As the prospective students are overwhelmed by the Esperion Youth's play, Fukuda delivers another blow by revealing "something." Unable to recover their composure, the prospective students are helpless, conceding goal after goal, and the match becomes one-sided. Amidst the despair of the prospective students over the stark difference between themselves and the youth team, Ashito, still reeling from the damage inflicted by Akutsu's rough play, gradually loses his will to fight.
