Meanwhile, back in Higo's flat in Gelsenkirchen, both Kumiko and Sakura also watched the game live on the television there. At first, neither of them noticed something wrong here, thinking that Haaland's first chance was because Higo was not ready yet.
However, in this second attack, when Raphael Guerreiro managed to completely fool Higo into thinking that a cutback pass was coming, they couldn't help but find something strange happening here.
"It is not normal for Higo to react that poorly, right? Is there something wrong here?" Sakura couldn't help but ask.
"I… Don't know?" Kumiko's tone was full of uncertainty as well. "The only time when he got frozen up like this was when we were playing in Nii—" Words seemed to be stuck in her throat instantly as everything suddenly clicked in her head. "Wait, no way?!" The girl gasped secretly, finding that her theory was more likely to be true.
