Giant Killing

East Tokyo United is fighting to survive in Japan’s top football league after a run of five straight losses leaves the team near the bottom of the table. The players’ morale is already low, and fan support is fading fast. When supporters turn against a club, the consequences can be severe: coaches are dismissed, players are sold, and teams may fall into divisions where financial pressures make a return to the top difficult. ETU’s troubles appear to rest with its coach, who is ready to stake everything on the next game. Facing the nation’s biggest club, he aims to show his team and its fans that ETU can still win.