Chapter 95: Champion Gene

The goalkeeper had no chance against Falcao's shot, and Sao Paulo once again narrowed the score.

3:2, total score 4:5.

Falcao was very excited. This was his first goal since joining Sao Paulo. Although it came late, it appeared in such an important and fierce game, which was absolutely significant.

The fans gradually accepted and liked this young man with a gorgeous playing style and gave him a warm applause.

Even though the score was still behind, everyone still took some time to celebrate Falcao's first goal. The Santos people were happy that they wasted time, and the game started again after a lot of celebration.

Stimulated by Falcao, Robinho became more active.

Although he created two penalty kicks, he did not really score a goal after all, and fell one step behind in the competition with his friends.

Then his initiative ran into problems.

Eighteen-year-old Robinho's body is so thin that he doesn't look like a professional athlete, but looks like a malnourished young man. Although this figure makes his movements extremely flexible, it also makes his confrontation ability and physical fitness extremely poor.

He is Santos's main attacker, and his offensive method often involves long-distance attacks. He also uses extremely physical breakthrough methods such as bicycle kicks. The most important thing is that his physical strength is not very good, and his consumption has long been close to the limit.

Robinho's offensive quality has declined, and even gradually misfired, and Santos' offensive threat has dropped by more than half. This has gradually erased the disadvantage of one less player on the field in Sao Paulo, and Baptista can also take a hand and start deliberately enhancing forward penetration.

The balance began to tip in favor of Sao Paulo.

The Santos coach naturally saw the problem. In fact, Robinho's physical strength is not only a major personal weakness of his, but also a weakness that restricts Santos's ability to continue fighting. Unfortunately, no matter what kind of physical training plan the physical trainer Dario has formulated for him, this guy always misses the point when he executes it.

This made him extremely envious of Alvarez.

Everyone has a trump card, why is yours Kaka and mine is Robinho...

The physical problem will only become more prominent as the game progresses. Just when the Santos coach was still hesitating whether to replace Robinho, Sao Paulo's advantage was finally converted into a goal.

This time the blame still falls on Robinho.

Ricardinho finally got his revenge, fiercely intercepted Robinho's ball and quickly passed it to Falcao.

Falcao passed the ball directly to Kaka without stopping, and at the same time shook off the defender and ran forward.

Kaka passed the ball diagonally in front of him. After Falcao got the ball, the front was almost flat, and he encountered a relatively strong interception until he reached the bottom line.

He pretended to pass the ball, and when the defender blocked it sideways, he made a light dunk and was about to walk into the penalty area. Unfortunately, although Santos' defender was deceived, he did not lose his focus and soon blocked him again.

Falcao had no choice but to dribble the ball back.

Kaka suddenly ran over and rushed past him, and the two quickly completed a position change.

"Be careful Kaka!"

"Stop Kaka!"

The Santos players who saw this scene screamed in shock, but Amelli, who was responsible for defending Kaka, kept cursing in his heart.

Are you blind? Didn't you see that I was chasing after him? Call me names?

Of course everyone knew that Amélie had been following Kaka, and the reason why he couldn't help shouting was naturally because he was thrown away by Kaka.

Falcao dribbled the ball back, but Kaka ran towards the baseline. Not long after passing by, Falcao knocked the ball to Kaka with his heel.

Kaka didn't stop the ball, he swung his right foot and made a cross.

Amélie chased after him bravely, but seeing that it was too late, he quickly put down his tackle.

Kaka's foot that touched the ball suddenly pushed the ball out, and the man jumped slightly, narrowly escaping this vicious kick that was hard to tell whether it was aimed at the man or the ball.

Kaka did not dribble the ball in, but passed the ball to Falcao. Falcao quickly stepped forward and pushed the ball to his right front. The two completed a wall-hitting coordination in perfect harmony.

Kaka flicked the football in front of the goal, and a wonderful curved ball bypassed the defender and hit Fabiano who was outflanking him.

Fabiano is tall, with his upper body tilted back and his forehead touching the ball.

"Kaka's pass! Fabiano's header! GOAL!!! In the 70th minute of the game, Sao Paulo tied the score! They not only defended Santos in the unfavorable situation of a defender being sent off. The offense was strong and the team tenaciously tied the score! This team possesses a rare iron-blooded temperament and a championship gene that can overcome any difficulty..."

The score was just tied. It was too early to win the championship, but Fabiano still celebrated wildly.

He first ran to the stands of Sao Paulo fans, took off his jersey and threw it out, and then rushed to the stands of Santos fans and roared at them.

Thousands of Santos fans who traveled with the team gave him the middle finger, which seemed more like a coronation for him.

Everyone thought he was venting his anger about the ball that was blown away, but only he knew that as a forward, he had suffered countless tricks in the battle of wits with the defenders in the past two games. Secretly, this kind of pain and anger that can only be endured secretly can only be washed away by scoring a goal.

Santos finally replaced Robinho and sent a pure center forward.

Sao Paulo also began to mobilize their troops, but they had little room for adjustment. They only replaced the full-back with a central defender in response to Santos' substitution.

As the game entered the final ten minutes, almost all the fans stood up and made the final roar with hoarse voices.

In countless bars in Sao Paulo and Santos, people have forgotten to raise their glasses, but are staring nervously at the TV, which attracts a burst of abuse every time an opponent's player appears on it; many cars are parked on the roadside, with car radios transmitting the broadcast of the game instead of music.

Kaka's jersey was soaked through, and his physical fitness was starting to come to an end. Fortunately, the opponent was not much better, and the two sides began to enter a competition of wills.

Santos quickly lost their numerical advantage. Their defender Ameli used a Taekwondo-style defensive move to prevent Kaka from rushing in from the center. Abad showed him a red card without hesitation. Baptista, who almost pushed Amelli to the ground and beat him up when he got stuck, also received a yellow card.

The number of two red cards and four yellow cards in a single game also set a record for this season.

Santos played away from home and experienced going from leading to being tied. They were already on the suppressed side in terms of momentum. Amelli's end became the straw that broke the camel's back.

(End of this chapter)