On the 11th, Yamanashi Gakuin and Aomori Yamada High School played against each other in the final of the National High School Soccer Championship held in Saitama City, and Yamanashi Gakuin won the penalty kick match for the first time in 11 tournaments.
The final of the National High School Soccer Tournament held at Saitama Stadium in Saitama City in response to the state of emergency issued to the three prefectures of the Tokyo metropolitan area was switched to no spectators.
In the 12th minute of the first half, Yamanashi Gakuin struck a defensive gap at the counter and received the ball free of charge, and Hirosawa Akiyoshi scored a low trajectory middle shot to take the lead.
On the other hand, in the 12th minute of the second half, Aomori Yamada caught up with Yudai Fujiwara, who was unofficially decided to join the J1 and Urawa Reds as captain, pushing the spilled ball that the goalkeeper bounced.
Six minutes later, third-year student Anzai Soma made a comeback with the fifth goal of the tournament, but Yamanashi Gakuin also caught up with Takeru Noda's shot in the 33rd minute, and the match was 2-2. We have entered an extended game.
Both teams scored no points in overtime, and the match was entangled in a penalty kick.
In the penalty kick match, Yamanashi Gakuin goalkeeper and captain Takumi Kumakura stopped the shot of Aomori Yamada Anzai, who was a teammate in junior high school, and took the initiative, and Yamanashi Gakuin won 4-2 for the first time in 11 tournaments. I won the championship for the second time.
Aomori Yamada was the runner-up for the second consecutive tournament.