Chapter 214 Ultimate Showdown IV
As the ball evaded the reach of the keeper of Sagan Tosu and crossed the goal-line, the once tensed supporters of Kawasaki immediately rose from their seats as they yelled at the top of their voice, "Gooooaaaaallllllll!!"
Excitement at it's peak, there faces were brimming with joy while they were letting out thunderous roars from the bottom of their heart.
With the cheers of the fans, the whole stadium had lit up with the joyous chants of celebration.
However not every fans present in the stand were happy about the outcome, some were quite shocked and depressed as well.
Grabbing onto their head with both their hands, they were grieving over the goal their team had just conceded.
While one group of fans were rejoicing the goal another group of fans were grieving the goal. One outcome, two different reactions.
Still the sounds of joyous cheers was byfar overshadowing the sounds of disappointment and jeers.
Also since the match was being broadcasted live today, not only in the stadium but sounds of cheers could be heard from different parts of the country as well.
A lot of people were paying attention to the match between Kawasaki and Sagan Tosu right now.
"Gooooaaaaallllllll!!"
Such chants could be heard from different parts of the country.
Inside a large spacious room, some kids were joyously celebrating Hiro's goal. Among those kids, figure of Akashi, Rin, Hinata and Sumire could also be seen.
While Akashi and Rin were energetically dancing and shouting, Hinata and Sumire were quietly sitting infront of the television screen.
"You must be quite happy right now" mumbled Hinata as she turned her head towards Sumire who was currently looking at television screen with a smile on her face.
Her eyes glowing while reflecting the image of Hiro and her cheeks flushed, Sumire was currently smiling while staring at the figure of Hiro in the television screen.
Although nobody among those two had confessed their feelings, after talking for such a long time, Hiro and Sumire had gotten quite closed to each other.
Honk!! Honk!!
And while the stadium was resounding with the chants of celebration, drums and horns, Hiro was also running towards the sidelines to celebrate his goal.
The atmosphere around the stadium was quite festive and lively.
Chased by his teammates, Hiro roared back at the crowd, "Yeaahhhhh!!!" as he celebrated his goal while throwing both his arms in the air, out of excitement after reaching the sidelines where the cameras where positioned.
He deliberately ran towards the side with cameras to increase his exposure and also to let his friends who were supporting him from behind the television screen see him up close.
Soon Hiro's teammates caught up to him and began to throw themselves over him as they too roared back at the crowd while waving their hands to the crowd.
"Who else if not him? Once again the best player of east league has showed why he's called the best." Commented the commentator.
Showering Hiro with praises continuosly, for some while, it seemed like even the commentator was biased towards the opposing team.
Just like this, at 29th minute of the match, Hiro broke the stalemate as he scored the first goal of the game and gave his team the early lead in the game.
After celebrating for a while, all of the players began to return back to their original position to resume the match.
While returning back to his position, Hiro casted a final glance at the opposing post before whispering to himself, "Left foot goal, completed. Two more goals left."
As he whispered those words, his eyes shone with determination as he clenched his fist before shifting his attention away from the post.
For sure, he was keeping track of the quest.
Not only that goal gave his team the lead, it also gave Hiro a confidence boost.
Once again while positioning himself in his position, Hiro quietly observed the faces and body language of the players.
He wanted to find out how his goal had impacted the opposing players.
May be it was because there were still more than 60 minutes left or may be it was because they had expected to concede some goals, not many players of Sagan Tosu U-18 looked anxious.
There were obviously few who looked quite devastated. Mostly the players who had failed to mark Hiro, they seemed the most anxious.
The reason why Hiro was trying to analyse the facial expression and body language of the opposing player was to find out the players who were panicking at the moment.
A calm person is the most hardest to deal with, however once someone starts to panic, he or she's bound to make some mistakes.
And Hiro wanted to take advantage of such players.
However even though he had easily dribbled past Ryotaro, he was still worried about Ryotaro the most. So during his observation, he casted his gaze towards Ryotaro.
However Ryotaro who was humiliated by Hiro a moment ago had no changes in his facial expression. He was still the same. His eyes completely focused at the ball, he looked the same as he was at the beginning of the match.
As if he was totally unbothered by the earlier humiliation, he was currently calmly analysing the field infront of him.
'Guess it's still not enough to break his composure' thought Hiro as he retracted his gaze from Ryotaro.
Only if Hiro could hear Ryotaro's thought, he'd have been able to find out how wrong his thoughts were right now.
Ryotaro was only putting a facade by displaying an indifferent expression. Truth be told, Ryotaro was fuming with anger right now.
How could he not be angry? Afterall his hard earned reputation was tarnished by Hiro so easily in such a short period of time. So how could he not be angry?
No matter how cool and composed he showed himself, Ryotaro was still a kid who was in his teen years.
'That fricking kid made a fool out of me. Just you wait now. I didn't meant to play dirty but it seems I can't win without playing dirty' thought Ryotaro while thinking about the moment when he was tricked by Hiro.
Not only Ryotaro but many players from the opposing team were thinking the same. After seeing Hiro in action, they all had came to a realisation that they couldn't win against Hiro fair and square.
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