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Fall is here, and the prelims for the High School Soccer Championship have begun. Yakumaru is jealous of Goro for stealing the limelight. Can the pair overcome their issues?

One day over summer break, Goro and the team run into Katsuhiko, twin brother of Yokonan's Yoshihiko. What does his arrival at the school mean for Goro?

In the final of the Inter High prelims, Kawako faces Yokonan, but Kayano has a surprise in store for Goro and the gang.

In the quarterfinals of the Inter High prelims, Kawako is forced to play with only ten men after Yakumaru stops coming to practice.

Kawako face bruisers, Miwa Technical High, in the first round of the Inter High prelims. How far can they get in their debut tournament?

At this point in the match, both teams are running on fumes and relying on willpower alone to get them through. Can Kawako win and write their name in the history books as two-time championship winners?

A hard-fought final is really starting to take its toll, with Goro and Matsuura among the walking wounded. As the match nears its conclusion, who will emerge victorious?

Yakumaru and Shingo combine to give Kawako a one-goal lead. But with people getting injured left and right on both teams due to the committed tackles that are flying in, which way will this match turn?

Kawako and Buso are giving it everything they've got. As the game unfolds, Buso's captain, Tsuno, reflects on the team's troubled past.

Kawako makes it through to the final to face Buso, who they were always fated to meet. Can they get revenge for their defeat at the Inter High?

It's time for the winter championship again, and a run-in with Buso's Matsuura gets both sides fired-up. Kawako's route through the tournament won't be an easy one, though, as Kagogaku and Shizuichi lie in wait.

Goro and his team decide they need to focus on improving their strength. They go to Yokonan's Coach Arimoto for help, and after some gentle persuasion, he agrees to put together a training program for Kawako.

In the second round of the Inter High, Kawako comes up against the ultra-physical Buso side and struggle to overcome them. Has their championship win made them complacent?

Yakumaru and Shingo get into a fight with two delinquents who turn out to be on Buso High's soccer team. But why have they never seen these guys before?

Due to his father's career as a pro soccer player ending in ignominy, Fio seems incapable of trusting his own teammates. Will he ever understand the importance of teamwork or simply carry on trying to do everything alone?

Goro and the Kawako team play Yokonan's fourth team, but all is not as it seems. Even so, Kawako keeps it tight until Yokonan's star player, Kayano, enters the frame.

After going behind early, Japan spin their wheels trying to get back into it. It's up to Goro to remind his teammates that only their own style of soccer will help them win this final.

The final against Italy sees plenty of European scouts sitting in the stands, and all eyes are on Goro, but it is homegrown star, Fio, who is intent on making the headlines.

Japan find it a struggle to contain Jean, but they aren't down and out yet. Can Goro produce a moment of magic to catapult his team to the final?

The Italian U-20 Youth Cup has begun, and Goro bumps into a familiar face on the France team, who just happens to be their star player.