CORNER KICK FOR FLAMENGO! THE KICKER IS OF COURSE SANTAMARIA AND HIS "BANANA SHOT"!
AH, BUT JUST LIKE ALBERTO EARLIER, SANTAMARIA USED HIS "BANANA SHOT" AS A PASS TOWARDS SANTANA IN THE CROWDED AREA IN FRONT OF THE GOAL! BUT ONCE AGAIN, RADUNGA IS CLEARING IT! HE'S DIVING EAGERLY TOWARDS THE BALL AND IS HIT ON THE CHEEK AGAIN!!
BUT...!! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS MAN WAS HOPING FOR! THE CLEARED BALL IS GOING TOWARDS THE MAN IN SAO PAULO WHO STAYED IN OFFENSE... OOZORA TSUBASA!!
AND HE'S STARTING A DRIBBLE BREAKTHROUGH!! JUMPING OVER FLAMENGO'S DEFENDERS LIKE HE HAS WINGS ON HIS BACK, THE "DIVINE WIND" SEEMS LIVELIER THAN FLAMENGO'S PLAYERS!! IT'S TRUE THAT HE WAS PRESERVING HIMSELF AFTER HIS LEFT LEGGED OVERHEAD!
ONLY ALBERTO AND THE KEEPER ARE LEFT! ALBERTO IS SUDDENLY RUSHING OUT OF THE FRONT OF THE GOAL TO STOP TSUBASA!!
STRICT MARKING FROM ALBERTO AS SOON AS TSUBASA IS LANDING!! AH, BUT WITH THE BALL AS THE PIVOT, TSUBASA IS TURNING AROUND, PUTTING HIS WEIGHT ON ALBERTO'S BODY!
ALBERTO HAS TO USE HIS WHOLE BODY TO KEEP HIS BALANCE, PREVENTING HIM FROM MAKING A MOVE AGAINST TSUBASA WHO IS SIMPLY GOING AROUND HIM!
ALBERTO IS READY TO COMMIT A FOUL, TRYING TO HIT TSUBASA FROM BEHIND WITH A CIRCULAR KICK, BUT TSUBASA STILL MANAGES TO DODGE IT!! ALBERTO THE STOPPER OF DRIBBLE BREAKTHROUGH IS DEFEATED! ONLY THE KEEPER IS REMAINING!
AH, BUT NO! ALBERTO BOUGHT ENOUGH TIME FOR SANTAMARIA TO COME BACK...! STILL, HIS AERIAL TACKLE IS TOO LATE AND HE'S HITTING TSUBASA'S LEG!!
THIS IS A YELLOW CARD FOR SANTAMARIA, BUT TSUBASA IS STOPPED! STILL, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY WELL PLACED FREE KICK FOR SAO PAULO!!
SO, WHO IS GOING TO KICK IT? TSUBASA AND BEBETO CAN BOTH TRY TO SCORE DIRECTLY RESPECTIVELY WITH THE "SUPER DRIVE SHOT" AND THE "ENVELOPPE SHOT"!
AH, AND BEBETO IS MAKING HIS APPROACH RUN! THE WALL IS GETTING READY TO STOP HIS "ENVELOPPE SHOT"!
AH, NO! IT WAS A TRICK PLAY FROM SAO PAULO! BEBETO IS GOING OVER THE BALL AND KICKING IT SOFTLY WITH THE HEEL! TSUBASA WILL THEN BE ABLE TO KICK IN A SMALL GAP TO THE LEFT OF THE WALL!
SANTAMARIA FORESAW THIS TRICK PLAY, LEAVING THE WALL TO BLOCK TSUBASA'S SHOT... HE'S JUMPING BUT CAN'T REACH IT!
SANTAMARIA WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO FORESAW THIS TRICK PLAY THOUGH! ALBERTO WHO BARELY MISSED TSUBASA'S FIRST DRIVE SHOT IN THIS MATCH, IS MANAGING TO CLEAR IT PERFECTLY THIS TIME!!
AND JUST LIKE TSUBASA EARLIER... SANTANA, WHO STAYED IN OFFENSE, IS PICKING UP THE CLEARED BALL!! IS HE GOING TO TRY A DRIBBLE BREAKTHROUGH AS WELL!?
RADUNGA IS GOING TO STOP HIM... BUT THIS IS... SANTANA IS TURNING AROUND JUST LIKE TSUBASA, BUT INSTEAD OF PUSHING RADUNGA, IS USING HIS TRUMP CARD, THE SANTANA TURN!
RADUNGA IS TURNING AROUND AND TRYING TO COMPETE WITH SANTANA ON THE FALLING BALL, BUT SANTANA FORESAW THIS, AND KICKED THE BALL LONGER, SANTANA, FASTER, IS THE FIRST TO REACH IT! THIS WAS A "LONG SANTANA TURN"!
BERNARD IS TRYING TO CATCH UP, BUT SANTANA IS PUSHING THE BALL AHEAD SO HE CAN'T REACH IT! AHHH! BUT BERNARD IS TACKLING SANTANA ANYWAY! THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY AIMED AT HIS LEG SINCE THE BALL WAS OUT OF REACH!
THIS IS GOING TO BE A FREE KICK FOR FLAMENGO AS WELL! AHHH!! BUT THIS IS ALSO AN IMMEDIATE RED CARD FOR BERNARD!! THIS IS A GREAT PINCH FOR SAO PAULO!