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Assuming Tatsumi stays as a coach for quite a while, he will be able to mold Tsubaki into a great captain. Until then, though, Tsubaki is still a pretty raw player, being as young as he is. He's got all the skills, all the traits, but he needs to sort out his confidence issues.

With that being said, the reffing was horrible. The slide on Tsubaki didn't even come close to touching the ball, and most top-level refs would have seen Mochida's dive.

Anyway, looking forward to see what Tatsumi is going to say during half time.

I get the feeling that by the series end Tsubaki will have developed into the league's or at least ETU's star player. as expected Gino raeped in this episode, and ETUs goalie blows. The matches seem like they will be very interesting, I was worried they would use too much of the 3d elements like in the opening.

btw this opening is addicting and awesome, bag-pipes ftw

Tsubaki's potential is scary, but he's soooo green. Made it easy for beady-eyed Mochida to bait him into that phantom foul. Having the episode stop mid-game is tough...all that waiting...

Oh the unfairness of football...

Work on that damn field positioning Deen, it's poor and confusing.

What is with the officiating? Was I just watching Italian football?

Tsubaki reminds me of Theo Walcott with that speed...will definitely cause problems for the opposition. Just needs to get his confidence issue undercontrol.

The Ref is so biased =/

1-1 there is still hope!

i hope the read team wins

This ep was good but the drama with tsubaki was kinda weird.

Now, this is how anime about football should be made. They show us a good match here, although the referee is too biased. Tatsumi is like the combination of Mourinho and Wenger, A good tactician and a good mentor for the youth player.

Really looking forward for the 2nd half.

Mochida is definitely Italian. Yep, no doubt about it.

Great episode and this is the second time that I get trolled by a preview.

Good episode but the reffing was bad .. (-_-)

Tsubaki is like Sena from ES21. He has a lot of potential(and speed?), just needs some confidence in himself. Despite Gino having some attitude problems, he's really good. That referee is biased but there's no helping it.

Nice episode.
4/5

this episode rocks... am I the only one who can relate to Tsubaki? confidence issues ruining the game, I thought that happens to everyone, although it's not with soccer in my case... I even cried manly tears...

since the episode made an impact on my emotion (which rarely happens)
ima give this 10/10

Haha, it sure looks like it but it's ETU members who are wearing Rossoneri jerseys.

This the first time in a long long time since I've enjoyed a sports anime. I was traumatized by the memories of Captain Tsubasa and the likes of it but this one is so far a good anime.

The referee was a lame motherfucker, otherwise, this episode was ace.

Tsubaki is a great character.

Great episode. This show really knows how to build up the atmosphere.
Gino was awesome.

+1, football animes like whistle and Aoki Densetsu Shoot! always left me scarred bye how badly they depicted football but this anime seems to do at least try to do a relative good job in it.

However, kind of hate how Tsubaki got a yellow card for an unexcisting foul, while it should be Mochida who should've been booked red for kicking someone deliberately with no ball in range. Those fouls are unexcisting cause even if the refs or his assistans don't catch it, you'll risk a suspension purely based on camera footage.

And I also agree with the ref dissing, that ref should be suspended and forced to whistle in some minor leagues cause he defenitely doesn't whistle on pro lvl. Great series so far but I certainly hope we don't encounter to much scum / dirty players like Mochida cause I don't hope the author thinks he's the equivalent of a smart player using his experience.

Everyone is upset by the ref but that just goes to show how well we're getting drawn into the world.

If Tsubaki could take some of Gino's confidence ETU would be left with two amazing players.

LOL Tsubaki as captain? Do you even know why exactly Tatsumi went as far as to make Gino as a captain?

KYAAAA Tsubaki <3
Gino plays so elegantly.
Can't wait for ep 5.