"SHIT! FOUL!"
"SENSEI, LOOK AT HIM! HE IS INJURED!"
The referee had a throbbing headache right now, as this was the second collision that had happened within a minute. It was too much in that short period, and to make it worse, this was just the first minute of the second half, which meant things would get violent later.
'I need to enforce the rule more strictly here.' He thought inwardly.
However, not in this case. When he saw Iwai fall, he didn't budge. If anything, the man just pointed both hands forward, signalling that the game was still going. Seeing this, Ishinori, the culprit behind the move earlier, got up as quickly as possible, with some of the Hakodate Nishi players running to open more space.
"Nori! Here!" Takaaki rushed to get closer, asking for the ball.
