A red card.
It wasn't often Sappotani got one, especially in the prefectural tournament. Hell, the last time their player was forced to suffer from that was a couple of years ago, and not a lot of people in the stands knew about that.
Now, for Hiroshi to be able to force Ayase, the defensive midfielder, to get a red card… That was definitely a huge moral boost for Hakodate Nishi's team.
"Hell, yeah!" Makino jumped excitedly when he saw the red card was given.
"Good job, Hiro!" Fujinaga chest-bumped the boy with the same energy. "This is how you should do it!"
Everyone also took turns in slapping the boy's head, as if blessing him with good luck after giving the team a huge advantage that couldn't be replaced at all. It was strange to see players celebrating crazily when there was no goal on the pitch, but this was the effect brought by them having a one-player advantage against Sappotani.
