Another 153: The new Tsubasa

Meao! I didn't think I'd see you here. Aren't you a regular in your team already? Why are you here?
I am a regular... And you too. But here you are just like me... So you already know the answer.

As sharp as always... Of course, the team is preserving us so we can check out...
Last year's champion, the previous generation's golden age... Radunga.

By the way, I've heard that this Tsubasa guy is making his debut...
... Please, why should I care... He's just a japanese...

HERE'S SAO PAULO'S KICK OFF! THE BALL IS SENT TO THEIR PLAYMAKER...

... Wh... What!?

... THE YOUNG JAPANESE OOZORA TSUBASA!

Why is he in that position... And Radunga behind!?

AH, HE MANAGES TO GET PAST ONE PLAYER... BUT IT WAS A TRAP! HE'S TACKLED AND... AH, BUT HE'S DODGING HIM AS WELL!!


AFTER DODGING TWO PLAYERS, HE'S FREE... AND HE'S SHOOTING...!!


THIS IS HIS SPECIALTY, THE DRIVE SHOT... AH... NO, THE CURVE IS MORE...

... No... No way, this is...!?

AND THIS IS A GOAL!! MERE SECONDS AFTER THE KICK-OFF, SAO PAULO IS TAKING FLUMINENSE ABACK WITH A LONG SHOT FROM OOZORA TSUBASA!!

Sa... Santana's drive shot!

THANKS TO ROBERTO'S GUIDANCE, TSUBASA KNEW HE HAD TO ALTERNATE HIS SUPER PLAYS FUELED BY FIGHTING SPIRIT WITH SOME REST, ESPECIALLY IN ORDER TO PLAY SUCCESSIVE MATCHES IN LONG LEAGUES...


NOT YET ACCUSTOMED TO THE LENGTH OF THE RESTING TIMES HE'S NEEDING, FLUMINENSE COULD STILL ATTACK MANY TIMES... BUT TSUBASA'S PRO TEAMMATES, ESPECIALLY RADUNGA, PREVENTED THEM FROM SETTING THE PACE AND DEFENDED AGAINST MOST OF THEIR ATTACKS...


FLUMINENSE'S ACE EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO GET A SHOT IN...


BUT TSUBASA'S IMPRESSIVE GOAL STRENGTHENED HIS FIELD SHAPING TO A LEVEL THAT EVEN PROS WOULD FALL FOR, ALLOWING RADUNGA AND SAO PAULO'S FORWARD LEANDRO TO SHOOT UNMARKED AND SCORE 2 MORE FOR SAO PAULO.


AND THUS TSUBASA'S DEBUT ENDED IN... A VICTORY, 3-1, WITH 1 GOAL AND 2 ASSISTS!


BUT HIS PLAY MADE HIM DRAW THE ATTENTION OF THE BRAZILIAN GOLDEN AGE...

No way, this is... A completely new Tsubasa!

... AND EVEN MORE...!!


......? Who's there?... Ah, It's you... So in the end you came to see the match...

Apparently the rumor was true... He improved a lot in a short period of time...

Radunga was already a problem... They might be our most serious opponent this season...

But if he keeps on improving before your transfer to Valencia this year....

We might not be able to win the brazilian championship, Santana...!!
Don't worry, Alberto... He didn't wake up as a "super nova" yet...