Catenaccio

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Recently we have seen since really interesting football/soccer manga....r example- Ao Ashi, Blue Lock, Be blues, Giant killing.
There are a few average manga too.

Catenaccio here is a very good manga and might be among the best, if it keeps up the story.
Very realistic, goes into the details of the sport and shows you how the youth academies and the lower leagues function.

This story is about Yataro Araki, a Japanese highschooler who is dedicated to football. By dedicated I mean fully dedicated!! He wakes up early to warm up, practises alone, with teammates. Playes matches, cools down. While his body rests, he reads up about tactics ... and watches videos. He also invests the time to learn to speak Italian, which might come in handy when he goes to Europe to pursue his dream of becoming the greatest player. As he sleeps, he probably dreams football too.
He is not exceptionally talented, he is just above average in athleticism. But he has an unwavering spirit, a desire to win at all costs. That is his USP.
By nature, Araki isn't very likeable, he is a one dimensional guy with only football in his mind. Still he is so much in love with the story you can't help but cheer for him.

This is an amazing sports manga, a very fast read. Realistic but has enough drama and optimism to keep you reading.

Highly recommended!

This is my first review on MAL and I hope I can review it well.

This is another football manga which I really enjoyed, not only as a huge football fanboy but the mental aspects of this manga is really interesting, using the drive of the individual Yatarou Araki to see how far he can reach the heights of football is the ultimate enjoyment as a reader.

The struggles Yatarou Araki faces during his journey to be a footballer has been orchestrated very well by the author, the emotions, languages used has drawn me into the character, all of us dream of being a footballer but ... only few make it.

Catenaccio so far has already got me rooting for the journey.


I hope many people find this gem of a manga and enjoy it

This is my first review here and probably my last for a while. This would also be this manga's first comment here so I thought "why not congratulate this great manga that apparently no-one knows".

To start off, I like football, I played for almost a decade and I love watching and playing it. I was also a defender, so this manga resonates with me in a way that Blue Lock could never (though I also love Blue Lock).

The art’s a bit rough in spots, but it gets better, and it never really bugged me or made me lose interest. The story’s solid, and the ... characters are surprisingly fun to read.

This series has serious potential (fingers crossed it doesn’t get axed).

Solid 10/10 from me. If you’re into football, I say give this series a shot.