PICTURE THE SCENE.
It’s the quarter-final of the Okayama high-school soccer tournament.
The pressure is on as both Sakuyo and Tamano-Konan strive to reach the final-four.
The game is delicately poised at 1-1 when your goalkeeper thumps a long goal-kick up-field with seconds remaining.
And moments later, you conjure the goal of your young life to drive the crowd wild and win the game for your team.
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So, Tamano-Konan progress to the semi-finals of their local competition and inch ever closer to the All-Japan tournament – the biggest amateur event in the country that features 48 school teams battling it out throughout December and January.
We know who we’ll be supporting from here on.
幸運を祈るよ
