Another 190: Ability of a super nova

Your ability... As a "super nova"?
Oh, yeah, you don't know yet...

You know about "golden age" players... Gifted players in one or more areas that are making them stand
above the other players of the same age... In Brazil, there are Meao, Nascimiento, Casa Grande, Blanco, Senardo, Alberto...

But above even them are the "Super Novae". After defeating players of the brazilian Golden age,
I believe you are one too... But you didn't awaken yet. Because each Super nova has a special ability...

But I've copied shots myself and I've seen others do it too... What's the difference with your ability?
Of course, anyone can try to copy someone, but you're eventually limited by your technique and power...

While there is *no* shot at all that I can't copy and improve... The only exception might be...
A shot that is itself a special ability of another super nova...

.........
Hey, you alright kiddo? Did Santana taunt you or something?

Say, Radunga... Did Santana ever use the super drive shot when you played him during the previous season?
No, he scored with a header like our forward Leandro, only with more power and a more technical course...

He also used my shot, but if mine is like a bullet from a pistol, his was more like from a hand cannon...
I see... So that's true...

Well, I guess the only way for me to reach the level of a super nova is to confront a super nova!
With my fighting spirit... At full power!!

AND THE MATCH IS RESUMING WITH SAO PAULO'S KICK-OFF! ONCE AGAIN SAO PAULO IS AVOIDING THE CENTER, WHERE SANTANA IS, LIKE THE PLAGUE... BUT OF COURSE THAT IS MAKING THEIR MEANS OF ATTACK PREDICTABLE AND IS MAKING IT ALL THE MORE EASY FOR FLAMENGO TO DEFEND, THANKS TO THE DIRECTIVES OF ALBERTO!


AND SO, AS EXPECTED, AFTER A FEW MINUTES WITHOUT FINDING ANY OPENING... SAO PAULO IS FINALLY ENTRUSTING THE BALL TO TSUBASA IN THE CENTER... AND OF COURSE, SANTANA IS GOING TO CONFRONT HIM!

Good! Hurry up and awaken!

AND TSUBASA IS ALSO USING HIS FAVORED FEINT, THIS IS A "DIVINE WIND" HEEL LIFT!! THE ONE THAT EVEN NASCIMIENTO COULD NOT STOP EVEN WITH A FOUL!


AH, BUT SANTANA IS REALLY A SOCCER CYBORG, WITH HIS MACHINE-LIKE REACTION, HE REACTED TO TSUBASA'S "DIVINE WIND" HEEL LIFT AND IS GOING TO INTERCEPT THE BALL IN THE AIR...!! BUT... BUT TSUBASA JUMPED TOO! HE'S GOING TO COUNTER SANTANA'S OVERHEAD DEFENSE WITH AN OVERHEAD OF HIS OWN... AND HE JUMPED HIGHER ON PURPOSE TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND!


AND DESPITE THIS... SANTANA, THANKS TO THE POWER IN HIS LEGS, PUSHED TSUBASA BACK AND BLEW HIM AWAY!


BUT RADUNGA WAS HERE AS BACKUP!! WITHOUT FEAR, AND EVEN THOUGH HIS HEAD MIGHT BE HIT BY SPIKES, HE'S LOWERING THE BALL WITH A HEADER!


SAO PAULO'S MIDFIELDER BEBETO IS GOING TO PICK UP THE BALL.... AHHH, NO, ALBERTO FORESAW THESE EVENTS, OVERLAPPED AND IS THE FIRST ONE ON THE BALL WITH A SLIDING TACKLE!!

Wh... What!?

WHILE TSUBASA IS STILL LYING ON THE GROUND, SANTANA QUIKLY RUSHED TO THE FRONT OF SAO PAULO'S GOAL! HE'S TOO FAST FOR RADUNGA, BUT WHILE THE LATTER CAN'T MARK HIM, HE'S STILL COVERING THE PASS COURSE BETWEEN HIM AND ALBERTO!


AH, BUT ALBERTO ISN'T PASSING TO SANTANA! WITH MOST OF THE DEFENSE LURED AWAY BY THE SOCCER CYBORG, ALBERTO IS PUSHING THE BALL AHEAD, THEN IS RUSHING TOWARDS IT FOR A RUNNING SHOT!

Running power curve!

WITH ALL THE POWER OF HIS LEG AND HIS RUN, AND JUST A SLIGHT TECHNICAL CURVE AIMING FOR THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE GOAL, THIS IS ALBERTO'S POWER CURVE! AND...


... AND IT'S IN! SAO PAULO'S KEEPER BAMORA EXTENDED HIS ARM AS MUCH AS HE COULD, BUT EVEN HIS "BIG HAND" WASN'T ENOUGH TO REACH THE BALL!

Da... Damn!!

FLAMENGO SEEMS.... SO STRONG! THEY'RE LEADING 3-1 ALREADY! ALBERTO WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THE KEY MAN HERE, HE LED THE DEFENSE WELL, FORESAW THE ACTIONS OF HIS OPPONENTS AND TEAMMATES ALIKE, ALLOWING HIM TO BOLDLY OVERLAP AND SCORE!