Blue Lock VS. U-20 Japan

The Second Selection of Blue Lock ends with 35 forwards. As Blue Lock Prison's survival war concludes, the program’s future hinges on facing the U-20 Japan National Team. Ego announces that 6 top players will be chosen based on evaluations, forming a team for this match. Forwards outside the Top 6 must try out to secure a spot in the starting lineup.

A tryout selects U-20 team starters with three five-member teams, each featuring two Top 6 players. Isagi joins Team A with Itoshi Rin and Shido Ryusei, aiming to assert himself and coexist. Planning to assist Rin or Shido, his style is hindered by Karasu from Team B's feints and analysis, creating a challenging match.

Isagi and Team A are one point away from losing. Can Isagi work with Rin, who analyzes the field, and Shido, who plays by instinct? Isagi realizes he can exploit Rin and Shido's incompatibility to win. However, he struggles against Karasu's defenses. With assistance from Nanase Nijiro and Hiori Yo, who interpret Isagi's moves and use Hiori's passing talent, a new offensive strategy opens up.

After the game with Team B, Isagi, Hiori, and Nanase praised each other and focused on improving their reflexive actions in the match. Meanwhile, Team A members, except Rin and Shido, were replaced and competed with Team C led by Yukimiya and Nagi. At the match's start, Yukimiya displays his top-tier dribbling, intending to score alone, but the ball is taken by his teammate Nagi.

All matches in the tryout are over and the moment to announce the starting lineup has arrived. The players who are retained after passing the tryout are announced one by one, and the last person in the starting lineup is...Which players are selected as the Blue Lock 11?

On the day before the match between the unorganized Blue Lock 11 and Japan U-20, Oliver Aiku stops Itoshi Sae and tells him Sendou Shuto and Shido had another conflict. Twenty-four hours later, nearing the start of the game, Blue Lock and Japan U-20 announced their starting lineup and substitute players. Now, the most passionate battle (match) in history is about to begin.

At the start of the match, Blue Lock 11 with Isagi at the center, adopted an aggressive attacking formation. However, they were swiftly countered by the U-20 Japan team, with players like Aiku, widely praised for their impenetrable defense, known as the 'Iron Wall Quartet' of the U-20 Japan team, shutting down each Blue Lock player's offensive play and nipping every potential attack in the bud.

Nagi scored a super goal, and the match was tied at 1-1. With only 15 minutes left in the first half, Rin and Sae faced off for the first time. Sae wins this fierce sibling showdown, breaks through the center, and aggressively attacks the defensive line of Blue Lock together with the Japan U-20 offensive line.

The first half of the match ended, and the unexpected situation causes anxiety in the bench area of ​​the Japan U-20 Team. Among the players there, Sae can already tell that the members of the Japan U-20 Team cannot keep up with his skills, so he loses his patience and tells them he's withdrawing from the match in the second half.

In the second half of the match, Shido takes on the role of CF for the Japan U-20 team. His sole objective is to score the goals on his own, and does so by running unpredictably, disrupting both teammates and foes alike. With Shido’s chaotic movements and a coordinated play between him and Sendou, the Japan U-20 team’s attack takes on a whole new dynamic.

Reo's Chameleon Defense mimics Aiku's skills, giving Blue Lock 11 a brief moment to escape danger. However, things take a turn when Shido and Sae team up, entering a focused state previously known as "Flow."

Aiku enters the Flow state as well after Shidou, and his ability to read and react improves dramatically. Faced with the relentless attacks, Aiku alone manages to block the fierce offensive from the 11 players of Blue Lock. This triggered the Japan U-20 team to deliver the final blow to Blue Lock, launching a counterattack centered around Sae and Shidou.

With only 15 minutes left in the match, the game enters its final stage. As the match resumes, Sae exclaims, 'I’m going to raise the level of this game!' and immediately shifts into a higher gear. Using his counter-dribble moves, he effortlessly evades the defense, cutting through his opponents as he charges toward the goal.

With less than two minutes remaining in the match, Blue Lock 11 launches their final counterattack. But suddenly, Rin steals the ball from his own teammate and charges into his rivals’ camp, determined to surpass Sae. Breaking away from his usual logical play, Rin switches to a more reckless style, using the 'ugly destruction' tactic that draws out the opponent's best before breaking through.