Bab 397: Next Game (1)

The next day, everyone gathered in the lobby after a quick breakfast. Today they would be facing Australia in the first match of the Super Round.

Since the number of teams had been reduced to 6, everyone would be playing at Rodgers stadium from this point forth. This was also the point where more and more spectators would start to appear in the arena.

To be frank, the audience numbers for the U18 World Cup so far were rather abysmal. Ken was pretty sure that his middle school prefecture tournament finals had similar numbers in attendance.

But from what Coach Takashi said, the Men's World Cup had the biggest draw and not the U18 version. Though this did not seem to affect him at all.

Ken found himself deep in thought after last night's discussion with Hiroki. Having all of that praise heaped on him left him feeling like a bit of a fraud.