Chapter 328 Skillful maneuver
Akihiro also famously known as Monk on steroids by many players in the league, given his bald headed appearance and bulky build upon intercepting a pass in the middle third sent the ball flying up the field.
And Hiro, showcasing his excellent off the ball movement, got past his only mark with ease.
Upon noticing the figure of Hiro that had easily shook his mark and currently on his way towards their post, many of the opposing players felt their heart palpitating.
Wasn't he still injured? So how could he run like that?
Several questions rose within the hearts of the players who previously had underestimated Hiro. For their one simple mistake, they were now going to pay a heavy price.
Making use of his skill lightning steps, Hiro cut through the defense of the opposing team and immediately closed the distance between him and the ball.
However he wasn't the only one who was chasing after the ball currently. Desperate to produce results, Yuya who was on his wits end was also blindly rushing towards the ball.
If it continued, they were bound to overlap. And if that happened, their momentum might get disrupted and the opposing team might catch up to them. However that wasn't the only concern of Hiro.
Before speeding, Hiro had been keeping tabs of the position of every player on the field. And due to that Hiro knew that Yuya was in an offside position.nove(l)bi(n.)com
So now if he were to touch the ball that would disrupt the whole build up.
Taking everything into consideration, despite knowing about the possibility that he might overlap with Yuya and the build up might get disrupted, instead of slowing down, Hiro then tried to increase his pace so that he could reach the ball ahead of Yuya.
"What is that moron doing?"
lightsΝοvεl ƈοm "Why is he rushing towards the ball as well?"
However despite his carefulness, he had misjudged one thing and made a huge blunder in his judgement. Letting Hiro to close in would probably be his biggest mistake right now.
With his newly acquired talent, Knight in the area from the recent international tournament, Hiro's threat level would increase even more inside the penalty box.
One could even say that him being inside the box was even more dangerous than his powerful long shots using his skill fireball shot.
Will he shoot? When will he shoot?
With such thoughts running amuck in his mind, he approached Hiro with his guard raised.
While his eyes were constantly on the lookout for any subtle changes in Hiro and converged at Hiro, Hiro wasn't even looking at him.
Finally as those two closed in their distance enough, the opposing keeper became impatient and threw his body towards Hiro.
Sensing the incoming keeper, Hiro while maintaining a poker face lightly tapped at the bottom of the ball and chipped the ball above the keeper. At same time, he also lifted himself from the ground and jumped over the keeper lying on the ground.
The crowd erupted in a collective gasp. And in an instant their cheers transformed into a deafening roar as they witnessed Hiro's audacity and skill.
It was a masterpiece in motion— an effortless display of technique and finesse.
With the keeper lying behind, Hiro found himself in front of an open post. Now all he had to do was to tap the ball in.
But despite being right in front of an open post, Hiro didn't shoot the ball towards the post. Instead he shot the ball sideway where Yuya was making his run.
Yuya was dumbfounded by Hiro's decision. Instead of shooting the ball towards the post, he had decided to make a pass.