Chapter 264 Game sealed
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His eyes became restless and his expression turned ugly. At the same time his mind started to think of different scenarios.
The more closer the opposing player got to him, the more his thoughts started to become messy. After few breathes, he could no longer think clear-headedly.
Having no choice, he then decided to grab the most optimal choice which was present right infront of him; he chose to pass the ball to Hiro.
The moment his gaze landed on Hiro a light flashed past his eyes as an image of Hiro gesturing him to make his run reflected in his eyes.
After releasing the ball from his feet, he then immediately started to run without wasting any time.
The ball rolled between the leg of one of opposing player before finding it's way to Hiro.
There were already two players tailing him from behind. Thus without even looking, Hiro then performed a chop as he sent the ball out of the box.
"What?!"
Those two players who were tailing him, murmured in shock almost at the same time.
However before they could adjust their thoughts, Hiro nimbly swayed his body and changed his direction.
His footworks insane, his vision unparalleled, when everybody were focused on him, he managed to shift the attention away from him and disappear from the limelight only to appear again after short while.
That chop pass was meant for Kaminari who had almost disappeared after performing that throw-in a moment ago.
The moment players closed to Hiro shifted their attention towards Kaminari, Hiro immediately disappeared from their sight.
As those two players who were tailing after Hiro, refocused their attention towards Hiro, he was nowhere to be seen.
From one side to next, right now Nijichi was on the opposite flank rushing towards the ball.
Before most players could even turn around, Nijichi slid down while extending his legs. Because of the power Hiro had put on the ball, Nijichi didn't even require to kick hard.
All he had to to do was put his legs in between and change the direction of the ball.
And that's what he did. He only extended his legs without even trying to kick the ball.
The ball as it bounced off Nijichi's legs, changed it's direction towards the post.
The keeper of Saudi Arabia had already made his dive earlier to prevent the shot, shot by Hiro. But now while facing this unexpected turn of events, he could do absolutely nothing.
He could only watch like a spectator.
Apart from his height, he knew that he wasn't anything special. His reflexes were decent not like those world class keepers with insane reflexes. Thus he couldn't change his direction midway and make another dive.
At once, sea of spectators erupted into euphoria as they witnessed the ball crossing the goal-line.
"Gooooaaaaallllllll!!!"
Their loud cheers reverberated all over the stadium like deafening sound of thunder.
Although the main orchestrator who had orchestrated this amazing play remained silent, Nijichi who had delivered the final flow immediately lifted his body from the ground and rushed towards the sidelines.
Sliding along the way on his legs, he celebrated his goal by yelling at the top his voice, "Yeaahhhhh!!" While throwing his fist in the air.
"Magnificent!! Absolutely magnificent. A brilliant display of team play by players of Japan" spoke the commentator.
Players of Japan continued to celebrate for a while. And only after sometime, did they stop their celebration to return back to their position.
And just like this, they further expanded their lead. Finally as the referee blew the final whistle of the game, announcing the end of the game, all of the players halted their movement.
And just like this Japan easily won the game against Saudi Arabia by a landslide score of 5-1.