TODAY IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT MATCH OF THE BRAZILIAN LEAGUE, BETWEEN TWO FIERCE RIVALS! THIS RIVALRY HAS ITS OWN NAME, THE "SAN-SAO"! THE IRON WALL DEFENSE OF SANTOS WILL FACE SAO PAULO, UNDEFEATED SO FAR!
2 SIDEBACKS, 2 DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS, A CENTERBACK, AND A LIBERO... THE 2 NEWCOMERS OF THE GOLDEN AGE, THE GIANT PLAYER CASA GRANDE, IS PLAYING LIKE USUAL AS A CENTER BACK, AND NASCIMIENTO, USUALLY PLAYING AS A SIDEBACK, IS A DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER THIS TIME, UNDOUBTEDLY TO REINFORCE THE CENTER...
... PROBABLY TO DEFEND AGAINST SAO PAULO'S CURRENT PLAYMAKER, OOZORA TSUBASA, WHO WAS AT THE CORE OF ALL OF SAO PAULO'S GOALS SO FAR! IS IT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
AND THIS IS THE KICK-OFF! SAO PAULO IS, LIKE USUAL, ENTRUSTING THE BALL TO THEIR PLAYMAKER... AND DESPITE SANTOS' STRONG CENTRAL DEFENSE, HE'S ATTACKING IN THE CENTER!
AND NASCIMIENTO, "THE PYTHON" IS THE FIRST ONE TO FACE OOZORA TSUBASA!
NASCIMIENTO IS MARKING TSUBASA EVEN CLOSER THAN USUAL! THIS CAN'T BE CALLED A SNAKE MARKING ANYMORE... ON THE VERGE OF THE FOUL, IT'S MORE LIKE A PYTHON'S STRANGLING ITS PREY!
AH, BUT IN THE END, TSUBASA MANAGES TO GET PAST NASCIMENTO AND HIS "PYTHON MARKING"!
NO! NASCIMIENTO LEFT A GAP IN HIS DEFENSE TO LURE TSUBASA TOWARDS A TRAP, THE OTHER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER IS TACKLING TSUBASA HERE!
AND YET, TSUBASA MANAGES TO DODGE THIS TACKLE ON A HAIR'S BREADTH! WHAT A SURPRISING SPEED OF EXECUTION FOR THIS JUMP! HOWEVER...
... THIS ISN'T OVER YET! NASCIMIENTO IS IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHING A TACKLE IN MID AIR... BUT TSUBASA SENSED IT, AND HE'S MANAGING TO DODGE IT, RAISING THE BALL FURTHER WITH HIS OTHER LEG!
BUT CHARGING HIM IN MID AIR, BEFORE HE COULD EVEN LAND, IS CASA GRANDE! THIS IS A VIOLENT CHARGE...!
... IT IS JUDGED AS A FOUL, HOWEVER! THIS WILL BE A FREE KICK FOR SAO PAULO! BUT FIRST OF ALL, IS TSUBASA ALL RIGHT? CASA GRANDE IS COMING TOWARDS HIM TO HELP HIM GET UP! WHAT A NICE GESTURE!
