THE CLASH BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS OF THE BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP... WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IT'S THE KICK OFF!!

SAO PAULO'S BALL IS FOR THE YOUNG N°19, MANY TEAMS WERE TRICKED INTO THINKING THAT RADUNGA, WEARING SAO PAULO'S N°10, WAS STILL THE PLAYMAKER OF THE TEAM... BUT BY NOW EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THIS YOUNG "KAMIKAZE" IS THEIR ACTUAL PLAYMAKER! AND AS HIS NICKNAME IS SUGGESTING...

HE WENT STRAIGHT TOWARDS FLAMENGO'S N°10, THEIR YOUNG PLAYMAKER, THE "SOCCER CYBORG" SANTANA, FOR... A DIRECT CONFRONTATION!!

... BUT NO GOOD!! THE "DIVINE WIND" COULDN'T KNOCK DOWN THE "CYBORG"! IT'S EVEN BACKFIRING! TSUBASA IS BLOWN AWAY!

IT MAY EVEN HAVE BEEN A LITTLE TOO STRONG! RADUNGA, ALWAYS BEHIND TSUBASA AS SUPPORT IS PICKING UP THE BALL STRONGLY QUICKED BY SANTANA!

BUT RADUNGA ISN'T OVERDOING IT...!! HE IS QUICKLY SENDING A PASS TO GIORGINO ON THE LEFT SIDE!

AND GIORGINO IS IMMEDIATELY SENDING A CROSS TOWARDS FLAMENGO'S GOAL! IS IT FOR THEIR TALL FORWARD, LEANDRO?

LEANDRO IS JUMPING...!! BUT HE'S MARKED... AND FLAMENGO'S KEEPER IS JUMPING TOO!! AHHH!! BUT THE BALL... IS GOING OVER THEM!! THIS IS FOR...

... FOR "DIVINE WIND" TSUBASA, WHO RAN ALL THE WAY HERE AFTER HIS CONFRONTATION AGAINST SANTANA, AND IS KICKING THE BALL WITH AN OVERHEAD.... AHHH!! BUT ALBERTO IS HERE!!

EXCELLENT READING AND POSITIONNING FROM FLAMENGO'S LIBERO ALBERTO! SANTANA MAY STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT AS HE IS THE ACE AND TOP SCORER OF HIS TEAM, BUT ALBERTO, THANKS TO HIS JUDGEMENT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE CORE OF FLAMENGO'S DEFENSE!

AND SANTANA, WITH PERFECT POSITIONNING, TIMING, JUMP AND CONTROL IS THE ONE GAINING POSESSION OF THAT BALL!!

AND AS SOON AS HE'S LANDING, HE'S DRIBBLING TOWARDS SAO PAULO'S GOAL!

AH! BUT THAT WAS A TRICK, SANTANA IS IN FACT SWINGING HIS LEG TO PASS THE BALL! RADUNGA IS FREEZING...!! BUT NO! THAT WAS ALSO A TRICK!! SANTANA IS RESUMING HIS ATTACK!

... BUT RADUNGA ISN'T TRICKED! AS EXPECTED OF THE EXPERIEND PLAYER OF THE PREVIOUS GOLDEN AGE!! AHHH, BUT...

... SOMEHOW, SANTANA MANAGED TO TOUCH THE BALL REPELLED BY RADUNGA'S TACKLE WITH THE BACK OF HIS LEG WHILE FALLING! IT'S GOING UP... SANTANA IS LANDING, TAKING HIS BALANCE BACK...!!

AND HE'S IMMEDIATELY JUMPING TOWARDS THE BALL!! WHILE TURNING AROUND! THIS IS ... A ROLLING OVERHEAD FROM SANTANAAAA!

AND IT'S IN!! A MAGNIFICENT GOA~~~~~~~~L FROM SANTANA, ONLY 4 MINUTES IN THE MATCH AND FLAMENGO IS ALREADY LEADING BY ONE GOAL!!

THIS IS A HUGE BLOW FOR SAO PAULO, WHO NEVER CONCEDED FIRST SO FAR!! AND IT WAS SO SOON! THE WHOLE SAO PAULO ELEVEN IS BEWILDERED!!!

... AND DESPITE THIS... THE "SOCCER CYBORG" ISN'T CELEBRATING! WITHOUT SHOWING ANY KIND OF EMOTION, HE'S GOING BACK TO THE CENTER CIRCLE! EVERYTHING IS SIMPLY... JUST LIKE USUAL FOR HIM!!