Chapter 404 He's playing!

Chapter 404 He's playing!

"Isn't that Hiro?"UppTodated from nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m

"Where?"

Hiro's entrance immediately caused an uproar in the stadium. Many looked at him with awe and surprise as he emerged out of the tunnel alongside the reserve players.

Kota's frown lifted upon seeing Hiro. Replacing the previous frown, an ecstatic smile blossomed on his face.

He excitedly waved his hand as he cheered at the top of his voice, trying his hardest to get Hiro's attention, "Big brother Hiro, best of luck"

At this moment, Hiro turned to look in his direction. Smiling, he waved back his hand as he responded to his cheers.

This gesture of Hiro made him even more ecstatic. His words reached him and he couldn't be more happy about it.

It's not that Hiro could hear him. But it was more like Hiro knew exactly where he'd be sitting. So, he addressed him based on the location of his seat, since originally it was him who had sent him the tickets.

"Hmph..., I told you all," sweeping his gaze around him, Kota mumbled proudly.

At this moment the same people who until a moment ago were criticizing him wandered their eyes as they tried to avoid locking eyes with him.

They were guilty of their behavior and comments. And, he could see it vividly in their gestures. But he didn't need their apology. Their guilt was enough to satiate him.

As much as it caused an uproar in the stadium, it created even more of an uproar outside the stadium. Even Hiro's teammates weren't aware of it let alone the general public.

"He's making his debut today?"

And, Hiro was expected to fill in his shoes.

"So, he's that fanboy whom he talked about previously?" looking in Kota's direction, Hiro's mother remarked to her husband who right now was seated by her side.

"Yeah, seems so."

Obviously, he had invited his parents.

Then the two of them sat beside each other as they reached the substitution box. Aside from him and Naoto, he hardly knew anyone else on the team.

The crowd was still as energetic and excited as ever. Eventually, as the match kicked start, people focused their attention on the match and forgot about him. But occasionally, they'd still glance at the substitution box to see if he was coming in.

They just couldn't hold their excitement of watching him play. Such was the anticipation in the stand today.

They were playing against Gamba Osaka who were a rather formidable team. Currently placed at the second place, they had not lost a single game yet. And, it didn't seem like they were going to lose this game as well.

Formidable in both offense and defense, they were in charge of the game. Dominating the ball possession, they hardly made any mistakes.

Still, the stalemate continued despite their efforts to score.

As impressive as ever Naoto, made countless amazing saves to keep them in the game. But if it continued, it seemed as if it was only a matter of time before the opposing team scored a goal.

Even so, Naoto continued to make countless impressive saves.

But despite his best efforts to keep them in the game, he still ended up conceding a goal in the 42nd minute of the match. Then again, before he could even compose himself, he conceded yet another goal just minutes before the end of the first half.

Just like this, the first half ended up with them tailing behind the opposing team by 2 goals.