In the end, Kumiko decided to adopt the strategy that Higo proposed. After all, at the end of the day, she still needed to trust her best player here, and the rest of the team also trusted the boy completely. Well, not that blindly, per se, because the twins still doubted that Higo could stop Kawabe at all here. However, the goalkeeper just laughed it off like nothing.
"Well, yeah, he is a scary bloke, but you have to trust your teammates a little bit, you know? Just follow two principles here. Don't let him gather his speed, and don't let him get a good angle. If you can do that, leave the rest to me!" He patted his chest reassuringly.
In the end, the twins really had no choice here. It also helped that Higo himself was an amazing goalkeeper, and he had been tested by the bombardment coming from Sapporo Otani. Even though Shohei High was better offensively, at least the boy wouldn't be caught off guard in the game.
