Another 189: Not my shot

SANTANA JUST CASUALLY CAME BACK NEAR THE CENTER CIRCLE, WAITING FOR SAO PAULO TO RESUME THE MATCH!

As usual... Even though he just scored, he isn't celebrating...

.... AND SAO PAULO IS RESUMING THE MATCH! BUT... AS EXPECTED...


SANTANA HAS MADE AN EFFECT! AND RATHER THAN PASSING THE BALL TO "KAMIKAZE" TSUBASA, THEY ARE CIRCULATING THE BALL FAR AWAY FROM SANTANA!

......

DESPITE HIS AMAZING TALENT, HE CAN'T GET THE BALL IF THE OPPONENT IS PURPOSEDLY AVOIDING HIM! HE'S TRYING TO GO MARK TSUBASA, A KEY PLAYER OF SAO PAULO... BUT HE'S COLLIDING WITH RADUNGA!

Woops, sorry bambino, That was totally not on purpose of course...

AS A RESULT, TSUBASA IS FREE, AND SAO PAULO HAS ENTRUSTED THE BALL TO HIM! HE COULD AIM FOR THE GOAL AT MIDDLE RANGE THANKS TO HIS SUPER DRIVE SHOT!

It doesn't matter, I'll be ready to block it!

KNOWING THIS, FLAMENGO'S PLAYERS ARE RUSHING TO MARK HIM...

!! No, a high cross to Leandro... Or a backpass to Bebeto...?

.... AND THIS IS IT! EVEN THOUGH HE LURED SOME PLAYERS TOWARDS HIM, TSUBASA IS STILL BOLDLY SHOOTING BEFORE THEY CAN REACH HIM!!

!! What!?

ALBERTO ON THE OTHER HAND, WASN'T LURED! BUT IS HE GOING TO MAKE IT ON TIME TO CLEAR THAT SHOT...!?


... AND THAT'S A NO! ALBERTO, WHO'S GOOD AT READING THE OPPONENT AND CAN CALMLY ANALYSE THE SITUATION TO DEFEND EFFICIENTLY, WAS JUST A BIT LATE TO BLOCK THAT SHOT!


Damn it! He used my analysing skills against me... Using field shaping just to distract me...

AND UNLIKE SANTANA, TSUBASA IS CELEBRATING THIS GOAL WITH THE REST OF HIS TEAM!

Did you see that, Santana? I can do your super drive shot too!

...... "My" super drive shot?......

THE MATCH IS RESUMING WITH FLAMENGO'S KICK-OFF... AHHH, BUT... AS SOON AS HE'S RECEIVING THE BALL, SANTANA... IS RUSHING TOWARDS...


... TSUBASA! AND OF COURSE, THE LATTER IS RISING UP TO THE CHALLENGE! AH, BUT SANTANA IS TURNING AROUND, HIDING THE BALL FROM TSUBASA... AND HE'S RAISING IT...!!


... THEN HE'S GETTING PAST TSUBASA ON THE SIDE! THAT'S SANTANA'S TREASURED TRUMP CARD, THE "SANTANA TURN"!! SANTANA MANAGED TO GET PAST TSUBASA EASILY!!


... AND...!! SANTANA IS GETTING IN SHOOTING POSITION... HE'S GOING TO STRIKE THE FALLING BALL!!


THIS IS A STRONG KICK!! THE COURSE IS HIGH!! IT'S GOING WELL OVER RADUNGA, BUT... AHH, IT'S FALLING! THIS IS...!!


AND HE SCORED!!! THIS WAS UNDOUBTEDLY TSUBASA'S SUPER DRIVE SHOT!! BUT SANTANA DID IT ON A VOLLEY SHOT DURING HIS SANTANA TURN... AND WHILE TSUBASA SCORED APPROXIMATELY 20 METERS AWAY FROM THE GOAL, SANTANA WAS AT... AT LEAST... 40 METERS!!


The Santana Turn is "my" technique... This "super" drive shot isn't...
... But... I saw you use it before...

Indeed, you used the drive shot, so I used an improved drive shot on the spot... You used an overhead
as well, and in this match too... So I came up with an improved, "rolling" overhead... And after you used this "super" drive shot, I used another improved version once again...

None of these shots were "mine" in the first place... This is my ability as a "super nova"... Every shot
used by my opponent, I can reproduce them and improve them...