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Strider Xanthos wrote: What was Akane telling Haizaki? The basic gist is that she recognizes his pain and his passion for soccer while telling him that he doesn't need to avenge her anymore and that he should play soccer for himself as pure and as straight-forward as he could.

Haizaki "rejects" the whole "pure and straight-forward" part because he's the Devil of the Field who's play-style is crushing any opponent in his way. (Basically, that's his definition of "the pure and strong" soccer he has. He won't likely be as rough as he was with Nosaka this episode but very likely be similar to his time against Kidokawa Seishuu or even similar to his first match against Inakuni when he got "inspired")