Aoi Ashito is an ace of a weak soccer team at a junior high school in Ehime. His play almost gets the team to the semi-final in his last tournament in junior high, but provoked by the opponent’s goalie, Ashito receives a red card and is removed from the game. While Ashito is running on the beach to forget the frustration, mysterious Fukuda Tatsuya, who calls himself the manager of Tokyo City Esperion Youth team, approaches Ashito.
The words of that weird creepy guy keep 
ringing in my ears, no matter what I do.
كلمات ذلك العجوز المخيف 
.ما تنفكّ تتردّد في ذهني، مهما فعلت
Ich kriege die Worte dieses alten Sacks
¡Las palabras de ese viejo raro
no dejan de retumbar en mis oídos!
¡Las palabras de ese bicho raro
no dejan de retumbar en mis oídos!
Les trucs
que m’a dits ce type louche
Ho in testa le parole di quello strano tizio
O que aquele tio suspeito me disse naquele dia 
não sai da minha cabeça de jeito nenhum.
Всё, что мне наговорил
этот старикан…