The Time Has Come Despite scoring the first goal, the team is quickly overwhelmed by the World Five's superior skills and loses 1 to 5. While Isagi, Bachira, Aryu, and Tokimitsu are humbled, Rin takes the loss poorly. At a JFU meeting, the Blue Lock program is nearly canceled due to high spending and a lack of faith from board members. Ego decides to show them the outcome of Blue Lock's training and offers a proposal. After playing the Five, the team moves to the second stage of the selection and meets the remaining six teams. Among them are Nagi, Barou, Chigiri, Zantetsu, Niko, Raichi, Gagamaru, Wanima, Igagrashi, and Reo. Isagi asks Reo about Kunigami seeing he was not selected but his teammate, the eccentric and aggressive Ryusei Shido, antagonizes him by stating he was the one to disqualify Kunigami, earning Chigiri and Bachira's ire. Ego informs the finalists about a change with the next selection. It is now a match between them and Japan's U20 team, with Rin's brother Sae Itoshi with them. If they lose, the program will be shut down, but if they win, they can supersede the U20 team's positions. Ego remarks about his faith in them, believing they can win.