Red and White Battle

Tuesday, October 19

Head Manager Oota used the morning to take Furuya to the hospital again.

The doctor had already approved Furuya's return to training on Sunday, though he had also instructed him not to overdo it.

After two days, Furuya's foot injury was finally declared fully healed.

Coach Kataoka was relieved when he heard the news.

However, since the injury had only just healed, Coach Kataoka still decided not to increase his workload.

It was the same old saying: injuries like this were most dangerous when they kept recurring. It was only practice, after all. There was no harm in taking a little more time to recover.

Sendou and the others understood that.

What they could not understand was why Seidou, whose practices were never easy with only a week left until the game, had drastically reduced the training load today.

It was as though they were only a day or two away from game start.

Until the next day, the twentieth.

"Are we having a Red and White Battle?" Before practice began, Miyuki followed the usual routine and asked about today's practice content, only to receive that answer.

"Yeah!

The substitute players are starving for chances to play.

We can't just ignore them, can we?" Coach Kataoka said with a smile.

"I see!

So that's why you're having them face the regular lineup?

Understood!" Miyuki nodded.

"Today's practice will take the form of a Red and White Battle.

It will mostly be the regular lineup against the substitute lineup, though there'll be a few minor adjustments." Once everyone had gathered, Coach Kataoka spoke to Coach Ochiai.

Naturally, the players behind Coach Kataoka heard his words as well.

When the substitute players heard that they would be participating in a real, no-holds-barred scrimmage, every one of them smiled.