian Xin's will. I hope that you can win the championship one day.”After saying this, the captain's face was covered in tears.
"Let's go and line up. We lost today's game.”The captain took the lead and walked to the center of the field. His teammates supported each other and followed him with tears in their eyes. At this moment, Sky Ape urged everyone to line up. Everyone had a solemn expression on their faces. This time, their opponent was worthy of respect. The captains of both sides took the lead to shake hands. They were full of admiration for each other. "Congratulations on winning the championship. Your Martial Monarch Realm pills are really strong.”
"Thank you. You are not bad either. You have not disgraced General Uesugi Kenshin's reputation.”Then, after the two teams shook hands, under the gaze of the members of Didan Elementary School, Captain Yamahara raised the flag and led the team members out of the stadium in an orderly manner through the players 'passage accompanied by the coach. The audience who had not left the stadium stood up and applauded to send them off. Then, many of the audience began to leave in an orderly manner without causing any dissatisfaction or commotion. The police department in charge of maintaining order in Kyoto was finally relieved.
Next was the celebration of Didan Elementary School's championship. The Kudo couple, the Hengno couple, Dr. A'li, and Mr. Fujino all came to congratulate everyone. Xiaoyue and Qianxun also ran down. Qian Jun picked up the two sisters in each hand and took pictures of them. Shinichi and Xiaolan held each other's arms, and Yuan Zi took a photo of them.
Qian Jun then ran over to grab Jing Yang and Naoko's shoulders with both hands and took an intimate photo of the three of them. Sonoko took a photo with all her cheerleaders to commemorate this success. Saruno went over to invite Sonoko to take a photo of the football captain and cheerleader standing side by side. Qian Jun took a family photo with his parents, sister, cousin, and Mr. Fujino. Shinichi took a photo with the Kudo couple and Dr. Agasi. Qian Jun suggested that the six best friends of the football team take a photo together. They were Kudo Shinichi, Qianshui Qianjun, Senguchi Bunyoshi, Tsuchisu Puri, Taguchi Tachiaki, and Saruno Feixiao.
Coach Noguchi called all the team members, doctors, assistants, cheerleaders, and teachers over to take a photo of the champion of the National League. In the photo, the tall Flying Sky Ape held the flag of Wind, Forest, and Volcano in the middle, and Sonoko squatted in front of the team holding the portrait of the Fierce Tiger God of War. The new champion raised the trophy high, and Coach Noguchi was surrounded by everyone. Everyone had happy smiles on their faces. Later, this precious photo was stored in the annals of the Royal Elixir Elementary School. After everyone took photos of each other, they gathered in a circle and clapped their hands to celebrate their hard-won victory. The happy atmosphere infected many of the audience who had not left the venue and the fans in front of the television.
A few days later, in the soccer stadium of Didan Primary School, the captain, Akino Soaring Sky, officially handed the flag of the Wind Forest Volcano team to the next captain, a fifth-year junior who had performed well in the competition. Hiroyuki Saruno expressed that the 16 members of the 6th grade would be leaving the team. They had achieved their dream of dominating the country this year, so there was nothing to regret. He hoped that the juniors would continue to work hard in the future and not disgrace General Takeda Shingen's flag.
After saying that, he bowed and thanked everyone. Then, the other 6th grade members also came forward to bid farewell to the juniors. Although it was a little heavy, everyone was more happy. After all, the seniors had realized their dream of becoming champions. Some of the juniors asked their seniors which school they would be attending in the future. Most of the members who had left the team said that they would continue their studies in Didan Country. There were also a few members who had no choice but to transfer to other junior high schools due to family reasons. Of course, Xin Yi, Qian Jun, Wen Liang, Pu Li, Li Bin, and Flying Sky, these six absolute main players, would all be promoted to Didan Nation.
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