At this moment…
Koito Minase (Turkey) vs. Ichigo Momomiya (Croatia)
Paris, France
Parc de France…
And so be it, it happened…
Paris rain could not prevent the heat of the match. Well said…
All of the fans, from Turkey and Croatia, both prepared to walk on the stadium…
Fatih Terim, after hearing about Koito, had suspected a lot about her. He seemed didn't trust her much. Unlike Fatih, Ante – Coach of Croatia, trusted Ichigo more than Fatih's faith on Koito.
But the match had to start, and now, the national anthems…
CROATIA
Lijepa naša domovino,
Oj junačka zemljo mila,
Stare slave djedovino,
Da bi vazda sretna bila!
Mila, kano si nam slavna,
Mila si nam ti jedina.
Mila, kuda si nam ravna,
Mila, kuda si planina!
(Our beautiful homeland,
O so fearless and gracious.
Our fathers' ancient glory,
May you be happy for whole eternity.
Dear, you are our only glory,
Dear, you are our only one,
Dear, where you are plains,
Dear, where you are mountains.)
TURKEY
Korkma, sönmez bu şafaklarda yüzen al sancak;
Sönmeden yurdumun üstünde tüten en son ocak.
O benim milletimin yıldızıdır, parlayacak;
O benimdir, o benim milletimindir ancak.
Çatma, kurban olayım çehreni ey nazlı hilâl!
Kahraman ırkıma bir gül! Ne bu şiddet bu celâl?
Sana olmaz dökülen kanlarımız sonra helâl,
Hakkıdır, Hakk'a tapan, milletimin istiklâl!
(Fear not; For thecrimson bannerthat proudly ripples in this glorious dawn, shall not fade,
Before the last fieryhearththat is ablaze within my homeland is extinguished.
For thatis the star of my people, and it will forever shine;
It is mine; and solely belongs to my valiant nation.
Frown not, I beseech you, oh thou coycrescent!
Smile upon my heroic nation!Why the anger, why the rage?
Our blood which we shed for you shall not beworthyotherwise;
For freedom is the absolute right of my God-worshippingnation!)
As for the result, Turkey and Croatia, two countries that have a strong friendly relationship due to Turkish supports to Croatia at the Yugoslav war, would face each others.
But thing wasn't like old time anymore. As for Turkey is going to become like a threat for Europe due to mysterious Turkish connection to ISIS (not confirmed), Croats also felt themselves "must win" for Europe!
And surprisingly, Koito Minase, she looked to Terim…
Yes, just heard that one year ago, there was a rising of anti-Turkish in Japan. Being a girl model of Turkey, she felt the stress to fix the face of Japanese people's feeling to Turkey.
As for Ante Cačić, he seemed to believe on Ichigo, unlike Terim. Many of Croatian players also got ready…
…
…
And here we GO! Croatia vs. Turkey, started!
Dora-nikov attended the match as well. Seeing Croatian team, he had a huge respect, as a Russian. Although Croatia and Russia doesn't have a close relationship because of its distance past, and also, Russia's supports to Serbia, their Slavic link was the reason he came here. Also, Nikov still remembered 2008, when Croatia helped Russia eliminating England from entering to Austria and Switzerland. Not even tell that anti-Turkism is rising in Russia and also… a bit in Croatia.
"(Prove it, Croatia…)"
Match started. First, Croatia tried to make some sudden strikes to Turkey…
IVAN RAKITIĆ, HE COLLECTED THE BALL AND… OHHHH, INSIDE THE BOX, PRODDED A FIRST-TIME SHOT! BUT THEY FAILED!
Then fault! From Özan Tufan! Turkey had to suffer some strike. Ivan again… OHHHH…
Then some kicks from Croatian players as well. But nothing helped them to get the lead. Referee-millionaire Jonas Eriksson blew whistle. The chance… oh…
Captain Darijo Srna seemed to be confused for a while, he looked to Marcelo Brozović: "DO YOU HAVE CLEAR AREA?" But no one was clear.
Mario Mandžukić wanted a clear area but he got stopped by the Turks. Later was Ivan Strinić, but only a fault. Hakan Çalhanoğlu came with a shot…
Then later, was Caner Erkin…
Seeing this wasn't in favor for both side, Ichigo decided to turn on as a Mew Mew Strawberry! StrawBell Bell!
"Ribbon Strawberry Check!"
At 26', when Arda Turan was holding ball, she acted. But Arda might have felt it…
"Not good. Strawberry? OTTOMANS?"
He sent the ball, but later taken by Croatia's Darijo Srna, he gave a checking shoot, but nothing was useful. Then Milan Badelj… nothing else. Oh wait…
Turkey had retaken the ball…
"FIGHT LIKE OUR ANCESTORS! FIGHT LIKE OTTOMANS!"
TUFAN! WAS IT… HEADER!
AND…
OHHHHH, WHAT A SAVE FROM DANIJEL SUBAŠIĆ! TURKEY ALMOST SCORED… 0-0!
Later, at 31', Vedran Ćorluka got injured. Seeing this, Koito now showed her nature: she wasn't singing only, but also released her fires. Battle between Turkey and Croatia continued. Now, Ichigo's Mew Mew skills vs. Koito's fires.
From then, many clashes occurred between Turkish and Croatian players. The fight between two players was giving the heat between the battle of Parc de Princes grew up more than this…
In this scene, Fatih realized the strength of Koito…
However, Ante seemed to have trusted Ichigo more, and…
WAIT, IN 41', THERE WAS CHAOS IN TURKEY'S DEFENDING LINE… AND… THE BALL WAS OUT FROM PENALTY AREA… WHAAAT?
LUKA MODRIĆ, HE SHOT DIRECTLY! AND…
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! 1-0 for Croatia! Luka had scored in an incredible goal that no one had ever done in this tournament. Luka Moddy had scored!
In American style, Modrić was Anglicianized as "Moddy". And Moddy made the net of Turkey got shocked with an incredible shoot.
Turkey 0-1 Croatia
At the later, Hakan, Selçuk İnan also failed to score. Ended first half, Croatia 1-0 Turkey.
That was a very hard problem for all Turkish players at the fight. Like Koito, she just regained back the trust from manager Terim, but it wasn't enough for her to change the scoreline. Turkey 0-1 Croatia.
Yup…
…
…
…
…
…
Second half came!
Now, Croatia got control all over the field. But Turkish players seemed not willing to let the Croats do what ever they want.
Volkan Senn, he challenged…
Oh! Then Hakan Balta received a yellow card. From then, Darijo Srna… HE TOOK FREEKICK! IT HIT TO THE BAR! STILL ONLY 1-0!
And then… SRNA AGAIN!
It was in 60', and Croatia still led 1-0. This lead was really minimal and unsecured, so Croatia must continue forming attacks.
MARCELO BROZOVIĆ…
IVAN PERIŠIĆ…
Many times, Croatian strikers tried to directly destroy the defense line of Turkey, but nothing was done. For over 10' from 60' to 70', Croatia stroke to Turkey many times.
EVEN IVAN PERIŠIĆ! AT 72'! HE CONNECTED THE BALL FROM THE CROSS… AND HEADED… OOOOOHHHHH, NO GOAL! BAR AGAIN…
At that time, Koito had called twice: first was Hanon Hosho, and then, Rei Hino! Now, two girls called, team up and…
"Now, show them their taste."
Hanon and Koito, together, gave Turkish players a song, with her fire combined to Rei, and bringing…
"Remember Aslan? I will give them on it."
She sang. Croatian players seemed to be confused. To resolve it, Brozović sent ball to score. BUT NOTHING HELPED CROATIA…
Turkey 0-1 Croatia.
After chasing with game on game to Ichigo, that led to the lost of Turkey, Koito, now combined with Hanon and Rei, gave the song… "Homeland". Homeland, was Aslan's most successful Vietnamese song. Being a Turk singing Vietnamese song definitely special. Now, the power of the song was given to the Turks. And the Turks chased back bravely against the Croats.
Fearing problem, Ichigo decided to call help. First, she called…
"Please, Mikoto! MIKOTO MISAKA!"
She even called Haruhi Suzumiya for help! Two girls appeared. Mikoto, with her Railgun, definitely helpful. But Mikoto blamed Ichigo for calling her while she was talking to Touma.
It was okay…
At 84', after Perry (Perišić) almost scored a goal but denied by Babacan, he got injured. Lucky for Croatia, they got more stars, so Ante, although an idiot manager with lack of coaching skills, was very lucky with it.
Still only 1-0 for Croatia.
Haruhi + Ichigo + Mikoto, creating a power that using the time to control the game and blazing their enemy.
They blew into the field. The Turks had failed to launch more attacks, as Croatia, with Ichigo's aids, had totally denied Turkey's chance.
They still held like this… until… Turkey and Croatia ended their match.
Fatih Terim had lost. Turkey lost. Arda Turan lost. Turkey 0-1 Croatia. It was over for Koito Minase…
"Damn…"
Koito Minase (Turkey) 0-1 Ichigo Momomiya (Croatia)
Well done, Croatia. But Koito's bravery when singing a song performed by a Turkish who learned Vietnamese language, definitely gave her and Turkey more powers when they fought Spain and Czech in the next matches.
Ichigo could be happy now, because she finally saw Masaya on the stadium…