Another 191: Like always

THE MATCH IS GOING ON AFTER SAO PAULO'S KICK-OFF... BUT FLAMENGO HAS THE INITIATIVE HERE! THERE IS UNDOUBTEDLY A SENSE OF INSECURITY AFTER THE CONFRONTATIONS LOST BY TSUBASA AGAINST SANTANA... BUT JUST LIKE BEFORE, THEY CAN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO THE GOAL WITHOUT HIM! ALBERTO IS LEADING THE DEFENSE WELL, AND...


EVEN WHEN SAO PAULO IS MANAGING TO BUILD A DANGEROUS ATTACK WITHOUT TSUBASA THANKS TO EACH PLAYER'S INDIVIDUAL TECHNIQUE, ALBERTO IS THEN DEFENDING DIRECTLY, EASILY READING THE OPPONENT'S INTENTIONS!


STILL, FLAMENGO CAN'T BUILD A DECISIVE ATTACK EITHER, SINCE RADUNGA IS ALWAYS COVERING THE POSSIBLE PASS COURSE TOWARDS SANTANA!


Bamoraaaaaa!!!

AND TO RESIST AGAINST FLAMENGO'S ATTACKS, THERE IS THIS MAN, WHO MISSED THE FIRST MATCHES OF THE SEASON BECAUSE OF AN INJURY, BUT WAS UNDOUBTEDLY A LEADING ACTOR OF SAO PAULO'S RECENT VICTORIES AGAINST INTERNACIONAL AND PALMEIRAS, THE GOAL KEEPER BAMORA, SHOUTING HIS NAME AS ALWAYS!


BUT OF COURSE, SINCE THEY'RE LEADING BY TWO GOALS, THIS STALEMATE IS MORE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF FLAMENGO!

Come on... Stop playing like that, if you don't give the ball to Tsubasa, he won't evolve....

BUT TIME IS PASSING BY, AND WITH RADUNGA STAYING IN DEFENSE, THERE IS NO CHOICE BUT TO SEND THE BALL TO TSUBASA!


AND SANTANA IS IMMEDIATELY RUSHING TOWARDS HIM! RADUNGA, EVEN THOUGH HE'S ALWAYS HINDERING HIM ON THE VERGE OF THE FOUL, CAN'T CONTAIN HIM FOREVER! AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR RUNNING SPEED!

At last! Hurry up and evolve, Tsubasa!!

AND THAT'S ANOTHER CLASH BETWEEN THE DIVINE WIND AND THE SOCCER CYBORG!!


BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE SOCCER CYBORG IS THE WINNER! IS THERE NO HOPE FOR SAO PAULO? THEIR DEFENSE, LED BY RADUNGA AND BAMORA, ARE GETTING READY FOR THE RUTHLESS ATTACK OF THE CYBORG!


AHHH, BUT... SANTANA ISN'T GOING TOWARDS RADUNGA! HE'S GOING BACK... TOWARDS TSUBASA WHO IS GETTING UP!!


WHAT IS GOING ON!? SANTANA IS DEFEATING TSUBASA... TIMES AND TIMES AGAIN! WINNING, GOING BACK TOWARDS HIM AND WINNING AGAIN!! IS HE TRYING TO RIDICULE TSUBASA? TO PROVE THAT HE'LL NEVER WIN AGAINST HIM?

No... This is different!

Fighting spirit.... Calls fighting spirit! Tsubasa played with all of his fighting spirit, as a result...
Santana's own fighting spirit is drawn by it... I never expected... Santana, the "soccer cyborg", that player with no emotion... To have such a "fighting spirit"!

Of course the fighting spirit isn't just the "Yamato damashii", the "japanese spirit"... Some brazilians have a fighting spirit fueled by their desire to survive and save their families... All around the world, players have a fighting spirit fueled by their love for soccer, like Tsubasa...

But for Santana to have it... On top of being a "super nova"! I thought Tsubasa's fighting spirit would
make a difference and be the decisive factor... But now... We have nothing left...

... AND YET AGAIN... SANTANA IS FACING TSUBASA! THIS IS REALLY HARD TO SEE... THE JAPANESE THAT ENCHANTED US BEFORE IS LIKE A RAG DOLL HERE, IN FRONT OF THE SOCCER CYBORG!

Come on Tsubasa!!

AHHH BUT... THAT'S IT! TSUBASA IS JUST STANDING HERE... DOING NOTHING! HE GAVE UP!... WHO COULD BLAME HIM?

Wh... What!?

AND SANTANA IS... AHH, HE'S JUST PASSING THE BALL AND IS SLOWING DOWN! WHAT IS GOING ON?

.........

SAO PAULO WAS COMPLETELY SURPRISED BY THIS MOVE FROM SANTANA! LETTING A GAP IN THEIR DEFENSE, THE DEFENDER BERNARD CAN'T PREVENT FLAMENGO'S MIDFIELDER SANTAMARIA FROM SHOOTING!

Da... Damn!!

THAT'S HIS SPECIALTY, A BANANA SHOT! STILL, SAO PAULO'S KEEPER BAMORA IS REACTING, AND....!!

There!! Eat this!!

... AND IT'S SLIGHTLY OFF TARGET!! IT WAS CLOSE FOR A SAO PAULO, BUT LUCKILY FOR THEM, THE SCORE DIDN'T WORSEN!


So in the end... You're giving up... It's like that.... Like always... And I had my hopes up...