Another 168: The overconfident keeper

THIS IT! THIS ALREADY... THE TAKE OFF OF TSUBASA'S SUPER DRIVE SHOT!!

This drive shot is useless against me!

AH, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK! IT'S A SUPER FINE SAVE FROM GREMIO'S YOUNG KEEPER MEAO! HE IS THE FIRST KEEPER TO STOP TSUBASA'S SUPER DRIVE SHOT!


MEAO IS THROWING THE BALL TO HIS TEAMMATES! THIS IS GREMIO'S TURN TO ATTACK NOW!

Ehehe... Just like your drive shot was ineffective before, your super drive shot won't work!

Like usual... You'll fall for my trap! And I'll end up with a clean sheet against you!

EVEN THOUGH TSUBASA AND RADUNGA ARE DOMINATING THE MIDFIELD, OFFENSIVELY AND DEFENSIVELY RESPECTIVELY... BECAUSE TSUBASA'S SHOT WAS CAUGHT, HE FAILED TO MAKE A STRONG IMPRESSION ON THE OPPONENTS, REDUCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIS FIELD SHAPING...


... THIS WAS ONE SIDE EFFECT OF MEAO'S FINE SAVE. MOREOVER, DESPITE HIS SUCCESSIVE FAILURES, TSUBASA KEPT ON SHOOTING HIS DRIVE SHOT...


... WHICH WERE ALL PERFECTLY STOPPED BY MEAO. BECAUSE THE OTHER EFFECT OF HIS FIRST SAVE, AND ALL THE OTHER CONSECUTIVE ONES...


WAS... TO FUEL MEAO'S OWN FIELD SHAPING! DISRUPTING TSUBASA'S PLAY SO HE'D TRY TO DEFEAT MEAO WITH HIS DRIVE SHOT OVER AND OVER AGAIN...


MEAO KNEW THAT TSUBASA'S STUBBORNNESS AND MEAO'S OWN SAVES WOULD MAKE HIS FIELD SHAPING GROW TO THE POINT...


... THAT SAO PAULO'S DEFENDERS WOULD OVERLAP MORE AND MORE, CREATING HUGE GAP IN THEIR DEFENSE, THAT EVEN RADUNGA WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FILL... GIVING THEM THE VICTORIOUS GOAL THROUGH A COUNTER!


... AND STILL... DESPITE THIS...

......

Wha... Why is this idiot still smiling? He'd usually be frustrated and moping at this point... Moreover...
Why aren't they overlapping? My field shaping should be strong enough...

Eheh... I can still keep our guys in check... You'll have to do better than that...

SAO PAULO IS ATTACKING ONCE AGAIN! BUT GREMIO'S DEFENSE IS STILL WELL-POSITIONED! ONCE AGAIN...

This is it! Now's the time to act!

ONCE AGAIN, A LONG SHOT IS THE ONLY CHOICE FOR TSUBASA! BUT MEAO WAS PERFECT AGAINST THOSE SO FAR! SHOULDN'T THEY FIND ANOTHER WAY?


AHHH! BUT... THIS ISN'T A DRIVE SHOT THIS TIME!! IT'S A... SUPER LOW LONG SHOT!!

Wh... What!? Not a drive shot!?

... AND GREMIO'S KEEPER IS TOO LATE! HE PROBABLY EXPECTED A DRIVE SHOT AFTER STOPPING SO MANY OF THOSE, HE WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN ABACK BY THIS ONE!

N... No way, don't tell me... He saw through my plan? And shot all of those on purpose to trick me afterwards!?

Did you see that? Even Meao was...
Fuh, don't be fooled because the likes of Meao can't handle him...

Meao's overconfident. It'd be an asset if he didn't underestimate his opponents as a result...

We will crush both Gremio and Sao Paulo... Don't worry so much, Alberto...

... I just hope you're not being overconfident and underestimate him as well...