Soon enough, all the players came out of the tunnel, getting ready for the second half. To everyone's surprise, though, two players whom Kageyama-sensei talked to before, Sebastiano Esposito and Luca Pellegrini, also stood by on the sideline, waiting for the fourth referee to announce the substitution.
Those two wore the jersey numbers 17 and 20, warming up one last time before coming to the pitch later. Seeing this, Yuki Kobayashi, the team's defender, couldn't help but shake his head.
"I know Sensei said to get ready, but isn't it a little bit too soon?" He asked no one here.
Well, the others might not say anything else, but they were definitely on the same frequency. They were probably expecting their opponent to put those players in at a different time, one probably around the 60th minute while the other was around the 70th minute. This was a standard configuration for a team to make a substitution.
